Sermons on Discernment
John’s Four Purposes In Writing His Letters:Los cuatro propósitos de Juan al escribir sus cartas: 1. To teach us how to stand up to false teachers. (1 John)1. Para enseñarnos a enfrentarnos a los falsos maestros. (1 Juan)2. To remind us about the attitude we ought to have towards sin and the need to love…
“5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger,…
Text: Colossians 2:8-15 Themes Paul Has Been Confronting: Intellectualism: (2:8) Ritualism: (2:16) Spiritualism: (2:18 & 19) Legalism: (2:20-23) All four themes are presented as substitutes for Christ. Paul’s pragmatic statement- “… walk in him …” (v. 6c), Paul’s warning- “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human…
How are we influenced?2 Peter 2:6-8 NIVif he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous…
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, (Proverbs 6:23) Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalms 119:105) For you are my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness. (2 Samuel 22:29)…
The goal is for you to be able to say… “For this is our confidence: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, with God-given sincerity and purity, not by fleshly wisdom, but by God’s grace.” (2 Corinthians 1:12) “8 For My thoughts are not…
Jesus: “ 7 The Holy One, the True One, the One who has the key of David, who opens and no one will close, and closes and no one opens says: 8 I know your works. Because you have limited strength, have kept My word, and have not denied My name, look, I have placed before you an open door that no…