Carnal Motives for Giving 2 Cor. 9:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are certainly some very spiritual motives for giving, as we saw in the prior broadcast. These include love, willingness, affection, obedience, joy, liberality, and security. But oftentimes, we find that giving is carnally motivated. We want to examine the...
Spiritual Motives for Giving Eph 5:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are many motives for giving and not all of them are good and pure. Giving in order to be recognized is selfishly motivated in part, but the recipient doesn’t mind; universities promise recognition as an encouragement to give. Giving to...
Love Hate Relationships 1 Sam. 16: 21 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You have heard the expression, “they have a love hate relationship.” Well, the truth of the matter is, as you know, a person either loves or hates the other person. He doesn’t have both of these feelings at the same...
Benefiting From Reproof Prov. 25: 12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO of a Wise Reprover. Reproof that is beneficial is like “an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,” [Prov 25:12]. For reproof to be beneficial there must be a wise reprover and the one being reproved must have an obedient...
How Will You Respond? When the word of God is your lamp and light, when it’s purity is making you pure, and when it’s truth is sanctifying you, how will you respond when you face: Sin. You will cease from sin. Ps 119:9-11, 101, 133. Your attitude toward sin changes...
Thy Word Repeatedly in Ps 119, we find references to “Thy word”. These are God’s words; not man’s words. A woman at a family gathering after a funeral said, “I believe these are man’s words”. I told her what Jesus said, “My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent...
The Sabbath Days Throughout the ministry of Jesus Christ, the Pharisees were looking for reasons to accuse him. One of their principle accusations was that Jesus didn’t keep the sabbath, Ex 20:8-11. In Lk 6:1-12, Luke records two instances where the Pharisees observed Jesus doing something on the sabbath that...
Ps 23 4 The Shadow of Death CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO David said in Ps 23:4, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me…” In this broadcast we are going to study the shadow of death. We...
The Two Witnesses Rev. 11: 3-6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many people believe that the two witnesses in Rev 11 are Enoch and Elijah. They are the only two whom God raptured alive in the Old Testament (Gen 5:24; 2 Ki 2:11). However, this belief is primarily supported by Heb 9:27,...
The Throne of Grace The throne of grace is where God meets with us when we come to him in prayer. The Lord gives us three instructions regarding his throne of grace. He says: Come boldly. We must get away from the thoughts and distractions down here. So, we approach...
