Psalm 127:1 “Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it”. Introduction: God wants to build our houses. Now, the last time I checked, I didn’t see God building physical houses all over this area and for the people that are here this evening. This building...
In Eph 4:11-12, Jesus Christ gave four groups of men to the church for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. These men were apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. This study will show the transition from the...
In Gal 5:16 Paul told us to walk in the Spirit. Let’s see what this entails. When you are saved, the Spirit is in you This is a fairly simple lesson when you think about it. When you were saved, you went through a spiritual circumcision that separated your flesh...
In prayer, we shouldn’t just make our requests known to God, but we should enjoy the privilege of having fellowship with God. Fellowship is companionship and friendly association. It is a mutual sharing of experience, activity, and interest. So, in prayer we should be in fellowship with the Lord, 1...
What Are Deacons? What are deacons? Deacons are an interesting subject in the Bible because there are a variety of interpretations concerning who they are and what they do. The Biblical teaching about deacons is different than the traditional understanding. Traditionally, deacons are men who are chosen by a congregation...
Read Is 44:14-20. Is 44:20 speaks of a deceived heart. It’s hard for us to imagine that a person could be so deceived as to worship a god he makes out of the stock of a tree. With the same tree, he warms himself, bakes his bread, and roasts flesh. ...
2 Cor 5:17 deals with the old things and new things in your life when you become a new creature in Christ. For many of us, some of the old things fell off right away. Yet, other old things stuck around and continue to be a problem for us in...
2 Cor 5:14 says “For the love of Christ constraineth us”. In v.15, it constrains us to not henceforth live unto ourselves, but unto him who died for them (in v.14) and rose again. To constrain is to hold back by or as if by force. The force of his...
Rahab’s testimony is remarkable, Jos 2:1-24. Notice: Rahab’s Testimony of Faith – Heb 11:31. In Jos 2:9-11 she believed in the Lord. Then in v.12-13 she believed she could be saved and that she needed to be saved. In v.14 she believed the words of the spies. And in v.17-21 she...
Joshua commanded Israel to “fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth”, Jos 24:14. Not just in sincerity. Not just in truth. But in the combination of sincerity and truth. Sincerity is honesty of mind; freedom from hypocrisy. Sincere means: without deceit, pretense [a false profession]; free...
