[Revelation 3:1-6; Rev. 3:14-22]

INTRODUCTION

A. As we all get older, we find that our bodies resist doing some of the things we used to do when we were a lot younger. Age simply takes away the ability to physically do the same things. Our strength diminishes, our memory fades, and even our desire for living gets to a point we look forward to death as an escape from a painful… Continue reading

The parrot is an extraordinary creature. There are about 400 species in three major families of parrots, and they are found in just about every tropical or sub-tropical region in the world. All are brightly colored and some multi-colored, and they are known as some of the most intelligent birds on earth, mostly due to their ability to mimic the human voice. Some, humorously, have imitated the sounds of construction… Continue reading

INTRODUCTION

A. Back during the time when this country was first founded, who would have thought that we would be as big and as powerful a nation as we are today? Who would have thought the nation would be plunged into the Civil War within 100 years? In the early 1900’s, who would have thought we would one day build a super highway system that would allow travel at a mile… Continue reading

[2nd Peter 3:18]

INTRODUCTION
A.    As we continue this series on Excelling Still More, let us once again make sure our aim is to honestly examine ourselves to see if we are truly doing the best that we can do for the Lord, and the most that we can do for the Lord; the aim of these lessons is to show from God’s word what we should be doing, why… Continue reading

After having preached for more than 17½ years and having delivered over 1000 sermons, I can say I’ve heard a few ‘amens’ to the words I have spoken from the pulpit. It is rarely spoken out loud from someone in the audience when a man is preaching [some places more common than others] but, when it is, it is taken to mean that the one who said it is emphatically… Continue reading

[Ephesians 5:22-33]

A. Throughout the book of Ephesians, the apostle Paul emphasizes the blessings of both being in Christ and having Christ in us. The first three chapters deal with how God has placed in Christ all spiritual blessings, and the last three chapters deal with how that by having Christ in us, we might enjoy those spiritual blessings as he gives instruction as to how we should “walk.”

In the… Continue reading

[Isaiah 6:1-8]

INTRODUCTION

A. Last Sunday evening, we began a long-overdue series to help us become involved in the work of evangelism. The first lesson was “Eight Reasons Why I Need to be A Personal Worker” and was aimed at getting us to see that it is something we all need to be involved in because it is our responsibility, as disciples, to help spread the gospel at every opportunity… Continue reading

On September 30, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain read the words to the Anglo-German Declaration that stated both sides’ desire to never go to war against one another again, and then announced this to his audience:

“My good friends, this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank… Continue reading

INTRODUCTION

A. Those who know God’s word know its importance to all men, and not only themselves, because Jesus has said, “The one who rejects Me and does not receive My words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day” (John 12:48). Within God’s word, too, we are told, “we will all stand before the judgment seat of God…then each of us will… Continue reading

[John 4:23, 24]

INTRODUCTION

A. As we continue this series on Excelling Still More, let us once again make sure our aim is to honestly examine ourselves to see if we are truly doing the best that we can do for the Lord, and the most that we can do for the Lord; the aim of these lessons is to show from God’s word what we should be… Continue reading

It has been said by several modern commentators that the first century was a time when about three out of five people were servants or slaves; that time period was also one where the rights of women were mostly non-existent, and ethnical distinctions were not just common - they were expected. ‘Equal rights’ would have been a strange demand for many who lived during that time; to demand such probably… Continue reading

It may be that someone, when standing before God and Christ in Judgment, may say this, but I do not believe it will be a valid answer if asked why one did not obey the Lord’s commands. Nowhere in God’s revealed word are we told that there will be exceptions made for those who were ignorant of God’s will, and nowhere does it say that heaven is for those who… Continue reading