In 1 Ki 3:5-12, Solomon asked the Lord for understanding and the Lord gave him a wise and an understanding heart.  The Lord can do this because “He is wise in heart”, Job 9:4.  Obviously, Solomon was wise hearted to begin with, to think to ask for understanding.   Wisdom...

Brass For Gold The sermon text is 1 Ki 14:21-28.  Our particular interest is in v.25-28, where Rehoboam exchanged brass for gold when he replaced the shields Shishak, king of Egypt, took. When Solomon reigned, he built high places for the gods of the nations around Israel.  When his son,...

The Power of Prayer We have seen much evidence of the power of prayer in our answers to prayer.  This should encourage those of us who pray to pray even more.  And it should encourage those of us who are not praying to start praying. Prayer is very powerful. Prayer...

We need to be very careful about inquiring of the Lord.  While this was a common practice in the Old Testament, it was also a problem for some.  When you try inquiring of the Lord in the New Testament, you’re looking for an inside track to gain supernatural knowledge or...

In Jn 5:1-5 during the passover, and by the pool Bethesda, there were a great multitude of impotent folk.  People were literally everywhere during this feast.  And yet in the midst of this chaos and multitude of impotent folk, Jesus noticed that a certain man was there.  Jesus picked him...

God’s Preserved Words In Ps 12:6-7, David wrote that the Lord would keep and preserve his words “from this generation for ever”.  This verse begs the question, “Do we have God’s preserved words in our possession today”?  I hope to answer this question today. Several times recently, people have asked...

According to 1 Thes 4:3-5, it is the will of God that we possess our vessels in sanctification and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence.  I recently heard Pastor Erick Knight preach on concupiscence.  His sermon helped me to understand this sin and to come up with a way...

When the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, he led them through the Red Sea.  And immediately following their great song of victory in Ex 15, they encountered a problem.  They found no water, v.22.  The water that they did find was bitter, v.23.  When they asked, What shall we...

God Has Provided Spiritual Light God has provided spiritual light for the darkness in the world.  The condition of the world is darkness.  This darkness is both literal and spiritual.  In Gen 1, literal darkness was upon the face of the deep.  So, God said Let there be light.  Then...

In the Bible, you often see a historic truth that is at the same time prophetic.  For instance, during the earthly ministry of Jesus, the Jews attempted to stop his preaching. They oppressed his disciples to keep them from following him.  How the disciples responded to their fear of the...