Free Presbyterian Church of Indianapolis

This verse contains 3 commands- The Command to sow in righteousness- the command to reap in mercy- and the command to break up your fallow ground. There follows a compelling reason for giving heed to these commands- -It is time to seek the Lord.- In this study we consider how each command may be viewed as an element of seeking the Lord. In other words if you would seek the Lord you must sow, reap, and break up fallow ground.

When Jesus asked the impotent man at the pool of Bethesda if he wanted to be made whole, there's good cause for believing that Jesus had more in mind than just physical wholeness. In this study we consider the blessing every Christian knows which is the blessing of being made whole.

There are some notable comparisons and contrasts between our text today which contains the account of the healing of the nobleman's son, with the account given in Mt. 8 about the healing of the centurion's servant. In the case of the centurion, Jesus offered to come to his house and heal his servant but the centurion prevented him, confessing that he was unworthy to have Christ enter his house. The centurion was commended for his great faith on that occasion. In the case of the nobleman, he wanted Christ to come to his house but Christ would not. Instead he told the nobleman to go his way and that his son had been healed. By comparing these miracles it becomes apparent that in the case of the nobleman Christ had the desire to see his faith improve and become more like the great faith of the centurion. So is it Christ's desire that your faith improve and become stronger. In this study we consider what the miracle of the nobleman's son teaches us about how to see our faith improve.

There's no zeal as impressive as religious zeal. Even among the false religions of the world we find tremendous displays of zeal. Zeal, however, that doesn't spring from the right knowledge or aim for the right thing becomes misguided zeal. The Jews of Paul's day exercised misguided zeal and as a result they failed to submit to God. In this study we consider what must be done in order to avoid the vanity of misguided zeal.

This text from Hebrews provides us with a detail that pertains to Christ while He walked this earth that you don't see in the Gospels. It tells us that during the days of His flesh, He not only prayed but He prayed with strong crying and tears. In this study we remember some of things that would have led to such strong crying and tears on the part of our Savior.

Not only was Christ the greatest preacher to ever preach and the greatest prayer warrior to ever pray as well as the greatest Pastor and the greatest miracle worker but from this passage we discover He was also the greatest Evangelist to ever evangelize. In this study we look at Christ as well as the Woman of Samaria to discover what makes for effective evangelism.

When the woman at the well brought up the issue of worship, she was trying to change the subject because Christ had exposed her sin. Interestingly enough, Christ went along with her diversion and in the process laid down some solid lessons pertaining to worship. In this analysis we consider- 1. The Place of Worship- 2. the Prerequisite to Worship- 3. The Practice of Worship- 4. The Priority of Worship.

Have you ever thought about someone you knew whose life was burdened under a load of guilt on account of sin- You say to yourself -If only he-she knew-- Christ says that very thing to this immoral Samaritan woman. -If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee give to drink...- In this study we consider two things this woman needed to know - 1. The gift of God 2. The giver of the gift. We also consider the impact that such knowledge has on folks once they know.