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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025

All Authority #5 - Jesus' resurrection changes everything—He has authority even over death, offering hope beyond this life. Mark 16:1-8 presents a surprising ending where fear initially silences witnesses, but ultimately, the truth of the empty tomb is undeniable. Because Jesus conquered death, we are invited to live under His authority, trusting Him in every aspect of our lives, from our daily choices to our eternal future.Learn more about The Bridge Church:Website: https://thebridgechurch.hk/

All Authority - Accessing Authority

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025

All Authority #4 - Jesus' power is available today, but we must access it the right way—through faith expressed in prayer. Mark 9:14-29 reminds us that when we rely on our own strength, we fail, but when we bring our weakness to Jesus in faith, He works powerfully in our lives. This passage challenges us to grow in prayer, trusting God to move in ways we cannot, and learning to depend on Him in every situation. This week, let's be intentional about deepening our prayer life, turning to God in moments of stress, doubt, and weakness, so that His power can work through us.Learn more about The Bridge Church: Website: https://thebridgechurch.hk/

All Authority - Authority Over Nature

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025

All Authority #3 - In this well known story, Jesus and the disciples are caught out at sea in a frightening storm. Mark shows us that Jesus has immeasurable power. The disciples are scared of Jesus after he calms the storm. But we learn that Jesus uses his power for our benefit and that a good response to our own fears is to bring them to Jesus. Learn more about The Bridge Church: Website: https://thebridgechurch.hk/

All Authority - Authority to Forgive

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025

All Authority #2 - In the story of Jesus healing the paralytic man, Mark shows us that Jesus has the authority to forgive us our sins. The power that Jesus has is relevant, true and helpful today. Learn more about The Bridge Church:Website: https://thebridgechurch.hk/

All Authority - Authority Established

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025

All Authority #1 - When was the last time you were amazed by Jesus? As we approach Easter, take a moment to consider the settled thoughts and feelings you have towards Jesus. Knowing a watered-down idea of Jesus leaves us bored. Knowing and encountering Jesus Christ, the Son of God with all authority and power and perfect love, excites wonder and awe. May you grow in your wonder and awe of our Lord Jesus Christ. Learn more about The Bridge Church: Website: https://thebridgechurch.hk/

