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We live in a world that claims all truth is relative. But there's only one Truth, and His name is Jesus Christ. His Gospel is revealed to us by the Holy Spirit, and it's our job to be bold and speak it lovingly to those around us.

Scripture has the gospel and the fingerprints of God all through it! Even in places that we wouldn't think to look. God has even written His love, His Gospel, into His creation! Let's explore this love today as seen in the first two people ever created. AMEN.We are including a VIDEO element now so if you would rather watch this podcast you can head on over to youtube.com/@yourdailymedspodcast. Be sure to visit yourdailymeds.org every day for the YOUR DAILY MEDS BLOG. Each weekday I will release a short discussion from the weekly podcast including study scriptures for your own meditation! Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok: @yourdailymedspodcast

Is Christianity a repackaged myth derived from other ancient, pagan religions? Is Jesus and His Gospel based on Egyptian and Roman mythology? Did ancient Israel ever borrow from the Egyptians? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac discuss these questions and more.  For more information, see:  The Christ of Wisdom by O. Palmer Robinson  Know Why You Believe by K. Scott Oliphint  Why Should I Believe Christianity? by James Anderson  Covenantal Apologetics by K. Scott Oliphint  Defense of the Faith by Cornelius Van Til  The Ultimate Proof of Creation by Jason Lisle   

Is Christianity a repackaged myth derived from other ancient, pagan religions? Is Jesus and His Gospel based on Egyptian and Roman mythology? Did ancient Israel ever borrow from the Egyptians? In this episode, Pastors Brandon and Zac discuss these questions and more.  For more information, see:  The Christ of Wisdom by O. Palmer Robinson  Know Why You Believe by K. Scott Oliphint  Why Should I Believe Christianity? by James Anderson  Covenantal Apologetics by K. Scott Oliphint  Defense of the Faith by Cornelius Van Til  The Ultimate Proof of Creation by Jason Lisle 

If you compare your life against the lives of unbelievers you know, how does it look different? Is it because you don't drink or smoke or hang out with people that do? Is it because you have a Christian bumper sticker on your car? Or is it because you demonstrate the love and grace that Jesus demonstrated for you? As Pastor Johnny will explain in today's message, following Jesus will mean avoiding sin, but it's equally important that you do things that glorify Him and spread His Gospel.

Andy Stanley appears to be heading down a familiar road of compromise in regard to the Biblical doctrines concerning sexuality. Why would such a prominent pastor and heir of a strong Christian heritage choose such a path? The power of deliverance is the one thing Andy is missing in His Gospel preaching. Does Andy know anything about deliverance? The story I have to share today demonstrates the essential nature of deliverance for the survival and revival of Christian faith in America and maybe even Andy's faith. Deliverance ministry is the key to rescuing this generation from sexual insanity.❤️ SHOW YOUR SUPPORT - LINKS BELOW...➡️ DONATE ➡️ Join our team!https://www.givesendgo.com/karlgesslerfamilybandhttps://www.patreon.com/karlgesslerSocial Media➡️Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089357625739➡️Telegram - https://t.me/FaithoftheFathers➡️Truth Social - https://truthsocial.com/@UCLOvq6O4aIXLrkKxwXkq3uA➡️Gab - https://gab.com/KarlGesslerSupport the showSupport the show

In this episode, you'll also hear:James's story of coming to Christ, falling away, and eventually returning to try againThe Four Commands of Christ and what they mean for usWhy it's important to teach God's commands in a way that is simple and easy to understandThe difficulty of writing and editing — and why you should struggle through itJames's advice for the aspiring author with a God-given message for the worldLearning to Follow God's CommandsJames came to Christ at the age of 16, when he encountered Jesus as soon as he raised his hand to answer an altar call. “Jesus actually came to me in His glory state and touched me on my head, and then disappeared — gone. And then I just blew up with joy. I knew he saved me.”From that moment on, James tried his best to follow God's commands. However, even though people around James saw the positive change in his life, he had no discipleship or training. Over time, the excitement and joy faded. “Moses came down from the mountain just glowing,” he explains. “And that's how our hearts are when we accept Christ. Then life comes in, and the glow goes away. We don't need to cover the glow anymore; it becomes dim and sometimes gone. Mine went, too.”Realizing he was sitting on the fence — neither hot nor cold in his faith — James decided to walk away. Instead of dedicating his life to obeying God's commands, he focused on becoming a successful businessman. He started out in carpentry, and then eventually started up his own development business. And for a while he was very successful. But it didn't last. When a new technology complex drove interest rates to skyrocket, James lost everything.With nowhere else to turn, James turned back to Jesus. “I gave my heart back to Jesus and said, ‘I'm going to try, but I don't know how to do this,'” he recalls. As he started a family and moved from California to Iowa, James started studying, learning, and — as he'd promised — trying to obey God's commands. The 4 Commands of ChristWhen James first received the idea to write his book, The Four Commands of Christ: Disciplines of Faith, he had no idea how to go about actually writing it. “I knew God wanted me to do something with this, but I didn't know what it was,” he says. “So I started emailing all the pastors I knew.” That still didn't seem to lead anywhere, until one night James received a much clearer understanding of God's commands, broken down into four basic commands from Christ:Humble yourself and submitGive your neighbor and yourself grace and mercyForgiveGo and spread the GospelJames explains that many churches aren't following God's commands to love and forgive each other as they should. As a result, people who aren't part of the church don't want anything to do with it. Instead of seeing changed lives and miracles, they're seeing Christians fighting each other and forgetting to show love.As for the fourth command, “Go,” James believes this is something Christians must do every day, no matter how qualified or unqualified we may feel. The problem, however, is that Satan is very skilled at giving us excuses not to share the Gospel as we go along in life. “The weeds come up and choke us out so we don't do anything,” James says. “And we just go to church, and we're good people. We're Christians, and we do good. But God wants more for us. He doesn't want just that — he wants a better, deeper relationship.” As James has seen in his own life, our ability to follow God's commands and share the Gospel doesn't rely on our own qualifications. God is the one who qualifies us — our job is to listen and obey when He calls us. The Power of SimplicityThe way James explains God's commands in his book is very simple and direct, even though the commands themselves aren't necessarily easy to follow. That's because, according to James, it's very important for the disciplines of our faith to be communicated in a way that's easy for everyone to understand. “Some scholars just make it so complicated,” James says, giving the example of someone with a PhD who can preach for hours on just two words from the Bible. “I think God gave this to me to simplify His Gospel.” Each of us is called to reach a different audience, and there is certainly important work to be done by scholars who have dedicated many years to studying and teaching the rich details of Scripture. At the same time, there is also important work to be done by those who can explain Scripture in very simple, approachable ways. “People want simplicity,” James says. “But they want to know how to do it. They want to be correct. They don't want to be backsliders. They don't want to be hypocrites. They just want to love the Lord, raise their children, and be good Christians. But they also need to tell people the change God has made in their lives.” By following God's commands, Christians can avoid falling into apathy and create spiritual structure for their daily life. That's how we put on the armor of God — and that's how we withstand Satan's attacks. Struggle Through ItWhen it came to writing The Four Commands of Christ and getting it published, James found the editing stage especially challenging. He had to do a lot of self-editing and rewriting to ensure the book was well-structured and stayed on topic. He even cut out an entire chapter because he realized the political content — while important — wasn't the point of this particular book. Through the process, James also learned the importance of working with an editor — but not just any editor. The first few editors James worked with didn't seem to understand his message, or his writing style, but he finally found one who gave constructive feedback that helped him revise his work and make the book better. Writing, revising, and accepting constructive criticism is hard work. But if God has given you a message, then it's important to follow God's commands and get that message out to the people who need to hear it. All that hard work is necessary if you want your message to accomplish the mission God has given you — to transform lives. No matter how daunting it may seem to undergo the process of getting started, writing your message down, and then rewriting and revising to make your book the best it can be, it's well worth it in the end. And the best part? When you obey God's commands, God will walk with you every step of the way. James compares the experience of writing his message to the crossing of the Red Sea in Exodus. “God said this to Moses: Tell Israel to shut up, sit down, and watch me do my miracles,” James says. “So I say to people: Shut up, sit down, and start writing, and watch Him do His miracles through your writing. You will be amazed!”You never know what God will do with your book once you've obeyed the call to write. Even if your book only reaches one person, that person may go on to reach many, many more. “None of us knows what God's plan is,” James reminds us. “He doesn't say anything to us about the future, because He wants us to live in the now.”You may have to struggle through writing your book as James did, but with God's help, you can finish it. But remember that even after your book is finished, you won't be finished with following God's commands — and God certainly won't be finished with you. Bring Truth to the WorldMaybe you are struggling through the writing or editing process right now, and you're starting to wonder if following God's commands is really worth it in the end. Or maybe you're at the very beginning of your author journey: you have an idea, a message you know God wants you to put out into the world, but you're not sure where to start. Whatever the case may be, James urges you to remember that you have a calling to bring God's truth to the world.“Whatever people write about — it could be an allegory, a story, actual things they've experienced that they want to share — that's a truth of Christ in their life,” James says. “And it's affecting somebody, even if it's one person. And I think that's our mission. That's the fourth command of Christ. That's a “Go.” You are discipling through your book.” BIO:I am a layman who is saved by grace and have been a Christian for 42 years. I am a carpenter by trade and have been building buildings for 51 years. I have been on several church boards. I have been a successful Christian and I have been a lousy Christian. I have raised my family and they are all successful Christians and are a credit to their community. I am retired now and live with my wife in a small town in Iowa. Great place to raise our children. I am enjoying being with my grandchildren and writing about God. I can't tell you why he picked me to write such Wonderful book about what God expects of us Christians GET CONNECTED:Website: thearkprojectus.org/Instagram: www.instagram.com/fordjames2129/Twitter: www.twitter.com/TheCommandsFacebook: www.facebook.com/theArkProjectUS/

This week Steve finished chapter 4 of 2 Corinthians looking at the present realities of the Gospel for a believer's life which are the overflow of seeing Jesus and His Gospel as our treasure.

This week Pastor Rich, brought us an amazing message on Acts Chapter 13 . In this Passage, Paul and Barnabas were sent out by the Holy Spirit to share the good news of Jesus with the people of Cyprus in order to bring His healing and hope to a nation that felt lost, abandoned, and oppressed. Throughout their journey, Paul and Barnabas dedicated themselves to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and living out a life that demonstrated their faith. They were met with persecution and opposition from those who opposed the message of Jesus, but they never wavered in their commitment to sharing the good news. Instead, they chose to be completely focused on their mission and relied on God to give them strength and courage in the face of adversity. We, too, can have faith to keep pushing forward when times get tough and rely on God for strength and guidance. We can also trust that God will provide us with the resources necessary to spread His Gospel and show others the hope, love, and healing that Jesus offers.

