A Matter of Perception Job 9:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You say that perception is reality, but it isn’t if reality is not your perception. Most of the time, how you view a thing is just a matter of perception. Today, we examine from the Bible those things that diminish...
We have recently visited a country in Africa steeped in idolatry. In this sermon from Jer 44:15-19, we will see several things about people steeped in idolatry. This should help us to avoid idolatry in our own worship of God. And this should help us understand the difficulty of leading...
Hard Hearted Pharaoh Prov. 29:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Today’s broadcast is about hard hearted Pharaoh. Prov 29:1 says, “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” Such was the case for Pharaoh. He was often reproved and yet he hardened himself against...
We’re told to pray without doubting, 1 Tim 2:8. This is because doubting will adversely affect your prayer life. In Jas 1:5-8 we are to ask in faith nothing wavering. Wavering is like waves of the sea. When you waver, you are double minded, unstable, and think that you...
Ps 78 is a Psalm about the history of Israel’s relationship to God. It is instructive to the generations to come so they might set their hope in God, Ps 78:2-8. The future generations must learn from the mistakes of the prior generations. They provoked God with: They Provoked God...
Ps 95:8 says, “Harden Not Your Heart”. The reference in Psalms is to the Jews who wandered in the wilderness and didn’t make it to the land of Canaan because they erred in their hearts, and tempted the Lord. They are an example to us to harden not your heart,...
A conversation with the rich man in hell In Lk 16:19-31, when the rich man was in hell, he asked Abraham to send Lazarus to his brothers to keep them from coming “into this place of torment,” Lk 16:28. Yet, Abraham replied, “They have Moses and the prophets; let them...
VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In several places in our Bible, we are commanded to beware. We are to be on guard against someone who or something which can destroy us and our faith in Christ. When you see this word, you should carefully consider...
In Mk 11:27-28, the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders questioned by what authority Jesus went into the temple and cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, Mk 11:15. Jesus answered them with a question about John the Baptist’s baptism, “was it from heaven, or...
In Ps 106:13 the Psalmist said, “They soon forgat his works.” In the context, he is talking about Israel forgetting all that God did for them when he brought them out of Egypt and through the Red Sea, Ps 106:7-10. They soon forgot that the Lord had destroyed their enemies...