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Don't Worry, I Will Explain It1 John 3:8 “Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.”I read this verse and thought, “Nope, I don't want to go there.”  Actually, I read this verse and then read the next two verses after it.  1 John 3:8-10 says, “Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.  Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God's seed abides in them; they cannot sin, because they have been born of God. The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.” Ok, after hearing all that do you see why I didn't want to touch this verse?  First of all, I didn't really understand it.  If I sin I am a child of the devil?  What does that even mean?  We all sin, don't we?  Then it says Those born of God do not sin.  But wait, I am born of God and yet I do sin?  It is definitely confusing and not something I felt qualified to talk about. Secondly, I didn't want someone to hear this verse , or read it in the transcript and then think they weren't a child of God because they sin.  Because let's all be honest, we all sin.  So, I was happy to skip this one and go on to find another verse.  I felt the Holy Spirit stop me and ask, what does this verse mean?  What if someone already read it and didn't stop to ask what it means?  What if someone is walking around thinking they are no longer my child just because they sin?I am always humbled when the Holy Spirit reminds me of the purpose for this podcast.  It is not to talk about all the things I understand.  It is not to talk about things I really love talking about.  It is to help myself and you, all those listening, to understand scripture a little better.  My purpose is to help you walk a boldy with Jesus one verse at a time.  The only way to do this is to take difficult scriptures, ones I don't understand and figure them out, examine them, research them, and then share that with you.  I may not alway get it right, but I do try my best and I ask the Holy Spirit to take care of the rest.  I am sure I will keep needing to be reminded to stop and examine a verse if I don't understand it because the enemy loves to try and stop me by telling me I am not qualified to talk about the scripture.  He tells me I don't know what I am doing and so I can't help others.  Do you see how he takes a kernel of truth and twists it?  He is right, I am not qualified and I don't always know what the scriptures mean.  However, the way he twists it is because I am not sharing just my thoughts on it. I am researching and looking to those that do know the answers.  I am taking the time to explore the meaning and then sharing what I learned from those that are qualified so that you don't have to take that time.   If something I say is confusing, or you still don't understand the verse, I urge you to reach out and let me know.  I would be happy to explore it in more detail with you.  Or you can explore it on your own as well.  I just type “What is the meaning of 1 John 3:8” or whatever verse I am looking at in the search bar on the internet and usually a list of articles come up.  Whatever it is in the Bible we are trying to understand, there are probably plenty of other people that have come before us that have asked the same question.  Look for the answers they found.  I will put the links to two of the articles I read in the show notes in case you want to read the full articles.Now that I explained all that, what did I discover?  What does this confusing verse mean?  From what I found, I understand it to mean that when we are sinning we are a child of Satan, meaning he is influencing those behaviors.  When we are following God's ways, God is influencing those behaviors.  I feel the Holy Spirit just gave me an analogy that made me smile.  It is one that if you have kids you have probably said it and even if you don't you probably heard your parents say it.  When our kids are not behaving I tell Tony they are his kids and when they are behaving I say they are my kids.  Of course they are all both of our kids all the time.  However, when I say that I am implying that his DNA is what is influencing the kids misbehavior and my DNA is influencing their good behavior.  It made me smile when this thought came to me because I could just picture God up in heaven shaking his head, looking at Satan and saying, nope, they are your kids today.  I know He doesn't do this, but it made me smile remember all the times, Tony and I went back and forth, nope, these are your kids.  One thing everything I read agreed on is that this verse is not determining your salvation.  This verse is not saying because you sin you are a child of Satan and you are going to Hell.  That is not the case.  It is not saying if you want to go to heaven you can't sin.  It is not talking about your salvation in any way.  We are all born with a sinful nature.  Ever since sin enter the world, it has plagued us.  Sin entered the world because of Satan.  He brought it here and when we sin it is because of His influence.  It is because we are allowing his influence to shape our behaviors.  We are cooperating with him.  However, the ending of this verse says, “The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.”  This means that although we were born with original sin and a sinful nature, Jesus was sent to destroy that.  If you have been baptized you are received the Holy Spirit living inside of you. Even though we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us we also have Satan trying to influence our behaviors, trying to get us to go against what God says.  One example I found in one of the articles talked about Matthew 16:23 when Jesus said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan!” He was revealing the source of Peter's rebuke of Christ by which Peter demonstrated that he was representing Satan's purpose, not God's.I pray this explanations clears up some of the confusion surrounding this verse.  The verse is not saying you will go to hell if you sin.  It is not saying you belong to Satan if you sin.  It is saying that while you are sinning you are under the influence of Satan.  It is a good reminder as sometimes we can write off little sins.  We can say, that wasn't so bad.  We can question, is that really a sin, does it really matter.  I think when we read this verse, it can speak to those situations.  If you are sinning you are cooperating with the enemy.  Does it matter if it is a little cooperation or a lot of cooperation, let me ask you this question.  If one of your loved ones was being influenced by someone who was sent here to steal, kill and destroy, would it matter to you that they were only being influenced a little?  God cares deeply about even our smallest decisions.  Instead of being offended by this verse, let's take it as a warning to try harder not to be influenced by the devil.  Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless all those who are listening to this episode today.  Lord we want to follow your ways, please help us.  We want to only be influenced by you.  Please help shield us from the influence of the enemy.  Please help us put on your armor Lord.  Lord, I ask you to help each one of us understand what this verse is saying and I ask that if we don't understand it you will inspire us to go deeper.  Lord, we want to understand your Word.  We thank you for your word and thank you for giving it to us.  You are truly remarkable.  We love you Lord and we ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus' holy name, Amen!Thank you for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus.  I look forward to meeting you here again tomorrow.  I just want to remind all of you, if you haven't gotten a chance to check out my book yet, I invite you to do so.  Or if you have checked it out I invite you to leave a review on Amazon or suggest it to a friend.  If you didn't know I wrote a book, you can find it on Amazon.  It is called Total Trust, in God's Safe Embrace. Thank you for all of you that have already purchased it I truly appreciate it!  Remember, Jesus loves you and so do I.  Have a blessed day!Q. Does 1 John 3:9 Teach that Christians Must Be Sinless?Can a Christian Be of the Devil? - 1 John 3:8, 10 (GraceNotes - no. 60) by Dr. Charlie Bing www.findingtruenorthcoaching.comCLICK HERE TO DONATECLICK HERE to sign up for Mentoring CLICK HERE to sign up for Daily "Word from the Lord" emailsCLICK HERE to sign up for my newsletter & receive a free audio training about inviting Jesus into your daily lifeCLICK HERE to buy my book Total Trust in God's Safe Embrace

