To the glory of God alone. Roman Catholic doctrine always seems to include the individual along with what God has done. When looking at who receives glory, along with God, they include Mary, saints and angels. Calvinism, on the other hand, take it to the opposite extreme. They say that God chose you first, because if you had the ability to believe…
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
Sermons by Tracy Plessinger
When Paul wrote to the Galatians, he was correcting an error. The Galatians had been deceived into adding Jewish rituals into their church. Paul told them they had been bewitched. Witchcraft is often associated in scripture with necromancy and communication with the dead. Saul sought out a witch to bring up Samuel. Adding any law to the message of grace, whether man-made…
Christ Alone. When we look at what the scripture says, it truly is Christ alone who made our salvation possible. Coming out of the Catholic Church, the reformers were very strong on this point. When you begin adding in Mary, the saints, the sacraments and good works, it is just another man-made religion.
Forgiveness from God is often taken as a given in the world we live in today. But God said of Himself: “forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty.” Then later, we read: “Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth…
John 3:7-8 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. 8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. When Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, Jesus gave him an important message. It…
Calvinism says that because we are dead in sins and at enmity with God, we are unable to respond to God unless God first makes us alive. After all, a dead person isn’t able to respond to anything. A dead person can’t have faith, and therefore must be regenerated – made alive – before they can exercise faith. This completely misses the…
Due to technical troubles, we didn’t get the whole way through the message the previous week. This is the conclusion of that message: Eric the Undertaker put up a video about five things bereaved people say when they think no one is listening. This study examines these in light of the scriptures. * I thought we had more time. *I should have…
Eric the Undertaker put up a video about five things bereaved people say when they think no one is listening. This study examines the first three in light of the scriptures. * I thought we had more time. *I should have called more. *Please don’t leave me. https://www.youtube.com/@GraceAliveMinistries https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586207050239
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,…
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…