When Jesus saw the multitudes Matt 9:36-38, he was moved with compassion because they fainted, they were scattered abroad, and they were as sheep having no shepherd. They were: Sapped. People today are faint. New hires can’t take the load of an ordinary day’s work. Others find that they are...
Our text is Heb 11:5-6, which speaks of Enoch’s faith and his translation to heaven. Companion passages are Gen 5:21-24 and Jude 14-15. When you read these passages together, you get a good picture of Enoch’s life and the role of faith in his life. By faith Enoch did some...
David wrote, “The LORD is my shepherd”. How wonderful that when we trust Christ, we become the sheep of Almighty God. According to this verse, the Lord is: Our Preeminent Shepherd – “The LORD”. Men are likened to sheep and men who lead them are likened to shepherds. Joshua was...
Missions involves a mission. A mission is “a specific task with which a person or a group is charged”. So, a mission involves three things: the person who gives the charge, the task that he wants done, and the person or group to carry out the task. The person who...
In Psalm 23, David wrote, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”. To be in want is to be in need of or destitute. When the Lord is your shepherd, one thing you won’t “want” is peace with your shepherd. With your shepherd, you will find: Peace in...
The One True Universal Constant 2 Peter 3:1-18 In physics there are several universal constant such as the speed of light in a vacuum, charge of a single electron, the gravitational constant etc. But in the real world that we inhabit nothing every really stays the same. Everything seems to...
What does God expect of Us? Introduction: As a Christian, we are commanded and exhorted by God to read the Word of God. For what purpose? So that we can hear from God. This Bible is what God uses to communicate with you and with me. II Peter 1:19-21 “no prophecy of the scripture is...
We are going to study five references in the Bible where the word diligent appears. There are more places than these where the words diligent and diligently appear. However, these five verses will help us identify five specific duties in our lives in which we must be diligent. Diligent inquisition...
Several times in your Bible, you find the phrase, “Depart from evil”. In the context of four of these references, you can see the reason why we should depart from evil. Understanding – Job 28:28. To depart from evil is understanding. This verse has a two-pronged application. First, when...
Full of Grace and Truth John 1:14-17 full of grace and truth Introduction: To be full means that you can’t put anymore of anything into something. When you fill up a glass of water, you cannot put any more water into it or else it will spill over. If you have a glass of coffee, soda,...
