A Certain Man Was There, Jn 5:1-5

In Jn 5:1-5 during the passover, and by the pool Bethesda, there were a great multitude of impotent folk.  People were literally everywhere during this feast.  And yet in the midst of this chaos and multitude of impotent folk, Jesus noticed that a certain man was there.  Jesus picked him...

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The Good Fight of Faith, 1 Tim 6:12

Paul told Timothy to fight the good fight of faith.  Whether you know it or not, we are in a fight.  And our key opponent is the devil.  One of the problems in war is insufficient or inaccurate intelligence.  Thankfully, we have good intelligence.  Paul said of the devil, our...

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We Preach Christ, 2 Cor 4:5

VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In 2 Cor 4:5, Paul wrote, “For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord.”  Of course, Paul preached Christ because he was called to preach.  The Lord enabled him, putting him into the ministry, 1 Tim 1:12.  But...

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Not Hearers Only, Jas 1:22-25

VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON Jas 1:22 says, “Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”  The Lord wants us to do more than just hear the word.  He wants us to do what we hear.  Look at Matt...

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Leading Family Members to the Lord, Jn 7:3-5

VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON Family members can be some of the hardest people to lead to the Lord.  And religious family members are often the hardest family members to reach.  Jesus’ brethren did not initially believe in him in Jn 7:5.  However, you see them in the...

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Paul’s Ministry to Gentiles, Col 1:21-29

In Col 1:21-29, Paul principally described his ministry to Gentiles.  He discussed the Gentiles reconciliation in vs. 21-23 and his ministry in vs. 23-29. According to Col 1:21-22, when Gentiles get saved, we are reconciled in the body of Christ’s flesh through death.  Paul wrote to the Ephesians about our...

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Stensaas – Knowing the Time, Rom 13:11

In Rom 13:11, Paul wrote, “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.”  Jesus’s return is closer now than ever before.  Knowing the time, now is not the time to be so...

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Speak Constantly, Prov 21:28

Prov 21:28 says, “the man that heareth speaketh constantly.”  Constantly doesn’t mean that he speaks incessantly.  It means that he speaks firmly, steadily and invariably.  That is, he speaks with assurance because he knows that the thing he is saying is what God told him to say.  He speaks the...

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God Was With Him, Gen 26:28

God Was With Him Gen 26:28 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO An outstanding testimony of some of the men in the Bible is this one statement, God was with him.  Today, we are going to see what each of the following men was able to accomplish because God was with him.  We...

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A Flock of Sheep, 1 Pet 5:2-3

In 1 Pet 5:1-4, Peter exhorted the elders, who were among the scattered strangers to whom he wrote this epistle, 1 Pet 1:1. He told them, in verses 2 and 3, to “Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly;...

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