The Root Problem, Heb 12:15

The Root Problem Heb. 12:15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you are trying to fix something in your life or help someone deal with a problem in his life, the best thing to do is find the root problem.  You must get down to the source of the trouble.  The fruit...

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What Is Wrong With People, Jer 6:10

What Is Wrong With People Jer. 6:10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO What is wrong with people?  It is not surprising to me that Christians can become backslidden.  I was there myself.  I had gotten horribly backslidden in my twenties.  When the Lord finally caught me and brought me out of all...

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Why Some Don’t Have Eternal Life

Why Some Don’t Have Eternal Life 1 Jn. 5: 9-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Eternal life is the life of Jesus Christ.  He that hath the Son hath life [1 Jn 5:9-12].  Jesus is a gift [Jn 3:16; Eph 2:8-9].  Jesus came that we might have life more abundantly [Jn 10:10]....

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What’s Holding You Back? 1 Tim 1:12-13

What’s Holding You Back? What is holding you back from doing what the Lord wants you to do? Unbelief – 1 Tim 1:12-13.  Paul wouldn’t trust the Lord because he didn’t believe him.  Once he knew for sure that Jesus Christ had risen from the dead, he believed in Jesus. ...

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Heart of Unbelief, Heb 3:12

Heart of Unbelief Heb 3:12 says, Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you and evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.  It says an evil heart… Jeremiah said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it”?, Jer 17:9. ...

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Hard Heart, Prov 28:14

Hard Heart Prov. 28:14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 28:14 says, “… but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.”  You don’t want a hard heart and you really don’t want the mischief that follows.  A hard heart comes from: Sin and Disobedience – Rom 2:1-16 – Rom...

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Private Interpretation, 2 Pet 1:20

Private Interpretation 2 Pet.1:20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Private interpretation is the method of interpreting scripture to make it say what you want it to say.  Private interpretation derives from four primary sources: The first is unbelief.  You don’t believe what you’re reading so you make the scripture say what you...

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Five Excuses For Not Turning, Prov 1:22-23

There is an amazingly generous offer in Prov 1:22-23.  Wisdom offers to the simple, to scorners, and to fools to “pour out my spirit unto you,” and to “make known my words unto you.”  God makes this offer, not to the righteous, but to fools and scorners.  The offer is...

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A Matter of Perception, Job 9:11

A Matter of Perception Job 9:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You say that perception is reality, but it isn’t if reality is not your perception. Most of the time, how you view a thing is just a matter of perception.  Today, we examine from the Bible those things that diminish...

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Steeped In Idolatry, Jer 44:15-19

We have recently visited a country in Africa steeped in idolatry.  In this sermon from Jer 44:15-19, we will see several things about people steeped in idolatry.  This should help us to avoid idolatry in our own worship of God.  And this should help us understand the difficulty of leading...

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