Years ago, Colonel Byrd, an American from the state of Virginia, was condemned to death by the Cherokee Indians. In that tribe, there was a chief who had been his friend. That chief said, “This man is my friend; before you can get at him, you must kill me.” The Cherokees let him go free. […]
Asa, the king of Judah, was the great-grandson of Solomon “Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as did David his father.” [See Chart] He removed the idols his fathers had made, 1Ki 15:11. He removed Maachah, his mother, from being queen because she worshipped idols. When millions of Ethiopian […]
22/03/2023 Wednesday The Revelation Study of John’s Revelation Chapters 2-3 These chapters are an insertion between two visions. Vision of Christ the head of local churches (Chapter 1) Vision of 24 elders representing the glorified church (Chapter 4) The insertion is instruction for seven local churches in Asia. It includes […]
When a child awakens from a fearful dream and his mother comes to his side, she calms his heart and gives him assurance that he has nothing to fear. God has promised us “redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins” (v.14), but sometimes the devil frightens us with doubts like a fearful dream. […]
During summer holidays while I was in Bible College, I worked for Lynn Degrow, an excellent carpenter. During those summer days, we built several houses from the ground up. There is an old saying that Lynn used to tell me often, “Measure twice, and cut once.” That was wise advice. He knew that once I […]
Chapter 1 Introduction Authorship John penned the book, Re 1:1. God gave him the revelation, Re 1:1. God’s angel revealed it to John, Re 1:1. John wrote what the Lord showed him, Re 1:2. Time of the writing Most conservative scholars have regarded the date as AD. 95 or 96. (John Walvoord, Revelation p.13) God […]
So far, in our study of Colossians, verses 1-2 introduced us to the authors, Paul and Timothy. In verses 3-8, we learned four things for which we ought to thank God for other Christians: for their faith, love and hope; that they heard the Gospel; that it is producing fruit in their lives; and that […]
The main character of this story was a demon-possessed man who lived near Gadara on the southeast corner of the Sea of Galilee. Mostly Gentiles lived in the Gadara region. For the sake of ease, I am going to call the man Gady, since he lived near Gadara. Sometime in Gady’s past, demons took possession […]
In the previous section (Colossians 1:3-8), Paul identified four reasons that he was thankful for the Colossian believers. In our text for this evening (Colossians 1:9-12), Paul further described his prayer for the saints. He desired that they might be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. This is […]
Since the time of Christ, many unbiblical churches have tried to force people to believe as they do by persecuting all who refuse. Those who use force to make people believe against their will do not believe in the soul liberty taught in the Bible. Soul liberty means that every person has the right to […]