Get Rid of the Thorns, Gen 3:18

When God made the earth and everything in it, there weren’t any thorns.  But after sin entered the world through Adam’s disobedience, then there were thorns.  And from then till now we have had to deal with thorns.  Nobody that walks through or works in the fields wants thorns.  They...

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Followers of Christ Suffer, 1 Pet 3:13-22

Our Sunday school lesson is over 1 Pet 3:13-22.  When you get saved and begin to follow Christ, you start following that which is good.  In 1 Pet 3:13. Peter asks, “who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?”  The answer is,...

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Scripture is Profitable, 2 Tim 3:16-17

In 2 Tim 3:16-17, Paul said, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” We are going to look further at the words...

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The State of the Union, Eph 5:23-27

When Jesus ascended into heaven the Holy Spirit came to baptize believers into the body of Christ.  As Eve was in Adam’s body before she became his bride, so the church is in Christ’s body until we are brought forth to be his bride.  Thus, they are called the first...

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Live By Them, Rom 10:5

In Rom 10:5, Paul describes the righteousness of the law by saying, “The man which doeth those things shall live by them.”   Doctrinally, “live by them” means staying alive by doing the words of the law [Deut 6:24].  Spiritually, though, we are to “live by them” as our way...

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Living Righteously, 1 Pet 3:8-12

Our text for Sunday school is 1 Pet 3:8-12.  The theme is living righteously.  When you and I were saved, God gave us his righteousness in Jesus Christ.  This is his imputed righteousness.  However, we must live righteously after we are saved by yielding to his righteousness in us and...

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God is Faithful Deut 7:9

God is Faithful Deut 7:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God is faithful.  We are going to look through the Bible today and see the areas of God’s faithfulness. God’s faithfulness is seen in: The establishment of the earth – Ps 119:90 – the establishment of the sun, moon and stars is...

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What Pleases God, 1 Thes 4:1

Many of us grew up as people pleasers.  We tried to please our parents.  But the frustration seemed to always be that we were never good enough.  The harder we tried, the harder it became to please them.  Some of us just gave up trying. We have a tendency, then,...

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Wayne Sehmish – In The Place of God, Gen 50:19-20

This sermon was preached by Dr. Wayne Sehmish.  The text is Gen 50:19-20. The summary of this message is that God will often use the bad things in your life to get you to the place where he wants you to be.  These things are like the unclean ravens that...

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