Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:19 1 Thessalonians 5:19 quench not the Spirit - extinguish, repress, check, stifle, still, quiet, and destroy.  Here’s one of these places where our spiritual cliches come under attack. Haven’t you said before that God is in control?  Well, if God is in control, why is God telling you not to hinder […]

Text: Psalm 9 This psalm is a reference to a time in the future when the Lord returns and all the people will know him, for better or for worse, Psalm 9:5.  There is a division in this psalm of people who want to know the Lord and people who don’t. The ones that don’t […]

Text: Hebrews 11:5-6 Enoch’s faith is the subject of today’s sermon.  He was contemporary with Adam for 308 years. Enoch’s faith led to his victory over death, his rapture out of this world, and his legacy in his son Methuselah. Victorious faith By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death... Victorious over […]

Some mythical traditions of passion week How do you get 3 days and 3 nights into Friday night and Sunday morning? Triumphal entry was not on Sunday. When was Jesus Christ crucified? Let's look at the calendar of actual events linked below. Last Week of Jesus Christ_Israel

Text: John 21:1-14 ...on this wise shewed he himself... After the Lord Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead, he spent time with his disciples and several other people. Peter is a leader. Go back to doing what we know how to do. Fished all night and caught nothing means they were frustrated and tired. Jesus […]

Text: John 21:15-22 Peter was no longer a disciple because he stopped following and publicly denounced Jesus Christ, Mark 16:6-7. Restoration of his work Works meet for repentance... Requires confession to the Lord Not in a booth.  Not to a priest. But to Jesus Christ. Three denials and three confessions. Typical teaching agape and phileo. […]

Text: Hebrews 11:4 An exercised faith By faith Abel… By faith describes the performance of faith as opposed to through faith which receives the promises. “By faith” describes an action, while “through faith” describes the same belief where someone receives something. Note all the “by faith” phrases in Hebrews 11 until you get to Sara […]

Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 If you’re saved, there is coming a day when the only thing on your mind will be how good God is to you.  How many blessings have been bestowed. How wonderful life is because of the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the will of God and when He fully redeems your […]

Text: Psalm 8 Gittith is a word that shows up in 3 Psalms.  Psalm 8, 81, and 84. Each of these Psalms has to do with God dwelling with man.  Gittith sounds like Gittite. As an instrument, it sounds like guitar. It is a reference to a Gittite in 2 Samuel 6 where the Lord […]

Text: Ephesians 5:20 Thanksgiving obtains the Spirit of God. Gratitude is God's will and has several benefits that we'll look at in this lesson. Gratitude is a way someone can be filled with the Spirit of God. Filled with the presence of God Filled with the spirit - 2 Chronicles 5:6-14, 7:1 Solomon gives thanks […]