Good Friends, Prov 18:24
Good Friends Prov. 18:24 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Good friends are essential to a good Christian life. Conversely, bad friends can ruin your Christian life. Be diligent to make good friends of God’s people. The good friends you want are: Godly – Job 42:10, despite the rough treatment by Job’s friends through his whole ordeal, Job […]
Arm Yourselves, 1 Pet 4:1-5
Arm Yourselves 1 Pet 4:1-5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In 1 Pet 4:1-5, Peter tells us to arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, the mind that Christ had. As Christ suffered in the flesh for sin to free us from sin, so we have suffered in the flesh and are also to cease from sin […]
Wounds of a Friend, Prov 27:6
The Wounds of a Friend Prov. 27:6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 27:6 says, “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” This verse shows us that in, at least, some of our relationships with true friends, we are going to be wounded. Or we may have to wound […]
Spiritual Depression, II, Prov 16:18
We began a short series on spiritual depression in the prior broadcast. Today, we will continue to study some Biblical reasons for and solutions to spiritual depression. In many cases, depression is something you can address spiritually rather than chemically, through anti-depressants. You can often make changes in your spiritual life that will improve […]
Nothing Between, 2 Cor 6 :14-18
Nothing Between 2 Cor. 6 :14-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There should be nothing between you and the Lord that negatively affects your relationship with him. But often we let things get between us and the Lord. Nothing between includes: Friends – 2 Cor 6:14-18; Prov 13:20 – if you have to disguise your relationship […]
His Own Soul, Prov 19:8
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 self-love about which Paul warned […]
What Your Heart Will Follow, Job 31:7
What your heart will follow Tonight we’re going to discuss what your heart will follow. When Job was professing his own righteousness before his friends, he said, “If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; Then let me […]
A Man Void of Understanding, Prov 7:6-10
VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In the Proverbs, we find the expression, “void of understanding” five times. Studying the references containing this phrase is interesting and very instructive. So, in this sermon, we’ll look at these verses in their context and see what we can learn. Notice these attributes of […]
Be Thou Clean, Mk 1:40-44
Our text this morning is Mark 1:40-44 about the cleansing of a leper. Do you like things clean? Don’t you like a clean house, a clean car, a clean body, clean clothes, and clean speech? Of course, you do. God likes things clean, as well. This leper wanted to be clean. He didn’t want […]
Characteristics of a Good Friend
Characteristics of a Good Friend 1 Samuel 18:1-5 In this passage the word of God tells us how David and Jonathan became friends. Their friendship was one of the great friendships found in the word of God. Not only did they have a love for one another but this love was tested and yet proved […]