church of Christ at Cloud 9

The apostle Paul was a prisoner in Rome as a result of his preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.  From prison, he wrote letters to the churches in Ephesus, Philippi and Colosse to encourage and instruct them.  But Paul also wrote a personal letter to a man named Philemon who lived in Colosse.  Paul had […]

In the time of Jesus, the Roman government was ruling over the Jewish people.  The Romans got money from the Jews through taxes that they levied upon them.  The Romans hired Jews to be the tax collectors.  These tax collectors were often dishonest and guilty of extortion.  As a result, they were hated and considered […]

One of my favorite spiritual songs is When Upon Life’s Billows. The words of the chorus are “Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your blessings, see what God hath done; Count your blessings, name them one by one; Count your many blessings, see what God hath done.”  It is one of my […]

The first Psalm is a wonderful psalm.  I remember memorizing it when I was a child.  I encourage you to also memorize it.  Let us look at what this psalm teaches.  Psalm 1 “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits […]

King David was a man who loved God.  He wrote many of the Psalms in which we see his dependence upon the Lord, his desire to please Him, and his faith and trust in the Almighty.  But the Bible also tells us about his failures.  One of his greatest failures was when he committed adultery […]

Jesus and His disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane where Judas came with a great multitude and betrayed Jesus.  Jesus was taken to the High Priest’s house where all the Sanhedrin council sought testimony against Him; their unanimous verdict was that He should be put to death.  He was then taken to the Roman […]

In the Garden of Eden, Eve was encouraged by the serpent to eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Genesis 3:6-8 “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she […]

We are to obey God and do what Jesus teaches as He received from the Father.  Luke 6:46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?”  I don’t understand that we can rightfully call Jesus ‘Lord’ or call ourselves Christians if we don’t do what He says.  […]

King David had been a great warrior.  But when he became king, he sent the army to war, and he stayed in Jerusalem.  2 Samuel 11:2-5 “Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, […]