I'll Be Honest

The Bible calls us to put off the old man with his practices, and one practice, in particular, is lying. Interestingly, one of the reasons Paul tells us to put off lying is because we are members of one another. When we lie to others in the church, it damages our fellowship with them. If we are going to live as new men and have good fellowship with others in the church, we need to put off lying an...

Once you stop believing that the offer of the Gospel is valid for lost sinners, then it only leads you to no longer evangelize. Yet no lost sinner in the Bible is ever told that they cannot come because there is no sufficiency in Christ's atonement.

Our emphasis must be on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, for it alone will produce true godliness. We can emphasize external things all day long and it will not produce true holiness. Preach on 7/28/2013 Paul Washer of HeartCry

One great sign of a healthy church is that when sin creeps into your life and you get "unhealthy"; other believers in the church are able to spot it in your life, give you the remedy, and then point you in the right direction. Having fellowship with like-minded believers is a vital part in our sanctification and being made more holy.

Homeschooling is not Christianity, it is not the badge of you being godly, it is not the great means in order to raise great children. It is the Gospel of Jesus Christ! - Paul Washer

Unbelief is a sin and it's never presented in the Bible as something innocent. Some say "I don't have enough evidence to believe." Yet believing in Christ is never presented like that. Men have overwhelming evidence and yet they still refuse to believe.

If men don't come to Christ, their inability to not come is that they love their idols more. There is only one thing that keeps men from coming to Christ and it is because they are wickedly married to their sins and refuse to come.

Mt. Sinai says "Do this and you will live." Yet Mt. Zion shouts "It is finished!" Mt. Zion is a mountain for those to come to who have nothing to offer but instead trust in Jesus Christ who perfectly kept the Law on their behalf. He promises to save those who come from the penalty and power of their sins.

Refusing God is not always an outright defiance like Pharaoh saying "Who is the Lord that I should obey Him?" It's not always like that. Sometimes you just refuse Him when it just gets to the point where the race is hard and you make excuses and ignore what He says.

Asking someone what they think about Jesus Christ is one of the most telling questions you can ask in order to discern where someone is spiritually.

From conception to resurrection the Spirit of God was active in the earthly life of the Lord Jesus Christ. In this sermon Mack looks at the much forgotten humanity of Jesus Christ and how much He depended upon the Holy Spirit. In trying to defend the deity of Christ we must never go to the extreme of lessening His humanity.

God does not supply the Spirit to you because you have fulfilled some legalistic checklist of expectations. He does it simply because you believe the Gospel.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. - 1 Corinthians 1:25

We must never forget that God uses us as the means by which to reach the man down our street who has not heard the Gospel. The Lord calls us to turn from passivity and command men to come to Christ that they might be saved.

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. - 1 John 4:20

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. - Hebrews 13:4

To resist the love of money is to resist the love of the things that money can get you and what those things promise you. It all comes back to faith. Do we believe the promises made to us in the Word of God or in the TV commercials. Do you believe that your possessions will ultimately satisfy or that Christ will?

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. - Mark 10:45 Excerpt from the full sermon: The Christian's Love for the Blood Bought Ones

Christian love does not undervalue or disregard natural family ties; it gives them their due importance and condemns those who are without natural affection. - David Hiebert

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. And His high priestly work of sacrificing Himself to put away sin was once and for all and He always lives to make intercession for us. Therefore we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"

It is so burdensome to me when I want to preach about something like love because it forces me, when I look at the text, to look at the mirror of my own life and see how small my love, how inconstant my love truly is. - Paul Washer

In the Old Testament the high priests that served in the temple were never allowed to feast on the great sacrifice of atonement, which was only once a year. Yet as believers we can feast on Christ morning, noon, evening, and in the middle of the night. God gives us the right to feast on His Son.

So often folks think "I've gotta have a ministry" but you know what ministry means? It means to serve. All of our "ministries" are about serving. It's not about an official capacity, it's about humbly serving others for their sake, not your own.

Bob Jennings preaches on "The Gospel of the Glory of Christ" (see 2 Corinthians 4:4), a very helpful consideration of the hindrances, content, and spread of the Gospel of Christ. From Granted Ministries Conference 2008

The Christian is called to follow Christ and move into the realm of Him who abandoned comfort and safety and went outside of the camp to suffer and die upon the Cross for our sins.