Our chickens are very selfish. When we give them greens, each one will grab the best leaf and run to the other side of the pen to eat it so that the others cannot get it. They think only of themselves. Our sinful nature is often like the nature of chickens. We tend to live […]
When Israel prepared to conquer the city of Jericho, God gave them a plan to follow. The soldiers were to march quietly around the city once each day for six days. On the seventh day, seven priests and the ark were to lead the soldiers and blow on their ram’s horns. They were to march […]
In New Testament days, when a person trusted Christ as his Saviour, he soon followed the Lord in baptism by immersion and became a member of the local church. Baptism and church membership were the norm for every Christian. These are still God’s plan for today. Every person who trusts Christ for salvation ought to […]
To be “in the dark” is a cliché that means to be without information about something or to be uninformed. From a spiritual perspective, to be “in the dark” pictures being ignorant of God’s Word. Unbelievers are in the dark about God’s Word, but Christians should not be in the dark. In our text today, […]
According to web statistics, about 107 people die worldwide every minute. That is about 150,000 people per day. Obviously, that number would include some genuine Christians. Many Christians are ignorant as to what happens to a Christian when he dies. Christians in the 1st Century were ignorant of the same thing. Paul had taught the […]
Three Days and Three Nights 27 March 2016 PM – Matthew 12:40 – Resurrection – Scott Childs Introduction: Read Matthew 12:40. This verse tells us clearly that Jesus was going to be in the ground three days and three nights. This fact does not line up with the common teaching that Jesus died on Friday. […]
Easter or Resurrection Sunday is a day set aside to remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. That supernatural event is recorded in the Bible books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 1 Corinthians 15:6 tells us that at one event more than 500 believers saw Jesus alive. While many people today know […]
The unbelievers around us are watching the way we live. If Christians are unloving, have wrong priorities, meddle in everyone else’s business, and do not work as they should, unbelievers will blaspheme the name of Christ. Transition In this section, Paul gave the Thessalonian believers a Challenge and then described for them the Benefits if […]
The title of our message tonight is “Our Paraclete”. No, I did not say, “our parakeet”. We are not going to be talking about a bird. I said, “Our Paraclete”. We are talking about a Person. He is a very special person that you all know, but perhaps not by this name. Our Paraclete is […]
If you take a pure white cloth and wipe of a greasy oil spill in your carport, it will be nearly impossible to get that cloth as pure white and clean as it originally was. It will forever bear the stain. Our lives are like that pure white cloth. Keeping our lives pure and white […]