Your Responsibility, Gen 43:9

Your Responsibility In Gen 43:9, Judah said to Jacob, concerning Benjamin’s safety going to and returning from Egypt, “Let me bear the blame”.  To bear the blame is to take responsibility.  To blame is to hold responsible.  Judah took personal responsibility for Benjamin’s safety. Even though Joseph told Judah and...

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Parable of the Sower, Matt 13:18-23

Parable of the Sower Matt 13: 18-23 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Parable of the Sower Jesus interpreted the parable of the sower in Matt 13:18-23.  Today, we will examine the response of some of the people to whom Jesus preached the word of God to see illustrations of this parable. In...

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Heart of Unbelief, Heb 3:12

Heart of Unbelief Heb 3:12 says, Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you and evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.  It says an evil heart… Jeremiah said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it”?, Jer 17:9. ...

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Wholly Follow The Lord, Jos 14:7-15

Wholly Followed The Lord Jos 14:8-I CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jos 14:7-8 Caleb is a good example to help us wholly follow the Lord.  Caleb’s testimony in Canaan when he was recounting the time that he and eleven other spies went to search Canaan was, “I wholly followed the Lord.”  He...

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A Hardened Neck, Prov 29:1

He Hardeneth His Neck Prov. 29:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO A Hardened Neck Pharaoh had a hardened neck against the Lord.  In Ex 5:2, Pharaoh didn’t know the Lord so he asked, “who is the Lord that I should obey his voice to let Israel go?”  He could have known the...

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A Wise Man’s Heart Discerneth, Ecc 8:5-11

A wise man’s heart discerneth several things that we see in Ecc 8:5-11. A wise man’s heart discerneth Time and Judgment, Ecc 8:6-7 To every purpose there is time and judgment.  Solomon didn’t say to every “event”, but to every purpose.  What he’s saying here is not an exact match...

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Conformed to the Image of His Son, Rom 8:29

Conformed to the Image of His Son Rom 8:29 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Once you are saved by God, you are predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son.  From the time that you get saved until the time that you die or the Lord comes to take us...

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How to Make a Decision, Joel 3:14

How to Make a Decision Joel 3:14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We realize that this verse applies doctrinally to the 2nd Advent.  However, it brings us to the point of this sermon which is how to make a decision.  I am asked consistently in the ministry, “What do I do?”  Multitudes...

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Set Your Heart, 1 Chr 22:19

Set Your Heart 1 Chr. 22:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you read through 1st Chronicles you see many instances of David accomplishing great things.  In every case, it was the Lord who did the mighty things for David or through David.  At the end of his life, we see David...

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Two Sides to Every Coin, 1 Sam 16:7

Two Sides to Every Coin 1 Sam. 16:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Lord said to Samuel in 1 Sam 16:7, “Look not on his countenance…” We have a tendency to make judgments about people based upon what we see and hear.  The Lord said he doesn’t look on the outward...

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