Onesimus
In Phile 10-19 we see a great testimony of Onesimus’s salvation and Paul’s wonderful care for him. Onesimus was the servant of Philemon, who evidently departed from him under adverse circumstances. He left with a bad testimony as an unprofitable servant who was also indeted to his master. Onesimus didn’t meet Paul in bonds because […]
Long-suffering, Gentleness, Goodness
The fruit of the Spirit manifests itself in 9 spiritual qualities. Today we are going to study long-suffering, gentleness, and goodness. Long-suffering. This is the ability to suffer through something for a long time. It’s one of God’s characteristics, Ex 34:6. It’s this quality that allows him to lead you to repentance, Rom 2:4, after […]
A lesson in strength.
A Lesson In Strength (2 Chronicles 26:1-21) In this the passage of scripture given for our lesson we can learn a valuable lesson on strength. Uzziah became the king of Judah when he was 16 years old. The Bible says that he did that which was right according to the Lord and that God blessed […]
Turn You At My Reproof, Prov 1:23
Prov 1:23 says, “Turn you at my reproof”. A reproof is criticism for a fault or blame expressed to the face. Reproofs are intended to get you to turn for your own good. In the context, the Lord reproves the simple, scorners, and fools, Prov 1:22, in order to turn them from their folly. If […]
The Old Testament Tabernacle: Lesson #2 The Court and the Brazen Altar
The Old Testament Tabernacle : Lesson #2 The Court and the Brazen Altar In the previous lesson we saw the different materials that would be used in the Tabernacle and some of the things that they were connected with in type. In this lesson and the rest that will follow we are going to […]
The Cords Of Sins, Prov 5:22-23
This is not a sermon, primarily, on how to get victory over sin. This is a message to convince you to not go down the road of sin. It’s to show you what sin can do to you. You will see how people get holden with the cords of sins. In social media, in friends, […]
A Virtuous Woman, Prov 31:10-31
A virtuous woman is known by: Her excellent character – Prov 31:10, 29 – she is virtuous. She is moral and chaste, and these give her power. Jesus had the power to heal. When he healed the woman in Mk 5:30, he knew in himself that virtue had gone out of him. Society talks about […]
Spirit Fruit Love Joy Peace, Gal 5:22
The fruit of the Spirit is a singular fruit. Its various qualities are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith meekness, temperance. All of these manifest themselves in you in the same proportion. All of these are qualities of God’s character. God is love, 1 Jn 4:8. Jesus said, “These things have I spoken unto […]
The Sluggard
The Sluggard Proverbs 13:4 The word sluggard is found 6 times in the book of Proverbs. One of those is found in the verse for this lesson. In this lesson we define the word sluggard and look at this word throughout Proverbs to learn the characteristics of a sluggard and how see instruction on what […]
Guile, Ps 32:2
Guile is defined as craft, cunning, duplicity, and deceit. It is found in the man and is manifested by what he says. Ps 32:2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. So, it is in you, in your spirit, first. Notice Jn 1:47 […]