In the Rev. George Whitefield’s sermon entitled: “Abraham’s Offering Up His Son Isaac” he says this towards the end of his message: “This, this is the gospel; this is the only way of finding acceptance with God: good works have nothing to do with our justification in His sight. We are justified by faith alone, … More Faith Justified by Works
Life has a speed to it and you can define that speed as the ‘pace of a plant’ as a friend of mine said once. In other words look at nature and you will see how fast God intends for life to move. This is important to the Gospel because it sets the reality and … More Pace of a Plant
Is the Bible written so that heaven or hell are presented to mankind as their eternal destiny? Does Jesus spend three years preaching to the Jews that they are going to heaven or hell it’s their choice? Is the goal of the Bible and it’s teachings designed to bring men to a place where the … More Heaven or hell?
George Whitefield Sermon 17 The Temptation of Christ Matthew 4:1-11, Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the … More The Temptation of Christ: Rev. George Whitefield
Jesus was a preacher. How else did He communicate His message except by preaching it? Preaching is what the entire world does to communicate its various messages. The word for proclaiming a message that you want people to turn and believe is preaching. Christian preaching has a distinct look and feel. In our day people … More Jesus – was a preacher
Paul’s Witness to the Disciples of John (Acts 19:1–7) 1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy … More Acts 19 – New American Commentary
The Book of Acts demonstrated the Lord’s master plan of fulfilling the Great Commission: #1: preach the Gospel in the midst of strategies cities. Antioch – the third largest city in the Roman empire. Athens – the cultural and intellectual center of the Roman empire. Corinth – the commercial center of the Roman empire. #2 … More The Lord’s 3 Great Commission Strategies
George Whitefield Sermon 9 The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough Ecclesiastes 7:16, “Be not righteous overmuch, neither make thyself over-wise: why shouldst thou destroy thyself?” Nothing is more frequent, than while people are living in a course of sin, and after the fashion and manner of the world, there is not notice … More The Folly and Danger of Being Not Righteous Enough: Rev. George Whitefield
7. Establishing a Church in Corinth (18:1–17) That Luke did not intend to present a full-scale history of the Pauline mission is well illustrated by his treatment of Corinth. During the time of the church’s founding, Paul spent a year and a half in Corinth, as Luke attests (18:11). And yet the coverage is briefer … More Acts 18: New American Commentary
5. Establishing Churches in Thessalonica and Berea (17:1–15) Paul, Silas, and Timothy proceeded from Philippi to the major seaport city of Thessalonica some 100 miles distant (vv. 1–4). Thessalonica was then (as now) the second largest city in Greece, with a population estimated at 200,000.46 It was founded in 315 b.c. by Cassander on the … More Acts 17: New American Commentary
