Study to Show Thyself Approved

Articles

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

2 Timothy 2:15

From the Word of God

Salvation & the Great Doctrines

Short studies to help you know the Lord Jesus Christ and the truth of His Word. New articles are added from time to time.

Salvation

The Gospel: How a Lost Sinner Is Saved

The most important news in all the world — how a guilty sinner can be made right with a holy God, freely, by grace.

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Doctrine

Who Is the Lord Jesus Christ?

The heart of the Christian faith: that Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh, the only Saviour of sinners.

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Assurance

The Believer's Eternal Security

Can a truly saved soul ever be lost? What the Bible teaches about the keeping power of God.

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Foundations

The Basics of Christianity

A simple, seven-point foundation of the whole Christian faith, straight from the Bible — a good place to begin.

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Doctrine

God Is One

The foundation truth of the faith: there is one true God, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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Doctrine

The Son of God: The Eternal Word

What "Son of God" truly means: not a created being, but the eternal Word of God, one with the Father.

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Doctrine

Why the Cross Is a Must

Why God did not simply forgive with a word — and why the cross was the only way to be just and to save.

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Doctrine

The Holy Ghost: The Spirit of the Living God

Not a force or a feeling, but a divine Person — who convicts, births, indwells, and seals every believer.

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Foundations

The Holy Bible: The Preserved Word of God

God inspired every word and has preserved every word — and why we hold the King James Bible.

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Doctrine

The Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ

Why everything hinges upon the blood — redemption, cleansing, and peace through the precious blood of Christ.

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Salvation

Justified by Faith

How a guilty sinner is declared perfectly righteous before God — not by works, but by faith alone.

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Salvation

Grace, Not Works

Every religion says “do”; the gospel says “done.” Salvation is the free gift of God, received with empty hands.

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Salvation

Repentance Toward God

What the Bible really means by “repent” — a God-given change of mind that turns the heart to Christ.

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Salvation

The New Birth: Ye Must Be Born Again

The Lord's words to Nicodemus — what the new birth is, and how a dead sinner receives new life from God.

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Assurance

The Assurance of Salvation

Does God want you to guess, or to know? How a believer may be certain he has eternal life.

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Ordinances

Believer's Baptism: Buried With Him

Who should be baptized, how, and why — immersion, for believers, a picture and not a Saviour.

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Ordinances

The Lord's Supper: This Do in Remembrance of Me

A memorial and communion for believers — not a sacrifice, not a change of the elements.

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Prophecy

The Second Coming and the Rapture

The blessed hope: Christ coming in the air for His saints, then to the earth with them to reign.

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Eternity

Heaven and the Lake of Fire

Two eternal destinies, and only two — held out soberly, with the one dividing line: the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Doctrine

The Trinity: One God in Three Persons

One God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost — demonstrated from the Word, the errors answered.

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Christian Living

Prayer in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ

How to pray: to the Father, in the name of the Son, by the help of the Holy Ghost.

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Foundations

How to Approach the Bible: The Berean Example

Receive, search, and test the Word as the Bereans did — then obey the Lord only, with joy, faith, and love.

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Prophecy

The Day of Christ: His Day, Not the Day of Judgment

Rightly dividing the days: the day of Christ is the believer's day of blessing and reward — not the day of the LORD's wrath.

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