In this series, we go back to the basics (and the Bible) to discover the most essential truth about Christianity. That is, there is no version of the Christian faith where following Jesus is not at its heart. Our modern world defines Christianity dozens of different ways, with various degrees of severity and flexibility. However, according to God's Word, there is only *one way* to be a Christian- Be a Follower of Jesus. What does that mean? What does that look like? Listen to find out the simple, yet convicting foundation of our faith.

With newly added commentary, this is a re-airing of the first episode of Pastor With No Answers Podcast, “Can a Christian Be a Universalist?”  (originally aired Oct 4th 2015).  A question I was only dabbling in at the time, although was very optimistically suspicious, given what I'd already taken in of various books, including the Bible.  Now, it's hard for me to see it any other way.  Just like many have faith in the Resurrection of Jesus, I have faith that all things truly will be redeemed and resurrected because of it.  (Col 1:20)It feels like the Holy Spirit is showing more and more people that Jesus really is the image of the invisible and when He prayed “Father forgive, for they know not……,” we were also hearing the heart of the eternal Father.   Love, Joey   Get The B-Sides Feed   Facebook Discussion Group here. E-mail the PWNA team here. Theme Song and Intro Music: Stoy Prioleau (aka: Riggy Rock): Apple MusicSend a text to the crew (we may read these on air)Host and producer, Joey Svendsen also hosts and produces two other podcasts, coming more from the church world:Seacoast Church's Things You Won't Hear on Sunday Podcast &The Endurance Factor Podcast Other podcasts affiliated with co-hosts of PWNA:Jed's Church & Other DrugsMatt's The Great Deconstruction

