Honest Conversation, 1 Pet 2:12 – Sep 27, 2026
Honest conversation. Conversation is your behavior. Honest is free from fraud or deception, truthful, genuine, real, reputable. Some would say “authentic”. We need our conversation to be honest: In the community, 1 Pet 2:11-12. The attitude of the world to the gospel is, generally, negative. The speak against you as evil doers. They’re watching you. […]
Partakers of the Divine Nature of God, 2 Pet 1:1-4 – Sep 27, 2026
God desires for us to be partakers of the divine nature of God. For us to partake of his divine nature, he has given us four things that we find in this text. The righteousness of God, v.1. God’s righteousness is given to us at salvation. See Gal 2:16. Once you have God’s righteousness you […]
Cain’s Curse and Descendants, Gen 4:11-24 – Sep 27, 2026
Cain’s Curse, v.11-12 Cain was cursed from the earth. The earth had opened its mouth to receive Abel’s blood, when he was murdered. Actually, Cain could have been killed, Gen 9:6; Num 35:33, because murder is a capital crime. The curse involved three things found in verse 12: Cain’s Reaction, v.13-14 Cain’s reaction was self-pity. […]
Israel Served False Gods, Jud 10:6-9
In Jud 10:6-9 Israel served Baalim and the gods of the nations around them. Interestingly, they were attacked by the same countries whose gods they served. There are grave national implications to us in the United States concerning this same problem. The Lord commanded them not to worship these gods – worshipping these gods would […]
The Cleansing Blood, 1 Jn 1:7-9
1 Jn 1:7 says that “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” That is a tremendous promise. Today we are going to discuss a few of the consequences of sin in our lives. And then we’re going to see how the blood of Jesus Christ remedies those consequences when we […]
The Lord Spake By Me, 2 Sam 23:2 – Sep 23, 2026
When David wrote 2 Sam 23:3-7, he said in v.2, “The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue”. The second part of the verse is easy to understand and apply. David wrote, “His word was in my tongue”. Any time you quote a verse of scripture, the word […]
Justification by Faith and Works, Jas 2:18-26
If justification is by faith then what is justification by faith and works in James 2 about? It’s about Tribulation saints. Christians often use James 2:18-26 to prove that you must do something to show that you are saved and thus justify yourself by works after salvation. They like to quote Jas 2:18-26 to show […]
Thank God For Your Wife, Prov 19:14
If you have a prudent wife you ought to thank God for your wife because she came from the Lord according to Prov 19:14. Now, your wife may not have been a perfect fit for you when you first married, but over time the Lord has tempered you and molded her, or molded you and […]
You Can Face Condemnation, Rom 8:1
According to Jn 5:24, Jesus Christ said of every saved person, he “hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation.” That is a tremendous promise. You see, before a person is saved, he is “condemned already,” [Jn 3:18]. According to Jn 3:36, he “shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on […]
The Testimony of a Changed Life, Mk 5:1-20 – Sep 20, 2026
The Testimony of a Changed Life The wild man in the Gadarenes had the testimony of a changed life. With him there was a noticeable difference in three areas of his life. He experienced: A change in his actions. He was sitting (at the feet of Jesus, Lk 8:35) whereas before he had been doing […]