Commentary on Romans 9:10-33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Before studying the purpose of God according to election [Rom 9:11] we will make a running commentary on Rom 9:10-33.  Reading through the passage we will comment on what certain of the verses say rather than what they are presumed to say by...

Don’t Get Comfortable Gen. 11:1-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Don’t get comfortable, in the previous five chapters God has destroyed the earth because of man’s wickedness. He has cleaned up the man made mess. Now you would think that man, knowing firsthand the wrath of God, would behave himself. It...

Stuff is Usually Where You Put It Deut. 10:1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When God gave Moses the second tables of stone after he had broken the first ones, he placed them in the ark as he had been instructed. Note the phrase that he used in verse 5 “and there...

Ephesians 4:4-6 Theres Just One CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Eph 4:4-6, the unity of the Spirit and the bond of peace from v. 3 are maintained when everybody is in agreement about the doctrines in v. 4-6.  The trouble is that God says, “There is just one,” but men have come...

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 1:15-16 Thank God for New Converts CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this passage, Paul tells the Ephesians of his prayers for them.  The first prayer on the list is Thanksgiving (v. 16) and the things he is thankful for are: Their faith in Jesus Their love of the saints...

Growing As A Christian 1 Peter 2: 1-3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When we were kids we knew we were growing because we could see ourselves in the mirror, our clothes wouldn’t fit, our relatives would say, “My you have grown,” and so forth.  But how do you know when you...

Imputed Righteousness Rom. 4:1-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO “Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness,” [Rom 4:3].  That is imputed righteousness; righteousness was imputed or accredited to Abraham by faith because he believed God’s promise that his seed would be as the stars of heaven for multitude...

The Need for Salvation by Faith CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Often, religious people confuse water baptism with salvation by faith.  In this lesson, we examine some verses on salvation to clear up the difference between salvation by faith and baptism.  We are teaching this lesson because we had a couple of...

The Fruit of the Spirit Gal. 5:22-23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The fruit of the Spirit is spiritual and therefore much different than something that is carnal or emotional.  Without the Spirit of God in you, you are hopeless to manifest any of these characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit. ...