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Lets take a look at a common verse Eph. 6:1-5 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.” 4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.   V. 1 “in the Lord” Paul used this phrase 21 X's in the NT It means you are subject to the Lord in unity and obedience. He is your Lordship, Master and controller.      *PARENTS Lets start here: Do your kids see you in that type of relationship with God?     V. 3 “GO WELL WITH THEE” This is to the kids… ages 0 and up GK - Live a life of reward.     **How many get what they want and feel cheated, or void, or even more empty and voracious  Vs.  Rewarded… just unexplained, unannounced, unexpected reward. THINGS JUST END UP GOING RIGHT!      V. 4 BRING THEM UP Nurture, nourish and care for their mind, emotions, body, soul and spirit.      **then it talks about Slaves and Masters… Again all about relationships relationships RELATIONSHIPS!      10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil's schemes.…     Dissect a frog: forceps, tray, scissors, scalpel, needles, pins,      V. 10 FINALLY GK - LOY-POO  Genitive Neuter Singular Adjective -  So Henceforth from now on remember we are fighting a spiritual war.    YOU ARE IN WAR YOUR KIDS ARE IN WAR The reason why it's important to understand you are training your child for war is because you yourself are in the same war.      You have not won that war yet so you must go to your kids with humility and tenderness and honesty -that you yourself still fail in many battles in that war. TEACH THIS…  Like in any war the enemies strategies and tactics will change.  We can't just give them 3 points to better behavior and walk away. In fact we need to teach our kids about this aspect of the enemy.      Your 4th grader wants the new gaming system - everyone else has one. So what is the spirit behind this? Selfishness, the fear of man. (But you only modify behavior and not the heart)   -  In 8th grade she wants to dress like everyone else. So what is the spirit behind this? Selfishness, the fear of man. (But you only modify behavior and not the heart)   -  As a Junior in High School she wants to be promiscuous. WHY? So what is the spirit behind this? Selfishness, the fear of man. (But you only modify behavior and not the heart) …See how the strategy changes - but as a parent if you identify it early so the child begins to see it her heart will open up to the changing power of the Holy Spirit. 

The sermon from the Friday evening service of the Betel National Conference on the 12th of July, 2024

The sermon from the Sunday morning service of the Betel National Conference on the 14th of July, 2024

Isaiah 31:1 If I was to ask you this morning to tell me where the strength of the Church lies at this critical juncture in history, I wonder what you'd say?  Ah, I know what you'd like to say, you'd like to say the strength of the Church lies in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!  However, if the Evangelical Church in Britain was to answer this question by her actions alone, I fear that it would contradict this answer entirely. They tell me, actions speak louder than words and I'm inclined to believe it.  It's not so much what we say that counts as a pose to what we do.  I remember vividly that when my son was a baby, before ever he could speak a word of English, when he wanted the attention of his daddy and mommy he had ways and means of getting it A cry from the heart spoke a thousand word!!  Yet as I survey the Evangelical landscape of the Church this present hour; as I put my ear to the ground, I listen in vain to hear the same heartfelt cry! The first Church was birthed in prayer and the last century Church is dying through lack it!!  This sermon is a call to seek the Lord!  “There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength” (Ps. 33:16-17)

Ps Paul completes the series on Christology, exploring how Jesus desires to be our Lord as well as our Saviour on our journey of discipleship, by us submitting our will and desires to His lordship.

Today we'll open our Bibles to Psalm 112 where we consider the blessing of fearing the Lord. To hear more of these bible studies, visit PaulTripp.com/Psalms.

The Duke of Edinburgh, drunken performance, Wheeltappers & Shunters, Whicker Man, Tolkien, Blackadder, Shakespeare, The Dogon Tribe, Sir M's theories on ancient construction and worrying revelations of the misappropriation of Bring n Buy Sale funds by Lord Paul.

The Nazareth to Nicaea vodcast discusses the historical Jesus, the Christ of Faith, and everything in between. We look at the many texts and traditions, the stories and artifacts, the heroes and heretics of the christological controversies. We cover the debates, the doubts, and the dissenters about all things related to Jesus and the early church. In this episode, Dr. Mike Bird talks about 1 Corinthians 8:6 and Pauls so-called "christological monotheism." Discussion includes: Introduction (00:01)  A divine identity of Jesus (01:00) Objections to divine identity of Jesus (08:45) No parallel with intermediary figures (11:52) A bifurcation within the one God (15:08) Jesus is to the Church as Yahweh is to Israel (18:00) Conclusion (21:24) Keep with Michael Bird on: Twitter: mbird12 Threads: michael.bird.33 Substack: michaelfbird.substack.com

Jake Simmons continues our sermon series Acts of the Risen Lord in Acts 13:13-52 with this week's message titled "Paul's Christ-Centered Sermon."

Jake Simmons continues our sermon series Acts of the Risen Lord in Acts 13:13-52 with this week's message titled "Paul's Christ-Centered Sermon."

A Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity: One Ephesians 4:1-10 by William Klock This week I updated the operating system on my computer.  It didn't take long to discover that one of the most important applications I use—my Bible software—wasn't compatible with the new operating system, so I had to upgrade that too.  Now, I've had that software installed for more than twenty years.  I read the manual for it way back then, got everything configured just the way I wanted it, and I haven't messed with any of it since.  It just always does what I need it to do.  Then I had to reinstall it and after I'd done that I realised that I had absolutely no memory how it worked—not to mention that things had changed a lot in the new version I had to instal, so I had to take a trip back to the user's manual so that I could get it set up and working the way I needed it to.  And as I was reading through the user's manual—actually, in the intervening twenty-something years, it's gone from a single document to an online library—I kept finding myself saying over and over, “Oh, yeah!  I forgot this software could do that!”  It's really very sophisticated, but years ago I sort of figured out the basic features I needed, set it up for that, and then forgot about everything else.  Every once in a while I'd get a reminder.  I'd see someone blogging about how they use the software or I'd watch a YouTube video about it and it would occur to me that I've got a Ferrari, but I'm driving in the slow lane, but most of the time that's all I really needed. How often do we do that with Jesus and the Spirit and the gospel?  We hear the gospel and some particular aspect really speaks to us or really addresses the place we're in at the time, but then we get a sort of tunnel vision and we can go for years focused almost entirely on that one narrow aspect of the gospel.  Or we hear the gospel and we realise just how big and how powerful it is, but maybe—a bit like me and my Bible software—we're just not quite ready yet to explore those other things, so we settle down with the familiar and all but forget that there's more to this great story.  Maybe we become narrowly focused on the gospel's theme of forgiveness and forget all about the hope of new creation.  Or we become narrowly focused on its theme of justice, but we forget about mercy.  Or, vice versa, we focus so much on mercy that we forget about justice.  Sometimes we get so focused on the individual—the me-centred—parts of the gospel that we forget the corporate parts of it.  This seems to be why St. Paul wrote his letter to the Christians in Ephesus.  It's hard to say if the problems Paul addresses were actually present in Ephesus or if he wrote this pre-emptively, knowing how other churches struggled with these things.  Either way, Paul takes them back to the basics of the gospel.  He doesn't want them to forget. In Ephesians Paul takes these people right back to what it means to be a Christian.  In Chapter 1 he reminds them that Jesus is their hope.  He's the Messiah and he tells them, “When you heard the good news, when you believed in Jesus, he sealed you—all of you—with the Holy Spirit.  The Spirit is Jesus' guarantee to you of the inheritance he has promised.”  And Paul says that God has done this that he might be glorified. Paul also stresses the kingship of Jesus.  Jesus died and God raised him from the dead and gave him a throne—a throne and a dominion and a name above every earthly power.  Jesus is the world's true King and the Church is his body, called to declare his death and resurrection and called to proclaim the good news that he is Lord until every enemy has been put under his feet.  We brought death into the world when we sinned and rebelled against God, but in Jesus he has unleashed life.  Jesus has begun the work of recreation and setting creation to rights and part of that setting to rights is manifested visibly in the unity of the Church.  And that's Paul's main point here.  Again, we don't know if things were actually falling apart in Ephesus, but Paul had seen things fall apart—in the churches of Galatia, in Rome—particularly as the churches struggled with the old divide between Jews and gentiles. In 2:14 Paul reminds them that Jesus is their—and our—peace.  In his flesh he's made those who were near—that's the Jews—and those who were far—that's the gentiles—one in himself.  Through his cross he's put to death the hostility that once kept the two apart.  Through Jesus we all have access to the Father in the one Spirit.  We're one household, he writes—and the house is God's.  We are his temple, each one of us brought from our particular background, each of us with our unique stories to tell, but brought together by the Spirit, made holy, and made a dwelling place for God.  Brothers and Sisters, that's what the Church is to be. And now in our Epistle today from Chapter 4 Paul sums things up for the Christians in Ephesus with three basic points.  First and foremost, they've been called to follow the King; second, that they've been given and equipped with God's amazing grace so that each has a part to play, a role to fill in serving the King as the Church; and finally, he stresses the unity they have in Jesus.  It's a wonderful reminder that unity isn't something we create; it's something Christians naturally have in Jesus.  Our duty is to cultivate and to guard that God-given unity.  Numbers two and three, the grace and the unity, tend to take care of themselves when we remember number one—when we remember that we've been called to follow the King. Look at Ephesians 4:1-3. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord [Paul is writing to them from prison], urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.   This is something that Paul stresses over and over in his epistles.  We've been called to follow Jesus and that means walking—living with each other and bearing with each other—humbly, gently, and patiently in love.  Friends, that's how God has dealt with us.  He created all things good.  He provided everything human beings need to live.  His creation was perfect.  And we made a mess of it.  We're the ones who doubted his goodness.  We're the ones who disobeyed his commands.  We're the ones who corrupted his creation.  And yet the almighty Creator of the universe who is perfectly good and perfectly holy has been patient with us.  To set his creation to rights, he is fully within his own rights to simply wipe us from its face.  But, instead, he entered his creation as one of us, humbling himself, taking up our flesh and dying the death that we deserve so that we might be forgiven and restored to his fellowship.  So that we might be set to rights and have a share in his new creation.  As Jesus said, he came to those condemned, not to heap more condemnation on us, but to redeem us. Now, if that is how the Lord has dealt with us, shouldn't we deal humbly, patiently, and lovingly with each other?  It's a struggle.  It's not easy.  Christians can gossip just as well as non-Christians.  We rub each other the wrong way.  We do things that offend.  We make mistakes.  Forgiveness can be hard.  And, yes, we're called to correct each other, but we don't correct each other by gossiping to others.  We don't correct each other by ignoring them or putting them out of our lives.  We correct in love and with the hope of restoration—just as God has corrected us.  Friends, when something happens between you and someone else in the Church, is your first thought to take offense, to get upset, to assert your rights—or is it to maintain the unity Jesus has given us?  Is it to keep the bonds of peace the Spirit has forged?  We struggle to be patient, humble, and loving and we struggle because we have taken the grace of God for granted, because we've forgotten that God has been patient and humble and loving with us.  This is why we're reminded each Sunday as we come to his Table, that what he has done for us in Jesus and the cross—the vertical element of the gospel—always needs to work out in how we live with each other—the horizontal element of the gospel. Paul goes on in verses 4-6: There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.   One, one, one, one, one.  One body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and he's Father of all—and this is our one call.  The call of the gospel at one point reached each of us.  At some point each of us, through a parent, a friend, someone, heard the proclamation that Jesus died and rose again, that he is Lord and the world's true King.  At some point each of us heard that.  It was a call to repentance, a call to turn away from everything that is not Jesus and to find our hope, our security, our calling, our life in him.  At some point each of us believed.  We affirmed that Jesus is Lord—not Caesar, not money, not sex, not power, not self.  Jesus is Lord and we gave him our eternal allegiance.  At some point the call reached us and because we have believed we've now been called to live out and to carry that gospel, that good news to the world.  As Adam was called to steward the Lord's creation, so we, through Jesus and the Spirit, have been made new to steward God's new creation and to be its heralds, calling the people around us to hear the good news, to believe, and to join us. Remember what the word “gospel” meant in the Old Testament.  It was the proclamation of good news. It was the good news that the army had won a great victory against the enemy.  It was the good news that a people in exile could return to their homes.  And remember what the word “gospel” meant in the Greco-Roman world.  It was the news spread by imperial heralds that a new king had taken the throne to rule the empire.  And “gospel” for the first Christians rolled all of that together.  Good news, they proclaimed!  Jesus has won the victory over sin and death!  Good news!  Jesus is Lord!  Jesus is the world's true King!  Good news!  The long exile is over.  God is making all things news and summoning us to live in his presence again.  Brothers and Sisters, the gospel is not good advice.  What we proclaim isn't a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.  We're not going out to tell people that Jesus is another option on the religious smorgasbord.  It's good news.  We are heralds of the news that Jesus has risen from the dead, that his kingdom is breaking in, that it is unleashing life into the world, and he is King and no other.  The good news is a call to the world to repent, to turn aside from everything that is not Jesus, and to take hold of him in faith, lest we be handed forever over to death. Paul says that there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all and to proclaim that message the one Spirit has created one body, one Church to act as the herald of the kingdom.  In the early Church, the divide between Jew and Gentile was threatening that unity, but Paul reminds the Ephesians that Jesus has created a new family.  This is what so much of Chapter 2 is about, but it's a theme that runs through the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament.  God doesn't have two families or two peoples.  Jesus came in fulfilment of the prophecies given by God as far back as Abraham.  Through Abraham's family he would restore a knowledge of himself to a world that had forgotten him.  Through Abraham's family he would bring blessing to the world and set his Creation to rights.  Israel failed, but Jesus came, Abraham's son, and he did what Israel had failed to do.  He gathered a new Israel around himself, starting with his twelve disciples, and opened to Jew and Gentile alike.  At Pentecost he gave his law, not written on stone tablets this time, but written on the very hearts of his people by the Spirit.  We, the body of Jesus the Messiah, represent God's future and so we must guard our unity from whatever might drive us apart.  Paul writes about guarding our Jesus-centred unity the way soldiers guard a city from an enemy. It's hard, I think, for us to grasp just how important unity is in Paul's teaching and in his vision of the Church.  We've become so used to the idea of division.  Drive though even a small town and you see church signs representing our fragmentation: Baptist, Lutheran, Anglican, Pentecostal, Roman, Presbyterian and so on.  Even our own Anglican tradition is fragmented.  Sometimes the divisions have allowed us to grow so far apart and our languages and practices have become so different that it can even be hard to recognize fellow Christians. Some divisions take place over serious, gospel-compromising issues.  Those of you who started this church know that well.  The Anglican Church of Canada had compromised the gospel.  It was promoting sin as virtue.  Real Christians, real gospel people can't remain in a church that has ceased to be a church.  Paul stressed many times that we are to have nothing to do with those who preach a different gospel.  In a situation like that, gospel unity has already been lost. But what Paul is addressing here in Ephesians are the unnecessary divisions in the body.  The Ephesians all believed in the same Jesus and the same gospel.  The reasons their division were sinful was because they were over things that should not divide the body of Jesus.  The differences between Jew and Gentile should not divide.  The differences of socio-economic class or of race or language should never divide.  Our personalities, our priorities, even the wrongs we do each other should never divide.  Instead, we need to be patient, humble, and gentle with each other as we guard the unity we have by virtue of our shared life in Jesus.  This is what it means to be a gospel-centred people.  This is what it looks like to be stewards of God's new creation in the midst of the old. Our Epistle ends with verse 6, but let's keep going just a little further.  In verses 7-11 Paul writes about the different gifts Jesus has given through the Spirit. But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.  Paul's about to launch into a list of some of the many gifts the Spirit gives to equip the Church for our calling to proclaim Jesus and his kingdom, but before he does that he quotes from Psalm 68: Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,          and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?  He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)   The psalm is about Moses.  In the Exodus the Lord defeated the Egyptians and led Israel out of her bondage to Pharaoh.  When the people had camped at Mt. Sinai Moses ascended up the mountain and when he came down he had the law written on stone tablets.  And Paul sees Jesus doing something similar.  Moses points to Jesus.  The old covenant points to a new and better one.  In his death and resurrection Jesus has led us in a new exodus from our bondage to sin and death.  After he rose from the dead Jesus ascended to take his throne to rule from heaven until every enemy has been put under his feet.  But instead of coming down as Moses did with the law, Jesus gave his people the gift of God's own Spirit.  When Moses came down the mountain with the law God created a people for himself and just so, but on an even grander scale, Jesus has created a new people for himself in his ascension and his sending of the Spirit.  We are the people of whom the old Israel was a type and a shadow.  In our baptism Jesus plunges us into the Spirit, he frees us from our bondage to sin and death, he gives us life, he unites us in that one Spirit, and he gives us grace and equips us both for our life together as his people and for our mission as his people to proclaim his kingdom.  We are heralds of God's new creation, given the task of calling the world into this new life in Jesus and the Spirit, as we make our way into God's new world. That's what Paul is writing about here.  But it's not just the Font.  It's not just our baptism.  Each Sunday we come to the Lord's Table.  In Baptism we reach out to Jesus in faith and are united with him by the Spirit for the first time, but each week we gather and in the Lord's Supper we celebrate the sacrament of our continuing life in Jesus by the Spirit.  Here we come and as Jesus feeds us we eat of the one bread and drink of the one cup, again reminding us that as individuals we are united: one faith, one Spirit, one Lord, one God and Father of all. Think on that as you come to the Lord's Table this morning.  We share in the one bread and the one cup because we share in one baptism into Jesus by the Spirit.  Despite all of our differences, we are one and we're one because we share a common life in the Lord Jesus, God himself, who gave his life for our sake.  Dear Friends, let the Lord's call to his Table this morning be a reminder to guard the unity Jesus has given, let it be a reminder to walk in a manner worthy of his call—to bear with each other patiently, humbly, lovingly, graciously as Jesus has borne with us. Let us pray:  Heavenly Father, as we asked in the Collect we ask again: may your grace always go before us and follow after us.  May we be so enveloped by the grace you have shown us in Jesus that we can't help but share that grace with each other and with the world.  Give us grace to guard the unity we have in Jesus.  Give us grace to remember that we are one in him.  And strengthen us with your grace to proclaim to the world the truth that has brought us together: Jesus died and rose again.  He is Lord and life.  Amen.

