Considering the text of Romans 12:1-2, we find a clear command in the scriptures regarding our responsibility as redeemed, reconciled, justified children of the King… “present your bodies a living sacrifice…” why? because this “is your reasonable service.” We consider the command to live as a sacrifice of self for the glory and purpose of […]

Serious, deep contemplation of God’s Word is a critical aspect of renewing our minds daily with the Word of God. Psalm 119:97 says, “Oh how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.” This, and other passages such as Psalm 1:2, Psalm 119:14-16, Joshua 1:7-9, and others, call God’s people to meditate upon […]

2 Timothy 3:14-17 shows us that God’s Word is Divinely inspired. Ever since the Bible was written, people have doubted it’s authority. As we search the Scriptures, we see that it has unique qualities including historical accuracy that spreads thousands of years and a depth that is unparalleled (Heb 4:12). We can be thankful for God’s […]

Solomon was the wisest man to ever live, and he ruled as the King of Israel in the place of his father, David. As an unprecedentedly God-gifted man, one to whom the Lord God himself spoke directly on two occasions and granted wisdom unlike any man other than Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 12:42), we would expect […]

Love for Christ causes the believer to be joyfully willing to endure suffering and opposition for the sake of the name of Jesus and for the glory of God.  Considering the 7th verse of 1 Corinthians 13, we understand that biblical love “endures all things.” As we considered this text in conjunction with many others, we learn […]

1 Corinthians 13:7 states that love “believeth all things, hopeth all things…” In this study, we compare this characteristic of biblical love with the truth of Romans 5:1-2, and we realize that “Christian hope is a realistic expectation of and joyful longing for future good and glory based on the reliable Word of God” – specifically […]

In conjunction with the morning sermon regarding the characteristic of biblical love – in that love handles sin with grace and forgiveness – we considered the truths from scripture regarding the proper means with which we are commanded to deal with sin in the local church. Love does not overlook the sin of an unrepentant brother, for […]

As we consider biblical love, we come to understand that love “bears all things” – that it enables the believer to handle the sin of others in a biblical and gracious manner, protecting them from the harm of bringing up past forgiven sins, and guarding against ungracious ridicule. Proverbs 17:9 states that “He that covers […]

Pastor Todd Nye from Southwest Community Baptist Church in Parma, Ohio was our special speaker this Sunday evening and opened the Word of God to 2 Peter 3 and spoke a challenge of warning from the final two verses of Peter’s epistle. Speaking to believers, Peter warns of the dangers and devastation of a spiritual fall […]