The True Vine, Jn 15:1-10
Jesus Christ Is The True Vine We will study Jesus Christ, the true vine, today and learn some things about him and about ourselves that will help us understand why he used this type to teach us about bearing fruit. The Vine Is Nothing The vine is nothing – Jn 15:1 – look carefully at […]
Life More Abundantly, Jn 10:10
Jn 10:10 Life More Abundantly CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Life more abundantly promised by the Lord Jesus Christ is both now, while we are on earth, and later, in eternity, as well. The reason some preachers shy away from talking about the life more abundantly here is that a lot of prosperity preachers have manipulated Christ’s […]
The Righteous, Prov 10:25
The Bible has lots to say about the righteous and the wicked. In Proverbs, there are numerous references to these two and they are often contrasted. There are two interesting pictures of the righteous in Proverbs that we want to preach on today. In one of them the righteous are compared to a house and […]
Spirit Fruit Love Joy Peace, Gal 5:22
The fruit of the Spirit is a singular fruit. Its various qualities are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith meekness, temperance. All of these manifest themselves in you in the same proportion. All of these are qualities of God’s character. God is love, 1 Jn 4:8. Jesus said, “These things have I spoken unto […]
We Cry Abba Father, Rom 8:14-16
When we were saved, God became our Father. We cry Abba Father. We are born as children of God. And as his children, God has desires for us, just like earthy fathers have desires for their children. Our Father desires fellowship – 1 Jn 1:3-7 – our Father loves to spend time with his children […]
What is Left Hanging in the Tree?
What is Left Hanging in the Tree (2 Samuel 18: 9-18) In the Bible Absalom is a type of the anti-christ. This can be clearly seen from the passage regarding his death. In this sermon we will compare Absalom as a type of the anti-christ to Jesus and make a spiritual connection to us regarding […]
Fruitful As A Tree, Jer 17:7-8
Jer 17:7-8 says that a man who trusts the Lord will be fruitful as a tree planted by the waters. When we think of trees planted the waters around here, we think of river bottoms. The San Antonio river bottom was home to many families of freed slaves after emancipation proclamation. They lived out of […]
What Good Works, Titus 3:8
Paul wrote Titus that we are to be careful to maintain good works. The obvious question should be what good works are we to maintain? Titus 3:8 “This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. […]
We Should Be Fruitful, Rom 7:4
When God created the earth and everything in it, he made everything fruitful. In Gen 1:11, 22, 28, he made the trees and grass fruitful, the fish and fowl fruitful, and us to be fruitful. In Gen 9:1, after the flood, he told Noah and his sons to be fruitful and multiply. Therefore, as God’s […]
We Must Abide in Jesus, Jn 15:5
In Jesus’ instructions to his disciples before his crucifixion, in Jn 15-16, and in his prayer in Jn 17, he mentioned three things about abiding in him that we are going to discuss tonight. He was not referring to being “in the body” like he revealed to Paul . These are practical things that about […]