THERE IS NO SEPARATE AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In 1 Cor 16:9 Paul wrote, “For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.” Paul had a great door opened to him; it was an effectual door, that is, a door through which he...
In Acts 24:16 Paul said, “And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.” Paul exercised himself to have always a conscience void of offence. And he was determined that he would be void of offence toward God and toward...
In Dan 6:10, after Darius signed a decree forbidding prayer to God, Daniel “kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.” Daniel had a custom of praying three times a day. Daniel had a prayer life. Likewise,...
Ps 35:11-16 describes some things that happened to Jesus during his earthly ministry. In Ps 35:11, David prophesied of the false witnesses that rose up against him. In Ps 35:12 he wrote, “They rewarded me evil for good.” Ps 35:13-14 describes Jesus’ humble and helpful attitude toward their sickness. Ps...
We must look to the Lord for safety. Looking to the Lord for safety doesn’t mean that we ignore safe practices. It is prudent to keep a gun on safe. It is prudent to keep valuable possessions in a safe. It is prudent to wear a personal flotation device when...
This week, I have had two conversations with people who have expressed a sincere interest in what they could “do” for God. We have been instructed in James to be doers of the word, and not hearers only. The nature of many Christians is that they want to do something...
In Prov 25:4-5 we find two verses connected by a common theme of taking something away to make what remains something better. Prov 25:4 says, “Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.” A finer is one who refines or purifies. ...
Holy is whole, perfect, sinless, and pure. People have forgotten about the holiness of the Lord. Their concept of God is not Biblical and real. We must look in the scripture and be reminded that God is holy. Because God is holy: People tremble before him – Ps 99:1; 3...
Prov 21:28 says, “the man that heareth speaketh constantly.” Constantly doesn’t mean that he speaks incessantly. It means that he speaks firmly, steadily and invariably. That is, he speaks with assurance because he knows that the thing he is saying is what God told him to say. He speaks the...
Eph 4:15-16 says, “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part,...
