(Jude 1)…..Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ.” Jude is of the same group who would identify themselves as the “called” of Christ. The same is true for us who believe on Jesus Christ for our salvation. We have been called by God…..
This calling was not …
(Romans 16:21-27)…..21 Timothy, my fellow worker, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, greet you. 22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, my host and the host of the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother. 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Grace! There may be no sweeter word known to mankind. It is by Grace that God has granted us His merciful kindness by, turning …
If you had the blessing of joining our service yesterday in person, or online, you would remember that Pastor preached on Paul’s challenge to Timothy to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. So I thought I would continue with the topic of grace in todays devotional. (Titus 2:11-14)…..“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing …
Man left alone, without Christ, will produce his own philosophy of who God is, and his own philosophy about eternal things (Romans 1:20-23). But, as (1 Corinthians 1:20) tells us, God has destroyed the wisdom of the wise, the scribe, and the disputer (philosopher) of this age, making them look foolish. How? God in His wisdom established that men/women would never find God through worldly wisdom (human intellect) no matter how hard they tried. Instead, it pleased God to make Himself known through the preaching of the gospel, saving …
The phrase after this (meta tauta in Greek) is repeated twice in (Revelation 4:1). The Bible has other important references to heaven, in passages such as (Isaiah 6:1-8) (Ezekiel 1), and in passages describing the Tabernacle, which symbolically describes heaven (Exodus 25-32) (Exodus 35-40).
After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.”
After these things. After …
O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me, 2 Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands, 4 If I have repaid evil to him who was at peace with me, Or have plundered my enemy without cause, 5 Let the enemy pursue me and overtake me; Yes, let him trample …
The words that we speak really do reveal what is in our heart. Out of the abundance of the heart -the mouth speaks (Matthew 12:33-37). Notice – it is a result of the treasure stored in our heart (Matthew 12:35). Consider for a moment what your words reveal about you? Our words can sometimes hurt other peopleLying and flattery can be destructive – (Proverbs 26:28)
Gossip creates strife and can destroys friendships (Proverbs 16:27-28) (Proverbs 17:9). Neighborly relations can be destroyed(Proverbs 11:9).
Instead, we can …
Again we are looking at the text of (2 Timothy 3:1-5)…..But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! In these 3 verses, Paul describes the kind of people who …
(2 Timothy 3:1-5)…..But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Apostle John penned the following prayer, when Jesus promised to return quickly, “Even …
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Pastor Dan Nickeson preaches from 2 Timothy 1:15-18
