Romans 8:35-36 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?  As it is written:  ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’” These are some pretty serious conditions that most of […]

To covet is to have a strong desire to have something.  It is covered by the tenth of the Ten Commandments – Exodus 20:17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that […]

Parents may grieve over the loss in death of one of their children.  A husband may grieve the loss of his wife that he has lived with for many years.  Parents may grieve that one of their children has taken a bad path in life and the child show no signs of repentance. The Apostle […]

Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”  This verse brings a lot of comfort to a lot of people.  In each of our lives, there are good things and there are bad things.  Sometimes when […]

Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”  The good is usually spiritual good and the ultimate realization of the good will be in our eternal existence with God.  Let us look at some ways that […]

Do you have problems with anger?  Most of us do in some form or other.  People can do many foolish things when they are angry.  I have seen people yell, act very animated, slam doors, and jump in their car and zoom away.  I am confident that anger is behind what we call “road rage”, […]

Being a faithful Christian is not easy; there is much that God expects me to do.  I am to worship God; I am to pray; I am to preach the gospel; I am to keep ourselves pure; I am to love my brother and my neighbor and my enemy.  The list continues.  However, I don’t […]

When we become Christians, there are many things we need to put off and put out of our lives if we are to be pleasing to our God.  Ephesians 4:17-22 “This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility […]

Let us look at a few of the things we as Christians are to put off with the corresponding things we are to put on. Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.”  It is obvious that […]

God is the God of the universe and the creator of all things; there is none greater than He.  Hebrews 10:26-27, 30-31  “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which […]