Luke 3:23, "And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli."
Even the genealogies are inspired by God and profitable (2 Tim. 3:16). Matthew traces Jesus' genealogy through Joseph back to Solomon. However, there was a curse placed on one of Solomon's sons named Jechonias (Jer. 22:24-30),...
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AT NIGHT AND SEE A BUNCH OF YOUNG KIDS COMING IN YOUR DIRECTION? IT IS A SHAME BUT WE TEND TO WANT TO CROSS THE STREET. WHY IS THIS? I THINK IT IS BECAUSE WE IMMEDIATELY THINK THEY ARE UP...
John 1:16, "And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace."
The Christian life is not like an insurance policy that only pays off when we die and go to heaven. Every believer has now received the grace of God and the fullness of God. We are now complete in Him (Col. 2:9-10).
BEFORE I GET STARTED THIS MORNING, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL. LAST YEAR HAD ITS PROBLEMS. SOME OF YOU LOST LOVE ONES, SOME GOT SOME BAD NEWS ON THEIR HEALTH AND SOME HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
FOR YOU THAT LOST SOMEONE, I BELIEVE I CAN SPEAK FOR ALL THE REST OF US WHO LOVE YOU IN SAYING...
HAVE YOU SEEN PEOPLE WHO TITHE OR GIVE TO THE POOR AND HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW JUST HOW MUCH THEY GAVE? THEY EVIDENTLY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT MOTIVATION FOR GIVING. IN THE FIRST 4 VERSES OF MATTHEW 6, JESUS HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT GIVING. "Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father...
Mark 16:20 "And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen."
The Lord confirmed the preaching of His Word with miracles. If Jesus and the first century Christians needed the Word confirmed with the miraculous (Heb. 2:4), then we do too. There is no scripture that says these miraculous...
A WHILE BACK I TALKED ABOUT SATAN, DEVILS AND DEMONS. TODAY LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT DEMONS. DO YOU THINK A DEMON POSSESSED PERSON CAN BE A CHRISTIAN? I REALLY DON'T SINCE A TRUE BORN AGAIN PERSON IS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND WITH THAT POWER INSIDE YOU, NO DEMON...
Mark 16:18 "They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
This either speaks literally of supernatural protection if we pick up a snake, or symbolically of protection in our fight against the devil. Since the other four signs in this list are literal, it is most...
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD A MARRIED COUPLE SAY THAT THEY REALLY LOVE EACH OTHER? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THAT SAME COUPLE GET INTO AN ARGUMENT AND AS SOON AS ONE OF THEM GETS ANGRY, OUT COMES A LIST OF THE OTHERS PAST WRONG DOINGS? THIS IS NOT TRUE LOVE. TRUE LOVE IS WHAT JESUS DID FOR US. ALTHOUGH WE SIN, HE NEVER RECALLS ANY PAST SINS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED BECAUSE IN PSALM 103:12 IT SAYS "...
