The Word Despised & Feared Prov. 13:13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This lesson demonstrates the results of the word despised & feared.  Now here’s the deal – the word of God is true – every single word in there is perfect – all we have to do is read it,...

Hope Deferred Prov 13:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This verse is illustrated, for example, by a mother who receives word that her son is missing in action – her hope is that he is alive but there is not a certainty – so she has to wait for him – this...

Obey God CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Peter said, in response to his accusers, “We ought to obey God rather than men.”  Today we are going to see the hindrances to and the blessings of obeying God. In Acts 1:4, the Lord commanded the disciples to wait for the promise.  The promise...

Woe to the Land Is 18:1-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This chapter is metaphorical and is therefore hard to understand until you can see to what the metaphors refer.  To study this passage, we are going to have to deal with the verses out of their chronological order.  We will first...

1 Timothy 6:17 God gives a warning in 1 Timothy 6:17 about trusting in money.  What a man has acquired compared to others is what he thinks of himself generally.  The goal of today’s study is to show the foolishness of trusting in money and the need to trust in...

Every Idle Word Matt. 12:36-37 Introduction: 1)      Isa. 55:8-9, God’s ways are different than the worlds. 2)      The world thinks lightly of certain types of speech. 3)      Matt. 12:36-37, The Lord says to take it seriously. 4)      Matt. 12:34, your speech reveals your heart. 5)      Matt. 12:35, your speech reveals...

Wealth Prov.13:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Everything in this lesson is practical – all the cross-references are from the gospels – much is said in the gospels about money. General Easy come easy go – Lk 15:11- 32 – the prodigal wasted his substance with riotous living – it vanished about...

Wealth Gotten by Vanity Prov. 13:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Wealth gotten by vanity is money that is gotten by you for which you do not have to work. It is wealth attained in the absence of labor. This verse of scripture informs us that any such acquisition will evaporate. Winning...

Contentious Pride Prov. 13:10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Contention often comes when one of two parties is insufficiently advised due to pride.  If there is someone with whom you have an ongoing contention then pride is likely involved.  There are some elements to contentious pride that will help you to understand...

Life’s Ransom Prov. 13:8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Spiritually speaking, the ransom of a man’s life is Jesus, 2 Cor 8:9; 1 Pet 1:18-19; 1 Tim 2:4-6; Ps 49:6-9 Practically speaking, the ransom of a man’s life is money.  Riches will get a man out of almost every [but nor every] jam: ransom for...