It was not long ago I preached from Proverbs chapter 8 where Wisdom speaks of Prudence: “I wisdom dwell with prudence” (Proverb 12:8) Here are just few lines from the beginning of my Gospel sermon notes. Please note carefully that Wisdom speaks in the first person singular “I” and continues to speak right through to […]
The fruit of the Spirit
July 16th, 2014
True Christian believers are marked by the fruit of the Spirit. If speaking in tongues were to be a sign of the Holy Spirit, Paul would have surely mentioned (and the point is he didn’t) here in Galatians 5:22-25 where we read “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, […]
PENTECOST
June 19th, 2014
What is it all about? Pentecost is not about speaking strange and confusing tongues. It is not about jumping up and down in hysterical manner. In fact, it is an unholy thing to behave under the name of the Spirit who is not only called “The Holy Spirit” but also “The Spirit of Truth” The […]
A SIGN FROM HEAVEN
November 4th, 2011
Mark in his Gospel account records a few sighs of Jesus. One of the sighs we read of was at the time when the Pharisees asked Jesus to show them a sign from heaven. This sigh of our Lord expressed grief over the sin of hypocrisy and unbelief. We read about this in Mark 8:11-12:
The fear of the LORD
July 14th, 2011
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, And to be held in reverence by all those around Him” (Psalm 89:7)
The fountain of living waters
May 13th, 2011
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns – broken cisterns that can hold no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13)
