Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
The discipline of a child is a tremendous responsibility, not to be taken either lightly or angrily. Certainly that child needs to know that there are limits to what he should do. He needs to understand that doing some things are harmful to himself and to others....
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
It has been often said that the Bible doesn’t try to prove the existence of God – it is something just assumed. And that is quite natural, because, despite the depravity of the human heart, all men instinctively know that there is God. It is only through...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Picture an American family living close to the apex of society. The mother of the family grew up in the lap of luxury – her father was one of the 3,028,000 millionaires in this country. This family, however, doesn’t need grandfather’s money, because...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
With verse 7, Paul comes directly to the doctrine of election – he deals with it point blank for quite some time. And as I said earlier, to soften the blow, he has given us this introduction about his love for Israel, and he has described some of the blessings...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
This is one of those scriptures which needs to be taught and re-taught; re-taught and re-taught. But it’s not because it is difficult to understand or interpret. All that it really needs is to be read with an open mind, because the words are not difficult....
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
As I have often said, one of the purposes and blessings of an expository study such as this one, is to give ourselves the opportunity to look at a variety of subjects. Perhaps we’d not be looking at this theme, if we weren’t confronted with it right here....
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
This morning, I’d like you to think about the mercy of God. I’m giving this message the title “Essential Mercy.” Now, I am a semi-organized person – or at least I think so. One of the things that I have tried to do since the beginning of...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
No Christian should ever be afraid of the Bible. There is never any reason to fear what God says – about anything. Even if the Lord is talking about things that are frightening or unpleasant, if it is the Lord who is talking, then it is for our good to listen,...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Let’s say that you are almost eight-years-old, and your birthday is coming up in just a few days. You have been expressing for weeks that there is a particular toy that you really, really, really want to have. It is expensive; it is something that none of your...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I believe that there are rules which must be applied to the exposition, interpretation and application of the Bible. Some of those rules are quite simple, and yet some Bible teachers deliberately break them. For example, if the Bible says that something is red, then...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
One of the saddest things in all the world is sight of someone trying to be a Christian. Generally speaking, when someone is trying to be a Christian, you can be sure that he is not a Christian. But we are talking about someone who is openly religious. He may make...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
We know from the Book of Acts that Peter and Paul had met on several occasions – They met at fellowship meetings in Jerusalem and at other church gatherings, such as at Antioch. Peter was the venerable servant of the Lord, while Paul, perhaps the same age, was...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
The Lord Jesus loved to use parables to teach spiritual and eternal truth. He used illustrations taken from the common life of Israel in order to teach about Heaven. And He used stories, sometimes simple and familiar stories but sometimes made-up – fictitious...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I couldn’t believe that it has been this long, but six years ago we made a study of Paul’s Prayers. I believed at the time that it was relatively exhaustive, but apparently I was mistaken. We didn’t look at Romans 10 when we made that study. This...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
“Anne of Green Gables” is celebrating its hundredth birthday this year. That book has had a phenomenal success, selling more than 50 million copies. In fact, according to Wikopedia, there have been only three books published in the 20th century which have...
