The evidence for God’s fundamental goodness is not only overwhelming in scripture, but in each of our lives. We need to meditate on His goodness, and tell others about it. We also need to realize what it says about Him, and how we should respond. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the …
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God has blessed us with many spiritual blessings. Among them is the blessing of the assembly. It is not merely a duty, but an indispensable need that God has supplied. Why is the assembly so important, and what makes it such a tremendous blessing? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track …
Continue reading Sermon: The Blessing of the AssemblyThe Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Jesus is the first creation of God, and is not God Himself. According to them, He is called “the Son of God” because He is the foremost created Son. How should this error be answered? What does the Bible mean when it refers to Jesus as “the Son of God?” …
Continue reading Sermon: The Divine Son of God“I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these things.” (Isaiah 45:7) The skeptic will abuse this verse to suggest that God is the creator of immorality. An examination of the context of the verse, as well as the remote context of God’s nature will …
Continue reading Sermon: I Make Peace, and Create Evil1 Samuel 20 shows the covenant between David and Jonathan being kept by Jonathan showing kindness to David. 2 Samuel 9 shows the same as David showed kindness to Jonathan’s son. God shows us His kindness, and entrusts us with it to show it to others. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in …
Continue reading Sermon: Showing the Kindness of the LordGod commanded Israel to utterly destroy all the inhabitants of Canaan when they entered the land He had promised them (cf. Deuteronomy 7:1-5; 20:16-18). The skeptics suggest this command shows the God of the Bible is an evil being. Is this so? How should we view God’s destruction of the Canaanites according to the Bible? …
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While Paul waited for Silas and Timothy in Athens, “his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols” (Acts 17:16). To illustrate the state of that city, the Holy Spirit used the word, kateidōlos. The word is used only in this place. It means “utterly idolatrous” (Strong). Athens was “wholly given …
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“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His lovingkindness is everlasting” (Psalm 136:1, NASB). Psalm 136 is a great manifestation of the constancy of God’s lovingkindness. The concept of “lovingkindness” (ḥeseḏ) denotes the condescension of the transcendent Creator to His creation in love, mercy, goodness, and loyalty in fulfilment of their needs (“mercy,” NKJV; “steadfast love,” ESV, RSV; “faithful …
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“Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.” (Isaiah 55:6-7) It is a certainty that …
Continue reading Facebook: “Seek the Lord while He may be found”In 1 Kings 20, the Syrians made the mistake of suggesting that the Israelites defeated them because God was only powerful in the hills, and not the plain. When they fought them in the valley, God showed them He is almighty God everywhere. We can learn from this that God deserves our praise and faith …
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