Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Three)
Don’t Neglect Your Spiritual Gift (Part Three) The Gift of Faith 1 Cor. 12:9 The next Spiritual Gift mentioned in 1 Corinthians is “The Gift of Faith”. So in this lesson we will deal with what the Bible tells us about faith in general and just what this “gift of faith” might be. [Eph.2:8-9] We […]
How do you handle adversity?
How Do You Handle Adversity? The following illustration is from an unknown source: A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting […]
Remember The Latter End Is. 47:7
Remember the Latter Is 47:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In architecture a building is designed with the end in mind and in construction a building is built with the end in mind. In recipes the ingredients and steps are listed with the end in mind. Modern art, on the other hand, seems to have no […]
The Centurion’s Great Faith Luke 7:1-10
A Centurion’s Great Faith Luke 7: 1-10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Our text is Lk 7:1-10. In Capernaum was a centurion who loved Israel [v.5]. His servant was dying [v.2] and so the centurion asked Jesus to heal him and he did. About this centurion Jesus said, “I have not found so great faith, no, not […]
Add to “Temperance Patience”
Add to “Temperance Patience” 2 Peter 1:6 Patience is a choice. This is another choice that Peter tells us to add. Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience. Patience is the suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation, or other evil, with a calm, […]
Add to Virtue Knowledge
Add to Virtue Knowledge 2 Pet. 1:5 In the last lesson we studied about adding virtue to your faith. Virtue is a power to produce something manifested by voluntary obedience to truth. God wants us to get saved and then summit to be obedient to the truth. In this passage, Peter says next to […]
Add To Your Faith Virtue
Add To Your Faith Virtue 2 Peter 5-7 Verse 5 starts out with “And beside this…”, Peter, in verses 1-4, has been describing the salvation that we have in Jesus Christ. So getting saved isn’t all there is to the Christian life. Some people get saved and never grow or do anything for God. […]
Spiritual Gifts
Spiritual Gifts Rom. 12:6-8 and 1 Cor.12:7-11 A Spiritual gift is just that, it is a gift. You can’t earn it any more than you can earn your salvation [Eph.2:8-9]. When you are born again you become a new creature [2 Cor.5:17]. You are baptized into the body of Christ [1Cor.12:13]. God has “fitly […]
Obedience of Abraham Gen. 12
Obedience to Abraham Gen. 12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Today we are going to examine the obedience of Abraham in three different episodes in his life. You’re going to see the hard choices he faced when commanded to obey God and you are also going to see the growth of his faith in God as a […]
“Yet he hath not root in himself”
“Yet he hath not root in himself,” Matt.13:18-23 The Lord speaks of one that “hath no root in himself” in this passage. In this lesson we will look at a few things about roots and what type you should have. Most of the time they, are not seen, they feed the plant, control growth, […]