3.120 Fall and Rise of China: Guangzhou, Gansu and Red Spear Uprisings

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 34:53

Last time we spoke about the Nanchang and Autumn Harvest Uprisings. On August 1st, during the Nanchang Uprising, the CCP's 2nd Front Army inflicted heavy casualties and seized substantial weaponry. Reorganized under He Long and Ye Ting, the army, then 20,000 strong, celebrated in Nanchang, attracting new recruits. However, faced with an imminent counterattack, they retreated south in what became known as the "little long march." Despite initial successes, like capturing Huichang County, internal strife and harsh conditions reduced their numbers significantly. By the end of August, they reached Guangdong, but relentless opposition from Nationalist forces led to severe losses. The remaining forces retreated east, encountering brutal battles and a final, devastating defeat. Scattered, the remnants sought refuge and eventually regrouped, with leaders like Zhou Enlai and He Long navigating exile and adversity. The uprising marked the CCP's first armed resistance against the KMT, a prelude to continued revolutionary efforts, notably the Autumn Harvest Uprising, amid widespread, strategic shifts in CCP policy and leadership, including Mao Zedong's influential role. #120 The Guangzhou, Gansu and Red Spear Uprisings Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Last we left off the Nanchang and Autumn Harvest uprisings saw mixed to….lets be honest kind of lackluster results. Both certainly saw their hardships for the passionate people involved. Countless gave their lives for a cause they truly believed in. This was China's warlord era, so many differing groups made grand promises for bright futures, such as warlords, the KMT and of course the CCP. The CCP having undergone the White Terror, now sought to unleash their own independent revolution, now released by the shackles of the KMT. On the 7th the CCP Central Committee held an emergency meeting, where Chen Duxiu was criticized for his appeasement of the KMT right wing. It was also during this meeting, the CCP formalized how they would go about implementing a land revolution and armed uprisings. The CCP then received strong suggestions from Joseph Stalin, that they should unleash a major uprising to seize control over a province, hinting at performing such a deed in Guangzhou in the hopes of taking Guangdong. In accordance the head of the CCP Qu Qiubai decided they needed to persuade soldiers to their cause to perform such a thing. Many within the CCP leadership did not support such plans, deeming the chance of winning control over a province to be highly unlikely, but their Soviet advisors were strongly pushing for it. On the 20th Zhang Tailei, the secretary of the Guangdong CCP provincial committee, discussed plans for a provincial wide uprising. They would mobilize the workers and peasants to hold riots in key locations within Guangdong, particularly Guangzhou. The ultimate plan was to seize Guangdong by establishing uprising committees in Beijiang, Xijiang and Guangzhou. In early October the Nanchang uprising suffered tremendous losses at Chao'an and Shantou. This setback changed the minds of those seeking to seize all of Guangdong and instead they directed their efforts to mobilizing workers in Guangzhou to carry out political and economic struggles. On November 17th within Guangdong and Guangxi, petty warlords began a little war. This was between the KMT aligned warlords Zhang Fakui and Li Jishen. The CCP Central Committee believed this little war was a major opportunity and jumped to exploit it. Zhang Fakui was vulnerable in particular. He was colluding with Wang Jingwei at the time, his primary job was to eliminate the pervading influence of the CCP in the Guangzhou area. Zhang Fakui's troops continuously rounded up suspected communists and kept a close eye on the Soviet consulate at all times. Zhang Fakui's troops were more or less brutalizing the common people, not a tasteful job by any means and one that demoralized them. It was because of this the CCP knew they might be able to win over some of his troops to their side. The CCP played upon the low standard of living and economic instability of warlord era China, hoping to appeal to the masses for a Soviet communist style system rather than what the KMT proposed. Here is a taste of some of the slogans they wrote on placards and proclaimed in major city centers: Raise the Soldiers' Pay to 20 Silver Dollars! Food for the Workers! Land to the Tillers! Knock Down the KMT and the Warlords! Kill All the Country Bullies and the Evil Landlords! Confiscate the Capitalists' Homes and Give Them to the Rebel Masses! All Authority to the Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers! They passed the “resolution of the Guangdong work plan”, this would require the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee to expand some riots using workers and peasants within the cities and villages; incite soldiers to mutiny and resist the war and hopefully direct all said into a general riot to seize power. They would first begin by mobilizing farmers to refuse to pay winter rent and riot if they could. On November 26th, Zhang Tailei went to Guangzhou from Hong Kong covertly and convened a secret meeting with CPP members there. During these meetings it was decided they would take advantage of Zhang Fakui troops, who were currently very demoralized from fighting battles they honestly wanted nothing to do with. Within Guangzhou was the 4th army teaching corps and part of the guards corps amongst smaller CCP militia groups. Zhang Tailei would act as chairman, Huang Ping and Zhou Wenyong would all lead the uprising. After the meeting Zhang Tailei and the others went to the Teaching Corps and Guards Corps to mobilize them, as well as begin training some worker Red Guards who formed into 7 regiments and 2 death squads with Zhou Wengyong as their commander in chief. The Fourth army teaching corps was reorganized from a KMT political school with Ye Jianying as their leader. In early December, Comintern agent Heinz Neumann arrived in Guangdong, to add the uprising. Its said he had a large influence on the committee and took a leading role in what happened. Ye Jianying formed a communist infiltrated cadet regiment roughly 1200 men strong, that would form the core of their army. Added to this was an ad-hoc Red Guard of about 2000 armed workers. On December 6th the Guangdong Provincial Committee chaired by Zhang Tailei approved a declaration and letter to the people as well as made arrangements for the establishment of a Soviet government in Guangzhou. They had decided to enact the uprising on December 12th. In the meantime the headquarters and staff for the uprising were established, Ye Ting would be commander in chief and Ye Jianying would be his deputy. On the eve of the uprising, Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui both became aware of the impending uprising so they immediately began disbanding the teaching units, imposed martial law in Guangzhou and transferred their main forces back to Guangzhou. The CCP found out the jig was up so they unleashed the uprising ahead of schedule on the morning of the 11th. At 3:30am under the leadership of Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Huang Ping, Zhou Wenyong, Ye Jianying and Yang Yin, the entire teaching regiment, part of the guard regiment and the armed worker Red Guards totaling about 5000 people, 2000 of which were the Red Guards, launched a surprise attack upon key points in Guangzhou from several directions. Some Soviets, Koreans and Vietnamese in Guangzhou also were said to participate in the uprising. I read that last one from a single source and I kinda doubt it. In fact evidence suggests the CCP leadership was extremely mixed on this uprising. Commanders Ye Ting, Ye Jiangying and Xu Xiangqian strongly suggested against going through with it, arguing they were too badly armed to have any success, only 2000 of them even had rifles. The CCP began by first seducing troops of Zhang Fakui. The first units to enter the city were the infamous dare-to-die units. As the name suggests, these men were like a suicidal vanguard stormed police stations, seizing their weapons and cars. They also took control over city buses and trucks to spread the incoming Red army units throughout the city as fast as possible. Along the eastern route, under the direct command of Ye Ting the main force quickly defeated an infantry regiment stationed in Shahe, capturing 600 prisoners, numerous small firearms and eliminated an artillery regiment stationed at Yantang. On the middle route, part of the teaching regiment and Red Guards captured the KMT Guangdong Provincial government building sitting on the commanding heights of Guangyin Mountain, known today as Yuexiu Mountain. On the southern route, the 3rd battalion of the Guards regiment and Red Guards attacked the headquarters of the 4th army and their arsenal, but encountered stiff resistance and were unable to capture them. Meanwhile peasants in Fangcun, Xicun and suburbs of Guangzhou launched uprisings with some gaining urban worker cooperation. Within 4 hours of battle the uprising was providing results, excluding the headquarters of the 4th army. The armory, rear office of the 12th division of the 4th army, the police forces and urban area north of the Pearl River was secured. They took control over government buildings, the central bank which at that time had a very large silver reserve and numerous barracks. To suppress any resistance they began grabbing KMT troops who refused to comply and executed them in the streets. They also marked and burnt down the residences of KMT officials. They had eliminated numerous enemies and captured 20 artillery pieces and 1000 small arms. That same day members the new Soviet government of Guangzhou was formed with Su Zhaozheng becoming its chairman. Upon its establishment the Guangzhou Soviet declared a “letter to the people” with decrees. Meanwhile during the outbreak of hostilities, Chen Gongbo, the chairman of the KMT Guangdong provincial government, Zhang Fakui, Huang Qixiang the commander of the 4th Army and other KMT officials hastily fled to the headquarters of Li Fulin's 5th army stationed over at the Haizhong temple on the south bank of the pearl river. There they ordered the 12th division, the 78th rgiment of the 26th division, the 25th division in Dongjiang and the 1st and 2nd regiment of the 1st training division in Shunde to march upon Gaungzhou. This saw roughly 15,000 NRA troops converging upon the city. On the 12th more than 3 of Zhang Fakui's divisions and part of Li Fulin's 5th army assembled along the south bank of the pearl river with the support of British, American, French and Japanese warships and marines. They prepared a counterattack from the east, west and south. The communists fought desperately against much superior forces in terms of numbers, training and equipment. They suffered heavy losses, including the death of Zhang Tailei. Zhang Fakui's troops arrived one after another gradually surrounding the city. At a critical moment the CCP leadership called for a retreat from the city to preserve the forces they had left. The surviving 1000 Reds fled Guangzhou in the early hours of the 13th whereupon they were reorganized into the 4th Red division. They fled to Huaxian, then Haifeng and Lufegen counties where they joined others performing uprisings in the Dongjiang and Youjiang areas. A few survivors went to Shaoguan, joining survivors of the Nanchang uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi. After the KMT secured Guangzhou they carried out a bloody suppression of anyone suspecting of being a communist or sympathetic to the cause. The CCP estimated that perhaps more than 5700 people were killed. The Soviet consulate in Guangzhou was also attacked around 8pm on the 13th. All of its personnel were arrested and according to the testimony of Soviet Consul Pokhvalinsky, diplomats Ukolov and Ivanov “Each of them had a sign tied to their body that read: ‘Russian Communist, anyone can punish him at will.' … Along the way, people threw things at them, hit them, stabbed them with knives, and spit on them.” They both would later be shot, alongside the deputy consul named Hasis. Ye Ting, was scapegoated, purged and blamed for the failure of the Guangzhou uprising, despite the fact he was one of the commanders arguing it should have been called off in the first place. Enraged by how he was treated, Ye Ting fled China and went into exile in Europe. Although the Nanchang, Autumn Harvest and Guangzhou uprisings had all failed to achieve their primary objectives, they did kindle a fire within China. Rather then become demoralized and whither away, the communists pushed even more uprisings and would grow each year. This began what the CCP refers to as the “ten year civil war”, a period that will end in 1936. Now we are going to take a little break from the Chinese Civil War until we hit the early 1930's, but there have been quite a lot of events overshadowed by the Northern Expedition. I of course can't get into everything that was going on in China during the late 1920's, but I thought it be a good idea to at least tackle some of the big ones. If you remember all the way back when I was listing the different warlord cliques, one of them was the Ma clique. Feng Yuxiang's Guominjun had been shoved into the northwest after the Anti-Fengtian war and one province his men began to oversee was Gansu. At the time famine, natural disasters and the forced seizure of farming land for opium cultivation drove the people of Gansu to rebellion. Two Hui Muslim Generals, Ma Zhongying and Ma Tingxiang exploited the situation to perform a revolt against the Guominjun in 1928. Prior to this, there had been a lot of ethnic/religious fighting within the province of Gansu. An American botanist named James Rock wrote accounts of how he saw fighting between the Hui Muslims ld by the warlord Ma Qi and Tibetan Buddhists at the Labrang Monastery. Back in 1917, Tibetans in Xunhua had rebelled against Ma Anliang because of over taxation. Ma Anliang did not report this to the Beiyang government and was reprimanded for it, seeing Ma Qi sent by the Beiyang government to investigate and suppress the rebellion. Ma Qi commanded the Ninghai Army in Qinghai and used his forces to seize the Labrang Monastery in 1917. This was the first time non-Tibetans had taken the monastery. Because of this ethnic/religious riots broke out between Muslims and Tibetans seeing Ma Qi defeat the Tibetans. Afterwards he heavily taxed the town of Labrang for over 8 years and repeatedly quelled uprisings. In 1921 he crushed Tibetan Monks trying to retake the monastery. In 1925 a full blown Tibetan rebellion broke out, seeing thousands attacking Hui Muslims. Ma Qi responded by deploying 3000 troops who quickly retook Labrang and machine gunned thousands of Tibetans trying to flee. Ma Qi would besiege Labrang numerous times seeing Hui Muslims, Mongols and Tibetans all fighting for control over Labrang, but by 1927 Ma Qi gave it all up. Ma Qi became the governor of Qinghai and moved on. However, that was not the last Labrang would see of General Ma Qi. The Hui forces looted and ravaged the monastery again and in revenge Tibetans skinned alive many Hui soldiers. One of the most common practices was to slice open the stomach of a living soldier and then put hot rocks inside the stomach. Many Hui women were sold to the ethnic Han and Kazakhs. Children were adopted by the Tibetans. Now come 1927, Feng Yuxiang became the governor of Gansu. To control the region, Feng Yuxiang incorporated and promoted Hui Muslim Generals within his Guominjun. Feng Yuxiang placed Liu Yufen with 15,000 troops to act as governor