Each of the four Gospels in the New Testament takes on a different “personality” and focus. Matthew (dated late 50s/early 60s) is written to the Jews to show that Jesus is the Messiah. Luke writes a two-volume set (his Gospel and Acts) around A.D. 62. His Gospel is written to a Greek audience (in particular, Theophilus), proving that Jesus is the Son of Man. John, who wrote his Gospel around A.D. 80-90, makes his purpose clear in John 20:31: “…These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”Mark was the first Gospel written. It is dated in the A.D. 50s. It is a hard-hitting and fast-paced account. Mark does not focus so much on what Jesus said but on what he did. Throughout the book, there is a sense of urgency. The word translated “immediately” is found over forty times in the book. He presents Jesus as the Servant. The key verse of this book is, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).Most scholars believe that Mark was led to Christ by Peter (1 Pet 5:13) and that his book is based on Peter's sermons. Papias wrote in A.D. 140 that Mark was the “interpreter of Peter,” and many early church fathers agree.Mark came from a wealthy family, and his mother was a well-known believer in Jerusalem. It is possible that the last supper was served in her home. Her house was a meeting place for the early church in Acts (Acts 1:13-14, 12:12). Mark's uncle was Barnabas. Mark joined Barnabas and Paul on their first missionary journey but returned home in the middle of the trip. When Barnabas wanted to take Mark on the second trip, Paul refused, and that ended in Barnabas and Paul splitting up. Later they reconciled.--------DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOOREGet Ron's Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo.LIVING GROUNDEDLearn more about how you can grow deeper and embrace the foundational truths of the Christian faith with Living Grounded. Whether you're just starting out in faith or you've been a Christian for years, Living Grounded offers truth, wisdom, and encouragement for every stage. Contact gdevore@biblechapel.org to get connected.CAREGIVINGDo you have a need we can pray for? Do you need someone to walk alongside you? Do you know of another person who needs care? Let us know at caregiving@biblechapel.org.CAMPUS FACEBOOK GROUPSYou're invited to connect with The Bible Chapel family in your campus Facebook Group. Look for Facebook Groups at facebook.com/biblechapel and click on Groups on the left side.FIND AN ENCOURAGER TODAY! JOIN A SMALL GROUPCommunity Groups are our easiest on-ramp to community at The Bible Chapel; these groups use sermon-based questions to dive deeper into weekly messages. Visit biblechapel.org/smallgroups to learn more and sign up!

Each of the four Gospels in the New Testament takes on a different “personality” and focus. Matthew (dated late 50's/early 60's) is written to the Jews to show that Jesus is the Messiah. Luke writes a two-volume set (his Gospel and Acts) around A.D. 62. His Gospel is written to a Greek audience (in particular, Theophilus), proving that Jesus is the Son of Man. John, who wrote his Gospel around A.D. 80-90 makes his purpose clear in John 20:31: “…These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”Mark was the first Gospel written. It is dated in the A.D. 50's. It is a hard-hitting and fast-paced account. Mark does not focus so much on what Jesus said but on what he did. Throughout the book, there is a sense of urgency. The word translated “immediately” is found over forty times in the book. He presents Jesus as the Servant. The key verse of this book is, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).--------DAILY DEVOTIONAL WITH RON MOOREGet Ron's Daily Devotional to your inbox each morning; visit biblechapel.org/devo.LIVING GROUNDEDLearn more about how you can grow deeper and embrace the foundational truths of the Christian faith with Living Grounded. Whether you're just starting out in faith or you've been a Christian for years, Living Grounded offers truth, wisdom, and encouragement for every stage. Contact gdevore@biblechapel.org to get connected.CAREGIVINGDo you have a need we can pray for? Do you need someone to walk alongside you? Do you know of another person who needs care? Let us know at caregiving@biblechapel.org.CAMPUS FACEBOOK GROUPSYou're invited to connect with The Bible Chapel family in your campus Facebook Group. Look for Facebook Groups at facebook.com/biblechapel and click on Groups on the left side.FIND AN ENCOURAGER TODAY! JOIN A SMALL GROUPCommunity Groups are our easiest on-ramp to community at The Bible Chapel; these groups use sermon-based questions to dive deeper into weekly messages. Visit biblechapel.org/smallgroups to learn more and sign up!

Sirach 15:15–20 Psalm 119:1–2, 4–5, 17–18, 33–34 1 Corinthians 2:6–10 Matthew 5:17–37 Jesus tells us in the Gospel this week that He has come not to abolish but to “fulfill” the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. His Gospel reveals the deeper meaning and purpose of the Ten Commandments and the moral Law of the Old Testament. But His Gospel also transcends the Law. He demands a morality far greater than that accomplished by the most pious of Jews, the scribes and Pharisees. Outward observance of the Law is not enough. It is not enough that we do not murder, commit adultery, divorce, or lie. The law of the New Covenant is a law that God writes on the heart (see Jeremiah 31:31–34). The heart is the seat of our motivations, the place from which our words and actions proceed (see Matthew 6:21; 15:18–20). Jesus this week calls us to train our hearts, to master our passions and emotions. And Jesus demands the full obedience of our hearts (see Romans 6:17). He calls us to love God with all our hearts and to do His will from the heart (see Matthew 22:37; Ephesians 6:6). God never demands more than what we are capable of doing. That is the message of this week's First Reading. It is up to us to choose life over death, to choose the waters of eternal life over the fires of ungodliness and sin. By His life, death, and Resurrection, Jesus has shown us that it is possible to keep His commandments. In Baptism, He has given us His Spirit, that His Law might be fulfilled in us (Romans 8:4). The wisdom of the Gospel surpasses all the wisdom of this age that is passing away, St. Paul tells us in the Epistle. The revelation of this wisdom fulfills God's plan from before all ages. Let us trust in this wisdom and live by His kingdom law. As we do in this week's Psalm, let us pray that we grow in being better able to live His Gospel and to seek the Father with all our heart.

