God intends for the believer to face increasingly difficult spiritual trials. 

Zacchaeus had everything, yet he had nothing. Jesus fills him to overflowing. He gives everything away, and possesses more than he ever had.

God's remedy for our sin must be a Savior who is made to be like the curse, yet different from the curse.Download notes, transcript, and more;

Not all of the gospel's saving message can be received by faith. Download notes, transcript, and more;

The gospel is not God's invitation to believe. It is God's announcement of His completed work on behalf of sinners who were unable to save themselves.Download notes, transcript, and more;

In one of the most unique conversations found in the gospels, Jesus reasons with a man struggling to believe.Download notes, transcript, and more;

Being seated with Christ means what is given to Christ is given to us.

The power to give spiritual life to a dead sinner is the same power needed to raise Christ from the tomb.

Taking God's love for His children for granted makes light of the greatest truth known to man.

The most common spiritual test that we all face is the temptation to think low thoughts of God.

The most difficult spiritual tests are those that we feel we have the power to stop.

God desires us to hope in Him, not to hope in His means.

God has not only prepared the perfect life for His children, He has also created them with the perfect traits to carry out His perfect plan.

God does not seek to be asked to enter our lives and make our dreams come true. Instead, He has prepared the perfect life for us, and asks us to trust Him with His plans for our life.

Just as God created all physical things out of nothing, so also we are new spiritual creations in Christ.

 The only true and genuine expression of Jesus Christ on earth is the oneness and togetherness of His Church. The only way the world can genuinely see Christ, is to see the oneness of the Church.

The greatest scandal of the New Testament was that, by faith, everyone who is in Christ is an equal partaker of the kingdom of God.

God does not hide Himself. He desires to be known.

Ruth presents us with a powerful picture of the true Church.

In the most wicked of times, Boaz appears as a reminder that God will always have a faithful covenant people.

The hand of God which has brought famine and death to the loves of Naomi and Ruth, now brings favor.

Worship is saying, "I have to have that in order to have peace, happiness, or security." The human heart is made to worship, and if we do not worship the True God, we will immediately worship a false substitute.

Blame-shifting is nothing new, and Christians have always been blamed by the world for the consequences of the world's own sin.

Repentance is both commanded and gifted. It is both a requirement, and a grace from God. Therefore, for the Christian: true, real change is both commanded, and guaranteed.

Miraculous signs and wonders have no power in themselves to convert lost sinners.