Luke 9:57-62 Introduction: This is the first week of a new year, 2025. Like many Christians, perhaps you have made resolutions or commitments. Perhaps your commitment was to follow Jesus more closely this year, to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Following Jesus is a daily commitment, and if...

How to Attend to My Words “Attend” means to apply the mind or pay attention to. “My words” are not words about what God wrote but what he wrote, exactly what he wrote.  People routinely misquote 1 Cor 10:13 and cause much confusion to people who are overwhelmed by a...

Blessings of Obedience An obedient person is a blessed person, Lk 11:28.  Jesus said, “Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it”.  Jas 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but...

A Candle on a Candlestick The Lord used the illustration of a candle on a candlestick several times when he was teaching.  We’ll examine each of these lessons in this study today. Take Heed What Ye Hear In Lk 8:16, the Lord made this statement.  “No man, when he hath...

 Getting Counsel (Part 1) 1 Kings 12:1-15 In this passage Rehoboam is faced with a challenge regarding Jeroboam and some of the children of Israel. When Rehoboam is made king Jeroboam comes to him on and asked to have the heavy yoke that was placed by Solomon lightened. Rehoboam does...

We Are Really Evil We see and understand that the world is evil, Gal 1:4.  We even talk about how evil it is.  And we recognize evil men when we see them, Lk 6:45.  And we don’t like them.  Like Prov 29:27 says, an unjust man is abomination to the...

Created in Righteousness The new man is created in righteousness and true holiness.  The old man is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.  The old man can, in no way, produce the righteousness of the new man.  He is created in righteousness by God. Every believer has the new man...

A Sower Went Out To Sow Jesus traveled from city to city preaching the kingdom of God.  Along the way, much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city.  No doubt the disciples were impressed by the size of the crowd that came out to...

A Saviour Which is Christ The Lord In Lk 2:9-12, the angel of the Lord announced to the shepherds “unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”  We are going to see the significance of the three words the angel...

He Went Throughout Every City In Lk 8:1-3, Jesus was still in Galilee.  He went throughout every city and village.  From Lk 4:43 we learn that Jesus was sent to preach the kingdom of God “to other cities” also.  Therefore, he didn’t just go to one or two principal cities...