by avministry | Aug 8, 2023 | Sermons
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Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather expose them.
Ephesians 5:12 For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by
them in secret.
Ephesians 5:13 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for
whatever makes manifest is light.
Statistics shared in the movie “Sound of Freedom”
Human trafficking is a 150 billion dollar-a-year business.
The United States is one of the top destinations for human trafficking and is among
the largest consumers of child sex.
There are more humans trapped in slavery today than any other time in history –
including when slavery was legal.
Six million of these slaves are children.
The three main areas of human trafficking are labor, organ harvesting, and sex.
Two million in sex trafficking.
Judges 19:1 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel…
Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right
in his own eyes.
Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in
his own eyes.
Judges 19:1 “… there was a certain Levite staying in the remote mountains of Ephraim.
He took for himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah.
1 Kings 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines;
and his wives turned away his heart.
Demosthenes was a Greek orator, speech-writer, and politician who lived 400 years BC
” We have concubines for the sake of daily cohabitation and we have wives for the
purpose of having children legitimately and having a faithful caretaker for our household.”
Every 40 seconds, a child goes missing in the U.S.A.; more than 2,000 children a day;
about 500,000 disappear without being reported missing, and for most missing children
their bodies are never found
350,000 unaccompanied children have come across the border since 2021 and
85,000 of them have gone missing.
You can sell a bag of cocaine one time. [But] you can sell a 5-year-old kid, 5 to 10
times a day for 10 years straight every day,”
There are 5 drug agents to every one anti-trafficking agent
Judges 19:2 But his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from
him to her father’s house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there four whole months.
Judges 19:3 Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and
bring her back, having his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. So she brought
him into her father’s house; and when the father of the young woman saw him,
he was glad to meet him.
Judges 19:22 As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly certain men of the city,
perverted men, surrounded the house and beat on the door. They spoke to the
master of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to your house,
that we may know him carnally!”
Judges 19:23 But the man, the master of the house, went out to them and said to them,
No, my brethren! I beg you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has come into
my house, do not commit this outrage.
Judges 19:24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine; let me bring
them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not
do such a vile thing!”
Judges 19:25 But the men would not heed him. So the man took his concubine and
brought her out to them. And they knew her and abused her all night until morning;
and when the day began to break, they let her go.
Judges 19:26 Then the woman came as the day was dawning, and fell down at the
door of the man’s house where her master was, till it was light.
Judges 19:27 When her master arose in the morning, and opened the doors of the
house and went out to go his way, there was his concubine, fallen at the door of
the house with her hands on the threshold.
Judges 19:28 And he said to her, “Get up and let us be going.” But there was no answer.
So the man lifted her onto the donkey; and the man got up and went to his place.
Judges 19:29 When he entered his house he took a knife, laid hold of his concubine,
and divided her into twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout all the territory
of Israel.
Christine, a survivor who was born into sex slavery in Minnesota, writes these words:
“It is no small achievement to survive sexual slavery. Survivors are split into pieces,
fragmented, broken, filled with despair, pain, rage, and sorrow. We have been hurt
beyond belief. We are silent; we are numb. Our eyes see, our ears hear, but we do
not tell. Our voices are nonexistent, but even if they did exist, who would believe what
we have to say? Who would listen? Who would care? We are dirty, ruined, despised,
the whores of the earth. The men who use us throw us away. We are their garbage
to piss on, to pile up in the corner. We are their property, they own us. The rest of
you turn your backs, avert your eyes, pretend not to see, go on your way. You leave
us to the predators.”
Judges 19:30 And so it was that all who saw it said, “No such deed has been done
or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up from the land of Egypt
until this day. Consider it, confer, and speak up!”
John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
Federal officials said, “The FBI found 200 sex trafficking victims and more than 125
suspects during a two-week child exploitation operation in July.”
A modern sex trafficking victim testified:
“I want you to remember we are not ‘problems,’ we are not animals, we are not
viruses, we are not garbage. We are flesh, skin and bones; we have a heart, and
we have feelings. We are a sister to someone, a daughter, a granddaughter.”
Proverbs 24:11 Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those
stumbling to the slaughter.
Proverbs 24:12 Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.” For God
understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew.
He will repay all people as their actions deserve
by avministry | Jul 30, 2023 | Sermons
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John 6:60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a
hard saying; who can understand it?”
John 6:61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this,
He said to them, “Does this offend you?
John 6:62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak
to you are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from
the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.
John 6:65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me
unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
John 6:66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no
more.
John 6:67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
John 6:68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have
the words of eternal life.
John 6:69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God.”
John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you
is a devil?”
John 6:71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray
Him, being one of the twelve.
I. THE DISAGREEABLE DROP-OUT DISCIPLES.
John 6:60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a
hard saying; who can understand it?”
John 6:61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this,
He said to them, “Does this offend you?
John 6:62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?
Not only did Jesus say He came down from heaven but He also says He is going
to go back to heaven.
