When you read through 2 Corinthians 5, you see four passages that will help you determine the answer to this question, “Unto whom are you living?”  Are you living unto yourself or are you living unto God?  You can tell by the answers to these four questions. Are you groaning...

In 2 Cor 5, Paul explained why he labored the way he did.  In 2 Cor 5:9 he said, “Wherefore we labour…”  There are four things that compelled him to labor the way he did and they should compel us to labor that way as well.  He labored:  For the...

Being Profitable to God Luke 19:11-27 In this lesson we are going to look at the parable that Jesus gave concerning the 10 pounds. While it is true that the doctrinal application of this parable is tribulation and 2nd Advent there are some spiritual applications that we will make for...

Watchmen, Keep Not Silence Isa.62:6 The typical “watchman on the wall” intimidation: [Eze.33:7-8] You are a watchman, if you fail to warn the lost, their blood is on your hands! You now are the reason that they are going to hell. (Lots of bloody hands in the congregation at this...

According to Deut 6:5, we are to love God.  But why love God?  We love God because: The law commands us to love God – Deut 6:5; Matt 22:37 – when Jesus was asked about the great commandment in the law, he replied, “Thou shall love the Lord thy God...

In 1 Thes 4:11, Paul said that we need to study to be quiet.  In other words, being quiet is not something that comes to us naturally.  We used to call devotions our “quiet time” with the Lord.  In fact, we need to be quiet, at times.  Quietness is an...

How are we to know God, and once we know him, how are we to increase in the knowledge of God?  He will reveal himself through:  Sight – Romans 1:18-28.  One of the first ways that God reveals himself to us is in creation.  “For the invisible things of him...

Today we are studying 2 Cor 4.  The theme of this passage is from verse 12, “death worketh in us.” Paul constantly suffered as he preached the gospel, (what he called, “this ministry,” verse 1). In second Corinthians 3:6 he said, we are “ministers of the New Testament,” and in...

Waiting on God Jer.14:22 Waiting on God is probably the hardest thing for a Christian to do. We live in a Now, now, now world. Everything is instant, everything must be fast. Computers, phones, etc. are fast today and need to be faster. When we need direction or help from...

Lessons from Daniel The Writing on the Wall (Daniel 5:1-31) In this lesson we will look at the downfall of Belshazzar and the end of the Kingdom of Babylon. This fall is the result of foolish pride and we saw the danger of pride in the previous lesson in this...