The Man-child, Bride, and Revival (2) (Audio) David Eells - 2/5/23   The Man-Child and Bride Wait Patiently for Revival Claire Pienaar - 11/14/20 (David's notes in red)   (In this dream, Claire represents the Bride because her name means “brilliant” and the Bride's garments are bright and pure as is spoken of in Rev. 19:8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. And Riaan represents the Man-child because his name means, “little lion king.”)   I dreamed my husband, Riaan, and I were waiting in our van, at an old, derelict factory (The factory represents the defunct Babylonish system of apostate Christianity). The factory was 5 stories high. It had 3 grain silos outside towards the right of the building. (Representing the storage of their false teachings to feed their people.)   It looked like it was Autumn and… the grass was yellow and short, and the sand was a reddish-brown color. It looked like it was harvest time but this factory/farm had not been in operation for a very long time. (The apostate dead churches are drying up. They don't evangelize. Many churches out there have a very small percentage new congregants.)    Mat 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest. Some windows were boarded up, others had thick layers of dust on them, and still others had been knocked out. (They are like social clubs. They have no insight into what is coming.)   We were sitting in our silver van… and, when I peered at the rear-view mirror, I saw the van looked like one of those double-buses with an accordion connection in the middle of it. It was a bright, blue, super long empty bus (Blue Represents the heavenly realm).(The Man-child and Bride are prepared to receive the people from these dried up churches. It was like when Jesus, the Man-child, came and began to draw many people who were spiritually starving in the pharisee's churches.)   We had a large, shiny, empty trailer hitched up to the back of the bus. The trailer was empty. (This represents the Bride and Man-child are expecting to receive much heavenly provision through faith for these new disciples.) (Riaan: Faith calls the things that are not as though they were. We are not walking by sight.)   Then I saw Angelica from UBMLocal. (Angelica means, “angelic and messenger”. Messengers in the Bible were both angelic and human.) She was co-piloting a white helicopter (Angelica represents the angels who are assigned to UBM and who do the Father's bidding and bring our supplies.)(Also, This represents sanctification of the air waves, represented by the white helicopter, through Angelica's work on the UBM-YouTube videos ministry). A silver haired man was on her left with a pale blue pilot's headphones over his ears. (Riaan: The helicopter is piloted by the Lord who has direct communication with Father through the Holy Spirit headphones.)    Angelica had small, pearl earrings in her ears. (Mat. 13:45-46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: 46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it. The fact that she had these pearls in her ears shows that her “ear gate” is in complete tune with the Holy Spirit – she hears Him and is obedient and He has given her authority to fly this vehicle). (Riaan: A helicopter has direct access to the skies (or heavenlies) unlike an airplane that needs to take-off or build up speed on a runway.)   She and the man came in and landed twice, while we were waiting in the van, and hitched a crane pulley from the helicopter to big wooden crates and flew off again. (The provisions will be supplied out of heaven, like the quail and the manna.) (Riaan: The wooden crates are the “supplies/provisions” being sent in the air to the wilderness– representing the YouTube videos and other online/over-the-air teachings and material needs.)    There was no noise or wind as the helicopter descended and ascended; it was all very quick and peaceful. We knew she was going to a lush, green place (Representing our refuge in the wilderness Tribulation where many will be raised up in the Word to manifest Christ in the last, great revival. The saints went into the wilderness to listen to Jesus the Man-child.)   Then we saw the gate at the front end of the property start to close, and I said to Riaan “The gate's going to smash into the trailer…” and he said, “Ok, I'll swing it around”. He made a U-turn at rapid speed. (Time is running out for the apostate Church and the “door” is closing. God will turn things around quickly when the revival starts.) …We were both smiling and happy the gate didn't do any damage. In fact, the gate stopped closing and reversed, opening up again. We were still waiting, patiently. Then we both heard a trumpet in the far distance. Then I woke up. (This is the first trump to start the wilderness Tribulation.)   I received the following by faith at random when I woke up, Mat. 29:19-20 with my finger on the words, “Holy Spirit and always.” Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.    The Bride Will be One in Spirit for the Great Revival Tiannah Fire - 8/23/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was at my house in Australia and my UBM sister in Christ, Marilyn, was at her house in the USA and instantly we started talking to each other in our mind or Spirit. I asked her how we were speaking like this and she said the Man-child anointing is here. My thoughts were instantly connected with her thoughts. I asked her to confirm that we were really talking to one another in Spirit or mind by sending me a text message in the physical and she sent me a text to confirm it. (This is just one of many gifts that the angels told us we would have during the end time revival. Angels can carry messages from God as well as people.)   From Ministering Angels Through UBM (3):    David asked, “What can you tell us about the supernatural methods to get the gospel out and heal, deliver and save?” The angel Baruch said, "The methods of man will not be employed to reach the peoples of the earth, in the days that are coming. The methods are all of the spirit realm and will be administered by the angels who are going to distribute the gifts to the saints. (Meaning, the sanctified ones) These include gifts of translation from place to place, languages, healings, laying on of hands to impart to others their needs and what they're lacking and to replicate the gifts by passing them on to others whom the angels will point out. Supernatural downloads of wisdom and knowledge will be received for specific situations.”    David asked, “What about deliverances?” The angel Baruch said, “The enemy will be on the run during this time. Deliverances will be instantaneous with no resistance on their part. (Many deliverances are this way now if there is cooperation on the part of the victim in repentance and faith.) They will no longer be able to hide in flesh because of the light of revival and the fire of truth that will sweep the elect of the globe.” (Eve said, I understood that he meant that the demons will be fleeing left and right out of people as the true fire of the Holy Spirit fills each one and searches the depths of each individual. There won't be any place left for them to hide in the elect of God.)   David asked, “Will there be mass healings and deliverances? The angel Baruch said, “Yes. These will all take place on the largest scale in human history.” (Eve said, I understood that he meant that masses of people will supernaturally be delivered and healed all at once for times sake because the need is so great and the darkness so pervasive.)   Back to Tiannah: I could also view in my mind or Spirit the other UBM brethren and what they were doing at that moment even though I wasn't physically there. I could also see what the enemy was trying to trick or attack them with and then was able to use my authority in Jesus to command the spirits off them instantly in Spirit through in my mind. (Jesus said in John 5:19 …I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.) After this, I saw Michael translate to another country and translate back to the USA. I heard in the Spirit, “Go get dressed because Michael will be here next.” … (Michael means, “Who is like God” and represents those who have manifested Christ being given these gifts.) Then I woke up. I asked God about this dream and heard, (paraphrasing) “This will be the primary means of communication.” I asked, “How?” and heard, "One in Spirit”. David's Teachings Will Reach Far Claire Pienaar - 9/22/21 (David's notes in red) I dreamed I was sitting in a white kitchen. (The white kitchen represents where the unleavened bread is fed to people.) It had a square stainless-steel table and 4 stainless steel chairs in the middle of the kitchen. (The stainless steel table and chairs represents an inability to corrupt or rust through.) I was sitting with an aboriginal woman. She was telling Riaan and I how bad mainline Christianity was and how David Eells was helping her disabled son. (Representing her spiritual fruit of Christ in her that has been disabled by false church doctrines.) We agreed and I remember thinking, “Wow! David's teachings are even reaching the first people groups of Australia". Then this same lady turned the topic to find out my background and I stopped telling her as I heard Holy Spirit say, “Your past doesn't matter anymore.” (It seems that the aboriginal people of Australia will gain access to the David Man-child reformer's teachings.) Then I woke up. African Visitors of the UBM Revival Eve Brast - 8/19/21 (David's notes in red)   (Eve is representing the corporate Bride of the last Adam in this dream.) I dreamed that it was almost dark outside and all local UBM were gathered outside of the UBM house. The area was lit up by street lights.   I was lying on the same cot that I had seen David lying on, in a previous dream where Michael and I had determined that he was dead. (This was the scene that followed the Trials at the World Fair dream in the series, “Tests Prove Who is the Bride (1)”.) (This represents that the Bride follows the Man-child David reformers into death and resurrection life.)   I was lying on my back on this cot and David and Michael carried me on this cot because I was weak and needed to rest and conserve my strength. (The rest is to cease from our works so that God's strength is ours. His power is made perfect in our weakness.)   I was observing myself in the spirit and saw that I had a white head covering on that had a large print of all sorts of colorful fruits on it. (The Bride will bear much fruit as she submits in purity to her heavenly Husband Jesus.)   To my right was a short line of white women with blonde hair who had translated over here from Africa. (In our dreams many will be translated here. Spiritually speaking, they are white with blonde hair because they have been purified by their faith in the cleansing blood of Jesus and are submitted to the Son/sun.) They had come all that way to meet me and were so excited to finally get to greet me in person. They said things to me like, “Oh! We are so honored to finally meet you! We have come a long way and are so blessed to be here with you now.” (The Bride will be honored among those with discernment.)   Each one took my hand in theirs with such love and admiration and warmth. Their excitement was palpable. They told me that they couldn't stay long; that they needed to take the UBM teaching materials back to their people in Africa. (UBM materials have been spreading through Africa very fast.)   I told them that I was so glad to meet them and that they had come, but that I had to apologize for not being able to stand up to give them a proper greeting.   David and Michael were standing over the cot and greeted the women also as they too apologized for my weakness but said something to the effect that I would soon be stronger than ever. Then I woke up. (Right now the Bride is relatively weak but soon they will be led by the Man-child with much authority and power just as it was with the first disciples. Rev 3:7  And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia (The Bride Church of brotherly love) write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth: 8  I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.    9  Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 10  Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 11  I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.)   The UBM “Luke 9” Truck Arrives to Get the Word Out African Missionary/Pastor - 8/10/21 (David's notes in red)   I had this dream and God confirmed it through another brother, as well.   I dreamed it was daytime on Sunday... around 3pm in the afternoon. I felt like the Spirit of the Lord had something to tell me and I felt a bit sleepy. I was reading the Bible and I closed it and laid down on the carpet to rest.    As I was resting, I got this vision, "I saw, we were here at our home on our ministry grounds, and the whole grounds were fully packed with many brand new computers. I was with some people at home as we were wondering about these computers. (Computers represent the ability from our Father to get out much knowledge to many people easily and quickly. This is what this brother and ministry are doing but this shows it will happen on a much larger scale. Father is saying, they all are going to get the Word out in a very great way.)   While we were still there wondering about these new computers, a new truck came in. (It is new because this is coming.) These big trucks carry sand and sometimes luggage. It came in and backed into the ministry grounds and I ran to it.  I tried to climb it, to see what it had brought, but I could not see in there. It was tall and I tried to see who was driving it. I did not see anyone. It seems like the driver closed the doors so that no one could see him. (Father is hiding that He and His power is behind this great move of God to spread the gospel through this ministry to his country and beyond.)   So, in my striving to see what was in there, I heard a Voice tell me, "What are you looking for ? Can't you see? " and the voice said again, "Look at the back of the truck and read!" I went to the back of the truck and there was a big sign that said, "LUKE, 9” that I did not see before. After reading this, a certain Mexican man, probably living in the USA, came to me and asked me, "Man of God, help me to understand what this Bible verse means, "After God saved his people from Egypt, He destroyed them who did not believe in the wilderness.”    (Jude 1:5  Now I desire to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. (Many don't understand that we must continue to walk by faith to see all of our salvation and kingdom benefits. We are being tested in the wilderness of life as to whether we are truly a believer in the Word of God. As we know, many fell away and did not make it to the Promised Land. Jesus said the same in the parable of the sower.)   I looked at him and I was thinking, "This man knows English very well, better than me. Why is he asking me to explain to him something written in the language which he understands better than me?" As I was thinking about it all, the Spirit of the Lord reminded me of the Ethiopian official whom Phillip helped to understand scriptures. Then the Dream ended right there. (The knowledge that this minister has gained through the UBM materials will spread back to the foreigners, who are aliens to the kingdom of God, living in the USA.)   Early morning, the next day, a brother in our ministry came to me and told me that he had a vision, of God telling me to, "Read LUKE 9, all of that chapter and again to read Matthew 10, all of it." (This speaks of Jesus sending out the apostles to spread the gospel of deliverance from sin, sickness, demonic possession, and heavenly provision, everywhere. Jesus multiplying the fishes and loaves for the people to eat the food from heaven.) (This is what they are doing with computers and printers and we have many more books to share with them.)   In these texts Jesus was preaching the crucified self life. (Which the prosperity preachers in his country refuse to do. We have books for this too.) Jesus was glorified before them. (He will be glorified everywhere and in them.) Jesus was casting out demons from the people. (And especially demon doctrines.) Jesus was saying He was going to Jerusalem to be crucified by the false leadership. (Those who love the self life will speak evil of the brethren there and here.) Jesus was preaching to follow Him above all things.   Wow, so when I read Matthew 10 and Luke 9, they both read the same. (Mat 10:5-8  These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans:  6  but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.  7  And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.  8  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.) (And they will go forth with power.)   UBM has schools raising up many missionaries in foreign lands. Many of our missionaries are in danger of factions here and in their own lands. Many are in countries where Christianity is illegal and hated.  Some have been killed by their factious enemies just as it is here. We are stretched to our limit providing their ministry needs but our God has been faithful. As we can see from these testimonies, He has no limits to meet your needs and ours.      Man-child and Bride Enter Tribulation Eve Brast - 01/01/12 (David's notes in red)   …I dreamed I was in a hotel in the heavens with many brethren, above the continents of the Americas. (The true Church is a hotel in that it is many buildings built together, implying unity, into one holy temple in the Lord -- Ephesians 2:19-22. It is in the heavens because we who walk in the light and fruit of Christ are seated with Him in heavenly places, which is said to be in Him in Ephesians 2:6.) The hotel had many rooms, each with bathrooms in them. (to clean up and get rid of waste of the old life.) We had all been lying on our beds or kneeling next to them praying and interceding for the coming Man-child ministries and also cleansing ourselves in the bathrooms. There seemed to be an excitement among us all, like we were preparing for an event that was about to happen. (The anointing of the Man-child and the choosing of the Bride.) I was starting to become a little weary and frustrated, but I heard the Holy Spirit say, "Endure just a little while longer". (Part of the trial for the saints is to endure to the end which is the manifestation of Christ in you. 2Co. 4:7-11 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;  8 we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; 10 always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.)  I decided to go to the hotel lobby. (A hotel is a community of people, many houses built into one holy temple, like the Church is represented in Ephesians. The lobby is the government, the Man-child/Bride.) There were other brethren walking around the lobby and much preparation was going on (as Joseph prepared for the wilderness tribulation by storing up the food). Something made me stop and face the wall of the lobby and, as I did, a hole opened up in the wall and I saw an open vision. I saw Moses (the Man-child) kneeling down on both knees in white clouds (among the righteous people, the Bride). I was looking north toward the US and he was positioned in the clouds over the eastern half of the U.S. (where the vast majority of Christians are), facing east (toward the leadership and enlightenment of, and coming of, the Son in his life. This represents the Son manifested in the Man-child ministry by the latter rain and Word).  There was a very bright light shining on him and he had his hands up and was squinting, trying to look in that direction. His hair looked golden and was dripping with oil that glistened in the bright light. (This is just like the Man-child's hair in a previous vision. This oil on his hair represents submission to the anointing and righteousness of Jesus. The bright light in which he kneels is like that of Jesus when He was on earth.) He was wearing a white linen garment (representing holiness) and sandals. The oil had also soaked the shoulders of the garment. (As this was prophetic of Jesus, it is also prophetic of Jesus in the Man-child's anointing to carry the burden of the government of God's people: "The government shall be upon his shoulder. "{Isa.9:6} For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.  {7} Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. Notice that the establishment of the government of the throne of David was establishing the Kingdom of God on Earth -- (Luke 1:31,32; 1 Chronicles 29:23; 2 Chronicles 3:8.) Jesus, the Man-child and His disciples preached the Kingdom of God is nigh. He taught us to pray, "Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven". The Kingdom is where God's will is done and obeyed.)  But he was clean-shaven. (I asked the Father for a scripture for this dream and my finger fell on: {Isa.1:26} and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy councilors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.) (This reveals a repetition of history in that the Man-child ministry will once again come to raise up the Bride, the city of David, Jerusalem, and lead the rest of Israel, as a type of the Church, through the wilderness tribulation, just as Moses did.) The voice of God spoke to him out of the light and said, "It's been 40 years". (The Man-child Moses coming out of 40 years of wilderness to lead God's people through the wilderness tribulation to the mountain of God, a type of His Kingdom.) Moses said to Him, "But I am so small. How shall I stand?" (This saying was Amos' complaint to God in Amos 7:1-6, when He threatened judgment, and so God relented. God will be merciful to the Man-child reformers and strengthen them, for in their weakness God's power is made perfect.)  I asked the Father for a scripture for this saying and my finger fell on: {Eze.11:15} Son of man (Speaking of Jesus in the Man-child), thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from Jehovah: unto us is this land given for a possession. This whole text is a rebuke to the false leadership of God's people whose sins scattered God's people as we are seeing now in this world faction.  {16} Therefore say, thus saith the Lord: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come. {17} Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. (After a brief time in captivity, God will lead the scattered people out to their spiritual and sometimes physical promised land by the hand of the Man-child reformers.) Then the hole closed and when I turned around all my brethren were hurrying to get ready to leave the hotel. (They were leaving to be a tabernacle in the wilderness.) There was much excitement because what we had been waiting for was finally happening. (Get ready, friends of God. After cleansing the body, it will be time to go to your own land of promise.) I had been dressed in a winter Army P.T. uniform, which is a grey, physical training sweatsuit. (The time for training to fight the enemy will be over.)  But now all the brethren were running to their bathrooms to change their clothes because it was time to follow Moses and because winter was ending and spring was starting. (After the winter of training and trial will come the spring of new life and they will leave for the wilderness land.) No one was taking anything with them (because all will be supplied Rev. 