Communication is a vital part of our everyday lives. We communicate daily with our family members. We often communicate with our friends and our associates. We communicate with those who work for us and work with us. We communicate when we shop, play sports and meet people in public. We communicate via email and texting. […]
You may have all the ingredients to bake a loaf of bread, but if you never follow a recipe and bake it, it will never become bread. The same is true of the Gospel. We have learned about the call for evangelism, the example of evangelism, the command of evangelism, overcoming fears of evangelism, and […]
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and then Revelation 21:1-4. This morning we reviewed Things to Come from now until the final judgment and the Lake of Fire. Transition This evening, after a very brief review, I want us to take a close look again the New Heaven and New Earth that awaits us. Review: Cross, Church […]
That night in the Philippian jail while Paul and Silas were suffering from bleeding wounds and painful stocks, the Lord did a miracle and sent a massive earthquake that shook the jail to pieces setting the prisoners all free. However, that was not the only miracle God did that night. He worked a miracle in […]
During Jesus’ trial, Peter had no courage to even admit that he knew Jesus. After the Holy Spirit’s filling at Pentecost, the threats and beatings by the Jewish officials could not keep him quiet. He had overcome his fear to speak out for the Lord. The indwelling Holy Spirit made the difference. Transition In order […]
One night in the 1800s D. L. Moody was going home from his place of business. It was very late, and it suddenly occurred to him that he had not spoken to one single person that day about accepting Christ. He said to himself: “Here’s a day lost. I have not spoken to anyone today […]
Last week we examined the Call for Evangelism – The Call from Above, The Call from Below, The Call from Within and the Call from Without. We learned in the Call from Above that each member of the Trinity is burdened for the lost souls of mankind. Their burden went beyond a desire. God ordained […]
In Ezekiel 3:17-19, we read God’s call to Ezekiel to warn his people of God’s coming judgment. “Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and […]
If you are like me, you have many jobs around the house that you know need done, but you neglect to do them. Often my neglect is not that I am trying to be bad but it is that I forget or I place other things ahead of those jobs. If we are not careful […]
When people think of us, they think of our reputation. In the mind of every person who knows us there is a database of information. That information is based on our attitudes, appearance, words and actions. It is based on whether we are kind or cruel, helpful or hurtful, cheerful or grumpy, calm or angry, […]