Blessed is the Forgiven Man Whose transgression is forgiven, Ps 32:1-2.  Forgiveness is based on the propitiation of Christ and it is guaranteed when we confess our sins to him, 1 Jn 1:9, 2:2.  See Rom 4:6-8.  What a blessing to have been forgiven from all that sin before.  When...

Against the Time to Come In this text, Paul is writing to those of us who are saved.  He wrote, “Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life”. People understand laying up a good foundation against...

No Profit Under the Sun In Ecc 2:11 Solomon wrote, “Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun”. You...

Cast Thy Bread Cast thy bread upon the waters, Ecc 11:1.  God did this when he sent Jesus, the bread of life, upon the waters (people, Rev 17:15).  For thou shalt find it after many days.  How many souls have been saved in the past 2,000 years? You and I...

I Timothy 6:17-18 Introduction: Two weeks ago we started a series of lessons regarding money. The first lesson was found in I Timothy 6:9 and we looked at the consequences of a person wanting to be rich, a real temptation for the Christian today. Last week, we looked at a...

Missionary Joel Haynes, to the Navajo Nation, preached from Gen 22:2 on what God wanted from Abraham. God wanted what Abraham had, his son. “thy son”. God asked for Isaac. God wanted what Abraham hoped for. “thine only son Isaac”. God asked for his only son. The future seed was...

In Lk 6:46 Jesus asked his disciples, “And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say”?  That’s an excellent and compelling question.  Why call me Lord? It’s interesting to note the context in which he asked this question. Beginning in Lk 6:20, Jesus spoke...

A Child is Born and a Son is Given (Part 2)  Isaiah 9:6 In the first part of this lesson, we looked at how this verse shows Deity of Jesus Christ. We also connected it with the virgin birth which doctrinally shows us how Jesus could be God manifest in...

If you aren’t called to the mission field, you can still do much to help missionaries who are called.  I often remark that I disdain comments from missionaries like “stay by the stuff,” 1 Sam 30:24, and “hold the rope,” Acts 9:25.  We’re not sitting around in our churches with...

Last week we saw the need for us to be ready to preach.  In order to do that we must be ready to listen, ready to answer, and then ready to preach.  Several of us had testimonies that affirmed the timeliness of that message.  We had opportunities to preach and...