Bible Thoughts by Terry Hedderman

Sunday, 12/22/13  Pro 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.  Perhaps this verse could explain why you “never seem to catch a break” or “I didn’t have bad luck, I’d have no luck at all.”  Maybe you need to repent and ask your Father and your father for forgiveness.

Declare Your Pedigree

Numbers 1:18

"And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls."

I have a preacher friend who has bred Rottweilers for several years.

Defiling a Nation

Leviticus 18:24

"Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:"

When I travel, one of the things I do when I'm sitting in the airplane is to give the person next to me a tract and talk to them about the LORD. I understand that the LORD put them next to me for a purpose, so I don't want to waste God's purpose in my life.

First Love

  • You Have Left Your First Love
  • Can the Rush Grow Up without the Mire?
  • Four Words that remind me of Christmas
  • Christmas Bible Characters - Mary

Four more relevant sermons for the season from the week of 12/22/13.  Enjoy!
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A Change of Heart

Exodus 35:21

"And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments."

An amazing transformation happened in the hearts of the children of Israel when they got right with God.

Pitfalls to Depravity

Exodus 32:1

"And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him."

It is confounding to see a nation that was delivered out of Egypt so quickly turning to other gods.

God's So Negative

Exodus 20:3-4

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:"

One of the common complaints I hear from progressive liberal Christians is that I shouldn't be so negative in my preaching.