Ps 116:15 says, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.” The Psalmist didn’t say death is precious. Death is horrible. Death came from Adam’s disobedience [Rom 5:12]. God remedied our problem with death through the death of his own Son [Heb 2:14-15]. In Is...
As the descendants of Adam, all of us are sinners by nature, and we are all appointed to die [Rom 5:12]. We know good and evil, but we don’t know God. According to 2 Pet 1:1-4, when we are saved, we can obtain divine things through the knowledge of God. ...
In Rom 10:5, Paul describes the righteousness of the law by saying, “The man which doeth those things shall live by them.” Doctrinally, “live by them” means staying alive by doing the words of the law [Deut 6:24]. Spiritually, though, we are to “live by them” as our way...
If I were to poll everyone here today with one question, “Do you believe that Jesus is your Master?” Most of you would reply, “Yes.” But is he really your Master? He may indeed be your Lord by virtue of his salvation. But, is he really your Master? When the...
In Prov 30:24-28, there are four little things that are exceeding wise. The spider is one of them. She “taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces,” [Prov 30:28]. We must be like the spider. We must hold onto good things, like Paul wrote in 1 Thes 5:21,...
Our text is Matt 19:16-29. In verse 20, this man who approached Jesus, inquiring about eternal life, was young. In Lk 18:18 this man was a ruler. And in Lk 18:23 this man was very rich. You don’t become a very rich ruler when you’re young by being foolish. This...
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...
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...
By Faith the Harlot Rahab Heb. 11: 30-31 CLICK TITLE FOR ADUIO Everybody in Jericho died the day the walls fell down except for Rahab and her family members who were with her in her house. The reason that they were spared is that Rahab believed in the Lord. She said,...
1 Ki 20 40 Thyself Hast Decided It CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO During the reign of the kings, it was common for people to appear before the king for judgment [2 Sam 15:6; 1 Ki 3:16-28]. In 1 Ki 20:35-43, a prophet disguised himself and waited for King Ahab to pass...
