Proverbs 22:17-19 This section all the way to chapter 24:34 is to stress the importance of applying the wisdom previously given in other sections. The writer calls us to dig into this great amount of wisdom He has given us, that will lead to a deeper trust in the...
We are to live in constant fellowship with God, but are we doing that? Are our lives the same as when we first came to Christ, is there a difference from a few years ago or even a year? God wants us to keep short accounts with our sin and HIM. We need to get back...
2 Peter 1:3-4 God has given to us all we need to live the Christian life. He has given us the Holy Spirit to enable us to say no to sin and yes to Christ Likeness. This has all been done so that we can live for Him and show others who Christ really is. These...
2 Peter 2:1-2 Peter says to watch out for those who are out to lead others away from Christ by subtly bringing in falsehoods about the Gospel and they deny Jesus Christ who paid for their sins. This verse clearly states that Jesus died for everyone who has ever...
2 Peter 3:1-2 Peter wanted to remind these Christians of the things he had told them before and as they needed it, so do we. Sometimes we think I have heard this before and tune it out, but one preacher said I don’t have a 1000 sermons I have about 30. He was...
1 John 1:1-2 John says this one from the beginning is a Real Person, and he has been seen and heard and handled. In other words, Christian faith rests upon the great facts of the life and acts of the God Man in history. The Apostle Paul stresses this a lot in his...
In 1 John 2:15-17 John says don’t love the world system of evil and wants that are always wanting more. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are the three ways the devil always tempts us. It was done in the garden with Eve, and many...
John speaks here of love as an action as does 1 Corinthians 13, the love chapter and also James and many other places in the Bible. Love never just says, it always is grounded in the truth of the word and results in a love that wants the best for others. When we...
Proverbs 24:15-16 The writer speaks to his son as though he were addressing a wicked man to make a point that the wicked is only concerned with his own self interests. The righteous man (believer in Christ) will fall but rise again because He trusts in God and...
John 1:12 says "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name." If you haven't received Him, Jesus Christ, believed in His name, you have not been saved. The Father's testified through these...
