Paul’s specific instruction to Christians in 1 Thes 5:16 is that we “Rejoice evermore.” Now I, certainly, have not obeyed this command all the time and I’m pretty sure that you haven’t either. One reason is that we haven’t been doing the things that cause Christians to rejoice. There...
In the history of the Church, God has used certain men in a big way to get his work done. He used Peter to preach to thousands. He was the apostle to the Circumcision. God used Paul to preach to thousands. He was the apostle to the Uncircumcision. In...
According to 1 Pet 2:11, you and I are strangers and pilgrims in the earth. When you live your life for Christ [Phil 1:21], when you are not conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of your mind [Rom 12:2], when you abstain from fleshly lusts [1 Pet...
Good Music Job 38:6-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Is there good music in the Bible? Yes! In the Bible, you find two different “lines” of music, throughout. Good music comes from the Lord and bad music comes from the devil. In the prior broadcast, we studied the “bad” line of music...
Bad Music Ezek. 28:13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Is there really bad music in the Bible? Yes. In the Bible, you find two different “lines” of music, throughout. One line comes from the Lord even before creation and it continues all the way out into eternity. The other line comes...
According to Dan 10:10-13, 20-21, there are fights taking place among principalities and powers above your head. When Daniel prayed for an understanding in the vision he had seen, an angel was sent to help him. However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood this angel who was sent...
Repentance and Salvation 2 Pet. 3:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Is repentance necessary for salvation? Yes. There is no question that the Lord demands repentance. In 2 Peter 3:9, we find that the Lord “is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing to any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” ...
Jas 1:14 says, “every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” Lust is a natural feature of our lives. Lust by itself is not sin or even necessarily a bad thing. Look at Deut 12:15, 20, 21 and 14:26. When lust, however, draws...
Making Fishermen Matt 4:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Matt 4:19, Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” When we read about the early lives of Peter, Andrew, James and John, the disciples of Jesus, we see the process of making...
In 1 Sam 15, Samuel confronted Saul about not obeying the Lord’s command to utterly destroy Amalek. When Samuel first came to Saul, Saul said, “I have performed the commandment of the Lord,” [1 Sam 15:13]. And even after Samuel charged Saul with not obeying the word of the Lord,...
