Text: Exodus 12:35-36
Gold Was Taken from Egypt (Exodus 12:35-36) — God provides (James 1:17)
Gold Used in the Tabernacle (Exodus 25:1-3, 8-9) — God expects us to return some of our blessings to Him (1 Corinthians 16:1-2)
Gold Used to Make the Golden Calf (Exodus 32:1-4) — Must not turn our blessings into idols (1 John 5:21)
Gold [...]
Plundered Egyptian Gold
Posted on March 15, 2010 at 10:41 pm by Andy Sochor
Evil Ahab
Posted on January 26, 2010 at 12:43 am by Andy Sochor
Text: 1 Kings 16:29-33
“Ahab… did evil in the sight of the Lord more than all who were before him” (v. 30) — What did Ahab do to earn this infamous recognition?
He Failed to Learn from His Father’s Sins (v. 30; Ezekiel 18:14-17)
Sin Was a Trivial Thing to Him (v. 31; Isaiah 59:2; Romans 6:23)
He Allowed [...]
The Ever Expanding Civil Government
Posted on September 22, 2009 at 9:50 pm by Andy Sochor
The Role of Government
Punish evildoers (Romans 13:3-4)
Protect the innocent (Romans 13:3)
Provide & maintain a secure environment (1 Timothy 2:2-3)
Civil governments have expanded far beyond this God-ordained role
The Danger of Putting Our Trust in Government
Trusting in something that will fail (Ecclesiastes 5:8; Matthew 26:11)
Failing to do what we are responsible to do (2 Thessalonians 3:7-10; 1 [...]
The Gods That Men Serve
Posted on December 21, 2008 at 8:16 pm by Andy Sochor
Text: 1 John 5:21
Man-Made Idols – Acts 19:26
Political Leaders – Acts 12:22
Material Things – Colossians 3:5
Their Own Appetite – Philippians 3:19
Lessons from the Golden Calf
Posted on March 17, 2008 at 9:34 pm by Andy Sochor
Text: Exodus 32
Do not think too highly of men (v. 1) – without Moses, they thought they could no longer serve God
Sacrificing for a thing does not mean that thing is good (v. 2-4)
Be willing to stand against what is popular (v. 1,4-5)
Take responsibility for your own actions (v. 22)
Religion is about spirituality, not carnality [...]