while he jumped into the northern expedition. There was a particularly nasty earthquake that year, followed by drought and famine. Liu Yufen responded to the situation by overtaxing the populace. During the later half of the northern expedition, Zhang Zuolin fomented any rebellious fires he could amongst his enemies and he could see within Gansu there was an opportunity to exploit. He began sending shipments of weapons to the son of Ma Anliang, Ma Tingxiang who unleashed a revolt against Liu Yufen in Liangzhou. The revolt soon spread and this saw Ma Tingxiang unleash a siege against Hezhou in the spring of 1928. To support the siege, Ma Zhongying recruited Hui, Dongxiang and Salar Muslims, forming an army nearly 10,000 strong. By November, the Hezhou besiegers numbered 25,000 and were beginning to starve. So the men were directed towards the Tao River Valley in the south where they began slaughtering Tibetan monks. They burned the place of the Tibetan Tusi Chief King Yang Jiqing after defeating his 3000 man strong army and sacked the Tibetan city of Chone. The Tibetan areas south of Gansu were laid to waste. At Taozhou Tibetan militias tried to fight off the force of Ma Tingxiang but were defeated. However they did inflict severe casualties upon Ma Tingxiang's forces. This only emboldened more atrocities, seeing muslim forces burn printing presses and temples of the Tibetan Buddhists in Chone. The muslims then looted the Gompa (for those who don't know a Gompa is a sacred Buddhist spiritual compound, sort of like a buddhist university) and massacred the Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Labrang monastery. The Austrian-American botanist Joseph Rock witnessed much of the carnage and even found himself stuck in a battle in 1929. He described seeing Muslim armies leaving behind Tibetan skeletons over wide areas and decorated the Labrang Monastery with severed Tibetan heads. During the 1929 battle of Xiahe near Labrang, severed Tibetan heads were apparently used as ornaments by Hui Muslim troops within their camps. Rock stated “how the heads of young girls and children were staked around the encampment. Ten to fifteen heads were fastened to the saddle of every Muslim cavalryman. The heads were "strung about the walls of the Moslem garrison like a garland of flowers" The blood flowed until 1929 whence Liu Yufen with support of Feng Yuxiang finally drove off their forces. Its estimated up to 2 million died in the war across Gansu. Ma Tingxiang tried to defect to Chiang Kai-Shek, but would find himself captured later by Feng Yuxiang who executed him. Another notable rebellion occurred in the good old province of Shandong, because where else right? You may remember me talking about a small group known as the Red Spear Society. They were a movement made up of peasants, who formed self-defense militias during China's Warlord Era. There were numerous branches, but the largest one was in Shandong, particularly within Laiyang county. They of course were so numerous in Shandong because of our old friend the Dogmeat General Zhang Zongchang. Zhang Zongchang notoriously abused the populace of Shandong with gross mismanagement, over taxation and pure brutality. Lets also be honest, Shandong just keeps rearing its head through this podcast series, its basically the melting pot for uprisings. In the fall of 1928, banditry rose exponentially across the Shandong Peninsula, leading more and more villages to join the Red Spear Society trying to defend themselves. Meanwhile with Zhang Zongchang defeated and tossed into exile in Dalian, his subordinate, Liu Zhennian became the new ruler of the province. Liu Zhennian had defected to the KMT at the very last moment, betraying his master so he could steal his fiefdom. Liu Zhennians rule was just as bad if not worse than the Dogmeat General. He overtaxed the population, though a little less than Zhang Zongchang mind you. He used his personal army to brutalize the population, many of his troops simply became bandits looting and pillaging the countryside. All of this further antagonized the Red Spear Society. In 1928 the Red Spear Society organized a militant tax resistance, causing Liu Zhennians officials to fear even going near a village, particularly at Laiyang and Zhaoyuan where large concentrations of Red Spears were. Now the Red Spears were not the only problem that would hit Shandong in the late 1920's. Our good friend, Zhang Zongchang, exiled in Dalian could not take it anymore and wanted to seize back his power base from his former subordinate. He formed a plot to perform an uprising in Shandong with the help of Chu Yupu and Huang Fengqi. Zhang Zongchang first enlisted the help of one of his former White Russian Commanders, Generals Grigory Semyonov and Konstantin Petrovich Nechaev. Zhang Zongchangs plan to recapture Shandong rested upon the tens of thousands of his former soldiers still within the province. Many of them had not joined the NRA and instead tossed their lot in as bandits. Within quite a precarious economic situation without a real leader, many of them were willing to come back to Zhang Zongchang. These men were certainly not in the best shape. They were demoralized, lacked weapons and training, but they did have one thing going for them. Their war was to be against Liu Zhennians forces and not the crack NRA. Liu Zhennians forces were technically part of the NRA, but in reality they were just a bunch of under trained Fengtian troops who had no real allegiance to the new Nationalist government. They had zero support from the population of Shandong, whom they terrorized. Zhang Zongchang would also have the financial backing of Japan for his little venture. When Zhang Zongchang came over to Shandong, this caused Liu Zhennians garrison units at Longkou and Huangxian to mutiny in late January of 1929. The local commanders, Liu Kaitai, Xu Tienpin, Li Xutung and Kao Pengqi all began working to overthrow Liu Zhennian. They renounced their allegiance to the KMT and began a revolt. Roughly 3000 men strong consisting of Zhang ZOngchangs former Shandong troops and some Ex-Zhili forces they began to loot and pillage Longkou, Huangxian and Dengzhou. The foreign communities in these parts fled to two Japanese warships at harbor. The Imperial Japanese Navy then sent a squadron to protect their citizens in the area. This was soon followed up by 20,000 troops of Liu Zhennian. However instead of facing Liu Zhennian's men, the mutineers fled into areas defended by the Red Spears. The mutineers and Red Spears formed an alliance, and they prepared an offensive against Longkou. In February the rebels gained the upper hand and pushed Liu Zhennian into the Zhifu area in northeastern Shandong. On February 19th, Zhang Zongchang, Chu Yupu and Huang Fengqi landed at Longkou with a small detachment. The mutineers promptly joined their old master and as he set up a new HQ at Dengzhou. From there they marched upon Zhifu. 15 miles short of Zhifu Zhang Zongchang's now 5000 man strong army ran into Liu Zhennians near Fushan. Zhang Zongchang was hopelessly outnumbered, but luckily Huang Fengqi had spent most of February recruiting their old comrades and managed to assemble 26,000 troops. Meanwhile, Liu Zhennian now had fewer troops than Zhang Zongchang and his KMT backers did not support him very much. What he did receive from the KMT was 200,000 rounds of ammunition, and roughly 50,000 yuan for military funds. Furthermore he was impaired by the presence of the IJN who were secretly supporting Zhang Zongchang by not allowing NRA reinforcements into the area. After a series of skirmishes, Zhang Zongchang arrived at Zhifu with a force nearly 25,000 strong, while Liu Zhennian only had 7000 men left to defend the town. On february 21st the two sides clashed and surprisingly it was Zhang Zongchang who lost. Despite their numbers, they simply were not armed well enough to fight an army who enjoyed fortifications. Another issue they faced was the fact, Zhang Zongchang was not even present during the battle. Zhang Zongchang suffered 500 casualties, roughly 200 deaths and 300 captured, perhaps worse he lost nearly 3000 rifles and 15 machine guns. He pulled back his army to Dengzhou, undaunted by the defeat. Zhang Zongchang's troops then began pillaging the local population. Zhang Zongchang began negotiations with Liu Zhennian trying to convince him to surrender. Certainly Liu Zhennian was not in a good state, by February 25th roughly 15,000 of his troops near the area of Weihaiwei had defected to Zhang Zongchang. By the end of the month Zhang Zongchang effectively controlled eastern Shandong. It was around early March when Zhang Zongchang announced a new warlord coalition, consisting of himself, Chu Yupu, Qi Xieyuan, Wu Peifu, Bai Chongxi, Yan Xishan and countless Fengtian commanders who would soon launch a campaign to defeat the KMT. You are probably thinking to yourself, some of those names don't make any sense, why would they join old Dogmeat? They didn't, he simply made the entire thing up, because he had something cooking in Beijing. Zhang Zongchang sought to foment an anti-KMT movement in north China. On March 2nd, 20 armed men wearing civilian clothing suddenly disarmed the Shanxi Army guards at the Yonghe Temple. These men then fired into the air signaling a regiment loyal to Zhang Zongchang to perform a mutiny. The mutineers quickly manned the temple walls, barricaded themselves in and seized control over nearby fortifications. From their vantage points they began shooting at the local populace causing panic and disorder. Then at lightning speed the KMT forces in Beijing surrounded the Yonghe Temple and forced the mutineers to surrender. Only 2 mutineers were killed, 35 were wounded, but a lot of civilians had been hurt. Despite being a bit comical if you think about it, the Beijing Revolt as it became known received a lot of press. The Nanjing government then took some steps to prevent any more Shandong NRA troops from joining the rebels. Meanwhile back over in eastern Shandong, Zhang Zongchangs troops had literally razed 6 large towns and 50 villages to the ground, apparently in retaliation because someone tried to assassinate Zhang Zongchang. It would not take much for those back under the Dogmeat Generals rule to want to kill him. He was back to his old brutal ways, going even above and beyond. It is said captured women were being sold as slaves at Huangxian for 10-20 mexican dollars. One of Zhang Zongchangs commanders, General Li Xudong had his forces plunder Laizhou before returning to the frontlines around Zhifu. Liu Zhennians forces were likewise looting, albeit on a smaller scale. Liu Zhennian was also ignoring orders from Chiang Kai-Shek to control his men and act in accordance with NRA protocols, IE: no raping, looting and such. The civilian population of Zhifu were so brutalized many simply fled for Dalian. There emerged a growing international concern for the foreign community in eastern Shandong. Several foreign warships began to anchor there. Meanwhile the Red Spear Society was occupying parts of Shandongs hinterland, expanding their influence as countless villages and towns joined them for protection. The Red Spear Society were not the only ones forming localize self defense forces. Being Shandong, the act of doing so had been as ancient as time it self, a lot of irregular armed groups rose up such as the one 2000 man strong army led by Wang Zucheng known as the “southern army” and another force calling themselves the White Spear Society. This group was explicitly raised to defend local villages from Zhang Zongchangs men, but quickly found themselves under attack from local armed groups as well. The White Spears, like the Red Spears, formed a powerbase in Shandongs hinterland. By early March, Zhang Zongchang and Liu Zhennian agreed to a 5 day ceasefire. Zhang Zongchang followed this up by trying to bribe Liu Zhennian to defect back to him. He offered him 100,000 yuan but in Liu Zhennians words "I thought my loyalty was worth at least 500,000 yuan". Zhang Zongchang was unwilling to pay that much, so Liu Zhennian remained on the side of the KMT. Thus both parties gathered more troops to do battle, once the 5 days were over Zhang Zongchang attacked Zhifu. While under siege, Liu Zhennian received 7000 reinforcements from a local warlord named Sun Dianying. Unfortunately soon after, one of Liu Zhennians regimental commanders, Colonel Liang defected to Zhang Zongchang, opening the gates of the city. Liu Zhennians forces managed to retreat in good order eastwards as Zhang Zongchang began brutalizing the local population. A 6 day long spree of rape, murder and looting devestated Zhifu. By March 28th the Japanese and KMT government signed an agreement resulting in the departure of Japanese forces from Shandong. Meanwhile Liu Zhennian's army had fled to Muping where they found themselves yet again under siege. Liu Zhennian sortied to attack his assailants, inflicting 2000 casualties. As the siege progressed, Liu Zhennian offered to surrender on April 4th, but Zhang Zongchang refused, thinking he had the win in the bag. Unfortunately for Zhang Zongchang, his men gradually sought to plunder the undefended countryside rather than maintain the siege, greatly reducing his strength. During a final attempt to take Muping on April 22nd, Zhang Zongchang's army was routed. Liu Zhennian launched a counter offensive forcing most of Zhang Zongchangs men into the countryside. Countless simply became bandits again, Zhang Zongchangs big attempt to retake the province had crumbled. Zhang Zongchang yet again fled to Dalian, leaving Chu Yupu with just under 5000 men. Chu Yupu fled to Fushan where he took its 20,000 inhabitants hostage. For 13 days Chu Yupu was besieged by NRA forces. During those 13 days, Chu Yupu's men raped, murdered and looted. Apparently they tied up over 400 women and children to be used as human shields during the siege as well. Chu Yufu eventually surrendered, whereupon numerous women and girls committed suicide having become raped and pregnant. Over 1500 NRA and 2000 rebels were reportedly killed during the siege of Fushan. The city that had been plundered heavily for 13 days, was then plundered by the besiegers. Chu Yupu had secured a deal with the KMT to be allowed to go into exile in Korea with 400,000$ worth of silver. Now again back to those Red Spears. By the summer of 1929 they had ballooned into what was effectively a proto-state around Dengzhou. They had established a magistrate, taken over all the local administration and introduced land and head taxes to fund themselves…which is ironic. Within their territory they refused to pay governmental taxes. They introduced a forced conscription of at least one member of each family. The taxes collected funded buying arms and ammunition and any NRA or KMT officials who came near were shot on sight. It got to the point if anyone was caught speaking without the local dialect they were turned away. By august they were roughly 60,000 strong and were too large for Liu Zhennian not to deal with any longer. On September 23rd Liu Zhennien unleashed an encirclement campaign between Dengzhou and Huangxian, performing a scorched earth policy. His troops destroyed 18 villages and largely burned down another 60 killing everyone they encountered, whether man, woman or child. By November the Red Spears in the area ceased to exist. It was just another sunny day in Shandong province. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The Guangzhou uprisings was another testament to the lengths the CCP would go to try and carve out a new communist China. The Gansu and Red Spear uprisings were just a few amongst countless tales of the absolute mayhem and chaos that was China's warlord era, when the real victims were always the same, the common people of China.

