Ephesians 5:3-6 “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.  For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, […]

Ephesians 5:3-6 “But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.  For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, […]

Confession is very important to a Christian.  It is important to confess before God and other people – to lay our hearts open and confess what we really believe.  Romans 10:8-10 “But what does it say?  ‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith which […]

Confession from our mouth is very important.  Romans 10:8b-10 “‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith which we preach):  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will […]

I have read and studied the scriptures many times.  But sometimes I will see things that I never saw before and a light will go on like “oh, that is what the writer is saying!”  Perhaps that has happened to you too.  That is one reason we need to continue to study the word.  One […]

Have you ever wished you were different than you are?  You might wish that you had good looks, different hair, different height, different health or different skin color.  You might wish that you had wealth, a different position in life, different parents, or different abilities.  Maybe as a man you wished you were a woman […]

Ephesians 4:32 “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.”  This verse describes our attitude toward our fellow Christian.  Each of us, as Christians, is saved by the blood of Jesus Christ; we have a common salvation.  However we are still imperfect people who have the […]

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 […]