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God has an interesting outlook on us. He provides our needs. He provides for what we do not yet understand that we need. All good things come from God (James 1:17). He does, however, require something from us- obedience. He expects us to see the good and follow those things. Notice what He says: 1. Necessity a. If I love God- John 14:15 b. If I am Hid friend- John 15:14 c. To inherit- Matthew 7:21-23 d. Fear God- Ecclesiastes…

God has offered unto mankind the ability to be saved by God form his lost condition. The lynchpin to acquiring this Salvation from God is FAITH. Without the belief that God can do anything and that He will do what He has promised to do, we have nothing to base our Salvation. That makes FAITH so vitally important. 1. What is FAITH?- a. Defined by God- Hebrews 11:1 b. Origin- Romans 10:9-10 c. Yielding- Romans 10:16 d. Not-James 2:17-26 2.…

God has never been concerned with skin color or gender. He has been, and continues to be, concerned with lost people. When you and I move past those physical barriers, we then are confronted with the eternality of humanity. Notice this great problem plaguing mankind. 1. Scriptural definitions a.No hope- Revelation 21:8 b.Having no hope- Ephesians 2:12 c.Without Christ- Ephesians 2:12 2. If I am lost… a. I will not be alone- Revelation 21:8, Ro mans 14:7, Luke 16:27-31 b.…

God has not specified how we are to go, but He has said go to the lost. God has specified what we are to teach those who are lost- the gospel of Jesus Christ! God has also specified to whom we are to preach- all the world. He also specifies when you and I are to go. The answer is now due to the urgency and frailty of human life. 1. The Mission of the church a. The charge from…

We are commanded to be zealous, but what is zeal? We’d love to follow this directive of God, but we may not know exactly what it is. The Greek word used here is zelos. Its meaning is to boil over; to be hot; fervor; passion. Notice a few of these verses: 1. Commanded to be Zealous a. Colossians 4:13, Titus 2:14, Revelation 3:19, Galatians 4:18, Ecclesiastes 9:10   2. Biblical Examples of Zeal a. Numbers 25:11-13, 27-29, Exodus 2:12, 11:8,…

We often sing this lyric: “I will cling to my Savior and never depart -I will joyfully journey each day. With a song on my lips and a song in my heart, That my sins have been taken away.” Many times we get caught up in the idea that I want the musical side of the song to sound great. In doing this we sometimes overlook the wording. As faithful children of God we ought to live with a song…

Acts 1:9-11: “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen…

As 2023 passes away and 2024 moves into position, we often take an account of how well or poorly we preformed in the last year. We look at health, our diets, our family and our jobs. We take stock of how the year went and our expectations of that year. We vow to have the incoming year to be closer to our expectation. We have named this process our New Year’s Resolution. While the taking of stock of our expectations…

Hebrews 10:26- “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.” (emph. added bh) When we purposely “skip” bible class, we do not serve ourself or our family. Take a few moments to understand this idea. 1. We short-change our CHILDREN Proverbs 14:26, Proverbs 20:7, Ephesians 6:4, Psalm 127:3 2. We…

We ask questions about everything. I think our questioning mindset is why internet search engines do so well. We ask Google for everything. As a matter of fact, if I ask a question in the teen class, I will have them look up the question in order to see what is being said about that subject. Sometimes that is a great idea -sometimes! If I really want to know the authoritative answer on any subject, I will try to go…

We often sing this song during these next few weeks. It kind of puts our minds into the holiday mood. This song places our minds in a giving mood and a happy mood. However, I would contend that every day is the most wonderful time of the year. I’ll explain. If I paid off all the debt you have for your whole lifetime, would that be wonderful? What if I paid that debt and gave you a great living salary…

God allows us to live our lives how we want to. He gives us free will. He does not control every move that we make. We are not predestined individually to be saved or lost. God made all things and made the rules. God provided what we need for salvation and what we need to live. He told us how we need to live but did not control us to live in that very way. God has given us free…