Psalm 2, verse 8: «Ask of me, and I’ll give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.» In the previous verse, the Lord affirmed the Anointed One and called Him, «My Son; this day I have begotten You.» The [...]

Well, we’ll bring our study of Psalm 4 to an end today, and we read verse number eight: «I will both lie down in peace and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.» David ends Psalm 4 on the notes of peace, rest, and safety in the [...]

Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. We see the journey from where the nations are raging against the Lord’s anointed. They can’t stand what God is doing, and God affirms what He’s [...]

We’re still looking at Jesus preparing to go to Jerusalem for the triumphant entry on Palm Sunday. Luke 18:32 — 33: «For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, insulted, and spit upon. They will scourge him and kill him, and the [...]

We’re still talking about our Christian life and what the life it entails and what we have come into. In Hebrews 12:18 — 19, it says, «For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness [...]

Exodus 4:1 Then Moses said to the Lord, «Oh my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.» Moses had doubts about himself and the mission that God had called him to. [...]

Exodus 4:2 and 3. So the Lord said to him, «What is in your hand?» And he said, «A rod.» And He said, «Cast it on the ground.» So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it. God responded to Moses, saying, «Listen to [...]

We’re still at John chapter 4. We’re looking at Jesus’s conversation with a Samaritan woman by Jacob’s well. The conversation has been proceeding so well; now we’re getting to the heart of it. It starts with Jesus talking about water, and then it [...]

We’re still looking at the story of the woman at the well and her conversation with Jesus. They’ve made some progress from the time Jesus asked for water, and a debate has been going on between Jesus and this woman. For the first time, the woman [...]

Welcome to a brand new week, and this week we are going back to the story of Moses. We’re going to track his calling and how he responds to God. So, we will be in Exodus chapter 4 throughout the week, and as we normally do, we will go verse by [...]

Yesterday we talked about the wise Builder; today we’re looking at the opposite of the wise Builder: unfortunately, the foolish Builder. So we look at Matthew 7:26 and 27: «But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them will be [...]

Welcome to a brand new week, and today we start a new study from the book of First John. The book of First John is very important to the New Testament because it was written at a time when many people had come to the Christian faith, and after [...]

We’re starting a study of Psalm 2, the second Psalm, and we’ll do a verse-by-verse study of the Psalm. So, we start with verse one: «Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing?» Psalm 2 is what is called a royal Psalm or a Messianic [...]

We’re still in Exodus chapter 4, and we’re looking at Moses’s response to God’s call. Now, he’s about to go into Egypt to pursue God’s purpose for his life. So, let’s look at Exodus chapter 4: 24 and 25: «And it came to pass on the way at the [...]

We are looking at the final installment of what we have examined this week about Moses and his response to the call of God. So now we are in Exodus 4:29 — 30: Then Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel, [...]

We’re still in John chapter 4, looking at the woman at the well, the woman of Samaria who came to know Jesus Christ as Lord. We’ve covered her story extensively and how she arrived at personal faith in Christ Jesus. Then she goes back to the city to [...]

Luke Chapter 22: While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. But Jesus said to him, «Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?» [...]

Exodus 3, verse 17: «And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; to a land flowing with milk and honey.» That’s a lot [...]

Exodus chapter 3, verse 4: And God said to Moses, «I am who I am.» And He said, «Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you.'» This is the moment of revelation. Moses had asked God, «What’s your name? What am I [...]

Today is Good Friday. We remember the death of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 23:46–47). And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, «Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit.» Having said this, He breathed His last. So when the [...]

Yesterday we talked about the mountain we have not come to, and today we’re looking at the mountain we have come to: Mount Zion. Hebrews 12: 22 — 23 states, «But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to [...]

Welcome to a brand new week. Today we are starting a new study. We go back to the Book of Psalms, Psalm 3, verse number one: «Lord, how have they increased who trouble me? Many are they who rise up against me.» It doesn’t sound like a good way to [...]

Yesterday, we looked at Moses and how he responded to the call of God. He sought permission from Jethro, and Jethro blessed him. Now we look at the next thing that happens in Exodus 4:19 — 20. Now, the Lord said to Moses in Midian, «Go, return to [...]

We’re looking at the Christian life as a race. It’s a race we must run, and we must run it to the glory of God. Hebrews 12:2 says, «Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, [...]

We’ve had a great week’s study in Hebrews chapter 12, and today I’m concluding our study of Hebrews chapter 12 as we talk about serving the Lord with reverence. We read from Hebrews 12:28, «Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be [...]