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.).  I put on a short-sleeve camouflage t-shirt and some overall shorts. I noticed that my legs and feet were very white (winter just over). It was still a little too cool for me, so I brought my son Elijah's camouflage blanket to cover up with. (Representing his mantle of invisibility and protection. Spring is full of Biblical symbolism for the people leaving Egypt to go into the wilderness tribulation whenever this happens.  If we go by the Biblical Hebrew calendar, spring is the time for the New Year, proven by the new moon and heading up of the first-fruits Barley; the Biblical Passover of the Destroyer just before leaving Egypt with Moses; Biblical Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days fed by the Man-child when they come out of Egypt, and Biblical Feast of First Fruits, a celebration of the First Fruits of God's people. Purim is the celebration of the Jews' deliverance from the beast. I suppose that could be like Israel delivered out of Egypt to go into the wilderness.) Suddenly, the scene changed and my UBM brethren… and I were seated on top of giant bales of straw on a giant trailer pulled by a giant John Deere tractor. (John the Baptist prepares the ground for Jesus. He also prepares the way for the coming of the Man-child.) It was driven by Moses (Representing Jesus in the first-fruits Man-child reformers.).  We were all giants on the Earth. (These giants represent those who are of renown and great in the Kingdom of God on earth. These are like the first disciples who followed Jesus and did His works. They will come out of Egypt and go into the wilderness Tribulation after Moses.) (I asked the Father what the giant "hay ride" with Moses represented and my finger fell on: (Rom.6:5) For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death (to self), we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection (life). (The Red Sea baptism to enter the tribulation is a baptism unto death that we may be one with the resurrection life of Christ and giants of the Kingdom. The "hay" under their feet represents that the old life of wood, hay and stubble is overcome.)  I asked for a confirmation to this verse and my finger fell on: {Dan.3:1} (In context 1-2) Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. {2} Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image (of the beast) which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (What a confirmation! This is clearly the One World Order which begins at the same time that the Man-child brings the woman into the wilderness tribulation.) Moses drove the tractor on top of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean down to the Cape of Good Hope at the tip of Africa. (The Man-child and people cross the Red Sea, typed by crossing the Atlantic Ocean, since this is a world-wide happening to go to the wilderness tribulation.) Moses turned the tractor to travel along the west coast of Africa and Europe and on up to England. It felt as if we were on parade. (The Lord will send His chosen to the world to demonstrate His Gospel and convict of sin and righteousness.) (When I asked the Father for a scripture for the overall meaning of this dream, my finger fell on: (Psa.105:13) And they went about from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another people.) I looked at the continent of Africa as we were passing by on top of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, most of the dark, black people were giant in comparison to the continents that they were standing on. They were not as giant as we who were riding on the trailer.  (God is not racist: "man looketh on the outward appearance". But God uses everything for symbolism. Just as Eve does not represent herself, so the black and white people in this text do not represent this in the natural but are symbolical. These black giants represent the giants in the ways of the world from the spiritual type of giants in Genesis, when sons of God mixed with daughters of men, producing hybrids. The great men of Christianity in our day are all a mixture of the world and Christianity. They are the lukewarm, mixed multitudes, part Israel and part Egypt; the half Sons of God by Seth and half daughters of men by Cain. Read Sons of God, Aliens & Giants.)  They were all celebrating something, jumping up and down and dancing with instruments and tambourines, clapping and shouting. My impression in the dream was that they were celebrating a secular event and this is why most of them did not notice us. (Possibly the lukewarm were celebrating the peace covenant of the beast as in Daniel 3:1,2 above) These giants on the African continent were dressed with just grass skirts or little clothing (These are clothed with flesh instead of Christ, for "All flesh is as grass".) and were dancing around fires. This stood out to me for some reason. I wasn't sure what they were celebrating but after a while I realized they weren't seeing us; most of them seemed to be facing southward.  But, every now and then, a white face in the crowd would see us and wave excitedly (These white faces who were excited to see us (UBM) represent our missionaries in Africa who are reaching many with our materials.) But, we were invisible to the majority of the people. (Those who spiritually walked in white or light could recognize the heavenly giants but those who walked in darkness could not.)… Revival Coming Soon  Claire Pienaar - 9/22/22 (David's notes in red)   (The Lord is using Riaan and I as types in this dream. Riaan's name means “little lion king”, like Mordecai, that means “man-child”. Claire means brilliance, and as such, I represent the corporate Bride body, as described in Rev 19: 7-8: Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.)    I dreamed Riaan and I lived in a really large place. (Psa. 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because he delighted in me.) (Riaan: The Man-child and Bride receive a place [or refuge] to accommodate those whom the Lord will send.) It looked like a small conference center. I never saw our bedrooms, but only all the “public” areas. We had 3 pools, four lounges and a play area for children. Two pools were indoor and one was outdoor, next to a large river. (Representing the river of living water. Psa. 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.)    We were visited by two people with white hair. One was a female, and one was a male. (White hair represents wisdom. It says in Daniel 12:3 And they that are wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.) Riaan fellowshipped much with them, as I was preparing a meal to serve them. They three had made the decision that, “It would happen”. The two white haired individuals went away and put up one invitation for a teaching session at the local grocery store on Saturday at 3pm. (Saturday represents late on the last day before the beginning of the week, representing the 7 day Tribulation.)   I realized, then, that Riaan and I were foreigners in this dream and that we knew no-one. We had no network or contacts and so we could not invite anyone to our new home. (David said concerning the building of the Lord's house in 1Ch. 29:14-16 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 16 O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own. And we are about to begin the building of God's house.)   The dream changed to the day and time on the invitation - Saturday at 3pm. There was a knock on the door and Riaan opened it. People literally flooded into our home. There were easily 500 people of all kinds in our home. They all wanted to get into the water and have a good seat to watch the preacher. (The revival is coming and people will flood into the larger house of David that will be built by the Man-child Solomon, the prince of peace who called himself “the preacher”.)   Riaan was up at the stage fixing the sound system. (The Man-child, Jesus, is preparing to reveal Himself through His reformers on the world stage and many will hear His voice, represented by the sound equipment.) I was helping the young moms keep their kids safe in and near the water. (The Bride will help take care of many immature Christians who will be learning to swim in the deeper waters of the Word.) I had a thought to make a meal for all the people, but the white-haired lady appeared to me and said, “We've got caterers”.    Then I saw that they'd turned one of the rooms into a kitchen with round tables for seating. (Jesus told His disciples in John 4:31-34 In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat. 32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not. 33 The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat? 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.)   The music started and the people were praising God! (Many will be praising God when revival starts and “the music begins!”) It was amazing. We praised for a long time. I was at the back of the room the whole time, or outside checking on the kids. Then Riaan began preaching. I was happy for him but, I hadn't realized that he was going to be the preacher until that moment. (Many who currently know the Man-child reformers will see them for who they really are once they receive the latter rain anointing.)   Then I went to help dish up food, welcome new folks, and help set up chairs, etc. One man asked me, “Where's the preacher's wife? Normally they sit in front and support their husbands”. I turned to him with a huge grin and said, “Here I am! I'd rather be supporting all of you! He gave me a hug and said “Thank you”. It was amazing and lovely and the place was so full of people coming to the Lord. Then I woke up.    (The Lord said, “Come to me all who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest”. We provide respite for those coming out of the world and/or apostasy. Thank you, Jesus!!)     Moving to the New House of Healing David Timoshchuk - 3/22/22 (David's notes in red)   (David and Alenna represent the Man-child and Bride in this dream.)   I had a dream last night that God moved us to a new house on a steep hill. (This is Mt. Zion and the New Jerusalem, the Bride according to Rev. 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.) I had to use the 4 wheel drive on my SUV to get there. (A 4X4 SUV is an all terrain vehicle and represents overcoming our earthly terrain of our flesh. This is the vehicle required to reach the top of Mt. Zion.) When we got there, it was a beautiful home. (Yes. The Bride on top of Mt. Zion is beautiful.)   Then we went to a church with really tall ceilings and there were a lot of people and they were all praising and worshiping God freely. (This represents revival of the original Church.) I looked up at the ceiling and there was a bald eagle flying by the ceiling. I saw a glow and I heard a voice saying, “This is the Church for whom I have chosen.” After I heard this, I immediately started praying in the Spirit and rejoicing. (I was given a vision that I believe is about Jesus' voice being heard through His vessels …    I was looking out of my window at a little song bird with no particular markings that was singing. (The Lord showed me that this represents His pleasant voice going forth .…) Then the bird swooped down and landed on the concrete at the base of my house. (The Lord showed me that this represented this vessel … is based on the concrete or rock.)   As I watched, the bird morphed into a bigger hawk or eagle type shape.… (The Lamb becomes the Lion. This eagle represents the anointed Man-child which the angels confirmed was the meaning of my sighting of a large eagle flying low at the back door of my house.)   Back to David T.: Then I looked at my wife and told her in the dream, “I just saw a vision.” Then a little girl went up on stage and started singing and I looked at her and was thinking, “She looks familiar.” Then realized it was Zoe' fully healed. (Zoe' means “God's life” and when the revival begins, His life and His Spirit will heal all who come to Him.)   The School of Revival  Tiannah Fire - 1/13/22 (David's notes in red) I had a dream that I went to the elementary school that I went to as a child, and all the people I went to school with were still there. They were all gathered together.     I went up to them all and just started sharing my testimonies of Christ and I was speaking the Word and Truth in Spirit. I felt such a strong amplified love and energy for Christ in spirit. It was like 100x amplified beyond anything I have felt when awake. Just a strong desire for Christ and strong exercising of speaking Truth and The Word with nothing hindering me.  I didn't have to struggle with carnal worries of offending anyone or being embarrassed. Nothing was hindering me or fighting me from proclaiming Jesus. And it was all out of holy love and not out of obligation and I felt love for everyone, even those that had hurt me so much or hated me in the past. I had such strong pure love for all of them, not in a carnal way but spiritually.   It was a real witness as they knew how evil I was as a child; more than most. But they now saw Jesus had transformed my life, they could see The Light of Christ and so many of them repented and turned to Christ in spirit and truth. A big revival throughout the school broke out, starting with repentance.   I walked around to different areas talking about Jesus to everyone. Many others repented and were awakened to the truth and started going around telling others. The fire of God spread so quickly throughout the school and most came to repentance and love for Jesus, and a few that didn't were surrounded by those who did and either they started desiring Christ or they had to run away from the school and not come back. To stay in the school, they would have to be in Christ. The Spirit was contagious, and it was so beautiful seeing true repentance in spirit and truth and love for Christ came so quickly.   I went into a classroom and there were students sitting down, and a woman teacher teaching. I went over to the teacher and said that what they are doing is meaningless and a waste of time. I then turned to the class and started singing Be thou my vision, praising God and all the students started singing also.   After the song I prayed in front of everyone, and I asked God in Faith that every person that has ever been to this school in all of time, would all have the gift of repentance and faith before leaving earth and that they will all be in the Kingdom for eternity. I then heard that I will remember this moment asking God for this because it will and has been answered. Then I woke up. Restoring the Miscarrying Womb of the Church Samuel Fire - 12/1/22 (David's notes in red) I dreamt that Tiannah and I were at our own home and had a few people that came over for prayer and fellowship. We were praying for this young couple. They were having complications in their relationship with emotional and physical pain after having a miscarriage. (The apostate Church has been miscarrying the fruit of Christ for almost 2,000 years now. Hosea 9:13-14 …but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. 14 Give them, O Jehovah-what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.) The woman had lots of pain in her womb. They were in agreement with the Word of God, but had not seen or felt His Power or experienced miracles yet. (Speaking of religious men in the last days God says in 2Ti. 3:5 holding a form of godliness, but having denied the power thereof…) (They didn't yet know the Holy Spirit, as in Acts 19).  Tiannah was sharing her testimonies. I was breaking off all the witchcraft and doing warfare, with the laying on of hands for them in the name of Jesus. Both of them got free from the strongholds of the enemy. (Revival for the apostate Church.)  I then saw the change in them and they were a happy couple and able to have a child again. (The elect among the apostates will finally be able to bear the fruit of Christ in the womb of their hearts, once they are introduced to the real good news.)    The Bride's Special Access to Revival Claire Pienaar - 9/22/22 (David's notes in red)   I dreamed I was walking through a small  convenience store with Riaan and my dad. This convenience store was pretty average in its selections and it did not have what I was looking for.    As I came to the right side of the store, big electronic metal gates appeared and beyond these was an amazing supermarket, with so many fresh products, spaciously and beautifully laid out. There were large cooling fridges and big, wide isles.    My dad (Representing the old man of our carnal nature.) tried to go through the metal gates and they screamed “access denied” with flashing red lights. He walked away, embarrassed. Then Riaan said, “You go in, Claire, and we'll wait for you”. I said, “Ok”. I walked up and down every isle, but I did not put anything in my shopping cart until I approached the fresh goods section. (The Bride only desires the “fresh” living water or living Bread of the Word and will not consume any “boxed or processed” foods like the doctrines that the apostate churches offer.) (My dad represents the old man who is denied access to the heavenly gifts and fruit because he can not receive anything good from God. He has to die.)     As I rounded a corner, I was hit on the head and shoulders from behind by a big, bulky teenage boy dressed in black with black hair. (This represents being clothed in darkness and submitted to darkness.) I was so taken aback by this unsuspected act of violence from a stranger. (In these last days the elect of God will be attacked in ways we never suspected by the apostates. Mat. 10:34-36 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: 36 and a man's foes shall be they of his own household.)   He had a teenage sister who was tall with long, strawberry blonde hair. (A teenager is someone who is immature and rebellious. Strawberry blonde hair represents a mixture of submission to the Son and sin. She represents all apostate Christianity.) She bared her teeth at me and I saw that she had dogs' teeth.    I rebuked them both and looked at their mom, who had shaggy, short hair. I said, “This is not how children should behave”. The mother replied weakly, “We go to church”. She repeated this 3 or 4 times. (The apostate mother Church teaches her children that they only need to go to Church to be saved and that it's okay to remain in your sins.)    Then the manager came to me. He was larger than life and wore a light blue shirt, navy pants and a blue apron. He was lovely and said, “We have it all on camera and you can come in here and we'll take your statement”. (The manager represents the angels who record everything and often are the ones who administer justice for the Lord's people.)    I walked with him into a manager's office. There were 4 ladies sitting on leather chairs and they were in agreement with him. (Faith, Self-control, Sincerity and Love. These are 4 of the 7 women who bore the tower in Hermas' vision.) I stood with my back to the wall, facing the ladies and the manager. I had the unruly children on my left, and their mother on my right. I said, “I don't want to press charges, I just want to deliver them”. (The Bride doesn't press charges or "judge". She wants to pray and intercede). The teenage girl was ecstatic to be delivered! She believed she could be changed. I said, “If I pray for you, you'll be delivered”. (Many lukewarm Christians will be set free in the coming last, great revival.)   Then the mother took out a blank business card and said, “Write your email and phone number here and we will call you”. (The mother Church doesn't really want deliverance for her children, represented by the, “Don't call us we'll call you” attitude, but the elect among the apostates, represented by the strawberry blonde girl, will finally get down to business when the judgements begin and will want to get in touch with the Man-child and Bride.)… Then I woke up.     I asked the Lord for words for this dream and received by faith at random:  Amos 7:3, Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah. (In context, 1-3) Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small. 3 Jehovah repented concerning this: It shall not be, saith Jehovah.    I also asked the Lord for more information about this dream, and received by faith at random, 1 Tim 1:13 with my finger on “faith and love”. (In context, 12-14) I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service; 13 though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief; 14 and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.    I asked the Lord for one more word about this dream, and received Titus 3:4-5 by faith at random: But when the kindness of God our Savior, and his love toward man, appeared, 5 not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit.   A Sudden Move of God Debbie Fenske - 1/16/23 (David's notes in red) During our morning Zoom meeting, the Lord allowed me to see in the Spirit, those whom we would call the lowliest of people, and those addicted to every kind of sin. I could see the Spirit of the Lord suddenly coming upon them, moving in their spirits. I could discern their intense desire for God. These were dry, needy, and homeless people on the streets. (These represent spiritually homeless people.) I could see them dropping to their knees, and raising their hands to heaven with a sudden, but awesome desire for Jesus, to truly want to know Him.  “I am doing this. I am doing the work. But even My people, who know My truths, and are walking in My ways, will see, and wonder if such persons could be touched in such a way. But I say to you, ‘What a remnant I am bringing forth!' So, I warn you, I warn My people to be prepared. Be ready to receive My gift to minister to those who I will allow you to run into as you go about your business of the day. And I say, do not let their appearance stop you from being moved by My spirit, to minister by My Spirit as I bring you face-to-face with them.  Be alert and do the work of God. Even those affluent ones who have sat before Bible teachers hearing My Word preached, and receiving it with joy, and walking in My ways to the best of their knowledge, now will suddenly receive revelation from My Spirit that they are yet so empty, and needy of the deeper truths of My Word. They are going to suddenly desire more of Me, and they will seek Me with all their hearts, praying with earnest out of a sudden yearning desire which I will suddenly impart to them. (In revivals in the past, sinners and self-righteous people suddenly, for no apparent reason, have been overcome with grief for their sins and cried out to God.) And many will find you and will truly find Me through the ministry and revelation truths you have received in Me through My Word and are so freely giving out.  Be ready, My People. For I will suddenly do a quick work. Have you not heard? The harvest is ready to be picked.. Therefore, I say to you, ‘Stay prepared in Me, and go forth, intentionally, into My harvest field. Drop all things that would hinder you from being My vessels. For I have called you.” Thank you, Father! Bless us all, in Jesus' name, to receive this word from You,  SERVICES Ubbs Outreach Friday Night Worship CONTACT Share Your Testimony Request Prayer Technical Support Questions   SUPPORT US We are a non-profit organisation based in United States. Our goal is to empower and equip people to discover more about Christianity and point them to a life of happiness, peace and purpose. Donate

