Pastor Bill's 2018 Audio Archives

To live a life of love is to imitate our Father and walk as Jesus walked. Love those who oppose us, forgive those who abuse us, have compassion on those who are weak, serve without being repaid, befriend the discouraged and downtrodden, and share the gospel with those who are lost.

Christmas is about more than angels, shepherds, and wise men. It’s about the logos who preexisted, coexisted and self-existed with God as God, robing Himself in flesh, entering our world, revealing the Father to us, dying for our sins, and making Sonship possible for whoever believes.

The greatest events in human history were the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Paul referred to these as the mystery of godliness. A mystery is something hard or impossible to explain; something above human reasoning or comprehension. Faith in God rises above logic and reasoning. It’s not limited to sense knowledge evidences. It’s of the heart, not the head. The mind can’t deal with the supernatural. It can’t understand how the Red Sea can part or how oil can multiply. It can’t understand the incarnation.

In spiritual warfare, whoever controls the mind, controls the life. Remember Proverbs 23:7 'As a man thinketh... so is he...' The mind is the control center of who we are. We are responsible to guard our minds and cast down or keep out thoughts and imaginations that contradict God’s Word.

The source of our strength is not in ourselves. It’s God’s power that is needed to stand against the fiery darts Satan throws our way. So put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Developing strong faith doesn’t just happen. It happens because we feed on the right message and exercise our faith when challenged.

C. S. Lewis "When speaking about the reality of Satan and demonic activity, the danger is always twofold: To put way too much emphasis, or way too little." To some, there’s a demon behind every door. To others, demons are no longer among us. The truth is, there is a highly organized army of satanic forces operating in the world today, just as in Bible days. These evil spirits seek to inhabit human lives in order to find expression in this realm.

Naturally speaking, people have different strengths that enable them to do what others can’t. This is true physically, academically, musically, vocally or artistically. Our text says Abraham was strong in faith. His strong faith enabled him to receive what God promised. God has promised us many things in Christ. It takes strong faith in order to receive the promises, why? There are giants in the promised land that strive to keep us out of our inheritance.

Giving thanks to God is an expression that gives Him the glory He deserves for being our creator, life giver and law maker. We give thanks verbally and through acts of service. Not doing so robs Him of the glory He rightfully deserves.

In order for us to do the works of Jesus, we must understand how He did them. Jesus took no credit for the works He did. What He did was directly connected to His close walk with the Father. Even though something may be God’s will, there may be reasons why it won’t be done. We don’t manipulate God’s power with a formula.

After leaving Athens where Paul preached a powerful, intellectual message to the Judges on Mars Hill, Paul travels to Corinth - a city filled with demonic activity, Idolatry and sexual perversion. At Corinth, Paul preached, and demonstrated the supernatural power of God. In communities where the occult was prevalent, it was necessary to show that God’s power was greater. The objective was to shift their faith from the power of Satan to God.

In Mark 4:23-24 we are told that what we hear is what we develop faith in. If what we hear is wrong, then we’ll believe wrong. Receive an understanding of Genuine Faith

Throughout history, people have experienced supernatural encounters with God that transformed their lives and ignited in them a new passion to live for God. Isaiah saw the Lord, and the revelation of His holiness changed his life forever. Moses encountered God at a burning bush where he received an assignment that altered the course of two nations. Paul’s encounter with Jesus totally transformed his life. We can’t make God give us a special encounter, but we can position ourselves to have one if we so desire.

In Acts 27:25 genuine faith is based on God’s Word, be it written or spoken. Here, Paul believed it would be "even as it was told me." The Word was spoken by an angel. Receive an understanding of Genuine Faith.

Every believer and church has a threefold ministry: God, saints, world. To be effective in ministering to the saints and world, ministering to the Lord must be our first priority. Ministering to the Lord involves true worship, praise and waiting on God. Receive an understanding of Our Threefold Ministry.

Luke 6:46-48 tells us the wise man is a doer of the Word of God. Receive an understanding in this 7th series of Genuine Faith.

Every believer and every church has a threefold ministry: To the Lord, to the saints and to the world. To be most effective in ministering to the saints and to the world, ministering to the Lord must be our first priority. Receive an understanding of Our Threefold Ministry.

Receive an understanding of Logos based and Rhema based faith in this 6th series of Genuine Faith.

Man once walked in perfect obedience to God. He was sinless and could approach God’s holiest presence and live. His sin separated him from God and he could no longer approach His presence. What he needed was to be reunited with God. Something only God could make possible. Receive an understanding of Approaching God.

Receive an understanding in this 5th series of Genuine Faith, which is based on truth.

Receive an understanding of Genuine Faith being based on the revealed will of God according to His promises, covenant, and written Word.

In Matthew 5:6, Jesus captures the attention of His listeners by using the Word blessed. The Greek word means happy, fortunate, well off and spiritually prosperous. He knew people were looking for these things then, as they are now. He continues by explaining how to get what they desired.

Fear and faith are powerful spiritual forces. Fear is based on what the enemy can do, while faith is based on what God can do. Fear is having faith in our circumstances or our inabilities, while faith is trusting in God’s character, integrity, promises, and power. Receive an understanding of Genuine Faith.

In Ephesians 6:10-17, Christians are instructed to be strong in the power of God’s might, not in their own. God wouldn’t tell us to do something impossible to do. Receive an understanding of being Empowered by the Spirit.

Acts 1:5-8 tells us how Jesus spent over three years training His disciples by precept and example. He modeled what Christian Ministry is about, answered their questions, but that wasn’t enough. He knew no matter how educated or trained they were, they needed something more – power from on high. Power to witness effectively, to know the truth, to live free from sin’s dominion and to destroy the works of the enemy. There is no substitute for God’s power.