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Romans 13:1-7 // All Authority is From God // Pastor Eddy Fredryk

Driftwood Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 80:03

Romans 13:1-7 // All Authority is From God // Pastor Eddy Fredryk by Driftwood Church at the Beach

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3.115 Fall and Rise of China: Northern Expedition #6: September Government

Kings and Generals: History for our Future

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 30:36

Last time we spoke about the collapse of the First United Front. A quasi civil war had emerged between the Wuhan KMT government backed by the CCP and the Nanking government backed by Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang Kai-Shek unleashed a violent anti-communist purge at Shanghai, breaking ties with the Soviets, prompting them to toss their lot in with Wuhan. Wang Jingwei eventually took over the rival government, as he tried to alienate Chiang Kai-Shek and squeeze him out of the KMT entirely. Because of the lack of coordination between the two KMT factions the NPA gradually gained the upper hand and began pushing the NRA forces further south. Then Feng Yuxiang and his Guominjun entered the fray invading Honan. Both Chiang Kai-Shek and Wang Jingwei tried to win Feng Yuxiang over, but Chiang Kai-Shek simply had the better deal. Then the Soviets unleashed their own sneaky attempt to get the CCP on top, only to see their advisors and the CCP purged as the Wuhan and Nanking government reunified, as Chiang Kai-Shek stepped down. #115 The Northern Expedition Part 6: The September Government Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. On August 12th of 1927, Chiang Kai-Shek shocked everyone by agreeing to step down. This came just as the NRA were fleeing towards the south banks of the Yangtze after multiple positions they held in the north were overrun by the NPA. The last rear guard escaped the south bank on August 19th. The NRA had been served decisive defeats. The two KMT factions attempted reconciliation, but they were still very much fragmented. Within the Nanking regime many still supported Chiang Kai-Shek. When Chiang Kai-Shek went into exile, many followed him such as Hu Hanmin, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Jingjiang, Wu Zhihui and Li Shizeng. For them, any alternative to the generalissimo at the helm of the northern expedition was simply a no go. This exodus did not see the other recall Chiang Kai-Shek. Chiang Kai-Shek traveled with his family to Fenghua near Ningpo in Zhejiang before he took a ship to Japan. Over in Japan Chiang Kai-Shek met with Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi, discussing the futility of trying to reorganize the KMT. During his time in exile he would win the hand of Soong Meiling, his second wife. They would marry on December the 1st of 1927 in Shanghai. Back over in Nanking the situation kept deteriorating. In fact despite the fact Wuhan and Nanking agreed to reunify, they had not officially done so. Tang Shungchih's forces were still harassing near Nanking as the NPA continued to use their heavy artillery upon the second capital of China. The NRA has lost the rich lands of Anhui and Jiangsu north of the Yangtze. Within a do or die type situation the NRA commanders tried to pull it back together. The Guangxi generals, alongside General Ho Yingqin, the commander of the 1st NRA army, were defending the south banks. The Nanking KMT officials praised Wuhan for purging their communists and called for a plenary session. The KMT all met on August 24th, and both sides began negotiations. However the military situation kept getting worse. Feng Yuxiangs Guominjun suffered defeats in Honan to Zhang Xueliang as Sun Chuanfang's artillery pounded upon Nanking and the NRA positions along the southern bank of the Yangtze. Sun Chuanfang unleashed a particularly heavy bombardment on August 25th, seeking to soften up the NRA so he could launch an offensive. Sun Chuanfang was actually butting heads a bit with Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin favored a strategy of gradual containment of the NRA. Basically allow the heavy artillery to beat them down until they were weak enough for the combined NPA front to advance. But Sun Chuanfang wanted to reclaim his lost territory, especially Shanghai, and he could see the KMT were stuck in limbo. He did not want to wait for them to possibly reconcile and thus lose him the chance to strike back. As his August 25th bombardment raged on, he launched several landing parties towards the southern banks of the Yangtze. Some of these landings parties were diversionary attacks, but two regiments were performing the main real strike. They landed at 3am on the 26th near the town of Lungtan sitting beside the station along the Shanghai-Nanking railway. They secured a beachhead and their vanguard surged inland while Sun Chuanfang tossed thousands across the Yangtze over an armada over stolen river boats. The NRA had spread their numbers quite thin to be able to man the entire lower Yangtze, thus Sun Chuanfangs vanguard were easily able to breach part of the line defended by Li Zongren's 7th NRA army. The NPA forces donned civilian clothing and spread out as they cut telegraph and rail lines. The town of Lungtan was swarmed with river boats as Sun Chuanfang forged 3 beachheads. As the first day of combat came to a close, Li Zongren was able to concentrate his efforts and drove off Sun Chuanfangs forces who were trying to fortify hills and away from the Shanghai-Nanking railway. The fighting saw the NRA suffer 800 casualties, but they managed to capture 3000 NPA who were cut off from their comrades. Better yet, these prisoners came with some much needed field guns. On August 27th, Sun Chuanfang continued to ship men across the Yangtze, via his beachhead at Lungtan. With new reinforcements, his men managed to capture the railway station. Amongst his troops were some of Zhang Zongchangs elite White Russian forces who could prove to be a devastating problem if they acquired armored trains. The NRA reinforced their lines to meet the NPA challenge, now some 30,000 northern Chinese were defending a perimeter of several square miles between the train station and Lungtan. Countless NRA commanders at the frontlines telegrammed frantic messages back to the KMT politicians, demanding they get their shit together so a real counter offensive could be mounted. As the battle for Lungtan raged on August 28th, Feng Yuxiang over in eastern Honan responded by driving an offensive into Shandong threatening Tsaozhou. Sun Chuanfang had basically gambled a significant part of his forces. He knew very well that if the NRA reconciled and coordinated properly, his beachhead would easily be dislodged, but he was gambling they would take a lot of time to reorganize. On August 30th, Tan Yenkai send a message to Wang Jingwei and Tang Shengchih from Nanking asking for their help. Specifically he wanted them to launch an offensive into Anhui from Wuhan to divert NPA forces. With Chiang Kai-Shek gone, it seemed the Wuhan leaders were more willing now, so they unleashed an offensive towards Hofei in Anhui. The Wuhan NRA sought to out flank the NPA along the Tianjing-Pukou railway line. Further to the north, Feng Yuxiang's Guominjun's forces captured Tsaozhou, 70 miles from said railway. From the direction of Shanghai, Ho Yingqin's 1st NRA army began and advance, converging on the eastern sector of Sun Chuanfangs beachhead. Feng Yuxiang had not been the only other faction to come out of the woodwork to aid the NRA. When Feng Yuxiang entered the fray he also purged his Guominjun of communists, crippling the Wuhan government's plans to advance north. Tang Shungchih's drive north had seen many of Wu Peifu's forces defect over to him. Thus Wu Peifu took the opportunity when Tang Shungchih went back to Wuhan to escape with his remaining forces into Sichuan. From there he announced his retirement. It was a bitter end for the Jade Marshall The turtle warlord of Shanxi, Yan Xishan agreed to align himself with the NRA. This saw his 100,000 strong army join the war and apply pressure to the NPA. The coordinated efforts against Sun Chuanfang began to show results immediately. The NRA were drawing upon reinforcements as far as Hangzhou, tightening a noose around Sun Chuanfangs beachhead. The NRA navy also disaptched the gunboats Zhuzhen and the Zhudung, preventing Sun Chuanfang from shipping men or materials over the Yangtze. Fighting their way through the enemy perimeter, the 7th NRA army recaptured Lungtan and her railway station for a second time during the night of the 30th. During said night, Sun Chuanfangs had gathered nearly 40,000 troops for a predawn counterattack. The counterattack saw his men fighting with their back up against the river with little to no chance of evacuation because of the NRA gunboats. Their only hope was to recapture a defensible position, perhaps upon some of the nearby hills, to hunker down and hope for reinforcement or rescue. The counterattack was vicious, the NPA forces were basically a trapped but savage animal. Their counterattacks were so fierce, the NRA realized that by defending the lower Yangtze and attacking Lungtan, they might lose control over the delta. They could very well be pushed up the mountainous regions further south. On the 31st the 1st NRA army defending the railway station was dislodged under heavy fire. General Ho Yingqin personally ran along the line wielding his pistol, shouting if the NPA overran them now, he would shoot himself. Sun Chuanfang then looked on in horror as his forces momentum began to break and his entire army south of the Yangtze was being battered. His entire army and dream of retaking his 5 provinces, let alone Shanghai was falling apart. His 40,000 troops were cut off, they had no escape route, their flanks were surrounded, his river craft were all sinking to the bottom of the Yangtze. He alongside his personal guards managed to escape, but nearly his entire army was left behind. The NRA ended up accepting the surrender of a colossal 30,000 troops, including 10 commanders of brigades, regiments and divisions; 30 heavy artillery pieces and 35,000 rifles. Perhaps 10,000 of Sun Chuanfangs men had been killed in the 6 day bloodbath, only a mere thousand managed to escape to rejoin his 10,000 man strong rearguard along the north bank. Where Sun Chuanfang had once fielded 11 divisions and 6 mixed brigades, now remained 3 divisions with a few mixed brigades. It was a hard won victory for the NRA, they recorded suffering nearly 10,000 casualties, of which 500 were from the 5th Whampoa Academy class who graduated in July of 1926. Despite the severe defeat, the NPA had still re-surged and the KMT were still quite divided. Following Sun Chuanfangs defeat, his decimated troops limped back north onto trains bound for Shandong. Had the NRA been better coordinated they could have pursued the enemy and managed to take some territory within the north china plain up the yellow river. A NRA vanguard did advance to Pukou, but was forced to pause as more infighting broke out between the Wuhan and Nanking governments. On September 2nd, Li Zongren and Ho Yingqin had their troops ready to cross over the Yangtze but awaited instructions from their leaders. Wang Jingwei led a group of Wuhans leadership over to Shanghai to discuss reunifying the KMT. Meanwhile Zhang Zuolins had dispatched a naval force led by Admiral Po Hai who bombarded Shanghai's Woosung docks providing ample incentives for the KMT to get their shit together quicker. On September 7th the KMT held meetings as the NRA began recrossing the Yangtze anxious about the political decisions being made down south. The NRA forces landed at 4 point along the northern banks and would divide into 3 columns for an offensive. The right column advanced between the Grand Canal and Yellow Sea; the middle column north along the railway and the left remained more stationary in Anhui just incase the Wuhan 25,000 man strong NRA force of Tang Shengchih should attack them. Meanwhile down south the KMT came to a temporary coalition, known as the “September Government”. On the 14th the meetings in Shanghai had progressed far enough that the delegates elected to expand them officially into a plenary session for the KMT's 4th national assembly at Nanking. The guys strongly backing the new coalition were the Guangxi Clique generals Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi and the Wuhan officials Sun Fo and Tan Yenkai. Now Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi held leverage over the Wuhan officials as their troops were literally in the vicinity ofNanking. Wang Jingwei was hundreds of miles away from his commander in chief Tang Shengchih, thus he refused to recognize Nanking as the seat of the KMT government. Wang Jingwei also accused Sun Fo and Tan Yenkai of betraying Wuhan's government and refused to travel with the others to Nanking. Wang Jingwei departed Shanghai on September 13th heading for Jiangxi. Over at Nanking on the 15th, 13 KMT officials representing the control committee and military council met as a collective body to officially create the coalition government. On the 19th the gathering had agreed on specific compromises; the first was an agreement that Dr Sun Yat-Sen's three principles was still their doctrine; the second was to adhere to the KMT authority; third to oppose any CCP interference; and fourth to complete the northern expedition to reunify China. Looking at these terms it would seem they were broad enough to please all within the KMT. However the new coalition government did not have two of the largest KMT leaders, Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-Shek. Despite this the KMT had grown to several million members by this point. Estimates are rough but perhaps in 1926 they were 500,000 and by the end of the northern expedition would be 5 million. Now the new september government faced a plethora of enemies, the first being Tang Shengchich up in the Yangtze valley; the second being the NPA in north china and the third being the CCP insurgents all around them. Although purged the CCP had managed to goad some of Wuhan's NRA over to their new stronghold in Nanchang. Again we will come back to the Chinese civil war a little after the warlord era stuff and I will talk about all the long march, etc. They would go on to stage a coup in early august aimed at taking control over Jiangxi. This was known as the Nanchang uprising and it lasted from august 1st to the 4th. It was followed up by armed uprising in Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong. Yet these all failed and the CCP resolved to maintain their existence through underground operations. The CCP gradually centralized itself, tightened discipline amongst the ranks and performed their own little purges. To suppress the CCP menace, on August 10th before his forced retirement, Chiang Kai-Shek had ordered Li Zongren to carry out operations out of Guangdong into the CCP held areas in Hunan and Jiangxi. By the 12th Li Zongren's subordinate Zhang Fakuei also aided the anti-CCP campaign there. As for Tang Shengchih, like Wang Jingwei he too resisted joining the September government. In fact he grabbed a large portion of the Wuhan KMT and NRA and went back to being a warlord. Basically Tang Shengchih saw an opportunity and grabbed it. On August 21st he pushed the Nanking NRA forces of Wang Pu and Xia Touyin out of Anking over in Anhui and from there he advanced downriver along the south bank taking Wuhu on September 6th. After taking Wuhu, Tang Shungchih loosely held control over Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and the heartland of Anhui, since the Wuhan government had dissolved. He had a few big Generals under his command such as Ho Chen now leading the 35th army along the Yangtze's north bank and Li Xing leading the 36th army on the south bank near Wuhu. Tang Shungchih had profited heavily from Feng Yuxiang's entry into the war. When Feng Yuxiang did so, Tang Shungchih dispatched forces into southern Honan to capture the Wusheng pass. Along the NRA's western flank, Tang Shungchih's hostile presence greatly hampered their ability to focus north. Thus September saw the northern expedition moving at a crawling pace. Many units shifted over to quell what was seen as Tang Shungchih's rebellion, while the central NRA forces maintained a bridgehead at Pukou against the NPA. The NRA vanguard advanced 25 miles north to Chuxian. On October 15th the NRA began to move their forces up the banks of the Yangtze against Tang Shungchih. The armies were led by Li Zongren and Chen Tiaoyuan on the north bank and Cheng Chen with Yue Kaixin on the south bank. Chu Peiteh's 3rd army threatened Tang Shungchih around the Hunan-Jiangxi border. From the south Li Jishen advanced his troops along the Guangdong border and would attack southern Hunan in early November. Basically it was a large encirclement maneuver. The main fighting against Tang Shungchih would occur along the Yangtze as Nanking tossed forces upstream. The forces of Tang Shunchih lost a war of attrition as the NRA surrounded them, cutting off their lines of communication and supply. Tang Shungchih knew he would eventually be decisively defeated and most likely captured. Thus Tang Shungchih secretly got aboard a Japanese steamship on November 12th and went into exile in Japan. The NRA spent some more time clearing up their western flank until they finally could refocus their efforts against the NPA in the north. Ever since September, the bridgehead situation across the Yangtze remained fairly static. Now again the NRA marched north and quickly, advancing 30 miles while they captured Mingkuang in Anhui on November 9th, followed by Fengyang on the 14th and assaulted the capital of Bengbu on the 16th. Their offensive was concentrated along the Tianjing-Pukou railway, but the NRA were avoided frontal attacks against said line as it was heavily fortified by railroad artillery. Zhang Zongchang's armored train specialization was heavily paying off for the NPA. To combat this the NRA adopted sweeping tactics to try and out flank the NPA, striking into the rail communications in their rear. Meanwhile the warlord armies who had acquired skills in scouring the countryside to steal livestock, foodstuff and coolies. But the peasants by this point had acquired their own skills, particularly the age old practice of hiding their produce and vanishing before warlord gangs showed up. The NPA forces along their most southern fronts were beginning to really suffer because of this. Of course word had spread far and wide about the NRA's remarkable practice of paying for what they needed, thus the peasants were heavily aiding them. Sun Chuanfang launched a counterattack at Bengbu, trying to isolate the city from the NRA's southern lines of communication. However his counterattack failed horribly and he was yet again forced to withdraw his exhausted and demoralized men north, now above the strategic Huai river valley. The NRA were quick on their heels, continuously outflanking and circled them. In November as Kuchen fell, Sun Chuanfangs forces found themselves shoved into the northernmost portion of Jiangsu with their backs against some rugged hills. Further north, the Dogmeat General stood ready with 150,000 Shandong soldiers. Although allied with Sun Chuanfang, they were still bitter rivals. Zhang Zongchang chose to only collaborate with Sun Chuanfang when under attack by the NRA. Sun Chuanfang certainly had a difficult time coexisted with Zhang Zongchang in Shandong. To the northwest, over the summer as the NRA had pulled back south during the battle of Lungtan, Feng Yuxiang proved a great diversion for the NPA forces when he attacked Honan. Feng Yuxiang had been promised by Chiang Kai-Shek a ton of money and vital war materials, thus he remained loyal to Nanking after the generalissimo's departure. General Ho Yingqin's 1st Army, the 9th army, Xia Touyins new 10th army and Ho Yaozu's 14th army were advancing towards Xuzhou in Jiangsu. 40 miles west, Po Wenwei's 33rd army was advancing north to join up with Feng Yuxiang to assault the western approaches to Xuzhou. On December 12th the NPA tossed a counter attack down the rail way from Xuzhou. The force consisted of 60,000 men under Zhang Zongchang and 10,000 from Sun Chuanfang. These two guys working together was a recipe for disaster. Zhang Zongchangs white russian armored trains were the spearhead, supported by an air squadron also flown by white russians, some Japanese, French and Chinese pilots. The aircraft strafed NRA positions, proving themselves deadly and something for which the NRA had no answer to. Zhang Zuolin had greatly expanded the Fengtian army's capabilities during the Anti-Fengtian war. Though not enormous in number, the Fengtian held a decent airforce, had quite a few Renault tanks, but most importantly had the vast numerical superiority in heavy artillery and men. By December the 14 however the NPA counterattack began to ground to a halt, literally after 2 days of combat. The NRA then turned up the pressure from the west and south, erecting a siege against Xuzhou. The city would fall on the 16th as Sun Chuanfangs entire front along the east-west Lunghai railway collapsed. This inturn forced the NPA to perform a hasty retreat over the border hills into Shandong, where they would dig in for the winter months. Do not forget the NRA consisted almost entirely of southern chinese, who historically have never done well in winter, especially against northern Chinese. The NPA understood this advantage and would make the best possible of it. The Zhang Zongchang Sun Chuanfang joint operation was an abysmal failure, however the unity in the new KMT government had its own problems. Just as soon as the NRA had dealt with Tang Shengchih, a disgruntled element of the NRA decided to break off. The September government was lacking stability, honestly they lacked a generalissimo. Neither Wang Jingwei or Chiang Kai-Shek were present, the only two men who had real popularity amongst the masses. The only form of leadership now was loosely held by the Guangxi generals at Nanking. Meanwhile Wang Jingwei had angrily moved back over to Guangdong where he began winning over some of the generals in Guangzhou. He was rebuilding a powerbase, seeking to recapture the KMT revolution. In dire need of support, Wang Jingwei became a lot more flexible with his politics. His image had already been stained by communism because of his former ties to the CCP and Soviet Union. He began publicly telling people in March that he had been naive and that Chen Duxiu had seduced him with talk of CCP cooperation without conditions, but in fact it was Chiang Kai-Shek that was correct about the communists. Wang Jingwei was now colluding with Zhang Fakuei who retained some troops that had fought the communists in Jiangxi and Guangdong. There was also Xue Yue's division and Li Fulin's 5th army, Guangxi natives. However Wang Jingwei had not been the only one trying to build a powerbase in Guangdong, so did the CCP. Zhang Fakuei's primary job was to eliminate the pervading influence of the CCP in Guangzhou, they had never stopped creating mass organizations. Zhang Fakuei's troops continuously rounded them up and kept an eye on the Soviet consulate at all times. The KMT were very well aware, most of the time it was the Soviets pulling the strings, ordering CCP members around. During November, the CCP planned to seize Guangdong as their new revolutionary base. Through the Soviet consulate, Joseph Stalin sent orders in mid November, to step up armed activism throughout China. This would start with creating and controlling labor and peasant associations. The CCP played upon the low standard of living and economic instability of warlord era China, hoping to appeal to the masses for a Soviet communist style system rather than what the KMT proposed. Here is a taste of some of the slogans they wrote on placards and proclaimed in major city centers: Raise the Soldiers' Pay to 20 Silver Dollars! Food for the Workers! Land to the Tillers! Knock Down the KMT and the Warlords! Kill All the Country Bullies and the Evil Landlords! Confiscate the Capitalists' Homes and Give Them to the Rebel Masses! All Authority to the Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers! At one point Zhang Fakuei moved his anti-communist operations over to Hong Kong as they were seeing major strikes. By late november some Red Militia, including “dare-to-die” units were being gathered by the CCP. In December, just as Wang Jingwei thought he was grasping at becoming politically relevant again, Guangdong fell into chaos. During early December a large number of strikes sprang up, especially within Guangzhou. Then the CCP attempted a coup. The ringleaders were Zhang Tailei, the ex leader of the Hong Kong Strikers and Su Zhaocheng, the ex minister of labor at Wuhan. They led a Red Militia into the streets of Guangzhou, during the early hours of December 11th. The communists began by first seducing members of Zhang Fakuei's army. When the morning light came up, their dare-to-die units and armed workers stormed police stations, grabbing their rifles, machine guns and armored cars. They also took city buses and trucks to spread red militia throughout the city who quickly stormed KMT governmental buildings, the central bank with its large silver reserves and barracks for more arms. To suppress resistance the CCP began executing officers during the street fighting, marked and burnt down homes of KMT officials. Most of the communists were rural peasants, hoping their actions would jolt the urban workers to join them. Charging down hills of Guangdong, remnants of the Red Army that had been fighting and retreating after the Nanchang uprising entered Guangzhou under Yue Tings leaderships. However bloody and successful the capture of Guangzhou made have been, it was certainly short lived. Outside Guangzhou, Zhang Fakuei, supported by Li Fulin's 5th NRA army, some river gunboats and those loyal to the KMT within the city outmanned and outgunned the communists. Hammer and sickle flags were torn down by December 14th after only 4 days of communist takeover. The anti communist bloodbath that followed, rinsed clean even the Soviet collaborators from the consulate. Wang Jingwei professed to all he alongside his KMT leftist colleagues were guiltless of the CCP coup. A few days prior to the uprising at the plenary session preparing for the KMT 4ths congress set for January, Wang Jingwei surprised all by calling for Chiang Kai-SHek to be invited back to his post as Commander in Chief. The Chiang Kai-Shek loyalists sprang on the issue. Chiang Kai-Shek added his voice into the scene by calling for a cessation of any relations with Moscow, Nanking implemented that straight away, closing all the Soviet consulates within KMT territories and kicking the Soviet diplomats out. Now it seems Wang Jingwei was desperate to get back into the fold, so he was trying to play for a position as the head of the civilian KMT government while Chiang Kai-SHek controlled the military. However the Guangzhou uprising stained him with further communist suspicion. Yet again it seemed the curtains were falling down upon Wang Jingwei. On December the 17th he boarded a steamer bound for France. His ship would stop at Hong Kong, but he did not bother to step ashore. Like the Soviets, he was being kicked out of China, again. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The rivalry between the Wuhan and Nanking KMT governments had come to an end. A new September government unified the KMT, however they lacked any real leadership in the forms of Wang Jingwei or Chiang Kai-Shek. The Guangxi clique generals were trying to keep things together, but it simply was not the same. At some point someone would have to become generalissimo again.

