Deacons Acts 6:1-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Deacons were added as an office in the church because of the temporal needs of the congregation that needed attention.  The charge to the deacons is found in Acts 6:1-7. The office is a spiritual office in a practical ministry – in other words...

I Was Strengthened Dan.10:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are times when we need to be strengthened, when we have lost our courage and our grit and we are ready to throw in the towel.  What are some of the things the Lord gives us to strengthen us? We are strengthened...

Carnally Minded and Spiritually Minded Christians Romans 8:1-21 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Rom 8:1-8 Paul contrasts carnally minded and spiritually minded Christians.  Both are saved but only one pleases God.  We will study this passage by simply explaining the differences between carnally minded and spiritually minded Christians. Spiritually minded Christians...

 Ephesians 3:1-12 The Mystery of Christ CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul wrote Ephesians while in he was in Rome as a prisoner.  So in v. 1, when he says a prisoner…for you Gentiles, he is serious.  If he would have compromised the gospel and preached circumcision, he would have escaped imprisonment,...

 Ephesians 2:11-22 Wall of Partition CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Gentiles and Jews come together “in” Christ with no distinction.  They are the church of God: Rom 1:16 I Cor 12:13 I Cor 10:32 Gal 3:27-28 Acts 15:11 As Paul said in Rom 2:27-29, it does a Jew no good to “practice”...

A Cheerful Countenance Prov. 15:13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We all need a cheerful countenance that comes forth from a cheerful heart.  There is plenty of anger in the world, there is plenty of foolishness in the world.  We don’t need the world’s anger and we don’t need the world’s...

Ephesians 2:7-10 Salvation First Then Works CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Now Paul presents the simplicity of salvation and the results of that salvation both down here and up there. You are saved by grace II Cor 8:9 Phil 2:5-11 Rom 10:4 God knows our condition in sin; so he sent Christ to...

Ephesians 2:1-6 From Death to Life CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  Before you were saved, you were dead doctrinally.  Practically, obviously, you were alive.  Your soul and your body were alive (Matt 10:28), but you spirit was dead.  That is why Jn 3:3-8 speaks of “born of the spirit,” “spiritual birth.”  Lk 9:59-60 says...

Ephesians 1:20-23 Head of the Church CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Christ is the head of the church.  Not the pope, not the president of the convention, not the Chairman of the board, not the trustees, deacons, government, pastor, or congregation.  Christ is the HEAD.  Three things in this text show that...

Such a Man Matt. 26:17-19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Wow, to have your story told in the Bible! Wow, to have your name mentioned! But how many folks were mentioned, and served great purposes, but are name less! The thief on the cross The prodigal son The woman at the...