By Andy Alexander There are times when we need to be silent and other times when we need to speak out. Our Lord, the master teacher, knew exactly how to handle every situation. In John 19:9-10, Jesus stood silently before Pilate, knowing that silence would bring about his crucifixion and the salvation of those who chose …
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Are We Living In The Last Days?
By Stanton See On a television program in May, 1987 the subject was discussed whether or not the large numbers of preachers who are falling away today is a fulfillment of 2 Timothy 3:1-5 and thus if we arc in the “last days” immediately preceding the second coming of Christ. Can we know if we are …
Adultery Comes From Evil In The Heart
By Dan Walters Jesus said that “out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies” (Matt. 15:18). Our Lord is here teaching that one does not commit adultery merely because the opportunity presents itself, or because there is temptation, but because there is evil in the heart. The evil thought precedes …
Varnishing The Vessel And Tarnishing The Treasure
By Edward O. Bragwell, Sr. “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us” (2 Cor 4:7). The Lord purposely put his gospel “treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” These “vessels” …
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