The Master‘s Class, LifeChange Church Wichita

ARE YOU READY? (2 Cor. 12:11 to 13:3)

Are you ready?  Are you ready for Jesus to come?  If not, what are you lacking?  Do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior?  How will Jesus greet you, as a faithful servant, or as someone He does not know?  These are important questions that most people do not want to answer.  They think that the need to make sure they are ready is far away in some future, it may happen, time.   Listen to this podcast and learn how Paul tells us to make ourselves ready for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE TO SHARE? (2 Cor. 11:28-12:4)

Have you ever had a message to deliver that was worth facing difficulties and hardships to deliver?  A message so important that it is written in the blood of those that would share it with the world, and then fight to make it happen.   This is the kind of message that changes lives.  As a believer you have a message to deliver that is this important.  It is a message that can change the eternal destiny of your family, your friends, and those around you.  The question is, are you willing to share it?  Listen and rejoice as we study about the apostle Paul describe the gospel message he has been divinely appointed to deliver and about his visions of heaven.

THE MEANING OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD (Easter)

Today, believers all over the world are celebrating Easter Sunday.  If you are a believer, if Jesus Christ is your Lord and Master, then Easter should be every bit as important to you as the celebration of the birth of our Savior on Christmas.  This is because on Easter, we are celebrating the resurrection of our Lord Jesus.  

One of the great Biblical truths for all of us as believers is that the arch of the gospel rests upon two great pillars: 

1) The death of Christ.  Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was crucified on the cross for our sins.  He physically died on that cross.  He didn’t just fall into a coma or a deep sleep.  Jesus Christ died on that cross, and it is the precious blood of Jesus that was shed on the Cross that makes our salvation possible.

2) The resurrection of Christ.  Christ rose bodily from the dead.  He is not in the grave, for He arose and walked on this earth, talked to people, ate with them, and then ascended into heaven.  Both events are absolutely essential to my salvation and to yours.  The resurrection of Jesus means that we have:

a) A master to confess: It provides us with a living Jesus Christ sitting on the right hand of God the Father.  He is sitting because He has accomplished all that God has asked Him to do.  

b) A message to convey: The resurrection of Jesus Christ provides us with a message to tell others:

• About Eternal life.
• About Power over sin in our lives.  
• About The hand of the One who will bring us into the presence of God when we enter Heaven’s Gate.  Where we can stand clothed in the robe of righteousness purchased with His Holy blood.  

c) A mandate to complete:  Jesus has commanded us to go out into the world and preach the gospel of His death, burial, and resurrection, baptizing them in the name of the Lord.  

Praise God that Jesus was willing to be obedient to God’s will, and Praise God that from the foundations of time, the triune God has had our salvation in mind.  God sent His Son that we might have everlasting life, and the power of God raised Him from the grave so that we might walk as a new creation in the newness of life.  This is why this Easter holiday is so important to us as believers.  Jesus Christ is alive and we are going to be with Him for all of eternity.

 

ARE YOU CONFIDENT? (2 Cor. 5:6-8)

It is one thing to say that I believe in God, and I believe what God's Word says about death, life, Heaven, and Hell.  It is another thing to say that I am so confident of what God says is true that I have no fear of death.  In fact, I am ready, or as Paul says, I am groaning, to be absent from this earthly body and present with my Lord and Savior Jesus.   In this lesson Paul describes what it means to walk by faith, and not by sight.  This is not a hope so faith, nor does it depend on how hard you believe.   True Biblical faith is a faith built on substance and evidence.  Substance for the scientific mind, and evidence for the legal mind.  Listen and learn what it truly means to walk through the shadow of death and to have no fear.

ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR NEW HOUSE? (2 Cor. 5:1-5)

What is going to happen to you the moment after you die?  Contrary to popular belief, it is not the end of your existence.  Those that believe this to be true, do so only because they don't want to accept God's absolute truths about right and wrong.  As believers, God has promised us that we will be with Him after our death on earth.  This body is a temporary house for our soul and spirit.  It is the body that goes into the grave to wait on the resurrection, our soul and spirit go to be with God.  In this verse-by-verse study of 2 Cor. 5:1-5, Paul tells us that God has already prepared a house for our soul and spirit to dwell in.  Listen and sing God's praises as we learn about the wonderful house that God has prepared for us immediately after our death.