The Lord’s Presence, Rom 5:1
The Lord’s Presence, Rom. 5: 1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In our personal experience, the greatest single evidence of the Lord’s presence is peace. Peace derives from our salvation [Rom 5:1], peace is part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit [Gal 5:22], peace is assured to us when we pray rather than worry [Phil 4:6-7], […]
Keep Thyself Pure, 1 Tim 5:22
Keep Thy Self Pure Click on This Link to Download According to 1 Tim 5:22, we are to keep ourselves pure. How do we do this? First, you must be made pure. To get pure, you must be saved. According to Titus 1:15, when you’re defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Even your mind and […]
The Foolishness of Fools, Prov 14:24
The Foolishness of Fools Prov. 14: 24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Every child starts out from childhood with a fair amount of foolishness in him [Prov 22:15]. The Lord gives parents instruction on how to deal with their foolishness. The idea is to drive this foolishness away from them so that they learn to respect and […]
Rather Than Gold, Prov 8:10
Rather Than Gold In the Proverbs, there are six things you should choose rather than gold and silver. In the world, men usually measure success by their net worth. And even when they are in good churches, given the right offers, they will change employers and residences just to make more money. If you are […]
Not of Man, Prov 29:25
If we are ever going to get anything worthwhile done for the Lord we must get “man” out of the way. The Lord’s work is not of man so here are some things that should be “of God” and not of man: We should be moved by the love of God not the love of […]
Eternal Things Are Superior to Temporal Things
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 things. Therefore, we must always […]
Hold Your Peace, Prov 11:12-13
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 and consider the judgment seat […]
Tree of Life Metaphors, Rev 22:2
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 fruit and the manner of the fruit each month will be different. The fruit will […]
We Need to Fear God, Phil 2:12-13
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 confidence, it keeps us from evil, it directs us into the love of God, it […]
Two Invitations, Prov 9:1-18
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 two invitations very carefully so that we know exactly to what we […]