Mark 9:3 NIV

"DEMON POSSESSION" Intro: Demons are wicked, evil, unclean spirits that seek to inhabit human bodies, who when they do can take over the motor functions, they can speak through the person, exercise unusual strength, they can inflict physical or mental maladies.. Damion. I. ORIGIN OF DEMONS UNCERTAIN... Read More

A Few Sighs from Hell; OR The Groans of a Damned Soul. Luke 16:19-31. here was a certain rich man which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the cru... Read More

There were three great feasts when all Israel had to go up to Jerusalem. Other feasts there were, such as the Sabbath constantly, the new moons, and the great day of atonement; but these three, the Passover, Pentecost or Feast of Weeks, and the Tabernacles, were solemn feasts in this way, that they ... Read More

In the history of earthly princes we do not often hear of the poor and afflicted, but of brave generals and wise senators. In the history of the Prince of peace we meet continually with anecdotes of beggars and outcasts. Those whom men overlooked and spurned were the objects of his most tender regar... Read More

Chapter Ten from the book Meditations on the Sacred Humanity of The Blessed Redeemer There is this peculiar blessedness in the Person and work of the adorable Redeemer, that, like the sun which shines in every clime, he is ever beaming forth out of his inexhaustible fullness rays of grace and glory,... Read More

May 9, 1982 2 Peter 1:12-19 In what we have seen so far in 2 Peter (up through 1:11) the main point has been to urge Christians to make sure that they are truly saved. Verse 10 says, "Therefore, brethren, be more zealous to confirm your call and election." Peter is aware of people who have made a ki... 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

Be transformed (3339) (metamorphoo from metá = denotes change of place or condition + morphoo = to form from morphe = form, shape referring to the essential form of a thing) has the basic meaning of changing into another form and is the term from which we get metamorphosis, which in biology denotes ... Read More

"Unto Him who loves us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever! Amen."—Revelation 1:5-6 Suddenly and abruptly does this doxology break in. The first and third persons of the Godhead are, i... Read More

(Compare Mark 9:2–13; Luke 9:28–36) DISCOVERY OF THE FACTS 1. Jesus, Moses and Elijah, vv. 1–4 Of what prophecy of our Lord is this lesson a fulfillment? (Matt. 16:28; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:27.) How many of the disciples did He take with Him? Did He take these three with Him on any other occasion? (Mark ... Read More