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PRAYER DAY
Prayer day 1985: what a great privilege, when the Lord, in spite of all our transgressions, allows us to bring the needs of our people, church, families, society, and our daily work, before His countenance to ask for an undeserved blessing; also for us in a new country, with different circumstanc ...
Belgic Confession of Faith
Ariticle 15 This is a very striking article. It tells us about the reality of our state by nature in which we are all conceived and born. This article is very much against human pride. It speaks of the corruption which already cleaves to little infants and is sprea ...
Belgic Confession of Faith
Article 16 This article speaks to us of eternal election. In fact, it speaks of election and reprobation. It speaks of predestination, which implies the gracious election of some unto eternal life, but also of the leaving of others in their perdition and under cond ...
The Work of Man or the Work of God
Acts 5:38 & 39 As witnesses of the gospel which the Lord had entrusted to them, the apostles were speaking of God and His Word, but the effect of their preaching was entirely different from that on the day of Pentecost. There three thousand people were pricked ...
Belgic Confession of Faith
Article 16 — (continued from Sept. issue) —There are many questions which arise regarding this subject of predestination, and we will address some of these briefly.One may ask, “Are there many who are elected? Is it a majority or not?” We know that so ...
Belgic Confession of Faith
Article 17 In Article 16 we read of God’s good pleasure and eternal election wherein we saw how God was moved within Himself and had thoughts of peace toward a fallen sinner. In Article 17 we will hear about the manifestation of this good pleasure — that is, in the ...
Sickness of Mrs. Arnoud Vergunst
As you may already know, the wife of our student for the ministry has been afflicted with a serious disease. After the Lord had gladdened her and her husband with the birth of their fifth child, Benjamin Andrew, she did not feel too well. Extreme headaches gave much concern. She was admitted to t ...
Belgic Confession of Faith
— continued— Article 17 We see not only wisdom, but also goodness, for this way is unmerited and undeserved. The Lord was not obliged to do this. In His wisdom and goodness the Lord was please ...
True Following of Christ
The Lord is the unchangeable and faithful God, but people may be very changeable, as you can see in this chapter. In the morning, many people crossed the sea to see the Lord Jesus, but now they turned their backs upon Him. He had spoken about the bread of life and that He would give them His fles ...
Belgic Confession of Faith: Article XVIII
The Incarnation of Jesus Christ Our confession speaks here of the fulfillment of the promise which the Lord had given unto the fathers. He came already to Adam and Eve with the promise of the seed of the woman. He spoke to Abram that in him all t ...
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