Pearls of Wisdom from Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, Florida

From the book of James we learn the importance of prayer in our Christian life. You can watch a video of this same message here: https://www.youtube.com/@ChurchOfChristPearlsOfWisdom ******* Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

This is lesson number 5 of the Revelation of Jesus Christ series. Revelation chapter 1 verse 5. You can watch a video of this same message here: https://www.youtube.com/@ChurchOfChristPearlsOfWisdom ******* Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

It's an age old question in the church, so we answer it biblically once and for all. ******* Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

We Christians, members of the body of Christ, are to be united just as God is united within Himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ******* Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

The year 2024 marks the 413th anniversary of the King James Bible, so let us pay tribute and look at the history of this Bible translation. Was Shakespeare involved in this Bible translation work? ******* Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

We should want all of God, not a small amount of God that hopes to sooth our conscience but won't save our soul. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

The prosperity gospel is not the biblical gospel, and usually the only people who grow in wealth are the ones preaching that aberrant gospel. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

We must be careful who we associate with. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

Encouraging words from our heavenly Father. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

The way to success in earthly endeavors is not the same way to success with God. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

There are different ways to study the Bible, but studying whole chapters together, in context, is a great way to truly learn what God is trying to communicate to us through the Scriptures. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

People often imitate stars and celebrities and even criminals, but there is only one life worth imitating for a lifetime. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

God wants His people to assemble together, and He has told us how it should be done, and that includes children. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

Many predictions truly frighten people, such as the end of the world in 2012 as supposedly predicted by the Mayan calendar coming to an end. But there is one date that should put every person on the alert. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

When we look at the commands in the Bible, we think of this phrase, "expressio unius est exclusio alterius." It is a Latin term literally meaning "the expression of one thing is the exclusion of the other." We need to take God's word at face value, and not, like WC Fields reportedly did on his deathbed, look for loopholes in the Bible. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay...

Hebrews 10:24 encourages believers to provoke unto good works. What does that mean? +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

Hebrews 10:24 encourages believers to provoke unto love and good works. What does that mean? +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

The legacy of Abraham Lincoln is connected closely to the word emancipation. The legacy of Charles Darwin is connected to the word evolution. What very different impacts these two have had on the world. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

Someone had to follow Moses as the leader of Israel. Someone had to follow Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States. God continues carrying on His work today through men, but no man is inexpendable. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

The problem with the Roman Road is that its travelers begin in the right place, but they don't have the complete map to salvation that other Scriptures include. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

Every organization of people is made up of a variety of roles, most of which are hardly seen, but their work is vital behind the scenes. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

We begin this study of glory by looking at the prayer of Jesus in John 17, which is sometimes called The High Priestly Prayer or the Prayer for Unity. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

Hear inspirational stories about Charles Tinley, Jacob Creath Sr., Fanny Crosby, and Glenn Cunnhingham. They overcame, and so can you! +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

This Benjamin Franklin has quite a story, growing up from a challenging childhood into a great preacher and man of God around the time of the American Civil War. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/

The prophet Jeremiah told the corrupt people who thought that judgment would not fall on them to "remember Shiloh." This warning about Shiloh echoes down through the ages to us today. +++++++ Hear more messages and find out more about Oyster Bay Church of Christ in Crawfordville, FL on our website: https://www.oysterbaychurchofchrist.org/