War, politics, lies, betrayal, the murdering of innocents, our young men and women in uniform dying on a battle field via men of power; takeovers of nations, riots and lawlessness, sin abounding, the church asleep or complacent for the most part; the gospel diluted, and do we even notice? Through all that is going on … Continue reading For Our Nation
Qualifications of Overseers (Pastors and Elders)
1 Timothy 3:1-7 BSB (Berean Standard Bible) “1This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task. 2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, a temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and … Continue reading Qualifications of Overseers (Pastors and Elders)
Salvation Through Sanctification
2 Thessalonians 2:13-15 NKJV “13But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of … Continue reading Salvation Through Sanctification
All He Asks is All Of Us
Mark 12:29-31 NIV “29The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ … Continue reading All He Asks is All Of Us
Divorce and Separation
Matthew 19:3-6 ESV “And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, ‘Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?’ He answered, ‘Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother … Continue reading Divorce and Separation
The Working of Satan
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 NKJV “9The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this reason God will send … Continue reading The Working of Satan
The Son of Perdition
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4 NKJV “Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3Let no … Continue reading The Son of Perdition
Not Everyone’s a Fake
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 NKJV “12And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.” Recognize Those Who Labor Among You Now, I believe Scripturally that this … Continue reading Not Everyone’s a Fake
Concerning The Times
Us Who are of The Day 1 Thessalonians 5:1-10 NKJV "But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then … Continue reading Concerning The Times
How You Ought to Walk
How to Live to Please God 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 NKJV “1Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus that you should abound more and more, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; 2for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.” … Continue reading How You Ought to Walk
In Defense of One’s Own Honor
1 Thessalonians 2:1-3 NKJV “1For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2But even after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. 3For our exhortation did … Continue reading In Defense of One’s Own Honor
Run With It 