Youthful Pride 1 Ki 12: 6-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There is a cockiness in young people, ordinarily.  We’ll call it youthful pride.  As you can see from 1 Ki 12:6-11, Rehoboam had it, even though he was 41 years old when he ascended to the throne [1 Ki 14:21].  Youthful...

Thou Art But a Youth 1 Sam. 17:33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Saul’s concern about David accepting Goliath’s challenge was that David was a youth.  But David’s age was of no consequence in the fight because he had prepared himself as a young man to do a grown man’s job.  He...

Youth, Aging and Death Youth, Ecc 12:1 Remembering your Creator in the days of your youth is essential. Yet, every attempt has been made in our society to talk youth out of believing that God is the creator.  The condition of our society is evidence that youth do not retain...

Ecc 11:1-10 is about lessons from nature, sunlight, and youth. Scattering, Sowing, and Reaping 11:1 Cast is to send forth by throwing.  Bread can be literal or figurative.  Waters can be literal or figurative.  Herein we find interesting lessons from nature. A good example is in Prov 31:20 “She stretcheth...

Teach Them the Manner 2Ki 17:24-33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The king of Assyria conquered Israel and took the inhabitants of the cities of Samaria captive.  He removed them from the land and replaced them with men from other countries [2 Ki 17:24].  These emigrants didn’t know God and they...

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign. Even from his childhood, he did three things that young people should do today. First, he did that which is right in the sight of the Lord. Second, he walked in the ways of his father. Third, he declined neither...

Jesus Christ as a Young Person : Lesson #2 The Character of the Young Christ (Luke 2:39-52) In the previous lesson we saw how the Lord Jesus Christ had earthly parents just like young people today and that he was subject to them in every way. In this lesson we...

VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In the Proverbs, we find the expression, “void of understanding” five times.  Studying the references containing this phrase is interesting and very instructive. So, in this sermon, we’ll look at these verses in their context and see what we can...

In 1 Sam 17, David was just a youth when he defeated Goliath [1 Sam 17:33].  But in his youth he was already aware of the Lord’s work in his life.  He said, “the Lord… delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of...

We’re studying the character of David as a young man to be an encouragement to our young men to be like him.  David was Jesse’s youngest son.  He kept his father’s sheep.  When David’s three older brothers went into battle with Saul, David stayed home and kept the sheep [1...