We are going to be going right back into the book of Philippians again. We only got six verses deep into it the last time. I think that we will get a little bit further than that this evening. Mainly what we covered the last time …
By the time the apostle John recorded Jesus Christ's letter to the church in Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7), more than sixty years had passed since the inception of the church of God. The sprawling city of Ephesus prospered as the commercial …
The Bible may be the world's bestselling book that is never read. "Never" may be a bit hyperbolic, but people who study such things tell us that fewer people are reading it and not as often. Ninety percent of American homes contain a …

(1) "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
The characters of the parable are the "Bridegroom," also referred to as "Lord," who is Jesus Christ Himself, and, of course, "the ten virgins," representing those called of God (Matthew 22:14; Ephesians 4:1-6; I Peter 1:15; Revelation …
Despite our many flaws, God’s purpose is to bring us to perfection (Hebrews 6:1). Within God’s purpose, Jesus Christ’s life as a human being was ordained to perfect Him and leave us an example to follow. The author writes in Hebrews 2:10, “For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.” Jesus was made perfect for His position as High Priest by the things He suffered. The word “perfect” is the Greek verb teleioō (Strong’s #5048), which means “to complete, to …
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