Personal Offenses
Personal Offenses Matt.18:15-17 Personal offenses will come! People are people, Christians are people. When a sin or offense is personal and private, the injured person should go at once to the one who has done the injury and show him his fault alone, [Matt.18:15]. Every effort should be made for reconciliation. Patience, love and […]
You Need To Be There
You Need To Be There! Jn.20:19-20 & 24 When Jesus came Thomas was not there! (verse 24) Thomas knew to be there (Matt.28:7-10 & 16 – eleven went!) Everyone else was there (Judas was dead, acceptable excuse) Jesus had told them that he would be there When you know that Jesus is going to be […]
Church Discipline
Church Discipline 1 Cor.5 The church has a responsibility to exercise discipline and exclude from its fellowship any member who persist in sin and disobedience to God’s word as found in 1 Cor. 5. Sin will spiritually affect the church and any of the blessings of God. The Lord shows us the use of the […]
Be Not Silent
Be Not Silent Ps. 30:11-12 According to Acts 1:8, we are to be witnesses of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is a responsibility of every Christian. If you are saved, then you have the Holy Spirit of God living in you. You should have the desire to share the Gospel or “good news”. So […]
Order or Disorder?
Order or Disorder? 1 Cor.14:40 “Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Cor. 14:33 “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace…” God demands order: Details of His Creation (All created in perfect order) “and God saw that it was good” Details of the Temple, Sacrifices, and offerings (how […]
Debt
Debt 1 Sam. 22:2 The first time “debt” is mentioned in the Bible in in 1 Sam. 22:2. We find David escaping to the cave Adullam. In verse 2, three type of folks “gathered themselves unto” him, everyone that was in distress, in debt and discontented. These three always run together. Discontent and distress […]
How’s Your Countenance?
How’s Your Countenance? Genesis 4:5 Cain’s countenance fell. He revealed on the outside, his attitude problem that was on the inside. How’s your countenance? Are there problems on the inside of you that you try to hide on the outside? You have probably heard the term “poker face”, meaning a face that does not […]
Sifted by Satan
Sifted by Satan Luke 22:31-34 Sift: to examine minutely or critically, to scrutinize, Separate the fine from the course. In Bible times threshing floors were used to separate the grain from the chaff. The wheat was crushed by oxen walking on it, then it was thrown in the air, winnowing. The process was very […]
The Storms of Life
The Storms of Life Acts 27:9-13 Four Basic Reasons for the Storms of Life Storms that are of time and chance, Ecc. 9:11 and Matt.5:45, no one is exempt. Storms that are engineered by our own foolishness, Jonah 1-2. Storms that God sends us into for development, Matt.8:18. Storms that we are dragged into by […]
Ye Ask, and Receive Not
Ye ask, and receive not James 4:3 James states the reason that we receive not, we ask amiss. Millions of people go through life never once praying to God to thank him or ask him for the things that they need. Many Christians pray daily but receive not. The Bible states that we receive nothing […]