PEACE

II Corinthians 4:7-18 “Therefore we do not give up.  Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.  For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.  So we do not focus on what is seen, but what is unseen.”

IMITATORS OF GOD – Part 4

Walk Carefully Ephesians 5:15-21 “Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 1 Thess. 4:1 Earlier in this chapter, Paul has indicated that being

IMITATORS OF GOD – Part 3

Walk As Children Of Light Ephesians 5:3-14 “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Walk as children n of light – for the fruit of the light results in all goodness, righteousness, and truth – discerning what is pleasing to the Lord.” (vs. 8-10 HCSB) Paul delights in reminding

IMITATORS OF GOD – Part 2

Walk In Love Ephesians 5:1-2 “. . . that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love and to know the Messiahs love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled the all the

IMITATORS OF GOD – Part 1

Ephesians 4:29-5:1 “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matt. 5:48 I don’t think that I will ever forget observing my first nephew when he was very young.  He was the first grandchild of my parents and between his parents, grandparents, and uncles and aunt; he did not lack attention or affection. I

A PRESIDENTIAL TRUST!

Psalm 49 “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Cor. 15:22 Our history books record that on Sunday, June 8, 1845, Andrew Jackson, 7th president of the United States, died at his home near Nashville, Tennessee.  What many school history books have failed to record, however,

A CALL TO LIKE-MINDEDNESS

Philippians 2:1-21 “. . . so that you may be pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.  Hold firmly to the message of life.” Phil. 2:15-16 (HCSB) While we usually think of holiness as an experience of the heart, the

THE REVEALING OF SIN

Psalm 51 “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow”. . .”Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” Psalm 51:7, 10 Remember David’s sin against Bathsheba, Uriah, and God, how he tried to cover it up? For

“. . . MANY . . . NOT SANCTIFIED” – Part 2

2 Chronicles 30:17a “For this God’s will, your sanctification: . . .Now may the God of peace Himself, sanctify you completely.  And may your spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  He who calls you is faithful and will do it.” 1 Thess. 4:3; 5:23-24

“. . . MANY . . . NOT SANCTIFIED” – Part 1

2 Chronicles 30:17a “For this is God’s will, your sanctification: . . .For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification.  Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.” 1 Thess. 4:3, 7-8  (HCSB) “There were many in the congregation that were