Sermons
2022
115 results
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The Great Gulf Spanned
Luke 16:19-31 is our Lord's lesson about hell and heaven, when He taught that hell was filled with torments and there was no comfort or escape. God has fixed a great gulf between hell and heaven, but Jesus died on…
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First John Chapter 3 (#3)… Verses 4-7Part 3 of 9
3:4-7 is John's instructions and warnings of how Christians should live in light of being adopted and glorified. A lifestyle of sin proves a person is not saved, for such a life is contrary to Jesus Christ. A e Christian…
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First John Chapter 3 (#2)… Verses 2-3Part 2 of 9
3:2-3 adds glorification to adoption, when we shall receive new bodies that have never been seen before. When Jesus returns, He will make our bodies to be just like His body, which will then be able to comprehend His. Adoption,…
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First John Chapter 3 (#1)… VersePart 1 of 9
3:1 for the glorious doctrine of adoption, a gift by God's love to the elect – they are made the sons of God. Behold! What manner of love! The five phases of adoption are very helpful. Just as the world…
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Proverbs Is God’s Gift to His SonsPart 2 of 2
Every Christian young man should know God his Father loves him and desires his success more than anyone else. He chose a son of David, gifted him with supernatural wisdom, and inspired him to write the book of Proverbs as…
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First John Chapter 2 (#16)… Verses 23-29Part 16 of 16
2:23-29 continued John's argument that the believers had heard enough and had it confirmed by the Spirit to know the lies of the seducers. God had promised eternal life to the faithful, who could be confident at Christ's coming by…
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First John Chapter 2 (#15)… Verses 20-22Part 15 of 16
2:20-22 reviewed the context that limits the verses to basic facts and truth about Jesus. Early believers in apostolic churches knew the basics about Jesus well enough to identify and reject antichrist liars and their lies, which at this point…
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Sound Bite Cemetery
Many take short phrases from the Bible to use for false doctrine. These short phrases are sound bites. Remember this crucial rule – a text without its context is a pretext. This Bible study refutes a few popular sound bites…
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First John Chapter 2 (#14)… Verse 20-27Part 14 of 16
2:20-27 is to be understood as John's kind encouragement to his readers against the antichrist and seducing liars corrupting the doctrine of Christ in those times. They knew the truth and needed no help to identify and expose the heretics…
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First John Chapter 2 (#13)… Verse 20Part 13 of 16
2:20 can be misunderstood and misapplied, as if believers can know all things without teachers. Such a view contradicts the rest of the Bible, proving it a false view. The first word of the verse, But, limits the extent of…
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Songs of Praise to Jesus our Savior
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First John Chapter 2 (#12)… Verses 17-19Part 12 of 16
2:17-19 ends John's warning against the world, for it is opposite God, and He will soon destroy it; the obedient live forever. His readers knew about the pope antichrist, but he warned of heretic seducers already at work. Many believers…
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The Maccabees
Between Malachi and Matthew there were things happening. A king of a segment of the Greek Empire violently abused the Jews and tried to overthrow the worship of Jehovah. God raised up some men that feared Him and used them…
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First John Chapter 2 (#11)… Verse 16Part 11 of 16
The pride of life is the third bucket of sins John warned against. Lust of the flesh requires a body need or desire. Lust of the eyes requires your eyes to see something. But pride is with you 24/7 and…
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First John Chapter 2 (#10)… Verse 16Part 10 of 16
The lusts of the eyes is the second bucket of sins John warned against. The world pushes visual things at us constantly, so they enter our hearts and minds by our eyes. We must commit, promise, and pray against sins…
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Proverbs Is God’s Gift to His SonsPart 1 of 2
Every Christian young man should know God his Father loves him and desires his success more than anyone else. He chose a son of David, gifted him with supernatural wisdom, and inspired him to write the book of Proverbs as…
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First John Chapter 2 (#9)… verse 16Part 9 of 16
John by the Holy Spirit reduced all sins that tempt Christians down to three buckets – lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, pride of life. These things are not of the Father but are of the world. This…
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First John Chapter 2 (#8)… verse 16Part 8 of 16
This world is the enemy of God, and He has called us to hate it, if we truly love Him. All Christians must face the fact we live in a place that hates God and promotes sin to us every…
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Use the World, but Don’t Abuse It
God put us in this world, and we have to be part of it until He gets us out of here. He allows and encourages His children to use the world, as long as we do not get caught up…
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Love Not the World – Pyramid
This simple graphic is a little tool to see all that is in the world we must not love. It is too easy to hate the bottom tier and forget our own lives at the top, which Jesus also said…