by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 25, 2020 | Covenant, God, Jesus Christ, Theology
For in election it belongs to the absolute right that God, according to his most free good pleasure, destines sinful and guilty men to salvation; and although all are equal, yet he elects this one instead of another, as in the case with Esau and Jacob … In...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 22, 2020 | church history, Covenant, Ecclesiology, God, Jesus Christ, Reformation
That the Lord’s supper ought not to be celebrated privately, by one person alone may be proven; 1. Because it is a communion, and is the sign of our communion with Christ: but a private supper is no communion. 2. Because it is a solemn thanksgiving; and we ought all...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 12, 2020 | church history, Ecclesiology, Jesus Christ, Reformation, Theology
“First of all, that the observations of the Sabbath is not a bare ordinance of man, or a mere civil or ecclesiastical constitution, appointed only for polity; but an immortal commandment of almighty God, and therefore binds men’s consciences. 2. The same was given to...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Apr 6, 2020 | church history, godly meditation, Jesus Christ, Theology
Everyone ought to be on guard so that, consistent with the exhortation of the apostle, everyone may possess his vessel in sanctification and honor (1 Thess 4:4). We must know that we have the enemy within ourselves, that we carry the seed of uncleanness within, which...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Feb 13, 2020 | God, Jesus Christ, Theology
Detective Harry, and his buddy Lieutenant Columbo, are sitting in a church classroom after everyone else leaves, including the teacher, ruminating in the truths they had just been walked through concerning God as sovereign. Harry is perplexed. Columbo: Harry, what’s...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 11, 2019 | church history, Devotions, God, Jesus Christ, prayer, Reformation
When his close friend Philipp Melanchthon became deathly ill, Luther prayed fervently for him: “I wearied God’s ears with all his promises of hearing prayers.” Luther even threatened to question God’s faithfulness if God didn’t answer him! Melanchthon recovered, and...
