“God [asked Adam], ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?’” [1] The first question God asked of the man was, “Where are you” [GENESIS 3:9]? The man’s response was the first indication that things had changed for the first couple. Adam said,…

Intro There is a popular saying which I think was first spoken by Joseph Kennedy, father of John F. Kennedy, which goes: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” [1] Later, singer Billy Ocean, in the early 1980s, popularized it further when he put it into a song. It ended up becoming the theme…

The passage calls for us to obedience and spiritual purity because God is Holy (pure). In our former lives we were controlled in ignorance by the passions of the flesh (sinful desire). However, because of the grace of Christ we should obey God. This should be accomplished by prepairing ourselves to obey, focusing on the Hope of our future grace (glorification), and by conforming ourselves to God's purity.

Galatians 5:14-2 1 A man was sitting at a stop light one morning. The lady in front of him was going through papers on the seat of her car, and when the light changed, she ignored the fact that it had turned green. She sat there until the light turned red again. So, the man behind her began screaming…

We have been talking about what it means to be an ambassador for Jesus Christ as we take this living hope out to others. We said it involves a recheck of our identity (1 Pet. 2:9-10), it involves having the objectives right (1 Pet. 2:11-12) and thirdly, it involves submission (1 Pet. 2:13-3:7). God’s…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU Grace: The Truth that Transforms - Part 7 of 36 Romans 3:21-31 Rick Warren Donald Barnhouse once called this passage "the most important paragraph in the Bible." Paul describes, in specific terms, the meaning of salvation. Every single phrase in the first paragraph has significant…

Introduction: The world is full of lawlessness, crime, immorality, adultery, drugs, drunkenness, lying, stealing, cheating, greed, covetousness, extravagance, indulgence, murder, assaults, war—all kinds of sin and evil. But this has not always been true. There was a time when the world was perfect, a…

The Holy Place 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place : (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren,…

Six Components to Salvation Pursuing Pursuing-Purpose of the Law Cornelius is pursuing God. - a devote man and one who feared God: He trusted the God of Isreal and followed Jewish practices. It was obvious to all that his devotion was sincere. God answered his prayer; Cornelius' pursuit was being fulfilled…

Introduction - How did we end up here? I travel a good bit for Walk Thru the Bible Now that we all have GPSs at our disposal it’s easier to find the churches than it used to be. Some years back I had a Walk Thru event in Michigan with Dr. Bill Marty from Moody Bible Institute. We flew into Detroit and…

How do we respond when we've lost the battle against Satan?

If We Say We Have No Sin Sunday, January 5, 2008 “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 1. The fall lied to us in the matter of sin. It lied about its cost, its power, its payment required and most of all it lied about its very own existence. 2. Sin by…

Fullness of Joy—1:4 1. Joy Is God’s Will For the Believer. a) Joy is the second quality listed as “fruit of the Spirit” (Galatians 5:22). (1) Chara (joy) is used some 70 times in the New Testament, always to signify a feeling of happiness that is based on spiritual realities. (2) It is not an experience…

The Six Characteristics of a Disciple of Jesus Christ Spiritual Enthusiasm 25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove…

Lord, Do It Again 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and…

19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that…