Equipping the Saints for Worshipful Service - Eph. 4:12
FROM THE STUDY “These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes. Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver. He…
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15, 16 Dear friends, By the time you read this, I already know it’s too late. Too late for me to catch you before you walk out that door and…
Uzzah, the Ark, and the Worship God Will Not Receive FROM THE STUDY And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon,Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he put out…
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” – Colossians 3:23, 24 FROM THE STUDY Dear friends, There is a woman here in town who has driven the same route to…
“They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.” – Nehemiah 8:8 A man told me recently that he had stopped going to his church. Not over doctrine or anything scandalous, and not over some falling out. “I go on Sunday,”…
FROM THE STUDY The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27) Dear friends, Hear that verse the way the Lord said it. Not as a chain laid across your neck, but a gift set into your hand. We are a tired people, aren’t we? In America, we have more ways…
I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. (Romans 7:15) If you are anything like me, you know the feeling, even if you have never put words to it. You swore you were done with it and meant the promise…
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? (Psalm 42:5) There is a believer I want to speak to, and you may be him or her. You are not involved in any scandal. You read your Bible this morning and felt nothing. You prayed, and the words…
The Regulative Principle of Worship and Its Historical Roots Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do.You shall not add to it or take from it. – Deuteronomy 12:32 Once upon a time, in history and recorded in Scripture, two of Aaron’s sons died on the very day the priesthood began. Not…
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” — Romans 8:15 (ESV) I have been to court a few times in my day. Ok, more than a few times, but don’t read too…