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Influence
How much influence do you have? How much influence do others have on you? How much influence does the television have on you? Three question that are asked now to show the power of influence. Answer each question before going to the next question. Write down your answers. Question #1: Write down the five sermons that have influenced you over your life time. Question #2: Write down the five events that have made the most impact in your life. Question #3: Write down five people that have influenced you the most in your life. Now...
If Jesus Came
If Jesus Came Would you have to change your clothes before you let Him in? Or hide some magazines, and put the Bible where they’d been? Would you hide your worldly music and put some hymn books out? Could you let Jesus walk right in, or would you rush about? And I wonder… if the Savior spent a day or two with you Would you go right on doing, the things you always do? Would you to right on saying, the things you always say? Or would lift for you continue as it does from...Continue reading
Easter
The word “Easter” appears one time in the King James Version of the Bible in Acts 12:4 which reads, “And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.” The New King James Version of the Bible in this same passage reads: “So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.”...Continue reading
Science vs. God
“Let me explain the problem science has with Jesus Christ. The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. “You’re a Christian, aren’t you, son?” “Yes sir,” the student says. “So you believe in God?” “Absolutely,” replied the student. “Is God good?” The student answered, “Sure! God’s good.” “Is God powerful? Can God do anything?” “Yes,” said the student. “Are you good or evil?” “The Bible says I’m evil,” said the student. The professor grins knowingly. “Aha! The Bible!” He considers for a moment. Here’s...Continue reading
Was the Blood of Christ Spilt?
spill \ˈspil\ verb spilled \ˈspild, ˈspilt\ also spilt \ˈspilt\ ; spill•ing [Middle English, from Old English spillan; akin to Old English spildan to destroy and perhaps to Latin spolium animal skin, Greek sphallein to cause to fall](before 12th century) transitive verb 1 a archaic : kill, destroy b : to cause (blood) to flow 2 : to cause or allow especially accidentally or unintentionally to fall, flow, or run out so as to be lost or wasted 3 a : to relieve (a sail) from the pressure of the wind so as to reef or...
A Good Day
How do we have a good day? How can one day be a good day and another day being not so good, and even sometimes bad? The attitude that we have is what makes the difference. If we make up our minds to have a good day the result is a good day. It does not matter if bad things happen to us on that day, it will still turn out to be a good day. Paul gives us a formula to have a good day. If we apply these principles to each day; we...Continue reading
What Do We Need to Do in Serving the Lord?
In 2 Chronicles 20 we find that Judah has been invaded by the Moabites, Ammonites and later those of Mount Seir. Jehoshaphat was the king of Judah and for the most part was a righteous king. He made some alliances with Israel that would hurt him in many ways. In the case before us we find many attributes that we ought to emulate. Let us study these for the purpose of our article. The first attribute is found in 2 Chronicles 20:3, “and Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a...
Who Is the Devil?
As Christians we are to put on the whole armor of God. (Ephesians 6: 10ff). We are not just to put on the armor but the Bible says we are to put on the whole armor of God. The reason we are to put on the whole armor of God is because of the devil. We are to put on the whole armor of God because of the wiles of the devil (6:11). We are to put on the whole armor of God because we are not in a physical fight, but we are in...
Service
What kind of work would you like to do for the Lord? Would you like to visit others? Would you like to teach the lost? Would you like to help teach the saved how to keep being saved? Would you like to teach someone how to study the Bible? Would you like to help with folks who have some kind of hardship? You can not do nothing and be saved! We understand this when it comes to being saved. When the question is asked, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37). The answer...Continue reading
Love
Charity is introduced to us in 1 Corinthians in chapter 8. Most people would not think that this subject matter would be with things offered to idols. However, charity in this case is contrasted with knowledge. When we deal with other people, there are fundamentals that are unchanging and cannot be compromised. There are areas of life that are not essential and must be dealt with in the understanding of love. Love is the basic principle in every aspect of our life. Dealing with brethren, charity is to be involved. Remember it was the second...