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Acts 2:38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Romans 6:4 - Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead... Read More

The book of Acts was authored by Luke, the physician, who accurately recorded the first 30 or so years of the early church's history, particularly highlighting the ministries of Peter and Paul. God's purpose for preserving the historical account of the early church is so that each generation of Chri... Read More

Messiah is a Hebrew word. It means "anointed one." It is the equivalent of the N.T. word "Christ" which also means "anointed." Jesus, as the messiah, was anointed by God (Matt. 3:16) to carry out His three-fold ministry of Prophet, Priest, and King. As the messiah He has delivered the Christian from... Read More

EVENING THOUGHTS or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD DECEMBER 1. "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." Matthew 3:10 It is a solemn and a veritable thought, that human character is training and mol... Read More

A crack in the foundation will show up in the superstructure. Similarly any false doctrine can be traced to some deviation from the foundational truths of the Bible. One of the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith that is ignored in practice, though not in theory, is the doctrine of Trinity.... Read More

Many thousands of people have died over the issue of water baptism. It is not my intent to further such strife within the Church. With great reluctance I wish to consider baptism as it was formerly known as 'ritual immersion'. The Innovation for Novation (the Origin of 'Clinical Baptism') Pope Corne... Read More

Wise as Serpents—Harmless as Doves by Thomas Watson "Be wise as serpents—and harmless as doves." Matthew 10:16 The Apostle says, "All Scripture is given by inspiration," 2 Timothy 3:16. God's Word is compared to a lamp for its enlightening quality, Psalm 119:105, and to refined silver for its enrich... Read More

This is a time as never before when the baptized saints are scattering abroad everywhere preaching the Word. They have gone out from Los Angeles far and near, carrying the sweet message that the Comforter has come. Some have gone to Canada, some east, some south, and some are on the way to foreign f... Read More

"Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ," I Peter 2:5 I Peter 2:5 clearly teaches that each believer is a priest before God. Together we make up a "holy priesthood." This concept is known as t... Read More

The Eternal Being reveals Himself in His triune existence even more richly and vitally than in His attributes. It is in this holy trinity that each attribute of His Being comes into its own, so to speak, gets its fullest content, and takes on its profoundest meaning. It is only when we contemplate t... Read More