Benefiting From Reproof Prov. 25: 12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO of a Wise Reprover. Reproof that is beneficial is like “an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,” [Prov 25:12]. For reproof to be beneficial there must be a wise reprover and the one being reproved must have an obedient...
Hard Preaching 2 Tim. 4: 2-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Back in the old days, preachers preached with hard preaching. They fulfilled Paul’s charge and admonition to Timothy, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” They didn’t hesitate to get...
Worship of An Ox Ps. 106:20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Aaron made the golden calf, Israel changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. It is amazing that they would change the glory of God into the worship of an ox when you consider, first, the...
I Shall Send Thee Jer. 1:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Jer. 1:7 the Lord said to Jeremiah, Thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee…” We are ambassadors for Christ and must go where we are sent. The Father sent Jesus to this world [Jn. 20:21]. Jesus sent...
Don’t Mock Gal 6: 7-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are several references in the Bible to mocking, some of which we’ll discuss in this sermon. To mock someone or something is to laugh at, ridicule and insult them or it contemptuously. Don’t mock God – Gal 6:7-8 – some...
Just as Moses had to contend with Jannes and Jambres in Egypt, so we have to contend with seducers in these last days. To seduce is to persuade into disobedience or to entice astray in action or belief. Seducers are the people who persuade you to disobey and entice you...
Paul wrote this epistle to Titus. According to the postscript to this epistle, Titus was ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians. He was an uncircumcised Greek, Gal 2:3. Titus was a very close companion of Paul. Paul called him “mine own son after the common faith,”...
Guides Ps. 48: 14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God will guide you, if you will follow him. He guides the meek [Ps 25:9], those who are submissively obedient. He can’t guide you if you won’t follow. The following will guide you: God will guide you – Ps 48:14 – God himself...
Divisions 1 Cor. 1: 10-17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There were contentions in Corinth, as there are, commonly, in other churches, sad to say. Some folks in Chloe’s house reported the problem to Paul. The reasons for contention in Corinth are, generally, the same reasons men in other churches have problems...
Occupations Similar to a Preacher II Tim. 2:1-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul instructed Timothy about those things in which he should be occupied. He compared Timothy’s work to four other occupations to illustrate to Timothy how he should conduct himself in the ministry. Each of these occupations takes strength and...
