This sermon is on your work of faith, 1 Thes 1:3. To understand your work of faith, we must first understand what faith is and how it works. Faith is belief. You must have something to believe in. Athletes believe in themselves. Christians believe in Jesus Christ. Agnostics and atheists...
We have been studying the fruit of the Spirit in Gal 5:22-23. Today, we are going to discuss faith, meekness, and temperance. Remember that these are not independent of each other. We’re not talking about fruits, plural, but rather a singular fruit of the Spirit manifested in nine different qualities....
My Memorial unto All Generations Exodus 3:13-16 This is a very well-known passage of scripture. It is where God tells Moses that his name is “I AM THAT I AM”. But note that in the passage that his name is said to be “a memorial unto all generations”. In this...
The Old Testament Tabernacle : Lesson #3 The Brass Laver and the Framework In the previous lesson we saw that the Brazen Altar was the first thing someone would see when entering the court of the Tabernacle. The Brazen Altar is a picture of God’s judgment on sin and God’s...
Lk 18:1-8 is, in part, about what to do when you find it really hard to pray. Doctrinally we can find where Lk 18:1-8 fits, perfectly. v.8 says, “when the Son of man cometh”. So, we’re right before the Second Advent. This is about God avenging his own elect. We...
When Jesus and Peter, James, and John came down from the mount of transfiguration, a man with a possessed son cried out to Jesus because his disciples could not cast the spirit out of his son. In Lk 9:41 Jesus said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I...
In Phile 10-19 we see a great testimony of Onesimus’s salvation and Paul’s wonderful care for him. Onesimus was the servant of Philemon, who evidently departed from him under adverse circumstances. He left with a bad testimony as an unprofitable servant who was also indeted to his master. Onesimus didn’t...
The fruit of the Spirit manifests itself in 9 spiritual qualities. Today we are going to study long-suffering, gentleness, and goodness. Long-suffering. This is the ability to suffer through something for a long time. It’s one of God’s characteristics, Ex 34:6. It’s this quality that allows him to lead you...
A Lesson In Strength (2 Chronicles 26:1-21) In this the passage of scripture given for our lesson we can learn a valuable lesson on strength. Uzziah became the king of Judah when he was 16 years old. The Bible says that he did that which was right according to the...
Prov 1:23 says, “Turn you at my reproof”. A reproof is criticism for a fault or blame expressed to the face. Reproofs are intended to get you to turn for your own good. In the context, the Lord reproves the simple, scorners, and fools, Prov 1:22, in order to turn...
