Living Without Offense
Living Without Offense Phil. 1:9-10 Do you know anyone living without offense in this world today? It seems that everyone is a victim, and everything that affects you is someone else’s fault. You can hire a personal injury attorney for virtually any cause, and win! Paul was praying for the church in Philippi to “be […]
Finding the Knowledge of God Prov. 2:1-6
Finding the Knowledge of God Prov. 2:1-6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many people get saved and then they stagnate. The reason is that they don’t find the knowledge of God. In other words, they know Jesus as their Saviour but that’s all they know. We say, “Read your Bible and come to church.” They start but […]
What to Do With The Truth
What to Do With the Truth? John 18:33-38 In this passage Pilate is confronted with the truth. Jesus has been brought before him for judgment. He hears the truth and yet he says “What is truth?” As Bible believers we know that Jesus Christ is the truth [John 14:6] and that God’s words are […]
Song of Fools
Eccl.7:5 “song of fools” (acting foolish) As Taught by Solomon in the book of Proverbs, we will look at characteristics of fools, how fools are identified, and how to deal with fools. Be careful if any of these verses fit you a little too well, maybe some correction may be in order. Definition: 1:7 Despise wisdom […]
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 “Knowledge Temperance”
Add “to Knowledge Temperance” 2 Peter 1:6 A good synonym for Temperance is moderation. To “temper” something means to bring it to a moderate state. In [Exodus 30:35] the Lord describes a mixture for a perfume to be used in the tabernacle and says “And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection (mixture) […]
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 […]
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 […]
What Measure You Mete
The “what measure ye mete” Principal The Lord shows us very clearly in [Gal.6:7-8] that we reap what we sow. We always reap the same “kind” [Gen.1:11-12] of whatsoever we have sowed. If you sow tomatoes you will reap tomatoes, not squash. In this lesson we are going to look at a few […]
But the Lips of Knowledge Prov. 20: 15
But Lips of Knowledge Prov. 20:15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This proverb compares the lips of knowledge to gold and rubies. The lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. In other words, they are more valuable than rubies and gold. Gold – Gold is highly desirable and is touted as the secure investment against a […]