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What would change in your life if you were fully secure in Christ? Too often, we try to gain our identity in the wrong things: our success, our possessions, or what others think of us. This week, as we explored Galatians 3, we looked at how Paul intentionally built the foundation of the church upon the Gospel of Jesus: rooting our corporate identity as people of His Grace, not our works. When our identity is tied to His Gospel and belonging to His family—we are given a security that cannot be shaken.

  The Baptism with the Holy Spirit is a blessing from God which causes ordinary people to become extraordinarily effective as witnesses for Jesus Christ (Ac 1:5, 8). By it God equips believers today with the same power we read about in the New Testament. Since the Day of Pentecost (Ac 2) God's plan has been to supernaturally equip every believer so that the ministry of Jesus Christ may continue through us (Jn 14:12). His ascension into heaven (Ac 1:9) did not mean that Jesus' ministry on earth stopped, but rather it was an essential step which released even more of His ministry. As the Head of His Church He now directs growing multitudes of Spirit-empowered men and women to carry His Gospel around the world (Lk 24:45–49). The Baptism with the Holy Spirit is the impartation of this necessary power so that God's servants can carry out their calling. In effect, it is the moment when God “ordains” them. In the Old Testament prophets, priests and kings were ordained by having oil poured on their heads (1Ki 19:16; Ex 40:15; Ps 133:2; 1Sa 16:12, 13). When this symbolic action was performed God's Spirit came upon them. From that moment on they ministered with new power. Today, following His resurrection, Jesus Christ pours out an even greater “anointing” on those who enlist into His service.

By His coming in the flesh and by His preaching and miracles, the Lord Jesus shines the light of His Gospel upon “the people who walked in darkness” and “who dwelt in a land of deep darkness” (Is. 9:2). He also has “multiplied the nation” and “increased its joy” (Is. 9:3) by calling disciples to Himself from the ends of the earth. For this purpose, He calls Peter and Andrew, with James and John, to follow Him and be “fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19). As Jesus did, they also go forth “proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people” (Matt. 4:23). They preach the foolishness of the cross of Christ as the very power and wisdom of God. This word and preaching of the cross divides “those who are perishing” from “us who are being saved” (1 Cor. 1:18), but it unites the Church, the one Body of Christ, “in the same mind and the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10).Support the show-----Trinity Lutheran Church, School and Child Care have been "Making Known the Love of Christ" in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and throughout the world since 1853 as a congregation gathering around God's Word and Sacraments to receive forgiveness and life everlasting. Trinity is located in downtown Sheboygan, only one block from the Mead Public Library and the Weill Center for the Performing Arts. We invite you to visit us in person!Trinity Lutheran Sheboygan is a proud member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit their website: https://www.lcms.org/​​​​Music for this production was obtained through a licensing agreement with One License, LLC. The copyright permission to reprint, podcast, and record hymns and songs is acquired through ID Number: 730195-A#LCMS #Lutheran #DivineService

As a king would commission his messengers to proclaim his message and carry out his business throughout the land, so too did Christ commission His disciples to proclaim His Gospel and even act on His behalf – performing miraculous works in His name and by His power. This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN on January 15, 2023. For more information visit LegacyRBC.org

Today on PowerPoint, Pastor Jack Graham begins Essential Gospel, an in-depth series on the book of Romans. Pastor Graham tells us that Jesus Christ is the essential Gospel; the eternal Gospel; the exclusive Gospel; and He is the one and only Savior who gives us His Gospel which is not only needed but is necessary. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/395/29

We are BACK into our verse-by-verse walk through the Book of Galatians; this week Galatians 4:8-11, Paul's plea to REMEMBER the way God saved them in the first place and not to depart from the TRUTH that set them free! We'll learn together what God's Word says about how to handle those who have moved away from the Truth of God's Word and His Gospel of grace!

Next time you find yourself experiencing self-doubt or questioning your worth, remember this: before you were even born, God picked you to carry out His mission on earth. He's chosen each of us not only to spend eternity with Him, but to spread His Gospel to the world while we're here.

Dustin Manis wants to challenge you to seek the Lord for ways to share the Gospel from your place of influence. Dustin is the CEO of Reaching Souls International, which has seen over 100 million salvations. In this episode, Dustin shares heart-convicting leadership insights that will propel you to fulfill the Great Commission right where you serve. He also encourages leaders to live out core values by matching words and actions through accountability systems. Tune in for an urgent reminder that we have one life to fulfill our God-given calling. So, let's hustle and pray to see lives impacted for the Kingdom of God in the marketplace and ministry. In this episode, you'll hear: How Dustin led through the Pandemic How believers are more in love with the idea of spreading the Gospel than evangelizing from their place of influence Why leaders can't waver from the focus or the calling during tough seasons   About the guest: Dustin K. Manis is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Reaching Souls International, which exists to reach the maximum number of people for Christ in the least amount of time in the most efficient way. Reaching Souls works to make the name of Jesus and His Gospel known all around the world.   FREE Workplace Culture Assessment >> https://bit.ly/WorkplaceCultureAssessment    About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company. In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders. Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations. He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored: Principled Profits: Outward Success Is an Inside Job,  True North Business: A Leader's Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact, and The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America? Find out more at valuesdrivenculture.com

His Law is Love & His Gospel is Peace (12-11-22) Kelsey Walega by Grace Commons Church

A New Years message from ISAIAH 54 that speaks to God's desire for His church and His people to be expanding, enlarging, and stretching: expanding His kingdom, His Gospel, and our spiritual depth.

