Strength in Weakness, 1 Cor 1:25

Strength in Weakness 1 Cor. 1:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this society where physical strength is worshipped, where mental strength is handsomely compensated, where, to some degree, moral strength is still admired, where financial strength is craved and praised, and where the apparent confidence of strength is flaunted, you might...

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Victory Over Sin, Part 1, Rom 7:15-21

Victory over sin is a moment by moment and day by day thing.  You don’t wake up one day and suddenly find that you have no more trouble with sin in your life.  Your trouble with sin stems from one of two problems: 1. You are unsaved and therefore incapable of...

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How To Cleanse Ourselves, 2 Cor 7:1

In 2 Cor 7:1 Paul said, “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God”. Having therefore these promises: I will dwell in them I will walk in them I will be their God...

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Pleasing God, 1 Thes 4:1

Pleasing God 1 Thes. 4:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO 1 Thes 4:1 says, “Ye ought to walk and to please God.”  This lesson is about pleasing God.  And not just about pleasing God once but abounding more and more in pleasing God. You cannot please God and be a: Self-pleaser –...

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Walk in the Spirit

In Gal 5:16 Paul told us to walk in the Spirit.  Let’s see what this entails. When you are saved, the Spirit is in you This is a fairly simple lesson when you think about it.  When you were saved, you went through a spiritual circumcision that separated your flesh...

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The Cleansing Blood, 1 Jn 1:7-9

1 Jn 1:7 says that “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”  That is a tremendous promise.  Today we are going to discuss a few of the consequences of sin in our lives.  And then we’re going to see how the blood of Jesus Christ...

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You Can Face Condemnation, Rom 8:1

According to Jn 5:24, Jesus Christ said of every saved person, he “hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation.”  That is a tremendous promise.  You see, before a person is saved, he is “condemned already,” [Jn 3:18].  According to Jn 3:36, he “shall not see life; but the...

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Where is Your Confidence? Ps 118:8-9

Where is your confidence?  Is it in men, princes, gold and silver, your flesh, or the Lord? Is your confidence in men – Ps 118:8 – during perilous times not only can men fail you, they can turn on you.  Study the Bible and history and you will see repeated...

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People Who Don’t Please God, Rom 15:3

Rom 15:3 says, “For even Christ pleased not himself.”  In order for Christ to please his Father, he could not please himself.  In the garden of Gethsemane, for instance, it would have pleased Jesus if he could have avoided bearing our sins in his own body on the tree [1...

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Limit Your Liberty In Christ, Gal 5:13

2 Cor 3:17 says, “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”.  But we are not at liberty to do anything we want.  There are limits to our liberty in Christ.  Therefore, limit your liberty in Christ. Limit your liberty used as an occasion to the flesh, Gal...

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