On this week's episode of the Alex McFarland Show, Alex delves into five essential actions for every believer. These practices are rooted in scripture and guide us on our walk with Him.  If ever there was a time for believers to band together and evangelize to the world, it is now!5 Things Every Christian is to Do:Tithe - Honor God with our tithes and offerings.Witness - Be an evangelist for Christ.Have daily quiet time in prayer and  the Bible.Serve the body of Christ with the gifts God has given each  of us.Be in church on the Lord's Day. Thoughts from Alex on being a Christian:Be stewardship-oriented.Be oriented in the body of Christ, the church.Be supernatural oriented.Be kingdom oriented.Scriptures:  Malachi 31 Corinthians 15, 3:2, 12:1-20Mark 16:15Psalm 63:1-8Hebrews 10:25Links:Alex McFarlandAsk Alex Online alex@alexmcfarland.com booking@alexmcfarland.comBook: 21 Toughest Questions Your Kids Will Ask About ChristianityBook: Witnessing Without FearBook: Out of the Salt Shaker and Into the WorldBook: The Master Plan of EvangelismSend us a Text Message.

Don't Worry, I Will Explain It1 John 3:8 “Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.”I read this verse and thought, “Nope, I don't want to go there.”  Actually, I read this verse and then read the next two verses after it.  1 John 3:8-10 says, “Everyone who commits sin is a child of the devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.  Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God's seed abides in them; they cannot sin, because they have been born of God. The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.” Ok, after hearing all that do you see why I didn't want to touch this verse?  First of all, I didn't really understand it.  If I sin I am a child of the devil?  What does that even mean?  We all sin, don't we?  Then it says Those born of God do not sin.  But wait, I am born of God and yet I do sin?  It is definitely confusing and not something I felt qualified to talk about. Secondly, I didn't want someone to hear this verse , or read it in the transcript and then think they weren't a child of God because they sin.  Because let's all be honest, we all sin.  So, I was happy to skip this one and go on to find another verse.  I felt the Holy Spirit stop me and ask, what does this verse mean?  What if someone already read it and didn't stop to ask what it means?  What if someone is walking around thinking they are no longer my child just because they sin?I am always humbled when the Holy Spirit reminds me of the purpose for this podcast.  It is not to talk about all the things I understand.  It is not to talk about things I really love talking about.  It is to help myself and you, all those listening, to understand scripture a little better.  My purpose is to help you walk a boldy with Jesus one verse at a time.  The only way to do this is to take difficult scriptures, ones I don't understand and figure them out, examine them, research them, and then share that with you.  I may not alway get it right, but I do try my best and I ask the Holy Spirit to take care of the rest.  I am sure I will keep needing to be reminded to stop and examine a verse if I don't understand it because the enemy loves to try and stop me by telling me I am not qualified to talk about the scripture.  He tells me I don't know what I am doing and so I can't help others.  Do you see how he takes a kernel of truth and twists it?  He is right, I am not qualified and I don't always know what the scriptures mean.  However, the way he twists it is because I am not sharing just my thoughts on it. I am researching and looking to those that do know the answers.  I am taking the time to explore the meaning and then sharing what I learned from those that are qualified so that you don't have to take that time.   If something I say is confusing, or you still don't understand the verse, I urge you to reach out and let me know.  I would be happy to explore it in more detail with you.  Or you can explore it on your own as well.  I just type “What is the meaning of 1 John 3:8” or whatever verse I am looking at in the search bar on the internet and usually a list of articles come up.  Whatever it is in the Bible we are trying to understand, there are probably plenty of other people that have come before us that have asked the same question.  Look for the answers they found.  I will put the links to two of the articles I read in the show notes in case you want to read the full articles.Now that I explained all that, what did I discover?  What does this confusing verse mean?  From what I found, I understand it to mean that when we are sinning we are a child of Satan, meaning he is influencing those behaviors.  