When, not If
In the book of James, we learn that the normal Christian life is one that includes both testing and temptation. Brother James makes it very clear that testing and temptation is not a matter of “if”,...
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Isa 9.1 “Nevertheless the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously...
View ArticleSober Up!
1 Peter 4.7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Now there’s a title for an early morning devotion; sober up. Peter is writing to brothers and sisters in...
View ArticleThe Truth About Temptation
The early days of the church saw the emergence of many strange and dangerous doctrines. Many of the epistles were written to expose and correct some of these false teachings. James is no exception to...
View ArticleThe Jaws of Temptation
1 Corinthians 10.13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will...
View ArticleTrials And Temptations
Today we begin our exposition of the petition, “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” (Matthew 6:13) What makes this petition one of the most challenging to expound on is the fact...
View ArticleSifting The Saints
“And the Lord said, ‘Simon, Simon! Indeed Satan has desired you, that he may sift you as wheat.’ “ In reading this verse in Luke 22:3, the Holy Spirit brought to my attention a Biblical truth that hit...
View ArticleThe War Within
Paul couldn’t make it clearer than he did in Romans chapter 7: Until we get our new bodies and go to be with Jesus, there is going to be a vicious battle against temptation and fleshly lusts. This is...
View ArticleThe Battle For The Body
Your physical body is in great demand. Madison Avenue knows it. This fallen world system makes appeals for it. However, we are 3-part beings. The highest level of existence is the spiritual and the...
View ArticleTemptation … Whom Will I Please?
Temptation is something that each of us faces. It has been around since Adam & Eve’s encounter with the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Paul writes that every temptation is common to man. It’s...
View ArticleGoodbye To The Old Life
The Christian life is both a death and a resurrection. Although we live in this physical world, we are no longer citizens of this world. “Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the...
View ArticleWhen, not If
In the book of James, we learn that the normal Christian life is one that includes both testing and temptation. Brother James makes it very clear that testing and temptation is not a matter of “if”,...
View ArticleSober Up!
1 Peter 4.7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Now there’s a title for an early morning devotion; sober up. Peter is writing to brothers and sisters in...
View ArticleThe War Within
Paul couldn’t make it clearer than he did in Romans chapter 7: Until we get our new bodies and go to be with Jesus, there is going to be a vicious battle against temptation and fleshly lusts. This is...
View ArticleThe Battle For The Body
Your physical body is in great demand. Madison Avenue knows it. This fallen world system makes appeals for it. However, we are 3-part beings. The highest level of existence is the spiritual and the...
View ArticleTemptation … Whom Will I Please?
Temptation is something that each of us faces. It has been around since Adam & Eve’s encounter with the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Paul writes that every temptation is common to man. It’s...
View ArticleGoodbye To The Old Life
The Christian life is both a death and a resurrection. Although we live in this physical world, we are no longer citizens of this world. “Just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the...
View ArticleThe Truth About Temptation
The early days of the church saw the emergence of many strange and dangerous doctrines. Many of the epistles were written to expose and correct some of these false teachings. James is no exception to...
View ArticleThe Jaws of Temptation
1 Corinthians 10.13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will...
View ArticleThe War Within
Paul couldn’t make it clearer than he did in Romans chapter 7: Until we get our new bodies and go to be with Jesus, there is going to be a vicious battle against temptation and fleshly lusts. This is...
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