How To Handle Disappointment, Gen 40:23
So often we face things that disappoint us and we must know how to handle disappointment. We are going to study a few Bible characters to see how they handled disappointment and they should help us to see how we should handle disappointment. When you face disappointment: Keep doing good – Gen 40:14-15, 23 – […]
Quickened Together, Eph 2:4-10
In Eph 2:4-10, Paul wrote about being quickened together with Christ, when we are saved. Before we were saved, we walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, who is the devil. When Paul wrote “But God,” in Eph 2:4, he showed us that God […]
How To Change, 1 Tim 1:12-16
This sermon on how to change teaches you how to practically change things in your life that should change when you are saved. There are things in all our lives that should change after salvation. However, many Christians don’t change partly because they don’t know how to change. So, we’ll show you some things from […]
In Due Season, Gal 6:9
In Due Season Gal 6:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Gal 6:9 says, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” The phrase in this verse that is critical to successful reaping is, “in due season.” You see the trouble today is that there is […]
The Love of Christ Constraineth Us, 2 Cor 5:14
2 Cor 5:14 says “For the love of Christ constraineth us”. In v.15, it constrains us to not henceforth live unto ourselves, but unto him who died for them (in v.14) and rose again. To constrain is to hold back by or as if by force. The force of his love constrains us to not […]
Rahab’s Testimony, Jos 2:1-24
Rahab’s testimony is remarkable, Jos 2:1-24. Notice: Rahab’s Testimony of Faith – Heb 11:31. In Jos 2:9-11 she believed in the Lord. Then in v.12-13 she believed she could be saved and that she needed to be saved. In v.14 she believed the words of the spies. And in v.17-21 she believed that the scarlet thread […]
The King’s Commandment, Ecc 8:1-5
In Ecc 8:1, Solomon asked, “Who is as the wise man”? A wise man fears the Lord. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. So, if he is “as” the wise man, he will fear the Lord. See Prov 24:21. And the wise man will keep the king’s commandment. Solomon also asked, […]
Private Interpretation, 2 Pet 1:20
Private interpretation is the method of interpreting scripture to make it say what you want it to say. Private interpretation derives from four primary sources: The first is unbelief. You don’t believe what you’re reading so you make the scripture say what you believe. The second is presumption. You have decided that a certain doctrine […]
Bible Understanding, 1 Jn 2:27
Bible understanding is the result of praying, reading, believing, doing, studying, trusting, and simplifying. Trust the Holy Spirit to teach you. Recently we have been asked this same question by two different people. They want to know how to understand what they are reading in the Bible. Well, there are probably many study aids, like […]
Sincerity and Truth, Jos 24:14
Joshua commanded Israel to “fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth”, Jos 24:14. Not just in sincerity. Not just in truth. But in the combination of sincerity and truth. Sincerity is honesty of mind; freedom from hypocrisy. Sincere means: without deceit, pretense [a false profession]; free of dissimulation; being genuine, the […]