Checking Your Confidence in the Resurrection
We should live with the kind of confidence in God’s promises that makes it obvious we are certain about our perfected and eternal future.
We should live with the kind of confidence in God’s promises that makes it obvious we are certain about our perfected and eternal future.
God has promised his kids that he would never leave them and never forsake them (Heb.13:5b). Before Jesus physically left his followers after the resurrection he allowed these final words to resonate in their hearts: “And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Mt.28:20). While this truth can surely …
Questions in this episode: – How do you approach the ESV verses that have been changed? – Does reading or watching unbiblical books or shows curse us in some way or put my salvation in doubt? – As a Christian, do we have to be friends with everybody? – What does it mean that the …
We must be prepared for the challenges of the testing that will be sure to come in the Christian life, passing these tests without falling to the schemes of our spiritual enemy.
Questions in this episode: – Do we know what Paul’s thorn in the side was? – Some Christians say abortion and homosexuality are okay because Jesus never spoke against either? – How can we be sure that we will be going to heaven and not think that we need to do more good deeds to …
Questions in this episode: – How long was it between trips up Mount Sinai that Moses made? – Does a pastor have to administer baptism and the Lord’s Supper or can a layperson do this too? – How can I be sure if I’m saved? And do I have to be perfect to be saved? …
Questions in this episode: – How can a demon or a person with a Jezebel Spirit inhabit a person when they are not omnipresent? – How should I respond to a family member who is having a same sex marriage ceremony and is sending harsh and hateful messages to us for not agreeing with it? …
Questions in this episode: – Does God ever give up on people? – How can I know that my salvation is secure? – My husband says he is a Christian, but he doesn’t want to tithe to our church. What can I do about that? – Believers will be in the New Jerusalem, but what …
Questions in this episode: – Is the Shroud of Turin the real burial cloth of Christ? – How can we be assured of our salvation? – Can you explain in 1 John 5:16-17 what the sin that does not lead to death is? – I’m married to an unbeliever, am I sinning everyday with my …
Questions in this episode: – Where is man’s spirit connected to his heart? – What is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? – What do we make of the Scripture in Hebrews 4:12 if we can use spirit and soul interchangeably? – I have panic attacks and am begging God to remove these from me, …
We need to understand God’s amazing grace and sincerely respond to it with our whole hearts in light of the sinfulness of our sin.
Questions in this episode: – What is Expository Preaching? – Our kids are older and continue to follow the world, what suggestions to you have in us as parents helping them to not go down the wrong path? – What does the average Catholic think of the Protestant? – After the 1000 year reign …
Questions in this episode: – When Jesus was with the Woman at the well, Jesus mentioned worshiping God in spirit and in truth, how do we practically do that as both individuals and a church? – How can I be certain that I am a Christian? – What is your perspective on Soul Sleep? …
We need the courage to faithfully represent Christ and his word in our generation by believing his promises that he will be with us and give us evangelistic success.
Just as we can trust that nothing could ever defeat God’s intentions in Christ to purchase our redemption, we should in turn be fearless in pursuing God’s prescriptive plans and purposes for our lives.
We must seek to be confidently assured regarding the truth about Christ regardless of the perennial religious confusion in our world due to its sin and rebellion.
As Christ modeled in his own life, we must highly value and consistently invest in friendships with those who continue to demonstrate their commitment to obeying God’s word.
We need a wholehearted reliance on all the promises of Christ, knowing that past experiences won’t be enough when trials come to test our faith.
Christ can use us greatly as we learn to trust him, making sure our faith genuine, and exercising it ambitiously whenever fears regarding our past, present, or future tempt us to retreat.
God wants to use your research and study of the claims of Christianity to boldly and lovingly persuade and convince others of its truthfulness.
We should be greatly encouraged that God has chosen to graciously include us in his indomitable plan to forgive and eternally bless a remnant of people for his own glory.
We must be mindful of the permanent & invariable love of Christ so that we live life with a grateful confidence and bold assurance regarding our relationship with God.
We should carry a confident assurance about our future salvation because of God’s historic demonstration of his extravagant love for those who don’t deserve it.
We should seek to know that we are genuine Christians by examining our lives and by examining the Scriptures seeing that Jesus was who he said he was and God is always faithful to fulfill his promises!
Assurance of salvation is bolstered by seeing God develop in you a servant’s heart that tenaciously works for the good of the body of Christ to the glory of God.
Real faith will be manifest in real life by your actions, encounters with God’s word and a daily and prayerful dependence on Christ.
We must seriously evaluate our relationship with Christ and his truth, so that we are sure we are not experiencing any false hope regarding our eternal destiny.