If you make one resolution at the beginning of this year, take time each day and commit to reading the Bible. Four benefits are presented from the passage.
Read 2 Timothy 3:14-17
El Shaddai
Read Genesis 17:1-27
The Covenant Nurture of our Children
Read Deuteronomy 4:1-14
The Riches of God's Wisdom
Read Romans 11:25-36
The Sun of Righteousness
A sermon looking at the a portion of the final prophecy before the coming of Christ and His forerunner, John the Baptist.
Read Malachi 4:4-6
Wings of Refuge
The beauty of the book of Ruth really starts to unfold in the second chapter with the introduction of Boaz and the role he plays. As a type of David, his great-grandson, he begins to restore the fortunes and bring redemption to a family in Israel. As a type of Christ, we see Boaz's great generosity to a foreigner and are reminded that we too are "foreigners" and "aliens from the commonwealth of grace," yet to us grace comes!
Read Ruth 2:12
The Gift of Teaching
A look at what Paul had in mind when he spoke of the gift of teaching.
Read Titus 2:1-15
Text: Romans 12:7b
How to Live as We Await the Fullfillment of God's Promises
This text expresses the intention of the faithful in Israel to serve the Lord as they awaited the fulfillment of His promises.
Read Micah 4:1-13 (Text 4:5)
The Person of the Holy Spirit, Part 2
At the cross and resurrection Jesus was not alone; God the Spirit was with him. For "through the eternal Spirit he offered himself up as a sacrifice to God." and by the Spirit was made alive. As man Jesus Christ offered himself in holiness to God through the power of the Spirit. In other words, the Spirit helped Jesus in the sacrifice. Humanly, he was supported in his decision to go to the cross by the Spirit. The same is true of his resurrection and ascension. In 1 Peter 3:18 we are told that Jesus was "put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit." And in his ascension he gave the Spirit, so that now Jesus Christ ministers to us still -by the Spirit.
Read Hebrews 9:11-14
The Person of the Holy Spirit, Part 1
Where do we look for the revelation of the Spirit? Not at our lives, or the life of the church; we look to Jesus. God the Father anointed Jesus with the oil, figurative for the Holy Spirit. Isaiah's songs about the Messiah told this: the Father says, behold my servant, my elect one, I have put my Spirit upon him. He taught in the Spirit, offered himself as our sacrifice through the Spirit, and did great works in the Spirit. Yes, he had the Holy Spirit, and to know the Spirit then we look to Jesus. So let us look to the life of our Lord Jesus Christ to understand the Spirit. This morning we will discover the person of the Spirit in connection with Jesus Christ's incarnation, his growing up years, and his adult ministry. We will find as the Spirit was with Jesus Christ, so he is with us.
Read Luke 2:39-52