In Eph 6:11 Paul wrote, “Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil”. When you read this verse, you envision a soldier arming himself for a fight. You might imagine yourself putting on a helmet or a breastplate...
In 1 Chr 22-27, when David prepared for the construction of the house of God, he organized everything and everyone in his kingdom for Solomon to begin to build and rule. Everyone was responsible. Notice all these occupations: 1 Chr 23:3-5, the Levites set forward the work of the house...
In this sermon we’re going to discuss virtue. Virtue is strength. It is that quality of physical bodies, by which they produce effects on other bodies. In a literal sense you can speak of the virtue of plants in medicine. So, in Lk 6:19, Jesus said virtue had gone...
From Lk 17:11-19 we learn some important things about giving the Lord thanks. When the ten lepers were healed and only the Samaritan turned back to give him thanks, we see that thanks is more rare than it is common. In v.17 only one of the ten thanked him. Thanks...
Paul wrote Titus that we are to be careful to maintain good works. The obvious question should be what good works are we to maintain? Titus 3:8 “This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be...
This message should encourage you if you think you are too poor to count. Some people would probably attempt to do more for God if they thought that what they can contribute to the work of God would make a difference. But they don’t try because they think their contribution...
In Eph 3:7-8 Paul was made a minister to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. Then in v.14 he prayed for the Ephesians that God would receive glory in the church. God should receive glory in the church. But how? By his saints being filled with all...
The Devil is described in a number of capacities in the Bible. He is the tempter, Matt 4:3; the deceiver, Rev 12; the accuser; Rev 12; the liar, Jn 8:44; the destroyer, 1 Cor 10:10, 5:5; and the roaring lion, 1 Pet 5:8, to name a few. In Jn 10:10...
In Ps 119:136, the Psalmist cried because “they keep not thy law”. He said, “rivers of waters run down mine eyes”. The Psalmist wasn’t smug in his attitude. He was keeping the law. They weren’t. And yet, he wept for them. This attitude is so different than the attitude of...
Solomon said that there is a time to be born, and a time to die. None of us really likes to think about death. However, if the time of the Lord’s return for us is still a ways off, many of us are going to the Lord by way of...
