Chosen By God's Design

08/05/2024

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“[Man’s] nature is so corrupt that he has neither the will nor the power to come to Christ unless drawn by the Spirit.”― John MacArthur, Slave: The Hidden Tr...

08/05/2024

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How does a Christian deal with sin? - Paul David Washer - Heartcry Missionary Society ...

08/05/2024

https://youtu.be/zG7eQVZzCrs

How Can We Know the Leading of the Spirit? - John MacArthur

08/05/2024

https://youtu.be/LHaok3OALmI

08/05/2024

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Forgiveness is the Most Godlike Act a Person Can Do - John MacArthur ...

08/12/2023

"When we preach Christ crucified, we have no reason to stammer, or stutter, or hesitate, or apologize; there is nothing in the gospel of which we have any cause to be ashamed." (C.H. Spurgeon)

06/12/2023

"We know that men are saved by repentance and faith, and whoever does call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. But salvation is a supernatural work of God that will always produce fruit. And the evidence, not the cause, but the evidence of salvation is a changed life, a changing life." - Paul Washer

06/12/2023

“The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.”
— R.C. Sproul

06/12/2023

"Unless the Holy Ghost blesses the Word, we who preach the gospel are of all men most miserable, for we have attempted a task that is impossible. We have entered on a sphere where nothing but the supernatural will ever avail. If the Holy Spirit does not renew the hearts of our hearers, we cannot do it. If the Holy Ghost does not regenerate them, we cannot. If He does not send the truth home into their souls, we might as well speak into the ear of a co**se." - Steven Lawson

06/12/2023

The Gospel offends the sinner and seeks to break the sinner's comfort and contentment by bringing him into stark realization of the eternal judgement of God. - John MacArthur

30/11/2023

30/11/2023

PREACH THE GOSPEL!

Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

30/10/2023

Metropolitan Bible Baptist Ekklesia view on Election

THE SOVEREIGN GRACE OF GOD

By SOVEREIGN we mean that God is absolutely free to act and to choose according to His own will; that He has the absolute right and prerogative; that man should believe in Him who is holy and just and is not in any position to question God’s prerogative although it is beyond human comprehension (Romans 9:12-33).

By GRACE we mean the goodness of God manifested toward the ill-deserving so that He authored the plan of Salvation for sinful man. We often define grace the unmerited favour of God to man (Ephesians 2:8-9; Romans 5:1-2; Titus 2:11-14).

Therefore, by SOVEREIGN GRACE we mean the act of God whereby He chooses men to be saved on the basis of His goodness according to His own will wholly on the merits and supreme sacrifice of His own Son on the cross, and that salvation is wholly of the Lord and that He calls men according to the pleasure of His own will (Ephesians 1-2; Romans 8:24-33; 11”5-6).

We speak of six Biblical points of the Sovereign Grace of God (with the acronym TULEPS):

Total Depravity of Man

Total depravity is not intended to signify that unregenerate man is wholly evil in everything he does, but rather that nothing he does is ever wholly good. Not all motives are equally sinful, but no motive is wholly pure. This fundamental impurity of motive is the reason for saying that man is totally depraved. In respect, unregenerate man is not merely sick but dead. There is nothing in man that will merit God’s salvation, therefore, there is nothing in man that is able to save him (John 1:13).

Unconditional Election

Unconditional election simply means that divine election is never conditioned on the merits of man nor his wishes or desires. God was under no necessity or obligation to elect anyone (John 15:16).

Divine election is a sovereign act of grace (Romans 11:5);

It took place in eternity (Ephesians 1:4);

It is based on the merits of Christ (Ephesians 1:4);

It is according to the foreknowledge (properly translated as of whom He was aware and loved beforehand) of God (Romans 8:29, 1 Peter 1:2);

Limited Atonement

Limited atonement signifies that the death of the Lord Jesus Christ though sufficient for all peoples in the world, is efficacious only for those who believe. The Bible did not emphasize the sufficiency of Christ’s blood to cleanse all men of sin, but of the efficacy of His blood to those who believe (Hebrews 9:14, 28; 1 John 1:7). However, let this be settled once and for all that the unregenerate dies in his own sin. He goes to hell because of his regeneration of the Gospel. This is what the Bible says.

Effectual Call

This means that the personal call of God to repent and believe is always effective and will never miss the mark. Nobody is saved by accident. God saves in His time and in his will. Whenever He personally calls, His sheep will respond (John 10:26-29; Romans 8:30).

Perseverance of the Saints

This is in relation to the eternal security of the believers. A more acceptable term is “the preservation of the saints.” The eternal security of the believer is bound in with the sovereignty of God, the unchangeableness of His purpose, and the constancy of His good pleasure. It is the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus Christ and not the faithfulness of the believer that guarantees eternal security (Lamentations 3:22-23; 2 Timothy 2:10-13; Jude 24-24).

Soul Winning

This is God’s sovereign command to His church. We are to go not to get all people saved but to preach His Word. God does the saving, we do the preaching (Romans 10:13-15). The preaching of the cross is the magnet that draws the lost sheep to Christ (Luke 19:10, John 12:32). When we go soul-winning, it is actually the Holy Spirit who wins the person to Christ because He is the one who convicts, convinces and converts. We do not believe in mass evangelism, emotional persuasion or power of suggestion. We believe wholly in the Scriptural mandate to go and not be “ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth,” and leave to the Holy Spirit the work of salvation (Romans 1:6, John 3:14-15, 6:44).

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11/08/2023

“The moment when you take your first step through the gates of hell, the only thing you will hear is all of creation standing to its feet and applauding and praising God because God has rid the earth of you. That's how not good you are.”
-- Paul Washer

10/08/2023

“There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His Word spiritual strength for labour in his service. We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. . . . Why is it that some Christians, although they hear many sermons, make but slow advances in the divine life? Because they neglect their closets, and do not thoughtfully meditate on God's Word. They love the wheat, but they do not grind it; they would have the corn, but they will not go forth into the fields to gather it; the fruit hangs upon the tree, but they will not pluck it; the water flows at their feet, but they will not stoop to drink it. From such folly deliver us, O Lord. . . .”
― Charles Spurgeon

07/08/2023

Precisely because it is so powerful, the Bible has always had its enemies. Unbelievers challenge its credibility. Skeptics question its accuracy. Moral revisionists depreciate its precepts. Religious liberals dispute its supernatural character. Cultists twist its meaning.
- John Macarthur

03/08/2023

"You may fear that the Lord has passed you by, but it is not so: he who counts the stars, and calls them by their names, is in no danger of forgetting his own children. He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature he ever made, or the only saint he ever loved. Approach him and be at peace."
- Charles Spurgeon

02/08/2023

"A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats."
- Charles Spurgeon

02/08/2023

Be careful how you spend your time: Spend your time in nothing which you know must be repented of.
- Richard Baxter

31/07/2023

“If I become content by having my desire satisfied, that is only self-love; but when I am contented with the hand of God and am willing to be at His disposal, that comes from my love to God.”
― Jeremiah Burroughs

30/07/2023

“Meditate of Christ’s coming to judgment. Surely thou wilt not easily sleep while this trumpet, that shall call all mankind to judgment, shall sound in thy ear.”
― William Gurnall

29/07/2023

“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.”
― Charles H. Spurgeon

29/07/2023

Between here and heaven, every minute that the Christian lives will be a minute of grace.
- Charles Spurgeon