The shortest chapter of the book of Revelation is chapter 15. In this chapter we find a prelude to the bowl judgments. The seven bowl judgments are the final outpouring of the wrath of God on the unbelieving world. Even though this chapter is a prelude to the pouring out of God’s wrath, there…
A true born-again believer will present themselves as a living sacrifice unto God. They will be totally committed to Jesus. With such a commitment to Jesus, there will be a participation in the ministry of the local church through the use of God-given spiritual gifts practiced within the framework of the local church. As…
Toward the end of the tribulation period, great judgment will fall upon the earth. This judgment is illustrated by a great harvest. In our text at hand, we see two harvests. There is the grain harvest and the grape harvest. Both of these harvests are pictures of the wrath of God being poured out…
Those who know me well, knows that I am a huge college football fan. The team that I am 100% devoted to is the Alabama Crimson Tide. Football is a wonderful sport. There is something special about late summer and early fall as the football season begins. There is a certain smell in the…
I am currently reading a fantastic book called the minister and his soul by Thomas Hamilton Lewis. I found the book tucked away in our church library. It was published in 1926. The author was the president of the general conference of the Methodist Protestant Church and the president emeritus of Western Maryland College. The book challenges…
We begin now to look at the second half of the book of Romans. In chapters 1-11 we studied the doctrinal section. Chapters 1-5 taught us about the great doctrine of justification by faith. In chapters 6-8 studied the doctrine of sanctification. In chapters 9-11 we looked at a defense of God’s righteousness in…
By God’s great sovereignty, He elected the nation of Israel to be the vehicle through which He would fulfill His purposes on the earth. God gave Israel many privileges; the greatest being the fact that through their bloodline, the Messiah has come as the Savior of the world. Unfortunately, Israel has rejected the true…
The three angels that we see in Revelation 14 are doing their work throughout the tribulation period. The specific names of the angels are not revealed. God has thousands upon thousands of such angels at His disposal. He elects angels to perform specific tasks in specific places and at specific times. These three angels…
As we come to chapter 14 of the book of Revelation, we are introduced once again to the 144,000 Jews whom God calls out to preach the Gospel during the tribulation period. We first saw the 144,000 in chapter 7. The 144,000 come on the scene during the time period between the opening of…
One of the major themes of the book of Romans has to do with the righteousness of God. In chapters 1-5 we see the righteousness of God in justification. At the moment that one puts his or her faith in the Lord Jesus, they are justified, declared as righteous. The righteousness of Jesus is…
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