Sermons

Let's read the word of God at Hebrews 12:7. "If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons. For what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then are ye illegitimate children and not sons. Furthermore, we have had fathers …

"Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised by it. Wherefore, lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that …

In any team sport, it takes more than individual skill to win the game. There must also be this thing that we call teamwork. In Hebrews 12, we are in God's gymnasium. God is training us for life. He's disciplining us that we might run the race with endurance. God does not want His children to be …

The people to whom the epistle of Hebrews was written were in danger of going back. Like the Jews of the Old Testament, they wanted to go back to the old life. Remember now, he was writing to Hebrew Christians. The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. He contrasts …

God wants to encourage us to run the race of faith with endurance. Far too many people just give up. And this is why we are in his gymnasium, this is why Hebrews 12 is in the Bible—God’s gymnasium. And in God’s gymnasium we are being disciplined by his love and by his grace; he’s correcting us, …

Luke 8:11, "The seed is the word of God." Our Lord Jesus made that statement as he began to explain his parable of the sower. The parable goes like this, beginning at Luke 8:5, "A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and it was trampled down, and the birds of …

I have met people in churches who know far more about the Bible than those who have been off to school. And I’m not condemning education. I have taught at two different schools and I have been a part of lecturing at schools; I’m in favor of education. I thank God for the training He enabled me to …

Amos begins in Amos 3 with God's call of Israel, and he said, I'll tell you why I'm going to have to punish you. It's because you've had so many privileges. Now, just stop and think about our nation and the nations of the world that have heard the gospel, they have had God's blessing upon them, and …

What would you do if you heard a lion roar? Or if you heard the weatherman say that an earthquake was about to occur? I think I know what you would do. You would head for a place of safety. Well, a lion is roaring. An earthquake is coming. A storm is on the horizon. And the prophet Amos tells us …

The prophet Amos is letting people know that judgment is coming in Amos 1-2 of his prophecy. He looks around and he pronounces eight judgments. Six of these are against Gentile nations, then against Judah and then against Israel. The Lord is roaring like a lion. The storm is about to come, the …