In this passage we see where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. In this miracle we see Jesus waiting two days after hearing the news of Lazarus being sick before he went to him. Many times we will be like Mary and Martha in our own Christian lives. We will...
In Matt 17:20-21, Matt 21:21-22, and Mk 11:22-24 Jesus mentioned three elements of what I’m calling “mountain moving prayer”. Though you don’t read about someone in the Bible moving mountains by prayer, you have certainly seen some miraculous things God did in answer to prayer. The principles he wanted us...
This Present Evil World Gal 1:4 says of Jesus Christ, “Who gave himself for our sins, that he might delver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father”. To deliver is to set free. Just as the earth has gravity which forces everything...
Words of Instruction Following Jesus’s rebuke of the Pharisees, scribes, and lawyers, Jesus exhorted his disciples with words of instruction. Beware of Hypocrisy Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is feigning to be what one is not or claiming to believe what one does not;...
Get Up Early One of the best things you can do to strengthen your eternal life is to do what Abraham did in Gen 19:27. “And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord”. Get up early. Make this your morning routine....
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...
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...
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...