The Living One - Week 22: Facing Idols

Awake Us Now

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 25:02

This teaching is on Acts 14:8-22, “Incident in Lystra,” and is an account on idol worshipers. We are living in a time of great idolatry and how do we as followers of Jesus respond, react, and live? In today's story, Paul is teaching about Jesus in the town square of Lystra and sees a man lame from birth, but Paul also sees the man has great faith and Paul says, “Stand Up and Walk” and the man is healed. While this story is nearly 2,000 years old, God has not changed and God still moves in remarkable ways. So let's take note of the following OBSERVATIONS FROM THE STORY: 1. The Power of the Messiah - the power of faith in Jesus. We see the testimony that All Authority has been given to Jesus the Messiah and in His name this man was healed and God still heals today. 2. Inherently Religious Nature - human beings are inherently religious, longing for a power higher than themselves, a need. People find something to worship in their lives because we need purpose. We look for meaning for our lives in someone, something or in ourselves - a need to find something for our focus. 3. Created to Worship - We long for things greater than ourselves or things that matter most in our lives. People worship many deities today - we think we've outgrown idols, but we worship what those very idols of old represented: power, money, sports, sex, politics, living for things. How does a follower of Jesus respond to these, how do we deal with the pull of idolatry? Do we turn away? Engage? Do we demonstrate by our actions and words the power of God in our lives and do we worship Him alone? 4. Living God is Creator - at this time in history there is more evidence for the existence of our Creator than ever and that evidence points to the existence of God! Do we point people to the Living God, our Creator, and help them see we are created? This is a springboard to sharing the message of Jesus Christ. Without Jesus people are lost forever. 5. Gospel Proclamation - Paul was stoned and left for dead. He left Lystra and headed to Derba. However, he returned to Lystra to share the good news of Jesus because he had a passion to share Jesus and had compassion for the lost to know Jesus as their Savior. 6. Reality of Hardship - Paul and Barnabus knew there would be difficult times, but they held to the truth of God's assurance that He will take even the difficult times and turn them around for His glory and our good. It can be hard to be a follower of Jesus, but it is worth it. And this Lystra story continues in a later chapter of Acts... In Chapter 16 we meet Timothy - a man Paul meets on his return trip to Lystra. God uses, to His glory, all that Paul suffered in Lystra the first time, as we see Paul become a spiritual father to Timothy. We learn more about Timothy later in Acts. Today, many are blinded by idolatry and have lost sight of the Living God (who delivers us through Jesus His Son) so it's important for us to practice what we learn from early missionaries as we share Jesus and honor, worship and serve the Living God. https://www.awakeusnow.com Check out the video on our website: https://www.awakeusnow.com/living-one Check out the video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTaaqrC3dMOwUarSm3uJrzLI4thAJNXQj

You Have Authority

Revival Fires Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 64:02

God never works outside of His word Psalm 115:16 “The highest heavens belong to the Lord but the earth he has given to mankind (sons, children of Adam)” and Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule (have dominion) over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” In order to have authority, Jesus had to come as a human! (Son of Adam) God never undermines his own authority! God never controls or manipulates! Hallelujah! All Authority is delegated. From a study of ‘exousia', there is: Personal Authority (private, self) Positional Authority (public, seated with Christ, sphere of influence) Principal Authority (power demonstrated, supreme, government of Christ, the Church!) Three stages of authority: Fill - Subdue - Rule. God's Word (destiny) - Human Response (action) - Our Authority (heaven and earth) Vision - Function - Mission Know your authority in the Lord. Walk out on His word and live the way He intended you to. Jesus is restoring all things, authority is one of them, let's walk in our authority. https://www.revivalfires.org.uk https://linktr.ee/revivalfires

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Jésus le nom au-dessus de tous | All Authority #1 | Thierry

C3 Lausanne Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 31:26

Jésus le nom au-dessus de tous | All Authority #1 | Thierry @ Palais de Beaulieu, 11.02.2024 HD video available on our Youtube channel

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All Authority in Heaven and on Earth

Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023

All Authority in Heaven and on Earth

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This is a Reminder.