Series:  Why the Fear of the Lord MattersPart 5:  Friendship with God and The Fear of the Lord Sermon by: Rev. Paul LawlerScripture:  Psalm 25:12-15In this message, Pastor Lawler highlights the context of David's distress and trouble, potentially caused by his son Absalom's rebellion. This Psalm, written during a time of need, serves as a poignant reminder of how adversity can lead to a deeper connection with God.The foundation of this episode revolves around understanding the fear of the Lord as a key to wisdom and knowledge. Drawing from Proverbs and Psalms, the pastor emphasizes that this fear is not passive but an ongoing posture of the heart that empowers believers to resist sin and make righteous choices. The fear of God, often misunderstood, is a reverential awe that sets individuals free from earthly fears and the fear of man. Pastor Lawler emphasizes that those who fear God will seek Him, leading to an intimate relationship where God confides and shares divine insights.Pastor Lawler explores the journey to a deeper friendship with God. He stresses the importance of treating God's Word with the highest honor and obedience, with Jesus Himself defining His closest family as those who hear and obey His Word. This episode offers a transformational perspective on how the fear of the Lord can enhance one's life, directing paths toward blessings and a purposeful destiny. 

ABOUT THE EPISODEToday's study of Philippians 4 brings us to discover a few parting words from what Paul may have thought was his last letter.Joy in the midst of sufferingFrom prison, Paul urges followers of Jesus to rejoice in all circumstances. His example of joy while in chains gives us the perspective to know joy is possible in the midst of the most difficult situations. Agree in the Lord Paul also writes to two women who worked with him and helped him spread the Gospel. His direction was to “agree in the Lord.” We don't know what the disagreement was, but it doesn't matter. What does matter is the ability to find common ground in the goodness of God. Unity in Christ matters!Pray- Don't worryBoth prayer and worry require dwelling on something. But, while worry leads us to dwell on anxious thoughts and outcomes, prayer is an intentional dwelling with the Holy Spirit as you take your requests to God. The result of the latter is a peace beyond understanding for your soul.Paul invites us to think about things that are true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, praiseworthy. In what ways are we tempted to dwell on the opposite of that list?EPISODE LINKSRegister for the Neue Thing Gathering!WHAT IS NEUE THING?Neue Thing is a non-profit ministry, founded by Cherie Wagner, that exists to equip women with the Word of God. Cherie's life-long passion is two-fold: knowing Jesus Christ and making Him known. Author of Found On My Knees, Awake O Sleeper, Rest, Hope, and Psalms for Life, Cherie writes Bible studies for women that will encourage them to know and believe God's Word, equip them to live it, and empower them to take it and transform this generation for Jesus Christ.CONNECT WITH NEUE THINGWebsite: https://neuething.org/Email Subscription link:https://neuething.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/neuethinginc/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/neuethingGive to Neue Thing: https://neuething.org/give/RESOURCESFound On My Knees: The Journey from Brokenness to BlessingAwake O Sleeper: EphesiansRest: 30 Days of Exploring God's Invitation to RestHope: Tethered to an Unwavering GodPsalms for Life

After a break we return with Lord Paul’s ‘Network’ panic, On the Buses, faded newsagent windows, Colditz, Secret Army, Robin Redbreast, The Change, the new Viv Stanshall albums, the need for MORE Ron Pember and tips from Sir M’s Grandad on training dogs!

Moving things around, The Omega Factor, Sir Michael’s Hand-feet, imaginary friends, Love's Forever Changes, Little and Large, Tina Turner, Philip Schofield, Francoisę Hardy and Lord Paul gives his opinion on Mizzy.

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This week – Lord Paul’s Birthday haul, the Coronation and the protests, When the Boat Comes In, narrowboat parties in the 90s and why Thatcher and Bliar destroyed the UK.

Lord Paul attempts to transfer his Crossroads obsession to Sir Michael with a special Christmas Day episode from 1979, but will it work? Watch along with us https://youtu.be/UFD6I-CxAUc Also available from Network ‘Crossroads: The Noele Gordon Years’ https://networkonair.com/popular-products/3493-crossroads-the-noele-gordon-collection

This week Lord Paul gives his verdict on ‘Rings of Power' and we discuss Hedge Porn, Sir John Gieldgud's Trouser Bar, The Mandela Effect and everyone's favourite war criminal, Tony Blair.

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This week, Paul shared with us. 'Open the eyes of my heart Lord'. Amazing things happened in the Old Testament but what we have in Jesus trumps them all by a mile. The question is, are we living on the side which Jesus won for us? On Sunday we will be exploring just how incredible being a Christian really is.

