Personal Offenses

Personal Offenses Matt.18:15-17                 Personal offenses will come! People are people, Christians are people. When a sin or offense is personal and private, the injured person should go at once to the one who has done the injury and show him his fault alone, [Matt.18:15]. Every effort should be made...

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Breastplate of Righteousness, Eph 6:14

In Eph 6:11-18 we see the whole armor of God.  Currently, we are studying each piece of this armor.  Last week we studied the helmet of salvation.  Tonight we will study the breastplate of righteousness, Eph 6:14.   The whole armor of God is given to us to stand against...

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You Need To Be There

You Need To Be There! Jn.20:19-20 & 24 When Jesus came Thomas was not there! (verse 24) Thomas knew to be there (Matt.28:7-10 & 16 – eleven went!) Everyone else was there (Judas was dead, acceptable excuse) Jesus had told them that he would be there When you know that...

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The Lord and Our Heart, Prov 21:2

The Lord: Ponders our heart Prov 21:2 – Ponder is to view with deliberation.  “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes.”  A man looks at his way and says, “I’m doing the right thing.”  Yet the Lord doesn’t look at what he’s doing but why he’s...

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Feed the Flock and Humble Yourselves, 1 Pet 5:1-7

We are studying 1 Pet 5:1-7 in this lesson.  1 Pet 5:1-4 contain some instructions to pastors.  1 Pet 5:5-7 contain an exhortation to Christians to be humble. Instructions to pastors. Elders, in this passage, are pastors – 1 Pet 5:1 – as in Acts 14:23; 20:17; 20:28.  The term,...

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Church Discipline

Church Discipline 1 Cor.5 The church has a responsibility to exercise discipline and exclude from its fellowship any member who persist in sin and disobedience to God’s word as found in 1 Cor. 5. Sin will spiritually affect the church and any of the blessings of God. The Lord shows...

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Things To Hate, Jn 12:25

Things To Hate Jn. 12:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the Bible, there are some things to hate.  To hate something means to have a strong dislike for it.  Today we are going to discuss these things.  They are clearly and conspicuously written in the scripture where you and I can...

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