The Nature and Basis of Assurance. At the commencement of Matthew 5, we find the Lord Jesus pronouncing blessed a certain class of people. They are not named as “believers” or saints,” but instead are described by their characters; and it is only by comparing ourselves and others with the description that the Lord Jesus …
Faith in the Lord Jesus is the very key of salvation. He that has it has life, and he that has it not has not life. Nothing whatever beside this faith is necessary to our complete justification; but nothing whatever, except this faith, will give us an interest in Christ. We may fast and mourn …
As an Ex-Roman Catholic, investigations into the Protestant doctrine of sola fide and sola scriptura, was, is, paramount. Henceforth, apologetics is, of course, common place with regard to renouncing Roman Catholicism (from the cradle), wherein, I was lost. Born again of the Spirit of God (read the gospel of John) upon repentance and belief in …
Five Solas Cambridge Declaration THE CAMBRIDGE DECLARATION of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals April 20, 1996 Evangelical churches today are increasingly dominated by the spirit of this age rather than by the Spirit of Christ. As evangelicals, we call ourselves to repent of this sin and to recover the historic Christian faith. In the course …