“For to You Is the Promise”
Acts 2:39 says, “For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord, our God shall call unto him”. The promise which Peter spoke of was the promise in the preceding verse: “… repent ye and be baptized every one of you […]
“In the Name of Jesus Christ”
The climax of Peter’s Pentecost sermon was found in these words: “Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made him both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom ye crucified”. Many of his hearers, pricked in their hearts by his words, immediately cried out, “Brethren, what shall we do?” Peter’s response was, […]
“I Don’t Want to Go to Hell”
The punishment of the wicked in hell will be so terrible that Jesus said, “If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having two hands, to go to hell, into the fire that shall never be quenched — where ‘Their worm […]
What Is Repentance?
Inquiring sinners asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?” Peter answered, “Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of our sins” (Acts 2:37-38). Repentance is an absolute requirement if a man wishes to be saved. Both John and Jesus commenced […]
Perseverance of the Saints
Many sincere religious people believe that once a sinner has been redeemed by Christ, it is impossible for him to so sin as to fall from the grace of God and be eternally lost. It is those that those who do profess faith and then fall away were never in grace. The Bible teaches the […]
Were the Pentecostians Saved Without Believing?
That seems to be a ridiculous question, doesn’t it? Yes it does, in view of the fact that the Bible says that “without faith it is impossible to please God for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). […]
“Brethren, What Shall We Do?”
These were the anguished words which anxious hearers asked Peter on Pentecost after he had said, “Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom ye crucified?” (Acts 2:36-37). Was there anything they could do? Television airways are filled with the ads of a […]
The Wrong Medicine
Charlene Murphey had been admitted to the neurological intensive care unit of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville on December 24, 2017, after suffering from a brain bleed. Two days later, doctors trying to determine the cause of the bleed ordered a PET scan to check for cancer. Murphey was claustrophobic and was prescribed Versed […]
“Christian”: Adjective or Noun?
Lots of people may call a decent, upright person “a good, Christian man (or woman)”. America is often called “a Christian nation”. We buy our Bibles at “Christian bookstores”, and many men and women attended a “Christian school”. The word “Christian” is used as an adjective in all the above examples. However, the word is […]
“Pricked in Their Hearts”
When Peter said “Let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made him both Lord and Christ this Jesus whom ye crucified”, the resulting action was that the people on Pentecost were “pricked in their heart” and anxiously asked, “Brethren, what shall we do” (Acts 2:36-37). Frequently some charge that Christians do […]