Quran in English

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 2:20

Dear listeners, we are at the ending of sura 11 Hud هود. Verses 114- 123. The whole sura tells stories of different prophets and how their people refused to believe them and how God ended each community. To listen to the full sura go to season 1 episode 100. Our life lessons are; Prayer is a form of discipline for us as well as goodness that drives bad things away. When you see something corrupt on earth it is your duty as a believer to speak out. If God had willed he could have made all human beings one community but He chose to make them different. Ask Allah for His Mercy - for He created us for it. The stories in the Quran make your heart firm in belief as well as lessons and reminders. All Authority belongs to the One and only God , everything goes back to Him. So put your TRUST in Him for Allah is the All hearing All Seeing.

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Joining Jesus - Part 22: All Authority

Trinity Alliance Sermon Podcast Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023

Joining Jesus - Part 22: All Authority

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Commitment a key to Authority

Emmanuel Ezeasor

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023 53:16

5 ways God tests your Commitments to him before rewarding you with authority 1, He checks your Commitment in showing love to others 1John 4:20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. Authority conferred; is the authority of a clear revelation of God “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God” mthw5:8 2, Commitment to the word of Truth 2Timothy 2:15Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Authority conferred; if you abide in me and my words in you, you shall ask anything in my name and it will be done Jhn15:7 3, Commitment to the Fight of Faith 2thimoty4:4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. 6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. What it means to fight the fight of faith; -endure hardships - Do the work of an evangelist - Discharge all duties of your ministry Authority conferred; All Authority in heaven and earth to make disciples (mthw28:18-19) and Eternal Rewards 2tim4:8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. 4, Commitment to fellowship Acts2:42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Conferred Authority; Authority to command favor and increase before all the people Acts2:47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. 5, Commitment to doing good always Good means; any seeds sown into the spirit & acts of kindness Gal6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Authority conferred; Authority to reap eternal life (Zoe Life) vs8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

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Don't Give 'Em' the Real Estate in Your Head

Keep It 100 with Sean & Christa Smith

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 45:55

So many people are seeking freedom today. There is an epidemic of troubled-ness, emotional vexing, generational issues and bondages that are plaguing folks. As a result, people are looking to wrong sources or quick fix solutions that never get to the REAL ISSUES (that are deep within the human heart ). The only way to completely get rid of something is you must go after it at a ROOT LEVEL, and that is true of mental, emotional, physical & spiritual healing and DELIVERANCE. When you remove the root, you remove the condition, the harassing spirit, the torment and the demonic cycles. Maybe the liberation that we are seeking, is right before us and within our grasp, as we turn to the One who has ALL AUTHORITY. In this episode of Keep It 100, we talk about strongholds, false belief systems and soul ties and give some tools to bring freedom. website: www.seanandchristasmith.com instagram: @revseansmith @mrschristasmith facebook: @seanandchristasmithministries

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All Authority (8-6-23) Emily Crider

First Pres Boulder

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 22:27

All Authority (8-6-23) Emily Crider by Grace Commons Church

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EPISODE 313 THE END SHALL COME AS A FLOOD SO WHAT DID GOD MEAN BY THAT? WHERE IN THE BIBLE DID HE TALK ABOUT THIS FLOOD? HOW DOES IT APPLY TO US WHO LIVE IN THE END TIMES?

BIBLE PROPHECY RADIO

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 30:24

In this 'EPISODE 313 THE END SHALL COME AS A FLOOD SO WHAT DID GOD MEAN BY THAT? WHERE IN THE BIBLE DID HE TALK ABOUT THIS FLOOD? HOW DOES IT APPLY TO US WHO LIVE IN THE END TIMES?' author, speaker and host Elbert Hardy covers a few of the many scriptures that say the end will come like a flood and what it means to us today.Go to itellwhy.com to read Elbert's books free of charge, no Ads and no requests for money or Email addresses. You can watch faith building YouTube Links to Videos and the listen to Elbert's Life of Christ Audio Book in 30 minute Episodes arranged and read by the author straight from the Bible, but rearranged in logical harmony of the Gospels, Revelation and other scriptures. All FREE of charge in the public interest.

All Authority

NoLimits Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 28:13

All Authority by NoLimits Church - Sunday Messages

2 Steps Forward with James and Ade

Ep. 341 - Matthew 28

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 27:16

3 plot/application points from this lesson: 1) The Minimal Facts Argument; 2) Make Disciples; and 3) All Authority

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Matthew 9:1-17 - All Authority

Calvary Chapel Irmo

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 46:01

Matthew 9:1-17 - All Authority by Calvary Chapel Irmo

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The God of All Authority

COJ USA - DR. JO KIM

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 76:20

Is40:26; Jude1:25 The God of All Authority

Grace Christian Fellowship

How to Live Out the Beatitudes Today | Matthew 5:10-16

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2022 33:26

Series: All: All Authority, All Nations, All AllegianceScripture: Matthew 5:10-16 (main)Title: How to Live out the Beatitudes Today Heavy credit: David Platt and Douglas Sean O'Donnell (See below for bibliography)Summary of passage: Coming out of who Citizens of the Kingdom are in the beatitudes, Jesus describes what those citizens get to do in a dark and tasteless world.Bottom Line: Jesus follows how to BE like Christ with how to DO like Christ. (Fruitfulness Matrix) (draw?)Discussion questions for group and personal study.Reflect and Discuss in your groups:1. British pastor and author John Scott said at the Cape Town Lausanne Conference, “The greatest hindrance to the advance of the gospel worldwide is the failure of the lives of God's people.” What do you think about John Stott's claim? Do you agree or disagree, and why?2. Where do you see decay around you? Where do you see darkness?How can you be salt and light in these places?3. What is the connection between the Beatitudes and Jesus's call in verses 13-16?4. How does a pure life impact our witness to the gospel? How might impurity also affect our witness?5. What might it look like for your life to be "useful" in the kingdom?6. What are some ways we can lose our saltiness and become useless in the kingdom of God?7. How does this passage command and inspire international missions?8. How do many Christians hide their light under a basket? What causes us to do that?9. How does the light of the Christian lead to God's glory?10. Consider the questions at the end of this chapter. Which strikes you as most convicting? Why?Final QuestionsWhat is God saying to you right now?What are you going to do about it?Find our sermons, podcasts, discussion questions and notes at https://www.gracetoday.net/podcastOpening to Sermon:There is a salt and pepper shaker collection in our home that has generated much conversation over the years.Who gets them when mom kicks the bucket?Why are the ones on the table always empty?Which ones will we use next?Who gave us that set?Use matzah to help people taste no salt. As each person comes into the room, give out to each person along with a slip of paper that says:This cracker is to eat at sometime in this service. The explanation will come during the message. Feel free to eat it now or when I explain it in the message. God bless you.The idea will be to show people a sample of how bad tasteless is.We move from the beatitudes where Jesus describes to us what his people look and act like. We get more detail to this as we work through the entire sermon on the mount. But Jesus laid the foundation in verses 1-12. We'll pick this up in v. 13 but I'm going to start reading in v. 10.In v. 13-16 we're going to answer the questions that Jesus answers on behalf of his fellow Kingdom citizens:Who am I? (In light of being a kingdom citizen), andWhat do I get to do as a kingdom citizen?““You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5:13-16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.5.13-16.NIVNotice right away that the words “You are” are grammatically emphatic. Jesus says what is true. You can reject it or you can believe and embrace it. But he says what is true. In Christ, you are salt and light. The question is, do you receive and believe this? (John 1:12)Once again we see that Jesus acts as one with “All Authority.” This series is called “All!” because Matthew wants us to see that Jesus has all authority so that all nations will give him all of their allegiance. This is seen throughout the book of Matthew.Who am I? What do I get to do?This is a question of identity. We ask this question more than we think. Because intuitively we know that what we do flows from who we believe we are. Not necessarily from who we want to be or someone tells us we are. But who we really believe we are. This is why faith is so important.Also, it's not you CAN be salt and light. You ARE salt and light. You have all that you need in Christ to do what these imply you can do.Jesus answers this question in 2 ways using metaphor:We are the salt of the earth.Why salt? Salt can do a lot of things. One commentator listed 11 things that salt does. But I agree with Hughes who tells us the passage gives us the one that matters to Jesus here. Salt flavors things. Salt is NaCl and it flavors things. Which is why you don't usually choose to eat unsalted food. (Health reasons not withstanding)Warning: Don't lose your saltiness (i.e. usefulness—flavoring power)Our flavoring power is a metaphor for us to bring flavor of Christ into our world. Now we still acknowledge that flavor can be received one of two ways:Some will like it.Some will hate it.People respond to Christ in one of two these ways when he confronts them with the gospel.They gladly receive it orThey reject it.We are the light of the world. “This little light of mine” (sing?)Why light?Jesus said he is the light of the world in John 8:12. So why this? Jesus chooses to reveal himself to the world through his people. This is his strategy of blessing the world through us to bless us in the process.Light does a lot of things too. But again context pushes towards the more obvious thing: Light shines. Light illuminates.Warning: Light was meant to be seen. Therefore, don't hide it. This implies we will be tempted to not “let” our light shine. If we don't, what happens?Good works don't happen in our world in and through us. (Sin)God doesn't get the glory (light!) he deserves and uses to bless.How does this fit with 1-12? When we live this way—meaning it's the pattern of our lives—we will be persecuted.Ex. When a husband loves and serves his life well in another country where maybe men don't typically do that, he will stand out.Some men will make fun of him and even be angry with him for suggesting this is appropriate.Some men will see the good in it and change. Maybe even repent and believe.Imagine a church—or a movement of churches—where everyone lived salty, bright lives in dark places! Boy wouldn't they stand out! Like a bright city on a hill!And yes there would be fireworks! Some would lead to peace-filled lives.And some would lead to conflict where we'd have to love our enemies publicly.But both would bring glory to God.Conclusion“David Brainerd, missionary to the American Indians, died at the age of 29. Reflecting on his life and calling from God, he said, Here I am, Lord, send me; send me to the ends of the earth; send me to the rough, the savage pagans of the wilderness; send me from all that is called comfort on earth! send me even to death itself, if it be but in thy service, and to promote thy kingdom. (Edwards, Life of David Brainerd, 224)” —Akin, p. 21“Ion Keith-Falconer (1856-1887) was a Scottish missionary and Arabic scholar who died at the age of thirty-one. He won the world cycling championship in 1878 at the age of twenty-two but would leave all that behind and go to Egypt and later Yemen as a missionary for Jesus. He died from malaria after being married to his missionary wife Gwendolen for only three years. In the preface to his biography, Robert Sinker wrote,A career of exceptional promise was early closed in the death of Ion Keith-Falconer. The beauty of his character, his ardent missionary zeal, his great learning, form a combination rarely equaled. . . . How noble a life his was. (Memorials, v)What was it in this man that would cause him to give up all for the glory of King Jesus and the lost among the nations? I suspect it was this conviction buried deep in his heart that settled the issue:"I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light." As was true of Ion Keith-Falconer, may it also be true of us: "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine!" —Akin, p. 22References/Bibliography:“Preaching the Word” Commentary, Douglas Sean O'Donnell, Edited by Kent Hughes“Matthew” by RC Sproul“Jesus Manifesto” sermon series, by Darien Gabriel: https://youtu.be/x65i2tqFrXk“The Bible Knowledge Commentary” by Walvoord, Zuck (BKC)“The Bible Exposition Commentary” by Warren Wiersbe (BEC)“Exalting Jesus in Matthew” by David Platt (CCE)“Exalting Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount” by Daniel Akin (CCE)Outline Bible, D WillmingtonNIV Study Bible (NIVSB)ESV Study BibleESV Gospel Transformation Bible (GTB)"Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes" by Kenneth E. Bailey“The Sermon on the Mount: Kingdom Life in a Fallen World” by Sinclair Ferguson

God Promises "I Will Be With You"

BridgePoint Church Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2022 38:06

Imagine the potential or the possibility of embracing God's promise that He is with us always, even to the end of the age! Think about the situations you have going on in your life. Maybe they are things that make you anxious or nervous. If you don't have any of those situations now, you have in the past or you probably will in the future. In today's message Tyler teaches that there is no circumstance that you will walk in that Jesus doesn't have power over. If you feel alone, empty, or are wandering aimlessly in life, make sure you catch the message on this promise! Questions for Reflection: • What is the potential impact for us of Jesus declaring that ALL AUTHORITY in Heaven earth has been given to Him? • How might some of your circumstances change if we focused on God's presence WITH us in every moment? • Are you living in such a way that your purpose glorifies God? If so, how? • How are you making disciples? If you don't think you are, how can you start? • If you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, have you been baptized? If not, what is holding you back?