We return to discuss the sad passing of the ultimate Nice Thing, Bernard Cribbins and also David Warner and Nichelle Nichols. We also learn that Lord Paul has become a ‘firm’ fan of the footballing and has never seen Time Bandits.

scripture particularly because of the promise embedded in it. I completely understand this, and that is why it behoves us to study and unpack what taking delight in the Lord entails. I can pray many prayers making petition for the desires of my heart to manifest, but if I have not first come to place of delighting myself in the Lord then perhaps I am praying amiss. Ps 37:23-24 is similar and it reads, The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in Him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with His hand. Delight here comes from a Hebrew word meaning soft, delicate and dainty. It speaks of being soft, pliable or spending time in enjoyment. The result of being like this toward the Lord is that He grants me my requests and petitions and causes me not to fall. It is essential that our prayers are packaged with this mentality and heart. I have learned that prayer is not so much about how you put your words together. It is not about getting the right formula. It is more about how you come to God. Someone who delights themselves in the Lord and then comes before God with a few groans will get more results in their prayer than someone with great eloquence who seems to be praying the well put together prayer. In this message I will exegete the passage further to give you a picture of delighting in the Lord from one passage. After that we will look broadly in scripture to ascertain 9 dimensions of practically delighting ourselves in the Lord.

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Fruit of the Spirit:PeaceEric CepinMay 8, 2022Indulge me for a second and think about how you might have the Fruit of the Spirit in your life.Rom 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.A Roman would say with his mouth that Caesar is Lord…Paul knew, however, that they really didn't believe this. There is another TRUE kingdom and if you want to be saved, you can make a declaration and fully step into it and believe it with your whole heart and be saved. The NT says that when you believe, you are given the holy Spirit with God's characteristics. But you cannot have these without making a proclamation.  Continue ReadingSupport the show

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In a packed programme this week, Lord Paul treats us to a spectacular rant about the latest Dr Who special, Sir Michael takes us on an exploration of Christianity and Mithraism, marvel at the forgotten genius of Gerard Hoffnung and the festivities are rounded off with a chat about Jimmy Savile.

The Lord's call comes in countless ways. If we are prepared to heed the call, we will be given opportunities to grow, to serve, and to receive His joy. Support the show: https://ldsp-pay.ldschurch.org/donations/byu/byu-speeches.html See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week finds Lord Paul in reflective mode as he soaks in the warm bath of familial history, meanwhile Sir Michael compares himself to Jesus and they both recount a shared teenage love affair with red Grifters.

Join Sir Michael and Lord Paul for a special live seasonal slice of Nice Things.

To celebrate the festive season, Sir Michael and Lord Paul decided to team up with Smithdown Social Club to record a little seasonal treat for our viewers as they present some ‘Songs for me Mam’ dedicated to Michael’s much missed Mam.

Former Labour MP for Brent South and current Peer Lord Paul Boateng speaks to Tim Farron about his Christian upbringing, fleeing Ghana, how New Labour's ideas and discipline were what got them into power and why his big passion now is solving the huge disparities in access to healthcare across the world. As a lay preacher, he also explains why he thinks preaching is different to speaking in Parliament. Tim also answers a listener's question on whether MPs make better decisions on behalf of their constituents than the general public do.   Want your question answered next week? Drop a quick email to farron@premier.org.uk    Series Producer: Cara Bentley 

Is your strength from God? "Be strong in the Lord" Paul urged the church at Ephesus to take up the full armor of God in their spiritual warfare against the Devil. Are we fighting the right warfare with the whole armor? Is our strength enough or do we need more from God to resist our enemy? We're talking about all of this in today's walk through the Word. 2 Timothy 4 1 Timothy 6:10-13 Ephesians 6:10-17 1 peter 5:6-10 2 Corinthians 10:3-7 Proverbs 3:5-6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jared-bollman/message

