Praise Among the People, Ps 57:7-9
Praise Among the People When we meet together for worship, we typically begin our services with congregational singing. How you sing praise among the people tells where your heart is with God. To sing these hymns “with grace in your hearts to the Lord”, Col 3:16, requires several things that we find in Ps 57. […]
Mercy and Truth, Prov 14:22
Mercy and Truth Prov. 14:22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Prov 14:22, the Lord said, “Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.” To devise is to conceive or imagine a thing, to plan to bring about something. So, a man that devises evil is a […]
Did Samuel Come Up? 1 Sam 28:7-20
Did Samuel Come Up? 1 Sam. 28: 7-20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Several people have asked, over the years, whether the woman with the familiar spirit in 1 Sam 28:7-20 really called up Samuel. Most of them believe that Samuel didn’t really come up, but rather that the voice of the familiar spirit imitating Samuel spoke […]
Why Do They Lie, Prov 12:19
Why Do They Lie Prov. 12:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO They lie to deceive, to destroy and to kill. In Gen 3:4 the devil lied to deceive, destroy and kill Adam and Eve. In Jn 10:10 the thief stole the dominion over the earth from Adam and became the god of this world. In 1 Pet […]
Devices of Satan, 2 Cor 2:11
Devices of Satan Paul said in 2 Cor 2:11 that we are not ignorant of the devices of Satan. However, if I asked you to name some of his devices, you might confess that you are ignorant of his devices. Therefore, we’ll look at five things the devil might use against you: Perversion – Acts […]
Laborers in the Harvest, Matt 9:37-38
Laborers in the Harvest In Matt 9:37, when Jesus was moved with compassion at the sight of the multitude, he said, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. How are we going to change this? To get more laborers in the harvest, we must: Pray up – Matt 9:38. Jesus said, Pray […]
Who Is This, Lk 9:1-22
Who Is This? The reason God directed Luke to write Lk 9:1-22 was to answer the question that Herod raised in Lk 9:9, “Who is this”? By the time we get to verse 22, you’ll know who this is. How would they have known the answer to “Who is this”? By the power and authority […]
Eat My Flesh, Jn 6:51-62
Eat My Flesh Jn. 6: 51-62 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Jesus taught, he often related what he was teaching to the situation at hand. He used a proximate example as an illustration. The example was not literal, but typified a spiritual truth. For instance, in Mk 1:16-18, when he saw Peter and Andrew casting a […]
A Deceitful Heart, Jer 17:9
A Deceitful Heart Jer.17: 9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The trouble with a deceitful heart according to this text is that the man who has it doesn’t know it. The Lord asks, “Who can know it?” Well, as hard as it is for us to know the deceit of our own hearts, I believe there are […]
Example of Timothy, 2 Tim 3:15
Example of Timothy I was asked by a fellow in Australia why there were not more young people going to the mission field and staying when they got there. We can probably answer that question best by studying the example of Timothy. Upbringing – 2 Tim 3:15. “From a child thou hast known the holy […]