Do Not Turn Away Notice in the Bible when people get saved, they turn to God and away from what they were doing before they were saved. And they start doing something for the Lord. Acts 26:20, “…that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance”. 1...
Ripple Effect The Lord as been leading me to encourage us to reach our lost friends, neighbors, relatives, and associates with the gospel. Today he’s given me a message that I call “The Ripple Effect”. When you throw a rock into a pool of water, ripples are formed that emanate...
Pharisees Scribes and Lawyers A Pharisee asked Jesus to dine with him. And as he sat down to meat, a conversation ensued. The subjects Jesus discussed were addressed to the Pharisees scribes and lawyers present. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees and Scribes for: Cleaning the outside only, Lk 11:38-41. The Pharisee...
The Riches of God Rom. 2:4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are several references in the New Testament to the riches of God. The riches of God include: The riches of his goodness – Rom 2:4. It is through his goodness that God leads us to repentance. God rains on the...
Reprobate 2 Tim. 3: 8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The word reprobate in the Bible basically means condemned, worthless or corrupt. A reprobate has no true knowledge of the things of God because his mind is corrupted and his view is worthless. If you are a reprobate then the things you...
That Will I Speak When you are given the opportunity to speak to a person or a group about something from the Bible that you’re pretty sure they don’t want to hear, the temptation is to go along with the crowd. You can be tempted to avoid saying something true...
Expected Changes Ps 55:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Bible says of the Lord that he changes not [Mal 3:6] and Solomon tells us that we are not to meddle with them who are given to change [Prov 24:21]. Psalms describes a man who swears to his own hurt and...
No Respect of Persons Rom. 2: 5-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Rom 2:11 Paul said that there is no respect of persons with God concerning salvation; he gives salvation to people regardless of whether they are Jews or Gentiles. In Rom 2:7, you might understand the passage to say that...
Don’t Mock Gal 6: 7-8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are several references in the Bible to mocking, some of which we’ll discuss in this sermon. To mock someone or something is to laugh at, ridicule and insult them or it contemptuously. Don’t mock God – Gal 6:7-8 – some...
Kingdoms of God and Heaven In this lesson, we are going to trace the kingdoms of God and heaven all the way from their beginning through their ultimate future merger. We’ll start back in Genesis 1, with creation, where we find a firmament called “Heaven”. Gen 1:1, “In beginning God...