A Sermon for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Ephesians 4:1-10 by William Klock Have you ever been part of a group that forgot what it was about?  About twenty years ago I joined the Sons of the American Revolution.  It's a civil fraternity for descendants of those who fought in the American Revolution.  Because you have to prove your lineage, it's a group that's big on genealogy, but its main purpose is to promote the ideals of American democracy.  I enjoyed the SAR for several years, but then we had a new guy transfer in from out-of-state.  He was a registered parliamentarian.  Yes, there is such a thing.  And before too long he was picking apart our bylaws—and the bylaws of the state organisation—and pretty soon all of our meetings were consumed with fights over rules governing the organisation.  There were no more presentations and lectures on history and civics and one by one people started dropping out.  By the time the parliamentarian got his way, there was almost no one left and when the monthly presentations and lectures came back they were consistently highjacked to defend the agenda that had been pushed for those last several years.  And membership dwindled even more.  It's easy to lose focus.  It's easy to forget what we're about. I think, Brothers and Sisters, we're all probably well aware, the same sort of thing can happen easily in the Church.  We're brought together by Jesus to live out and to proclaim the Good News, but we lose focus.  The Church can easily become a social club for people to sit around and bicker about which Bible translation to read or what colour the new carpet should be or how to organise next year's budget.  Or maybe it's not trivialities that side-track us.  Sometimes even important things can cause us to forget who we are.  Years ago I was in an online discussion forum where, one night, a number of us had a horrible, ugly, no-holds-barred Internet brawl over the nature of—get this—the love of God.  There we were arguing over the love of God while being so unloving that some people were throwing down their keyboards in anger, never to return.  Talk about forgetting our identity! Our Epistle this morning is taken from Ephesians 4.  This is where St. Paul launches into the second half of his letter.  And if we read between the lines we can get a sense of the problems he was addressing in the Ephesian churches.  They were struggling to maintain their unity.  And as we saw in our lessons from Galatians this past month, in the early Church one of the chief causes for disunity was the divide between Jews and Gentiles.  The first Christians were all Jews and part of being Jewish meant keeping apart from the Gentiles—the non-Jews.  The Jews found their identity in their having been set apart by the Lord.  Circumcision, diet, Sabbath, these were the things that set Jews apart and drew a boundary: Jews on the inside and Gentiles on the outside.  They were clean, they were pure; Gentiles were unclean.  And then the Good News went out to the Gentiles and they started coming to the Church.  And then Paul was called to actually go out as a missionary to the Gentiles and to bring them in.  And the Jewish Christians didn't know what to do.  Did Gentiles need to become Jewish converts before they could truly follow Jesus?   Did they need to be circumcised and observe the Sabbath and Jewish dietary laws?  This all became a huge source of division and disunity in the churches. And so in Ephesians Paul takes these people back to the basics.  He takes them back to what it means to be a Christian.  In Chapter 1 he reminds them that Jesus is their hope.  He's the Messiah and he tells them, “When you heard the Good News, when you believed in Jesus, he sealed you—all of you—with the Holy Spirit.  The Spirit is Jesus' guarantee to you of the inheritance he has promised.”  And Paul also stresses what that inheritance is: It's their redemption as God's own people—again, all of them, not just the Jews, but the Gentile believers too.  When they read that they must have remembered the stories of Pentecost—maybe some of them had even been there—and remembered how the Spirit brought together people from every corner of the world and overcame their different languages to forge them into one church.  As the Lord had once sealed to himself the people of Israel by the gift of the law, he has now sealed these people, his new Israel, the Church, by the gift of the Spirit. At the end of Chapter one, just a few verses later, Paul stresses the kingship of Jesus.  Jesus died and God raised him from the dead and gave him a throne—a throne and a dominion and a name above every earthly power.  Jesus is the world's true King and the Church is his body, called to declare his death and resurrection and called to proclaim the Good News that he is Lord until every enemy has been put under his feet.  We brought death into the world when we sinned and rebelled against God, but in Jesus he has unleashed life.  Jesus has begun the work of recreation and setting Creation to rights and part of that setting to rights is manifested visibly in the unity of the Church—in the unity that was so dramatically seen at Pentecost and in the unity that should have been so dramatically seen in churches like the one at Ephesus, as Jews and Gentiles came together as one people, as the true Israel of God.  In 2:14 Paul reminds them that Jesus is their—and our—peace.  In his flesh he's made those who were near—that's the Jews—and those who were far—that's the Gentiles—one in himself.  Through his cross he's put to death the hostility that once kept the two apart.  Through Jesus we all have access to the Father in the one Spirit.  We're one household, he writes—and the house is God's.  We are his temple, each one of us brought from our particular background, each of us with our unique stories to tell, but brought together by the Spirit, made holy, and made a dwelling place for God.  Brothers and Sisters, that what the Church is to be. And now in our Epistle today from Chapter 4 Paul sums things up for the Christians in Ephesus with three basic points.  First and foremost, they've been called to follow the King; second, that they've been given and equipped with God's amazing grace so that each has a part to play, a role to fill in the serving the King as the Church; and finally, he stresses the unity they have in Jesus.  It's a wonderful reminder that unity isn't something we create; it's something Christians naturally have in Jesus.  Our duty is to guard that God-given unity.  Numbers two and three, the grace and the unity, tend to take care of themselves when we remember number one—when we remember that we've been called to follow the King. Look at Ephesians 4:1-3. I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord [Paul is writing to them from prison], urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.   This is something that Paul stresses over and over in his epistles.  We've been called to follow Jesus and that means walking—living with each other and bearing with each other—humbly, gently, and patiently in love.  Friends, that's how God has dealt with us.  He created all things good.  He provided everything human beings need to live.  And we made a mess of it.  We're the ones who doubted his goodness.  We're the ones who disobeyed his commands.  We're the ones who corrupted his Creation.  And yet the almighty Creator of the universe who is perfectly good and perfectly holy has been patient with us.  We stand condemned to death before him, but he came as one of us, humbling himself, taking up our flesh and dying the death that we deserve so that we might be forgiven and restored to his fellowship.  As Jesus said, he came to those condemned, not to heap more condemnation on us, but to redeem us. If that is how the Lord has dealt with us, shouldn't we deal humbly, patiently, and lovingly with each other?  It's a struggle.  It's not easy.  Christians can gossip just as well as non-Christians.  We rub each other the wrong way.  We do things that offend.  We make mistakes.  And, yes, we're called to correct each other, but we don't correct each other by gossiping to others.  We don't correct each other by ignoring them or putting them out of our lives.  We correct in love and with the hope of restoration—just as God has corrected us.  Friends, when something happens between you and someone else in the Church, is your first thought to take offense, to get upset, to assert your rights—or is it to maintain the unity Jesus has given us?  Is it to keep the bonds of peace the Spirit has forged?  We struggle to be patient, humble, and loving because we haven't kept Jesus before us, because we've forgotten that this is how he's dealt with us, because we have a tendency to take grace for granted. Brothers and Sisters, remember our calling.  Look at verses 4-6: There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.   One, one, one, one, one.  One body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and he's Father of all—and this is our one call.  The call of the Church at one point reached each of us.  At some point each of us, through a parent, a friend, someone, heard the proclamation that Jesus died and rose again, that he is Lord and the world's true King.  At some point each of us heard that.  It was a call to repentance, a call to turn away from everything that is not Jesus and to find our hope, our security, our calling, our life in him.  At some point each of us believed.  We affirmed that Jesus is Lord—not Caesar, not money, not sex, not power, not recognition.  Jesus is Lord and we gave him our eternal allegiance.  At some point the call reached us and because we have believed we've now been called to carry that gospel, that Good News to the world. Remember what the word “gospel” meant in the Old Testament.  It was the proclamation of good news. It was the good news that the army had won a great victory against the enemy.  It was the good news that a people in exile could return to their homes.  And remember what the word “gospel” meant in the Greco-Roman world.  It was the news spread by imperial heralds that a new king had taken the throne to rule the empire.  And “gospel” for the first Christians rolled all of that together.  Good News, they proclaimed!  Jesus has won the victory over sin and death!  Good News!  Jesus is Lord!  Jesus is the world's true King!  Brothers and Sisters, the Gospel is not good advice.  What we proclaim isn't a take-it-or-leave-it proposition.  We're not going out to tell people that Jesus is another viable option on a religious smorgasbord.  It's Good News.  We are heralds of the news that Jesus has risen from the dead, that his kingdom is breaking in, that it is unleashing life into the world, and he is King and no other.  The Good News is a call to the world to repent, to turn aside from everything that is not Jesus and to take hold of him in faith lest we be handed forever over to death. Paul says that there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all and to proclaim that message the one Spirit has created one body, one Church to act as the herald of the kingdom.  In Ephesus the division between Jew and Gentile was threatening that unity, but Paul reminds them that Jesus has created a new family.  This is what so much of Chapter 2 was about, but it's a theme that runs through the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament.  God doesn't have two families or two peoples.  Jesus came in fulfilment of the prophecies given by God as far back as Abraham.  Through Abraham's family he would restore a knowledge of himself to a world that had forgotten him.  Through Abraham's family he would bring blessing to the world and set his Creation to rights.  Israel failed, but Jesus came, Abraham's son, and he did what Israel had failed to do.  He gathered a new Israel around himself, starting with his twelve disciples, and opened to Jew and Gentile alike.  At Pentecost he gave his law, not written on stone tablets this time, but written on the very hearts of his people by the Spirit.  We, the body of Christ, represent God's future and so we must guard our unity from whatever might drive us apart.  Paul writes about guarding our Jesus-centred unity the way soldiers guard a city from an enemy. It's hard for us to grasp just how important unity is in Paul's teaching and in his vision of the Church.  We've become so used to the idea of division.  We've got the Orthodox and the Romans and the Protestants and within our own Protestant tradition we've got hundreds of smaller divisions.  Even our own Anglican tradition is in the midst of a realignment.  Sometimes the divisions have allowed us to grow so far apart and our languages and practices are so different that it can even be hard to recognize fellow Christians. Some divisions take place over serious issues.  Those of you who started our own church left the Anglican Church of Canada because the gospel was no longer being preached and because sin was being promoted as virtue.  In more recent years we've had other divisions in the Comox Valley because of teaching that denies the divinity of Jesus.  These are issues that create division and they undermine our unity in Jesus.  He is our centre and if you preach a different Jesus and if you preach a different message as the Good News you've separated yourself from the body Jesus created.  As important as unity is, Paul also stresses many times that we are to have nothing to do with those who preach a different gospel. But what Paul is specifically addressing here are the unnecessary divisions in the body.  The Ephesians all believed in the same Jesus and the same Good News.  The reasons their division were sinful was because they were over things that should not divide the body of Christ.  The differences between Jew and Gentile should not divide.  The differences of socio-economic class or of race or language should never divide.  Our personalities, our priorities, even the wrongs we do each other should never divide.  Instead we need to be patient, humble, and gentle with each other as we guard the unity we have by virtue of our shared life in Jesus. Finally, in verses 7-11 Paul writes about the different gifts Jesus has given through the Spirit. But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.  Paul's about to launch into a list of some of the many gifts the Spirit gives to equip the Church for our calling to proclaim Jesus and his kingdom, but before he does that he quotes from Psalm 68: Therefore it says,           “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,                   and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?  He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)   The psalm is about Moses.  In the Exodus the Lord defeated the Egyptians and led Israel out of her bondage to them.  When the people had camped at Mt. Sinai Moses ascended up the mountain and when he came down he had the law written on stone tablets.  And Paul sees Jesus doing something similar.  Moses points to Jesus.  The Old Covenant points to a new and better one.  In his death and resurrection Jesus has led us in a new exodus from our bondage to sin and death.  After he rose from the dead Jesus ascended to take his throne and to rule from heaven until every enemy has been put under his feet.  But instead of coming down as Moses did with the law, Jesus gave his people the gift of God's own Spirit.  When Moses came down the mountain with the law God created a people for himself and just so, but on an even grander scale, Jesus has created a new people for himself in his ascension and his sending of the Spirit.  We are the people of whom the old Israel was a type and a shadow.  In our baptism Jesus plunges us into the Spirit, he frees us from our bondage to sin and death, he gives us life, he unites us in that one Spirit, and he gives us grace and equips us both for our life together as his people and for our mission as his people to proclaim his kingdom. That's what Paul is writing about here.  But it's not just the Font.  It's not just our baptism.  Each Sunday we come to the Lord's Table.  In Baptism we reach out to Jesus in faith and are united with him by the Spirit for the first time, but each week we gather and in the Lord's Supper we celebrate the Sacrament of our continuing life in Jesus by the Spirit.  Here we come and as Jesus feeds us we eat of the one bread and drink of the one cup, again reminding us that as individuals we are united: one faith, one Spirit, one Lord, one God and Father of all. Think on that as you come to the Lord's Table this morning.  We share in the one bread and the one cup because we share in one Baptism into Jesus by the Spirit.  Despite all of our differences, we are one and we're one because we share a common life in the Lord Jesus.  Dear friends, let the Lord's call to his Table this morning be a reminder to guard the unity Jesus has given, let it be a reminder to walk in a manner worthy of his call—to bear with each other patiently, humbly, lovingly, graciously as Jesus borne with us. Let us pray:  Heavenly Father, as we asked in the Collect we ask again: may your grace always go before us and follow after us.  May we be so enveloped by the grace you have shown us in Jesus that we can't help but share that grace with each other and with the world.  Give us grace to guard the unity we have in Jesus.  Give us grace to remember that we are one in him.  And strengthen us with your grace to proclaim to the world the truth that has brought us together: Jesus died and rose again.  He is Lord and life.  Amen.

