Hard Preaching, 2 Tim 4:2-4
Hard Preaching 2 Tim. 4: 2-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Back in the old days, preachers preached with hard preaching. They fulfilled Paul’s charge and admonition to Timothy, “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” They didn’t hesitate to get under your skin because they […]
Purge Iniquity, Prov 16:6
How To Purge Iniquity We Purge Iniquity Through: Salvation Ps 79:9 – when you receive Jesus, God will purge your soul of all sins for eternity. Our records are clean, forever. See Heb 1:3. And salvation can also purge some folks by an immediate “deliverance” from certain sins. This doesn’t always happen; but some folks […]
Things You Must Acknowledge, 1 Jn 2:23
Things You Must Acknowledge 1 Jn 2:23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Acknowledge means to admit to be true, to confess; to recognize the authority of. There are things in our lives that we must acknowledge if we are going to accomplish what God wants us to do as Christians. Acknowledge the Son – 1 Jn […]
Believe the Word, 2 Thes 2:9-12
We are to believe the word of God. That’s what God expects us to do. He wants us to believe what he said. What the Bible says about sin we are to believe. What the Bible says about righteousness and salvation, we are to believe. Believe the word. Believe what God said about life and […]
Declaration of Truth, Lk 1:1-4
There are several ways that the truth of the words of God has been declared. The declaration of truth has been verbal, visible, written, and testified. Verbal declaration – someone heard the Lord speak. See Jn 1:18, 1 Jn 1:1-5, and 2 Pet 1:16-21. At Mt Sinai, the Jew’s heard God speak directly from the […]
Truth is Fallen, Is 59:14
Is 59:14 says, And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. We have seen this verse fulfilled in our own country. Except for places like a Bible believing preacher’s pulpit, you will rarely find truth. Often, journalists portray self-made narratives in their headlines and stories […]
Favor by Mercy and Truth, Prov 3:3-4
One great way to have favor with God is through mercy and truth. God has extended his mercy to us, and he intends for us to extend his mercy to others, as well. God has sanctified us through his truth, Jn 17:17. And he intends for us to be true and truthful with others, as […]
Sincerity and Truth, Jos 24:14
Joshua commanded Israel to “fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth”, Jos 24:14. Not just in sincerity. Not just in truth. But in the combination of sincerity and truth. Sincerity is honesty of mind; freedom from hypocrisy. Sincere means: without deceit, pretense [a false profession]; free of dissimulation; being genuine, the […]
My Words Do Good, Mic 2:7
In Mic 2:7, the Lord asks, “do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?” Indeed, they do. For us who desire to walk uprightly, God’s words are very good. The key is that you must be walking uprightly. These words are not good to anyone who is determined to walk frowardly. […]
Dealing With Opposition, Prov 25:9
The Bible gives us clear instructions on how to deal with opposition. You never know, when you first start to point out a scriptural problem, whether the individual is going to receive correction or not. So when you begin to deal with opposition, it is always helpful to know how to deal with opposition so […]