We are doing our final reading of the second Psalm. We’ve studied it from verse one; now, we are getting to the end of it, and these are verses 10 and 11. «Now therefore be wise, O kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with [...]

We are still in Psalm number five, and we are looking at verse 11. But let all those rejoice who put their trust in you; let them ever shout for joy because you defend them. Let those who love your name be joyful in you. I love how the Psalms [...]

Exodus 4:4 — 5: Then the Lord said to Moses, «Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.» He reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand. «That they may believe that the Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God [...]

Welcome to a brand new week, and we’re going back to our study of the book of Exodus as we look at Moses and his mission and how he responds to his mission. So far, we’ve looked at Moses and his encounter with the burning bush, God’s commission to [...]

So we are looking at the story of Moses. We’re looking at how he responds to the call; he accepted responsibility and got permission. Now he’s going in the power of the Lord, and God speaks to him further. He says in Exodus chapter 4, verse 21, «And [...]

Today’s Resurrection Sunday. Christ is risen, and He is risen indeed! Luke 24, verses 5 and 6: «Then, as they were afraid and bowed their faces to the earth, they said to them, 'Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is [...]

We continue our study of John chapter 4, Jesus’s conversation with the woman at the well. Jesus explains that he is truly the Living Water. John chapter 4, verses 13 and 14: Jesus answered and said to her, «Whoever drinks of this water will thirst [...]

Psalm 3:6: I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around. Earlier, David had said that he was able to sleep and wake up, although he was faced with a crisis. In this verse, he tells us his mindset, [...]

Exodus 3:13 Then Moses said to God, «Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you, ' and they say to me, 'What is His name? ' what shall I say to them?» That seems [...]

Psalm 4, verses 4 and 5: Be angry, and do not sin; meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the Lord. Very interesting, these two verses. Remember, in verse two, David [...]

First John 1: 7: «But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.» There are questions we ask ourselves all the time: What does God want me to [...]

Today we conclude our teaching on First John, chapter 1. I trust that it has been useful to you, and we conclude with verse number 10: «If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.» I want you to pay attention to [...]

Welcome to a brand new week, and this week we are talking about the Christian life as a race-a race that we must run and a race that we must win. So we start from Hebrews 12, verse 1: «Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud [...]

We are in Psalm number five, and we’re looking at verses seven and eight. But as for me, I will enter your house in the multitude of your mercy; in fear of you, I will worship toward your Holy Temple. Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because [...]

Psalm 3, verses 2 and 3: «Many are they who say of me, 'There is no help for him in God.' Selah. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head.» I love this Psalm; in the midst of David’s troubles, he [...]

Luke chapter 23, verses 55 and 56: And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils, and they rested on the Sabbath [...]

Luke Chapter 19 Verses 29-30: And it came to pass, when he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mountain called Olivet, that he sent two of his disciples, saying, «Go into the village opposite you. As you enter, you will find a colt tied, on [...]

We’re still studying John chapter 4 as we listen to the conversation Jesus is having with the Samaritan woman at the well. Jesus now tells us what relationship with God is all аbout: that God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in [...]

Luke chapter 22, verses 63-65: now the men who held Jesus mocked Him and beat Him. Having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, «Prophesy, who is the one who struck you?» And many other things they blasphemously spoke [...]

Welcome to a brand new week. Beginning today, we are starting a new study, and we’ll be focusing on John chapter 4. We’ll do this for two weeks, and it looks at how Jesus presented the gospel to a woman who is commonly referred to as the woman at [...]

Yesterday, we looked at Zachariah’s prophecy concerning the king who would come to Jerusalem, and we’ll be focusing our study this week on the account from Luke’s Gospel. So, we look at Luke 18, verse 31: «Then he took the twelve aside and said to [...]

We are continuing our study of John chapter 4 and Jesus’s encounter with the Samaritan woman by the well. It’s a very interesting encounter that teaches us how the gospel is communicated and how different people respond to the message of the gospel. [...]

Psalm number five, and we are looking at verse number three: «My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.» When you’re reading the scriptures, it’s important to pay attention to certain [...]

Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. I hope you have your palm branch this morning, wherever you are-in church or in your neighborhood-waving to honor the Lord Jesus Christ as he enters triumphantly [...]

Welcome to a brand new week, and we are going to continue our study of the Psalms. As you know, we’ve done Psalm 1, 2, and 3, and today we do the fourth Psalm, Psalm number 4, and we’ll be studying it throughout this week. Psalm 4, verse 1: «Hear me [...]