Children of Light in Darkness Eph. 5:8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When the Lord saved us he made us children of light. He called out of darkness into his marvelous light [1 Pet 2:9]. Jesus said in Jn 12:46, “whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.” See also...
Authority Gen 41:37-40 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO All men and women are under authority and there are good consequences for yielding or bad consequences for disobeying the authorities in our lives. When Joseph was promoted to “rule” in Egypt, he was still under authority [Gen 41:40-41]. He was set over all...
Spiritual Growth Col. 1:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Paul wrote to the Colossians he told them that he prayed for several things concerning their spiritual growth. The things for which he prayed are the same things that we need for our spiritual growth. Our spiritual growth involves: Knowing God’s will...
Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord? Gen. 18:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God asked Abraham this question, Is anything too hard for the Lord, after Sarah laughed about having a son. Abraham and Sarah were too old to have children [Gen 17:17; 21:5]. Obviously, it wasn’t too hard for...
Grow in the Knowledge of God II Pet. 3:17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO I am convinced that the reason some Christians don’t grow much is that they don’t grow in the knowledge of God. They are content to know that they are saved but they make no effort to get to...
What Can I Do? 1 Cor. 12:12-27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The body of Christ doesn’t have any vestigial organs. We all have something to do in the body. “… now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him,” [1 Cor 12:18]. ...
Three Sets of Men Eph. 4:22-24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In a Christian there are three sets of men: The old man and the new man – Eph 4:22-24 The natural man and the spiritual man – 1 Cor 2:14-15 The outward man and the inward man – 2 Cor 4:16...
Count You Worthy II Thes. 1:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO While we are not worthy of God’s blessings in salvation, Paul prayed that God would count you worthy of this calling [2 Thes 1:11]. Paul also prayed that God would “fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the...
Fear the Word Ex. 9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Fear the word. In Ex 9, God brought the plague of grievous hail. Moses gave warning to the people to gather their cattle and servants to shelter so that they would not be destroyed. Those who feared the word of the...
Unbelief Rom. 1:16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know from the Bible that unbelief results in spiritual blindness. Israel, particularly, suffers from blindness in part because of the failure to believe the words of God and the gospel. When a person believes the word of God it is the power of...
