2 Cor 5:17 deals with the old things and new things in your life when you become a new creature in Christ. For many of us, some of the old things fell off right away. Yet, other old things stuck around and continue to be a problem for us in...
2 Cor 5:14 says “For the love of Christ constraineth us”. In v.15, it constrains us to not henceforth live unto ourselves, but unto him who died for them (in v.14) and rose again. To constrain is to hold back by or as if by force. The force of his...
Rahab’s testimony is remarkable, Jos 2:1-24. Notice: Rahab’s Testimony of Faith – Heb 11:31. In Jos 2:9-11 she believed in the Lord. Then in v.12-13 she believed she could be saved and that she needed to be saved. In v.14 she believed the words of the spies. And in v.17-21 she...
Joshua commanded Israel to “fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth”, Jos 24:14. Not just in sincerity. Not just in truth. But in the combination of sincerity and truth. Sincerity is honesty of mind; freedom from hypocrisy. Sincere means: without deceit, pretense [a false profession]; free...
Despite the fact that Jesus paid for our sins on Calvary, sin takes a toll on you. And we need to consider the toll of sin when we are debating whether or not to commit sin. Many people never consider this because we live in an age of defiled and...
Many of us make a list of things we need to do in a day or a week. And then we prioritize the things on the list to make sure we completer our priorities. Otherwise, we are prone to fill our day with important but not essential things. And by...
In Ps 27:8 David wrote, “When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek”. Wouldn’t it be something to see the LORD’s face. But no one ever has. We know that “no man hath seen God at anytime”. When the...
When we studied Local Church in Bible College there was an emphasis on the differences between the Local Church and the Body of Christ. Most notably, I remember learning that the Church is an organism and the Local Church is an organization. I have since come to believe that the...
Ps 26:2 says, Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. We understand why the Lord should try our hearts. But why would I want the Lord to try my reins? Try My Reins The reins are the kidneys; the region of the kidneys, the loins, or the...
This sermon is about the pattern for church planting that we find in the Bible. The church began in Jerusalem, which you can clearly see in Acts 2:41-47. Following the stoning of Stephen and the havoc of Paul’s persecutions, the saints scattered abroad, Acts 8:1-4. Many of them ended up...
