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Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: Unbelief (John 12:37-50)Jesus has explained that the cross is the history changing moment for the world. The cross is the judgment of the world, the neutralization of Satan’s power, the exaltation of Jesus as the Christ, and means by which the world can be drawn to the Father through Jesus. After saying these things, John 12:36 tells us that Jesus departed and hid himself from them. This is the end of the public ministry of Jesus. Jesus has come to Jerusalem with his final offer of salvation and reconciliation to the Father. The cross would be the final message to the wo...2025-04-2744 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristJesus Is Our PassoverWe are looking at pictures of our atonement in our theme for this year. In our first lesson we considered the pictures that show Jesus as the one who will bear our sins, carrying them away far from us. Our sins have been cast into the depths of the seas and have been removed from us, as far as the east is from the west because Jesus gave his perfect life for us and then rose from the dead three days later. I want to turn our attention to another picture that is given to us about Jesus so...2025-04-2034 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristJesus Is Our Sin BearerOur theme for this year is a focus on Jesus and what he did to save us. In particular, we are going to look at all of the pictures that the scriptures give to describe our atonement. There is not a single picture or single teaching describing the work of Christ. So what I wanted to do from time to time this year is spend our time looking at the multidimensional pictures of Christ’s atonement for us. Our first picture of Jesus is to see him as our sin bearer. I want to begin by drawing our attention to...2025-04-1332 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: Fearless: Anxious For NothingRejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4–7 ESV) Paul just taught Christians to not be anxious about anything. Do not worry about anything (CSB, NRSV, NLT). But Paul certainly could not be talking about times of crisis. Paul could no...2025-03-2340 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Righteous Branch (Jeremiah 23:1-8)There are many New Testament scriptures that speak about the glory of God as seen through the amazing work of our Lord Christ Jesus. But we can miss the depth of what those images and teachings are giving because we do not know intimately what the prophets were proclaiming. Often the New Testament assumes we know those prophetic pictures so that we are ready to cry out to our God when we see their fulfillment in Christ. God is giving us these pictures so that we would see the multifaceted work of the Savior. Jeremiah is going to proclaim...2025-02-2331 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristFire In My Bones (Jeremiah 20)We are beginning a new series called A Heart For God. We are going to be looking at how to have a heart for God when life is particularly painful while trying to live for God. We would think that doing the right thing would keep us safe. We want to think that if we are following God and doing what he says that this would keep us from having to go through suffering and hardships. We would especially want to think that we would not be persecuted for doing the right thing. Whatever the reason, it is easy...2025-02-0939 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristDoubting His Protection and Care (Matthew 4:5-7)We are looking at how to fight against the temptations that our enemy, the devil, is using to attack our faith. Our enemy wants us to doubt God, doubt God’s love, doubt our relationship with God, and doubt that God cares for us. There are many, many doubts that the devil launches at us so that we will question God, weaken our faith, and ultimately destroy our souls. I want to remind us the promise that God has given to us regarding our temptations. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is...2025-02-0933 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristLove Assured (1 John 3:19-24)The apostle John is writing to help Christians know if they have eternal life (cf. 1 John 5:13). John does not want anyone to be deceived regarding their relationship with God. He wants us to evaluate our walk so that we can know if we are walking in the light or if we are walking in the darkness. The third chapter of this letter has been set off by calling for everyone to see the love of the Father. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and...2025-02-0242 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristDoubting His Provision (Matthew 4:3-4)We are looking at how to fight against the temptations that our enemy, the devil, is using to attack our faith. In last week’s lesson we observed the first step that the devil uses against us is doubt. Our enemy wants us to doubt God, doubt God’s love, doubt our relationship with God, and doubt that God cares for us. There are many, many doubts that the devil launches at us so that we will question God, weaken our faith, and ultimately destroy our souls. I want to remind us the promise that God has given to us r...2025-02-0233 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristWhat Is Love? (1 John 3:10-18)The apostle John is writing to help Christians know if they have eternal life (cf. 1 John 5:13). John does not want anyone to be deceived regarding their relationship with God. He wants us to evaluate our walk so that we can know if we are walking in the light or if we are walking in the darkness. The third chapter of this letter has been set off by calling for everyone to see the love of the Father. