Hearts Lacking Contrition You may wonder why the Lord deals so harshly with some people and not as much with others. For instance, David’s sins required capital punishment, yet the Lord spared him. The reason is that David had a contrite heart, Ps 51:17. Look in Acts 8:9-24 . Why...
Repentance and a Willingness to Give Up Sin 1 Cor. 15: 3-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO of Repentance Salvation and Sin. We received the following email from one of our listeners. “Hello, I have a question concerning Repentance. What if a person truly realizes he is on his way to hell...
In Lk 15:27, when the elder brother inquired about the music and dancing at his father’s house, the servant said, “Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.” Any of us who have children who have strayed from...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
