Sir Arnold Lunn, in Memory to Memory, quotes from a book by M. E. Clifton James about Field Marshal Montgomery. Montgomery was famous as a disciplinarian—but there was another side to him. Clifton James was studying him during a rehearsal for D Day. “Within a few yards of where I was standing, a very young […]
When I was a boy, we had many wild apple trees on our farm. Yearly we would get fruit from them, but the amount and quality of fruit varied from year to year. A late frost sometimes killed some buds. Lack of bees to pollinate the flowers sometimes hindered germination. Shortage of water or nutrients […]
Commentator Warren Wiersbe was absolutely right when he said, “Creation is a ‘wordless book’ that everybody can read because it needs no translation.” Creation’s Wordless Book truly describes the first six verses of Psalm 19. Read Psalm 19:1-6. Transition This evening I want us to examine the “wordless book” of creation. The Declaration (v.1) The […]
Our God is a forgiving God! (Psalms 86:5) “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.” (Psalms 32:1) “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” (Psalms 103:3) “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;” (Daniel 9:9) […]
Charles Spurgeon, who died in 1892, said, “Nowadays, there are some children who seem to be at the head of the family, and the parents obey them in all things. This is very foolish and wrong; and when their children grow up, and become their plague and curse, they will bitterly lament their folly in […]
Last week we began considering the subject of the Indwelling of the Spirit. We examined both the promise of the indwelling how that Jesus said He would send the Holy Spirit to indwell believers, and we examined the place of the indwelling where we learned that our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. […]
Love and bitterness are like the two ends of a seesaw. When one end is up, the other is down. You cannot possibly be loving and bitter at the same time. If you biblically love your wife, you will not be bitter toward her. If you are bitter toward your wife, you are not biblically […]
Previously, I have pointed out that in the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit came upon select people for limited times to empower them for a specific service. Once Christ returned to heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit to indwell every Christian until he takes them to heaven. Transition This morning we are going to examine […]
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God just had Paul explain to us the Word-filled life that occurs when a Christian lets the Word of Christ dwell in him richly. We learned that this will result in teaching, admonishing, singing, and giving thanks. These are evidence of a Word-filled (Spirit-filled) life. Now God has Paul list practical applications of the Word-filled […]