by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 3/11/2018) In the last message, we began to look at the purpose of the preaching of the gospel. We began to see that the work of Christ was completely finished, whereas the work of the gospel is ongoing. And the gospel does NOT save us for eternity, but…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 3/11/2018) In this message, we begin to look at the purpose of the preaching of the gospel. These verses in Hebrews sets forth clearly the work of Christ versus the purpose of preaching the gospel. Does the Gospel save you for eternity? Does the Gospel bring you life?…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/4/22) In the first half of this message, we saw that the fact of God’s predestinating grace means that we are going somewhere! No matter how much drudgery we face in life, even in the times it seems we just aren’t making any progress – that we aren’t…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 9/4/22) Do you ever find yourself “spinning your wheels” in life? Does it seem like you’re going nowhere in your career, your social life, your family life? Cheer up, Child of God: you are going somewhere! That’s what “predestination” is all about! No matter what the circumstances indicate,…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/28/22) In today’s post, we conclude the message begun yesterday on the subject of “fear not.” In Isa. 43:1-7, God speaks through the voice of Isaiah, and tells us that He will be with us in every circumstance of life. He also reassures us of His love for…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/28/22) In this sin-cursed world, we face many trials and tribulations. Often we are made to fear, because the trouble is so great and the trial so intense. But Isaiah tells us, “Fear not.” In this message, we begin to look at the ways in which God is…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/21/22) Today we continue our look at the communion service, which is a clear representation of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. The unleavened bread represents the broken body of Christ, and the wine represents the shed look of our Lord. It is an intimate service for…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 8/21/22) Article 7 of the Zion Primitive Baptist Church Articles of Faith deals both with baptism and the communion service. Today we begin looking at the communion service, and how it was instituted and what it symbolizes. Download Audio File
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/14/22) Today we continue our look at Romans 10, where we have already seen that the zeal spoken of in verse 2 is a zeal “of God.” That is, the zeal is a zeal given by God to these Jews, thus proving to us that they are already born…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/14/22) In Romans 10, Paul expresses a zeal for the salvation of certain of his kinsmen among the Jews. He tells us that they have a “zeal of God”, but that it was an uniformed zeal. You see, these were born-again children of God among the Jewish nation, but…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/7/22) Yesterday we started this message, about when Jesus Christ – Who was fully God, and completely divine! – became flesh in order to deliver His people from the eternal curse of sin. We began to see the majesty and glory of God, and how much greater He is…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/7/22) There is no doubt that God is greater than man, and different from us in so many essential ways! He truly is the great “Other” – He is categorically “Other” than us! But there was a time when the Great “Other” became our brother. Jesus Christ, the Second…
