The Beauty of Holiness
The Beauty of Holiness
God puts a premium on the beauty of holiness. Physical beauty is relatively meaningless to God.
How Shall We Sin?
How Shall We Sin?
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? - Romans 6:1-2
Obedience Leads to Knowing God More
Obedience Leads to Knowing God More
The irony of the Christian is that they know the Lord and yet what they want more than anything else is to know the Lord more.
7 Questions About God’s Discipline
7 Questions About God’s Discipline
My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him.
Identifying Weights That Slow You Down
Identifying Weights That Slow You Down
Tim gives some practical examples of identifying things in your life which are not necessarily bad but should be replaced with that which is better and more excellent.
Lay Aside Every Weight
Lay Aside Every Weight
Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race.
Getting the Errors in My Theology Corrected
Getting the Errors in My Theology Corrected
Josue testifies that until 2002 his theology had been full of errors. Yet in God's mercy he heard Paul Washer preach and the Lord opened his eyes.
How Do You Represent Christ on Facebook?
How Do You Represent Christ on Facebook?
Tim reproves those in the church who are poorly representing Christ on Facebook. The root issue obviously isn't the Facebook account, it's the person, it's their heart and that's being expressed by ones Facebook.
Making Your Calling and Election Sure
Making Your Calling and Election Sure
In conversion we are only a looker, not a worker, but now that we are saved we are a farmer; we are a worker.
Winning Requires Discipline
Winning Requires Discipline
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Lawful Hobbies That Have An Idolatrous Place In Your Heart
Lawful Hobbies That Have An Idolatrous Place In Your Heart
Don Johnson testifies how the Lord granted him repentance to forsake his idolatrous relationship to his hobby of relic collection. Is there a lawful hobby in your life...
Would You Rather Be On Your Phone or Alone With God?
Would You Rather Be On Your Phone or Alone With God?
In your daily Christian life do you find yourself getting away and being alone with the Lord? Or are you continually being interrupted?
Solid Food Is For the Mature
Solid Food Is For the Mature
Hebrews 5:13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Putting Off the Old Man and Putting On the New Man
Putting Off the Old Man and Putting On the New Man
Bible: Ephesians 4:17-24
Wisdom is Better Than Gold
Wisdom is Better Than Gold
We've got to realize like five times in the book of Proverbs it says that wisdom is better than silver and gold. It's better than the finest gold, better than the choicest silver.
Are You a Man of Sorrows or Laughter? (Part 11)
Are You a Man of Sorrows or Laughter? (Part 11)
Jesus Christ was known as a man of sorrows not of laughter yet most Christians today are full of humor and not tears.
Increasing in Holiness
Increasing in Holiness
2 Peter 1:5 - For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness...
The Battle With Sin: Passion for the World or Christ? (Part 6)
The Battle With Sin: Passion for the World or Christ? (Part 6)
Is your motive for holy living Christ? Is your passion to know Him more? This is another part of the Battle With Sin Bible Study Series.
The Battle With Sin: Who is the Greatest? (Part 4)
The Battle With Sin: Who is the Greatest? (Part 4)
Tim talks about humility and who will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 23:11 - The greatest among you shall be your servant.
Don’t Grieve the Spirit!
Don’t Grieve the Spirit!
Ephesians 4:30 - And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Christian Maturity Part 5 (Faith)
Christian Maturity Part 5 (Faith)
In the 5th part of the Christian Maturity series Tim talks about faith... and living a life of faith and trusting in the Lord, is this how your life appears? Oh may it be so. Romans 14:23 says that anything not done in faith is a sin! - May God examine us all!
Make It Your Aim to Fear God
Make It Your Aim to Fear God
When Paul says Look, look, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God if you're lost outside here. But he is coming to the Christians...
Christian Maturity Part 4 (Love)
Christian Maturity Part 4 (Love)
By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. - John 13:35
Christian Maturity Part 2 (Godly Conduct)
Christian Maturity Part 2 (Godly Conduct)
In part 2 of the Christian Maturity series Tim talks about how people conduct themselves. We all must step back and ask ourselves, am I conducting my life in a manner of godliness and holiness? Do you have a clear conscience? Are you beyond reproach?
The Vine and the Branches
The Vine and the Branches
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. - John15:1-7
What Does Discipline From the Lord Look Like?
What Does Discipline From the Lord Look Like?
Hebrews 12:7-8 - It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
Your Life, Christian Witness, and Testimony
Your Life, Christian Witness, and Testimony
Who knows what I might mean by Christian witness? Your testimony. And I don't mean testimony like when you talk to somebody about how God saved you specifically.
Can a Christian be Perfect While here on Earth?
Can a Christian be Perfect While here on Earth?
Is it biblical to believe that a Christian can attain sinless perfection while he is in this life?
Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice
Grace Community Church San Antonio, Texas www.gccsatx.com Preached at Rockport Baptist Church
Know Christ, Know the Gospel
Know Christ, Know the Gospel
We must know God, His Son, and His Gospel. Only by knowing Him and his greatness will we be enabled to give our lives away as a living sacrifice to Him. Everything is about Christ, seek Him until you know Him!
Should Christians Watch the TV?
Should Christians Watch the TV?
What does the Bible say about Christians watching TV? Why are so many people trying to justify watching movies that just have "a couple of bad scenes," is this ok?