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Easter People | Go - David Plant

Storefront Church

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 33:11

In a culture that pushes individuals to have to “ justify your life, prove yourself worth, Christianity provides an authentic community of perpetual hope because in Christian community Christ is always coming to them, “All Authority in Heaven and Earth has been given to me.” (Scripture Reading: Matthew 28:16-20)

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All Authority

Sunday Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2022 45:25

All Authority by CBC of Savannah

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All Authority - Creation (Week 1)

Nelsonville Assembly

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 39:31

As we enter into a New Year, we also enter a new sermon series. Over the course of the next several weeks we will be studying what the Bible teaches about the authority of God. Looking at Matthew 28:18-20 and the radical claim that Jesus says He has "All Authority" has massive implications upon those who claim to be His people. In this first message, Pastor Isaiah walks through Psalm 104 and Romans 1:18-23 to unpack the foundation of God's authority as Creator of all things.

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All Authority - Creation (Week 1)

Nelsonville Assembly

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 39:31

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Recovering the Greatness of Christ’s Commission

Hope Church Toronto West

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 41:13

TITLE: Recovering the Greatness of Christ's Commission SCRIPTURE: Matthew 28:16-20 Quote Slide (centered): OUR MISSION “To glorify God by the fulfillment of the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.” New Slide: BIG IDEA: We greatly underestimate the greatness of the Great Commission Sermon Points We must recover the conviction that Jesus Christ sends us as his ambassadors with 1. His Divine Power | He has ALL Authority (v.18) 1A. A Present Reality Scripture Slide: “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him [the Son of Man] was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:13-14) 1B. A Pervasive Reality Quote Slide: “Who can fathom this brief utterance of Jesus? The kingly authority of Jesus embraces heaven, all that lives and has its being there, angels and archangels, powers, principalities, might, dominion, thrones, and the saints in glory. This authority is exercised also over the evil spirit world, whose prince is conquered and despoiled, and whose hosts lie in abject submission beneath Jesus' feet. All the powers of heaven are in his hand to do his bidding without question or pause. This the disciples are to realize as Jesus sends them forth. Never did a human army have such resources behind it. All the earth is also subject to him, its inhabitants, both friend and foe, and all the powers that are in the earth.” (R.H. Lenski) 2. To Accomplish His Purpose | Make Disciples of ALL Nations (v.19a) Quote Slide: “The life of a disciple is different because of his attachment to Jesus. The Master is not giving a command that will merely secure nominal adherence to a group, but one that will secure wholehearted commitment to a person.” (Leon Morris) Quote Slide: “His "all authority" over "all the nations" demands we preach His crown rights over all men and all their institutions, cultures, societies, and nations. The saving of multitudes of individuals must eventually lead to cultural Christianization under Christ's rule and to His glory by His providence, in conformity with God's creational purpose.” (Kenneth Gentry) 3. According to His Plan | Baptizing and Teaching Obedience to ALL His Commands (v.19b-20a) Quote Slide: “A piety which concerns itself only with man's soul and leaves the world to the devil is a profane piety.” (R.J. Rushdoony) Expectations of the Kingdom Growth The Mustard Seed (Matt. 13:31-32) The Leaven (Matt. 13:33-34) Mixed responses Parable of the Sower (Matt 13:1-23) Weeds and Wheat (Matt. 13:24-30) The Net (Matt. 13:47-50) Joy Hidden Treasure (Matt. 13:44) Pearl of Great Price (Matt. 13:45-46) Rewards for Faithfulness & Increase Faithful & Wicked Servant (Matt. 24:45-51) Talents (Matt. 25:14-30) 4. With the Promise of His Presence | He will be with us ALWAYS! (v.20b) Quote Slide: “The God of Israel, the Saviour, is sometimes a God that hideth himself (Isa. 45:15), but never a God that absenteth himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.” (Matthew Henry) New Slide: We must recover the conviction that Jesus Christ sends us as his ambassadors with His Divine Power to accomplish His Purpose according to His Plan with the Promise of His Presence.

Our Timeless Mission

Christ Community Sunday - Leawood Campus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2021 25:43

Our world is constantly changing around us. It seems as though it is changing faster now than ever. What never changes, and what always grounds us, no matter what, is not who we are, but whose we are. We do not belong to the chaos of our world when it rears its ugly head. We do not belong to an ideology. We do not belong to a human authority. We don't even belong to ourselves. We belong to Jesus. And He is in control, and is always taking care of us. He sends us on a mission together to be a family, together, for ALL nations, to bring forgiveness and reconciliation to everyone, everywhere, all the time. He does not call us to do it alone, He is always with us. His church will triumph. His kingdom will come. His will we be done on earth as it is in heaven. His victory is sure. And we are in it. Praise God for it.SERMON NOTES: bible.com/events/4879773421.11.21

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Moving Forward - Part 1

Bethel Church

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 80:09

The Church Has Been Robbed Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, “ALL AUTHORITY in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore GO and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations, BAPTIZING them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and TEACHING them to OBEY everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” WHAT IS OUR WHAT? 1. SAVE LIVES 2. PROTECT FAMILIES 3. PROVIDE A HOPE & FUTURE

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All Authority

Dr. Steven J. Lawson on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 10:00

A new MP3 sermon from OnePassion Ministries is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All Authority Subtitle: Steadfast Hope Speaker: Dr. Steven J. Lawson Broadcaster: OnePassion Ministries Event: Devotional Date: 8/11/2021 Bible: Matthew 28:18 Length: 10 min.

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Episode 1697: SRA UPDATE PART 33 C THE GATES OF HADES AND THE POWER OF GOD

THE RAGGED EDGE RADIO ....with Russ Dizdar

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 60:39

“they, the collective are-satan, demons, fallen angels (most likely billions in number) who are aggressive, present, violent and enraged to complete their massive global-cosmic agenda” rd 3. THE FORCE OF THE AGENDA • From the garden • To Revelation 20 • ……….its the in between 4. THE ONLY THING THAT CONTESTS HADES • Matthew 29 ALL AUTHORITY • Colossians 2:15 • Luke 10… • Matthew 16:18 The indestructibility of the Church/body of Christ The POWERHOUSE as I call it Demonstrated by Jesus Seen exampled in the book of Acts It is ………HIS church SONG We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified; and those whom He justified, He also glorified. The Love of God 31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes, who is risen, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.” 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities nor powers, neither things present nor things to come, 39 neither height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=christian+song+destroy+satan&&view=detail&mid=8F2604AFB7DA233171F48F2604AFB7DA233171F4&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dchristian%2520song%2520destroy%2520satan%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBVR%26sp%3D-1%26pq%3Dchristian%2520song%2520destroy%2520satan%26sc%3D0-28%26sk%3D%26cvid%3D64D3C5955F2D42349CC0831810585358

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Chptr 24 moving in control -Into the Light - Edward and Anne Kjos

Manifest Sonship

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 17:31

Chptr 24 moving in control -Into the Light - Edward and Anne Kjos - www.sonsofgod.com . To be notified of live podcasts email us at edward@sonsofgod.com

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Jesus Has Given Us Authority

The Joy Of The Lord Podcast w/ Brother Bob /Deacon Downs Daily Prayers and Devotional Readings

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 15:11

Matt.28:18-20 All Authority has been Given to Me in Heaven and On Earth. Go therefore and make Disciples Of All Nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father and The Son and Of The Holy Spirit.

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All Power and Authority

Zion Word Ministries International Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 48:56

Dr. Randy Davis preaches on power and authority and where that power and authority actually originates. The believer has NO Power or Authority unless they are under those that do and only Christ has All Power and All Authority.

The Great Commission, Part 1: All Authority to the Risen King

Doubt on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 57:00

A new MP3 sermon from North Houston Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Great Commission, Part 1: All Authority to the Risen King Subtitle: Matthew: Gospel of the Kingdom Speaker: John A. Bray Broadcaster: North Houston Baptist Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 1/31/2021 Bible: Matthew 28:16-18 Length: 57 min.

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Authority And Power

Dominion Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 45:36

All Authority has been given to Jesus! All authority in heaven and earth! And He has given to us all that He has. We are co-heirs with Christ Jesus. All that He has we have also. We have been strengthened with the same power that raised Jesus from the dead. This teaching shows us how to believe and walk in what Jesus has freely given His church.

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All Authority

Authority on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 47:00

A new MP3 sermon from New Testament Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All Authority Speaker: Jerry Street Broadcaster: New Testament Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 12/20/2020 Bible: Titus 2:11 Length: 47 min.

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The Lord Commands His People to Submit to All Authority

Edmonton Immanuel Canadian Reformed Church

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 32:38

"The Lord Commands His People to Submit to All Authority"1. He is the source of all authority2. He teaches us about the submission to all authorityTime:AfternoonMinister:Rev. H. KalkmanTexts:Heidelberg Catechism: Lord's Day 391 Peter 2

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Submission to All Authority

Submission on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 47:00

A new MP3 sermon from Pittsburgh Protestant Reformed Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Submission to All Authority Speaker: Rev. Wilbur Bruinsma Broadcaster: Pittsburgh Protestant Reformed Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 8/30/2020 Bible: Ephesians 6:5-9 Length: 47 min.

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Submission to All Authority

Authority on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 47:00

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Elders / Deacons Sermon Series: Men Who Dream PS. 126:1-6

HCC Weekly Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 39:51

August 23, 2020Elders / Deacons Sermon Series Men Who DreamPs. 126:1-6 · Jesus Dream · Matthew 28:16-20 o “All Authority belongs to Jesus…” (vs 18) o “Go make Disciples…” (vs 19) o “Baptizing them in the name of Father, Son and the Holy Spirit” (vs 19) o “Teaching them to obey “everything Jesus commanded” (vs 20) o “I am with you always” (vs 20)

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Let The Church Arise

NOW Church with Richard Perinchief

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 36:45

Part One of "Let The Church Arise" monthly series. Pastor Richard reminds us that we are in a war, not between nations or terroists, it's a battle for the soul of our country! Our job as the church is to enforce the victory that Jesus already won over 2000 years ago. You have everything you need in Christ...ALL POWER and ALL AUTHORITY!

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All Authority, For All People

Authority on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2020 46:00

A new MP3 sermon from Grace Reformed Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: All Authority, For All People Subtitle: Matthew Speaker: Craig Riggall Broadcaster: Grace Reformed Baptist Church Event: Sunday - AM Date: 6/14/2020 Bible: Matthew 8:5-17 Length: 46 min.