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and...2025-01-2637 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Doubt (Matthew 4:1-2)We are beginning a short series called Filters where we are going to talk about how to look at temptations properly so that we can overcome them. The apostle Paul claimed that there is no temptation that is unique to you. Listen what he taught in 1 Corinthians 10:13. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. (1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV) To...2025-01-2636 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Power of Love (1 John 3:4-10)The apostle John has proclaimed a glorious truth for us to hear. “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God, and so we are” (1 John 3:1 ESV). We have been placed into an amazing, undeserved relationship with the Father, being called his children. We noticed in 1 John 3:3 that everyone who has this hope of enjoying the fullness of this relationship when Jesus returns purifies himself. Seeing what kind of the love the Father has for us that we are children of God is the motivation for us to purify our...2025-01-1940 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe End of the Matter (Ecclesiastes 12:9-14)The teacher of Ecclesiastes brings us to the final conclusions regarding his look at life. Remember that this book began with the teacher trying to determine what a person gets for all of his efforts in life. What is the gain? What is the advantage? What is the benefit? Do you get the payoff for all that you put into this world? What we have seen throughout our study of this book is that the answer is no. But his conclusions have not been hopelessness and meaninglessness. Rather, the teacher has shown us that there are some benefits in...2025-01-1937 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristSee God’s Love (1 John 3:1-3)We are starting a new series this evening in which we are going to examine God’s love and how his love is to change who we are and how we live. Now it is important to remember the purpose that the apostle John has for writing his first letter. John says he writes these things so that our joy may be full (1 John 1:4). John also states at the end of this letter than he is writing these things so that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:13). One of the important ways that we can have co...2025-01-1234 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Bottom Line (Ecclesiastes 10-12)We are coming to the end of our series called Don’t Waste Your Life as the book of Ecclesiastes explores what is the gain and advantage for all your effort in this world. We are now coming to the concluding wisdom for life in the final chapters of the book. In Ecclesiastes 10 the teacher offers more wisdom about how to not live foolishly (Ecclesiastes 10:1-11) and how to not speak foolishly (Ecclesiastes 10:12-15). The wise teachings continue into chapter 11, exemplifying foolish living and giving directions for wisdom. But now we come to the bottom line in Ecclesiastes 11-12. We...2025-01-1235 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristI Am The Clay (Jeremiah 18-19)We have noted how God has sent Jeremiah on some missions as a living parable to teach the people regarding their condition and what God is doing. We have seen Jeremiah use spoiled linen undergarments to show how the people have defiled themselves. Jeremiah was not allowed to be married or go to funerals, weddings, or parties to show the lack of joy, peace, or comfort in their future. God has another living parable for Jeremiah to live and show to the people of Judah… To read more of this lesson click here. The post I...2025-01-0532 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristFrustrated (Ecclesiastes 8-9)We enter a new year full of new hope and high expectations. This year is going to be different. This year is going to be better. This year we are going to do what we did not get down this last year. This is going to be our year. But you also know that you have said this before. You know there is an underlying problem in with life. Life is frustrating. There are so many events that happen in this world that do not make sense and can drive us to frustration. We are not alone when we...2025-01-0540 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristBalance (Ecclesiastes 7:14-29)Our culture often wisely will emphasize the need to live a balanced life. Popular life coaches will speak to the need for not being excessive in certain areas of your life. But this is not a new idea. Rather, the need for balance in life is a biblical teaching that you find in the scriptures. The teacher is continuing to take us to the school of life. In the second part of Ecclesiastes 7, the teacher is going school us about the need for balance and what that balance looks like in