Mark 2:13

A. THE NEED 1. The people’s condition, John 12:46; 1:6-8 2. The hunger of the people, Luke 5:1 3. The extent of the field, Luke 4:42-44; Acts 1:8 4. The ripeness of the fields, John 4:35 5. The urgency of the hour, John 9:4 6. The need of the people, I Sam. 3:1; Prov. 29:18 7. God’s need of a channe... Read More

If and when a brother who has fallen into drunkenness repents with great sorrow over his sin and returns again to Christ, the church ought to embrace him in Christian love. “...ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. Where... Read More

There is a great need in the body of Christ for consistent reading of the Holy Scriptures in their entirety, book by book, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. In this case we are encouraging a chronological reading of the Scriptures. Most of the confusion is created when certain teachers, groups, or... Read More

The value of testimonies upon this subject cannot be questioned. They are entirely Scriptural; and they often bring the Gospel down to the personal level and contact of the sufferer, as mere abstract teaching cannot do. But they should always be simple, modest, as impersonal as possible, and illustr... Read More

Guilty (liable to, subject to , deserving of) (1777) (enochos from enécho = to hold in, i.e., to ensnare, to be entangled - Gal 5:1) literally means held fast in (in the grasp, held in, contained in) and is an adjective describing one "in danger of," "liable to judgment and punishment in a legal for... Read More

Teach (1321) (didasko from dáo= know or teach; English = didactic; see study of related noun didaskalia and the adjective didaktikos) means to provide instruction or information in a formal or informal setting. In the 97 NT uses of didasko the meaning is virtually always to teach or instruct, althou... Read More

Daniel 1 - 4. There is much interest attaching to the person of this great Gentile. The place he occupies in the progress of the divine dispensations, the circumstances which connect him with the saints of God, and his own personal history--all contribute to give him a place in our recollections, an... Read More

Matt. 9; Mark 2; Luke 5. God was showing His rich and various mercy in the old times; but this was done after a peculiar manner. He forgave sin, He healed disease, He fed His people. But all this was done after a peculiar manner. There was a certain distance and reserve, as it were, a remaining stil... Read More

(See also Matthew 9:9–17; Mark 2:13–22) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Calling a Publican, vv. 27, 28 To what place did Jesus go? (Mark 2:13.) For what purpose? (Mark 2:2, 13; John 1:43.) Why did Jesus seek Levi out? When Jesus came where Levi was, what did He do? What is the exact force of the word “beh... Read More

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS: We have a good time in this ministry, it's a fun time, & if you think that a revival ministry is a knock-down, drag-out sort of affair where God's out to extract all the fun of your life, you've got the wrong crusade. Get ready for a good time. It doesn't mean God isn't going t... Read More