Category: Subject Index
Study Material Categorized by Subject
Sermon: Prove yourself a man
David’s charge to his son Solomon is examined in 1 Kings 2 as a means of encouraging manliness. Prove yourself a man:
* Take heed to your counselors
* Take heed to your goals
* Take heed to your relationships
* Take heed to your character
Invitation: Our Response to the Love of Christ
Invitation delivered by: Josh Cox
In Ephesians 2:8-9, Paul states that we have been saved by grace. Isaiah 53 expressed what Christ suffered for us.
The love that we have for Christ should bring us to show our love by obedience to Him.
Sermon: little gods
Idolatry still exists today. There are little gods people put (metaphorically) in their pocket. Gods like money, human wisdom, tradition, pleasure and self.
Sermon: The Mystery Revealed
An exegetical examination of Ephesians 3, emphasizing the power and worth of the gospel of Christ.
Invitation: The faith once for all delivered
Invitation delivered by: Stan Cox
In Jude 3, Jude indicates that the faith was once for all delivered. The Bible was authored by the Holy Spirit, and through Divine providence has been protected in its integrity until today.
Sermon: Rescue the Perishing
In order to be effective in the work of evangelism, we must diligently equip ourselves through a study of God’s word, and take advantage of every opportunity to share it with others!
Sermon: Speaking the Truth Honestly
Jesus spoke the truth about Himself, His purpose in coming to the earth, and His Kingdom. He serves as a wonderful example to us. Our words should be accurate, honest and trustworthy!
God’s Law of Procreation
I came across an old chart as I was cleaning out my office last week. It was from a workbook titled, Cottage Meeting Manual, by Maurice Tisdel. The title of the chart was “God’s Law of Procreation.” The information on the chart I will summarize in this short article.
The first column considers the vegetable kingdom. God’s word reveals that the first plants came about through God’s creative work. “Then God said, ‘Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth’; and it was so” (Genesis 1:11). From that point on, however, as observation reveals, new plants have propagated through the seeds of their “parent” plants. Each seed produces a plant of the same “kind” as the plant from which the seed came. There are no exceptions to this rule. It is observable, the result of natural law.
Brazen
In Ezekiel 16, the Lord spoke to Jerusalem, expressing His disappointment at her ingratitude and rebellion, in response to His care and nurturing. He stated, “I made you thrive like a plant in the field; and you grew, matured, and became very beautiful” (vs. 7). Using the figure of marriage, He later said, “I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine” (vs. 8).
Their response was disconcerting. He charged, “But you trusted in your own beauty, played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your harlotry on everyone passing by who would have it” (vs. 15). In fact, Jerusalem was so corrupt that God said, “You are the opposite of other women in your harlotry, because no one solicited you to be a harlot. In that you gave payment but no payment was given you, therefore you are the opposite” (34).
Invitation: God Judges Faithful Stewardship
Invitation delivered by: Stan Cox
In 1 Corinthians 4:1-5, the apostle Paul notes that God is the sole judge of faithful stewardship. Therefore, we must please Him!
FB: Cheapening the Term “Fellowship”
In the New Testament, the term fellowship (from the Greek, koinonia), is consistently used to refer to a joint participation in the spiritual.
- In 1 Corinthians 1:9, Paul uses it to refer to our relationship with Jesus Christ.
- In 2 Corinthians 6:14, he admonishes Christians not to be yoked together with unbelievers and evil.
- In 2 Corinthians 8:4, he attributes the word to the important spiritual work of benevolence to saints who were suffering.
- In Galatians 2:9, he talks of the “right hand of fellowship”, indicating the apostles’ endorsement of his preaching to the Gentiles.
- In Philippians 1:5, he notes that their support of his work in preaching to the lost was “fellowship in the gospel”.
- John speaks of the spiritual relationship we enjoy as children of God, and with one another as brothers and sisters in Christ in 1 John 1:6-7.
Today when religious people use the term they are more likely to be talking about recreation, eating and fun. Putting an (inappropriately) weighty term upon a trivial activity does not make it more credible or important.
Paul wrote, “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17).
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Sermon: Explaining Matthew 24
An exegetical examination of the rather difficult chapter of Matthew 24. Deals with the destruction of Jerusalem and the final judgment of Jesus Christ.
Sermon: The Final Judgment
A discussion of Matthew 25:31-46 which deals with the final judgment of the world by the Lord.
Sermon: What Is Predestination?
Sermon by Josh Cox.
A discussion of the concept of predestination as defined and explained by scripture.
Sermon: The Importance of God’s Word
Sermon by Josh Cox.
God’s word is the most important possession we have on this earth. It is the means of gaining access to eternal rest and reward.
