“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16-17). This is a description of a minister’s …
Growing Up or Down
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been …
The Grace of Imitation
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the …
She Never Hears the Click
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so …
Appearance of Godliness
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, …
Meek for a Week
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not …
Ecclesiastical Chamber Pots
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable …
The Lord Knows
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting …
No Need for Shame
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). In a fundamental sense, no sinner is approved by God unless he receives that …
Janglers With Words
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) “Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers” (2 Tim. 2:14). Paul tells Timothy to remind his people of “these things.” What he is referring to is …