The following is from Charles H. Spurgeon’s devotional reading Morning and Evening for January 13, posted for your blessing today. “Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber”1 Kings 22:48 SOLOMON’s ships had returned in safety, but Jehoshaphat’s vessels never reached …
Category: Leadership
Classic Friday 02/13/09
Classic Friday’s message this week is from A. W. Pink and his writing on the “Doctrine of Justification”. The following is an excerpt from chapter five. “Justification, strictly speaking, consists in God’s imputing to His elect the righteousness of Christ, that alone being the meritorious cause or formal ground on which He pronounces them righteous: …
Sermon Bites 02/08/09
The Error Of Balaam Numbers 31:16; Jude 11 I. NO ONE CAN CURSE THOSE WHOM GOD HAS BLESSED (Numbers 22:6-14). * + “I will bless those who bless you, and curse him who curses you” (Genesis 12:3). * + “And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as …
Sermon Bites 01/18/09
The Rest of His Ministry Luke 21:34-36 I. THE MINISTRY OF JESUS AT HIS FIRST COMING (Luke 4:18-19). * + We are told by Scripture that Jesus came to do the will of God. * + He did not come to be served, but to serve, He said, “and to give His life a ransom …
Sermon Bites 01/04/09
In The Presence of Jesus Luke 2:41-49 I. INATTENTION TO GOD WILL CAUSE US TO LEAVE HIS PRESENCE (vv. 41-43). II. WHEN HIS PRESENCE IS MISSED RETURN TO WHERE YOU WERE WITH HIM LAST (vv. 44-46). III. THERE WILL BE TIMES HE WILL NOT BE WHERE YOU THINK HE OUGHT TO BE (vv. 47-48). IV. …
Sermon Bites 12/28/08
People, And The Incarnation Of Christ Luke 2:25-38; Matthew 2:1-12, 16-18 PURPOSE – In looking at the six people/personalities we see in this message the question should arise, “Which personality do I fit?”, and lead us to a close walk with our personal Lord, Savior, and God. I. HEROD – AN EXAMPLE OF “ROYALTY” WHO HATED …
Sermon Bites 12/21/08
A Wonderful, Joyous Birth Luke 2:1-20 I. WE TRUST THAT EVENTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF OUR SOVEREIGN GOD (vv. 1-5). II. ONLY A SOVEREIGN GOD COULD HAVE HIS SON BORN IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE (vv. 6-7). III. BY THE SOVEREIGN HAND OF GOD, THROUGH THE …
Sermon Outline 12/14/08
A Magnificent Surrender OUTLINE FOR Luke 1:26-56: I. A MAGNIFICENT APPEARANCE (vv. 26-28). A. Now remember this was a period of time when visions, spiritual experiences with angels was a rare thing. 1. God had not spoken through prophet or angel for 400 years. 2. And now since Zachariah. B.It is God who sent Gabriel …
Sermon Bites 12/07/08
This is a late post since I usually publish these the Saturday before the Sunday they are delivered. Faithful Until The Light References – Amos 3:7; Revelation 22:6 OUTLINE OF LUKE 1:5-25 I. THE FAITHFUL IN A TIME OF DARKNESS (v. 5). II. FAVORED BY GOD – DISFAVOR AMONG MENT (vv. 6-7). III. THROUGH DIVINE …
Sermon Bites 11/30/08
The Christian Soldier – Prepared For Battle Ephesians 6:10-20 - I. THE FINAL EVIDENCE OF THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT IN THE CHRISTIAN’S LIFE (vv. 5:18, 6:10). * We live in a desperately wicked world, and as Christians if we are not diligent and vigilant we can find ourselves living a life of defeat. * …
Sermon Bites 11/23/08
Grace At Work Ephesians 4:7-16 PURPOSE: To teach that those who are in the one Body [the Church] are recipients of grace, demonstrated and shown through ministry gifts, also of grace, for the purpose of bringing the total Body to the maturity of Jesus Christ. Grace does not stop with our initial repentance, faith, and …
Sermon Bites 11/16/08
The Divine Architect Ephesians 2:18-22 I. THE WALL IS TORN DOWN BY THE DEATH OF JESUS ON THE CROSS (vv. 18-19). II. THE DIVINE ARCHITECT’S FOUNDATION AND CORNERSTONE (v. 20). III. THE DIVINE ARCHITECT FITS ALL WHO BELIEVE INTO THE “BUILDING” AS HE SEES FIT (v. 21). IV. WE HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO BE THE …
Sermon Bites 11/09/08
FOR SUNDAY MORNING: Who We Are, And Our Blessings In Christ Ephesians 1:1-5 I. CALLED OUT AND FAITHFUL (vv. 1-2). II. THE RICHES OF HIS BLESSING (v. 3; 2:6). III. OUR ELECTION AND OUR LIFESTYLE (v. 4). IV. OUR PLACEMENT IN THE HEAVENLIES (v. 5). FOR SUNDAY EVENING: For The Praise Of His Glory Ephesians …
Sermon Bites 11/02/08
The Heavenly Vision Acts 26:19-20 (with vv. 13-18) I. THE PURPOSE OF THE REVELATION/VISION (v. 16). *The highest aim or purpose of the Revelation/Vision is to glorify the Father. * The purpose of the Revelation/Vision for Saul was to be called to minister for the cause of Jesus Christ, and to glorify Him. II. THE …
Sermon Bites 10/26/08
Confronting The Culture Acts 17:15-34 The apostle Paul has been to Thessalonica, and forced to leave there due to those who were trying to kill him, basically the Jewish people, as he taught them in their synagogue. He then goes to Berea, and the Jews of Berea are much more “noble” because they search the …
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