Hebrews 12:22-24 – …you have come to…Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. As I was researching and studying for the sermon in Genesis 4 on the story of Cain and Abel, it occurred to me that there are … Read more
Genesis 4:26b – “At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.” Today, we continue looking at the story of Cain and Abel and how we can avoid being like Cain in our own lives today. Cain yielded to his anger, which God had warned him to control, and murdered his … Read more
Genesis 4:26b – “At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord.” The Bible is the most honest book ever written, and only a few pages in, it gives us the honest account of how sin makes family relationships so painful. Not long after God said that everything was “very good” … Read more
Genesis 3:1 – Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” Ephesians 6 speaks of the full Armor of God, including the “sword of the Spirit”, which is … Read more
Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” In yesterday’s devo, we started looking at the entrance of the Serpent, that is Satan, in Genesis 3 and humanity’s first deception and separation from … Read more
Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” One thing that every human being innately feels and knows is that something has gone terribly wrong, and human life on the planet could be … Read more
Genesis 3:4-5 – But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” In Genesis 3, when Satan, dressed as a Serpent, appears to our first parents, he starts by … Read more
Ephesians 4:26 – Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger… James 1:19-20 – Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. This passage in … Read more
James 1:26-27 – If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. How many of … Read more
Mark 2:5-7,8 – When Jesus saw their faith, he said…”Son, your sins are forgiven”…“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?” … Read more
Romans 13:9-13 – For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Besides … Read more
In this sermon from Romans 13:8-14, Pastor Mark preaches on the war between love and selfishness, the war between the Spirit and the flesh, and the best version of a person, who is in Jesus.