So, here we are. I want to share with you from this passage some “Third Day Truths.” Most of you know these things already, but I pray that we will be blessed, encouraged, inspired, and called to greater surrender and devotion to Him by examining them...

We have examined in this book that Jesus is not only our Living Hope, He is our only hope. Because of that, we are to live holy, we are to live with hope in a hopeless world, we are to live this hope together as the church, and we are to share this...

The purpose of 1 Peter is to encourage the recipients to endure in their commitment to Christ. The description of being aliens in the land in which they live coupled with the general call to endurance throughout the letter suggests the idea that they...

As is often quoted, “We must always preach the Gospel, and if necessary, use words. Well, today, we note that we must always use words. I mean this is basic to preaching the Gospel. Look at the text with me.

We continue with the theme of outwardly living out our hope. It is actually the continuing theme of the rest of the letter. In fact, some commentators indicate that the first two verses of our text today, 1 Peter 2:11-12, forms something of the crux...

Living Hope calls us to Holy Living. At the end of 1 Peter chapter 1 and the beginning of chapter 2, we get several keys for helping us with holiness: keep preaching the Gospel to ourselves, keep feasting on God’s Word, keep tasting the goodness of...

When God Puts You On Hold

Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30

Ray Swift

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As so often the case in the New Testament letters, theology prepares us for practices. Our beliefs should produce in us a certain behavior. We see that often with the word, “Therefore.” We see that in our text today. So, I want you to think with me...

The purpose of 1 Peter is to encourage the recipients to endure in their commitment to Christ. The description of being aliens in the land in which they live coupled with the general call to endurance throughout the letter suggests the idea that they...

We have begun this year in the book of Philippians. In the opening verses of chapter 4, we considered one of the fundamental lessons of the book and of the Christian life—to rejoice in the Lord always. The pursuit of joy! Well today, we conclude this...