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Christian Living and Works

November 14, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Christian Life, Justification, Works

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from Grace in Eclipse It is quite true that Paul taught justification apart from works. But he did not teach Christian living apart from works. Nor did he affirm that those works flowed inevitably from justifying faith. Instead, Paul instructed Titus: This is a faithful saying, and these things I want

Consider One Another, Don’t Make Excuses

November 11, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Body Life, Church, Fellowship

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Henbrews Let us consider “one another.” “Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together” (Heb 10:24-25a). Not giving up church. “But Exhorting one another, and so much the more as you

The Captain of Our Salvation

November 10, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Captain of our Salvation, Perseverance, Suffering

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Hebrews My Christian friend, we are saved freely by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. But the road to glory and dominion over the creation is a tough road. We often encounter on that road, trouble, hardship, frustration, and suffering. But,

The Matchless Mine

November 9, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Confidence, Endurance, Hope

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from The Journey of Faith: Sermons on Hebrews If you should ever happen to come to the city of Dallas, which I hope you will, let me recommend a restaurant to you. It is called Baby Doe’s. It is laid out in a turn of the century mine setup. The story

Alexander Patterson on The Judgment Seat of Christ

November 8, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - Judgment Seat of Christ, Old Authors, rewards, Stewardship

Alexander Patterson waves together many strands of truth when he writes about the Judgment Seat of Christ, “Not a service done for Christ loses its reward. ‘For his sake’ is the criterion by which everything is to be judged. The sacrifices of the believer are then shown and rewarded. It is then the Beatitudes are

Traditions Die Hard

November 7, 2016 by Ken Yates in Blog - Biblicist, The Call, Traditions

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. (1 Timothy 2:7) No matter what our denominational background may be, we all have traditions. In my experience, there are a couple of things that stand out about

The Gift and The Reward. 2 Tim 2:11-13

November 4, 2016 by Brad Bell in Blog

by Brad Bell The emphasis of GES can be distilled to two essential elements. These elements are succinctly summarized in 2 Tim 2:11-13: This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. This is the Gift. Unconditional. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If

Justification before God Is by Faith Alone, Completely Apart from Works, Romans 3:26

November 3, 2016 by GES Webmaster in Blog - justification by faith, Pauline Theology, Works, Zane Hodges

by Zane Hodges, excerpted from his commentary on Romans The result of the death of Christ on the cross is that God can be righteous and justify the person who has faith in Jesus. The English necessarily obscures an obvious Greek word play, since the Greek words for righteous (dikaion) and justify (dikaiounta) are cognates

We Are More Sinful Than We Think

November 2, 2016 by Ken Yates in Blog

But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Mat 5:28) I live near a conservative evangelical Bible college and seminary. I visit it maybe three times a week in order to use their library. It is safe to say

Thanks, I needed That, Ezra 9:4

November 1, 2016 by Ken Yates in Blog - God's Discipline, Idolatry, Trusting God

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice. Ezra 9:4 When I was young there was a famous aftershave commercial. In the commercial a young man had