I'll Be Honest

It's amazing how often the authors of the New Testament do not quote the ten commandments, but rather they tell us to imitate the example of Christ and so fulfill the law of Christ (Gal. 6:2). Husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the church (Eph. 5:25). We are called to forgive others as Christ has forgiven us (Col. 3:13). We are called to welcome one another as Christ has welcomed us (Romans 15:7). What a high standard that we can only live out in the power of the Holy Spirit.

If you just think about what pride is, that is what racism is rooted in. It's an attitude of superiority of valuing one race above all others or above another. Racism is a manifestation of the anti-God system that the Bible tells us not to love.

Join us as we gather together for the 6th time to fellowship around the things of our glorious Savior Jesus Christ.

Denton, Texas April 2-5, 2015

God's wrath against sin goes beyond our ability to describe, and yet how much more does His love, displayed in Jesus Christ's death, go even further beyond our ability to comprehend.

Jesus Christ became a man, just as we are, and this should encourage us that we can pray just as Christ does. Jesus cursed the fig tree in Mark 11 because it withheld and obstructed Him from getting breakfast; and in the same way He tells us that we can pray for mountains that obstruct our way to be removed. He is telling us that there are obstacles that can be removed by your prayers that would not be removed if you didn't pray. Obstacles that are keeping your loved ones from being saved and churches from being planted in the darkest regions of the world.

Brethren, remember that one of the greatest evidences of a lack of faith is that you don't pray, because if you really have faith in a prayer-hearing God, you are going to be praying.

As we look at men of prayer in history we find it true as Oswald Chambers said, "Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work." We see how their prayer life was the great foundation for the power they had from God to minister.

Preached at 2006 HeartCry Conference

As we consider what fasting is, we can see that as the Christian fasts with the right reason they are worshiping God. Why? Because the believer fasts because Christ the Bridegroom is taken away (Matt. 9:15), and their longing is for Him. The Christian's desire is to be seen fasting by the Father and not by man, so that the Father who sees them in secret will reward them.

When it comes to what it is to be worldly, isn't it interesting how we have this tendency to come up with our own definitions of what is and what isn't? We like to define worldliness in a way that doesn't touch us; that's typically what happens. Yet if the truth be known, there is worldliness to some degree in every single person in this room - and some more than others. Yet not a single one of us is overly given to admitting it.

An antichrist doesn't deny the existence of Jesus altogether, but rather they change the Truth about Him; they are opposed to the biblical Christ. They recreate who Jesus Christ is and distort Him; and if you look at every false religion you will find that they all do this.

I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. - 2 Timothy 4:1-2