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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Blessed By Forgiveness, Ps 32:1-11
Blessed by Forgiveness “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered”, Ps 32:1. David knew his sin was forgiven and covered. Therefore, he was blessed by foregiveness. Practically speaking, how did he get there? He acknowledged his sin to God, Ps 32:5. Sin is deceitful. People in bondage to sin generally fail […]
Sing Hymns, Eph 5:19
The Bible gives us the best instruction on singing hymns. When we sing hymns, we should sing the right songs and we should sing them the right way. We should sing to the Lord – Eph 5:19 – “to the Lord”. Col 3:16 “to the Lord”. Ex 15:1, 21 – the Lord is the audience. […]
Doing Righteousness, Prov 11
Doing Righteousness Notice all of these references in Prov 11 to righteousness, the righteous, and the upright. This sermon is about doing righteousness that’s in you by Jesus, so that the things you find in Prov 11 will be true in your life, too. Notice: In one chapter of Proverbs alone, look at all the […]
A Biblical Worldview, 2 Cor 4:18
A Biblical Worldview Our texts are 2 Cor 4:18 and Jn 7:24. These texts show us to see things that are not seen and to judge by righteous judgment rather than by appearance. To do this you need a Biblical worldview. Instead of looking directly at the things around us, let’s look at those things […]
Prayer for the Sick, Jas 5:14-15
Prayer for the Sick Jas 5:14-15 is a very specific prayer of faith which God answers by healing the sick person and raising him up. The conditions are these, he calls for the elders of the church, they pray over him, and they anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. The Lord […]
The Lord is at Hand
Philippians 4:1-5 “The Lord is at hand”. Introduction: In this passage of scripture, Paul ends in vs 5 by saying “The Lord is at hand”. In other words, Jesus Christ is coming back soon for his church, the bride of Christ, that is, every believer that’s here this morning. There is no doubt that Jesus Christ […]