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Why God ‘commands’ His people to become spiritual – sermon audio
In 1 Corinthians 3 the apostle Paul rebuked the Christians for being “carnal” and not “spiritual.” This plus other New Testament passages indicate that becoming a spiritual Christian is thus required by God. We put the word commands in quote marks however because there is no actual command, but becoming spiritual is an effective injunction that God expects His people to know and follow through on. Jesus gave His life for His people to know the fullness of it.
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How do we know anything? – audio sermon
True knowledge is given by God. This one-hour, ten minute sermon delves deeply into this in light of evidence of “fleshly” knowledge throughout Christian history. May the Lord bless you!
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The full meaning of grace and Christian salvation – audio Bible study
Jesus Christ and His faithful apostles had a number of objectives in His kingdom, and all His people who are to represent Him. This study builds on topics here and here. It continues talking about grace, its full meaning, and examines the character of Christ’s people by the full weight of the New Testament standard. Lord bless you!
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How God rebuked the Christians when the roots of denominationalism began – 1 Corinthians 1 – audio
The call for Christ’s assembly unified under His one Spirit, in the teaching of the apostles, was not considered optional or a suggestion. It was first called for by the Lord (John 17:20-23) and reiterated by the apostles whose goal was to establish a witness and testimony that – if people obeyed – would demonstrate with great effectiveness that God was among them. When the Corinthians began breaking into sub-sects – or factions, or divisions – the root of today’s denominationalism – the apostle Paul was greatly upset and wrote them saying not to do it. Lord bless you.
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Jesus Christ’s heart for His Bride – Ephesians 1,2 – audio
There are innumerable representations of what Christianity is, but God says there is one faith. His desire from the start was for a people separated from the world to Himself, and the Ephesian epistle talks about aspects of this. This is a brief walkthrough of Ephesians 1 and part of 2. Lord bless you!
