Grace is the disposition to oblige another. It is the free and unmerited love and favor of God, the spring and source of all the benefits mankind receives of Him. When we work, we accrue debt because we are not accepting God’s grace. But when we accept His grace by faith, that faith is counted to us for righteousness. Grace is unearned,…
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
Sermons by Tracy Plessinger
The USA in comparison to the rest of the world has much more political, social and economic liberty. Freedom is something to be cherished and celebrated. Yet all people, even all of creation, is trapped in the bondage of vanity. This is examined in detail in the book of Ecclesiastes as Solomon examines all things “under the sun.” But we don’t have…
When looking at the five solas of the Reformation, what ultimately became known as Calvinism has missed the mark when it comes to understanding Grace alone. They believe that God’s grace is irresistible, and that God must draw persons individually according to His election. Bad doctrine like this always begins when unscriptural words are used to describe scriptural things, such as: Total…
When Joshua attacked the city of Ai, he used standard military tactics of deception. He deceived them into believing he had a smaller force than he did. He got them to come out of the city and separate from it by fleeing as in terror. But an ambush was set, and the city was destroyed. This same warfare tactic was used by…
Most Christian tracts that involve the Romans Road to Salvation end up in Romans 10, but Romans 10 has nothing to do with eternal justification before God in the dispensation of grace. The REAL Romans Road to Salvation ends in Romans 5:1.
Brer Rabbit was caught by a fox. From the jaws of the fox, he plead: “Please Mr. Fox, you can do anything you want to me, but please, please don’t throw me into that briar patch.” The fox then threw Brer Rabbit into the briar patch, which in essence freed the sly rabbit. The rabbit outfoxed the fox through wisdom. God outfoxed…
God tells us His ultimate purpose and will in Ephesians 1:9-10: Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even…
Spiritual Children of Abraham do not received the physical blessings of the nation Israel. Israel will indeed eventually inherit those blessing when the new covenant is put in place at the return of Christ. They will received these blessings because they were promised to them, not because of anything our country or any other country does for them. God will perform this…
Many Pastors will tell you that being justified means it’s just like you never sinned. This isn’t really true. If it were just as if you’d never sinned, you would still be of Adam. Being justified is being given the righteousness of Christ in the eyes of God. It is being imputed to you something that doesn’t belong to you – the…
God promised many blessings to Abraham. Today many Christians believe that we should help national Israel and Jews to get God’s blessings. This is not how we get Abraham’s blessings today. The blessings were promised to his seed, and we must be part of that seed to get the blessings of Abraham.