Examine Your Integrity

Examine Your Integrity Are you standing in an even place? Ps.26 Introduction: Pray – Read Passage – Sermon title from verse 1 and 12 Integrity often confused with honesty – Davis Love III Illustration Integrity is soundness, wholeness, or unbroken state Something new is at the peak of Integrity – Examples…Car, ships, etc. Christians tend […]

The Lord’s Perfectly Timed Look, Lk 22:61-62

At some point in your life you may have a “head-on collision” with the Lord.  This is a time when you and the Lord have a “face to face” meeting over a sin or a problem in your life.  I call this the Lord’s perfectly timed look.  And how you respond to him will determine […]

While We Wait, 2 Pet 3:9-18

Our text for this lesson is 2 Pet 3:9-18.  In the context of the prior verses in this chapter, this passage deals with the long-suffering of God before fulfilling the promise of his coming.  While we wait for his coming, what should we be doing?  We should: Come to repentance – 2 Pet 3:9 – […]

Church Discipline

Church Discipline 1 Cor.5 The church has a responsibility to exercise discipline and exclude from its fellowship any member who persist in sin and disobedience to God’s word as found in 1 Cor. 5. Sin will spiritually affect the church and any of the blessings of God. The Lord shows us the use of the […]

Those That Oppose Themselves, 2 Tim 2:24-26

In 2 Tim 2:24-26 we are studying the seemingly unusual phrase, “those that oppose themselves.”  When you read that phrase, it sounds like they are against themselves. However, to oppose means several things.  In 2 Tim 2:25, to oppose means to set against; to put in opposition with a view to countervail (to exert force […]

Therefore I Write These Things, 2 Cor 12:13-13:14

We are concluding our study of 2 Corinthians by studying 2 Cor 12:13-13:14.  In 2 Cor 13:10, Paul said, “Therefore I write these things.”  He wrote what he wrote at the end of this epistle so that he wouldn’t have to deal with certain things while he was in Corinth on his third visit.  He […]

Paul Was Exceeding Joyful, 2 Cor 7:1-16

In 2 Cor 7:4, Paul said, “I am exceeding joyful.”  Our study of 2 Cor 7 will show us why he was exceeding joyful.  This is certainly how a preacher hopes to respond to a congregation he is helping.  Paul was exceeding joyful: Because of their holiness in the fear of God – 2 Cor […]

Deal With Your Sin

Deal With Your Sin [Rom.3:23] For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; [Rom.3:10] As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one: Jesus Christ dealt with our sin, on the cross, as it pertains to eternal life and the penalty of death [Rom.5:12] We are born condemned because […]

Sin and The Cross 1 Cor 15:3

Sin and The Cross CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Many of the eternal consequences of sin have been dealt with at the cross of Calvary.  Take for instance, “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord,” [Rom 6:23].  When we are saved, we now have eternal […]

The Doctrine of Repentance

The Doctrine of Repentance Lk.5:32   [Matt.4:17] Jesus preached “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” [Matt.3:1-2] John the Baptist preached the same [Mk.6:7-12] The Apostles preached that men should repent [Acts 2:38] Peter preached it [Acts 17:30] Paul said the God commanded it [2 Pet.3:9] It is still God’s will Salvation requires […]