Walk In Victory Over Fear, Heb 2:15
Walk In Victory Over Fear Heb.2:15 CLICKTITLE FOR AUDIO There are four things of which Christians are particularly afraid. Christians fear the loss of their life, their self-esteem or self-worth, their reputation and their dignity. Put another way, Christians fear death, falling, dishonor and derision. As my former pastor used to say, “People fear ridicule worse […]
Witnessing to Jehovahs Witnesses, 1 Cor 1:18-21
Jehovahs Witnesses are so well versed in defending their beliefs on hell, works salvation, and the differences between Jesus and God that you are essentially wasting time arguing with them about these matters. When you argue about these things, they aren’t going to listen to you. They are going to be thinking about which verses […]
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
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 man who is “cooking up” something bad. He […]
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
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 5:8, the devil is the devourer. In Rev 12:9 […]
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 […]