As we begin, I want us to understand that this sermon is about the relationship between God and us and salvation. Are we sure that we are observing the Days of Unleavened Bread for the right reason? Is it possible that we have been …
How do Christians keep God's holy times? The Bible provides instruction and principles on how we should observe these important days, and church tradition and experience add some helpful assistance. If we follow these guidelines, we will …
The apostle Paul teaches Christians in I Corinthians 11:27-29 to appraise themselves carefully before partaking of the bread and the wine in the Passover service: So if anyone eats this bread and drinks from this cup of the Lord in an …

(11) I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing. (12) Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds. (13) For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!
The apostle Paul, despite his cautions to Timothy (see II Timothy 2:23; I Timothy 6:3-5), realized at one point that if he did not challenge the foolish challenges of his enemies (concerning his apostolic authority and methods), …
"But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46) Can anything be more paradoxical than professing Christians not following the words of the One they claim as their Savior? But such is the sad state of affairs in this Western civilization that, we are often told, was built upon a "Judeo-Christian ethic." The American Bible Society's 2025 "The State of the Bible" report found that only 36% of all American adults agreed that "the Bible is totally accurate in all the principles it presents," down from 43% in 2000. Yet, if the 36% strongly believed rather …
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