Spiritual Warfare

The message emphasizes the necessity of unwavering obedience to the Word of God, rebuking those who selectively embrace portions of the Scriptures while rejecting others or attempting to justify their actions with worldly philosophies. It underscores the importance of confronting 'gainsayers'—those who contradict scripture—with biblical truth, advocating for a resolute stance against deceptive tea...

"In the last days perilous times shall come..." The believer in Christ faces many perils in these last days. The greatest peril is always the tendency of our own heart to want to conform to the world around us and not be so different from everyone else. In these last days it is going to be impossible for us to be faithful to Jesus and at the same time to conform to the world around us and follow t...

"When I consider..." said David, the man after God's own heart. This is the greatest difference in the people that truly know God and those who trifle away their soul by playing religion all their life. Only a few "consider" God while most never take the time. They may consider doctrine, the things going on at church, and even gather a lot of Bible knowledge, but never consider how big God is. A t...

No matter what the Bible plainly says, and conscience approves, every generation has those who think they can live in continual, habitual sin and go to heaven when they die. Also, in every generation there are enough false preachers and teachers who will nurture that vain hope in unconverted people and seal their eternal doom. People are so foolish and easily deceived that we give the devil more c...

Most people who make an attempt to know God miss Him because they seek only his hand and not his face. All men need God, and all men seek his hand. Only those who seek his face find that relationship that God made possible through his plan of redemption for sinful man. Learn to love the Giver and not just the gift.

"Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God." If you will not listen, you will never have saving faith. Faith comes by hearing the Word of God, and absolutely no other way - not by a good upbringing, or a lot of knowledge, or resolve, but through a divine miracle that occurs when you are listening for God to speak to you through the Word of God. To "hear" is to pay attention, to atten...

Selfishness, self-centeredness, and self-pity lie at the root of most mental and emotional issues, as well as all bitterness, anger, and wrath. The depth of our selfishness is revealed by our attitudes and priorities. When we prioritize ourselves—our problems, possessions, or pride over the needs of others, we show that we have no charity. Following Christ requires the denial of self, which is dif...

The Christian life includes a great conflict against the forces of sin and evil. This "race" we are running is not a competition between believers to find out who is the greatest, but a warfare that we all fight together. If we expect to be crowned when it is over we must enter the race, then run lawfully, and finish our course. In order to do that we are going to have to lay aside some things and...

The idea of duplicity in people is spoken of throughout the Bible and is always condemned. Jesus spoke of hypocrites at least 23 times in the Gospels. We are talking about people having two different personalities, changing into another person and acting completely different, moods, fits of anger, fits of melancholy and depression. Singleness of heart, simplicity, and sincerity are always spoken o...

The first two verses of Romans 12 make it very clear that how we present our bodies in this world is a very important matter. So It is NOT only what is on the inside that counts. How we present our bodies has to do with our appearance, the clothes we wear, hygiene, the words we speak with our tongue, the things we use our body to do, and so much more. We are not to be conformed to this world (v. 2...

As an illustration of what this message is about AI wrote this summary of the sermon and did it better than I could: The sermon explores the impending arrival of a deceptive era, drawing parallels to the days before the flood and emphasizing the allure of artificial intelligence as a sophisticated snare. It cautions against complacency and encourages discernment, highlighting the potential for eve...

Do you ever wonder why some people who profess to be Christians are so different from others? Some live holy, clean, dedicated lives from the day they are saved until they die, while it is hard to tell others from the common sinners of the world. The answer to that question is that one is real and the other is not. They are either deceived or they are just plain hypocrites. The difference is one h...

There is a fatal error in modern Christianity and it is the teaching a person that salvation is a get-out-of-hell-free card, and a free ticket to heaven, while leaving him in the bondage of sin while he lives on earth. Jesus did more for us than that! "Ye shall not surely die" when you disregard God and his Word has been the lie of the devil since the beginning. If the salvation that Jesus provide...

Am I really saved? Am I really a child of God? What am I basing my assurance on? We must make sure that we are not just living on imagination. Men and women are very prone to fall in love with the fictions of their imaginations and stumble right off into hell over them. Your trust in God, and what you expect Him to do for you, must be based on truth and not on imagination. And the only reliable an...

What a calamity it will be when all but a few of the people who have ever lived on earth face God and find themselves condemned and told to "Depart from me, ye that work iniquity, for I never knew you!" Multitudes go to church and have convinced themselves that their religion, or their empty profession of faith is their free pass into heaven, but they have never sought the face of God. It is a ver...

Paul and Silas had a woman following them who was telling everyone that they were the servants of the most high God, and that they were showing the way of salvation. She would have been appreciated in about any church now, but she was possessed with a devil. Paul was grieved and put a stop to her talking on his behalf. It was damaging to the work of God and the souls of the people who heard her. W...

We cannot believe anything that we read or see anymore. Reality and fantasy are becoming indistinguishable. There is a quote that is attributed to a woman from Germany who lived in the 20th century that goes like this: "If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer." This is the snare that we find ourselves in...

One of our biggest stumbling blocks is to look at our future according to the present circumstances. Many lose hope because things look so bad at the present time. But things always change. "…it came to pass" is mentioned 457 times in the Word of God. Everything "comes to pass." There is always a morning after a night, the sun always shines again after the storm and the rain, and there is always r...

Consider a few things that will help us to remedy the pride that grows in us so easily. Endeavor to see yourself as you are, your lowliness and utter helplessness, and to see God as He is in his glory and holiness and power. This is part of what church services are to be about: and why hymns that show forth the honor and majesty and glory of God are so important. At the same time be persuaded of t...

A man's pride shall bring him low – this is a promise of God, a statement of fact, and a sure prophecy for everyone who walk in pride. This can be accomplished at the cross of Christ for the few that will come and set their eyes upon Jesus and see themselves as they are in his sight. Otherwise, the most potent remedy for this sin of all sins is to be brought low, very low. It is the hope of everyo...

We all hate pride in others, but fail to see it in ourselves. It is the original sin, and it is the cause of all strife and contention. It ruins everything. But we refuse to kill it in ourselves, and even count it as some kind of virtue. It even ruins the effect of the Word of God and the message of the Gospel. The Bible clearly teaches us to judge and discern between good and evil, and especially...

Sin and evil are not the same thing. Sin is the transgression or trespass against God and other men. Evil is the environment created by sin. Evil is the effects of sin. The sin of man turns everyone against one another and causes strife, confusion, hatred, malice, along with all the grief, sorrow, loss, calamity, and pain that the world is full of. Since Adam and Eve ate of the tree of the knowled...

The title is meant to get your attention. However, it is very true that only trusting Christ will not bring about the new birth. The devil has managed to water down the Gospel until most only believe half of it. It is repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ that brings about salvation. Repentance alone will not save anyone, but neither will simply "trusting" Christ for a better li...

Has anyone else noticed that the music is gone? Music used to make people happy and cheer tired, burdened, and discouraged hearts. The sound of music is gone, and what is now called music is nothing more than noise that speaks to the emotions of hatred, anger, rebellion, blasphemy, and profanity, as well as sexual immorality. Without a song in the heart, life is pretty much meaningless, and very b...

I have great assurance that I have that I am a child of God is when I look into my heart and find that it is so different from the world around me. I am so sick and tired of the envy and strife, the pushing and shoving, the blaming, the hating, the evil speaking, and evil imaginations that everyone has against everyone else. That is the world I am looking forward to leaving someday soon. What does...