by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 6/19/22) In Article Six of the Articles of Faith of Zion Primitive Baptist Church, we read the following: “We believe that God’s elect shall be called and regenerated and sanctified by the Holy Ghost.” This is a reference to regeneration, or the “new birth.” In today’s message, we begin…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 6/12/22) In the last post, we began to look at the topic of “justification by faith,” which takes place in the courtroom of the heart and mind of the child of God. Today, we finish looking at that type of justification, and turn to “justification by works”. This last…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 6/12/22) We have looked at the biblical concept of “justification by grace alone,” and seen that our eternal justification occurs without regard to the exercise of our faith or works. However, the Bible clearly teaches both justification by faith without works, and justification by works. Do these scriptures conflict?…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/29/22) In Article Five of the Articles of Faith of Zion Primitive Baptist Church, we find the following language: We believe that sinners are justified only in the sight of God by the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ. The concept of justification implies a courtroom, and it is important…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/8/22) In the last podcast episode, we began to look at the raven and the dove released by Noah in Genesis 8. We learned about the nature of the raven, which was at home amidst the carrion of the earth. Today we conclude the message by looking at the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/8/22) In the 8th chapter of Genesis, we read about the waters of the Flood beginning to recede from the earth. In order to see if the waters still prevailed upon the earth, Noah released a raven and a dove. The raven never came back, but the dove could…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/8/22) In the first half of this message, we began looking at Article Four of the Articles of Faith of Zion Primitive Baptist Church: We believe in the doctrine of original sin and impotency of man’s recovery in and of himself from the fallen state which he is in…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/8/22) Having looked extensively at the doctrine of election over the past few weeks, we turn now to Article Four of the Articles of Faith of Zion Primitive Baptist Church: We believe in the doctrine of original sin and impotency of man’s recovery in and of himself from the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 12/19/21) In Genesis 49, we read about Jacob blessing his children before he dies. In blessing Judah, he declares that “the sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. . . .” This is a glorious prophecy of the coming of the Messiah; join us…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 12/19/21) In Genesis 49, we read about Jacob blessing his children before he dies. In blessing Judah, he declares that “the sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. . . .” This is a glorious prophecy of the coming of the Messiah; join us…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/1/22) Today we conclude the message that we began yesterday on the topic of “perseverance through grace.” The idea of this article of our articles of faith is that God, through His divine power, preserves each and every one of His children through grace, and NOT that they themselves…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/1/22) In our articles of faith, we find the following language: “We believe in . . . the final perseverance of the saints through grace. . . .” What does this mean? Does this mean that all children of God WILL PERSEVERE in faith and good works, or else…
