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Why Jesus came to save sinful humans
In 1904 a 26-year-old Christian man named Evan Roberts was used by God to bring a revival to the country of Wales that sent shockwaves around the world. Since the age of 13 Roberts had prayed, and so for half his life he’d sought earnestly for more of God. God’s will was chief among his desires. He did not seek glory for himself, or chase girls, or any of the many distractions of his day. He saw the eternal perspective. Yielded to God as he was, Roberts prayed in the now legendary Welsh revival that witnessed people turning to God upon the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In the process,…
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Root Issues of the ‘Flesh’ For Christians – Sermon Audio
The New Testament says Christians have a dual nature – “flesh” and spirit.” Romans 6:6 says that flesh, or the “old man” has been crucified with Christ. … knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. The mystery of godliness is great, and the just are called to believe with their will by way of the “new man” made alive (Eph. 2) in Christ. The experience of overcoming the flesh is most succinctly spoken in Rom. 8:2 of as a higher “law of the Spirit” of God that overcomes…
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A Look At Galatians 3 And More – Audio
Galatians 3 continues Paul the apostle’s correction of the churches of Galatia who were being infected by Jewish-Christian teachers errantly saying they must keep the law of Moses to be justified by God. This recording also gets into all sorts of side topics. Lord bless you!
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What is Christianity and why do we live?
Many of God’s people are numb, burnt out, complacent, and asleep. Others feel they are diligently following Him, some even on fire for Him, but if they are, is what they accomplish all that God wants? Is Christianity today – or just our local assembly or even our individual lives – in the center of God’s will? Is the true Gospel of Jesus Christ in your sphere on the rise, or decline? Is light pushing back darkness by a faith that once “turned the world upside down?” (Acts 17:6) Put more plainly: is what we experience the best God can do? If the Bible is true, too often the answer…
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Why We Live – Audio Sermon
What is the “meaning of life?” It is to know God! And, it’s to find our place in His eternal plan. The church is the ultimate expression of a succession of God’s interactions with man from the time of the Fall to Abraham, Moses, and Jesus Christ the Lord. We who name the name of Christ must get on board and let His Spirit teach us the reality of what may only be held in the abstract in our minds. Here’s a lesson that starts on the topic of why we live, then gives an overview of God’s proscribed means to escape the sin nature and seek holiness. Lord bless…
