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THE GRACE OF GOD Part 2 of 3 C.D. Cole March 28-2023 Blog Post In the preceding chapter we gave several good and harmonious definitions of grace by others, and added our own thoughts in an attempt to help our readers understand the meaning of grace. In this chapter we wish to lead our readers […]

For every Christian God is to he thanked. “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world” (Rom. 1:8). “But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was […]

“Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?” (Job 26:14). Job gives a few illustrations of the power of God, and then says that these are only parts of His ways; and not withstanding His manifest greatness there […]

“For whom he did foreknow (Gk. proginosko) , he also did predestine to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). “God has not cast away his people which he foreknew (Gk. proginosko). Know you not what the scripture says of Elijah? how he […]

When Massillon arose to deliver the funeral oration of Louis 14, his opening sentence was: “Only God is great.” Luther once told Erasmus that his thoughts of God were too human. A person criticized a certain preacher by saying that he did not make God big enough. We believe this is a general fault of […]

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed” (Malachi 3:6). Mutability belongs to all creation; immutability belongs to God alone. The visible heavens often change their appearance; sometimes they are clear, at other times they are covered with clouds and darkness. The face of the earth appears […]

GOD is the one and only independent Being. We speak of rich men as being independent, but in reality no creature is independent. Webster defines the adjective “independent” as follows: “Not dependent; free; not subject to control by others; not relying on others; not subordinate; self-governing; sovereign; not contingent or conditioned, “etc. Now God is […]

By the attributes of God is meant those qualities and characteristics of the Divine nature which are essential to God as the Supreme Being. His attributes are His personal perfections without which He would not be the true and living God, the God of the Bible. The Divine attributes explain what God is and what […]

Christianity is the religion of a Book. Without this Book Christianity cannot be perpetuated. Wherever this Book has not gone there is no evidence of anything Christian. Salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ, and people cannot believe in Him of whom they have not heard: “How then shall they call on him in whom […]

By the decree of God is meant His purpose or determination with regard to future events. It means that things come to pass according to a Divine purpose rather than by a fixed natural law or blind fate or capricious chance. To deny the decrees or foreordination of God is practically to dethrone Him. It […]

The aim of this volume is to better acquaint its readers with the true and living God. If any of our readers feel that the author is lopsided, and does not maintain the balance of truth by emphasizing the responsibility of man, we would remind him that our thesis is God, not man. There are […]

What is God? What constitutes the Divine nature? What is God’s mode of being? These questions bring us to the burning bush and upon holy ground. We must tread softly, walk humbly, and avoid speculation. But we can go as far as Divine revelation goes. There is a Divine nature. By nature we mean that […]

There is something peculiarly calming to the soul in these beautiful words; “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” This is a world of sin and trouble. Here, thorns and thistles grow around us; painful emblems of the human heart, and of the sad […]

Christian joy is not a tumultuous passion, or feverish affection; but a calm and composed frame; a holy serenity of soul; a gladsome rest in the faithfulness and grace of Jesus. It sheds a luster over the countenance; beams forth at the eye, and often causes it to be suffused in tears. It creates an […]

Love is the distinguishing mark of God’s people. It is the vital force that drives all that we do, springing forth from a heart that has been transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our knowledge of God must go beyond mere intellectual comprehension, for it is only through a love for Him that […]