Two Different Motivations As the Sermon on the Mount unfolds, there are two very critical opposing forces present within the entirety of our Lord’s teaching. One is the exposure of the hypocritical religious leadership of His day, the other is the sincere devotion to God to which we as Christians are called. Christ exposes the false righteousness of the Pharisees … [Read more...] about An Unwavering Zeal For God’s Glory
Desires
The Desires of The Heart
Getting Down To The Root Scripture informs us as to the depths of our sinfulness before the holy God. We rebel outwardly disobeying His perfect commandments turning aside from His way (Romans 3:12). After our father Adam, we are born sinners (Psalm 51:5 and Romans 5:12-13). Our sin issue goes down to the depths of our heart which Scripture testifies to saying “The heart is … [Read more...] about The Desires of The Heart
The Ceaseless Desire For Evil
A Depraved Desire At the congregation that I serve pastorally, we have been going through 1 John together on Sunday mornings. Line by line, truth by truth, doctrine by doctrine we have been seeing God’s Word each week. Multiple lessons are learned as I sit at my desk to prepare each and every sermon. Perhaps one of the most valuable came when preaching 1 John 2:15-17. It is … [Read more...] about The Ceaseless Desire For Evil
