Is there a Trinity?
Just because you can’t find the word “trinity” in the Bible doesn’t mean that the Trinity doesn’t exist. Just because you can’t fully comprehend the Trinity doesn’t mean that there isn’t one. Can you comprehend fully, “Christ in you?” Of course you can’t. That’s why Paul calls that a “mystery,” in Col. 1:27. Can you […]
Who is Jesus Christ?
In this passage we find the remarkable and glorious aspects of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He is the King of the kingdom of God – 13 – we entered the kingdom the moment we trusted Christ and were born again Jn 3:3-5 – we were translated into a new kingdom with a new King […]
Philippians 2:14-18 Without Murmurings
Paul’s desire for the Philippians is that they would do everything they were supposed to do without murmuring and disputing. To murmur is to complain discreetly. It is meant to pass the complaint along to just a few in the immediate vicinity of the complainer. To dispute is to disagree with somebody over something or […]
Philippians 2:5-13 The Mind of Christ
God wants to work his will in our lives and for him to be able to do this we have to have the mind of Christ – God was able to get done therough Jesus Christ what he wanted because Jesus had the right mind about what God was going to do through him and […]
Philippians 2:1-4 Others
When Salvation Army founder William Booth was on his death bed, he was visited by one of the managers of the telegraph system of London. The man asked Booth if he had a last message he would like to send to his Salvation Army officers around the world. He said, “If you have, whether it […]
Is He Lost or Backslidden?
Many professing Christians are troubled today by a life of sin. As a result, they doubt whether they are even saved. This is particularly troubling when you see family members or friends that you have “lead to the Lord” who show no evidence that they are saved. What is the matter with them? Let’s examine […]
Philippians 1:21-30 For the Gospel
Paul lived for the sake of the gospel and he expected those he led to the Lord to do the same thing. Everything Paul did in his life was for the sake of the gospel. And from his life we should draw the example of how we should live our lives for the sake of […]
The Furtherance of the Gospel Phil. 1:12-20
The things that happened to Paul, particularly his imprisonment, were for the furtherance of the gospel. Preaching the gospel was Paul’s principle concern. His persecutors thought once he was in prison, the gospel couldn’t continue to spread by his preaching. They were wrong. Ex 1:12 shows us that the more the Jews were afflicted the […]
Philippians 1:1-11 Paul’s Prayer
In the first eleven verses of this first chapter of Philippians, Paul tells the Philippians what he has been praying for them. The things he prays in this text are the same things that any preacher would want to be able to pray for his own congregation. Though Paul was not the pastor of these […]
What about Soul Winning Programs?
We get questions from time to time about salvation and the questions address a common problem. Soul winners aren’t sure when they can put another stripe on their sleeves and testify to their friends that they “have led another soul to Christ.” Truthfully, the intimidating thing about soul winning is first getting the conversation started […]