Zane Hodges Library

Even though eternal salvation is free, the Christian life is rugged and tough. The Christian life is for fighters. In this passage from the book of Judges regarding the left-handed Ehud and the children of Israel 's struggle against the Moabites and their fat Moabite king, Eglon, Zane illustrates how this is also a pattern of a Christian's struggle against his own sinful flesh. The sinful flesh's...

When we do not follow the Lord and invite His anger, we are asking for trouble.  God uses troubles to teach use spiritual warfare. The troubles that come into our lives because of our disobedience, are troubles that can teach us to fight the good fight of faith so that we can learn that God can give us victory over anything. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world.  Other passages mentioned...

In this message given the day after Zane's 65-year-old birthday party, Zane looks at the nation of Israel and their turning away from the Lord after the times of Joshua and various judges. Zane applies this as an illustration and warning for our own Christian lives. A Christian can drift so far from God that God is a stranger to such Christian. The surest evidence that we as Christians are not hav...

Iron chariots were not a problem for the Almighty God, but they were a problem for the tribe of Judah.  Do we have problems in our lives, like the iron chariots, that we think there is no hope? When the iron chariots of the enemy appear in our lives, with God on your side, it is always too soon to quit. The iron chariots were too big and too strong for the whole tribe of Judah, but the sons of a g...

What can we learn from Caleb offering his daughter's hand in marriage to whoever attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it?  What kind of son in law did Caleb want for his daughter?  What kind of spouse would we choose for our children and what can we do about it?  What do our children need that is as important as food on the table and clothes on their backs?  Other passage mentioned include: Numbers 13...

In this introduction to the Book of Judges, we discover that Judges is a manual and primer on Christian warfare.  The greatest and mightiest military leader that we can possibly follow is our Captain Jesus Christ.  If we follow Him into battle trusting in His power, He can lead us to victory.  Other passages mentioned include: Exodus 21-24-25; 1 Peter 2:11-12; Numbers 13:22, 28, 32-33; Joshua 15:1...

Zane examines the work of the Holy Spirit in the national repentance of Israel during the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.  True and deeply felt repentance is always a work of God, whenever it occurs.  All of us need the work of the Holy Spirit in our hearts to produce the kind of spiritual repentance that God desires. The history of the nation of Israel is the history of the human heart wr...

By examining Micah 4:11-5:8, Zane Hodges provides further details on the man known in the New Testament as the beast, the man of sin or the son of perdition.  With these prophecies, we should be on our tip toes expecting the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Let us keep looking up.  Other passages mentioned include: Zechariah 12:1-9; Matthew 2:4-6; Revelation 12:17; Matthew 24:14; Genesis 2:14; 10...

The church needs faith, courage, kindness, compassion and courtesy.  When we have the courage to speak up for God, it is amazing what God can do with our simple words. There may be a limit on what you can give to God financially, but there is no limit on kindness, compassion and courtesy to others. Passages mentioned include 1 Samuel 16:7; Ephesians 4:32; and 1 Peter 3:8.

What is the difference between saving faith and assurance?   Why is the nature of the gospel message, such that when a person believes the biblical gospel, he necessarily has the assurance of eternal salvation?  If a person is not assured of his eternal salvation, then that person is not believing the gospel message of eternal life.  Believing something false never saved anybody, although believin...

Was the new birth unknown before the day of Pentecost?  Were Old Testament saints indwelt with the Holy Spirit?  What is the distinction between the work of the Holy Spirit in regenerating people in giving them new life and the work of the Holy Spirit in baptizing them into the body of Christ?  If the uniqueness of the Christian Church is not that we are born again, not that we are children of God...

If we had been in Job's place, could we have spoken as Job did, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord."? God never allows His people to experience more than they can take with His strength and grace. "Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" Are we prepared and committed to God to accept adversity and to remain loyal to Him?...

Every Christian is a walking temple of God.  As we look at this passage about Solomon's temple in Jerusalem, we will learn principles that are applicable to ourselves, because we are a walking temple of God.  God is concerned with small things, very frequently surprising us by bypassing big things to deal with small things.  God works frequently and effectively through small groups and objects.  W...

"Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God."  What do you really know about the comfort of God?  Do you understand God's comfort in your own life and are you able to share it with other people?  Our hearts and lives are not ready for the blessings with which God desires to comfort us until we know something about comforting other people in their need.  When God's people pursue equity, hones...

Zane demonstrates that we see the ministerial grace, familial grace, professional grace, hospitable grace, prominent grace and condescending grace of our Lord Jesus Christ through other Christians.  Stay close to the people of God, all of your life, because if you do you will always be in touch with the grace of God.  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.  Other passages mentio...

Everyone is an actor in the stage of life. The play is a struggle of good versus evil in the sight of men and angels.  Who are you? What role do you have in this spiritual battle? Ultimate victory only comes in the face of apparent defeat.

Our Lord has committed to each Christian, responsibility in line with the capacity that He knows that each Christian possesses and in accordance with His knowledge of what each Christian is able to do for Him by His grace.  There is a day of reckoning for every Christian, not to determine our eternal destiny, but to evaluate the kind of life and service that each Christian has lived here on earth....

How do I really know that I have eternal life? We, as Christians, need the assurance that our basic relationship with our heavenly Father is not altered even by our failures or even by our sins. Does assurance come from seeking and serving God with the utmost diligence? Does assurance really rest on our perseverance in good works until the end of life? The fundamental grounds for assurance that we...

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his house?  There is no greater incentive to faithful living then the realization that our Lord Jesus Christ may come back at any time.  When that realization is lost, very much else may be lost also.

Jesus Christ, our Lord, is the Friend who comes in when all the world has come out. As believers in Jesus Christ all of our temporary sorrows will be swallowed up in unbelievable eternal joy. Other passages mentioned include: Hebrews 4:15; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18; and 2 Timothy 2:13

If you lose your compassion for other people and if you lose humility of heart, there is danger that you will lose your confidence in the Word of God. If we are people who care about other people and if we are men and women who have a humble heart, then we can also be men and women who have great confidence in God's grace. If you would like to bring up the ragtag rear of the Christian army, then b...

The words that come out of our mouth are the fruit of our inner life.  The way we act in response to the Word of God decides the way we end.  In eternity there are no monuments to people who live life their own way.  The monuments of eternity belong to those whose good character is revealed in their words and whose commitment to Jesus Christ is revealed in their deeds of obedience.

Three pieces of advice for Christian advisors: First, you get back what you give. Second, you cannot lead the way if you do not see the road. Third, if you need major surgery, operate on yourself first.

What is the antidote for the sickness of hostility and resentment towards others in the human heart? The very best antidote to that kind of sickness is a medicine whose ingredients include loving, doing good, blessing and praying. What does it mean to turn the other cheek? Other passage discussed includes: John 18:19-23.

What is real success all about? What is your lifestyle really worth?  If you are a born again person who has received from Jesus Christ the free gift of everlasting life, and if in addition to that, you are a disciple of His by following Him, then every negative experience is a doorway to spiritual and eternal success. One of the best things that can ever happen to you as a Christian is to have so...