In Prov 25:4-5 we find two verses connected by a common theme of taking something away to make what remains something better. Prov 25:4 says, “Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.” A finer is one who refines or purifies. ...
This Sunday school lesson is from Eph 5:8-14 which deals with Christians as children of light. In Eph 5:8, Paul wrote, “For ye were sometimes darkness.” “Sometimes” here is defined as “at one time,” as in Eph 2:13. Before we were saved we were darkness. Now that we are saved...
We’re Bible believers and Bible believers are supposed to have standards. Typical standards govern hair style and length, dress, dating, attendance, giving, soul winning, and so forth. These are generally set by men for men. They keep pastors and churches from becoming too much like the world. They add some...
Examine Your Integrity Are you standing in an even place? Ps.26 Introduction: Pray – Read Passage – Sermon title from verse 1 and 12 Integrity often confused with honesty – Davis Love III Illustration Integrity is soundness, wholeness, or unbroken state Something new is at the peak of Integrity –...
Separation [2Cor.6:17] The Biblical doctrine of Separation is probably one of the most important doctrines for a Christian. The God we serve is not tolerant of any form of sin, so why would he allow us to be? Our Father expects us to be holy just as he is holy...
Our text is 1 Pet 4:1-11. Peter said “Live the rest of your time in the flesh… to the will of God [1 Pet 4:2]. To do this you must: Cease from sin – 1 Pet 4:1-4 – 1 “arm yourselves with the same mind.” In Rom 6:11 this is...
When God made the earth and everything in it, there weren’t any thorns. But after sin entered the world through Adam’s disobedience, then there were thorns. And from then till now we have had to deal with thorns. Nobody that walks through or works in the fields wants thorns. They...
Separation is not always Bad 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 In the passage before us there is not only a command to be separate there are also illustrations for separation. It is amazing that all our lives we are separated by various things and don’t seem to have a problem with it,...
Profane Lev. 19:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are words that you read in the Bible that you don’t fully appreciate until you look them up and define them. It even helps, at times, to see their etymology [the origin and development of a word]. Today we are going to study...
A Double Portion II Kings 2 1-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Before Elijah was taken up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s spirit. Their journey to Jordan, where Elijah was taken up, reveals some steps through which we can be filled with the Spirit...
