Loving Favour Prov 22:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. According to this verse, loving favour is better than silver and gold. Well, most people wouldn’t turn down a little silver and...
Bezaleel was God’s principal choice to make the tabernacle and everything in and for the tabernacle that the Lord commanded Moses to make. Aholiab was his principal assistant in the work. There are some interesting things that those of us who work for the Lord can learn from studying Bezaleel....
Prov 30 was written by a man named Agur. Agur professed to be a brutish man, v.2. Brutish here means he was untaught. However, he was observant. The things he wrote in this proverb he learned, not by education but, by observation. And in all of his observation, he understood...
My Fruit is Better than Gold Prov. 8:19 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Wisdom in Prov 8 is personified. In Prov 8:19, she says, My fruit is better than gold. The inference is that you are better off seeking wisdom than you are seeking gold because the fruit of wisdom is better...
The word “soul” is often just a reference to a human being, a person, as in Gen 46:15, 18, 22, 25-27. So, when the Bible refers to a man loving his own soul and doing good to his own soul, he loves himself. This kind of love is not the...
In Prov 24:3-4 Solomon writes, “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” There are three things needed for this house: wisdom, understanding and knowledge. You need wisdom to build it, understanding...
In Deut 10:12-13, the Lord gave Israel five things that he required of them. They were to fear the Lord, walk with the Lord, love the Lord, serve the Lord, and obey the Lord. These are what I call the five necessary things in your life today. You should fear,...
The Quest for Knowledge (2 Timothy 3:1-17) We live in a day where knowledge is increasing at an amazing rate. This is a sign of the times as seen in this passage and in Daniel 12:4. Yet, with all the knowledge that is available to us people are still not...
Making mention of you in my prayers (Part two) Eph.1:15-18 As we studied in the previous lesson, Paul begins a prayer for the saints at Ephesus. Because of their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love unto all the saints, Paul says that he “ceases not to mention them...
Making mention of you in my prayers (Part one) Eph. 1:15-18 In this section of scripture, Paul begins a prayer for the saints at Ephesus, and because of their faith in the Lord Jesus and their love unto all the saints, Paul ceases not to pray for them. Do you...
