Len's Mens Fellowship

"Christmas is about hope. "Long lay the world in sin and error pining. Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth. A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and ... Continue reading →

"I beseech you (beg, entreat, exhort, urge, but not command) you (us) therefore (remember all Paul, by the Spirit, has taught us about God in the first 11 chapters of Romans and especially about the ... Continue reading →

As we study Romans 9-11, I think it is important to understand God's sovereignty and man's responsibility in salvation and in all of life because we're trying to understand, as best we can as finite ... Continue reading →

As I began preparing the teaching for Romans 9-11, I realized that this would be some tough sledding for me to prepare it and teach it and for all of us to grasp it and apply to our lives. ... Continue reading →

"For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; 30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; ... Continue reading →

"For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23 And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ... Continue reading →

"For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by ... Continue reading →

"For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For the Spirit which you have now received is not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received ... Continue reading →

As we continue our study of Romans 8 we recall that we are no longer under God's condemnation both now and eternally (hell) because we are "in Christ Jesus" (v.1) and in our new nature we love to ... Continue reading →

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law ... Continue reading →

"Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. 3 For what the Law ... Continue reading →

As new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) we have a new relationship with God (Romans 5:1), a new relationship with sin (Romans 6:2) and as we will see in Romans 7, a new relationship with the ... Continue reading →

Who do you think you are? As we saw last week from Romans 6, Scripture calls us to know who we are in Christ! "Knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin ... Continue reading →

"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been ... Continue reading →

This section of Scripture is both analogous and antithetical in comparing Adam to Christ. The only analogous part is how one man's act affected many. The rest is a contrast regarding the great ... Continue reading →

"Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade, To write the love of God above, Would drain the ocean ... Continue reading →

"And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God. 3 Moreover let us also be full of joy now! let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our ... Continue reading →

V. 1 - "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 5:1) The "Therefore" refers back to Romans 1:18 through Romans 3:20 where Paul ... Continue reading →

"Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God? 2 If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had ... Continue reading →

"Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; 20 because by the works of the ... Continue reading →

  We all want to feel secure, safe, free from risks, dangers, and loss. We want economic security, job security, relational security with our spouse, parents, and friends. But the stock ... Continue reading →

How God judges the lost and the saved, the ignorant heathen, the religious Jew, and churchman God judges (1) according to truth vs. appearances (vv. 1-5), (2) according to works for the saved and the ... Continue reading →

Secular psychologists, liberal theologians, and mankind in general erroneously tell us that man is basically good. So Paul, by the Holy Spirit, begins the good news of the gospel by telling us the ... Continue reading →

Bad news: Guilty! Guilty! All are guilty! Jews and Gentiles! All have fallen far short of the righteousness of God! Therefore all are under His condemnation and judgment! "For the wrath of God is ... Continue reading →

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his ... Continue reading →

This week we will continue our review of some of the key lessons we can learn from the book of Daniel and how we can apply these to our lives as we review chapters 7-12; God's prophetic plan for the ... Continue reading →

The next two weeks we will review some of the key lessons we can learn from the book of Daniel and how we can apply these to our lives. This week we will review chapters 1-6 which are historical and ... Continue reading →

"In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son." (Heb. 1:1-2) As we will see as we complete our ... Continue reading →

"Hope is essential to all meaningful life. Unless there is some kind of light at the end of the tunnel, man ends in despair. Unless there is some kind of anticipation for a wonderful reality in the ... Continue reading →

"At the end time the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow ... Continue reading →

The first 35 verses of Daniel 11 contain 135 prophecies that have been fulfilled down to the smallest detail ending with the evil reign of Antiochus Epiphanies who is a foreshadowing of the ... Continue reading →

"Consider Him (Jesus) who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding ... Continue reading →

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in ... Continue reading →

This is Daniel's fourth and final vision but is continued in chapters 11 and 12. What we see as an overall picture is Daniel's broken heart and deep intercession for his people (both their sin and ... Continue reading →

"I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!" (Jer. 31:36 NLT) "Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, ... Continue reading →

"I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!" (Jer. 31:36 NLT) Vv. 20-23 - Gabriel brings God's answer to Daniel's prayer - Gabriel is God's messenger angel and ... Continue reading →

"This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests ... Continue reading →

"This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests ... Continue reading →

"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour." (1 John 2:18) When will the ... Continue reading →

"Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour." (1 John 2:18) "All Scripture ... Continue reading →

"Notice that the four beasts of this seventh chapter of Daniel symbolize the same world kingdoms that were pictured by the images in Dan. 2, and the ten horns of the last beast correspond to the ten ... Continue reading →

Once again (see Daniel 2) we see the four Gentile worldwide kingdoms that oppressed and ruled over Israel (the times of the Gentiles) and even the future kingdom (the revived Roman empire ruled by ... Continue reading →

Our God Reigns over Kings, Nations, and Lions "That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain. So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two." (Dan 5:30-31) "He ... Continue reading →