A. A. Hodge

Justification - Part I

When the mind is enlightened by Divine truth, and duly impressed with a sense of guilt, it cannot fail anxiously to inquire, How can a man be just with God! The answer given to this question decides the character of our religion, and, if practically adopted, our future destiny. To give a wrong…

Justification - Part II

Section II: The demands of the law are satisfied by what Christ has done. WE have thus seen that the Scriptures teach, first, That all men are naturally under the law as prescribing the terms of their acceptance with God; and, secondly, That no obedience which sinners can render is sufficient to…

Justification - Part III

Section III: The righteousness of Christ the true ground of our justification. The practical effects of this doctrine. THE Bible, as we have seen, teaches, first, that we are under a law which demands perfect obedience, and which threatens death in case of transgression; secondly, that all men have…

A Short History of Creeds and Confessions

IT is asserted in the first chapter of this Confession [The Westminster Confession of Faith], and vindicated in this exposition that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, having been given by inspiration of God, are for man in his present state the only and the all-sufficient rule of faith…

Assurance and Humility

I think the first essential mark of the difference between true and false assurance is to be found in the fact that the true works humility. There is nothing in the world that works such satanic, profound, God-defiant pride as false assurance; nothing works such utter humility, or brings to such…

God, His Nature And Relation To The Universe

THREE questions obviously lie at the foundation, not only of all man's religious knowledge, but of every possible form of knowledge: Is there a God? What is God? What is God's relation to the universe? And if he does sustain a relation to the universe which is in any degree intelligible to us, a…

Outlines of Theology: Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism & Augustinianism

A COMPARISON OF SYSTEMS In this chapter will be presented a brief sketch of the main contrasting positions of the three rival systems of Pelagianism, Semipelagianism, and Augustinianism, or as they are denominated in their more completely developed forms, Socinianism, Arminianism, and…

The Presence of Christ at the Lord's Supper

Is Christ really, truly, personally present with us in the sacrament? Do we therein covenant and commune with him in person, touch to touch, immediately and really; or is this only a show, a symbol of something absent and different from what it seems? The gross perversions of the Romanists and…