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Isaiah: The Sovereignty of God

Preacher without a Pulpit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 22:09

“The Sovereignty of God” Isaiah 5:26-30Remember, they were taunting God: Isaiah 5:19The early church recognized Gods Rule:1. God had decided Jesus fate:Acts 4:27-282. All Authority is established by God: Rom 13:1·Free will: We choose – John 3:16·The paradox: Proverbs 16:9;·Work out our own salvation: Phil 2:12-133. God gives us time to change None should perish: 2 Pet 3:8-94. The Messiah will Reign: Rev 11:15 Is Jesus the Messiah? ·Professor Peter W. Stoner: Mathematical Proof! They are well armed and prepared for battle: Jer 4:13 Israel will be helpless in three ways:1. Like the prey of a lion.2. Like a person in the midst of a storm .3. Like a person lost in the dark Darkness means the absence of God: Micah 3:6 God is light: 1 John 1:5·When you know God, it is all good: Phil 1:21-2 Conclusion: ·The scientist calls him the Intelligent designer·The philosopher calls him the unmoved mover.·The believer calls him Father. C.S. Lewis said it comes down to one of three choices; Jesus is either a liar, lunatic or The Lord.Support the show (https://paypal.me/pwp398?locale.x=en_US)

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The King in Jerusalem - All Authority

Sermons – St Bart's Anglican Church

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2020

This is the twelfth and final sermon in our series “The King in Jerusalem'‘. This sermon is ‘All Authority’. Preacher: The Rev’d Michael Calder. Bible Reading: Matthew 28:16-20

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Romans 13:8-14 (Part 5) - The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 60:47

The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

Psalm Forty-Seven

Psalm Starter

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2020 3:03

A great theme of Psalm 47 is praise to God as the great King of all the earth.

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Romans 13:8-14 (Part 4) - The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 53:00

The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

Romans 13:8-14 (Part 3) - The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2020 45:43

The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

Romans 13:1-7 (Part 2) - The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 57:39

The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel (Part 2)

Romans 13:1-7 (Part 1) - The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 61:15

The Necessity of Self-Imposed Submission to All Authority for the Sake of the Gospel

Power & Authority

myTCVC

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2019 39:45

Jesus Christ - All Power, All Authority! His clear cut word to you is, as Christ is, so are you in this world!

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The Joy of Giving - Part 3

The Rock of Gainesville - Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2019 36:35

Notes: Matthew 28:16-20 NIV16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”1. Follow these instructions! All Authority! Marching Orders! Here's the plan!2. Go! Do Something! Move! Giddy up!3. Tell everybody! Make a Disciple. Question! How do you make a Disciple?You can make a cake, pie, a bed, a mess, but how do you make a person do something? To follow the teachings of Jesus.Disciple – Question? What is a Follower? (One Who Follows)Question: What is real to you? Discipling is about building a relationship. It's personal. If something is real to you, it will be real to those who are listing.4. Seal the Deal: Baptizing them! Father – Son - Holy GhostSubmerge them totally in the Love of God. This is not about a Ritual, but about a Relationship.5. Teach: Instructions: Give Direction.About what? Everything I have taught you. (EVERYTHING)? How long does it take to teach everything? A lifetime.Disciple making: It's not a conference, it's not a seminar, It's not a weekend retreat, it's not about a book. Simply put! it's about a lifestyle.If you're going to make Disciples, it's going to cost you something.Time and effort.You're going to have to make an investment into someone's life.You're going to have to learn patience, clean up messes, forgive, forget, love, love, love until you see the fruit.Matthew 28:16-20 MSG16 Meanwhile, the eleven disciples were on their way to Galilee, headed for the mountain Jesus had set for their reunion. The moment they saw him they worshiped him. Some, though, held back, not sure about worship, about risking themselves totally. 17 Meanwhile, the eleven disciples were on their way to Galilee, headed for the mountain Jesus had set for their reunion. The moment they saw him they worshiped him. Some, though, held back, not sure about worship, about risking themselves totally. 18 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.” 19 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.” 20 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”Everything Matters. You Matter! Everything we do matters and Everything we don't do matters.When it comes to church, someone is depending on you. You have to see yourself as significant, important, needed. Show up! Make a difference.

All Authority

Radiant Springs Church

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019

Listen in to how the resurrection power of Jesus can give you victory over death, fear, and doubt. The post All Authority appeared first on Radiant Springs Church.

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Demonstration

LifeSource Church Griffith

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019 73:00

This week is our third and final week in our current series titles “3D – God’s view of you and me. God through Jesus has delivered us from out of darkness and positioned us in His light. Discipleship is the vehicle by which we grow up into His likeness. This week Ps Steve will issue the challenge that Deliverance and Discipleship uniquely positions us for Demonstration. Not the demonstration of how good am I, but the demonstration that All Authority is His, therefore in this we must GO, demonstrating the Kingdom in power… Get ready because this we know will be great!”

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Compromised - Authority

New Song Church OKC

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2019 35:42

2 Corinthians 1:20Galatians 6:9 Let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.Matthew 28:18-20 Our understanding of Godly Authority is critical to our assignment and our life.Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.Matthew 18:18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”The authority you are under, determines the authority you carry.Romans 13:1 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. 2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.#1 All Authority is from God. Romans 13:2 Anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. #2 Rebellion against Godly authority is a sin with serious consequences. 1 Samuel 15:23 for rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.The first test is The Arrogance Test. 1 Samuel 17:34 David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.” The second test we see in David's life is The Abuse Test. 1 Samuel 19:10 David fled and escaped that night. The Advantage Test. The Association Test. 2 Samuel 1:14 1 Corinthians 15:33

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God’s Authority in the Church, P3 - Now Word Covenant Church

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2018 42:58

Matthew 28:18. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All AUTHORITY has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” PRINCIPLE: Whoever is in authority has the exclusive rights to prescribe what you can do and prohibit what you cannot do.

God’s Authority in the Church – P2 - Now Word Covenant Church

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2018 50:05

Matthew 28:18. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All AUTHORITY has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” PRINCIPLE: Whoever is in authority has the exclusive right to prescribe what you can do and prohibit what you cannot do. “Authority commands our obedience.”

God’s Authority in the Church - Now Word Covenant Church

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 37:11

Matthew 28:18. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All AUTHORITY has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” God’s authority is His exclusive right as our Creator to prescribe what we can do and prohibit what we cannot do. Principle: Whoever is in authority has the right to prescribe what you... View Article

Thy Kingdom Come! - Now Word Covenant Church

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 49:15

Matthew 28:18. And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All AUTHORITY has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” “Once God’s authority is revealed to you, you realize how much you have sinned against God.”

God's Offers you a Great Exchange Your Burdens for His Rest and Peace.

God's Encouragement

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 23:16

Jesus said, “Come to Me, ALL of you who are Weary and Carry Heavy Burdens, and I will Give you Rest. Take My Yoke upon you. Let Me Teach you, because I AM Humble and Gentle at Heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My Yoke is Easy to bear, and the Burden I Give you is Light.” Matthew ‭11:28-30‬ Jesus offers you a Great Exchange your burden for the Peace of GodTo make this exchange you humble yourself before God, to become dependent upon God, dismiss reliance upon yourself and self-governance, and emptying your carnal ego, to come to Him When you're weary and you carry a heavy burden. In His Promise to you in Matthew 11:28 He Says: I Will Give you Rest when Weary and Heavy Burden.Weary is caused by Exhausting Labor, Worry, fretting, to labor at something until your worn-out, depleted and exhausted.Burdens make you feel overloaded, causing you to literally feel weighted down.Jesus Simple Steps to Give you Rest and His Peace That Surpasses All Understanding.1. Come to Me - the First Step to Overcoming Weariness and Easing your Burdens is Jesus says, Come to Me. This simple command requires humbling yourself, to demote, lower yourself in your own estimation under the Mighty Hand of God. 1 Peter ‭5:6‬To Clothe yourself with humility, For God sets Himself against the proud–and He opposes, frustrates, and defeats them, but gives grace, His Favor, Blessing to the Humble. Prov 3:34, 1 Peter ‭5:5‬ By recognizing and acknowledging by the Act of Coming to Him that His Power is Sufficient Power to lift what weighs you down. And it is!Jesus says to you, just as He said to his disciples: All Authority, all power rule in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28:18‬ ‬All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John ‭1:3‬ God raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His Own Right hand in the heavenly places. Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, above every title that can be conferred, not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church. Ps 8:6, Ephesians ‭1:20-22‬ Therefore because He stooped so low God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, Philippians ‭2:9‬ God appointed Him Heir and lawful Owner of all things,‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭1:2‬ ‬He isn't asking us simply to cast our burdens on him, but to humble yourself and submit to Bis wishes and ideas. If we are willing to come underneath Him as your LORD, then you no longer carry the burden on our own. And He Gives you the freedom to live life under the Power and Persuasion of the Holy Spirit.So Cast the whole of your care, all your anxieties, all your worries, ALL your concerns, once and for ALL on Him, for He Cares for you affectionately and Cares about you watchfully. Trust in Him with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding”, he says, “and you will find rest for your souls.” Psalms 55:22,1 Peter ‭5:6-7‬ DON'T LET TROUBLE OR WORRY be your PRIMARY FOCUS. Seek God FIRST Above ALL THINGS. Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. And His Peace Will Guard your Heart and Mind.-Jn 16:33, Mt 6:25,33; Phil 4:62. He Will Give You Rest-You Only Fun Rest in One Place.“Yes, my soul, find rest in God; my hope comes from him. I wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my expectation is from Him. He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defense and my Fortress, I shall not be moved. With God rests my salvation and my glory; He is my Rock of unyielding strength and impenetrable hardness, and my refuge is in God! Psalm ‭62:5-7‬ Jesus knows that He Only is your salvation, your fortress, your mighty rock, your refuge. He is the one answer to every question, concern, fear, and need we will ever have. And so he simply and comprehensively offers you himself. For your hope is from him. Only in him will you find rest for your souls.He Promises: Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest‭‭Exodus‬ ‭33:14‬ ‬WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I AM with you, and Through the rivers, they will not OVERWHELM you. When you walk Through the fire, it will not burn or scorch you. For I AM the LORD your God, the Holy One, your Savior, your Protector and Strength.-Isa 43:2-3,15-16; Ps 59:9TRUST IN THE LORD AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS, Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will GIVE you the Desires and Secret Petitions of your Heart. Commit your Way to the LORD, Roll Each Care and Worry of your Load on Him; TRUST in Him to Bring it to Pass.-Ps 37:3-5, Matt 11:28

Salvation and the Church: Fighting the Good Fight - Audio

Akron Alliance Fellowship Church

Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2018 59:51

Pastor Gus Brown

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Salvation and the Church: All Authority - Audio

Akron Alliance Fellowship Church

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2018 61:45

Pastor Gus Brown

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All Authority

Orangecrest Community Church

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 45:48

Listen to messages at Orangecrest Community Church

Orangecrest Community Church

All Authority

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 45:48

Listen to messages at Orangecrest Community Church

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ALL AUTHORITY: OVER SIN

King's Chapel Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2017 47:00

Matthew 9:1-13. We see how Jesus has ALL AUTHORITY over sins.

Lord, Teach Us to Pray - #7

Sermons-on-the-go

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 30:08

You can pray anytime and anywhere, but there is a right way to pray. The prayer Jesus taught His disciples in Mt. 6:9-13 begins and ends with worship. This message helps us understand why.

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All Authority - Audio

South Osborne

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2017 35:45

This is the second sermon in the series we're calling GO.

All Authority - Audio

South Osborne

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017 35:45

This is the second sermon in the series we're calling GO.