Ye Serve The Lord, Col 3:23-24

In Col 3:24 we read, “ye serve the Lord Christ”.  With the upcoming Preachers Conference, many of us have been serving to prepare for the conference and many more will be serving during the conference. It is helpful to see from this passage some words from the Lord that will help us to be encouraged […]

Surety For The Lad, Gen 44:30-34

Our text for this sermon is Gen 44: 30–34. In this passage, Judah said to Joseph about Benjamin, “for thy servant became surety for the lad onto my father, saying, If I bring him not onto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever”. Then in verse 34 he asked “For how […]

Things That Are Better, Ecc 4:1-16

In Ecc 4:1-16, Solomon, by observation, shows us some things that are better under the sun. Ecc 4:1-3 In oppression, the dead are better than the living.  In countries where the people are oppressed, it is better to die than to keep living.  In North Korea, for example, the people are oppressed.  They cry tears, […]

Faith Love and Hope, 1 Thes 5:8

According to 1 Thes 5:5 we who are saved are children of the day, we are children of light.  We are not children of the night, children of darkness.  We were in darkness before we were saved, but now we are in his marvelous light, Acts 26:18; 1 Pet 2:9.  And as children of light […]

Hedge of Protection

Hedge of Protection Job 1:1-12   This famous passage is that of God and Satan discussing Job. God speaks of Job’s character in verse 1. We are shown Job’s character in verse 5. Satan claims that this comes from the “hedge” or blessing that God has put on his house verses 10-12. But as we […]

Bought With A Price, 1 Cor 6:19-20

1 Cor 6:20 says that people Jesus saves are bought with a price.  The price is the blood of Jesus shed on Calvary. No matter what we were before we were saved, 1 Cor 6:9-10, Jesus washes us in his blood and cleanses us from our sins.  He sanctifies us to be clean for his […]

That They Might See, Ecc 3:16-21

I saw under the sun, v.16.Solomon desired that they might see: The place of judgment, that wickedness was there.  The most notable case of this in the Bible is the trial of Jesus.  His betrayer declared that he was innocent, Matt 27:4.  The governor’s wife declared him to be just, Matt 27:19.  Pilate himself declared […]