Suffering as a Christian, 1 Pet 4:12-19
Peter deals with Christian suffering in 1 Pet 4:12-19. We’ll study, from this passage, the reasons for suffering and our responses to suffering. Reasons for suffering. You’ll suffer: The fiery trial – 1 Pet 4:12-13 – this fiery trial could be literal like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Dan 3:6-30. It could be like the […]
Followers of Christ Suffer, 1 Pet 3:13-22
Our Sunday school lesson is over 1 Pet 3:13-22. When you get saved and begin to follow Christ, you start following that which is good. In 1 Pet 3:13. Peter asks, “who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?” The answer is, “People who don’t like Jesus.” […]
Be Subject To Your Master, 1 Pet 2:18-25
In 1 Pet 2:18-25, Peter exhorts servants to be subject to their masters regardless whether they are good and gentle or froward. The conduct of a master toward his servant described in this passage is much harsher than anything allowed in the United States today. For one thing, these are servants, not employees. For another […]
Bear With Me, 2 Cor 11:1-33
Paul wanted the Corinthians to bear with him through some boasting. They might well bear with [meaning “in all likelihood they would bear with”] a fellow preaching false doctrine [2 Cor 11:4], so they should certainly bear with Paul. He wanted them to bear with him: Being jealous over them with godly jealously – 2 […]
Increase in the Knowledge of God, Col 1:10
How are we to know God, and once we know him, how are we to increase in the knowledge of God? He will reveal himself through: Sight – Romans 1:18-28. One of the first ways that God reveals himself to us is in creation. “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the […]
Consolation Aboundeth, 2 Cor 1:1-11
In 2 Cor 1:1-11, Paul wrote to the Corinthians about consolation. Consolation is comfort; it is the act of consoling; it is also the state of being consoled. Consolation aboundeth: Because it comes from God – 2 Cor 1:3 – Paul said that God is “the God of all comfort.” When consolation comes from God, […]
Why No One Could Stop Paul Prov 24:16
Why No One Could Stop Paul Prov 24: 16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again. They couldn’t stop Paul because he wouldn’t stay down. A Chinese proverb says, “Failure lies not in falling down. Failure lies in not getting up.” He got back up every […]
The Need for Patience Ps 40:1
The Need For Patience Ps. 40:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Patience is not something with which we come naturally equipped. But it something that we all need. You need: Patience in your prayers – Ps 40:1 – sometimes the Lord answers our prayers quickly. We get spoiled by his care and concern for us. I was […]
We Must Endure 2 Tim 4:3
We Must Endure 2 Tim 4: 3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We have to endure some things as Christians. Not all these things we’re going to talk about tonight will come upon you. But if they do, you must endure them. How? By charity. “Charity… endureth all things. Charity never faileth,” [1 Cor 13:7-8]. Jesus endured […]
Paul’s Ministry, Col 1:24-29
Paul’s Ministry Colossians 1:24-29 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In v.23, Paul talks of the gospel and says: “whereof I Paul am made a minister” and he says it again in v.25. So what was his ministry in the gospel? What is the ministry of any minister? Ministry of suffering (v.24) – Phil 3:8, suffered the […]