On Wednesdays, recently, I have been preaching on favor with God.  Initially, we saw that we have favor by righteousness.  And then, with God, we have favor by mercy and truth.  Last week, we saw that we have favor with God by wisdom.  And today, we see in Prov 13:15,...

The angel of the Lord announced to the shepherds that the birth of Jesus was the birth of a very special person, “a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.”  We are going to look at the significance of these three names. A Savior– let’s look back to the prophecy of...

Prov 8:35 shows you how, with God, to have favor by wisdom.  “For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD”. On recent Wednesday nights, we have been studying how to have favor with God.  We have seen from the scripture that loving favor is rather...

We all have people with whom we want to speak about the Lord.  And sometimes it can be very hard to know what to say, when to say it, and how to say it.  I asked Pastor Hoots to pray for me about witnessing to my family.  And he said...

In the Song of Solomon is recorded an ongoing conversation between Solomon and his wife.  The book typifies the relationship between Jesus Christ and his bride, the church.  Jesus Christ is the friend to whom the bride is referring in SoS 5:16 when she says, “This is my friend.”  Jesus is: Beloved – in...

Out of Egypt I Have Called My Son (Matthew 2:1-13)  The visit of the wise men give us a great example of how God can use unusual circumstances along with unusual people to accomplish his plan. In this sermon we will look at how God fulfilled his word not only...

In Ecc 11:9 God will bring everything about you into judgment when God will judge you.  God will judge: What you do, Ecc 12:14.  God will judge how you did it, why you did it, when you did it, as in 1 Cor 3:11-15 and Col 3:23-25.  See 2 Cor...

One great way to have favor with God is through mercy and truth.  God has extended his mercy to us, and he intends for us to extend his mercy to others, as well.  God has sanctified us through his truth, Jn 17:17.  And he intends for us to be true...

In 2 Cor 7:1 Paul said, “Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God”. Having therefore these promises: I will dwell in them I will walk in them I will be their God...

The ways of darkness are the ways of the evil man and the man that speaketh froward things, Prov 2:12.  These men “leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness”, Prov 2:13.  And they want you to leave the paths of uprightness and walk along with...