Rebuild Your Wall, Neh 1:6
When you have no rule over your own spirit, you are like a city that is broken down and without walls [Prov 25:28]. You must rebuild your wall. Many of us have seen our lives like a broken down city and one without walls. Everything and anything gets to us. Our lives just become a […]
Lasciviousness, Mark 7:22
Lasciviousness: Referenced – the word appears six times in the Bible: Mk 7:22; Gal 5:19; Eph 4:19; 1 Pet 4:3; 2 Cor 12:21; and Jude 4. Defined – “Lascivious” = preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; wanton, lewd; tending to produce voluptuous emotions. Wanton = undisciplined, unrestrained, hence, loose, free; deviating from the rules of chastity, wandering from […]
Lazarus, Jn 11:39-44
Lazarus is an excellent type of a lost man who gets saved. We see conversion in him and his resurrection. Notice how salvation is seen in Lazarus as Jesus brings him from death to life. He was dead – Jn 11:39 – before you get saved, you are dead. You are dead in trespasses and […]
Deliver Us Only, Jud 10:6-16
When Israel finally had enough of the oppression from their enemies, they cried to God and said, Deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. Their desperate cry to the Lord to deliver them is so typical of sinners caught in sin. They’re not so interested in quitting their sin and returning to the Lord. […]
Overcome the Wicked One, 1 Jn 2:12-14
John said to the young men in 1 Jn that ye have overcome the wicked one [1 Jn 2:13-14]. And this is true of born again believers [1 Jn 5:12-13]. Now once you have overcome the wicked one through salvation he will still try to take advantage of you through his wiles [Eph 6:10-18]. Thus, […]
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 […]
Sin Against the Holy Ghost, Eph 4:30
Sins Against the Holy Ghost Eph. 4:30 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO After you are saved, you need to be especially careful not to sin against the Holy Ghost. You sin against the Holy Ghost when you: Grieve him – Eph 4:30 – you grieve the Holy Ghost by disobeying him [Heb 13:17]. He has sealed you and he […]
We Cannot Sin, 1 Jn 3:1-10
1 John 3:1-10 is a passage that is often misunderstood because of v.9, “Whosever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remained in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God”. If we can come to the correct understanding of this verse, the rest of the passage makes […]
Supernatural Help for Sexual Sins, 1 Jn 1:3-6
Supernatural Help for Sexual Sins 1 Jn. 1:3-6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Discussing sexual sins on a radio broadcast is difficult because we must keep from being defiled by the subject. “It is a shame to even speak of those things which are done of them in secret,” [Eph 5:11-12]. However, we intend to offer […]
Keep His Commandments, 1 Jn 2:1-7
There are two main points in 1 Jn 2:1-7 that we want to discuss in this lesson. The first is that ye sin not, found in v.1. And the second is that we keep his commandments, found in v.3. There are many spiritual applications in 1 John that can help us in the church age. […]