Many lazy believers who rarely go soul winning make much about conviction before salvation. Their famous line is, “No conviction, no conversion.” Now, this sounds cute, but the only reason they say this is to

Jesus said that He kept those who were saved and none of them is lost. In other words, while Jesus was alive, He was able to keep those who followed Him doing the right thing. As long as Jesus was with them, the disciples did what they

Much is said about being a disciple of Christ. The Scriptures teach that you can't be a disciple of Christ until you obey the first command of growth to be baptized. We know from Luke 14 that you cannot be Christ’s disciple if you are unwilling to leave family, friends, and

Much is made of discipleship classes in our day, but there was never one class in the Scriptures that taught on discipleship. Rather, the making of a disciple is a decision of the

Judas Iscariot will always be remembered as the greatest traitor of all time. He walked with Jesus for three years and saw every miracle that Jesus performed. For three years, he had

Righteous living is always beneficial, not only to the one living right, but for others who benefit from God’s blessing on their lives. God said our lives should be trees of righteousness. Righteousness is not a static life that does nothing for God, but it is a life of

The anointing is different than empowering. To anoint means to be set apart for God to use mightily. You will recall in the Old Testament that many times the prophet would anoint a

Two bad choices God points out are being at ease and being careless. Both choices are a sign of complacency. God warned about the trouble these choices would bring to their lives. God knew that if people were at ease or

Many people say they want to be used mightily by God, but very few are willing to pay the price. When Jesus faced the crowd of four thousand who were hungry, He asked how many

The Pharisees were upset at the woman who anointed the feet of Jesus with the ointment from an alabaster box. The Pharisees said, what manner of woman this is that toucheth him…” They were saying without realizing it

There are two types of people in life. The first type of person is the one who sees the destruction and everything negative, but the second type of person is the one who sees what can become of what has been destroyed. The first type of

The greatest battle of the ages has been between the LORD and Satan vying for the trust of every individual. Satan's method of trying to get man to trust him is to get him to trust anything but

Jesus talked about a rich young man who thought that his riches could get him to Heaven. Not only did he trust in his riches, but he also trusted in his own good works to get him to

The ministry of Christ was filled with times when He taught people. However, think about how many people did not show up to the teaching times and missed the great principles and

There were three men mentioned in the parable of the talents. All these men were given something from their lord to care for while he was gone. Two of those men took their talents and

What you seek after first in times of trouble reveals who or what you truly trust. Our first response to trouble ought to be to seek God. Sadly, many have a habit of making their first response to

Jesus’ parable about the sower reveals much about who we are as believers. You will notice that the seed fell on different types of ground. Some seed fell by the way side, other seed fell on stony places, some seed fell in

Nehemiah had a great heart for his people to never forsake God. Nehemiah saw the ruins that forsaking God brought upon his people, and now that he had rebuilt those ruins into a great wall to

Building something is not easy, for if it was easy, everyone would be building something. Ezra was one of the great builders in the scriptures. God used him to rebuild a temple that was in ruin because of the sin of the children of Israel. As he started to

Nobody can destroy you but you. You destroy yourself by the bad decisions you make, and nobody makes you to make those decisions. Ahaz found this truth out when he chose to make the gods of the kings of Syria his