A True Child of God Matt 12: 50 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When we receive Jesus Christ, Jn 1:12 says that he gives us power to become the sons of God.  Until recently, I haven’t considered what he meant by “power to become” sons of God.  After all, when you...

Follow Thou Me Jesus told Peter in Jn 21:19, “Follow Me”.  But when John walked up, Peter wanted to know what Jesus was going to tell him to do.  And Jesus replied, “what is that to thee? Follow thou me”.  When it comes to following Jesus, we need to concern...

Evidence of a Spirit Filled Life Acts 4:8-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This lesson deals with the evidence of a Spirit filled life.  Being filled with the Spirit is evidenced by: Scriptural Words – when you have a Spirit filled life, you will speak as the oracles of God.  You won’t...

The Work of the Spirit Jn. 7:39 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO I heard a sermon preached at a conference distinguishing the work of the Spirit from our work.  The gist of the message is that we need to recognize the Spirit’s responsibilities and our own responsibilities.  The Spirit doesn’t do all...

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...

In the first four chapters of the Gospel of Luke, we see repeated references to the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of John the Baptist and his family and Jesus Christ and his family.  When you read these chapters you understand that the Holy Spirit orchestrated everything. ...

The Personality of the Holy Spirit Matt 1:20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In men’s Bible study last night, we taught a lesson on the personality of the Holy Spirit.  It is helpful to know the definition of the word personality when discussing this topic.  According to Webster’s New World Dictionary,...

This is the combination of a lesson and a sermon on following the Lord.  First, we will study passages from the lives of the disciples to see the requirements, costs and benefits of following the Lord.  Second, we will preach on how we can follow the Lord today, since Jesus...

Witnesses Acts 1: 8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO According to Acts 1:8, even the disciples, after all of their training and time spent with Jesus, needed the power of the Holy Ghost to witness.  Witnessing is just one part of the Holy Spirit’s work in getting the gospel to the lost...

Barnabas A Good Man Acts 11:22-24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Luke tells us in Acts 11:24 that Barnabas “was a good man.”  How would you like those, who know you well, to say about you that you’re a good man?  We need a church full of good men.  So, we’re going...