In Eph 6:1-4 we will study God’s command to children that they obey their parents.   Children, you are to obey your parents three ways. Obey your parents in the Lord – Eph 6:1 – this command to children is in the context of commands to husbands and wives, Eph...

Eph 4:15-16 says, “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part,...

Ps 148:5 says, “for he commanded, and they were created,” speaking of the angels, hosts, sun, moon, stars, heavens, etc.  In Ps 148:6, we read, “he hath made a decree which shall not pass.”  And then in Ps 148:8, he writes of things like “fire, and hail; snow, and vapor;...

Gideon a Good Soldier Jud 6:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Gideon a good soldier.  Gideon is the perfect example of the soldier God wants us to be. God chose Gideon to fight the Midianites because Gideon: Fed himself while under enemy oppression.  Jud 6:11 threshed wheat by the winepress.  Jud 6:4...

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...

Many of us grew up as people pleasers.  We tried to please our parents.  But the frustration seemed to always be that we were never good enough.  The harder we tried, the harder it became to please them.  Some of us just gave up trying. We have a tendency, then,...

In 1 Pet 3:1-6, Peter tells a wife how to win her disobedient husband.  Disobedient husbands are “any who obey not the word,” [1 Pet 3:1].  The best opportunity she has to “turn him” is by following what Peter wrote, not by doing what she “feels” is right.  Nevertheless, whether...

Is God Real to You? 2 Tim. 1:5                 Unfeigned Faith, speaks of faith that is real, not counterfeit or hypocritical. To have a real faith, God must be real to you, all the time and in every place. This real relationship with God is the cornerstone of everything in...

In 2 Cor 7:4, Paul said, “I am exceeding joyful.”  Our study of 2 Cor 7 will show us why he was exceeding joyful.  This is certainly how a preacher hopes to respond to a congregation he is helping.  Paul was exceeding joyful: Because of their holiness in the fear...

Refuse and Choose Isa.7:15 Good choices will change your life. Jesus learned to make the correct choices and lived a sinless life. [Lk.2:40] “and the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.” [Lk.2:52] “Jesus increased in wisdom and stature,...