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Christian love includes correction. 1. Presume upon it. 2. Prepare for it. 3. Protect by it.

Proverbs 7 exposes the counterfeit love offered by sexual temptation and contrasts it with God's design for covenant love—a faithful, knowing, passionate relationship that reflects Christ's love for His church. In The Strange Woman: Counterfeit Love, Solomon's warning shows how sexual sin promises pleasure without consequences, yet ultimately brings brokenness, shame, and destruction. The message...

"Borrowed Bread — We Know a Man Who Can." The message centers on the truth that we know a Man who can—Jesus—and everything we have becomes useful, fruitful, and sufficient when surrendered into His hands. The feeding of the multitude shows that what appears small and ordinary in our hands can become extraordinary when given to Him. The storm reveals His authority over the natural world, and the de...

GOD SPEAKS THROUGH HIS CHURCH.Ephesians 4:11–16, 25–29 KJV God never intended the Christian life to be lived in isolation. He places believers together in the body of Christ, where we worship, grow, serve, encourage one another, and hear His truth proclaimed. In Ephesians 4:11–16, Paul explains that Christ gave leaders to His church "for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry,...

Exodus 12:1-14 The Passover Meal

What makes the Bible the Bible? In this lesson, Pastor Ed Decker takes us back to the foundation of what we believe about the Word of God. The Bible contains 66 books, written by approximately 40 different authors over a period of roughly 1,500–1,600 years, yet these books form ONE BOOK—the Word of God. Pastor Decker looks at the unity of Scripture, the two major divisions of the Bible—the Old Tes...

God uses various trials, afflictions, and persecutions to cause the Christian to bear spiritual fruit and prepare the believer for glory.

Jesus related the Parable of the Great Supper, reclining at a meal in the ruler of Pharisee's table. In the parable a great supper had been prepared with invitations sent out to the special guests. All was prepared. The parable was meant to demonstrate that the Jewish nation was missing God's great invitation to His full provision of salvation. The servants sent into the highways and hedges would...

During this period, Spurgeon is locked in combat, contending for the honour and glory of Christ. This sermon is situated both in the overall battle he is fighting, but also in the context of a pastoral ministry in which he is conscious of the need to feed and encourage the flock of Christ. So, having previously preached on the Lamb in glory (the previous sermon in this volume, number 2095, if you...

Joshua prepares Israel for his soon departure from earth by warning them against idolatry.

FIVE WOMEN WITH NO MAN![But They Still Got Their Inheritance!] Numbers 27:1–7 KJV From Numbers 27:1–7, this message examines the remarkable faith of Zelophehad (zeh-LOF-eh-had)'s five daughters. With no son in their family to receive their father's portion, they refused simply to walk away. They stood before Moses and asked for their inheritance, Moses brought their cause before the Lord, and God...

Are you prepared to give? 2 Corinthians 9 teaches us that biblical giving is not about guilt, obligation, or simply giving money, but about having the right heart and understanding why we give. We give because God first gave to us, and when we give cheerfully, faithfully, and according to His Word, we have the opportunity to see God's power, meet needs, encourage others, and ultimately point back...

You do not need to discover an impressive platform or hidden assignment to live a meaningful Christian life; God calls you first to belong to Christ and faithfully serve Him where He has placed you. In this episode of SheRises, we gently examine the discouragement, comparison, and confusion many women experience when they feel "stuck" or believe God must be calling them to something bigger. Ephesi...

Scripture Reading: Exodus 2 Theme: God works through unexpected means to provide and prepare the man of His choosing to deliver His people.

King Belshazzar held a great feast while their enemy was outside the city trying to conquer it. Instead of preparing to fight, they got drunk using the vessels taken from the house of the Lord. The handwriting appears on the wall and Daniel is called to interpret it. Grab your Bible, turn to Daniel 5, and follow along with Pastor Mike as we look into the story and its spiritual applications for to...

This message continues the exposition of Romans 9:22-23, showing that God's patience with vessels of wrath prepared for destruction has a greater purpose: to make known the riches of His glory to vessels of mercy, whom He has prepared beforehand for glory. Drawing on the Exodus plagues, the Passover, and the blood of the lamb as a type of Christ, the sermon emphasizes that both wrath and mercy mag...

God gives us years of plenty to prepare for the lean years ahead, not to squander on selfish desires and temporary pleasures. Joseph stored Egypt's abundant harvests so that people could survive the coming famine, and that same wisdom applies to both our material and spiritual lives. While we have health, strength, resources, and people who can teach and encourage us, we need to gather what will s...

It was 500 years ago that William Tyndale produced the first-ever New Testament in English—translated directly from the original Greek. In the process, he conceived numerous Biblical terms that form the basis of our spiritual and theological vocabulary to this day. He also standardized the language that we still speak. If you own a Bible that you can hold in your hands and read, you must thank God...

This week we study the truth revealed in Eph 2:10 we see that we are God's workmanship, something he has made, for the purpose of good works he prepared before we were even saved. We see that this work is His and that we are to be obedient to this calling.

This sermon examines the plagues of hail, locusts, and darkness in Exodus as a call to self-examination and genuine repentance. The central message contrasts Pharaoh's repeated hardening of his heart with the mercy God extends to those who seek shelter in Jesus Christ. It emphasizes that true faith requires a change of action, not just verbal confession, and warns against the spiritual blindness t...

Last week, we considered how people refuse the rest God offers. This message turns to a rest many homes have lost: Proverbs 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. What happens when parents refuse to correct a child because they cannot bear to displease him? Eli honored his sons above God and failed to restrain them. David never asked Adonijah,...

G. The Piercing of the Savior's Side

This sermon examines the Gospel of Mark as a distinct presentation of Jesus Christ as the Servant of the Lord, contrasting this focus with the other Gospels that emphasize His roles as King, Man, and God. The exposition highlights Mark's omission of a genealogy to underscore that the Servant's identity is defined by His ability to accomplish the Father's will rather than by lineage. The text explo...