1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” From the text, it appears that Timothy possessed a nature similar to each one of us, the desire and need for...

Genesis 19:1 “And there came two angels to Sodom at even” Genesis 19:23-24 “The sun was raised upon the earth . . . Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain,...

Acts 20:24 “neither count I my life dear unto myself” Philippians 3:8 “I count all things but loss . . . and do count them but dung” Philippians 3:13 “I count not myself to have apprehended” Four times in three verses, Paul makes reference to “count I”, “I count” or...

Philippians 3:10-11 “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.” In a day of shallow Christianity, there are few that exemplify the...

Philippians 3:14 “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Following his Damascus road experience, where God transformed a rebellious sinner into a righteous saint; Paul knew that he was a “chosen vessel” (see Acts 9:15) and God had a plan...