Helmets are for protection of the head during battle. The helmet of salvation is protection to the Christian in this life also. Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal…
In various surveys, it has been found that 70-88% of young people will leave the church within 2-4 years after high-school. 2 Timothy 3:14-15 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom they thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known…
The potter’s house is the place God has told you to go so He can cause you to hear and understand His word. Jeremiah 18:2 Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Valuable Lessons The Lord wanted for Jeremiah to go down to the…
When the Phillipian jailer got saved in the book of Acts, he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as Master, Mediator, and Messiah all at once. Vance Haver – Sermon entitled “Jesus Is Lord” When Paul told the jailer how to be saved, he told him to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. That is three…
The arm of the flesh will fail you. You cannot do things in your own strength and succeed. 2 Chronicles 32:8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king…
The right kind of preaching should produce change in the heart of man. Bad preaching will just puff you up. 1 Timothy 1:5-7 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain…
Forgetting this old world is a lot easier when you are thinking about the next each and every day. This is not the end of the line for blood washed saints. A New Heaven We are called upon to be joyful, because God cometh in judgment. It will be a day of terror to the…
Temptations are pirates of the soul. Pirates only attack ships loaded down with riches. The devil only attacks the godly who are rich in Christ Jesus. Temptations are rather hopeful evidences that thy estate is good, that thou art dear to God, and that it shall go well with thee forever, than otherwise. God had…
Singleness is often looked at as a bad thing. The Bible makes it clear it can be a good thing. If one uses it to focus ones life on God, it can yield a life that is set aside in body and spirit. 1 Corinthians 7:34 There is difference also between a wife and a…
Isaiah 62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. The Lord sought out sinners that were lost in sin much like he sought out Jerusalem. We should also seek out sinners like our Heavenly Father. Just like the…
The acceptable year is in the future in the millienum. It can also be today too if we let it. The Lord has blessed with a lot in salvation. The Acceptable Year Isaiah 61:1-3 – The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto…
The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within. Vance Havner, Pepper n’ Salt 2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear…
Isaiah 54:5-6 – For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou…
Isaiah 53:2 – For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Our Lord was not good looking. Our society places a lot…