Strength in Weakness, 1 Cor 1:25
Strength in Weakness 1 Cor. 1:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In this society where physical strength is worshipped, where mental strength is handsomely compensated, where, to some degree, moral strength is still admired, where financial strength is craved and praised, and where the apparent confidence of strength is flaunted, you might easily miss the greatest source […]
Victory Over Sin, Part 1, Rom 7:15-21
Victory over sin is a moment by moment and day by day thing. You don’t wake up one day and suddenly find that you have no more trouble with sin in your life. Your trouble with sin stems from one of two problems: 1. You are unsaved and therefore incapable of getting victory over sin; or […]
How To Cleanse Ourselves, 2 Cor 7:1
In 2 Cor 7:1 Paul said, "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God". Having therefore these promises: I will dwell in them I will walk in them I will be their God They shall be my people […]
Pleasing God, 1 Thes 4:1
Pleasing God 1 Thes. 4:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO 1 Thes 4:1 says, “Ye ought to walk and to please God.” This lesson is about pleasing God. And not just about pleasing God once but abounding more and more in pleasing God. You cannot please God and be a: Self-pleaser – Rom 15:3 – as in […]
Walk in the Spirit
In Gal 5:16 Paul told us to walk in the Spirit. Let’s see what this entails. When you are saved, the Spirit is in you This is a fairly simple lesson when you think about it. When you were saved, you went through a spiritual circumcision that separated your flesh from your soul [Col 2:10-11]. […]
The Cleansing Blood, 1 Jn 1:7-9
1 Jn 1:7 says that “the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” That is a tremendous promise. Today we are going to discuss a few of the consequences of sin in our lives. And then we’re going to see how the blood of Jesus Christ remedies those consequences when we […]
You Can Face Condemnation, Rom 8:1
According to Jn 5:24, Jesus Christ said of every saved person, he “hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation.” That is a tremendous promise. You see, before a person is saved, he is “condemned already,” [Jn 3:18]. According to Jn 3:36, he “shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on […]
Where is Your Confidence? Ps 118:8-9
Where is your confidence? Is it in men, princes, gold and silver, your flesh, or the Lord? Is your confidence in men – Ps 118:8 – during perilous times not only can men fail you, they can turn on you. Study the Bible and history and you will see repeated instances of this. Joab turned […]
Limit Your Liberty In Christ, Gal 5:13
2 Cor 3:17 says, “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty”. But we are not at liberty to do anything we want. There are limits to our liberty in Christ. Therefore, limit your liberty in Christ. Limit your liberty used as an occasion to the flesh, Gal 5:13. This occasion to the […]
They Provoked God, Ps 78:40
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 With Their Forgetfulness Ps 78:7, […]