Eternity is rushing towards us.
You and everyone else must be ready.
2006
Preach
2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine." St. Francis of Assisi was reported to have said, “Preach the gospel at all times, and when necessary use words.†That is a very interesting statement that I have heard many times. There is one Christian music artist that has been saying it from the stage during her concerts. Actually some people quote it...Continue Reading...
Joy
Luke 10:17 “And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name." In Luke 10, Jesus sent the seventy out two by two into the surrounding cities. The text states that He was sending them out as lambs among wolves. That doesn’t sound too loving does it? But it also states that the harvest is great and the laborers are few. True followers of Jesus should...Continue Reading...
Contend
Jude 3, 4 "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only...Continue Reading...
Deception
2 Timothy 4:1-4 "I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall...Continue Reading...
First Importance
1 Corinthians 15:1-3 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;" There are a lot...Continue Reading...
Prison
Matthew 25:34–36 "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, ‘Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came...Continue Reading...
Who Are You Going to Be Hanging with This Week?
At-a-Glance: Gay Pride Festivals, Parades, and Events People caught up in the homosexual lifestyle have different stories to tell Attending Gay Pride events gives Christians unique opportunities to reach out Opposition toward Christians at these events can come from some interesting places Hearing their stories and caring about their souls comes naturally when we spend time with them 1 Corinthians 5:9,10 "I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether...Continue Reading...
Where Are You Preaching This Week?
Acts 26:17,18: "Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me." There was recently an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about a couple of street preachers who were arrested...Continue Reading...
Guarding Against Religious Deception
John 4:23–24 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Truth is something everyone is looking for. Why? In a world full of lies, people are looking for an anchor to hold onto. When we have been deceived...Continue Reading...
Open Hearts
Acts 16:13–15 "And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was...Continue Reading...
The Smell of Truth
2 Corinthians 2:14–16 "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for...Continue Reading...
The Real Jesus
Matthew 1:18–23 "Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in...Continue Reading...