John 6:41 The Jews then complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread
which came down from heaven.”
John 6:42 And they said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother
we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven?”
We can become so familiar with Jesus that we are no longer astonished by Jesus
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak
to you are spirit, and they are life.
All is vain unless the Spirit of the Holy One comes down.
John 6:64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from
the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him.
Matthew 9:4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your
hearts?
Matthew 12:25 But Jesus knew their thoughts, …”
Luke 6:8 But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered
hand, “Arise and stand here.”
Luke 9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set
him by Him,
Mark 15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy.
Psalm 139:1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
Psalm 139:2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my
thought afar off.
Psalm 139:3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted
with all my ways.
Psalm 139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know
it altogether.
John 6:65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me
unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
John 6:37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me
I will by no means cast out.
John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of
Him who sent Me.
John 6:39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I
should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
John 6:40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and
believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I
will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore
everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me.
John 6:47 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.
It’s both the Father draws and you decide.
John 6:66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
Jesus doesn’t argue with them.
He doesn’t chase after them.
He doesn’t change the message.
John 6:37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me
I will by no means cast out.
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us,
they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest,
that none of them were of us.
John 6:67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
Acts 1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether
the number of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said,
1 Corinthians 15:6 After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once,
of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.
The Barna Research Group says, ” It is estmated that 40% of those presently
serving in the church body will not be doing so 10 years from now.”
II. THE DEDICATED DEVOTEE DISCIPLES.
John 6:68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have
the words of eternal life.
John 6:69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God.”
If you believe the words, you stay; if you resent the words, you leave.
III. THE DEVILISH DEFECTOR DISCIPLE.
John 6:70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you
is a devil?”
John 6:71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray
Him, being one of the twelve.
Psalm 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread,
hath lifted up his heel against me.
by avministry | Jul 23, 2023 | Sermons
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John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give
for the life of the world.”
John 6:52 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man
give us His flesh to eat?”
John 6:53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
John 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise
him up at the last day.
John 6:55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
John 6:56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
John 6:57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds
on Me will live because of Me.
John 6:58 This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate
the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
John 6:59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
John 6:15 Therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take
Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone.
John 6:24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples,
they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
John 6:25 And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him,
“Rabbi, when did You come here?”
John 6:26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me,
not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
John 6:27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures
to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has
set His seal on Him.”
John 6:30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may
see it and believe You? What work will You do?
John 6:31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread
from heaven to eat.’
John 6:36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe.
John 6:32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give
you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life
to the world.”
John 6:35: I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger.
John 6:41 “… I am the bread which came down from heaven.
John 6:48: I am the bread of life.
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give
for the life of the world.”
John 6:55 For My flesh is food indeed
John 6:56 He who eats My flesh
John 6:57 “… he who feeds on Me
John 6:58 This is the bread which came down from heaven
John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give
for the life of the world.”
John 6:52 The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man
give us His flesh to eat?”
John 6:53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the
flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
John 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise
him up at the last day.
John 6:55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.
John 6:56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
John 6:59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
Leviticus 3:17 ‘This shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all
your dwellings: you shall eat neither fat nor blood.’ ”
Leviticus 7:26 Moreover you shall not eat any blood …”
Romans 6:10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that
He lives, He lives to God.
John 6:52 … “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”
They are thinking literal language, and He is using symbolic language.
Revelation 12:9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil
and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels
were cast out with him.
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak
to you are spirit, and they are life.
Matthew 4:4 “…‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.’”
John 6:60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard
saying; who can understand it?”
John 6:66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more.
Jesus never forced anyone to understand something He said.
1 John 1:7: “…. the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you …”
Someone has said, “Man can live about 40 days without food, about three days
without water, and about eight minutes without air.”
1 Corinthians 11:24 And when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat;
this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in
remembrance of Me.”
1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim
the Lord’s death till He comes.
by avministry | Jul 19, 2023 | Sermons
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Psalm 90:9 (KJV) “… we spend our years as a tale that is told.”
All of us are busy writing the history of our lives.
After each hour, we write a paragraph.
After each day, we write a page.
After each week, we write a division.
After each year, we write a chapter.
And at the end, we finish the book.
William Shakespeare
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have
their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts …”
1. THE CREATOR OF OUR STORY.
Psalm 100:3 Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not
we ourselves;
Psalm 14:1 The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.”
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons
believe—-and tremble!
2. THE WRITER OF OUR STORY.
Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus, the author …”
Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your
book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were
none of them.
Acts 3:15 (NIV) You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead.
We are witnesses of this.
The singer/song-writer Billy Joel said: “There’s a guy… nailed to a cross and
dripping blood, and everyone’s blaming themselves for that man’s torment,
but I said to myself, ’Forget it. I had no hand in that evil. I have no original sin.
There’s no blood of any sacred martyr on my hands. I pass on all of this.”
