By inspiration of God, the apostle John penned five New Testament books. In our final Sunday of 2019, we find a New Year resolution from each of these inspiring books by “the disciple that Jesus loved.”
Sermons on Encouragement
This text includes the statement, “you should follow in His steps.” The context is we should suffer as Jesus suffered. We know how He responded when mistreated, how should we respond?
The story of Job is so incredibly tragic that many people believe it is only a story and didn’t really happen. But it did happen. The real-life experience of Job and his response teaches us how to respond “when life tumbles in.”
Following Paul’s discussion of the whole armor of God, he concludes with a reminder that we have within our power the strongest weapon God provides in our spiritual battle with the world.
Paul claims he was called to preach “unsearchable riches” to the Gentiles. This is one of the great expressions in the New Testament for the gospel of Christ. Just what are these riches Paul was called to share?