The longer you live and the more stuff through which you go, the more you learn about the Christian life. According to Rom 5:3-5, as you go through things, you’re going to need some patience. Patience helps you acquire spiritual experience. However, patience is not something for which you want...
Today we are going to study 1 Pet 1:13-22. The context of this passage is found in 1 Pet 1:9. It is “the salvation of your souls.” Peter gives those of us who have gotten saved, some general instructions on how to live our lives now that we are saved. ...
Peter wrote to “strangers” in Asia. Paul couldn’t go there [Acts 16:6-7] but Peter did. Some of these people might have heard Peter preach in Acts 2. See Acts 2:9. He calls them “strangers” because when we get saved, we are “a peculiar people,” [1 Pet 2:9], “which were not...
According to 1 Cor 15:3-22, we know that Christ rose from the dead because of the prophecy of scripture [Acts 2:25-32; Ps 16:8-11] and because of the testimony of his eyewitnesses. John even saw him in heaven and recorded what he saw in the Book of Revelation. In spite...
Waiting on God Jer.14:22 Waiting on God is probably the hardest thing for a Christian to do. We live in a Now, now, now world. Everything is instant, everything must be fast. Computers, phones, etc. are fast today and need to be faster. When we need direction or help from...
Charity Never Faileth 1 Cor. 13:8-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO 1 Cor 13:8 begins with “Charity never faileth.” To fail is to “fade or die away or to stop functioning.” Charity never stops functioning. It will be here for eternity. By contrast: Prophecies shall “fail.” Eventually, all prophecy will be fulfilled. ...
The Kingdom of God is Within You Luke 17: 20-21CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you trust Jesus Christ to save you, you are born again. When you are born again, you enter the Kingdom of God [Jn 3:3-7]. This kingdom is within you [Lk 17:20-21]. Phil 2:12-13 God is working...
The Right Response to Afflictions 1 Peter 5:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many of us are going through or have gone through afflictions. Notice in 1 Pet 5:9 the mention of the afflictions that are accomplished in your brethren. In 1 Pet 5:5-10 we find the right response to afflictions. Humble...
Colossians 1:1-8 The Word of Truth CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the first three verses, Paul typically cites his apostleship and work with Timothy and tells us who his letter is addressed to – to the saints in Colossae he grants grace, peace, thanksgiving, and prayer. Then he goes into a...
What God wants you to lay up for the future? Gen. 41 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God told Joseph to lay up for the future bad years to come. We all know the story how it worked out in a way to save the nation of Israel. There are things that...