Full Text of ReadingsFeast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist Lectionary: 697The Saint of the day is Saint John the EvangelistSaint John the Evangelist's Story It is God who calls; human beings answer. The vocation of John and his brother James is stated very simply in the Gospels, along with that of Peter and his brother Andrew: Jesus called them; they followed. The absoluteness of their response is indicated by the account. James and John “were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him” (Matthew 4:21b-22). For the three former fishermen—Peter, James and John—that faith was to be rewarded by a special friendship with Jesus. They alone were privileged to be present at the Transfiguration, the raising of the daughter of Jairus and the agony in Gethsemane. But John's friendship was even more special. Tradition assigns to him the Fourth Gospel, although most modern Scripture scholars think it unlikely that the apostle and the evangelist are the same person. John's own Gospel refers to him as “the disciple whom Jesus loved” (see John 13:23; 19:26; 20:2), the one who reclined next to Jesus at the Last Supper, and the one to whom Jesus gave the exquisite honor of caring for his mother, as John stood beneath the cross. “Woman, behold your son…. Behold, your mother” (John 19:26b, 27b). Because of the depth of his Gospel, John is usually thought of as the eagle of theology, soaring in high regions that other writers did not enter. But the ever-frank Gospels reveal some very human traits. Jesus gave James and John the nickname, “sons of thunder.” While it is difficult to know exactly what this meant, a clue is given in two incidents. In the first, as Matthew tells it, their mother asked that they might sit in the places of honor in Jesus' kingdom—one on his right hand, one on his left. When Jesus asked them if they could drink the cup he would drink and be baptized with his baptism of pain, they blithely answered, “We can!” Jesus said that they would indeed share his cup, but that sitting at his right hand was not his to give. It was for those to whom it had been reserved by the Father. The other apostles were indignant at the mistaken ambition of the brothers, and Jesus took the occasion to teach them the true nature of authority: “…[W]hoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:27-28). On another occasion, the “sons of thunder” asked Jesus if they should not call down fire from heaven upon the inhospitable Samaritans, who would not welcome Jesus because he was on his way to Jerusalem. But Jesus “turned and rebuked them” (see Luke 9:51-55). On the first Easter, Mary Magdalene “ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, ‘They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him'” (John 20:2). John recalls, perhaps with a smile, that he and Peter ran side by side, but then “the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first” (John 20:4b). He did not enter, but waited for Peter and let him go in first. “Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed” (John 20:8). John was with Peter when the first great miracle after the Resurrection took place—the cure of the man crippled from birth—which led to their spending the night in jail together. The mysterious experience of the Resurrection is perhaps best contained in the words of Acts: “Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they [the questioners] were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus” (Acts 4:13). The Apostle John is traditionally considered the author also of three New Testament letters and the Book of Revelation. His Gospel is a very personal account. He sees the glorious and divine Jesus already in the incidents of his mortal life. At the Last Supper, John's Jesus speaks as if he were already in heaven. John's is the Gospel of Jesus' glory. Reflection It is a long way from being eager to sit on a throne of power or to call down fire from heaven to becoming the man who could write: “The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers” (1 John 3:16). Saint John the Evangelist is the Patron Saint of: Turkey Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

IntroductionToday, we are diving deeper into the miracle of the Incarnation. What were the effects of the Incarnation on Christ and on us? How did the world fundamentally shift 2,000 years ago?! If you have not yet listened to part 1 of this two-parter, I highly recommend beginning there. I went over some fairly deep theology of what the Incarnation means and what the Hypostatic Union of the divine and human natures of Christ in one Divine Person is.The Fittingness of the Incarnation According to AquinasSt. Thomas Aquinas asks a series of really cool questions about the Incarnation in question 1 of the third part of the Summa. In this section, he focuses entirely on what he calls the “fittingness” of the Incarnation. When Aquinas speaks of fittingness, he is juxtaposing this term with necessity. In other words, is an event or action in theology strictly necessary or simply fitting? In the first two questions, he explores this query..Is it fitting for God to become incarnate?First, Aquinas asks: “Is it fitting for God to become incarnate?” We know that God is good; this is one the realities of His essence. God exists and He is the truth, the good, the beautiful, and the ground of being itself. Aquinas argues that because of His great and perfect goodness, He desired to share His goodness in the highest manner possible to His creature. So, St. Thomas concludes that it is “manifest that it was fitting that God should become incarnate (ST III, q. 1, a. 1, co.)” Was it necessary for the restoration of the human race?Even though it is a tremendous mystery that God would condescend to become one of us, it was fitting because of His great goodness. But what about necessary? “Was it necessary for the restoration of the human race?” asks Aquinas. He answers that:“What frees the human race from perdition is necessary for the salvation of man. But the mystery of Incarnation is such; according to John 3:16: ‘God so loved the world as to give His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.' Therefore it was necessary for man's salvation that God should become incarnate (ST III, q. 1, a. 2, s.c.).”So, because of the sin of Adam and Eve, it was necessary that God should become incarnate. As God, He can reconcile us to Himself; as Man, He can do so on our behalf!If there had been no sin, would God have become incarnate?This leads to St. Thomas' next question: “If there had been no sin, would God have become incarnate?” This question is one of my favorites to contemplate. It was actually the topic of a great conversation for me and my coworkers at lunch a couple weeks ago. In Romans, St. Paul shows us that all men were made sinners through the disobedience of Adam and it was through the one Man, Jesus Christ, that many will be made righteous. In the first letter to the Corinthians, St. Paul says: “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive (1 Cor. 15:22).” Jesus Christ is, thus, the “new Adam” or the “second Adam.” As St. John Henry Newman wrote in his hymn “Praise to the Holiest in the height”:“O loving wisdom of our God!When all was sin and shame,A second Adam to the fightAnd to the rescue came.”It is clear that Scripture teaches that the reason for the Incarnation is the sin of Adam. So, how does Aquinas answer this question: “If there had been no sin, would God have become incarnate?” He says,“... the word of Incarnation was ordained by God as a remedy for sin; so that, had sin had not existed, Incarnation would not have been. And yet the power of God is not limited to this; even had sin not existed, God could have become incarnate (ST III, q. 1, a. 3, co.).”Whether God became incarnate in order to take away actual sin, rather than to take away original sin?God could have become incarnate, even in the absence of human sin. But, as it is, Adam did sin and the incarnation allowed for the stain of original sin to be washed away. But what about personal sin, or as the Church calls it: “actual sin.” St. Thomas asks: “Whether God became incarnate in order to take away actual sin, rather than to take away original sin?”He answers directly that the principle reason for the incarnation was to take away original sin. But he adds:“It is certain that Christ came into this world not only to take away that sin which is handed on originally to posterity, but also in order to take away all sins subsequently added to it; not that all are taken away (ST III, q. 1, a. 4, co.).”Whether it was fitting that God should become incarnate in the beginning of the human race?On the next question: “Whether it was fitting that God should become incarnate in the beginning of the human race?” Aquinas has a lot to say, but we can summarize it thusly:“... God became incarnate at the most fitting time; and it was not fitting that God should become incarnate at the beginning of the human race (ST III, q. 1, a. 5, s.c.).” Whether Incarnation ought to have been put off till the end of the world?In God's timing, the incarnation was unfitting to happen right after the sin of Adam and Eve, but St. Thomas asks “Whether Incarnation ought to have been put off till the end of the world?” He answers:“It is written (Habakkuk 3:2): ‘In the midst of the years Thou shalt make it known.' Therefore the mystery of Incarnation which was made known to the world ought not to have been put off till the end of the world (ST III, q. 1, a. 6, s.c.).”Put simply: the incarnation happened exactly when and where was best, in God's Providence and with His perfect knowledge and planning.The Effects of the Incarnation on Christ HimselfThe Incarnation of Christ was fitting and necessary for the salvation of man. But what were the effects on Christ Himself? First, we can think of our own body and soul. We are limited and finite. We have inclinations to sin and imperfections. We are sinful and sorrowful. We are intrinsically good and capable of wonderful things, by God's grace. But we are also capable of great evil. As we discussed last time, the human nature of Jesus Christ is perfect and perfectly subordinate to His Divinity. He is incapable of sin and acts in the perfection for which mankind was originally made. What does that look like? Perfection. Living in accord with the Will of the Father, perfectly. What is possible? The great St. Athanasius, discussing the Incarnation, says this: “And, in a word, the achievements of the Saviour, resulting from His becoming man, are of such kind and number, that if one should wish to enumerate them, he may be compared to men who gaze at the expanse of the sea and wish to count its waves. For as one cannot take in the whole of the waves with his eyes, for those which are coming on baffle the sense of him that attempts it; so for him that would take in all the achievements of Christ in the body, it is impossible to take in the whole, even by reckoning them up, as those which go beyond his thought are more than those he thinks he has taken in. Better is it, then, not to aim at speaking of the whole, where one cannot do justice even to a part, but, after mentioning one more, to leave the whole for you to marvel at. For all alike are marvelous, and wherever a man turns his glance, he may behold on that side the divinity of the Word, and be struck with exceeding great awe (Athanasius, On the Incarnation, 54.4-5).” The Incarnation is a Miracle and our Blessed Lord is the perfect Man. He shows us what God intended from the beginning for mankind. So, let us take a moment to zoom in: what effects did the Incarnation have on the human body and human soul of Christ?On the Body of ChristJesus Christ had a human body, as we do. He knows our human limitations and is like us. In Hebrews 4:15, we hear: “We have not a high priest, who cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin.” Before His Resurrection from the dead, the Body of Christ was subject to all the bodily weaknesses caused by original sin, which we are all subject: He experienced hunger, thirst, pain, fatigue, and death. These are all natural results of human nature which He assumed. There are a couple of things in the body, however, which Christ did not necessarily experience. It is possible that He had no bodily deformities (until His Passion) and never got sick. St. Athanasius persuasively argues this by saying that it would be “unbecoming that He should heal others who was Himself not healed (P.G., XX, 133).”On the Human Soul of ChristWhen speaking of the human soul of Christ, there are a few areas worth mentioning: His intellect, will, sanctity, and likes and dislikes. In the WillJesus was entirely sinless. Thomists following after St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as Francisco Suarez, and the Society of Jesus all argue that sin is incompatible with the Hypostatic Union. It is safe to assume that this is the case simply on the merits of Dominicans and Jesuits being in agreement (just a joke). Those following the teaching of Duns Scotus say that the sinlessness of Christ is not due to the Hypostatic Union but due to a special Divine Providence similar to the way that it is impossible for the blessed in Heaven to sin.No matter which theological avenue you take, it is an article of faith, to be held definitively, taught at the Council of Ephesus, that Christ never sinned. Jesus Christ is a Divine Person and God cannot turn away from Himself.We also want to take great care to acknowledge the total liberty of Christ, in His human will. After the Incarnation, the will of Christ remained. If this were not the case, then in the matter of death, Christ could not have merited nor satisfied the justice of God for us. St. Thomas Aquinas not only believed in the total liberty of the human will of Christ, but he also provided seventeen different explanations for why this is true!In the IntellectLet us now turn to the human intellect of Christ. Every time the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord comes around, I brace for the incredibly ridiculous homilies in which the deacon or priest (or God, help us, bishops) explain that it was at this moment that Christ realized His mission. They hold that it was at the Baptism of the Lord, when the Spirit descends like a dove, that Christ receives His anointing, grace, and His mission. I want to say unequivocally that this is heretical and nonsensical garbage. The soul of Christ was endowed with the Beatific Vision from the beginning of its existence. For the first moment in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when the Hypostatic Union came into being, the human soul of Christ beheld the Godhead in its fullness.Like Adam and Eve, Christ had infused knowledge. God the Father revealed many things to Jesus in His humanity all at once, as needed. He also acquired human knowledge through His senses and imagination. The human soul of Christ had a beginning and is not, therefore, infinite as God is infinite. But by the grace of union, His human soul (intellect and will) was most perfect and embraced the widest range possible. Sanctity of Christ From the first moment, in the Hypostatic Union, Jesus Christ enjoyed the grace of union. As St. Augustine teaches:“When the Word was made Flesh then, indeed, He sanctified Himself in Himself, that is, Himself as Man in Himself as Word; for that Christ is One Person, both Word and Man, and renders His human nature holy in the holiness of the Divine nature (Augustine, In Johan. tract. 108, n. 5, in P.L., XXXV, 1916).”St. John also tells us in the prologue of His Gospel that the Word was “full of grace (Jn. 1:14).” And, so, in the human soul of Christ, there was a fullness of sanctifying grace. This is the same grace of the sacraments that we receive at our Baptism and in each of the seven sacraments. Likes and Dislikes In the Hypostatic Union, Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. This glorious union, however, does not deprive the human soul of Christ of the human reality of likes and dislikes. There were certain foods that Jesus preferred. He likely had a favorite game or sport, a favorite joke or turn of phrase, a favorite way to recline at a table that He found most comfortable, and the list goes on. We see in the Gospels that Christ was angry, fearful, sad, happy, and experienced the sensible affections of hope, desire, and joy. After all, He is like us in all things but sin. His likes and dislikes, however, were under complete control by His human will subordinated perfectly to His divine will. The God-Man and the “Communication of Idioms”How we speak about Christ matters, if we are to avoid error. Our words will never fully penetrate the deep mysteries of the Person of Jesus Christ, but there are certain ways of phrasing things that are just plain wrong. In the last part of this two-parter, we discussed a few different Christological heresies that can serve as an illustration of this.How then can we speak about the interaction of deity and humanity in the Divine Person of Jesus Christ? The Church gives us the concept of the communicatio idiomatum (Latin: communication of properties or communication of idioms). There are difficulties that require such a convention. What properties belong to Jesus in His human nature? What properties belong to His divine nature? Is it possible that these properties are shared or mingled between the two natures?Jesus did many things physically which are attributed to His divine power. For example, He healed the sick, forgave sins, walked on water, changed water into wine, and rose from the dead. Though Jesus Christ, the God-man did all of these things, because of the communicatio idiomatum, we can safely say that God did all these things. God healed the sick. God walked on water. God changed water into wine. We are not saying that the properties of Christ's divinity become the properties of His humanity, or vice versa; they are already deeply united by grace. But we rightly say these things because Jesus Christ, even in His humanity, is a Divine Person. So, whatever is affirmed of the Divine Person, the Son of God, the Word made Flesh, Jesus Christ, after the incarnation, in His human or divine natures is attributed to the one Person. This is why St. Ignatius of Antioch referred to the “blood of God” and the “suffering of God.” God the Father has no blood nor did God the Spirit suffer, but the Eternal Word of God, God the Son, assumed Flesh. This is why we can rightly say that Mary is the Theotokos (the God-bearer) rather than merely the Christotokos (the Christ-bearer).There is an excellent summary of the “rules” of the communicatio idiomatum on encyclopedia.com, of all places. You can check that our here, if you are interested in reading further.  The Adoration of the Humanity of ChristThe Greek word dulia refers to veneration. This is the type of respect that is due to the saints and angels on account of their holiness and closeness to God. The next step up is hyperdulia; this is the preeminent veneration and devotion due to the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven. Finally, we arrive at true worship and adoration, in Greek: latria. Latria is due to God alone. In fact, giving latria to anyone other than God would be the grave sin of blasphemy. The Catholic Encyclopedia explains:“The human nature of Christ, united hypostatically with the Divine nature, is adored with the same worship as the Divine nature. We adore the Word when we adore Christ the Man; but the Word is God. The human nature of Christ is not at all the reason of our adoration of Him; that reason is only the Divine nature (CE).”We do not worship the human nature of Jesus Christ. Yet, we affirm that because of the Hypostatic Union, the divinity and humanity of Christ cannot be separated. And, most importantly, there is only one Person in Jesus Christ, which is the Divine Word of God. So, according to the whole Person rather than the parts, we truly adore Jesus Christ, the God-man, with all the devotion, love, and worship due to Almighty God! Effects of the Incarnation on UsFinally, we come to the big question, for us: why did the Word of God become Flesh? How did the Incarnation affect us? In Order to Save UsFirst, as we acclaim in the Nicene Creed: “For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven; by the power of the Holy Spirit, he came incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and was made man.” The Word became Flesh for us “in order to save us by reconciling us with God (CCC 456).” Jesus Christ atoned for the sins of the world, both original and personal, though He Himself was without sin. He did this in our place as the Son of Man and He did this perfectly as the Son of God.St. Gregory of Nyssa, one of the Eastern Church Fathers, explains:“Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again. We had lost the possession of the good; it was necessary for it to be given back to us. Closed in the darkness, it was necessary to bring us the light; captives, we awaited a Savior; prisoners, help; slaves, a liberator. Are these things minor or insignificant? Did they not move God to descend to human nature and visit it, since humanity was in so miserable and unhappy a state (St. Gregory of Nyssa, Orat. catech 15: PG 45, 48B.)?”That We Might Know God's LoveSecond, the Son of God incarnated that we might know God's love. As St. Thomas Aquinas taught, it was fitting that God should become man in order to show us the depths of His love and the heights of His goodness. The Incarnation is a tremendous miracle and mystery. The fact that Almighty God, containing all things and yet uncontained Himself, became a baby. He depended on the love and care of His Holy Mother and St. Joseph. In His unfathomable humility, the Lord shows us the lengths God was willing to go to in order to bring us back from sin and death. Of course, we see His loving action on full display, bearing the Cross for our sakes. “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).”To Be Our Model for HolinessThird, Jesus Christ, the Word made Flesh, shows us the model for holiness. By His holy example, we can follow Him in all things, Who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. There is an old blessing that speaks of discipleship: “May you be covered in the dust of the Master.” By following so near to Jesus, we are covered in the dust which His holy feet kick up as He leads us. If we listen to His holy words and holy example, we will be beckoned closer to sharing eternal life with Him in Heaven. To Make Us Partakers of the Divine NatureSt. Peter begins his second letter in this way:“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire (2 Peter 1:3-4).”The chief of the Apostles reveals to us another reason why the Word became Flesh. He came to make us “partakers of the divine nature.” As St. Irenaeus said,“For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God (St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 3, 19, 1: PG 7/1, 939.).”The great St. Athanasius put it even more succinctly: “For the Son of God became man so that we might become God (St. Athanasius, De inc. 54, 3: PG 25, 192B.).” And lest we think that this notion is peculiar to the first millennium, St. Thomas Aquinas said, “The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods (St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusc. 57, 1-4.).”Receiving Sanctifying GraceThe primary means of receiving sanctifying grace in our soul and sharing in the divine nature is through the Sacrament of Baptism. We enter the sacramental life through the door of Baptism and God comes to dwell within us as in a Temple. We receive an infusion of the divine life and have the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity operative in our soul. This initiation, begun in Baptism, is perfected and strengthened in the Sacrament of Confirmation. Our initiation is complete when we receive the Lord's own Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist, the Sacrament of sacraments. The same Flesh born of Mary, the Word of God Incarnate, comes to us under the veil of a sacrament at Holy Mass in what looks like bread and looks like wine. But this is no ordinary food. It is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ who desires to make Himself our supersubstantial bread and come into intimate communion with us. This foretaste of Heaven leads us as a pledge of future glory to our eternal home. The Incarnation goes beyond the cave in Bethlehem, beyond the home in Nazareth, beyond the Temple in Jerusalem, beyond the wood of the Cross, and beyond the empty grave. In the Sacraments, especially the Holy Eucharist, the Incarnation is extended. Just as we are body and soul, the Lord commanded that His Church should be visible and invisible. Our invisible God has taken on visible Flesh. So too, the Church celebrates in sensible signs the invisible wonders of God's overwhelming grace. The most amazing part of all of this is that He invites us to respond and take part in these saving mysteries and realities. Praise be to God for such a gift!I will end with the words of Pope St. Leo the Great:Christian, remember your dignity, and now that you share in God's own nature, do not return by sin to your former base condition. Bear in mind who is your head and of whose body you are a member. Do not forget that you have been rescued from the power of darkness and brought into the light of God's kingdom.If you have enjoyed this post in the slightest, please consider sharing it with your friends and family on social media, text, or email! Thank you! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willwrightcatholic.substack.com

