In Amos 5:6, Amos said, “Seek the Lord, and ye shall live”. In verse 4 the Lord said, “Seek ye me, and ye shall live”. Life is truly in the Lord Jesus Christ. Like John wrote in 1 Jn 5:12, He that hath the Son hath life; and he that...
Ezekiel 29:1-21 is a prophecy against Egypt, v.2. There will be prophecies against Pharaoh and Egypt in chapters 29-32. Egypt the Great Dragon v.3 against thee, Pharaoh, the great dragon in the rivers, 31:4-5. Pharaoh is the great dragon in the sea, compared with Leviathan, Is 27:1, and the devil...
According to Prov 5:6, we are to ponder the path of life. As you ponder this path you recognize that it is: The Path of Salvation – Prov 5:5; 1 Jn 5:12. In the proverb, the strange woman leads you down the path of death all the way to hell....
As we discussed this morning, the Lord is full of compassion. He has certainly had compassion on us. Compassion is “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it”. What does God want us to do with the compassion that he extends toward us? He wants us...
Ps 86:15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. Today we are going to discuss the Lord’s compassion. God is full of compassion. He sent his Son to die for us. And he is not willing that any...
Ezek 28:20-26 is a prophecy against Zidon, much like the prophecies against the Ammonites, Mood and Seir, Edom, and the Philistines in Ezek 25. In v.21 the Lord told Ezekiel to set his face against Zidon and prophesy. The Lord’s promise to glorify and sanctify his name In v.22 The...
In Eph 6:11 Paul wrote, “Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil”. When you read this verse, you envision a soldier arming himself for a fight. You might imagine yourself putting on a helmet or a breastplate...
In 1 Chr 22-27, when David prepared for the construction of the house of God, he organized everything and everyone in his kingdom for Solomon to begin to build and rule. Everyone was responsible. Notice all these occupations: 1 Chr 23:3-5, the Levites set forward the work of the house...
In this sermon we’re going to discuss virtue. Virtue is strength. It is that quality of physical bodies, by which they produce effects on other bodies. In a literal sense you can speak of the virtue of plants in medicine. So, in Lk 6:19, Jesus said virtue had gone...
In Ezek 28:11-19, the Lord addresses Satan in the king of Tyrus, in the same way that Jesus addressed Satan in Peter in Matt 16:23. What God says to the devil in this lamentation against the king of Tyrus begins with the devil’s creation. The Devil Before His Fall When...
