1 John 2:20-23 | True Versus False – Part II
Intro The Apostle John’s letter was addressing the greatest blessing in life…”fellowship with God”. His letter addresses what he had observed in the church and that was that it had to be more than intellectual agreement with truth…it had to…
Romans 2:17-29 | Like God, Like People?
Intro In verse 11 Paul wrote to the moralist that with God there is no respecter of persons, but the religious Jew would be thinking, “That is true with moral and immoral Gentiles but not when compared with religious Jews!”…
1 John 2:18-21 | True Versus False
Intro The Apostle John’s letter was addressing the greatest blessing in life… “fellowship with God”. His letter addresses what he had observed in the church and that was that it had to be more than intellectual agreement with truth…it had…
Romans 2:1-16 | Games People Play
Intro In chapter 1:18 Paul declared that the “wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men”. The moralist and the self-righteous would be quick to agree indicting the “obvious sinner”. In the 2nd chapter…
Titus | Truth Which Accords With Godliness – Part II
Intro: So we return to the book of Titus tonight, concluding our look at this letter this evening. You’ll remember from last week: Titus was one of Paul’s proteges (or disciples if you will). This type of letter was called…
Romans 1:18-32 | Four Stages of a Godless Society
Intro Paul declared that the “righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith” now from verse 18 to chapter 3:20 he precedes to show his readers that man has no righteousness of his own both by nature and choice…
1 John 2:15-17 | Two Loves
Intro The plan of God from the beginning is to reestablish fellowship with fallen humanity. John declares that this experience with him was the single most blessed experience he has had in his life. The impact that Jesus had upon…
Romans 1:8-17 | I Am Not Ashamed
Intro Rome was a city where Caesar Nero would dress thousands of Christians in the skins of lambs and throw them to the lions taunting them saying, “Where is your Good Shepherd now?” He would dip Christians in hot wax…
1 John 2:12-14 | Three Stages of Maturity
Intro It’s been a few weeks since we were in the apostle John’s first letter, and we left off with the second of two “two personal tests” to indicate to ourselves our position as true believers of Christ. They indicate…
Romans 1:1-7 | To All Who Are Called Saints
Intro Paul spent 10 years from A.D. 47 to 57 in evangelizing the territories east and west of the Aegean Sea. During those years he concentrated on Roman provinces of Galatia, Macedonia, Achaia, and Asia. His first campaign concluded with…