Tonight we’re going to study some things about the rod of God.  To do this, we must look at quite a few scriptures, before we can make an application to our lives as Christians living in the world. In Ex 4:2 the Lord asked Moses what was in his hand. ...

A Spiritual Famine Amos 8: 11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Amos 8:11 Amos prophesied of a famine, not of bread and water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.  This is a spiritual famine.   Israel went through several famines in the Bible.  Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...

Consider The End Ecc. 7: 8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Ecc 7:8 better is the end of a thing than the beginning.  When evaluating things or making decisions about things, the Lord admonishes us to consider the end.  For instance, the Lord waits till the end of our lives to judge...

Enemy Attacks Eph. 6:11-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We know that we are subject to enemy attacks from three enemies.  They are the devil [Eph 6:11-12; 1 Pet 5:8-9], the world [Jas 4:4; 1 Jn 2:15-17], and the flesh [Rom 7:18-21; Rom 8:7-8].  The devil attacks mainly through deception [Rev 12:9]. ...

Bible World View II Cor. 4:3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We are going to search several passages in the Bible to see the Bible world view.  Our attitude toward the world should be based upon the Bible world view and not what we think.  Notice these features of the world: The god...

Stand for God Dan. 1:1-7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego took a stand for God.  These three men were taken into captivity in Babylon with Daniel.  They were housed by the king, educated by his wise men, and fed with the king’s meat for three years.  The king...

Victory Through Our Lord 1 Cor. 15:50-57 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Our text is 1 Cor 15:50-58.  Three times in this text we find the word “victory.”  “Death is swallowed up in victory,” [1 Cor 15:54].  “O grave, where is thy victory,” [1 Cor 15:55]?  “But thanks be to God, which...

Identify Your Enemies Prov.27:6 Last lesson we studied “friends”. This lesson we are studying about “enemies”. According to this verse we can be deceived, and it may be harder that you think to identify your enemies. An enemy is something who hates or opposes another and tries to harm them...

By Jesus Christ Gal. 1:1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  In the first five verses of Galatians chapter 1 we find a number of things that are by Jesus Christ.  Paul starts out by saying that his apostleship is by Jesus Christ.  But by the time he gets through the first...

A Different Perspective Luke 4:5-6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We need a different perspective to be able to understand the things going on before the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.  We need to remember that the devil is running all the kingdoms of the world [Lk 4:5-6] and that...