Why They Don’t Get It, Matt 13:9-17
When you think about people’s response to the Bible, do you ever wonder why some people get it and some people don’t. How is it that two people can sit through the same message and one comes away edified and the other mystified? One leaves enthused and the other leaves confused. The answer to why […]
Because of Your Unbelief
Because of your unbelief Matt.17:14-20 In the previous lesson we learned what faith is. The Bible defines it as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” [Heb.11:1]. Faith is substance and evidence based on God’s word, and we are given this faith through God’s word. When we walk by faith, […]
Giving Satan an Advantage, Part I, 2 Cor 2:11
Satan is a vicious, clever enemy. Nevertheless, Jesus successfully defended himself against the temptations of the devil [Matt 4:1-11], cast him out of every person he possessed, who came to Jesus for healing [Acts 10:38], spoiled him and openly triumphed over him on the cross [Col 2:15], and will destroy him after his millennial reign […]
Prayer Answered Quickly
Prayer Answered Quickly Daniel 9 In This chapter Daniel gets his prayer answered, “while he was yet speaking”, verse 21. All of us want immediate answers to prayer. Some wait for answers for months or years. We must not interpret delays in answers for denials. We wait because it pleases Him who is sovereign […]
When You Don’t Believe the Truth 2 Thes 2:11-12
In a Bible believing church you are going to hear a lot about reading, studying and believing the word of God. You hear this so much that you might become callous to believing the words of God if you are not careful. You can become complacent in your faith because you are around the preaching […]
The Gospel to the Gentiles, Rom 10:14-21
Romans chapter 10 is a transition chapter from the end of chapter 9 to the full content of chapter 11. At the end of chapter 9 Paul concludes that Gentiles attained the righteousness of God because they received it by faith. Israel, on the other hand, tried to attain the righteousness of God by the […]
Election, Rom 9:10-33
In Rom 9:11 Paul states, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. It is vital that we see that election doesn’t stand on works, but on what God said… on the way he calls it. God chose Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Israel, Jesus and even […]
Unbelief Rom. 1:16
Unbelief Rom. 1:16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know from the Bible that unbelief results in spiritual blindness. Israel, particularly, suffers from blindness in part because of the failure to believe the words of God and the gospel. When a person believes the word of God it is the power of God unto salvation, to the […]
Commentary on Romans 9:10-33
Before studying the purpose of God according to election [Rom 9:11] we will make a running commentary on Rom 9:10-33. Reading through the passage we will comment on what certain of the verses say rather than what they are presumed to say by those who don’t believe what they say. Commentary on this passage includes […]
The Lions in Daniel’s Den Dan. 6:16-20
The Lion in Daniel’s Den Dan. 6:16,20. CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Like Daniel we face lions in our lives. As 1 Pet 5:8 says, “The devil as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour.” Paul said in 2 Tim 4:17, “I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.” In 1 Cor […]