Too Poor To Count, Lk 21:1-4

This message should encourage you if you think you are too poor to count.  Some people would probably attempt to do more for God if they thought that what they can contribute to the work of God would make a difference.  But they don’t try because they think their contribution...

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Glory in the Church, Eph 3:14-21

In Eph 3:7-8 Paul was made a minister to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.  Then in v.14 he prayed for the Ephesians that God would receive glory in the church.  God should receive glory in the church.  But how?  By his saints being filled with all...

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The Devil a Thief, Jn 10:10

The Devil is described in a number of capacities in the Bible.  He is the tempter, Matt 4:3; the deceiver, Rev 12; the accuser; Rev 12; the liar, Jn 8:44; the destroyer, 1 Cor 10:10, 5:5; and the roaring lion, 1 Pet 5:8, to name a few.  In Jn 10:10...

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A Lamentation for Tyrus, Ezek 27:1-36

A Lamentation for Tyrus Ezek 27:1-36 contains a prophetic lamentation for Tyrus, because the great sea port trading center gets destroyed. In this chapter we’ll see the beauty of Tyrus, the merchants of Tyrus, and the fall of Tyrus. The Beauty of Tyrus Tyre was situated at the “entry of...

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Rivers of Waters, Ps 119:136

In Ps 119:136, the Psalmist cried because “they keep not thy law”.  He said, “rivers of waters run down mine eyes”.  The Psalmist wasn’t smug in his attitude.  He was keeping the law.  They weren’t.  And yet, he wept for them.  This attitude is so different than the attitude of...

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Preparing For Death, Ecc 3:2

Solomon said that there is a time to be born, and a time to die.  None of us really likes to think about death.  However, if the time of the Lord’s return for us is still a ways off, many of us are going to the Lord by way of...

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The Most Dangerous Thing We Own

The Most Dangerous Thing We Own James 3:1-18 The main subject from this passage in James is the tongue. As we will see in this passage the tongue is an extremely dangerous member. It is important for us to view the tongue as dangerous in order to avoid problems that...

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The Prophecy of Tyre, Ezek 26:1-21

In Ezek 26:1-21, Ezekiel gives the prophecy of Tyre.  Tyre was a seaport city on the Mediterranean coast in southern Lebanon.  It was 12 miles north of the border with modern Israel and 25 miles south of Sidon, modern day Saydā. It was a major Phoenician seaport from 2000 BC. ...

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