our lives so that we do not waste...2024-12-2944 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristPurer In Heart (Jeremiah 17)We are in a series called Flourish where we are looking what was preventing God’s people from having a flourishing, blessed relationship with their God. In this series we have seen that the people have ruined themselves because they have refused to listen to God, making them useless for God’s purpose (Jeremiah 13). The people had listened to false teachers and false prophets who lied to them about how good their relationship was with God (Jeremiah 14). They had followed a legacy of sin, going even further in their sinning than prior generations (Jeremiah 15). Despite God’s grace toward them...2024-12-2240 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe School of Life (Ecclesiastes 7:1-13)As we come to Ecclesiastes 7, the teacher is going to tell us the things that are better in life. The book has been attempting to determine what we gain for all of our work and effort on earth. What do we get for all that we put into this life? What is the advantage or benefit for all the effort we give? I have also noted to you that the message of the book is not that everything is meaningless. In fact, in Ecclesiastes 7 the teacher is going to show that there are things are important. There are things...2024-12-2238 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristBut He Gives More Grace (Jeremiah 16)God often would require strange activities from his prophets in order to teach the people to whom the prophets served. When we studied Ezekiel, we saw that he had to lay on his side for a year to get the people’s attention and to teach them what God’s word was. We already have seen Jeremiah have a spoiled undergarment to show the people how their relationship with God has been spoiled because of their sins. But now Jeremiah is going to be commanded to make social sacrifices to show the people the severity of the coming judgment and...2024-12-1531 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Calculus of Contentment (Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12)The teacher of Ecclesiastes has been giving his instructions so that we will not waste the time of our lives that God has given to us. The teacher has been trying to find out what gain we get from all of our effort and work on earth. So he is exploring different areas of life, helping us see through the noise and the foolishness, so that we can make wise decisions. The teacher now turns his attention to contentment and examines the problems in life that come from not being content with our lives and what we have. Why...2024-12-1534 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Blame Game (Jeremiah 14-15)Please open your copies of God’s word to Jeremiah 15 and I want to begin our lesson by listening to the startling words of Jeremiah 15:1. Then the LORD said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go! (Jeremiah 15:1 ESV) The Lord proclaims that even if Moses and Samuel were standing before him, he would not be able to turn his heart back toward this people. You are supposed to hear those words and be totally shoc...2024-12-0842 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristWatchful Words (Ecclesiastes 5:1-7)We have been spending our time in a series called Don’t Waste Your Life where we are paying attention to the teacher of Ecclesiastes. He is looking at life and determining what is the gain or benefit for all the work that we do while on this earth. The point of each of these messages has been to give us a right lens for how to look at life and valuing the things that matter most in this world. As we come to Ecclesiastes 5, the teacher is going to give us some instructions about being thoughtful in our wo...2024-12-0836 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristRoad To Ruin (Jeremiah 13)We are starting a new series that is found in the midst of Jeremiah called Flourish. This comes from Jeremiah 13-19 where God is talking to his people about why they are unable to flourish as he people. Rather than enjoying God’s blessings, they are going to be put through judgment because they have failed to understand their relationship with God. God is going to explain this to his people and these things were written for our instruction so that we might have hope (cf. Romans 15:4). Before we take a careful look at God’s words in Jeremiah, I wa...2024-12-0134 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristRooted Relationships (Ecclesiastes 4:4-16)We have been looking at the teachings of Ecclesiastes to learn how to not waste the time of our lives that God has given to us. As we have noted sometimes the book of Ecclesiastes is misunderstood to be saying that everything is meaningless. But as we carefully look at Ecclesiastes 4 we will see that this is not at all the case. In chapter 4 the teacher is going to explain to us that there are some things that matter. There are some things that have meaning and importance. The problem is that we forfeit these things for the things...2024-12-0135 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristStrong and Afraid (Habakkuk 3)God has given his answer to the prophet Habakkuk. Habakkuk has been praying to God about how he does not understand what God is doing in