Isaiah 40:31 As human beings, I've come to learn that we share a trait that's common to every one of us.  Some perhaps are a little better at this than others, but I've come to find at length that the proverb of Solomon is true: “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life” (Prov. 13:12).  Who likes to wait? Children I find are worse at this than adults, but then most adults never grow up from this childhood trait.  “Mommy, can I have...can I have!”  “Daddy, I want...I want!”  Have you noticed how closely behind each request, the other follows on its heels?  The little darlings try every which way possible to get our attention, and if persistent asking doesn't work, then there's always the waterworks!!  As believers in Jesus Christ, we must abandon “self-will” in favour of “God's will”.  This sermon is a strong call to the Body of Christ to learn what it means to wait upon the Lord and in waiting, to pray; not my will, but Thine be done! 

Proverbs 12:18 As a believer in Jesus Christ, do you still possess the sweetness of the Lord?  You'll note, I said “still”, and that's because every one of us that are truly Christian have a day and an hour when we were born the second time from above.  Just as a certain day marks our physical birth, so a certain day marks our spiritual birth.  Do you remember that glad moment, in the hour of your coming to Christ when the light of heavens glory filled your heart?  When the love of Christ melted your being, and the love of God was shed abroad in your hearts?  What went wrong, from whence did you begin to lose the sweet aroma of His being?  I trust that this message will be of help in returning you to your first love.

Today I'm looking at the notorious jail in Rome known as the Mamertine, dubbed so in the medieval period. History does not record for a definite fact that Peter and Paul were at different times held there, but tradition and Roman practice indicate it was a strong possibility. Why was this jail notorious? Was it really that bad? (hint: YES) This episode is also available as a blog post: http://the-end-time.org/2021/07/12/jailed-for-the-lord-paul-in-the-house-of-darkness/

Join Internationally Recognized Prophecy Expert, Minister, Speaker and Author, Paul McGuire as he analyzes current events through the lens of Bible Prophecy. Every Monday through Friday 4 - 6 PM Eastern Time. The Paul McGuire Report radio and television ministry is a ministry of faith and we are believing God each month to lay on the hearts of the listeners to support us if they are being blessed. We have asked, and are believing God, to touch the people of God, businesses and organizations to sow into this ministry that they also may be blessed! Your support enables us to stream Paul's messages from God's prophetic Word on Blog Talk Radio, PodBean, Brighteon.com, Odysee, Lbry.tv, YouTube, BitChute, SoundCloud, iTunes and various other podcast applications. With your help we are now broadcasting “The Paul McGuire Report” from our own TV and Production Studio on our Roku Channel as well as other channels as they become available. As we continue to trust in the Lord to build this ministry, HIS ministry, we believe He will lead us in the direction He would have us go. May the Lord bless you abundantly for responding to this call to action! Your gift makes it possible to continue our ministry work as together we share the Great Commission and point people to Jesus Christ. God works through your generous gifts to take the good news of Jesus Christ to millions of people worldwide! You can donate immediately by clicking HERE! Thank you for partnering with Paul McGuire Ministries sponsored by Paradise Mountain Church International! Your Brother in Christ Jesus, Paul McGuire WWW.PAULMcGUIRE.US  Music by Joseph Charles © 2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Pastor Paul starts this series by exploring the journey of faith of Jonathan and his armour bearer against their enemies in 1 Samuel 14 and the lessons for us. Support this podcast

Stand fast in the Lord- Paul told the Philippians that they should not live like the enemies of the cross who seek to satisfy their flesh because our citizenship is in heaven and Christ is coming. What does that mean for us now? It means we can have joy and peace from the Lord as we face the trials and stress of life on earth.

Host John Potter is joined by LibDem President Mark Pack, Wendy Chamberlain MP and Lord Paul Tyler to discuss electoral reform. The Conservatives are determined to rig the system to further help their already privileged position. What are we going to do about it?Please like & subscribe to the channel on YouTube as well as through your podcast provider so you never miss an episode.Thanks for listeningThe Lib Dem PodcastP.s many thanks to Prater Raines & Caturra Coffee Club for sponsoring this podcast. Interested in getting a fantastic new website or tasting some fantastic coffee then go to: www.praterraines.co.uk/liberal-democratswww.caturracoffeeclub.com

Even after decades of serving the Lord Paul told the saints in Philippi he was still pressing towards something. Paul understood that the goal of the Christian life is not ministry success but knowing Christ. Listen as Bishop Kimble and Overseer King discuss this important topic and more. Original air date 11/22/2020

Those whom Jesus met after His resurrection were completely changed people. In this episode, Pastor Robert Fonseca preaches on the encounter that Paul, a persecutor of the church, had with the risen Lord and how it utterly transformed his life. Notes Since you have encountered the resurrected Lord  You are appointed to be a minister You are appointed to be a witness You will be helped by the Lord  Sermon from April 11, 2021. --- To learn more about Renaissance Christian Church and our service times, visit http://ren.church/ (https://ren.church/). Support this podcast

Textual recital of the eschatology described on seven pages within The Gospel of the Lord (Paul's revelation) as we read it in The Very First Bible of 144 A.D. Links mentioned in the show: First Bible Network https://www.fbn.theveryfirstbible.org​ Marcionite discussion page https://www.reddit.com/r/MarcioniteCh...​ The Very First Bible https://www.theveryfirstbible.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/firstbiblenetwork/message

How strong are our convictions to please the Lord- Paul's desire to go to Jerusalem was longstanding. A burden laid on his heart by the Holy Spirit, was to be deeply tested. Paul's life is a testimony and example of how to live for the Glory of God alone. He was prepared to risk his life, even when knowing the personal dangers ahead.