A prayer that God will open an opportunity for us to share His Gospel.

The story of Jesus' birth is a beautiful picture of young parents who have given the great responsibility of bringing the Son of God into the world. The Apostle John doesn't mention the birth per se. He focuses Jesus' entry not as a baby, but as the "Word of God made flesh." ---------- This focus on Christ's deity directly addresses the truths that John was confirming Him to be not only the Son but a part of the God-head of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. John clearly wants his readers to know immediately and the beginning of His Gospel what he knew about the coming of Christ into the world... that the Word had become flesh and made his dwelling with us.

In one of the most familiar passages in the Bible on marriage, we see a clear point bubbling underneath the surface. In Ephesians 5:22-32, we see the love that Christ has for His bride, the Church, which by extension means the love He has for us. Join us as we explore the love of Christ and rest in the warm intimacy of His Gospel.

Romans is an ELEPHANT of spiritual truth.  It sits as a formidable beast of length and depth and size in.  I was terrified to the task of tackling this on this blog/podcast until I realized this: IT IS AN ELEPHANT MEANT TO BE EATEN. It is here for us. It is here for now. It is meant to be consumed. That is why God put it here. Here is the call: eat this elephant with me.  He'll help us.  He'll teach us. He'll give us what we need. The Holy Spirit indwells for a reason.Romans is all about Jesus.  It is all about His people. It is all about His Gospel.  It is all about the Old Testament and now the New. It is all about resurrection and rescue.  Ultimately, this book is a LOVE LETTER to us, and we best read it as such.  We will aim for AWE.So join me for Season 12(our 12th book) of a sequential walk through the New Testament.  We have encountered an ELEPHANT OF SPIRITUAL TRUTH aka Romans.  It is an elephant meant to be eaten. So please, eat this elephant with me today and tomorrow by going to bewithme.us or write at bewithme.us@gmail.com or any podcast provider or bewithme group on Facebook.

1 Corinthians 9:12b-23 Facing a choice? Ask this: What makes HIM and HIS Gospel most known? There you will find your answer!

1 Corinthians 9:12b-23 Facing a choice? Ask this: What makes HIM and HIS Gospel most known? There you will find your answer!

Gabriel Knowlton and Jonathan Switzer share the story of God's supernatural work in building unity in Christ that magnifies Him, His love and His Gospel message in Frederick, Maryland.Gabriel KnowltonGabriel is the Executive Director of Move Toward Unity and current Vice President of the Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship of Frederick. For over 30 years, he and his wife Nicole have served the Body of Christ coast to coast, leading in numerous interdenominational contexts. Moving to MD in 2003, they have continued to build connections throughout the DC region to see the Unity of John 17 manifest in His Ekklesia. Jonathan SwitzerJonathan Switzer and his spouse Carol pastored together from 1995-2018. They pastored in Frederick from 2001-2018, during which time Jonathan served as President of the Evangelical Ministerial Fellowship representing over 60 local churches and ministries. The fellowship partnered with the Convoy of Hope to serve community needs and started the Frederick48 fundraising campaign, now called the UNITY campaign, which to date has raised over 3 million for over 30 different non-profits in Frederick. In March of 2018, they started Crossed Bridges which unifies the community to meet our greatest needs to restore the good that God intends. Initiatives include a 35-church prayer canopy, the Frederick County Goes Purple community wide response to opioids with Purple Certified Training for Businesses, and The Bridge which connects business, community and church volunteers with crisis family needs identified by local non-profits in real time. They continue to identify strategic initiatives to bridge the community together in these polarized times.

