Today I would like to give to you three examples of thanksgiving from events in our Lord’s ministry. I will put these examples into a modern context. As I describe them to you, I would have you answer two questions: Which one is an example of true thanksgiving? And, Which one is true of you? […]
Love without deeds and actions is no love at all, but only a hollow word. The true love of God in you will be seen in concrete deeds, in how you live, in a life of obedience to God. That is true of God’s love. Its reality is seen in what it did, for God’s […]
As a jeweler focuses his eye with a steady gaze upon a diamond to see its glittering facets and marvel at its brilliance; so we have looked at the diamond of the fruit of the Spirit, whose facets are “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Each […]
It is a privilege for me to speak to you in behalf of my Master. I feel that very keenly as I see you as precious to God in the blood of His Son and as I have grown in the love of God for you in these past days. BUT, it is a privilege […]
Galatians 5:22, 23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” A beautiful person is described in these verses. It is the beauty of holiness. It is the beauty of a person in whom dwells the Holy Spirit. You can know […]
Servants are the only kind of persons in the Church of Jesus Christ. Whether it be an old saint with white hair, a mother with three children, a little child, a teenage girl; it makes no difference; they are all servants. Your name is Servant, Slave of Jesus Christ. When Christ saved you, you became […]
I. We are especially called to remember our Creator in the Church. A. What is the Church? 1. In general. a. The Church is the living body of Jesus Christ which is composed of all those whom God has eternally elected in Christ. I Cor. 12:27, I Peter 2:5&9. b. As such the […]