“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Romans 1:18). What is “the wrath of God?” How can He, being a God of love, grace, and mercy, also be a God of wrath? What activates the wrath of God? How can …
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Joshua 7 records the failure of Israel to conquer the small city of Ai. Also recorded is the reason for the failure – Achan’s sin. Several things can be learned from this passage, one of which is the fact that sin severs fellowship with God, and MUST be dealt with in the way God requires. …
Continue reading Sermon: When Sin is Present“He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.” (Isaiah 53:3) The fact that Jesus was “a Man of sorrows” is of great importance. Because Jesus took on human flesh, and …
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“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as …
Continue reading the Digest (Issue 2.5): Walking in the Light – 1 John 1 – Abuse and MisapplicationIn Matthew 22, Jesus was tested with three questions from the Pharisees and Herodians, the Sadducees, and a lawyer. After He answered them in wisdom, He asked His own question. “While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, ‘What do you think about the Christ?’” (Matthew 22:41-42) His question concerned the nature of …
Continue reading Sermon: What do you think about the Christ?Psalm 50, a Psalm of Asaph, describes a scene of judgement. Jehovah calls the whole earth before Him to judge His people Israel concerning their insincere worship, and wicked lifestyles. Their approach to worship was merely mechanical, and void of meaning. Their lives did not reflect what they professed in worship. They were living in …
Continue reading Sermon: Before the Judge – Worship and Devotion “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as …
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“For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had encouraged moral decline in Judah and had been continually unfaithful to the Lord.” (2 Chronicles 28:19) Jotham, king of Judah, reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. He “became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God” (2 Chronicles …
Continue reading the Digest (Issue 2.3): Encouraging Moral DeclineThis sermon contrasts the Calvinistic doctrine of sin, and man’s nature (Total Hereditary Depravity) with the Scriptural view. Ppt: Sin, and the Nature of Man Outline: Sin, and the Nature of Man To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: Sin, and the Nature of ManThis sermon asks, and seeks to answer, three questions essential in their nature. The questions are: 1) Why did the Lord create us? 2) Why did the Lord send His Son into the world? 3) Why did the Lord give us the Bible? Ppt: Three Essential Questions Outline: Three Essential Questions To download, right-click on the title …
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