490 The World Became Flesh, a Guided Christian Meditation on John 1:14-18 with the Recenter With Christ app   The purpose of this podcast is to help you find more peace in your life and connect with the true source of peace, Jesus Christ.  Outline: Relaxation, Reading, Meditation, Prayer, Contemplation and Visualization. Get into a place where you can sit comfortably and uninterrupted for about 20 minutes.You should hopefully not be driving or anything tensing or unrelaxing.  If you feel comfortable to do so, I invite you to close your eyes.   Guided Relaxation / Guided Meditation:   Breathe and direct your thoughts to connecting with God. Let your stomach be a balloon inflate, deflate. Bible verses for Meditation: John 1 NIV 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.'”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. NASB 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John *testified about Him and called out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who is coming after me has proved to be my superior, because He existed before me.'” 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. 17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him. Meditation: The Word became flesh. The creator, the creative force of the universe, had been with them in human form. John was at the mount of transfiguration and saw the Glory of Christ, in whatever form He was able to show that glory to humans. There were so many prophecies about His coming. There ware so many miracles shown. Sit now in the assurance that the God has been moving things from the beginning. From everlasting to everlasting. Numbers break down when compared to the immensity of what it means for the Word, which was before the universe was, to have walked on earth. He who was in the bosom of the father. Yet this was not a mere interesting fact or a vacation on Jesus's part. It was to do something He very much intended to do since the beginning. He gave his grace to us. He gave the law through Moses, knowing that it would be superseded by the fullness of His Gospel. Ponder for a moment what it means to receive of His fulness. Have you received of His fullness?  During this meditation ponder and ask the Lord to know what you can do to recognize or receive that fullness.  Meditation of Prayer: Pray as directed by the Spirit. Dedicate these moments to the patient waiting, when you feel ready ask God for understanding you desire from Him. Meditation of God and His Glory / Hesychasm: I invite you to sit in silence feeling patient for your own faults and trials. Summarize what insights you have gained during this meditation and meditate and visualize positive change in your life: This is a listener funded podcast at patreon.com/christianmeditationpodcast Updates:  Final Question: In what ways do you thirst for God? Final Thought:   Saint Fransis said preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words. One of the most powerful ways we can reflect the light and life of God is by imitating Christ in our life.  FIND ME ON: Download my free app: Recenter with Christ Website - ChristianMeditationPodcast.com Voicemail - (602) 888-3795 Email: jared@christianmeditationpodcast.com Apple Podcasts - Christian Meditation Podcast Facebook.com/christianmeditationpodcast Youtube.com/christianmeditaitonpodcast Twitter - @ChristianMedPod  

In this message from our series "Letters To The Church", we'll explore what it means to be a church marked by faithfulness in our witness for Jesus Christ and the proclamation of His Gospel.Use the 11:15am recordings.   Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

We have had quite a few conversations with Darrell Johnson now, and it still feels like we are just scratching the surface of what the Lord has taught him in his 50+ years of ministry. For this special episode, we interviewed Darrell live and online in front of pastors from across Canada, using the questions they submitted. In this conversation, Darrell and Jason discuss the definition of a pastor, how to serve churches while prioritizing family, teaching a biblically illiterate church, what Darrell prays for pastors & more. We hope this episode serves you as you in turn serve those the Lord has entrusted to you. Bio | Darrell W. Johnson has been preaching Jesus Christ and His Gospel for over 50 years. He has served a number of Presbyterian congregations in California, Union Church of Manila in the Philippines, and the historic First Baptist Church in the heart of Vancouver, Canada. He has taught preaching for Fuller Theological Seminary, Carey Theological College in Vancouver, and Regent College in Vancouver. He has authored eight books, including The Glory of Preaching and Discipleship on the Edge: An Expository Journey Through Revelation. He is currently serving as a pastor at The Way Church and Canadian Church Leaders Network. He and his wife Sharon have been married over 50 years. Together they have raised four children adopted from four different countries of the world, and now enjoy loving 11 active grandchildren! Thanks to Compassion Canada for sponsoring today's episode. You can learn more about partnering with them as a church here. Show Notes: Shepherds After My Own Heart: Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in The Bible by Timothy S. Laniak Texts on Shepherding: Ezekiel 34, Psalm 23 Darrell's Website The Darrell Johnson Podcast Follow Darrell on Instagram Darrell's YouTube Channel Get Connected! Blog & Episode write-up Website Join our Mailing List! Subscribe on YouTube Follow on Instagram Share a Canadian Church Story

God's move to cause His Gospel to spread through His Church is unstoppable. We find encouragement from the story of Cornelius' conversation to regain our pace in living on mission with God post the Covid pandemic.

Full Text of ReadingsFeast of Saint Luke, evangelist Lectionary: 661All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint LukeLuke wrote one of the major portions of the New Testament, a two-volume work comprising the third Gospel and Acts of the Apostles. In the two books he shows the parallel between the life of Christ and that of the Church. He is the only Gentile Christian among the Gospel writers. Tradition holds him to be a native of Antioch, and Paul calls him “our beloved physician.” His Gospel was probably written between 70 and 85 A.D. Luke appears in Acts during Paul's second journey, remains at Philippi for several years until Paul returns from his third journey, accompanies Paul to Jerusalem, and remains near him when he is imprisoned in Caesarea. During these two years, Luke had time to seek information and interview persons who had known Jesus. He accompanied Paul on the dangerous journey to Rome where he was a faithful companion. Luke's unique character may best be seen by the emphases of his Gospel, which has been given a number of subtitles: 1) The Gospel of Mercy 2) The Gospel of Universal Salvation 3) The Gospel of the Poor 4) The Gospel of Absolute Renunciation 5) The Gospel of Prayer and the Holy Spirit 6) The Gospel of Joy Reflection Luke wrote as a Gentile for Gentile Christians. His Gospel and Acts of the Apostles reveal his expertise in classic Greek style as well as his knowledge of Jewish sources. There is a warmth to Luke's writing that sets it apart from that of the other synoptic Gospels, and yet it beautifully complements those works. The treasure of the Scriptures is a true gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church. Saint Luke is the Patron Saint of: Artists/Painters Brewers Butchers Notaries Physicians/Surgeons Click here for more on Saint Luke! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Living in a large city, I often hear sirens and I think of those first responders who are hurrying to help people in distress. I'm thankful for these individuals who daily risk themselves to save others. As Christians, we are first responders for souls. Jude 1:23 puts it this way: “Save others by snatching them out of the fire; show mercy to those facing fear.” As we come across those who are lost, grieving, lonely, or hurt it is our responsibility to share with them the good news of Jesus. What a privilege it is to do that! This is a serious business we're in as Christians. Jesus gave us a great commission when He told us to proclaim His Gospel. How you model your faith and what you say today could affect somebody else's life for eternity. Be encouraged. God is with you every step of the way. This is Andrew Palau. Scripture: Jude 1:23 radio.hopewithgod.com

In the final week of our current series, Kingdom Culture, Pastor Michael showed us how God has always used the faithfulness of ordinary people to carry His Gospel message across the world. We are called to be faithful in prayer, faithful in our witness and faithful in our service to Jesus and His Church. As always the question is; are we living under Kingdom Culture as we following Christ?

Jesus comes in mercy, and by His Word heals you in body and soul. “Go and show yourselves to the priests,” for you are cleansed (Luke 17:14), and you are granted access to the Lord's Temple. It is “at Jesus' feet, giving Him thanks” (Luke 17:16), that you worship God, for Christ Jesus is your great High Priest; His Body is the true Temple. In Him you “find rest, each of you in the house of her husband” (Ruth 1:9), for the Lord has “visited His people and given them food” (Ruth 1:6). The person of Jesus Christ lodges Himself in holy food--bread and wine for believers to eat and drink. You lodge where Jesus lodges; His Father is your God, His people are your people. Death cannot part you from Him, because His death and resurrection are eternally yours through Holy Baptism. “Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead” (2 Tim. 2:8–9). As surely as death could not hold Him, so surely “the Word of God is not bound” (2 Tim. 2:9). His Gospel is entrusted “to faithful men who will be able to teach others also” (2 Tim. 2:2), so that you “may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 2:10). Such is the confession of faith for all the saints, who believe, teach, and confess the one Lord and Savior--Jesus Christ.------------Visit our website: https://www.trinitysheboygan.org/​​​​Trinity Lutheran Church, School and Child Care have been "Making Known the Love of Christ" in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and throughout the world since 1853 as a congregation gathering around God's Word and Sacraments to receive forgiveness and life everlasting. Trinity is located in downtown Sheboygan, only one block from the Mead Public Library and the Weill Center for the Performing Arts. We invite you to visit us in person!Trinity Lutheran Sheboygan is a proud member of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit their website: https://www.lcms.org/​​​​Music for this production was obtained through a licensing agreement with One License, LLC. The copyright permission to reprint, podcast, and record hymns and songs is acquired through ID Number: 730195-A#lcms #lutheran #biblestudy Support the show

As we continue in our daily study in the Key Chapters of the Bible, today we turn to Acts 13 which chronicles the journey of Paul and Barnabas with the Gospel. We'll talk about where they go and how God used them to proclaim His Gospel to the world. Join us! The Key Chapters Bible Podcast is a daily, 15ish minute podcast that goes over the key chapters of the Bible, one per day, explaining how it fits into the overall message of God and how it relates to our lives now. Jump in today or start back in Genesis 1! To see our dedicated podcast website with access to all our episodes and other resources, visit us at: www.keychapters.org. Available on all major podcast platforms, and now on The YouVersion Bible App Find us on all major platforms, or use these direct links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6OqbnDRrfuyHRmkpUSyoHv Itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/366-key-chapters-in-the-bible/id1493571819 YouTube: Key Chapters of the Bible on YouTube. As always, we are grateful to be included in the "Top 100 Bible Podcasts to Follow" from Feedspot.com. Also for regularly being awarded "Podcast of the Day" from PlayerFM. Special thanks to Joseph McDade for providing our theme music.   

Action Plan For Christmas (Part 1) :: [Ep. 132]Today on this special episode, Action Plan for Christmas, we're going to weave together a practical and heart-oriented action plan for Marriage, Budget, Extended Family Relationships, Connection with our Savior and other areas that may need some prayer and reevaluation around this time of the year. If the stress of Christmas is stealing your joy and unity as a couple, it is totally possible to get those back. Find out how you can transform the way you think about the holidays by looking at all the craziness through the lens of eternity. We'll change the tune from stress to spending ourselves well for the glory of our Father and the advancement of His Gospel.BONUS! I have a FREE Action Plan for Christmas resource for you. Click the link to get it in your inbox: https://vowstokeep.com/episode132.Check out our new BLOG at www.VowsToKeep.com!Support the show

When we stop asking, “What's in it for us,” and allow God to use us for His Church and His Gospel, we experience miracles. We have been given gifts and talents from God not for our use, but for God to use to preach to others. We receive the grace of God when we are His voice and His hands and feet to reach others. Invite someone to Church! Then watch God's grace overflow the Church.

Matthew's response to his vocation demonstrates a great deal of trust in Jesus.  His Gospel emphasizes Jesus's deep appreciation of faith and his disappointment at its absence.  Trust in Jesus should be absolute, lending a great certainty to our faith in his Church and in all of his teachings.  "Faith is the evidence of things unseen."  This means that at times we will have to trust more in Jesus than in the evidence of our own senses or the apparent evidence of our own judgment.  https://comeawaybyyourselves.com

This sermon is preached by Dr. Matt Tarr, pastor of High Point Baptist Church, in Larksville, PA. In this sermon Pastor Tarr dives into whether or not one is saved, declared righteous before God, by faith or by faith plus works. If the Gospel calls one to trust in the finished work of Christ, will we still be justified by God if we add to His Gospel, add to the work of Christ, or do we lose the Gospel all together? Listen, as Pastor Tarr answers the question, "How then shall we be saved?"

Cedar Crest exists to glorify the triune God by exalting Him, edifying and equipping His Church, and evangelizing the world with His Gospel.

Join Meg Tilton and Erin Rodabough (both seminary teachers) discuss Elder Ulissess Soares talk, In Awe of Christ and His Gospel. They have fun as they share their insights from this talk and their take-aways.

In this short snippet, taken from Oswald J. Smith's incredible little book "The Revival We Need," Keith Green reads an excerpt and makes a comment on fully giving our lives fully to Christ and the declaration of His Gospel. Learn more about the Bravehearted Voices Podcast and how you can be discipled and grow spiritually by visiting http://braveheartedvoices.com/ (braveheartedvoices.com)