Are You a Hypocrite? Matt 23:25-28
When you first hear the question, Are you a hypocrite, your first response is undoubtedly, No way! But is your first response true? Are you a hypocrite? Well, the best way to find out is to describe what a hypocrite is and what a hypocrite does. And if you find that these things are true […]
Brutes, Jude 8,10
Brutes lack the ability to reason, they have no conscience, and they are like animals, stupid, gross and sensual. By checking the thirteen references to them in the Bible, we learn some very interesting things. Brutes learn what they know naturally – Jude 8-10 – the trouble with this is that the natural man receiveth […]
Preaching and Teaching, Acts 28:31
After we are saved, it is very important that we hear the preaching and teaching of the word of God. There are five specific things we see Paul doing with the word of God among the people to whom he ministered. Like Paul, ministers of the word of God should be involved in: Preaching – […]
Be Ye Angry, And Sin Not, Eph 4:26
I have often thought, “How is it possible to be angry and not sin?” I believe that every time I have ever been angry, I have sinned in some capacity. When you fail to rule your spirit you are going to do or say something wrong. Yet, in thinking about this verse recently, it dawned […]
The Tradition of Men, Mk 7:5-13
There are many professing Christians who believe that the tradition of men is of equal authority with or superior authority to scripture. This was the problem with the Pharisees in Mk 7:5-13. They were “teaching for doctrines the commandments of men,” [Mk 7:7]. You can see the preference for tradition over scripture when you quote the […]
Getting Out of Sin, 2 Tim 2:24-26
The Lord’s desire for our lives is the we sin not [1 Jn 2:1]. He gives us the law and the Spirit to make us aware of sin so that we can keep it out of our lives. In Rom 7:12-13, the law is holy, just and good. By the law, sin appears sin […]
What Does Ordained Mean in Acts 13:48?
In Acts 13:48, Luke writes, “… and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.” Some interpret ordained here to mean predestined. However, by studying the context and the use of the word ordained in other passages, we’ll see that ordained here does not mean predestined, at all. Rather, it has the combined meaning […]
Preaching Jesus, Acts 11:20
When you consider preaching Jesus Christ to others it helps to understand what preaching Jesus entails. There’s a lot to it. Today we are going to look at what Paul and some of his fellow preachers did when they went about preaching Jesus. Preaching Jesus entails: Publishing – Acts 13:49 – to publish is to […]
Self-Centered Perception, 1 Sam 22:7-8
In 1 Sam 22:7-8 we see Saul’s self-centered perception as he accuses David and Jonathan of making a league against him. Saul’s perception is all about him [notice that he says “me” five times in verse 8] as he imagines them against him. The fact is that he was against them. He attempted to kill […]
Expectations, Hag 1:9
Hag 1:9 says, Ye looked for much, and it came to little. This is a great verse for unfulfilled expectations. With this verse in mind we want to preach on this topic of unfulfilled expectations. The problem with an expectation is that: You even have an expectation in the first place – “Ye looked.” When […]