Inheritance in the Kingdom Eph.5:1-5
Ephesians 5:1-5 Inheritance in the Kingdom CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO To have an inheritance in the kingdom of God, you must: Follow God as dear children – like a child follows his dad (v. 1) Walk in love (v. 2) – there’s no profit if you don’t 1 Cor 13 – walking in love stems from Rom 12:1-2 Keep […]
Just Let Bitterness Go, Eph 4:31-32
Ephesians 4:31-32 Just Let It Go CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Christians today can be very bitter about some things. So Paul gives a great admonition on how to get past all that. You’ve got to put away some things and that can be mighty tough. He tells us to put away: Bitterness Wrath Anger Clamor Evil […]
Sins against the Spirit Eph.4:30
Ephesians 4:30 Sins Against the Spirit CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are a number of sins against the Spirit: Primary danger right after getting saved, when you want to surrender to the Holy Spirit and Satan does everything he can to counterfeit the work of the Holy Spirit so that you will surrender your will to the […]
Putting On The New Man Eph.4:23-29
Ephesians 4:23-29 Putting on the New Man CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Yesterday we talked about putting off the old man and today about putting on the new man. This is something you do continually. There is competition between the “old” and “new” all the time. There is a constant battle. The new man delights in two […]
Putting Off The Old Man Eph. 4:17-22
Ephesians 4:17-22 Putting Off The Old Man CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The old man is that natural man whose genealogy can be traced back to Adam and he has a walk that is common to all other natural men. Here is the description concerning his: According to deceitful lusts – knows only what it wants and fouls […]
Perfecting the Saints Eph.4:12-16
Ephesians 4:12-16 Perfecting the Saints CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Pastors, Teachers and Evangelists are Gifts for the Body which: Perfect the Saints (v. 12) Do the Work of the Ministry (v. 12) Edify the Saints Keep the Unity of the Faith (v. 13) Help you Know more about Jesus Grow the Body into the Stature […]
Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers Eph. 4:11b
Ephesians 4: 11b Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Apostles – ended with the early church (Acts of the Apostles). Prophets – you’ve got more prophecy in the Bible than anyone knows and the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy and with the sure word of prophecy you don’t need prophets today. You need […]
Balanced Preaching Hosea 6:5
Balanced Preaching Hosea 6:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Bible preaching needs to be balanced preaching. Preaching needs to be both positive and negative. There is a heaven but there is also hell. There is mercy with God but there is also the wrath of God. There is righteousness but there is also sin. There is the […]
Return to God Amos 4:6
Return to God Amos 4:6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Israel had forsaken the Lord for their idols. And so the Lord brought trouble to them to get them to repent and return to God. He brought them hunger from a lack of food, yet they did not return to God [Amos 4:6]. He sent them drought […]
Sons of God, Rom 8:14-25
When we get saved we become the sons of God [Jn 1:12] through our new birth in Jesus Christ. Our birth as sons of God involves three things that are discussed in the middle of Rom 8. These three things are our adoption, our inheritance and our redemption. As sons of God we receive: Our […]