We Cannot Tell, Mk 11:27-33

In Mk 11:27-28, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders questioned by what authority Jesus went into the temple and cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, Mk 11:15.  Jesus answered them with a question about John the Baptist’s baptism, “was it from heaven, or...

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Effectual Working Requires Learning, Eph 4:15-16

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,...

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He Only, Ps 62:2, 6

In Ps 62:2 and Ps 62:6, notice the little two word phrase, “He only.”  Those two words sound perfectly exclusive.  No one else can compare to the Lord in these things that David said “only” the Lord is.   He only is my rock – Ps 62:2 – He is...

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Good Signs of His Coming, 1 Thes 1:9-10

Shortly after news of the coronavirus first broke in the United States, Christians started asking, “Do you think this is a sign of the end times?”  And so I preached the message that compared the coronavirus with Biblical pestilences because I didn’t believe that this was a Biblical pestilence.  ...

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Deciding What To Do, Est 8:5

When you’re trying to figure out what to do, there are some instructions in Est 8:5 that will help you to decide.  The verse is not exhaustive on the subject, but it is a good verse that gives us four things to consider when we’re trying to decide what to...

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Factors Determining Our Inheritance, Eph 5:5

When we are saved, God gives us eternal life.  “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord,” Rom 6:23.  After we are raptured to be with God in heaven, he will also give us an inheritance.  “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit that we...

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Your Thoughts, Is 55:8-9

Is 55:8-9 says that God’s thoughts and man’s thoughts are not the same.  The Lord said, “my thoughts are not your thoughts.”  He said, “my thoughts (are higher) than your thoughts.”  When you think about a subject, and you come up with something other than what God thinks, you are...

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We Are His Sheep, Jn 10:27

In Jn 10, Jesus likens each of us to his sheep.  Our relationship is that of a shepherd to sheep.  He is our shepherd; we are his sheep.  In Jn 10:27 he called us “My sheep.”  As his sheep there are three things that we should do according to this...

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Keeping the Body Together, Col 3:12-17

Our text is Col 3:12-17.  In Col 3:15, we read, “ye are called in one body.”  The Lord Jesus Christ has called us together into one body.  We are in him and therefore we are connected together.   However, there are many forces working against keeping the body together.  The...

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