Sermons & Devotionals by Derek Melton

1st Corinthians 1:18 (KJV) 18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Every facet of the Christian life emanates from the divine act of love that transpired upon the cross; a barbaric instrument of death. The savage and t... Read More

1st Corinthians 15:45 (KJV) And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Through our degenerate inheritance we have all been born as sons of Adam. Paul's soaring epistle to the believers of Rome identifies this foundational Christian te... Read More

Galatians 5:24 "And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts." It seems to be a common question within and without the Church these days: "why are so many professing Christians living as if they were unconverted?" According to the latest statistics, the divorce r... Read More

Romans 12:2 (KJV) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. In this text the Apostle Paul describes the inner workings of true salvation or regeneration. Paul is declaring tha... Read More

Proverbs 16:6 (KJV) By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. Once again this week I cannot help but write upon the topic of the "fear of the Lord". Darkness is brooding over our nation and sin is abounding therein and nothing will turn this tide of law... Read More

1st Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. One of the hallowed beauties of the early church was the tangible richness of love the brethren had one for another. Insomuch they were willing to yield their possessions, land, a... Read More

1st Corinthians 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. One of the great joys of celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is the blessedness of being partakers of the very power that raised Him from the dead. This personal resurr... Read More

Isaiah 62:6-7 6 "I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: yet that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence," 7 "And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth." John Wesley once said: "Give me one... Read More

Lamentations 1:10 (ASV) The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: For she hath seen that the nations are entered into her sanctuary, Concerning whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thine assembly. The radiance and the beauty that once clothed the Church ... Read More

Daniel 11:35 (KJV) And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. It seems that the subject of Christian suffering has slipped from our pulpits and hence our vocabularies in this po... Read More

Proverbs 28:2 (TLB) When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily; but with honest, sensible leaders there is stability. With the National Day of Prayer being this past Thursday we must remember the condition of our nation and bring petitions before the Throne of Grace that ... Read More