Straitening the Path (Getting Our Heart Right With God) Robert Wurtz II The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight... Continue Reading →
Ante-Pentecost Christianity
Robert Wurtz II “On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” Now this he said about the Spirit,... Continue Reading →
Salvation in the Absence of Convicton
Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot... Continue Reading →
The Lost Practice of Praying Through to Salvation
And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation" (Acts 2:40 ESV). If modern preachers would get rid of self, in other words, hide themselves in the blood of Christ, and come before the world, and preach nothing but Jesus Christ, and Him crucified... Continue Reading →
Industrialized Salvation (Understanding Decisionism, Easy-Believism, and Shallow Conversion)
Industrialized SalvationRobert Wurtz IIAnd when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought... Continue Reading →
Living With Regret (Charlie Peace)
Living With RegretRobert Wurtz IIFor you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears. (Hebrews 12:17)Our passage calls to remembrance the story of Jacob and Esau, twin brothers from the book of Genesis (beginnings). Though Esau... Continue Reading →
Regeneration or Reprobation (Revisited)
Regeneration or Reprobation (Revisited)Gospel HardenedRobert Wurtz II The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed by the fire; the founder is smelting in vain: for the wicked are not drawn off. Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them (Jeremiah 6:29-30). There are many people in the world today that are... Continue Reading →
Getting Right With God (Repentance and Faith)
Getting Right With GodRobert Wurtz IIAll we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:6 NKJV)Our passage is a prophecy that is precious to all saints. Isaiah speaks of the Lord Jesus receiving the awesome punishment that each of... Continue Reading →
Sycomore Tree Ministries
Sycomore Tree MinistriesRobert Wurtz IINow behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to... Continue Reading →
Hiding From God
Hiding From GodRobert Wurtz IIAnd they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. (Genesis 3:8 NKJV)Adam and Eve have now realized that the Serpent has deceived... Continue Reading →