Adonai is Lord - Paul de Vera - Anew

The Scriptures referenced in today's message were: + Revelation Chapter 12 Verses 10-17 + 2 Timothy Chapter 1 Verses 1-12

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Study Notes Ed Underwood Mark Follow Jesus; Serve Others “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Jesus Christ, Mark 10:45) The four Gospels are corresponding accounts that provide a complex portrait of the person and work, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, the Messiah of Israel, Savior of the world, and Son of God. These historical books encompass about 46% of the New Testament. Though they were not the first books written, the early church placed the Gospels at the beginning of the New Testament because they are the bedrock upon which the book of Acts and the Epistles are constructed. The Gospels are written as biographies with a purpose. They are thematic portraits of the life of Christ focusing on the brief public ministry of the Son of God. Each author selects distinctive events and teachings of the Lord Jesus to present a purposefully skewed account to accomplish their purpose: Matthew, a Jew, writes to persuade His countrymen that Christ is their King. Frequently quoting from the Old Testament Scriptures, he argues that Jesus of Nazareth “fulfills what was written.” His birth, life, death, and His resurrection leave only one possible conclusion: Jesus is the Messiah of Israel. Mark seeks to reach the Roman mindset and presents Jesus as the Servant who came to “give His life as a ransom for many. He begins by serving the masses, but as He is being rejected and His departure grows near, He concentrates on serving His disciples and equipping them to serve others in His name. Luke focuses on the Greek way of thinking, revealing Christ as the Perfect Man. Dr. Luke highlights the human side of Jesus, describing Him as the one who came to earth “to seek and save that which was lost.” John writes to everyone, regardless of culture. He selects seven miracles and arranges them carefully to persuade his readers to believe in Jesus as the Son of God who will give them eternal life. Mark is the shortest and simplest of the four Gospels. It gives the reader a vivid, compelling account of the life of Christ. With no editorial comments, Mark lets the narrative tell the story: Jesus is a Servant, constantly on the move and the pace is exhausting. He never rests, never ignores a hurting heart, and never avoids controversy, opposition, or danger. He just keeps moving and serving toward His reason for coming to earth—to suffer and die for the sin of the world. Those who follow Him on the path of serving and suffering are often confused and exhausted, but always marveling at the wonder of being close to Him. Amazed at His words and works, His compassion and strength, they come to understand what all of us realize as we read on: Following Jesus is extremely difficult, but eternally rewarding. Mark began by citing Isaiah, who predicted the Servant of God (1:3; cf. Isaiah 40:3). He ends with the Servant suffering on the Cross, and the implications of that event on the lives of His followers. Jesus came to serve God and others by providing salvation through self-sacrifice. Mark is the Gospel that most portrays Christ as the Son who became the Servant of the Lord Paul describes in Philippians 2:5-11. John Mark, the nephew of Barnabas and disciple of Peter, records the life of Christ from the eyewitness stories of Peter. “Mark’s story of Jesus is one of swift action and high drama. Only twice, in chapters 4 and 13, does Jesus pause to deliver extended discourses.” (J. D. Kingsbury, Conflict in Mark: Jesus, Authorities, Disciples, p. 1): The pace of the Book is as exhausting as the pace of life for a devoted follower of Christ. The adverb euthys, translated “immediately,” occurs 41 times! I. PROLOGUE: PREP ARA TION OF THE SERV ANT (1:1-13): Mark’ s dramatic introduction of Jesus of Nazareth sets the tone for the rest of the book. Prophecies from Malachi and Isaiah identifying John the Baptizer as Messiah’s forerunner, established Jesus’ credentials as the Christ (Messiah). Mark: All who follow the Suffering Servant must be prepared to suffer and serve— to lay down their lives and serve others in His name! II. THE SERVANT’S GALILEAN MINISTRY (1:14-8:30): His work in Galilee stirs up the religious authorities. Two series of confrontations with Jewish leaders reveal their hard hearts (2:1-3:20). The first time around, they decide to kill Him (3:6); the second time, they accuse Him of relying on Satan instead of God (3:22). Three events—the charge by the religious authorities that His powers come from Satan, His rejection at Nazareth, and the murder of John the Baptizer—precipitate a great transition in the ministry of Jesus. His primary focus from this point forward is His twelve disciples. Just one year from His crucifixion, Jesus devotes six months to an intense training of the Twelve—teaching and demonstrating that He is the Son of God—as He withdraws away from the hostility of the Jewish authorities, the domain of Herod Antipas, and the fickle masses (3:23-8:22). The great transition in Mark’s narrative follows the re-teaching of the answer to the question, “Who is Jesus?” until finally Peter answers correctly for the Twelve, “You are the Christ!” (8:30) After Peter’s declaration, the disciples will learn what kind of Messiah He is as they follow Him to Jerusalem, where they will witness His crucifixion and resurrection. III. THE SERVANT’S JUDEAN MINISTRY (8:31-16:8): Jesus’ movement to the cross dominates the second half of Mark’s Gospel. From the time they leave the north, Jesus and His disciples were “on the way” to Jerusalem (9:33; 10:32). Mark bookends this section with two separate healings of a blind man—the first in Bethsaida on the north shore of Galilee (8:22-26), the second in Jericho, just before He enters Jerusalem for the last time (10:46-52). Mark’s careful placing of these miracles demonstrates that Jesus was endeavoring to open His disciples’ eyes to the truth of the necessity of the cross and suffering. All who follow the Suffering Servant must be prepared to lay down their lives and serve others in His name. Over a third of the book is devoted to the eight days following their arrival in Judea on the Sunday before His resurrection—from His entry into Jerusalem (11:1-11) to Christ’s resurrection (16:1-8). Monday through Thursday Jesus cleared the Temple, exposed the hypocrisy of Israel’s leaders, received Mary of Bethany’s worship, predicted His desertion and betrayal, instituted the Lord’s Supper, prayed in the garden, and was arrested and condemned by the Sanhedrin. But only the Roman authority, Pilate, could execute anyone. On Friday morning, Jesus stood trial before Pilate. By 9:00 AM, after being scourged and mocked, the process of His crucifixion began—the Son of God was nailed to a cross between two thieving insurrectionists. He was guilty of being “The King of the Jews.” For six hours, Jesus suffered on the cross, the last three being accompanied by miraculous events. Then, at 3:00 PM, Jesus died, and was buried in a nearby tomb. The foundational truth of Christianity is the Gospel: Christ died for our sins and arose. But too many Christians underestimate the mighty work of Jesus on the Cross. He not only paid the penalty for our sin, He made a way for us to overcome the power of sin! MARK AND YOU: When reading Mark, keep in mind the author and the audience. John Mark was a privileged young man who failed miserably in his early Christian life. He abandoned Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey. Years later, he writes his Gospel from Rome, primarily to Roman Christians living in a proud and powerful culture. Remember that Mark is stressing sacrifice and service from a heart that grew up in privilege and to a people who dominated the world. Remember that Mark is stressing suffering from a heart that tried to avoid it and to a people who were facing persecution Remember that Mark doesn’t try to hide the faults and weaknesses of Jesus’ followers. Remember that Mark learned his lessons on suffering and servanthood the hard way—through disappointing those he admired in Christ when he decided that following Christ was too costly. Messiah: Mark portrays Jesus as an active, compassionate, and obedient Servant of God. Christ is constantly moving toward the goal of laying down His life for others!

Indigo and Aldo join Anh in an episode, where they discuss their favorite game, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). Join Anh and her friends as they talk about how they become storytellers and get inspired, while they also recount their favorite encounters and characters from past and present D&D campaigns. And also learn about the origins of the five pronged fork and Skull Lord Paul.

