The true work of the Holy Spirit happens through the word. So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 Salvation happens through the scripture! Sanctification happens through the scripture! Hope of glory happens through the scripture! Understanding of sound doctrine happens through the scripture! The knowledge of scripture make you an effective evangelist and disciple! Everything happens through the word of God and that’s a beautiful thing! Soli Deo Gloria…
I argue that the primary reason we misinterpret the Bible is not because the Holy Spirit has failed to do His work, but because we have failed to do ours. R.C. Sproul It is not the work of the Spirit to tell you the meaning of Scripture, and give you the knowledge of divinity, without your own study and labour, but to bless that study, and give you knowledge thereby… To reject study on…
The best evidence of the Bible’s being the word of God is to be found between its covers. It proves itself. (Charles Hodge) How did the early Church ever function without the “expertise” we have today? Yet those Christians turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6), and they did it without any celebrity testimonies, without modern management techniques, without psychotherapy, without mass media, and without most of the means the contemporary church seems to…
You have heard the famous proverb before haven’t you? Iron Sharpens Iron, So one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17, I have heard it so many times that we ought to listen to every one that speaks no matter what they say, we could learn something right? This is true we can and we should listen, because the idea here behind this proverb is that people grow from interacting and fellowship with other people. It is…
I was recently reading The John MacArthur Pastor’s Library on Preaching, you can buy them Here. Chapter 19, the very last chapter is on frequently asked questions about Expository Preaching, I found the last one to be very interesting and MacArthur quotes an unknown parishioner answering the last question. What is the ultimate key to effective preaching? Very simply, stay in your study until you know that the Lord will gladly accept what you have prepared to…
It was a great study in the book of Romans in Sunday school and the sermon series on the hard sayings of Christ continues to hold me captivated by the word of God. My Pastor preached on being salty and what it is and what happens when we lose our salt from Mark 9:49, 50. It’s really great to see that our church places the word of God and Christ at the center of the…
There are times I wake up on Sunday mornings and get so worked up about the fact that I have to teach, thoughts run through my mind like crazy. Sometime I struggle with what I’m going to bring to them, did I study hard enough, am I accurately handling the word of truth 2 Timothy 2:15? Is what I’m going to teach, what God would say? I mean James says this is a serious…
For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, “This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased”- 18 and we ourselves heard this utterance made from…
“The true Christian was intended by Christ to prove all things by the Word of God, all churches, all ministers, all teaching, all preaching, all doctrines, all sermons, all writings, all opinions, all practices. These are his marching orders. Prove all by the Word of God; measure all by the measure of the Bible; compare all with the standard of the Bible; weigh all in the balances of the Bible; examine all by the…
t is always great to go on vacation, to get some rest and relaxation, leaving your life as is and enjoying a week of fun in the sun… But I always look forward to coming back home too. Then immediately you’re right back into the swing of things, your daily routines and the things life brings you and the things you left before you went on vacation are still there. The rejection and persecution…
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