1Co 9:27 But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. The Apostle Paul here warns us of hypocrisy. Of preaching to others while not preaching to ourselves. Of...
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The Lord is My Shepherd
Psa 23:1-6 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (2) He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. (3) He restores my soul. He leads me in paths...
Continue ReadingThe Lord is My ShepherdLet’s Wise Up – We Can’t Fix Evil
Pro 9:6-9 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” (7) Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. (8) Do not reprove a scoffer, or he...
Continue ReadingLet’s Wise Up – We Can’t Fix EvilThe Lord Permits Satan to Touch Us – And Satan Loses Every Time
2Co 1:3-6 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (4) who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who...
Continue ReadingThe Lord Permits Satan to Touch Us – And Satan Loses Every TimeEvil Meant for Good
Gen 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. This Sunday I plan to preach on this verse...
Continue ReadingEvil Meant for GoodRASN’s Regard Others with Contempt
2Co 10:10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” The Apostle Paul's enemies regarded him with contempt. You can hear the sneer in their words here...
Continue ReadingRASN’s Regard Others with ContemptWhen the Wicked One’s Actions do not Square with His Presented Persona
2Co 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. (14) And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (15) So it is no surprise if his servants, also,...
Continue ReadingWhen the Wicked One’s Actions do not Square with His Presented PersonaThe Spirit of Antichrist is at work in the world now
Act 19:21-34 Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” (22) And having sent into Macedonia two of...
Continue ReadingThe Spirit of Antichrist is at work in the world nowMan’s Depravity as Seen in the Tower of Babel
Gen 11:1-9 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. (2) And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. (3) And they said to one another,...
Continue ReadingMan’s Depravity as Seen in the Tower of BabelThe Wicked Accuse and Assume the Worst
1Co 13:4-5 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant (5) or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; Are there or have there been...
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