Ephesians 6:14 — “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.” A soldier’s breastplate protected his vital organs, it was a lifesaving piece of armour. So is righteousness to the Christian. In this sermon, we think about what righteousness is and about how it’s something we desperately…
II John 6 — “And this is love, that we walk after his commandments…” After reminding the elect lady of Christ’s command to love one another, the Apostle John then describes what loving one another look like. He didn’t leave her, and he doesn’t leave us, to figure this our for ourselves. We love one…
Ephesians 6:10-17 — “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth…” What is the armour of God and why do Christians need it? These are the questions that lead us into our study of Paul’s famous description of the armour of God in Ephesians chapter 6. We think about why Paul might have used this…
II John 5 – “And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.” It’s a command that most of us know well, and yet it’s something we can easily forget. We can get to a…
Genesis 3:1-21 — Have you ever thought about scared and embarrassed Adam & Eve must’ve been when they heard the voice of the LORD as He came walking in the Garden? They had never experience shame or fear before. They tried to cover their bodies with fig leaves and hide away from the presence of…
II John 4 — “I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth…” John was overjoyed to learn that some of the children of his dear friend were walking with the Lord. They were following Christ in very difficult circumstances. In this short study, we think about why exactly their faithfulness was…
II Chronicles 33:10-20 — “Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God…” The story of Manasseh’s reign doesn’t finish where we might expect. Instead of going to the grave in thrall to false religion, Manasseh repented and put His faith in the LORD alone. We know his change of heart was authentic because He…
II Kings 21:1-8 — In this sermon we consider the wreckage of Manasseh’s reign. We look at the catalogue of pagan religious practices he propagated throughout his kingdom. We think about why he gave himself so thoroughly to paganism and what it cost. He threw away what was priceless. He chose what was worthless. There…
II John 3 — “Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ…” The greeting in II John is unlike any other in the New Testament. Instead of expressing his wish for the elect lady and her children, the Apostle expresses his confidence. He articulates what is…
II Kings 21:1-18 — “Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.” Manasseh was the worst king that ever sat on the throne in Jerusalem. His wickedness exceeded even that of the Canaanites whom the LORD drove out when Israel entered its Promised…