Episodes
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
THE FAITH THAT CANNOT BE TESTED, CANNOT BE TRUSTED (Genesis 22:1-18)
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
Sunday Feb 25, 2024
In today’s message, I want to talk to you about your faith. The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 16:13 to be strong in faith. I want us to think about our faith, and I want us to look at our faith. I want us to examine our faith. I want us to test our faith, because, you see, the faith that cannot be tested, cannot be trusted.
How do you know that your faith is real and strong? Well, would you like to fly on an airplane that had never been tested? Would you like for it to be built, but never once put to any test? Would you want to get on it and commit your life to that airplane, and it had never been tested? I don’t think so, right? Would you like for a doctor to do surgery on you who went through medical school without a test? He just got a diploma as a participation trophy?
Do you want to put your faith, and your confidence, in something that hasn’t been tested? Again, the faith that cannot be tested, cannot be trusted.
If you were to measure faith, how would you measure it? Well, you could measure it with the dimensions of faith. You could measure it by its depth. You could measure it by its height. You could measure it by its length. Or you could measure it by its wideness. And that is exactly how we are going to measure faith today. We are going to study how God tells us in His Word how Abraham’s faith was measured. He is going to tell us how it was qualified.
Click on the link below to hear a message on how our faith is measured by the depth of its devotion, the height of its sacrifice, the length of its obedience, and the wideness of confidence.
Let me ask that the next time you pray to your Heavenly Father, pray these words, “Lord, increase my faith. And, Lord, when the test comes, when you ask of me something—to go somewhere, to give something, to sacrifice something—Lord, help me to obey. May my obedience be quick, intentional, instantaneous, impassioned, intelligent.” You don’t have to think up things to sacrifice. You just have to say, “Lord, all that I am, all that I have, belongs to you.”
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
Monday Aug 19, 2013
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS? (Mark 12:41 to 13:13)
Monday Aug 19, 2013
Monday Aug 19, 2013
Our lives are full of signs. Good signs, and bad signs. Signs that are clear, and signs that are hard to see. Signs that mean a promise will be kept, and signs of betrayal. Signs that we look for with hope, and signs of things that we dread.
Biblical prophecy is about God telling us of things to come. Things that are good, and things that are bad. Things that we look forward to with hope, and things that we dread. Most of all, Biblical prophecy is about the promises that God keeps.
Listen to this podcast to learn what it means to give everything thing that you have to God, and then look for the signs that God has provided so that you know, that you know, that you know, that your Redeemer cometh.
God has promised that Jesus will come again to establish His Kingdom on earth. This lesson is the first part of a two part series on the signs that tell us that God keeps His promises.
Monday Jul 30, 2012
WHAT MOTIVATES US TO GIVE (2 Cor. 9:1-15)
Monday Jul 30, 2012
Monday Jul 30, 2012
What is it that drives you to give a tithe or offering to God?
What is it that causes you to pull out your wallet and place cash in the offering plate each week?
Is it a sense of duty to God?
Do you give so you can get more in return from God? How many times have you heard that you cannot out give God?
Listen to this podcast and learn the believer’s motivation for giving to God. Rejoice as we learn that our giving is always for our benefit.
Wednesday Jun 27, 2012
HOW TO GIVE THROUGH GRACE (2 Cor. 8:16-24)
Wednesday Jun 27, 2012
Wednesday Jun 27, 2012
What does the Bible say about giving to God? Not what some TV evangelist says, whose only motive is to make himself rich, but what does God say in His Word about giving? God does not want you to be ignorant about what He desires from you and for you. Listen to this podcast and rejoice as we learn that our giving is always from our increase and for our increase. God truly wants to use our giving as a door to pour out blessings upon us.
Tuesday Jun 19, 2012
GIVING AS CHRIST GAVE (2 Cor. 8:6-15)
Tuesday Jun 19, 2012
Tuesday Jun 19, 2012
When you hear a preacher talking about giving, what is your reaction? As a believer do you regard giving as an obligation or an opportunity? What would you say if I told that God does not want your giving if it is out of compulsion or obligation? Contrary to what you might think, God does not need our giving, rather it is us that need to give to God. God has promised blessings to those that give willingly. If you don't want God's blessing, then God says in His Word that you should not give. Listen to this podcast and learn what it means to give willingly as Paul uses Jesus Christ as the supreme example of grace giving.
Thursday Jun 14, 2012
GIVING THROUGH GRACE (2 Cor. 7:12 to 8:5)
Thursday Jun 14, 2012
Thursday Jun 14, 2012
What do you know about God's grace? Theologians define grace as the unmerited favor of God, but if that is our only definition then we will miss the rich flavor of this word. The grace of God is the passion of God to share all His goodness with others. Listen to this podcast as Paul uses this principle to describe the spirit of a believer towards giving to God. Paul calls giving a grace. It is a grace of God.