Text: Ephesians 2:19-22 Household is made of heavenly citizens (vs 19) Citizenship has its benefits Right to vote - This may be a little stretch, but as a citizen of heaven you cast your vote on a daily basis for who is going to make decisions for you. Federal and state employment - Christian has […]

Text: Romans 2:4 God is good, all the time.  Aren't you glad God is good?  No, you're not. This phrase is interesting in that it brings up the idea that people are opposed to the goodness of God.  You and I love God’s goodness directed toward us.  But when directed to others it shows us […]

Text: Esther 3:8-15 Now Haman will approach the king with a problem and a solution that needs the king’s approval.  The problem is the Jews.  The solution is Jewish genocide.  The plan is hatched and set in place that in twelve months there will be a day of Jewish massacre.  Notice Esther 3:12 the order […]

Text: Hebrews 2:5-9 (Introduction) Man’s dominion (vss 5-8) Man’s future dominion (vs 5) God gives crowns to man in the future.  Not to animals, not to angels, not to cherubim, not to fish.  Men get crowns in the future. Matthew 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have […]

Text: Exodus 12 This week we’ll be celebrating Independence Day for this nation.  I happened to be reading in my Bible reading about another independence day: Israel’s independence day, also known as the Passover. Israel was a nation of slaves in Egypt.  Moses was raised up to deliver Israel.  He asked Pharaoh nine times to […]

Text: Job Satanic philosophy of your human condition Job 1:9-1 Job 2:4-5 The devil believes that people don’t really love God. Temptation is the crossroad. James 3:15 Circumstances can indicate godliness, just not in the way we think Jobs friends say there must be something wrong in Job’s life, God said there was something RIGHT […]

Text: Hebrews 2:1-4 Remember, Paul is talking to his Hebrew brethren, so the we are the same Hebrews who the book is addressed to.  They would be unsaved Hebrews who he is trying to convince not to neglect the salvation that’s been offered to them first and confirmed in them. The word of God is […]

Text: Ephesians 2:8-13 Grace is God’s provision and faith is the application of the provision (vss 8-9) Grace is the provision God makes and faith is the application of that provision. In the forgiveness of sins, grace came by Jesus Christ, and faith is how that grace is applied. In Noah’s day, grace came by […]

Text: Luke 8:3-14 The seed is the word of God (Luke 8:11; Matt. 13:19) The ground is the heart of the hearer (Luke 8:12).  How do you like that?  You can be the dirt in the parable. Unprepared heart Significance of the wayside ground is that it is unprepared. Pawn Stars guy looking at a […]

Text: Esther 3:7 Haman has a plan to kill Mordecai and all the Jews, but needs a date to implement this genocide.  To figure on a date Haman cast lots.  Verse seven is a summary of the period of time between Haman’s plan of genocide and the execution of the plan.  So Haman is given […]