Article 18

Pastor - Ralph E. Dale

"Shiloh Baptist Church is a Sovereign Assembly"

"We believe and preach the doctrines of God's sovereign grace"

What is life?

What is life? Your natural life is as a "vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." You cannot say with assurance that you will be living tomorrow. Your life is given upon the volition of the will of God and it is taken at his appointed time.

Your natural life is in evidence when the flow of the blood stimulates the activity of the natural mind and the movements of muscles. Your spiritual life is in evidence when the flow of the Spirit of God stimulates the spiritual mind (your heart) resulting in a godly walk.

When the blood flows and the mind functions, there is action of the muscles. When the Spirit flows, and your godly mind functions, there is action consisting of good works. These good works are done only by the stimulation of the Spirit of God. It is by grace of God that we are what we are.