In 1 Ki 3:5-12, Solomon asked the Lord for understanding and the Lord gave him a wise and an understanding heart. The Lord can do this because “He is wise in heart”, Job 9:4. Obviously, Solomon was wise hearted to begin with, to think to ask for understanding. Wisdom...
What Can We Learn From Animals Lesson # 3 Being Wise (Proverbs 30:24-28) In this lesson we will continue to look at the word of God to see what we can learn from animals. This lesson is based on four small animals, which by themselves are not mighty, but are...
Brass For Gold The sermon text is 1 Ki 14:21-28. Our particular interest is in v.25-28, where Rehoboam exchanged brass for gold when he replaced the shields Shishak, king of Egypt, took. When Solomon reigned, he built high places for the gods of the nations around Israel. When his son,...
An Apostle of Jesus Christ Eph. 1:1 Paul begins his letter to the Ephesians with this description of who he is. He is “an apostle of Jesus Christ”. In this lesson we are going to study who are the apostles in the Bible? We can easily locate the names of...
The Land Sinneth In Ezek 14:13, the Lord said, “when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it”. The phrase, the land sinneth, is an unusual expression. However, we can find it in Deut 24:4, concerning a man who marries a...
What Can We Learn From Animals Lesson #2 Typology (Matthew 21:1-11) In this lesson we are continuing to see what we can learn from animals. In Matthew 21:1-11 God uses an animal, and it can be an excellent picture of a lost man. The passage deals with Jesus’ triumphal entry...
The Purpose of Affliction The Psalmist who wrote Ps 119 said, “Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word”. In v.71 he wrote, “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes”. One purpose of affliction is...
The Power of Prayer We have seen much evidence of the power of prayer in our answers to prayer. This should encourage those of us who pray to pray even more. And it should encourage those of us who are not praying to start praying. Prayer is very powerful. Prayer...
In Ezek 14:1-11, the elders of Israel came to Ezekiel and sat before the prophet. When they arrived, they had idols in their heart. These Were Elders with Idols in their Heart They set up idols in their heart, v.3, 4, 7. According to Mk 7:20-23, this is where idolatry...
What Can We Learn From Animals Introduction (Job 12:7-10) In this series we are going to be looking at different animals in the word of God to see what they can teach us. It is amazing all the different animals that God put in the Bible as well as the...
