A Good Local Church CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO What should I look for in a good church?  To organize the answer to this question practically, we have divided the answer into several sub-questions that you can ask concerning any church you visit or attend.  These questions and answers are not intended...

According to 1 Thes 5:5 we who are saved are children of the day, we are children of light.  We are not children of the night, children of darkness.  We were in darkness before we were saved, but now we are in his marvelous light, Acts 26:18; 1 Pet 2:9. ...

The Song of Solomon pictures the relationship between Jesus Christ and his bride, the church. In Song 4:12, Solomon refers to his wife as a garden inclosed.  Therefore, as Christians, we can be likened to a garden inclosed.  This picture gives us some very interesting insights into our lives.  Our...

Rebuild Your Wall Neh. 1:6 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you have no rule over your own spirit, you are like a city that is broken down and without walls [Prov 25:28].  You must rebuild your wall. Many of us have seen our lives like a broken down city and...

Justification by Faith and Works Jas 2:18-26 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO If justification is by faith then what is justification by faith and works in James 2 about?  It’s about Tribulation saints. Christians often use James 2:18-26 to prove that you must do something to show that you are saved and...

Hedge of Protection Job 1:1-12   This famous passage is that of God and Satan discussing Job. God speaks of Job’s character in verse 1. We are shown Job’s character in verse 5. Satan claims that this comes from the “hedge” or blessing that God has put on his house...

1 Cor 6:20 says that people Jesus saves are bought with a price.  The price is the blood of Jesus shed on Calvary. No matter what we were before we were saved, 1 Cor 6:9-10, Jesus washes us in his blood and cleanses us from our sins.  He sanctifies us...

I saw under the sun, v.16.Solomon desired that they might see: The place of judgment, that wickedness was there.  The most notable case of this in the Bible is the trial of Jesus.  His betrayer declared that he was innocent, Matt 27:4.  The governor’s wife declared him to be just,...

Introduction: This lesson is the fourth and final lesson in our Spiritual Gifts series. First we had an Introductory lesson regarding the Spiritual Gifts and the ignorance we can have towards the Spiriutal Gifts. Then we went through the Spiritual gifts found in Romans 12 and I Corinthians 12, describing...

Faith and Authority (Luke 7:1-10) In this lesson we will look at the connection between faith and authority. The passage that we will use is the healing of the centurion’s servant. Right after the sermon on the mount Jesus enters into Capernaum. There was a Roman centurion whose servant was...