Rebuilding Neh. 1:1-2:9 Introduction: General account of Nehemiah and the rebuilding of the wall after captivity of Israel Takes place after 70 years of captivity Ezra chapter one – Cyrus king of Persia started to build the House of God Ezra commissioned to build the temple in the 7th year of...

I Jn 2:3 says, “Hereby we do know that we know him.”  John is addressing the assurance of salvation.  Many people who have been saved have been told that they are assured of their salvation.  But many of those don’t know why they should be sure.  The first epistle of...

There are certain things you can do to support good health in your life.  These are not cures and remedies.  These are Biblical admonitions which will help you to keep from compromising your health.  They will assist you in supporting better health.   To improve your health: Trust in the...

As a result of our salvation in Jesus Christ, through the Spirit of God in us, we have liberty.  With our Christian liberty:  We are free from the bondage of corruption – Rom 8:21 – death cannot hold us [1 Cor 15:50-55].  Rom 8:2 we will live forever.  Our bodies...

This sermon is on how to walk as a Christian.  As Christians, we are to: Walk in newness of life – Rom 6:4 – when you get saved, you get a new life.  Your natural man is still alive, but your old man is crucified with Christ.  Therefore, we should...

When you study the Bible you realize that big things to the world are small things to God and small things to the world are big things to God.  For instance, we consider nations to be big.  The population of China is nearly 1.4B.  The land mass of China is...

Watch unto Prayer 1 Pet.4:7 Peter, believing that the end of all things is at hand, encourages us to be sober, and watch unto prayer. The context of this passage would call for us to be attentive to the events around us and by doing that, cause us to pray,...

In Part I of this lesson, we saw that from the moment we are saved, we are in a battle with Satan.  He is our adversary [1 Pet 5:8].  God gives us his whole armor to protect us in this battle [Eph 6:10-18].  However, according to 2 Cor 2:11, there...

Satan is a vicious, clever enemy.  Nevertheless, Jesus successfully defended himself against the temptations of the devil [Matt 4:1-11], cast him out of every person he possessed, who came to Jesus for healing [Acts 10:38], spoiled him and openly triumphed over him on the cross [Col 2:15], and will destroy...

Spiritual joy is not an emotion like natural joy.  As we saw in last week’s study, natural joy is the feeling derived from some pleasure, delight, success, accomplishment, etc.  Spiritual joy, on the other hand, is derived from the Lord.   However, as natural joy is manifested in your feelings...