At our last youth activity, I challenged the young people from (James 1:14-15) “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” I pointed out that we each have our […]
Romans 15:4 states, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” About four thousand years ago, God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with fire from heaven and Lot lost all. Genesis 19 records that event for our learning. […]
In the winter as a boy, Dad cleared the snow from the driveway with the tractor and pushed it into large piles. We used to play a game called “King of the Mountain”. The object of the game was to climb to the top of the pile of snow and keep others from pushing you […]
The serpent in Genesis 3 was no ordinary serpent, but a serpent acted and assisted by the devil. In Revelation 12:9, we read, “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast […]
Sorry, but the audio did not record for some reason. The book of Ruth takes place sometime during the 300 years of the Judges. Judges 21:25 describes the general spiritual and moral mindset during that period (read). The book gets its name from a young Moabite woman named Ruth, the central figure in the book, […]
On March 16, 1980, the first sign of activity at Mount St. Helens occurred as a series of small earthquakes. It was not until May 19, 1980 that the mountain exploded. The volcano was slow to explode, but when it did, it was devastating. Being slow to anger is more than delaying the explosion; it […]
We have found in our garden that dandelions are determined to keep growing. We can pull the top off and it will regrow. We can even pull them out and put them in a bucket and they often try to flower. They keep growing even when everything is against them. God wants Christians to be […]
Elisha The Prophet of God Lesson 09 – Gehazi’s Greed 2 Kings 5:20-27 Date: 12 August 2020 – Elisha20 1. The Moment of Temptation (v.20) Temptation begins with a momentary lustful thought. Gehazi saw the treasures refused by Elisha. He coveted the treasure. He justified his lustful thoughts. The devil assured him that he would […]
Daily we face temptations to say ungodly words, to act unkindly, to lust, to get angry, to disobey, to fear to witness, to worry, to gossip, and on and on. Our text this evening is written to Christians. It tells us that the devil and his demons are behind our temptations (v.12). Though our sinful […]
When someone tries to give us advice that we do not want to hear, there is a great temptation to tell him or her to be quiet. That is often not the wise thing to do, especially if the person is an authority over us. King Amaziah, son of Joash, found himself in that very […]