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Each week a new verse-by-verse Bible study podcast given in expository style. Join us and see the Bible come alive as we study the truths that God‘s Word has for us.
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3 days ago
3 days ago
JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE MESSIAH (Acts 2:25-36)
In our message today, we continue listening to the first sermon of the new church age. It was preached by a Holy Spirit filled and anointed Peter whose purpose was to convict the Jewish people of the terrible crime that they had committed. For they had rejected and crucified the promised Christ, the Messiah that they had been waiting on for so long. Now, Peter was offering them an opportunity to come to that Messiah for repentance and forgiveness. Peter was preaching on the day of Pentecost, in front of thousands of Jews from all over the world. The Jews had just witnessed the outpouring of the Holy Spirit through the 120 disciples speaking in the various tongues of their homelands. They had come to celebrate the feast of Pentecost and instead they had witnessed a miracle. Their reaction was one of confusion and mockery. As he stood up to begin his sermon, Peter responds to the questions of the Jews by using Scripture. Something they were very familiar with. He proclaims that they should not be surprised by these events, as the outpouring of the Holy Spirit is similar to those events prophesied by Joel that will take place in “The day of The Lord,” which refers to the Great Tribulation and Millennial Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Then, Peter starts to build his case for the proof that Jesus is the Christ, the promised Messiah: First, he proclaims that Jesus was a recognizable Messiah. Jesus had performed miracles unlike anything ever seen before in the history of the world. This was evidence that He had been approved of by God. He was the one who had fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament prophets.
Next, Peter proclaims that Jesus was a rejected Messiah. The crucifixion of Christ had been foreknown by God from the foundation of time. When God acted in creation, He had also acted in redemption. But this did not excuse the rejection of the Messiah, the Son of the Living God, by God’s people.
Then, Peter proclaimed the best news of all, that Jesus was the resurrected Messiah. Jesus was alive, He could not be left in the grave. Peter declared that it was impossible for God to have left Jesus in the grave. Jesus died for our sins, but He was sinless. He arose in victory.
Click on the play button to hear a message on the wonderful truth that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD (Acts 1:9-11)
Our message today is about the ascension of our Lord into Heaven. Without a doubt, it is significant to our faith that Jesus is alive and working for us today. Jesus did not just go off into heaven and leave us never to be heard from again. He has provided us with a perfect, complete, salvation. He is our great High Priest in the Holy Tabernacle in Heaven, He is our paraclete, our advocate, before the Father. And He has promised to return for us.
Jesus is alive. Jesus is working for us, and Jesus is coming back. These are some of the things that distinguish our faith from all other religions. These are the things that we base our hope on. You do not place your confidence in a mere man when you place your confidence in Jesus; you place your confidence in the God-man. Because He is a man, He can sympathize with you and is able to meet your needs. He is a royal priest. He is a righteous priest. He is a peace-promoting priest. He is also a personal priest—He is for you personally. He didn’t inherit the office; that is, He didn’t come in the line of Aaron. He is an eternal priest. If the work of Jesus Christ had ended with His death, burial and resurrection, then our salvation would be incomplete. It is because Jesus is alive today and has ascended into heaven that He is our eternal and perfect High Priest. It is because Jesus is living today and has ascended to heaven that our salvation was completed. It is because Jesus is living today and has ascended to heaven that our salvation is being completed today. It is because Jesus is living today and has ascended to heaven that our salvation will be completed in the future when the Lord gives us our glorified bodies.
We don’t often hear messages preached on the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. Rightfully so, the evangelistic message of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord is talked about more frequently. But the ascension of our Lord represents the hope and promise of the believer. As a believer my Lord is alive, He is my advocate, and He is coming again for me.
This is the message we need to proclaim. It is because we have the hope, the confident expectation, the promise, of the return of our Lord that we should feel the urgent need to proclaim the gospel message to a lost world.
Click on the play button to hear a message on what the Ascension of Jesus Christ means to you as a follower of Christ.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
Friday Nov 29, 2013
Friday Nov 29, 2013
Tuesday Dec 20, 2011
Tuesday Dec 20, 2011
The ascension of our Lord and the work that He is performing today for us as our High Priest is significant to our faith. Jesus is alive and working for us today. Jesus did not just go off into heaven and leave us never to be heard from again. His work on earth has provided us with a perfect and complete salvation. His work in Heaven continues our salvation as our great High Priest in the Holy Tabernacle in Heaven. Jesus is alive. Jesus is working for us in Heaven, and Jesus is coming back. These are things that distinguish our faith from all other religions. These are things we base our faith on.