Spiritual Prepping, Ps 33:18-19
Spiritual Prepping These days you hear more and more about people being encouraged to stock up on food and other necessities in advance of the anticipated “crash”. It is not uncommon, in a presidential election year, for people to “fear the worst” if the incumbent is not reelected. I’ve heard three such fear-driven prognostications this […]
The Church Building, Matt 16:16-18
The Church Building Matt 16:16-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus said, “I will build my church,” [Matt 16:18]. It’s built on a rock [Matt 16:16]. That rock is Jesus Christ, and the gates of hell were not able to prevail against it between his burial and resurrection [Acts 2:27, 31]. Notice that Jesus said, “I will […]
Waters in a Garment, Prov 30:4
Waters in a Garment Prov. 30: 4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Prov 30:4, Agur asked, “Who hath bound the waters in a garment?” This is a profound question coming from a man who professed to be brutish and lacking in wisdom and knowledge. As we study the Bible you’re going to see that God bound […]
The Thieves of Wealth, Lk 12:33
The Thieves of Wealth Lk 12: 33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When the Lord was preaching to his disciples he said, “provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief aproacheth, neither moth corrupteth,” [Lk 12:33]. Today we want to see in the Bible the thieves that […]
Diversity In The Body, 1 Cor 12:1-21
Diversity in the Body 1 Cor 12 is a great encouragement to me, because I often trouble myself about not doing the work of the ministry the way or to the same degree as others I admire in the Lord’s work. Particularly, I get concerned about leading more souls to Jesus Christ and being a […]
Heart of Unbelief, Heb 3:12
Heart of Unbelief Heb 3:12 says, Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you and evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. It says an evil heart… Jeremiah said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it”?, Jer 17:9. Jesus said, “For from within, […]
Jesus’s Birth, Lk 2:1-24
Jesus’s Birth Remarkable Circumstances in Jesus’s Birth Caesar’s Tax Joseph and Mary were from Nazareth, Lk 2:4, 1:26. Ordinarily, they would have stayed in Nazareth for Jesus’s birth because Mary was already so far along in her pregnancy, Lk 2:5. Yet, Jesus was not supposed to be born in Nazareth. Rather, he was prophesied to […]
Go and Do Thou Likewise, Lk 10:29-37
Go and Do Thou Likewise Luke 10:29-37 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan to a lawyer in answer to his question clarifying the second commandment, “Who is my neighbour?” He asked the question to justify himself. Jesus told him the story and then told him to go and do thou […]
The Good Samaritan, Luke 10:30-35
The Good Samaritan Luke 10:30-35 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Good Samaritan is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. So, notice the particulars in this story that show you what the Lord does for a lost soul. He saved him – the Good Samaritan did what the religious crowd won’t do. They passed by […]
What Weakens Faith, Mk 4:40
What Weakens Faith When Jesus and the disciples were caught in a great storm of wind, and their boat filled with water from the waves, the disciples thought they were going to perish. Jesus, on the other hand, was asleep on a pillow. The disciples woke him up and said, “Master, carest thou not that […]