by C. Matthew McMahon | May 20, 2022 | church history, Covenant, Jesus Christ, Theology
In the work of the cross, this lets us see the transcendent and inexpressible love of Christ to poor sinners. Let those who entertain hard thoughts of Christ look upon him as nailed to the cross and shedding his blood, and then tell me if they do not think him earnest...
by C. Matthew McMahon | May 16, 2022 | Idolatry, Reformation, Theology
Whatever pretenses men make of being thankful for the word of God, when they speak of having light and grace as a privilege while not yielding themselves to the obedience to the light nor conforming themselves to the commands of it, they are not truly thankful at all...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Aug 2, 2020 | Covenant, God, Jesus Christ, Theology
“‘God’ the Father ‘so loved,’ had such a peculiar, transcendent love, being an unchangeable purpose and act of his will concerning their salvation, towards ‘the world,’ miserable, sinful, lost men of all sorts, not only Jews but Gentiles also, which he peculiarly...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jul 5, 2020 | Covenant, God, Jesus Christ, Theology
First of all, the style of this epistle to the Galatians is excited and vibrant, which is what the state of the church, which at that time was bewitched by false apostles, demanded. But this epistle has always been a favourite of the great men of the church, and...
by C. Matthew McMahon | Jun 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, God, Jesus Christ, Theology
Remedy (1). First, Keep at the greatest distance from sin, and from playing with the golden bait which Satan holds forth to catch you; for this you have (Romans xii. 9), “Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good.” When we meet with anything extremely...
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...
