Zane Hodges Library

Matthew 25:14-30 Parable of the Talents (1975) Zane C. Hodges Our Lord has committed to each Christian, responsibility in line with the capacity that He knows that each Christian's possesses and in accordance with His knowledge of what each Christian is able to do for Him by His grace. There is a day of reckoning for every Christian, not to determine our eternal destiny, but to evaluate the kind of life and service that each Christian has lived here on earth. Faithful Christians may be commended, promoted and invited to share in their Lord's joy in the kingdom to come. Unfaithful Christians are figuratively relegated to the outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Other passage mentioned include 2 Corinthians 5:10. #outerdarkness #parableofthetalents

Matthew 25:1-13 Parable of the Ten (Wise and the Foolish Virgins) (September 10, 1975) Zane C. Hodges

In this parable of the five wise virgins and the five foolish virgins, Zane Hodges explains what period of time does this parable apply to, the Tribulation period or the present day. Although the parable applies to the saints of the Tribulation period, Zane demonstrates how those lessons are applicable to us in the church age today, and how we need to be watchful and have reserves of spiritual oil as we await the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to rapture us believers in Jesus Christ for the free gift of everlasting life to be with Him forever. How do we have a spiritual reserve? Other passages discussed include: Revelation 14:1-5 Matthew 24:6-8, 12-13, 15-22 Proverbs 24:10 #tribulation #endtimes #rapture

Matthew 24:45-51 Parable of the Unfaithful Servant (1975) Zane C. Hodges

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his house?

There is no greater incentive to faithful living then the realization that our Lord Jesus Christ may come back at any time. When that realization is lost, very much else may be lost also. What is the outer darkness in this parable? Can Christians experience weeping and gnashing of teeth for lives of unfaithfulness to Jesus Christ? www.ZaneHodges.org #eternalrewards #discipleship #disciple #outerdarkness

Preparation for Comfort Zane C. Hodges (1980) Isaiah 40:1-5 and Luke 3:1-6, 10-14

"Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God."

What do you really know about the comfort of God? Do you understand God's comfort in your own life and are you able to share it with other people? Our hearts and lives are not ready for the blessings with which God desires to comfort us until we know something about comforting other people in their need. When God's people pursue equity, honesty and kindness, then God's glory can be seen in the midst of His people and other men will also see it there. Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking that God is looking for geniuses, orators or superstars, but what God is really looking for are people who have a genuine concern for the needs of other people, who are scrupulously honest, and who really know something about the art of kindness and consideration and gentleness towards all. When God finds an individual like that, He can build the kind of life which can be filled with the blessings and mercies of God, which are the only true comfort of the human heart. God is always eager to comfort His people if we are prepared to receive it. Other passages mentioned include: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, James 1:27, 1 John 3:17, Ephesians 4:32, Matthew 5:7, Philippians 4:5 and John 13:35.

Luke 16:19-31 Pleasure Has an Exit Door Marked Death

Zane C. Hodges (1993)

What is the most potent, the most addictive, the most intoxicating, and the most dangerous drug known to man? Pleasure. The purpose of the story of the rich man and Lazarus is not to explain why Lazarus and the rich man are where they are, but to show that these two men have traded places. Those who never believe in Jesus Christ for the free gift of eternal life will one day find that their days of pleasure will come to an end. The Word of God is more valuable than a whole lifetime filled with pleasure. The only really stable and solid thing in this world is the Word of God. Other passages: 2 Cor 5:8; Ephesians 2:8-9; Luke 24:13, 25-27.

At the 2005 Grace Evangelical Society National Conference, 23 years after the publication of Zane's booklet, "James 2: What is a Dead Faith?", and 11 years after the publication of Zane's commentary, "The Epistle of James: Proven Character Through Testing", Zane revisits again James 2. This time focusing on the meaning of justification by works.

Dead Faith, Saving Faith, God's Will and More by Zane C. Hodges

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At the 2005 Grace Evangelical Society National Conference, Zane Hodges examines the claims of the moralist in Romans 2:1-5. Is the moralist subject to condemnation like the unrighteous in Romans 1. Zane discusses the wrath of God and the use of repentance in Romans.

The Moralistic Wrath-Dodger: Romans 2:1-5 by Zane C. Hodges https://faithalone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/hodges-1.pdf

Zane Hodges answers the following questions:

Do unbelievers go to hell to pay for their sins?

Why do people go to hell if Jesus paid for the sins of the world?

Did Jesus die on the cross for all?

What does it mean that Jesus is the propitiation for the whole world? What did Jesus' death on the cross accomplish for everyone, both believers and unbelievers?

Does anyone get sent to hell as punishment for their sins?

Why do unbelievers go to the lake of fire?

For the journal article, please visit: https://faithalone.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/11/4_hodges.pdf

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At the 2007 Grace Evangelical Society conference, Zane Hodges examines Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman and demonstrates how the living water that gushes forth into everlasting life, is the saving truth that Jesus is the Christ, and how Jesus' prophetic word in John 4:10 was literally fulfilled, that "you [Samaritan woman] would have asked Him [Jesus], and He would have given you living water."

Luke 8:19-25 Who Am I? Who Is He? Zane C. Hodges (October 22, 1989 - Coast Bible Church)

A very real spiritual identity crisis often lies at the root of the frustrations and failures that we experience in Christian living. Sometimes under the pressures of life, we forget who Jesus is and what He is like. We forget the greatness of His power, the sufficiency of His strength, the abundance of His mercy and the plenitude of His grace, and Jesus becomes like a stranger. Jesus Christ has everything we could possibly need or want and yet He is always right there right besides us. The shortest way to the end of our frustrations, difficulties and perplexities, is the companionship and friendship and the presence and power of Jesus Christ, the Almighty Son of God. The Lord Jesus Christ gives Himself to us first as our Savior when we trust Him for that, and then as we learn to obey Him, as our Brother, our Companion and our Friend.