Give me understanding according to THY WORD!




"Take heed 

what ye hear."

-MARK 4:24 [KJV]

It is our unspeakable mercy, it calls for our daily tribute of praise, and daily study to improve it, that a free use of the lively oracles of truth is permitted us; others are denied this rich privilege. Happy those to whom the word of God is the rule of their faith, a light to direct their paths, and a standard whereby they try and prove the doctrines they hear, whether they are of God or man. The WHOLE TRUTH, as it is in Jesus, is precious to every believer. Faith comes by hearing the word of God. As the ear is the inlet to the soul, we should ever take heed what kind of doctrines we hear. It was through the ear Satan gained access to the heart of Eve, and beguiled her. Paul alludes to this, "I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ" (II CORINTHIANS 11:3). What is this simplicity? Even this plain simple truth, that salvation is wholly and solely by Jesus Christ, according to the everlasting purpose and love of God the Father, revealed in the word of truth, and applied to the soul by the Holy Spirit. Lost and perishing sinners are the happy subjects of it. They have no hand in procuring or making it effectual; but they are wholly saved by election of grace through faith. Whatever doctrines are contrary to either of these points, oppose revealed truths, are subversive of the plan of salvation, tend to rob God of the glory of His grace, and His dear children of their comfort and joy of faith.

Therefore, disciples of the Lamb, take heed; beware of what you hear. These doctrines are not merely speculative, or non-essential, but are the important, fundamental, essential truths of the gospel. To oppose the doctrine of election is to deny the first cause of salvation, the everlasting love of God the Father; it is to gainsay the prophets, apostles, and even our Lord Himself, Who spake most clearly and plainly of it. It is to set one's self against the testimony of the Spirit of truth. This ariseth from human pride, which ever imagines it can do something to procure God's love. So of the imputed righteousness of Christ, the saints' perseverance in faith and holiness: if these scripture-truths are maligned and opposed, it is from the supposed self-sufficiency and self-righteousness of the creature, in order to establish its own righteousness and faithfulness; hence salvation becomes precarious, justification impossible. This strikes at the root of true holiness, and tends both to presumption and licentiousness; for whatever truths are revealed in the word by the Spirit of wisdom and truth (and all these are as though wrote with a sun-beam) it is that they should be the food of our faith, the matter of our study, the cause of humility, the confidence of hope, the rejoicing of love, and excitements to holiness; approving yourselves by "THE WORD OF TRUTH." -II CORINTHIANS 6:7 [KJV]


-excerpt from ‘A Spiritual Treasury for the Children of God, Vol. 1’ by Wm. Mason (1719 - 1791 A.D.)

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