the world. It did not make sense to him. He has been crying out to God asking, “Why?” and “How long?” God did not give specific answers to these questions. Rather, God tells Habakkuk that he is going to act in unbelievable ways. Since God will act in his time in unbelievable ways, God tells Habakkuk that the righteous will not trust in themselves but will live by their faith. Further, God tells Habakkuk...2024-11-2431 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristDust To Dust (Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3)We are in a series called Don’t Waste Your Life. The teacher of Ecclesiastes is examining a variety of areas in life to consider what is the profit or the gain in pursuing what the world says is valuable or important. What benefit do you have if you pursue what the world says will give you happiness? Not only this, but the teacher of Ecclesiastes is also looking at what happens under the sun and considers if it gives lasting joy or satisfaction. In our last lesson we learned that life is a series of seasons that God is...2024-11-2434 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Lord Is In His Holy Temple (Habakkuk 2:5-20)We have looking at the book of Habakkuk as a means of trying to understand what is going on in our lives and in the world when we do not understand what God is doing. Habakkuk has prayed to God about how he does not understand what God is doing and God has given some hard answers about what he is doing in the world. In Habakkuk 2 God is in the midst of delivering his second answer to Habakkuk’s questions. The first part of God’s answer was looked at in the last lesson in verses 2-4. The prou...2024-11-1739 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristIn His Time (Ecclesiastes 3:1-15)There is something that humans tend to appreciate about seasons. Many people like moving to the autumn season and watching the leaves change and fall. People often will question how I can live in Florida because they say I do not get to experience the seasons. I tell them that we have seasons down here. We have hurricane season. We have snowbird season. But seriously, we do enjoy seasons down here. We can feel the difference when autumn comes. We enjoy winters, not as a time of bone-stinging cold and shoveling driveways, but as a time to stand outside...2024-11-1738 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristWait In Faith (Habakkuk 1:12-2:4)Habakkuk is a prophet who has been praying to God and Habakkuk does not understand why God has not been answering his prayers. Habakkuk has been crying out for help but does not feel like God is listening (Habakkuk 1:2). Habakkuk does not understand why he cannot see God acting. God then responds to Habakkuk, telling him that he is going to do something so unbelievable that even if it were explained, he could not believe it. God declares that he will use the Babylonians, a terrible and wicked nation to sweep over the land in judgment. God has provided...2024-11-1036 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristEmptiness of Wisdom and Work (Ecclesiastes 2:12-26)In Ecclesiastes 2 the teacher is in the midst of trying to find out what can be gained by life under the sun. What do you get from all of your efforts in this world? What do you have to show for all the work you do in this life? In our last lesson we noticed that he tried to be a pleasure seeking, seeing if this would be the answer for life. He drew the conclusion that living for pleasure is an empty pursuit and you still have nothing lasting to show for all the effort. We also noted...2024-11-1032 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristGod’s Hard Answers (Habakkuk 1:5-11)Habakkuk is a prophet who has questions for God. He is looking around at the world, and in particularly, looking at his own nation and seeing wickedness and violence. Habakkuk is asking God why he does not do something about it. How long will he keep crying out to God and God will not respond to him? We saw in the last lesson that Habakkuk showed us how we can pray to God. Habakkuk showed us that we can take our questions to God and that God wants our questions. When we are confused by what is going on...2024-11-0330 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristEmptiness of Pleasure (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11)The teacher of Ecclesiastes is pursuing life attempting to answer the question found in Ecclesiastes 1:3. “What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?” What do we have to show for all that we do in this life? Now the point of these studies is not to be depressed or demoralized by the teacher’s conclusions. Sometimes people read this book and find it to be empty and depressing. But the goal is that we will not waste our lives trying to find deep joy and lasting satisfaction in a world that was no...2024-11-0330 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: Have The Mind of Christ (Philippians 2:3-11)The apostle Paul is writing to these Christians so that they will focus on their manner of life being worthy of the gospel of Christ. One of the key characteristics of a life being lived for the gospel is unity and harmony among Christians. Philippians 2:1-2 records Paul’s plead to them that if Christ means anything to their