Second Corinthians 1-2
An audio sermon on 2 Corinthians 1-2, where Paul speaks of the God of all comfort and forgiving the repentant brother. The post contains the text of both chapters.
Tag: Spirit
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Unity in the Church Requires Personal Contentment
Unity in the church requires personal contentment toward 1) Self, 2) Others, 3) God (Ephesians 4:1-3). Each person should see contentment as key to a united church.
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First Corinthians 15-16
An audio sermon on 1 Corinthians 15-16, on the gospel, the resurrection of Christ and the dead, and the collection for the saints. The post contains the chapters' text.
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Jesus Our Brother (Part 3)
He experienced death for everyone so that He would know what it is like to die, but more than this, so that He could show us that death can be conquered.
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The Victorious are Blessed
In this lesson, we will study the Seven Beatitudes of Revelation. The hearer should understand what it means to be blessed in Jesus.
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On New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve I will 1) Forget the things that are behind, 2) Reach forward to the things that are ahead, and 3) Press toward the goal. Each listener should be resolved to leave things in the past that need to stay in the past, remember what is important for the future, and seek to finish their race.
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First Corinthians 13-14
An audio sermon on 1 Corinthians 13-14, Paul's chapters on love as the more excellent way and on tongues and prophecy in worship. The post contains the chapters' text.
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First Corinthians 11-12
An audio sermon on 1 Corinthians 11-12, covering the head covering, the Lord's Supper, and spiritual gifts in the one body. The post contains the text of both chapters.
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Christian Graces – Love
To add agape love to our lives we must 1) Know and Believe Jesus, 2) Understand the Proper Place of Self, 3) See Others as God Sees Them. The listener should be able to understand how all the Christian Graces work together to promote agape love through Christ Jesus. This lesson is designed to show how the Christian Graces culminate in love and relate to Jesus and His life.
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Lying to the Holy Spirit
In this lesson we will look at the first internal problem for the church and how it was handled. We will then draw some practical lessons from the text. Each hearer should learn that God is always watching what we do and knows our motives, thoughts, and actions. We cannot get away with sinning against God.
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What is the First Resurrection? What is the Thousand Year Reign?
This means that the saints that reign with Christ for 1000 years are people who have been come into the likeness of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ; these are the saved. It is the saved that reign with Christ for 1000 years. Consider what Peter says in 1 Peter 2:9, “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.”
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For This, I’m Thankful
For this I'm thankful (Hebrews 13:10-15): 1) The Creation, 2) The Bible, 3) Family and Friends, 4) The Church, 5) Jesus. Each person should consider how to be thankful.
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First Corinthians Seven and Eight – To the Married
It is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
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A Sermon on 1 Corinthians 5-6
An audio sermon on 1 Corinthians 5-6, which address immorality in the church, lawsuits among brethren, and glorifying God in the body. The post holds the chapters' text.
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Essential Ingredients to Effective Evangelism
In this lesson, we will discuss the conversion of the three thousand in Acts chapter 2 and the essential ingredients to effective evangelism. This includes 1) The Presence of the Holy Spirit, 2) People of the Dispersion, 3) Prophets of the Old Testament, 4) Preachers of the Gospel, 5) Penitent of Heart, 6) Persistent in Faithfulness. The hearer should be familiar with the events in Acts 2 and the principles of evangelism as related to this conversion account. The aim of this lesson is to help the hearer understand more about the principles of evangelism taught in Acts 2.
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First Corinthians Two Through Three – Jesus Christ and Him Crucified
Knowing Christ and Him Crucified means having 1) God’s Wisdom, 2) The Mind of Christ, 3) God’s Temple. The objective of this lesson is to study and learn 1 Corinthians 2-3 in a structured way so as to understand and avoid the divisions of the church in Corinth.
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Arrested for Preaching the Resurrection
In this lesson, we will study Acts 4. The apostles were arrested for preaching the resurrection. How did they handle this? We will note: 1) The Situation of the Arrest, 2) The Steadfastness of the Apostles, 3) The Sentence of the Sanhedrim, 4) The Supplication of the Saints. The hearer will be able to understand how the early church dealt with the problem of preaching the gospel in the face of opposition. We want to know how the early church handled problems so that we can imitate their faith.
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First Corinthians Chapter One
In this lesson we will look at the three main points of First Corinthians chapter 1: 1) Acknowledgement of Good, 2) Appeal for Unity, and 3) Authority for Action. The hearer should understand that Christ and Him crucified is the standard upon which unity and good works originate today.
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What Does It Mean to Quench the Spirit?
When you quench a fire, you put out the fire. When you quench your thirst, your thirst goes away. The word “spirit” here could refer to the Holy Spirit, or one’s own personal spirit. Either way, spirit is the source of all things spiritual. So the basic meaning of the command is not to put out the source of all things spiritual.
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When is the Kingdom not the Church?
So usually when we read about the kingdom in the New Testament, it has reference to the church and vice versa. However, there are a couple of passages where the term kingdom doesn’t refer to the church, but to heaven.
