5 Ways To Weigh a Preacher’s Words

How many sermons have you heard in your life? How many have you heard in the last year? How many were memorable? How many left an eternal mark inside of you adding to the very makeup of your being? Leonard Ravenhill said to his son, “Be careful when you preach, because if you don’t have a word...

The Key of David

There has been a lot written about the key of David over the last decade. Jason Upton sings of its relation to intimacy. Bob Gladstone calls it: “The willingness to live or die in protest to the law of sin and of death.” These are fantastic descriptions to view, or to start to unravel the...

Apostolic Considerations

What kind of church makes an apostolic statement that is genuine, authentic, sent of God, and changes the culture in which it resides? Where is such a statement being made? The goal of the apostolic church is not to be recognized as apostolic. The goal of the apostolic church is to be recognized as Jesus....

Unconditional Obedience?

“And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back. And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD and have not kept the command that the LORD your God commanded you, but...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 8

Walking in Wisdom and the Spirit, and The Mystery of Christ and the  Church I. 15-20 Walk in wisdom and the Spirit a. 15-17 Wisdom is the knowledge to not walk down the wrong street. If you know that there is a temptation in that direction, then you go another route. 1. “Say to wisdom, ‘You are my...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 7

Ephesians 5a – Living in the Light 1. 1-2 As we grow, we imitate Christ, and walk as He walked, in love. When we imitate Him, we become more like Him, and less like the world. This will mean the more like Him we will become. We will live more pure and sin less. Sin is a stench in the nostrils of God. And...

People

By Robert Gladstone Reading Philippians this morning, one thing Paul says really jumped out at me.  “For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus” (2:21). So, what are the interests of Christ Jesus?  The context explains clearly. His interests are people.  God’s burning...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 6

Ephesians 4b-Learning to Walk in a Mature Manner 1. 4:17-24 Walking in Maturity 1 – What Goes In a. In context with verse 15, which stated that we grow up in all aspects, I believe this next section deals with some aspects that can hinder our growth if we do not deal with them and grow out of them. What...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 5

Ephesians 4a –The Authentic Church 1. 4:1-9 Fulfilling the Call We must walk worthy of this calling. ”Calling’” in context with this study, refers to building on our position in Christ, seated at His right hand in the heavenly places (2:6), fulfilling His call and administering His...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 4

Ephesians 3 – The Mystery of the Church 1. 3:1-8 Introduction: Now you can see how, beginning from v 2:11, God is building His Body (church) in the earth, and how He is spiritually connecting and putting things together. All who believe are apart of God’s household, whether Jew or Greek[1] (Romans...