Questions in this episode: – Did God know before the beginning of time who would accept Jesus? – Should I pray to God and expect healing? – What is Dispensationalism? – What are your thoughts regarding the rapture? – What are your thoughts on Hebrews 6:4-6? – Do I have to speak in tongues to …
Questions in this episode: – If a person, who is claiming to be a Christian, isn’t serving, giving or reading their Bible does that mean they are not saved and going to hell if they die? – How can we be discerning with all the different people who are talking and teaching about the Bible? …
Questions in this episode: – My spouse is struggling with the church we are going to and I’m wondering how I navigate this? – Is there anything biblically wrong with a female music director? – Did King Saul go to heaven even though the Holy Spirit left him? – Did God set up David regarding …
Like the early church and the Apostles, today’s Christians ought to sincerely love and highly esteem their church leaders who are gifted, called, trained, and qualified to lead them and their churches into greater fruitfulness.
We must be careful to never allow our quest to bear the fruit of the Spirit to become a prideful or competitive endeavor.
Because God’s Spirit has graciously done so much to redeem us, save us, and give us new life, we ought to certainly give our all to know him, love him, and wholeheartedly follow his instructions for our lives.
Bearing the fruit of the Spirit is a battle that only results in real progressive victory over the desires of the flesh by those who are regenerate and actively reinforce and apply their repentance each day.
Getting our fallen physical and moral impulses to yield to our spiritual desires is never easy, but it is something that God’s Spirit has promised to enable us to do with increasing success as we pray for it and fight for it.
Jesus said, “You will recognize them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16). That kind of straightforward evaluation should not only be applied to “them,” but also to us. In the upper room, not long before his crucifixion, Jesus told his twelve apostles, “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples” (John 15:8). At that time, you’ll remember, one of the Twelve was secretly conspiring to betray Christ, cashing in his association with the Messiah for thirty pieces of silver. Judas wasn’t intent
Responding rightly to Christ’s redemptive work should result in a growing love for God that produces good works, love for people, and a desire to obey the Bible’s commands.
We ought to be amazed at God’s grace in patiently calling us to a genuine repentance and working in us a true conversion that necessarily brings about evident and lasting changes in our lives.
The right and saving response to Christ is dependent on the transformative work of God in our hearts, and results in an enduring resolve for doctrinal and behavioral fidelity to the truth.
A saving encounter with Christ changes one’s heart from “evil” to “good” and the evidence of a changed life will necessarily flow from that miraculous work of God.
We should not presume we are reconciled to God if our belief in a ‘good creed’ has not also produced ‘good deeds’ which will flow daily from biblical repentance.
As we learn to think and live biblically we experience an increasing sense of joy in light of the security and significance that God grants us in Christ.
God grants his profound encouragement and strength as we turn our attention to the truth regarding his greatness and our life-changing redemption detailed in his word.
Real faith will be manifest in real life by your actions, encounters with God’s word and a daily and prayerful dependence on Christ.
Ditch arguing, the chronic variety is a symptom of an unregenerate heart!
Serve Christ’s Church making the most profitable return possible on God’s investment in you!
