In 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 …
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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 …
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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 DeclineThere have always been those who worship God in unauthorized ways. This sermon does not deal with any specific kind of worship that is unauthorized, but considers some things which unauthorized worship in general indicates about those who offer such to God. 1) It indicates an ignorance about the purpose of worship – do reverence …
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The worship we offer to God, and the subsequent life we lead upon leaving the service of worship and entering the world is intimately related. Those who suggest additions or subtractions to and from worship authorized by God are acceptable to Him, and inconsequential regarding effect upon their lives are misguided. History – both Biblical …
Continue reading Worship and MoralityPart 5 in a series of lessons seeking to identify the one church in the New Testament (cf. Ephesians 1:22-23; 4:4). The church in the New Testament was given authority to worship in specific ways. What is included in the worship of the Lord’s church? Ppt: Identifying the One Church (5) – Worship Outline: Identifying the One …
Continue reading Sermon: Identifying the One Church (5) – WorshipDo you want to go to heaven? Why? If so, does the life you live now reflect such a desire? Ppt: Heavenward Bound Outline: Heavenward Bound To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: Heavenward BoundThe following sermons were presented by Shane Carrington of Sulphur Springs, Texas. To download one of the sermons, right click on the title, and choose “Save link as…”
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As was noted previously, fellowship with God and man is contingent upon one thing. It is that which inheres in the term “fellowship.” “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” …
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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). …
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