Eternal Things Are Superior to Temporal Things   In our lives we must constantly remind ourselves to not let the temporal become more important to us than the eternal.  It’s so easy to become more concerned with the temporal things of life.  But the eternal things are superior to temporal...

Hold Your Peace According to Prov 11:12-13, when you hold your peace you demonstrate that you are a: Man of wisdom.  He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.  To despise is to look down on with disrespect.  Since wisdom comes from fearing the Lord, we should fear God...

Tree of Life Metaphors Rev. 22: 2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The tree of life will be here during the millennial reign of Jesus Christ.  It will be on either side of the river that flows out of the throne of God [Rev 22:1-2].  Every month these trees will yield new...

We Need to Fear God Phil. 2:12-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul said, “… work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”  We need to fear God after we are saved.  The fear of God is good for us.  It gives us wisdom, it keeps us clean, it gives us...

Two Invitations Prov. 9:1-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Proverbs 9, there are two invitations.  One is from wisdom and the other is from the foolish woman.  The recipients of the invitations are identical but that to which they are being invited is drastically different.  We need to look at these...

Biblical Instruction Prov. 8:10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Biblical Instruction is of greater value to you than the accumulation of wealth [Prov 8:10].   Today we are going to look at Biblical instruction to see where it comes from, what it does for you and what happens to you when you refuse it....

The Men of This Generation The context of Lk 7:31-35 is found in v.19-30.  In the first part of the context, Jesus performed many miracles to assure the messengers of John that he was the Messiah.  In the second part of the context, Jesus commended John as the greatest prophet...

Wisdom Crieth Without Prov. 1:20-23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Notice in Prov 1:20-23 and in Prov 8:1-4, wisdom makes a very public appeal for men to listen.  Wisdom can be heard in the “street.”  You may be asking where wisdom’s voice is heard so publicly today. In this day and age...

What Nebuchadnezzar Underestimated Dan 2: 12-13 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Nebuchadnezzar successfully destroyed Judah and took many captives to Babylon.  He was very powerful and became the world ruler in his day.  God had promoted him to this great power and rule.  Among the captives, he had Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and...

The Lord’s Delight 1 Sam 15: 22 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO If we can see from the scriptures the Lord’s delight, then we can do those things with the certainty that he will be pleased.  What are the things that are the Lord’s delight?  The Lord delights in: Obedience – 1 Sam...