lives, then be of the same mind, have the same love, be in full agreement, and have the same way of thinking. In this next paragraph the apostle Paul is going to teach us how to accomplish this. How can we...2024-10-2741 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: Life Worthy of the Gospel (Philippians 1:27-2:2)In the last paragraph the apostle Paul has described his joy in suffering. His joy came from knowing that the gospel was advancing through what he was experiencing. His joy also came from knowing that his faith was only being strengthened to bring about his spiritual deliverance. Paul spoke this way because for him to live is Christ and to die is gain. His whole life is about Jesus and death is the fulfillment of all that this life is about: to be with Jesus. Paul was not a fatalist or desiring to die but understood that the purpose...2024-10-2739 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: Responding To The Bread of Life (John 6:60-71)We are at a point now where many disciples are turning away from Jesus. It is not just the hard-hearted people that are rejecting Jesus. Even disciples who have been following Jesus are turning away. Why these disciples turning away? What has happened to cause them to turn from following Jesus? We are going to look at John 6:60-71 and consider why these disciples are leaving and the warning it means for us so that we do not turn away from Jesus. Reaction of the False Disciples (6:60-66) Rather than inspecting their hearts and listening...2024-10-2044 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: The Bread of Life (John 6:30-40)The day before Jesus fed 5000 with five loaves and two fish. The next day the crowds come back looking for Jesus and find him across the sea in Capernaum. But Jesus knows their hearts and declares that they only reason they seek him was not because they saw the signs and comprehended, but because they wanted their bellies fed. They have come for Jesus to satisfy their physical desires and needs. Jesus commands them to work for the food that does not perish. Put your efforts not in the physical desires of life but on Jesus that offers eternal...2024-10-2038 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristWhen God Is Silent (Habakkuk 1:1-4)There are a group of books in the scriptures that we call the minor prophets. They are given this name because they are small prophetic books when compared to the size of the prophetic books like Isaiah and Jeremiah. But the messages in these books are very practical and very important to building our faith and increasing our knowledge of the Lord. There is a small, three chapter book in your copies of God’s word called Habakkuk. Habakkuk is a unique book. Typically the minor prophets reveal God telling the prophet to go and preach to the people Go...2024-10-1333 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristKnowing The World (1 John 2:12-17)John has been writing this letter so that its readers can know that they have eternal life (cf. 1 John 5:13). In particular, John has been helping us know if we are walking in the light or in darkness. John has given us various tests so that we can evaluate our faith and know where we stand with God. But John has been writing to encourage us to walk with God by maintaining fellowship with the apostles so that our joy can be complete (cf. 1 John 1:3-4). We are going to conclude this series on living in light by looking at...2024-09-1532 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristKnow the New Command (1 John 2:7-11)We have been looking at how we can know that we have eternal life from the teachings of the apostle John. John wants us to have a confidence in our relationship with God so that we can have complete joy in Christ. The picture that the apostle John has given to us is that if we see that we are walking in the light, then we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus is cleansing us from all sin (cf. 1 John 1:7). Walking in the light means that we will have an intensity about not sinning. We...2024-09-0837 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristKnowing Jesus (1 John 2:3-6)John has proclaimed amazing words of encouragement and hope. In the second chapter of 1 John the author has declared that he is writing so that we will not sin. But if we do sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. God has provided the defense attorney we need. Jesus is the advocate and helper needed because of our sins. God is light and in him there is no darkness at all (cf. 1 John 1:5). Therefore, our sins are a very big problem, separating us from having a relationship with the Father. But we have an...2024-09-0136 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe “We” of the Body (1 Corinthians 12)Our theme for 2024 is We, Not Me. We have spent some time in the first part of this year looking more about how to think about each other over ourselves. But for the second half of 2024, Lord willing, we are going to lean and push into this theme even stronger than we have so far. Our upcoming series in 1 John and in James are looking at scriptures that will help us practice “we, not me” behavior. But one of the books in God’s word that was written was specifically written to Christians in a city where there were divisi...2024-08-0437 