MESSAGE SUMMARY: Some of us and some of our acquaintances are going through horrendous circumstances. Therefore, we ask, given these circumstances, how can we rejoice in the Lord? Paul tells us, in 2 Corinthians 12:10, of the sufficiency of Jesus no mater our trials and problems: “For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.". To fulfill God’s exhortation “to rejoice always”, you can rejoice “always” if you keep your eyes on Jesus. David tells us, in Psalm 30:4, to: “Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”. Paul instructs us for continuous thanksgiving in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit.". Yes, even in a Covid-19 world, we can rejoice in the Lord, for He is always with the followers of Jesus!   TODAY’S AFFIRMATION: Today, Because of who I am in Jesus Christ, I will not be driven by Past Failures. Rather, I will abide in the Lord’s Grace. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5). SCRIPTURE REFERENCE (ESV): 1 Thessalonians 5:16-19; Psalms 95:1-11; 2 Corinthians 11:23-30; Psalms 71b:13-24. THIS SUNDAY’S AUDIO SERMON: You can listen to Archbishop Beach’s Current Sunday Sermon: “The Resurrection: Part 4 – Hearing God’s Voice", at our Website: www.AWFTL.org/listen/. WEBSITE LINK TO DR. BEACH’S SERMON VIDEO – “In the Uncertainty and Fear Surrounding Coronavirus America, Will You Speak Up, Publicly, About Your Personal Relationship with Jesus?”:  www.AWFTL.org/watch DONATE TO AWFTL: https://mygiving.secure.force.com/GXDonateNow?id=a0Ui000000DglsqEAB

Romans 10.14-21 (February 23, 2020)

I think within each of us there is a desire to have a stronger faith, and a deeper walk with God – and we are blessed to be able to look at the lives of others, and see what it was that enabled them to do just thatIn 2 Chronicles 27, we read this about King Jotham: “So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.” There is still a blessing today for those who will set their hearts to seek after God. Jeremiah 29:13 says “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” So we ask these questions: Do we prepare our hearts to seek the Lord?Do we prepare our hearts for His presence?For His house? What is it that we do to make sure that our hearts are ready to receive the precious Word of God?When you prepare your ways before the Lord, and you come to service ready to give of yourself to worship and the Word, what you get back in return is so much more than you could have anticipated. Preached on Sunday September 16, 2018 at Scott Street Church

Andy and Josh talk about nostalgia, Chad's absence and systemic racism. Learn something, ya fucks.

[Being Led By The Spirit] Joy Of The Lord | Paul Ras | 25 - 02 - 2018 by The Apex Church

Psalm 119:105 Kings and Potentates, Popes and Emperors have all tried in vain down through the ages to silence God’s unfaltering Word, yet the fact of the matter remains true,”…The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand forever” (Is. 40:8).  For many calling themselves evangelicals, belief in the inerrant Word of God is a given and Bibles abound in their multitudes, stacked on the shelves of Christians.  Yet despite this, the biblical literacy of the average Christian has never been so poor!   The first task of the Christian must be to obtain knowledge of the Word of God but having obtained knowledge to then walk in the light of that knowledge.   The Psalmist declares, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Ps. 119:105).  I fear that the grave error of fundamentalism in our day is that we’re content at best to hold the knowledge of God’s Word in our heads yet the light never makes it down to our feet!  This sermon is a challenge to us all; let us not be hearers only deceiving ourselves, but let us also be doers of the Word!!

The Lord's call comes in countless ways. If we are prepared to heed the call, we will be given opportunities to grow, to serve, and to receive His joy.

Isaiah 40:25-31 Upon what are you basing your faith; upon what your hope and confidence? "The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever..." (1 Pet 1:24-25). Oh! dearly beloved let the Word of God furnish for you a firm foundation upon which to stand, such that, when upon life's billows you are tempest tossed, you might have an anchor of grounding!! "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Heb 11:1). This sermon is an exhortation to the weak and an admonition to the strong, to anchor ones confidence in the promises of a faithful God. "...they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Is. 40:31)

Paying attention is a learned skill. We can also get better at it. But what does that mean spiritually? How do we pay attention to how we walk in the Lord? Paul gives some ideas.Support the show (https://rosemontbaptist.org/give/)

Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. I fear the "grace message" preached today, all too often, overlooks the coming 'judgment seat of Christ' that we all will experience. Is this an intentional thing, this overlook of judgment, to preach grace only? I don't think entirely in most cases, but can be misguided because while it is, "for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Eph 2:8), we are reminded too "knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..." What is this terror of the Lord Paul writes? In Hebrews 10:31 the author tells us, "It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God" and in Hebrews 12:29, " For our God is a consuming fire." And the message preceeding each of these two verses from Hebrews is what to expect should you continue to willfully sin after receiving the knowledge of truth(10:26), and they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven(12:25). So it is my belief, that for those of us who believe, our message to one another should by more along the line of God's grace for us coupled with our reverence for Him. It is this reverence, or Godly fear, for Him who saves us through grace that reminds us He is Sovereign, and our righteousness is in Him; and no other way. And, in order to be relevant to a lost world, I believe we do well to keep this message before the unbelieving as well.

Jeremiah 3:1-14 One cannot read the passage of Scripture before us in this sermon without sensing the absolute and stupendous expression of God's love towards His backslidden people Israel.  It is in the passage before us in this sermon that we shall see the heart of God not only towards Israel but also towards us!!   Is there any out of fellowship with God this hour?  Any lost their footing?  Any gone a whoring after the things of this world? Any who sit even now in the valley of shame and defeat saying, my strength has gone and my hope is dashed!  Dear soul, be of good cheer, this message is for you!! Behold the love of God, who even cries now, 'return again to me, saith the Lord'. Your father is waiting with open arms, but the question is...will you come?

2 Corinthians 3 - Moses' face shone after he received the OT Law, but his glory faded. The new covenant - faith in Jesus brings forgiveness of sins - that glory is ever growing. We are being transformed more and more into the glory of the image of Jesus. 2 Corinthians 4 - God has shone the light of the knowledge of the glory of Christ in our hearts. Now, it's like we are ordinary clay jars with something extraordinary inside - the glory of Christ. We are ordinary people, look ordinary, have struggles, common, nothing special on the outside. But on the inside, there is something extraordinary, a treasure, from God. It has a preserving affect on us. We face all kinds of trouble, but are not destroyed by it. Paul is describing the difference that Christ makes in the life of a believer. The follower of Christ is being transformed to be more like Jesus Christ. The follower of Christ is a common person with common problems, but they have been changed forever on the inside. They will never be the same. Paul will continue to talk about the effect of believing in Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:11-21 11-12 - Paul is defending his ministry to people in Corinth who are listening to false teachers who have "who is Paul?" we have letters of recommendation from important people. "Knowing the fear of the Lord" - Paul knows that his work will be judged by God, so he wants to be faithful 13 - perhaps Paul and his associates were accused of being out of their minds. 14 - Because they had received Christ's love, they were compelled to show Christ's love. Christ's love motivated or compelled Paul in his ministry. Throughout the history of the church, the church has failed over and over again. When the church fails, it is almost always because it failed to be compelled by the love of God. Love is the compelling reason we give, minister, invest in other people's lives. "One died for all, therefore all have died" - Christ died out of love for people, to set them free from sin and death. Christ's love for Paul resulted in Paul loving people. Has Christ's love for you resulted in love for people? 15 - He died so that we might live for him. Christ's death on the cross - the greatest demonstration of love the world has ever known. The innocent laid down his life for the guilty. The hero who sacrificed himself so others could live. He did it out of love for us. That, now is our motivation for living in the life he gave us. He died for us, now we should live this new life for him. 16 - Regarded Christ in the flesh - looked on his lowly humanity and disregarded his glory. Likewise, we should not look on other believers and see all their faults, but recognize that God has done and is doing miraculous work in their lives, just like he is doing in ours. 17 - Remember - the effect of believing in Jesus Christ. "New creation" - something new, created out of nothing, completely new and completely different "old has gone" the "new has come." 18-19 - God reconciled us to himself through Christ. Reconciled - exchanged. The great exchange of Christianity - because we could not do anything to save ourselves, We were enemies of God, but through Christ, God made an exchange: our punishment to Christ so that we could be forgiven. His perfect lift to us so that we could have a new life. THEN God said, now that I have done this for you, go do this in the lives of others. Tell them about how to go from living for yourself and being an enemy of God to being reconciled, forgiven, given a new life. 20 - We are ambassadors of Christ - "presbyters" or "elders," representing Christ to others. Doing his business - "living for him" Imploring people, "be reconciled to God" - He has made a way for everyone to come to him. 21 - God made Christ, who had no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God. Jesus was perfect. He was the only one who could pay our debt - everyone else had debt of their own. He died the death we deserved so that we could be made new.