Genuine faith is not presumption or imitating someone else’s faith. It’s doing what God tells us to do in our situation. Receive an understanding of Genuine Faith.

We all are to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. We’re all responsible to get what God put on the inside of us to the outside. Receive an understanding of being Empowered by the Spirit.

The Christian life is all about love, a clear conscience, and unfeigned or genuine faith. False teachers turned away from emphasizing these important truths to lead people down the path of useless reasoning, or teaching that doesn’t promote what’s really important. Receive an understanding of Genuine Faith.

God’s work is a supernatural work requiring more than natural powers to accomplish. God’s work is to transform human lives. To get the lost saved, established, trained and sent out as ambassadors for Christ. It’s to preach good news - that Jesus saves, heals, delivers and gives abundant life. Receive an understanding of being Empowered by the Spirit.

We are taught in Romans 8:11, as we behold the cross and proclaim the Word, the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead will give life and health to our mortal bodies. Receive an understanding of Seeing Ourselves Healed in Christ.

Jesus tells us in Matthew 5:43-48 that we are to love our enemies and to pray for them that come against us so that we can be children of our Father in heaven. We are to be perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect. Receive an understanding of Following Love.

As Jesus taught in Matthew 7:24-27, we can build our lives according to His code or we can use the code of religion, the world or man’s teachings. A wise man believes Jesus. Receive an understanding about Building To Code.

In Mark 12:28-34, Jesus impressed a Scribe by answering two questions. One about life after death, the other about the first commandment. The Scribe impressed Jesus with his response. Loving God and man is more important than burnt offerings and sacrifices. Receive an understanding of Following Love.

Receive an understanding of the reasons for a Pre-trib Rapture, how Christians should be living to prepare themselves for Jesus’ return, and the judgement of the Believer.

We have God’s love in us. What are we doing with it? Are we following it and being guided by it? Receive an understanding in Following God’s Love.

In Matthews 24:36, Jesus tells us no one knows the hour or the day of His return except God. So we are to Be Ready by living our lives according to God’s plan until He returns. Receive an understanding of the difference in views of the Rapture–Post-trib, Mid-trib, Pre-trib.

We have God’s love in us. What are we doing with it? Are we following it and being guided by it? Receive an understanding in Following God’s Love.

In Matthews 24:36, Jesus tells us no one knows the hour or the day of His return except God. So we are to Be Ready by living our lives according to God’s plan until He returns. Receive an understanding in this comprehensive study of the End Times.

Cooperating with God is necessary if we desire to experience reality with God. Jesus did His part to make all things available to us, now we must do our part by using our faith to receive what God provides.

The Gates of Praise refer to the time when the new Jerusalem comes out of Heaven. The old Jerusalem will be made new. For decades and centuries, it was a hotbed of disputes, war, violence, and destruction. The day will come when violence and devastation will be no more. The walls of the city will be called salvation and the gates will be called praise.

We all were created to praise our Creator for giving us life. It’s up to us to cooperate with Him by developing a lifestyle of praise. Doing so, enables Him to accomplish great and mighty things for us as stated in His Word. Receive an understanding of Cooperating With God.

Forgetfulness seems to be something we all have been guilty of at one time or another. Maybe we forgot a name, a phone number, to get something from the store, your purse, your wife’s birthday or your anniversary. Today, people forget their cell phones. They forget to bring them, or they leave them at work. The reality is, it’s easy to forget things. Knowing our frame, God instructs us over and over in His Word to remember.

In Christ, God has done His part in providing for our every need. Now, we must do our part: Believe to see the glory. Show mercy to receive mercy. Give and it will be given to us. Receive an understanding of Cooperating with God.

The Spirit needs our cooperation so He can change us from glory to glory. We are told in 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 that we cooperate by confessing who we are in Christ. Receive an understanding of who we are because of Jesus.

Freedom is not free, many Americans fought and died in many wars to obtain the freedom we enjoy and sometimes abuse. As wonderful as our freedoms are, they’re only temporal. There’s a greater freedom that’s eternal. Only one man fought and died to obtain it. As John 8:31-36 tells us – If every earthly freedom we have were taken away from us, we’d still be free from sin, fear, guilt, the curse and eternal separation, all because of Jesus.

We’ve been teaching on our need to cooperate with God by following His instructions. If He says dip seven times in the Jordan river and we only dip six, our not cooperating with Him will deny us a miracle. This would be our fault, not God’s. Receive an understanding of Cooperating With God.

Hebrews 10 tells us that because of Jesus we have a covenant with God, our sins are forgotten, sin sacrifices have ceased, we can access the throne, we have representation, we have a clear conscience, and we have a confession of faith. Receive an understanding of how it is all about Jesus.

God has a wonderful plan for our lives, but because we are free will agents, we must cooperate with Him if we want His plan accomplished. Receive an understanding of Cooperating With God.

Ephesians 6:2 tells us that honoring your father and mother is the first commandment with a promise. Receive an understanding of what God says about ways of honoring your dad, ways of dishonoring your dad, and the consequences of not showing honor to your dad.

We’ve been discussing the experience of Israel’s entrance to the promised land and how unbelief kept them out and faith got them in. We learned the importance of doing things God’s way even if His way makes no sense or seems illogical. Tonight, we will explore the benefits of cooperating with God and living life His way.

In 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Paul uses the exodus to Canaan experience to explain the believer’s journey from out of the world into the finished work of Christ. Instead of staying focused, the Israelites got distracted and failed to enter the land of promise. Deuteronomy 26:1 mentions three steps: Come to the land, possess the land, and dwell in the land. Receive an understanding of how it’s All About Jesus.