Shallow Repentance, Shallow Converts
As early as 1937, Dr. H. A. Ironside noted that the biblical doctrine of repentance was being diluted by those who wished to exclude it from the gospel message. He wrote, “The doctrine of repentance…
Tag: Sin
Jesus’ Crown of Thorns
Jesus being crowned with thorns has a message, a message indescribably glorious and wonderful.
There’s a Way Back to God
There’s a way back to God from the dark path of sin;There’s a door that is open and you may go in:At Calvary’s cross is where you begin,When you come as a sinner to Jesus.…
No One Else
There was no other good enoughTo pay the price of sin.He only could unlock the gateOf heav’n, and let us in. from There is a Green Hill Far Away (1848) by Cecil Frances Alexander
His Robes for Mine
by Hymns of Grace, 2021 His robes for mine, O wonderful exchangeClothed in my sin, Christ suffered ‘neath God’s rageDraped in His righteousness, I’m justifiedIn Christ I live, for in my place He died (Chorus)I…
Jesus’ Response to Sin
Jesus was kindhearted, but He was not nice. When you read the gospels, you see He was not nice when it came to sin and hypocrisy; especially the Saducees and the Pharisees even though He…
Sin: A Description
What is the essence of sin? Playing God; and, as a means to this, refusing to allow the Creator to be God so far as you are concerned. Living, not for Him, but for yourself;…
Right Side Up or Upside Down?
It is often and truly said that the gospel message…turns people’s live upside down. Less frequently it is noted that the anti-God syndrome in our system, called original sin, had turned out lives upside down…
Substitution in Sin and Salvation
“The concept of substitution may be said…to lie at the heart of both sin and salvation. For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting…