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![GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE (Genesis 37:1 to 39:3)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
GOD'S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE (Genesis 37:1 to 39:3)
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
GOD’S PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE (Genesis 37:1 to 39:3)
Let me start this blog by making a statement and you tell me if you believe it or not. Are you ready? God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life. Now, do you believe that? Well, I want to tell you, that without a doubt, God has a wonderful plan for your life. God has a divine destiny for you. And, what a shame it would be if you missed it. Today, I want you to think with me on this subject, “God’s plan for your life.”
Now, I’m not just saying that God has a plan for Abraham’s life, or Joseph’s. Certainly, God had a plan for their lives, but God also has a plan for your life. Yes, even you. God has a wonderful destiny for you, and I don’t want you to miss it. Even in your old age, God has a plan for your life. Otherwise, you would not still be here on this earth, for there would be no purpose in it, and God has a purpose in all that He does. And, I believe as we study the life of Joseph today, we are going to find some things about his life that we can certainly apply to ours as we learn how to know God’s Plan for Your Life.
Click on the play button below to hear a message on how you can discover God’s plan for you. How you can let God give you a plan and a purpose for your life. I’m not talking about something you cooked up, but be in contact with God so however God wants to speak to you, He can. And, I believe the way that God wants to speak to New Testament Christians is presentation plus transformation equals revelation, that we might know the things that God has prepared for us.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![JOSPEH AS A PICTURE OF CHRIST (Genesis 37:1 to 45:28)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
JOSPEH AS A PICTURE OF CHRIST (Genesis 37:1 to 45:28)
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
JOSEPH AS A PICTURE OF CHRIST (Genesis 37:1 to 45:28)
There are several of the patriarchs of the Old Testament who were a picture of Christ in specific acts. But, God has selected Joseph as the one individual, out of all the men of history, to picture Christ in such a thorough way. As we study the life of Joseph, we will find a direct parallel between the life of Joseph and the life of the Lord Jesus.
In the Old Testament, Jesus is enfolded. In the New Testament, Jesus is unfolded. In the Old Testament, Jesus is concealed. In the New Testament, Jesus is revealed. But, Jesus is there in all of the Bible. As you study the Bible enough, standing somewhere in the shadows you will find Jesus. He is there. It’s all about Him. Don’t get the idea that the Old Testament is about the Jews, and the New Testament is about Jesus. All of the Bible is about Jesus.
Jesus is the hero of the Bible. Jesus said, “Search the scriptures; for … [these] are they which [do] testify of me” (John 5:39). Notice that when Jesus made this statement, the scriptures were the Old Testament scriptures. The New Testament had not even been written yet. And, the Bible also tells us that on a particular day, He took two men and “he [showed] them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). That means in all of the Scriptures, you are going to find things concerning Jesus. Jesus is there if you look long enough. If you study reverently enough, if you think and meditate, you’re going to find the Lord Jesus Christ there in the Bible.
Click on the play button in link below to hear a message on how the life of Joseph pictures the life of our Lord Jesus Christ.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![JACOB'S NEW NATURE (Genesis 32:28 to 33:20)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
JACOB'S NEW NATURE (Genesis 32:28 to 33:20)
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
JACOB’S NEW NATURE (Genesis 32:28 to 33:20)
Jacob is now going to have to face his brother Esau. As we look at this scene, we see a difference between a believer and a non-believer. Here we have Esau, the all-American male, he was an outdoorsman, noble, probably the best athlete in the land at whatever he tried, he was generous, and likeable, yet he was a non-believer. Then, we have Jacob, who was devious, a schemer, hated by almost everyone he dealt with, yet he had a desire for the things of the Lord, and he had met with the Lord, and now he had a new nature.
Robert Laidlaw asked this question in his book “The Reason Why.” He said “I know a polished, cultivated, gentlemen, who is not a Christian, and I know a rather crude, uncultured, man who is a Christian. Do you mean to tell me that God prefers the uncultured man simply because he has accepted and acknowledged Christ as his Savior?” That was his question, and it certainly fits the way that most non-believers would look at things. People are drawn to successful people, to jovial people, and to polished people. But God is not.
Robert Laidlaw answered his question in this way “A Christian is not different in degree from a non-Christian, he is different in kind. Just as the difference between a diamond and a cabbage is not one of degree but of kind. The one is polished, the other is crude, but the one is dead while the other is alive, therefore the one has what the other has not in any degree whatsoever—life! And such is the difference God sees between a Christian and a non-Christian.”
That was the essential difference between Esau and Jacob. As a man, Esau was a far more open, honest, out-going, person than Jacob. He was a terrific person, but he was spiritually dead. Jacob was a natural-born schemer, but he had spiritual life.
It was a difference of kind, not degree.
Click on the link below to hear a message on how Jacob found out that not only was there no good in his old nature, but there was also something you may not realize; there was no strength or power in his new nature. Our new nature, given to us by God, cannot, by itself, enable us to live the Christian life. Simply being saved does not make you stop sinning. Jacob found out that it is through Jesus Christ that your help is going to come. Our strength and power come through Him.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![JACOB'S LADDER PART II (Genesis 28:10-22)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Monday Apr 29, 2024
JACOB'S LADDER PART II (Genesis 28:10-22)
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Here in this story about Jacob’ dream about a ladder to heaven, we see God’s provision of salvation, we see a picture of the sinner, a picture of the Savior, and a picture of salvation.
Jacob pictures the unconverted man. He is the picture of a sinner. Incidentally, I believe this is where Jacob got saved. I believe that up until this time Jacob had known about God, but he had not known God. His father was a godly man; his grandfather was a godly man, but Jacob was not a godly man. He was religious, but he was lost. Jacob pictures every unsaved sinner surrounded in darkness, surrounded by desert, and sentenced to death. Jacob is sentenced with death, a poor, lonely old boy, without God, without hope, out there in the wilderness.
In this dream Jacob saw a ladder. The bottom of it was on the earth, and that ladder went up all the way to glory, and God the Father was at the top of that ladder. Jacob saw angels coming down, and he saw angels going up. That ladder is a picture of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus is the One upon which the angels ascend and descend. He is the link between heaven and earth. Jesus Christ is the One who connects heaven and earth. He is that ladder that reaches into glory. There is the reach of the ladder: it goes all the way to heaven. There is the reliability of the ladder: God is over it. There are the resources of the ladder: God’s promises, God’s protection, and God’s presence, are all wrapped up in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Then, we see this ladder as a picture of salvation. Before this night, Jacob was separated from God. Jacob was in a place of separation, and then he saw the ladder, the staircase to heaven! He understood some spiritual truth. He understood that God had made a way for him, and that the blessings of God were to be mediated to him. And he’s now aware of God for the first time in his life. That howling desert, that wilderness, that hard place, has now become for him the very house of God. And what a blessing, what a transformation, it was in his own heart and in his own life!
Click on this link to hear a message on how Jacob’s dream is a picture of the gospel message of Jesus Christ.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![JACOB'S LADDER-PART I (Genesis 28:1 to 13)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
JACOB'S LADDER-PART I (Genesis 28:1 to 13)
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sometimes people tell me it’s hard to be a Christian. That is just so ridiculous. Listen, all you have to do is think about old, unsaved, Jacob down there sleeping on stones, with a rock for a pillow, and tell me it’s hard to be a Christian. The truth is, it is hard not to be a Christian. The Bible says,
Prov 13:15
15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
KJV
What could be harder than a stone for a pillow? “The way of [the transgressor] is hard.” It is not hard to be a Christian. Jesus said,
Matt 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
KJV
Now, what did that last sentence say? “For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Jesus is telling us that to be a Christian, a Christ follower, is easy.
I have been teaching the Bible for a long time. Two things I’ve never heard.
Number one: I’ve never heard any Christian—true Christian, a born-again Christian—say, “I’m sorry that I gave my heart to Jesus Christ.” I never have heard that.
Number two: Something else that I have never heard: I have never heard any person without the Lord Jesus Christ say, “I want to tell you how much the dear, sweet, old devil means to me.”
Here is the easy truth, I would be a Christian even if there were no heaven, and if there were no hell. Now, without a doubt, there are both, but if I had a thousand lives, I’d give every one of them to Jesus Christ. To know Christ in this life, that is easy. It is the way of the transgressor that is hard.
Here is an old familiar quote, “Nature forms us; sin deforms us; education informs us; penitentiaries try to reform us; but only Jesus can transform us.” And if you’d like to be transformed, then you can be transformed. You can be made brand new through the Lord Jesus Christ and through the wonderful saving gospel of our dear Savior.
Click on the link below to hear a message on how the story of Jacob’s Ladder shows us a picture of the sinner, a picture of the Savior, and a picture of salvation.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![THE BRIDE FOR THE BRIDEGROOM (Genesis 24:28-67)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
THE BRIDE FOR THE BRIDEGROOM (Genesis 24:28-67)
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Today, I want to talk to you about a love story of a father finding a bride for the son that he loves dearly. Actually, I want to talk about two love stories, with two Fathers, two Sons, two Servants, and two brides.
One is Abraham, who, as a father, sends his servant back to the land that Abraham came from to find a bride for Isaac. This unnamed servant is following the leading of the God of his master, Abraham, when he comes upon the house of Bethuel, where Rebekah lives. His mission is to find the bride that has been selected by God for his master’s son, Isaac.
The story of Abraham’s search gives us the type, or symbol, of a much greater, second, love story. This second love story is the description of God the Father, determining from the foundations of time, that He would choose a bride for His Son, Jesus Christ. Upon the completion of Jesus’ work at Calvary, which was the finished salvation that He has provided for each of us, God the Father sends the Holy Spirit as His Servant to gather together the bride for Jesus. This bride is the church of the body of Christ, which is made up of believers that have come to know Jesus Christ as their Savior during this age that we live in today. It is called the Church Age.
Two tremendous love stories, two Fathers, two Bridegrooms, two Servants, and two brides. Isaac loves Rebekah, but that is pale in comparison to the love of the Father, Son, and Spirit for the Bride of Christ.
Click on the link below to hear about the greatest love story that has ever been told. God has commissioned to me today to ask you a question. Are you ready for it? My Heavenly Father has said to me, “Keith, go teach this lesson. Tell people about Jesus. I want them to be Jesus’ bride. Tell them how wonderful Jesus is. And then, tell them that He who loves you is coming back for you one day.” My question to you is, will you receive Jesus as your Savior and seek to make His will yours? God said, “Tell the people, Keith, that whosoever will may come.” Don’t be left out of this love story. Accept Christ today and be with Him for all of eternity.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![WHAT A MIGHTY GOD (Genesis 1_1)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
WHAT A MIGHTY GOD (Genesis 1_1)
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
WHAT A MIGHTY GOD (Genesis 1:1)
In today’s message, I want to spend time settling the question of who God is and does He exist. For you see, if you believe in God, then all of the questions you have about the Creation are answered. If you do not believe in God, then you will never have the answers to your questions about how this universe came in to being.
Have you ever thought about the fact that the Bible just presents God? There He is in the very first verse of the Bible, “In the beginning God.” He is simply presented. The fact of God is never explained in the Bible. The existence of God is never argued in the Bible. The Bible does not try to teach against atheism. God is simply presented. Now God, therefore, must be accepted by faith. Sometimes a skeptic will come and say to you, “Prove there is a God.” Don’t try, because you can’t prove that God exists, for the finite can never prove the infinite. But not to worry. After he says, “Prove that God exists,” you say simply with a smile on your face and much confidence in your heart, “I can’t. Now, sir, will you prove that God does not exist?” And he can’t do that either.
If a person does not believe in God, it is not that he cannot believe; it is that he will not believe. He chooses not to believe. All people are believers. Some believe there is a God; some believe there is no God.
The Bible says that “In the beginning God created the Heaven and the earth.” He’s presented. Now, in the beginning God did what? He created, and what mighty power is seen in His creation! Only God has creative power.
Click on the play button to hear a message on why the almighty God created all things. He did it for His pleasure. He did it for His praise, and He did for you. This is our mighty God. He loves you and He wants to save you and give you everlasting life.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![HOW TO WALK WITH GOD (Hebrews 11:5-6)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Woodlands3_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
HOW TO WALK WITH GOD (Hebrews 11:5-6)
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
Sunday Sep 25, 2022
The Bible tells us that we are to walk humbly with thy God, and it also says that the only way to walk with God is to be in agreement with God. Agreement about what? Agreement about how we live a life of faith in obedience with God’s will for our lives. Now, it takes faith to walk with God. To walk with God, the first step is the step of faith.
So where do we get this faith? God tells us that our faith cometh by hearing, and what we hear is the Word of God. You cannot have faith without hearing from God. You cannot. You must personally hear from God. God is speaking to you personally. God is speaking to you intimately. It may be through His Spirit, it may be through the Bible, but God has spoken to you. For example, the Scripture you read will have a specific meaning to you. It is personal. Now, you’ll never walk with God, you’ll never have faith, until you hear, personally, from God.
Why did God save you? Why did Jesus Christ step out of the glory, come to this earth, bathe this world with His blood—why are you redeemed? Why are you here today? Well, you ask the average person, why did God save you? And they’ll say, “To serve Him.” Listen, if God had wanted servants, He could have gotten a lot better people than us. Angels will serve Him much more obediently than we do. Angels are perfect servants, if servants are what He wanted. God is not looking for servants. God is looking for men, women, boys, and girls who will walk with Him, who know Him intimately.
Click on the link below to hear a message on how to walk with God. How to have a life of faith that is so rich, so strong, so true, so God-centered, that you will be able to say Jesus Christ is a bright, living reality to me, and I walk with Him, and I talk with Him, and He tells me I am His own; and the voice I hear falling on my ear is His voice.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS.
Amen.
![WHAT IS MAN THAT GOD WOULD CARE? (Hebrews 2:5-9)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
WHAT IS MAN THAT GOD WOULD CARE? (Hebrews 2:5-9)
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
The only way we can truly understand what man is, is to understand what the Bible says about man. It is from the Word of God that we learn the truth of how God views man. How God answers the question, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou [didst visit] him?” From a biblical perspective, the key question that we need to consider is why do all the worlds of space exist? What is their purpose? Has God any pleasure in dead matter? Is He not the God of the living? Can inanimate matter praise Him, the Lord of all life? No, they cannot, and so there is man.
When God made man, God breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living, eternal, soul. It is your soul that makes you of infinite worth. Your soul will be in existence when the sun, and the moon, and the stars have turned to cinders. Your soul will go on endless, timeless, dateless, measureless, for God breathed into you the breath of life. Man was created in the image of God, and you could no more cease to exist than God Himself could cease to exist.
God is mindful of you. He sees you now—He’s looking at you right now. He desires you; He loves you. God doesn’t love us because we are valuable; we are valuable because He loves us. The dignity of man is that God is mindful of man, that God desires man.
Click on the link below to hear a message on why God loves you so much that He would send His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on a cross to pay the penalty of your sin.
Amen.
This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church in Wichita, KS.
![OUR SUPERLATIVE SAVIOR - PART II (Hebrews 1:4-12)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog341843/Cloudslogo_300x300.jpeg)
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
OUR SUPERLATIVE SAVIOR - PART II (Hebrews 1:4-12)
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Heb 1:8
8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
KJV
I want you to notice something very important here, God the Father calls God the Son, God. Now, the eternal claim of Jesus is that He is God. Jesus is forevermore God. A billion, billion years from now, He still will be God. Look at this verse: “Unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever and ever and ever.” Jesus will still be King forever more.
A basic truth of our created universe is that things change. All created things change. This universe is going to wear itself out. This universe is going to run down, the second law of thermodynamics tells us that it’s on its way down. It is burning out. Another basic truth is that anything that moves makes friction, and anything that makes friction wears, and anything that wears, disintegrates. And that’s the reason that this universe that is moving and pulsating is wearing down, it is wearing down like a garment that wears out. It’s going to wear out. But Jesus is from everlasting to everlasting. A billion years from now Jesus is the same from age to age;
Click on the link below to hear a message on Jesus Christ, our Superlative Savior.
Amen.