Some of the most difficult people to reach with the message of salvation are not the drunken wife-beaters who live wicked vile lives, who curse God and sleep on the streets. No, it is far more difficult to reach the clean-living, upright person who is faithful to his spouse, respected in the community, goes to […]
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 […]
Read 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 and then 2 Peter 3:9-11. What does the future hold? Much of what is to come about the Day of the Lord. Day of the Lord begins with the Rapture and ends when the Kingdom is complete. For some, this will be a helpful review. For others, it will be an […]
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 […]
Today we are going to meet a paralysed man who needed forgiveness more than he needed to walk. Jesus knew his greatest need and tenderly forgave him while critics questioned Jesus’ authority to forgive. Transition In our text we find four facts about Jesus’ authority to forgive that ought to cause us to believe He […]
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 […]
Leprosy was a terrible disease in Bible days. Albert Barnes states, “No disease with which the human family has been afflicted has been more dreadful than that which is often mentioned in the Bible ‘as the leprosy.’ It first exhibits itself on the surface of the skin… There is a form of the disease in […]
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 […]
A priority is something you do first because it is important to you. We all have priorities. What are your priorities? Jesus had two priorities that stand out in our text this morning. Transition As we examine Jesus’ priorities, I want us to see that His priorities ought to be our priorities as well. Jesus’ […]
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 […]