We have been discussing how the Apostle Paul became a disciple of the kingdom of heaven. He gave a remarkable explanation of this in Philippians 3:10-14: that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may...

The Apostle Paul knew as much as anyone in history about how learning from the wrong perspective leads to error. Being in conflict with the truth led him to persecute the Lord Himself by persecuting His people. Because of this, he gave possibly the greatest discourse ever written of what leads to...

Some become disciples of other men; some become disciples of a certain movement, denomination, or doctrinal emphasis. In the verse we have been studying about the scribes who become disciples, Jesus specified that these would become disciples of “the kingdom of heaven” (see Matthew 13:52). He was...

We are still digging into the Lord’s Word in Matthew 13:52: “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.” There are a number of ways to categorize the body of Christ, and one way is...

This week we are continuing to examine the Lord’s important Word about the scribes who become disciples in Matthew 13:52: “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.” I once heard...

This week we will continue to examine the Lord’s Word in Matthew 13:52: “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.” I have been a Christian for more than forty years, and I have...

The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians that not many were wise or strong in this world who were called. However, he did not say there were not any . Paul was of the elite of this world in both learning and wealth. He sacrificed it all for the gospel and considered it a small price to pay. In...

In Luke 6:46, the Lord asks the ultimate question of a disciple: “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” Doing what He says begins with knowing what He says. There are not many who even care enough about what He says to search the Scriptures to find out. Being a true disciple...

We have been discussing sin and the carnal nature from which disciples are getting free. However, we cannot get free by our own strength from these things. It takes our will to want to get free in order to please the Lord and be delivered from what is bringing so much death upon the world. However...

As we read in the Scriptures, those who are led by the passions of the carnal nature will perish and not inherit the kingdom of God. This we must know and keep in mind. But the way to get free of what the Apostle Paul called “the body of death” (see Romans 7:24), which is the result of eating of...