Favor By Understanding, Prov 13:15
On Wednesdays, recently, I have been preaching on favor with God. Initially, we saw that we have favor by righteousness. And then, with God, we have favor by mercy and truth. Last week, we saw that we have favor with God by wisdom. And today, we see in Prov 13:15, with God, we have favor […]
Don’t Walk as Other Gentiles
Ephesians 4:17-19 Introduction: In this lesson we are going to see that the Believer is to walk differently from the gentiles, that is, as ungodly men (Ephesians 2:11-12/I Cor 10:32). Believers are not to walk as other men walk, because believers are new creatures in Christ Jesus, and the walk of other men does not […]
Bible Understanding, 1 Jn 2:27
Bible Understanding 1 Jn. 2:27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Bible understanding is the result of praying, reading, believing, doing, studying, trusting, and simplifying. Trust the Holy Spirit to teach you. Recently we have been asked this same question by two different people. They want to know how to understand what they are reading in the […]
Inspiration, Job 32:8
Inspiration Job 32:8 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO What is inspiration? Inspiration is God telling you what the scriptures say so that you can understand them. Many scholars have defined “inspiration” as God telling the authors what to write back when the original books and letters were written. They’ll say, “We believe that God inspired the […]
We Know That, 1 Jn 5:14-21
At the end of John’s first epistle, he wrote about four things that we know. He wrote, “We know that…”. And these things that we know are important to us in the church. However, they are absolutely essential to those in the Tribulation. We know that we have the petitions that we desired of him […]
Void of Understanding, Prov 7:7
Void of Understanding Prov. 7:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Proverbs mentions the man void of understanding in Prov 7:7, 10:13, 12:11, 17:18, and 24:30. We are going to study him today so that if you are a man void of understanding you will see yourself the way that God sees you so that you can […]
Why Depart From Evil, Job 28:28
Several times in your Bible, you find the phrase, “Depart from evil”. In the context of four of these references, you can see the reason why we should depart from evil. Understanding – Job 28:28. To depart from evil is understanding. This verse has a two-pronged application. First, when you understand your foolishness, Prov […]
Repetition is A Good Teacher, Is 28:9-10
This lesson is going to show you that repetition is a god teacher. The Lord wants to teach you knowledge and he wants you to understand doctrine. Notice whom he teaches in Is 28:9. He teaches babes just weaned. That’s what we are when we first get saved. 1 Pet 2:2, “As newborn babes, desire […]
Pray Without Doubting, 1 Tim 2:8
We’re told to pray without doubting, 1 Tim 2:8. This is because doubting will adversely affect your prayer life. In Jas 1:5-8 we are to ask in faith nothing wavering. Wavering is like waves of the sea. When you waver, you are double minded, unstable, and think that you won’t receive anything from the […]
Necessities of the Christian Life
There are at least three necessities in the Christian life. Of course, before you can have these you must have life. You must receive the life of God – Jn 14:6. Jesus Christ is the life. Rom 6:23, the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. You don’t have the life […]