Let Not Sin Reign Rom. 6:12-23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Rom 6:12-23 Paul explains why we should not let sin reign in our mortal bodies. He gives a practical reason, a doctrinal reason and a rational reason. We will examine each of these reasons why we should not let sin...
A Cloud of Witnesses Heb.12:1 Paul makes reference in chapter 12 to a cloud of witnesses that are in chapter 11. Those witnesses are the heroes of the faith. They all have one thing in common, they believed God and obeyed Him. Rom. 16:26 calls that, “The obedience of faith”....
The Offence of Adam and the Gift of Jesus Rom. 5 :12-24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This lesson deals with the similarities between the offence of Adam and the gift of Jesus. When you read the last verse of this passage, you see what Paul is trying to accomplish by...
Speaking the Truth in Love Eph. 4:11-15 As the saying goes “the truth hurts”. So speaking the truth in love is very important. We often times are given the opportunity to do it, yet we either don’t speak or don’t do it in love. The following is a testimony...
Victory Through Our Lord 1 Cor. 15:50-57 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Our text is 1 Cor 15:50-58. Three times in this text we find the word “victory.” “Death is swallowed up in victory,” [1 Cor 15:54]. “O grave, where is thy victory,” [1 Cor 15:55]? “But thanks be to God, which...
The Righteousness of God Rom. 3:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This lesson is on the righteousness of God by the faith of Jesus Christ without the deeds of the law. For a Jew to admit that he is not righteous under the law and to then turn to Jesus Christ for...
Remorse or Repentance 2 Cor. 7:9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Are you trying to deal with the sin in your life through remorse or repentance? There is a major difference between these two. Remorse is merely the sorrow of the world about which Paul wrote in 2 Cor 7:10. In Webster’s...
Conditions of Forgiveness Eph.4:30 In the Bible there are conditions of forgiveness. God mentions repentance and confession in the process of forgiveness. To forgive is simply to pardon, or overlook an offense by another and treat the offender as not guilty. Repentance (turning from sin unto God, 1...
Must Christians confess their sins? 1 Jn 1:9 deals with the confession of sins. A few cross references will help respond to the objections that this verse has any application to Christians. There are several aspects of this verse that we need to consider. We will group the cross references...
Contradiction of Sinners Against Himself Heb. 12:1-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this lesson we are going to look at the contradiction of sinners that Jesus suffered. The purpose for this is to help us overcome sin and the weights that so easily beset us as the passage says. The trick...