When we are following God's ways, God is influencing those behaviors.  I feel the Holy Spirit just gave me an analogy that made me smile.  It is one that if you have kids you have probably said it and even if you don't you probably heard your parents say it.  When our kids are not behaving I tell Tony they are his kids and when they are behaving I say they are my kids.  Of course they are all both of our kids all the time.  However, when I say that I am implying that his DNA is what is influencing the kids misbehavior and my DNA is influencing their good behavior.  It made me smile when this thought came to me because I could just picture God up in heaven shaking his head, looking at Satan and saying, nope, they are your kids today.  I know He doesn't do this, but it made me smile remember all the times, Tony and I went back and forth, nope, these are your kids.  One thing everything I read agreed on is that this verse is not determining your salvation.  This verse is not saying because you sin you are a child of Satan and you are going to Hell.  That is not the case.  It is not saying if you want to go to heaven you can't sin.  It is not talking about your salvation in any way.  We are all born with a sinful nature.  Ever since sin enter the world, it has plagued us.  Sin entered the world because of Satan.  He brought it here and when we sin it is because of His influence.  It is because we are allowing his influence to shape our behaviors.  We are cooperating with him.  However, the ending of this verse says, “The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.”  This means that although we were born with original sin and a sinful nature, Jesus was sent to destroy that.  If you have been baptized you are received the Holy Spirit living inside of you. Even though we have the Holy Spirit living inside of us we also have Satan trying to influence our behaviors, trying to get us to go against what God says.  One example I found in one of the articles talked about Matthew 16:23 when Jesus said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan!” He was revealing the source of Peter's rebuke of Christ by which Peter demonstrated that he was representing Satan's purpose, not God's.I pray this explanations clears up some of the confusion surrounding this verse.  The verse is not saying you will go to hell if you sin.  It is not saying you belong to Satan if you sin.  It is saying that while you are sinning you are under the influence of Satan.  It is a good reminder as sometimes we can write off little sins.  We can say, that wasn't so bad.  We can question, is that really a sin, does it really matter.  I think when we read this verse, it can speak to those situations.  If you are sinning you are cooperating with the enemy.  Does it matter if it is a little cooperation or a lot of cooperation, let me ask you this question.  If one of your loved ones was being influenced by someone who was sent here to steal, kill and destroy, would it matter to you that they were only being influenced a little?  God cares deeply about even our smallest decisions.  Instead of being offended by this verse, let's take it as a warning to try harder not to be influenced by the devil.  Dear Heavenly Father, I ask you to bless all those who are listening to this episode today.  Lord we want to follow your ways, please help us.  We want to only be influenced by you.  Please help shield us from the influence of the enemy.  Please help us put on your armor Lord.  Lord, I ask you to help each one of us understand what this verse is saying and I ask that if we don't understand it you will inspire us to go deeper.  Lord, we want to understand your Word.  We thank you for your word and thank you for giving it to us.  You are truly remarkable.  We love you Lord and we ask all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus' holy name, Amen!Thank you for joining me on this journey to walk boldly with Jesus.  I look forward to meeting you here again tomorrow.  I just want to remind all of you, if you haven't gotten a chance to check out my book yet, I invite you to do so.  Or if you have checked it out I invite you to leave a review on Amazon or suggest it to a friend.  If you didn't know I wrote a book, you can find it on Amazon.  It is called Total Trust, in God's Safe Embrace. Thank you for all of you that have already purchased it I truly appreciate it!  Remember, Jesus loves you and so do I.  Have a blessed day!Q. Does 1 John 3:9 Teach that Christians Must Be Sinless?Can a Christian Be of the Devil? - 1 John 3:8, 10 (GraceNotes - no. 60) by Dr. Charlie Bing 

