Pray Without Doubting, 1 Tim 2:8
We’re told to pray without doubting, 1 Tim 2:8. This is because doubting will adversely affect your prayer life. In Jas 1:5-8 we are to ask in faith nothing wavering. Wavering is like waves of the sea. When you waver, you are double minded, unstable, and think that you won’t receive anything from the […]
Prayer and Supplication with Crying
This is the third part of a series on prayer and supplication. For part two in this series, see Prayer and Supplication with Fasting. For part three in this series, see Prayer and Supplication with Thanksgiving. This sermon is on Prayer and Supplication with Crying. Prayer and supplication with crying is important: 1 Ki 8:28 […]
Develop Unity in Church, 1 Cor 12:20-25
Eph 5:30-32 shows us that we are one flesh with Chirst. In one flesh you have union. Eph 5:32 this is a mystery concerning Christ and the church. We see this clearly in 1 Cor 12:12-27. We are one body with many members. In 1 Cor 12:20-25, Christ desires no schism in the body. Likewise, […]
Necessities of the Christian Life
There are at least three necessities in the Christian life. Of course, before you can have these you must have life. You must receive the life of God – Jn 14:6. Jesus Christ is the life. Rom 6:23, the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. You don’t have the life […]
Prayer and Supplication with Fasting
This is the second sermon in a four part series on Prayer and Supplication. For part one, see Humble Prayer and Supplication. For part three, see Prayer and Supplication with Crying. This sermon is about the benefits of prayer and supplication with fasting. Adding fasting to your prayer: Sharpens your understanding – Dan 9:2-3, 21-24. […]
Man’s Response to Affliction
II Chronicles 33:9-13 Introduction: Vs 1, Manasseh was the king of Jerusalem at this time and did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. Because Manasseh did much evil, God brought affliction in his life. To be afflicted is to be “affected with continued or often repeated pain, either of body or mind; suffering grief or […]
Why Would Anyone Risk Going to Hell
Why Would Anyone Risk Going to Hell Isaiah 28:14-18 In this sermon we will look at the question of why would anyone risk going to Hell when there is the option of going to heaven. The passage from Isaiah will help us to answer this question. Illustration of the sign. “Go to heaven for the […]
Unequally Yoked, 2 Cor 6:14
2 Cor 6:14 is best illustrated in the life of Jehoshaphat and his association with Ahab. Jehoshaphat typifies the believer, 2 Chr 17:1-6. Ahab typifies the unbeliever. When you are unequally yoked: You bring ungodly influences into your house. Jehoshaphat joined affinity with Ahab, 2 Chr 18:1. When he did this, he brought Ahab’s evil […]
Follow After Righteousness, 1 Tim 6:11
According to 1 Tim 6:11 righteousness is something that you should follow. Paul said, follow after righteousness. All over the world, righteousness is available to follow. You find it in the law. According to the righteousness of the law, Paul was blameless, Phil 3:6. The law is our school master to bring us to Christ, […]
Humble Prayer and Supplication, 1 Ki 8:54
Today we begin a short series on prayer and supplication. These words occasionally appear together in your Bible. And in the verses where they appear, we see an interesting truth unfold. There are some things that you can do WITH prayer and supplication whereby you know that God has heard your prayer. This sermon is […]