Who Will Go? Is 6:8
In the history of the Church, God has used certain men in a big way to get his work done. He used Peter to preach to thousands. He was the apostle to the Circumcision. God used Paul to preach to thousands. He was the apostle to the Uncircumcision. In the past three centuries, God […]
Pray for America, 1 Tim 2:1-3
We need to pray for America. But how do we pray? And what do we pray for? Pray for those in authority – 1 Tim 2:1-3 – a quiet [Acts 9:31], and peaceable life [Jer 29:7], in all godliness [1 Tim 6:5; 2 Tim 3:12] and honesty [Rom 12:17; contrast Ex 1:15-20] Pray for our […]
Resist, Jas 4:7
When you search for the word “resist” in the Bible, you find some references that give us great instruction. To resist is to withstand the force or the effect of; to be able to repel; to exert oneself to counteract or strive against. Notice what we are to resist and not resist: Resist the devil […]
Reason With Them, Acts 17:2
In Thessalonica, in Acts 17:2, Paul “reasoned with them out of the scriptures.” As Paul preached Jesus Christ, there are certain things he did that we should consider doing as we deal with people in personal work. While we tell them about Jesus, we should also: Reason with them – Acts 17:2 – to reason […]
The Voice of God, Ex 19:5-8
In Ex 19:5-8, Moses told Israel to obey the voice of God. And the people said, “All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.” The truth of the matter is that people don’t want to hear the voice of God. They say they do; but they don’t [Ezek 33:31]. They won’t hear God words […]
Preaching and Teaching, Acts 28:31
After we are saved, it is very important that we hear the preaching and teaching of the word of God. There are five specific things we see Paul doing with the word of God among the people to whom he ministered. Like Paul, ministers of the word of God should be involved in: Preaching – […]
Preaching Jesus, Acts 11:20
When you consider preaching Jesus Christ to others it helps to understand what preaching Jesus entails. There’s a lot to it. Today we are going to look at what Paul and some of his fellow preachers did when they went about preaching Jesus. Preaching Jesus entails: Publishing – Acts 13:49 – to publish is to […]
Bad Decisions, Jos 9:14
Bad Decisions Bad Decisions Click Title to Download Does it concern you that good men in the Bible sometimes made bad decisions? It surely concerns me. The concern, obviously, is that if they made bad decisions in their days, what’s to prevent us from making bad decisions in our days? We need to learn from their […]
Local Church Gospel Preaching, 1 Cor 14:24-25
Local Church Gospel Preaching One of the three purposes of a local church is and should be to evangelize sinners. The other two purposes are to exalt the Savior and to edify the saints. We want to discuss our purpose of evangelizing sinners tonight. Our text is 1 Cor 4:24-25. In this text we see […]
They’ll Never Stop The Gospel, 1 Pet 1:25
They’ll Never Stop The Gospel Christians who are zealous for others to get saved get concerned at times that, some how, some one will stop us from preaching the gospel. But according to 1 Pet 1:25 which says, “But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the […]