What does the Church (as an institution and as individuals) need in order to do well, whether it's 62 AD or 2022AD?  What does the church think it needs in order to do well, and what does God think it needs in order to do well?  God calls all of us to have an authentic Christian presence in this world.   Authentic:  Paul commends Timothy's sincere faith, as well as those in Timothy's life who were like Christ to Timothy. Christian:  Be about Christ and what he has done for us. Presence: In God's Family (in worship and receiving God's Gifts) and in God's World (not sheltered, but in the community and interacting with those around us with the love of Christ). 1 Timothy 1:3-10 (EHV) I thank God, whom I serve with a clean conscience as my ancestors did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day. 4When I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5I remember your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that it also lives in you. 6For this reason I am reminding you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7For God did not give us a timid spirit, but a spirit of power and love and sound judgment. 8So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Instead, join with me in suffering for the gospel while relying on the power of God. 9He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not because of our works, but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10and it has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. #EHV #authentic #presence #wels

Should a Christian Be a Mason?" What about Billy Graham? Impromptu interview on the book 2/10/2018. God bless you all! - David W. Daniels

Tom answers listener questions about marriage including:  What will our married relationships look like in the new creation? What advice do you have for someone about to get married? What do you think about divorce? Can I get married to a non-Christian? Be part of the Ask NT Wright Anything live show in London at Unbelievable? 2020 on Sat 9 May: unbelievable.live Register for An Evening with Tom Wright on ‘Jesus, Paul and the question of God’ – Thurs 12 March: https://www.ecevents.uk/spck/tw/Site/Register Support the show and receive NT Wright’s brand new E-book ’12 Answers to questions about the Bible, Life and Faith’ https://resources.premier.org.uk/supportntwright/ For bonus content, newsletter and prize draws sign up at askntwright.com Subscribe to the Ask NT Wright Anything podcast via PodBean, iTunes or RSS Feed

Are you a superstitious Christian? Be honest. Do you know someone who is? In fact, what is a "superstitious Christian" anyway? In this final episode of the Just Thinking podcast for 2019, Darrell and "Omaha" (Virgil) discuss a practice that many people who profess to be Christian engage in every day--superstitions--and why such beliefs are antithetical to what it truly means to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

Mance Rayder invited me to his podcast “Free Man Beyond the Wall” to discuss, “Can a Christian Be an Anarchist?”   Amazon affiliate links for books mentioned: David Lipscomb - Civil Government - https://amzn.to/2xG1PtB  Mance Rayder - Freedom Through Memedom - https://amzn.to/2zuD597  Mance Rayder - The Kids Are Not Alright - https://amzn.to/2QVQ7D7      Support the show! www.AnarchoChristian.com/support   Find us on the web! www.AnarchoChristian.com www.twitter.com/anarchoxp www.facebook.com/anarchochristian www.youtube.com/channel/UCCViA1stFYP7bskwVk4uAgg www.paxlibertas.com   Subscribe today, and don’t miss an episode! iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anarchochristian-evaluating-relationship-between-christian/id1339744391  Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Io2icydyrrbqnhliq22xjnhvqpu   Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=166143&refid=stpr   Android: http://www.subscribeonandroid.com/anarchochristian.libsyn.com/rss    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCViA1stFYP7bskwVk4uAgg

There is an identity crisis going on in our world; from people that are stealing people’s identities, to people that struggle with self-identity. And that battle doesn't end when you enter the Church, so many people that go to church don't know what they believe, why they believe, or even who to believe. For this reason we have started a new series titled, "We Are" in which we will break down basic foundational truths that make us who we are as believers. This morning we looked at, "We Are Christians" from Acts 11:19-26. Using this text we answered two questions; I. What Makes a Christian. (Vs. 19-21) and II. What Should a Christian Be. (Vs. 22-26). 

Dan chats with one of his favorite American theologians and pastors, Dr. Greg Boyd, for a particularly Christian-themed episode. Dr. Boyd lost about a quarter of his church’s congregants back in 2004 when the church came out as explicitly anti-war, focused on the call of God’s Kingdom to the exclusion of any call to the … Continue reading 34: How Political Should a Christian Be? with Greg Boyd →

Do you feel accomplished as a Christian? Be careful that you don't start believing in your strength. Shola teaches that we must embrace our weakness to acknowledge where the true power comes from.