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristBreakthrough: The Forgiveness of GodLet all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 4:31-5:2 ESV) Paul says something to these Christians that I want us to think about. We are to be forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave us. How did God forgive...2024-07-0742 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristREWIND: Called To Build (Isaiah 61:1-6)…The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God. (Isaiah 61:1–2 ESV) Isaiah prophesies about 700 years before the arrival of Jesus. Providing context to this prophecy, Isaiah is proclaiming a message of restoration and hope. The people of Israel had broken God’s covena...2024-06-0900 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristRisen (Matthew 27:55-28:20)I would like to draw your attention to Matthew 27. As you are turning, I want to make an important point as we begin this morning. This lesson is not delivered because of the time found on our calendars. Every Sunday we come together to celebrate and remember the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are doing nothing different this Sunday than we do the other 51 Sundays in the year. We have been going through the Gospel of Matthew and now we come to the final scene in Matthew’s gospel. It is the most important event and, th...2024-03-3140 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristHope From Guilt and Shame (Jeremiah 3:19-4:4)In Jeremiah 3 God is explaining why the people’s lack of guilt and shame has been a problem to the relationship. We noticed in our last lesson that God expects us to experience guilt and shame so that we will have clarity about what we have done, be genuine about our sin which then will ultimately lead to a true repentance rather than stubbornness. We concluded that lesson by God making promises about what he was going to do through Christ in the future. Here in Jeremiah 3:19-4:4 we are going to see more promises that God gives to hi...2024-02-1144 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThanking Through ItRejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV) Just slow down and think about what the apostle Paul taught as he came to the end of his first letter to the Thessalonian Christians. This is God’s will in Christ for you: always rejoicing, constantly praying, and giving thanks in all circumstances. But let the end of this direction rest on you for a moment. Give thanks in ALL circumstances. This is a week that our country has set aside as...2023-11-1939 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristReady For His Coming (Matthew 25)Matthew 24 ended with Jesus warning his disciples that they need to be ready for his coming in judgment. In last week’s lessons we saw that Jesus warned that his delay to bring judgment will tempt his servants to no longer stay awake and be ready and will tempt his servants to mistreat one another (cf. Matthew 24:42-51). Matthew 25 will now explain what being ready for Jesus’ coming looks like. This would be very important and appropriate for them to hear now because Jesus is warning that he was going to come in national judgment against Israel. Not one ston...2023-11-1239 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristTo Live Is Christ, To Die Is GainA sermon from Dave Schmidt. No text available. The post To Live Is Christ, To Die Is Gain appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ. 2023-10-2238 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristHope In The Darkness (Joel 3)So how do you have hope when you feel surrounded by darkness? What are God’s people to do with life seems hopeless and joy is dried up? God through his prophet Joel is proclaiming about what he was going to do for his people in the last days when the Christ would come. We noticed in our last lesson that the apostle Peter stood up with the other apostles on the day of Pentecost and proclaimed that was happened was exactly what Joel had written (cf. Acts 2:15). Joel proclaimed that the Spirit would be poured out on all fl...2023-10-1530 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristOur Hope Is In The Lord (Joel 2:18-32)It was the sermon that opened the floodgates to the kingdom of God. The apostle Peter on the day of Pentecost stood up with the apostles and preached a sermon that began something like this. “We are not drunk, as you all think, but this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel” (cf. Acts 2:15). Peter then quotes and then explains the prophecy that is found in the second chapter of Joel. This passage in God’s word is the whole key to what you read about in the book of Acts. Joel was speaking about a glorious time for th...2023-10-0134 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristCome To The Feast (Matthew 22:1-14)Jesus has been telling stories about what his kingdom is like. He has told a story about two sons and a story about farming tenants who refused to give the fruit of the land to the owner, which are recorded toward the end of Matthew 21. Jesus has one more parable to tell about the kingdom and about the rejection of his invitation. This parable is going to describe who can enter Christ’s kingdom and who cannot and why they cannot. The Rejection (22:1-7) The story begins