Archive for category: Teaching

COVETOUSNESS IS IDOLATRY – 3

5 December, 2008 (21:02) | Teaching | By: rickvan

So six days before the Passover Feast, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died and whom He had raised from the dead. 2 So they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at the table with Him. 3 Mary took a pound of ointment of pure [...]

DO NOT BLUSH TO TESTIFY

2 December, 2008 (23:23) | Teaching | By: rickvan

I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), [a faith] that first lived permanently in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am [fully] persuaded, [...]

DON’T BE ASHAMED

29 November, 2008 (14:48) | Teaching | By: rickvan

So from one man, though he was physically as good as dead, there have sprung descendants whose number is as the stars of heaven and as countless as the innumerable sands on the seashore. 13 These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of [God's] promises, [...]

TO THE ANGEL IN SARDIS

24 November, 2008 (22:30) | Teaching | By: rickvan

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write:   These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.   2 Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for [...]

SACRIFICE IS NO SUBSTITUTE

21 November, 2008 (18:30) | Teaching | By: rickvan

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly! You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God which He commanded you; for the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever; 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought out [David] a man after His own heart, [...]

A SON IN GOD’S HOUSE

17 November, 2008 (19:10) | Teaching | By: rickvan

For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid and one by the free woman.   23 But whereas the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.   24 [...]

THE GREATEST IN THE KINGDOM

13 November, 2008 (22:30) | Teaching | By: rickvan

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed [...]

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES BY FAITH

10 November, 2008 (01:47) | Teaching | By: rickvan

John, the son of Zechariah, went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins – preparing the way for the Messiah, Jesus – as he was born to do.    John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! [...]

JESUS-OUR JUBILEE

6 November, 2008 (19:32) | Teaching | By: rickvan

The Lord began dealing with me recently about the Year of Jubilee. I believe that this is our Year of Jubilee! In Nazareth, at His local Synagogue, Jesus was handed the book of Isaiah and He read from chapter 61:   The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the [...]

SONS OF THE MOST HIGH

3 November, 2008 (22:44) | Teaching | By: rickvan

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.  Romans 5:5 NKJV   When you accept Jesus Christ of Nazareth as your Lord and Savior, you are born-again. When you are born-again, the Holy Spirit pours the love [...]