Posts by Jerry Sivnksty
Laying Up Treasures on Earth or in Heaven? (Part Two)
In the last article I addressed the matter of laying up treasures upon earth. The Lord Jesus Christ exhorted His disciples not to focus upon the physical—that is, the temporal. The person whose life is consumed with the things of this earth will be greatly disappointed. Even King Solomon admitted in Ecclesiastes 2:11, “Then I…
Read MoreLaying Up Treasures on Earth or in Heaven?
Our Lord declared to His disciples in Matthew 6:19, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.” In this passage the Lord taught His disciples not to make it their goal to amass wealth for themselves. Again He declared in Luke 12:15,…
Read MoreLet Your Faith Be Bigger Than Your Fear
Recently I was in a pastor’s home in Virginia. I looked on the wall and saw this statement: “Let your faith be bigger than your fear.” It really impressed me because I know how many people are living in a state of constant fear. Many have been fearful because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Others are…
Read MoreGetting Back to the Basics, Part 2
In my last article I discussed the matter of reading, memorizing, and meditating on Scripture. Our spiritual nourishment for a healthy life is feeding daily upon the milk and meat of God’s Word. This is the first basic of the Christian life we must get back to. Second, we need to get back to the…
Read MoreGetting Back to the Basics, Part 1
In any sport, it’s vital to learn the basics and practice them until they are mastered. When I played football in high school, my coach would lecture us players to get back to the basics in playing the game. He reminded us that we had to run our routes, play only our zone, focus on…
Read MoreCan You Help Me?
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; Who…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Not Fainting in God’s Work
In 2 Corinthians 4:1 the apostle Paul declared under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not.” The overall ministry of Paul was one of reconciliation. We read in 2 Corinthians 5:19, “To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto…
Read MoreBringing Others to the Truth
Jerry Sivnksty FrontLine • November/December 2006 In John 8:32 the Lord Jesus Christ said, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 1:17 says, “For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” The Lord told Thomas in John 14:6, “I am the…
Read MoreThe Lord’s Presence for His People
Jerry Sivnksty FrontLine • March/April 2009 In Psalm 16:11 we read, “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy.” It is the second phrase of this verse we are going to examine as it applies to the Lord’s people. In Exodus 33, Moses prayed for the Lord’s presence.…
Read MoreThe Biblical Teaching of Hell (Part Two)
Jerry Sivnksty FrontLine • November/December 2009 (Part One here) In Luke 16 we have an account of two men who died. We read in Luke 16:22, “And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.” The Scriptures solemnly…
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