3. THE DIRECTOR OF OUR STORY.
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths
Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go
Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Mark 1:35 Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight,
He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
Psalm 63:1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You;
Why are lost people described in the Bible as being lost?
Because they have no sense of direction.
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Acts 2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save
yourselves from this untoward generation.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way
of death.
Matthew 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life.
and few there be that find it.
4. THE CAMERA AND SOUND CREW OF OUR STORY.
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,
to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
Hebrews 4:13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked
and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
2 Corinthians 4:18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which
are not seen are eternal.
D.L. Moody once said ” If a camera were ever invented that could take a picture
of the heart of man the inventor would starve to death. Because no one would
buy a camera that would expose the secret things of one’s heart.”
John 12:4 But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, who would betray
Him, said,
John 12:5 “Why was this fragrant oil not sold for three hundred denarii and given
to the poor?”
John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief,
and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
Luke 8:17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden
that will not be known and come to light.
Luke 12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid,
that shall not be known.
Luke 12:3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the
light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed
on the housetops.
Ecclesiates 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, including every
secret thing, whether good or evil.
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who
will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the
hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.
5. THE PRODUCER OF OUR STORY.
John 15:5 “… for without Me you can do nothing.
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Mark 6:41 (TPT) Then Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, gazed into heaven, and
gave thanks to God. He broke the bread and the two fish and distributed them to his
disciples to serve the people—and the food was multiplied in front of their eyes!
Matthew 4:4 “… Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God.’ ”
6. THE END OF OUR STORY.
Ecclesiastes 7:8 The end of a thing is better than its beginning;
The Barna Research Group says, ” It is estmated that 40% of those presently
serving in the church body will not be doing so 10 years from now.
1 Corinthians 9:27 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection,
lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, …”
I just took a look at the back of the book
And I know how the story ends
Any way you slice it, sinner my advice is
You’ve got to be a Christian to win
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body
and to be present with the Lord.
by avministry | Jul 10, 2023 | Sermons
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Colossians 4:7 Tychicus, a beloved brother, faithful minister, and fellow servant
in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me.
Colossians 4:8 I am sending him to you for this very purpose, that he may
know your circumstances and comfort your hearts,
Colossians 4:9 with Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you.
They will make known to you all things which are happening here.
Colossians 4:10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin
of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him),
Colossians 4:11 and Jesus who is called Justus. These are my only fellow workers
for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a
comfort to me.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you,
always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God.
Colossians 4:13 For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and those
who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician and Demas greet you.
Colossians 4:15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and
the church that is in his house.
Colossians 4:16 Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also
in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you have
received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
Colossians 4:18 This salutation by my own hand–Paul. Remember my chains.
Grace be with you. Amen.
6) Epaphras — The Friend with a Superb Devotion.
Colossians 4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you,
always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and
complete in all the will of God.
Colossians 4:13 For I bear him witness that he has a great zeal for you, and
those who are in Laodicea, and those in Hierapolis.
Daniel 10:2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks.
Daniel 10:3 I ate no pleasant food, no meat or wine came into my mouth,
nor did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
Daniel 10:12 Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day
that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God,
your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.
Daniel 10:13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days;
and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been
left alone there with the kings of Persia.
Daniel 10:14 Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your
people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.”
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,
against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
James 5:16 “…The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Colossians 4:12 “… always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may
stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Leonard Ravenhill once said, “The self-sufficient do not pray, the self-satisfied
will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. No man is greater than his prayer life.”
Robert McCheyne said: “What a man is on his knees before God, that he is–and
nothing more.”
7) Luke — The Friend with the Specialized Talent.
Colossians 4:14 Luke the beloved physician …”
Luke wrote more of the New Testament than any other writer.
Luke wrote fifty-two of the chapters of the New Testament.
Here are two of the most impressive individuals in the entire Bible: Luke who
wrote the gospel of Luke and Acts and Paul who wrote 13 letters.
2 Timothy 4:11 Only Luke is with me.
8) Demas – The Friend with the Sad Future.
Colossians 4:14 “… and Demas greet you. ”
2 Timothy 4:10 Demas has deserted me because he loves the things of this life
and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus has gone
to Dalmatia.
There is the sin before the sin is found out and exposed to the rest of the world.
Zechariah 13:6 And one will say to him, ‘What are these wounds between your
hands?’ Then he will answer, ‘Those with which I was wounded in the house of
my friends.
9) Nymphas — the Friend with Sincere Hospitality.
Colossians 4:15 Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea, and Nymphas and
the church that is in his house.
Colossians 4:15 (ESV) Give my greetings to the brothers at Laodicea, and to
Nympha and the church in her house.
Colossians 4:16 Now when this epistle is read among you, see that it is read also
in the church of the Laodiceans, and that you likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
1 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you …”
10) Archippus — The Friend in need of Some Encouragement.
Colossians 4:17 And say to Archippus, “Take heed to the ministry which you
have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.”
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love
which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the
saints, and do minister
