Fully Committed After you are saved, if you are going to go on to serve the Lord faithfully, there is a time when you get fully committed. Any of these common conditions could lead you to be fully committed: You develop over time – 2 Tim 3:15, Acts 16:1-3, 1...

Be Charitable We have been discussing the character qualities that should be in those who desire to minister to others.  Tonight we will discuss the need to be charitable. According to 2 Pet 1:4-7 we can have charity because we are partakers of the divine nature.  To brotherly kindness we...

Get Up A Crowd In Matt 14:34-36 we read, “All that were diseased were made perfectly whole”.  These were remarkable miracles performed by the Lord Jesus Christ during his earthly ministry.  From this passage we can find a great deal of simple and yet beneficial information to help us see...

Be Diligent On Wednesday nights, we have been discussing qualities and character traits that should be in you when you minister to others in your local church.  So far we have discussed the following traits: faithful, godly, Spirit-filled, and teachable.  We still want to study these qualities: diligent, humble, and...

Snares and Traps In Jos 21:43-45, the Lord gave Israel all the land he promised them, and he gave them rest.  There stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.  There failed not ought… all came to pass. Consider...

Much Required Lk 12:48 describes the punishment of those who knew the Lord’s will and didn’t do it, before his return, versus those who didn’t know, yet also did things worthy of stripes.  The ones who knew are beaten with more stripes.  The principle is this.  “For unto whomsoever much...

The Lips of the Righteous Prov 10:21 says, “The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom”. Let’s discuss this verse carefully and see how it applies to us. The lips. We must speak.  He said, “preach the gospel”.  We have to keep our mouths...

Jesus is God Jesus is God manifest in the flesh.  When the angel of the Lord appeared unto Joseph he said “thou shalt call his name Jesus”, Matt 1:21.  The prophecy he fulfilled at his birth said “they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us”,...

Birth of Christ Prophesied This time of year many people celebrate the birth of Christ.  But they may not be aware of the significance of the prophecies that were fulfilled when he was born.  Today, we are going to discuss three of the prophecies and their importance. His Virgin Birth...

Teachable We’ve been discussing, on Wednesday nights, some of the qualities that should be in church members who are helping in the ministry.  We’ve already seen that you must be faithful, godly, and Spirit-filled.  God uses people who are here regularly, who are growing in godliness, and who are filled...