Bad-mouthing Your Neighbor, Prov 11:9-12
Bad-mouthing Your Neighbor Prov. 11: 9-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are Christians who, with their mouths, attempt to disparage their neighbors. The Proverbs have much to say about this problem. So, we are going to study it carefully today with this purpose in mind. If you are one of those who say things about your […]
Stay With The Guide, Ps 25:8-9
Stay With The Guide When you fish with a guide he’ll take you to the right location, he’ll give you the right instruction for the day, and he’ll give you directions along the way. But you have to stay with the guide. We have a guide in our eternal life. But you have to stay […]
God Desires Fruit From You, Rom 7:4
God Desires Fruit From You Rom. 7: 4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO “We should bring forth fruit unto God,” [Rom 7:4]. We should be “fruitful in every good work,” [Col 1:10]. When you study passages in the New Testament that deal with fruit, you realize that God desires fruit. For us to bear fruit we have […]
Ye Cannot Serve The Lord, Jos 24:14-25
Ye Cannot Serve The Lord Jos. 24: 14-25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO As Christians, we are constantly being challenged to love the Lord with all our heart [Deut 6:5]. God doesn’t want any competitors. “He is an holy God; he is a jealous God,” [Jos 24:19]. He is the only master that we are to serve […]
God Conceals Things, Prov 25:2
God Conceals Things Prov. 25: 2CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 25:2 says, “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing.” When you read through the Bible you see several things that the Lord has concealed or will conceal. For instance, in Num 22:22-34, the angel of the Lord stood in the […]
Plain and Right, Prov 8:9
Plain and Right Two characteristics of the words of God are that they are plain and right. But often you hear people comment that they aren’t plain and right. They’ll say, “that doesn’t make sense to me”. Or they’ll say, “this translation is not right; it should read this way”. When the words aren’t plain […]
God Answers Prayer, 2 Kings 19
God Answers Prayer Sometimes God answers prayer, not simply to grant your petition, but rather to fulfill his desire. Here are some examples of answered prayer for God’s benefit: God answers prayer for his glory – 2 Ki 19:15-19 – Hezekiah prayed for deliverance from the Assyrians and God heard his prayer. The reason was not only […]
The Transfiguration, Lk 9:27-36
The Transfiguration Lk 9:27-36 is the passage we typically call the Transfiguration. See Matt 17:2. To see all that’s connected with this event, we’ll check the cross references in the other gospels. We’re going to study what Peter, John, and James saw and what they heard. Peter, John, and James saw: The kingdom of God […]
Our Testimony, Jn 21:24
Our Testimony Jn 21: 24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO As Christians, we have a testimony. A testimony is a solemn declaration (like that of a witness), the firsthand authentication of a fact (like evidence), an open acknowledgment, or a public profession (like your testimony). The word testimony also refers to the stone tablets inscribed with the […]
A Head-on Collision with God, Acts 9:5
A Head-on Collision with God Acts 9:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul was living his life blamelessly [Phil 3:6] and with a good conscience toward God [Acts 23:1] that what he was doing was right. But he was dead wrong. Even witnessing the preaching and the death of Stephen and the pricks to his conscience that […]