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...

Your Epitaph Ecc. 7: 1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Do you ever think about what people will say about you after you’re dead?  I don’t mean what they’ll say about you at your funeral.  At funerals, the deceased is the best dad, the best man, the best mother, the best woman,...

Shushan Was Perplexed Est 3: 8-15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Haman had convinced King Ahasuerus to let him write a decree to destroy all of the Jews, men, women, and children, in his provinces and to take the spoil of them into the king’s treasures.  The decree was to be published...

Abolished 2 Tim. 1: 10  CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Six times you find the word abolish or abolished in your Bible.  Abolish in the Merriam Webster dictionary is defined as “to end the observance or the effect of (something, such as a law): to completely do away with (something); Annul. ...

The Anointing Oil Ex. 29: 7-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You find anointing oil used for several purposes in the Bible.  The oil typifies the Holy Spirit.  By studying anointing, we can see what the Holy Spirit does in our lives when he anoints us. For instance, Jesus was anointed...

Disobeying the Will of God Jonah 1-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God gave Jonah explicit instructions to “… go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me,” [Jon1:2].  Jonah disobeyed the will of God when he took a ship to go...

Wholeheartedly Ps 119:2 says, “Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart”. We should be wholehearted about some things.  Wholehearted is completely and sincerely devoted, determined, and enthusiastic; free from all reserve or hesitation. Seek God wholeheartedly, Ps 119:2.  Deut 4:29, Acts 17:27. ...

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...

The Question is What not Why Acts 9:6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul asked “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do,” [Acts 9:6]?  That question is so much better than the question, “Why hast thou made me thus,” [Rom 9:20]?  People get stuck wherever they run into trouble with...

The Land is Defiled Lev 18: 25-28 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We find several references in the Bible to the land being defiled by the sins of men in the land.  The first of these references is found in Lev 18:25-28 which says that the land is defiled by the following...