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Two questions stand out: 1) Did Jesus actually descend into hell? 2) If Jesus did descend into hell, why? Get your Bible. You are going to need it as we search the Scriptures to answer these two questions. In the process, we will also find an answer to a third question, “Who are the sons of God in Gen. 6?” If you like solving mysteries, you will love this
Read More"The reason local churches go liberal and die is because of unqualified or disqualified leadership."
You won’t find a church that is seriously devoted to prayer, if its elders aren’t seriously devoted to prayer. You won’t find a church that faithfully engages in discipleship, if the elders aren’t faithfully engaged in discipleship. Congregations follow their leadership, usually several steps behind, for good or for bad, and that is why there must be biblically qualified elders in every local church.
Read More"Eternity alone will reveal the untold multitudes of “Good Protestants” who perished in hell, infected with the black death of a false gospel, all the while professing to believe in the gospel of grace!"
Read MoreI spoke to a man years ago who told me that he was into apologetics. He loved to engage intellectuals, argue with them about creationism, science, philosophy, and things like that. After hearing me say what I did in the paragraph above, he came up to me and said, “I have been arguing with people about Jesus for over 10 years and no one has ever come to the Lord. I just realized why—I never share the gospel with them!” It can happen to you too, so don’t get distracted, don’t get led into other topics, open the bay doors of your mouth and drop the gospel bomb!
Read MoreGod doesn’t need men, but God chooses to use men at times to accomplish His sovereign will. We see this all the way through the Bible. He uses believers and unbelievers. Though absolutely sovereign, all knowing, all wise, and everywhere present, God uses sinners to accomplish His will. Believer, don’t think that your faithful service to your local body of believers is insignificant or accounts for little or nothing. God sees. God will use it even if you do not understand how. Eternity will reveal how your faithful service was used by the Lord in amazing ways.
Read More"Even acceptable pleasures become sinful if you pursue them to the neglect of what is commanded in the Bible."
The world is falling apart while many in the church are choosing pleasure above God. Take some time to talk to the Lord this week about how you are using your time. Consider if hedonism has crept into your life, the false idea that pleasure is the highest form of good.
Read MoreThe fact is, the Bible says a lot of things and some of those things seem to contradict each other. You want to do the right thing. You want to trust God, but you have a nagging feeling that you should do something besides pray, so you say to yourself, “The Lord will take care of it,” and saunter along chewing on a blade of grass. Are you exercising faith or being presumptuous? Are you trusting in the Lord or being lazy?
Rest assured, the Bible does not contradict itself. You should trust God, pray, and do something. But how do your needs, God’s sovereignty, His promises, and your responsibility to obey the Lord work together in the predetermined plan of God’s eternal, sovereign, and unchanging decree?
Read MoreThe purpose of www.drivennails.com is to help train expository preachers in sermon construction and delivery, to train inductive Bible study writers and teachers, and to edify the saints with the Word of God.
Two questions stand out: 1) Did Jesus actually descend into hell? 2) If Jesus did descend into hell, why? Get your Bible. You are going to need it as we search the Scriptures to answer these two questions. In the process, we will also find an answer to a third question, “Who are the sons of God in Gen. 6?” If you like solving mysteries, you will love this