by describing a great king who is preparing a...2023-09-2437 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristA New Temple With Life (Ezekiel 47-48)Ezekiel was given the task of preaching to a people who had been captured and taken into exile by the Babylonians because God was judging his people for their sins. But the people in exile were going to represent the future of Israel. Their children would be the future remnant to return to Jerusalem. The final chapters of the book of Ezekiel is to generate hope in the people regarding what God will do when the Christ comes and the Spirit is poured out. The final chapters of the book have described a glorious temple in great detail. The...2023-05-2130 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristA New Temple With Glory (Ezekiel 40-43)As we come to the final chapters of Ezekiel, Ezekiel is going to have a vision for the new temple. Chapters 40-48 all depict a new glorious temple that the Lord will have for his people. Before we look at this vision, we need to consider where we are in the flow of the book and why this would be how the prophecy of Ezekiel ends. One big message that we are seeing the Lord give through Ezekiel is an explanation of how things are going to be different in Christ’s kingdom when the Spirit comes. The people ha...2023-05-0729 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristGrace Abounded (Ezekiel 19-20)Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:20–21 ESV) Paul gives a beautiful picture. It is also a beautiful picture of Israel’s history. Where the sin increased, grace abounded even more. Ezekiel is prophesying to the exiled people about the coming destruction of Jerusalem. He is also preparing the people to have new hearts and new spirits so that they can repent and turn...2023-02-1237 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristNo Honor (Matthew 13:53-14:12)The Gospel of Matthew tells you when it is shifting to a new section of teaching. There are six sections in Matthew marked by five breaks in the text. The break is marked with words like what you read in Matthew 13:53, “When Jesus had finished these parables.” We have called our last series, “The Teachings of Jesus” which covered Matthew 11-13. But now we are going to see a shift in the tone of this gospel. Chapters 14-19 show the rejection of Jesus. Jesus is going to start talking about his rejection and death. Jesus is going to teach the peop...2023-01-1538 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe Problem of More (Ezekiel 17)There are so many pictures in the scriptures where God is trying to show us who we are, where we have come from, and what God is doing about our circumstances. We are in a section of Ezekiel where God is sharing three pictures to show who we are and what God is doing for us. In chapter 15 we saw the picture of a useless vine. The message was that we only have one purpose: to bear fruit. We can only bear fruit because we are deeply connected to Christ, as Jesus applied this message in John 15. The second...2022-12-1834 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristDelivered from Disgrace (Ezekiel 16)There are so many pictures in the scriptures where God is trying to show us who we are, where we have come from, and what God is doing about our circumstances. The apostle Paul even proclaimed that he prayed that we would “know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge” (Ephesians 3:19). The love of Christ for us is so wide and so deep that it is impossible for us to fully grasp his love for us. But that does not stop God from trying to show us. Ezekiel 16 is one of those passages in God’s word that is trying...2022-12-1134 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristUseless (Ezekiel 15)For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:8 CSB) Peter’s concern is that the Christians he is writing to would become useless and unfruitful toward God. In general, no one wants to be useless. We especially do not want to be called useless. It is a pretty derogatory term to tell someone that they are completely useless. But how sad would it be to call the people of God, “useless and unfruitful”! This is the problem that the Lo...2022-12-0434 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristTime: Living For GloryA sermon from Berry Kercheville. The post Time: Living For Glory appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ. 2022-10-2640 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristBlessed When SufferingA sermon from Berry Kercheville. The post Blessed When Suffering appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ. 2022-10-2534 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristThe End of All ThingsA sermon from Berry Kercheville. The post The End of All Things appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ. 2022-10-2436 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristJoy in Thinking God’s WayA sermon from Berry Kercheville. The post Joy in Thinking God’s Way appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ. 2022-10-2343 min

Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of ChristBorn Again with JoyA sermon from Berry Kercheville. The post Born Again with Joy appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ. 2022-10-2340 min