Hope in Christ empowers believers with courage and confidence. Hope fixes the eyes on Christ, not only for today but also for the future. It motivates the Christian to know Christ at each moment on the way to glory. Paul said, “I count all things but loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ
Tyre on the Meditarranean seacoast was an ancient city dating back to 2400 BC. It was a double city, one part on a rock island and another on the mainland. It was fortified by a wall 150 feet high (Josh 19:29). It was a city of world-wide commerce. Its ships carried its notorious cargoes of
The apostles used no gimmicks, prizes or promotions. They just “preached Christ and him crucified” (I Cor 2:2). It was 7 weeks after the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. The 12 apostles were in Jerusalem when “suddenly there came from heaven a sound” that filled the house. They began to speak in other languages by
J.S. a regular reader asks, “Can you write on making peace with neighbors and friends?” Years of studies have been spent on how to resolve conflicts within families, friends, neighbors, church members, etc. With only 200 words, we could do no better than to hear counsel from the Prince of Peace (Lk 2:14; Jn 14:27).
To testify: The boy came to his mother with a small splinter in his finger. She worked seriously over the little wound. Why? She said because it may become infected. It could spread and even cause death. The mind is like the body. Small wounds can set up infection. Sin is like that. It is
We sin when we fail to go to church. “Not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more as you see the day drawing nigh” (Hebrews 10:25). It is a sin, as much as the “nots” found in Romans 13:49 (not kill, commit
Solomon, possessor of God-given wisdom and writer of inspired wisdom, says: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” (Proverbs 9:10). Regardless of how many letters you put after your name or how many schools you’ve graduated from, if you do not fear God and obey Him, you ain’t smart! Jeremiah wrote: “The
Here are reasons Christians should be telling others about Christ and His terms of salvation. I. In the Great Commission of Jesus, He commands disciples to teach others, to baptize them and to teach all of His commands (Mt 28:18-20). II. To be like Christ, our teacher (Mt 10:25): “The student is to be like
The eternal purpose of God is taught in the Book of Romans: (1) Law is a universal concept, (2) Sin is universal, (3) there is a Law of Faith, and (4) Justification through atonement. Romans and Ephesians deal more with God’s grace than any other epistles. Without grace (the free and unmerited gift of God),
‘The Law of the Husband,” sermon #203, was about the wife’s subjection. Now the other side of the coin: the husband’s duty to his wife. God, the designer of marriage, saw it was not good that man be alone so He made “a helper suitable for him” (Gen 2:18). When Adam gave names to all