Recorded May 28, 2017
Jesus revealed that Satan was a murderer from the beginning. He is the father of lies, and his lies brought death to humanity. He was seeking to murder humankind and he did (John 8:44). God worked through the history of time to defeat sin. God was patient not to exclude free will and most importantly give opportunity for repentance (2 Pet 3:9). God set forth in Christ a plan for the fullness of time. This message observes how Christ came and defeated Satan, death, and sin.
Lesson by Scott Shifferd
Recorded May 28, 2017
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How can Christians pass on their hope of eternal life to their children? Christians need the hope of the redemption of the body and the mortal body putting on immortality. This is the victory of Jesus’s resurrection over death. Children are dependent on their parents, and humanity is dependent on their heavenly Father. Christ wants the little children to come to him and everyone to become like these little children in humility and dependence on God. The Bible encourages youth to remember their Creator in their youth because old age can hinder faith. The message will consider the similarities between Christians to the heavenly Father and as children to their parents. Christians must pass their hope to the next generation.
Scripture Reading: Psalm 71:17-21 (read by Christopher Howell)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd Recorded May 28, 2017
The purpose of this message is to challenge believers to see why sin is sin and how sin is contrary to God’s nature. Sin is not an arbitrary invention of some “man in the sky.” Sin is lawlessness. Sin is any act contrary to God’s Law. While many think that God’s Law is arbitrary and they wish that God would change His Word, His Word is according to nature of love, holiness, and righteousness. Sin does have a depraving effect upon those who sin, and all do sin. This lesson addresses the question, “Because God created everything, did God create sin?” and “Why did God make a world where people can sin?”
Lesson by Scott Shifferd
Recorded May 21, 2017
This message is to challenge the church to encourage and anchor hope in our children. This message addresses the question, “Why do so many children leave the church?” Besides passing the blame to parents or society, the church must consider what is lacking in their faith that causes adolescents to leave the church in adulthood. Holiness in the home is essential. From where does that holiness come? This message presents some essential points from the Scripture to secure our children including the need for a believing parent in the home, fathers who do not embitter their children, and parents who can evangelize the Gospel to their own children. However, one may observe the lack of holy living among young believers. Why? Hope and its resulting holiness are an essential conviction for parents and the church to pass onto their children. Christians must hope in eternal life through Jesus’s resurrection. Our children need the hope that is the anchor of the soul.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 11:25-27 (read by Don Kovar)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd Recorded May 21, 2017
Did anyone teach you that all sins are equal and one is not greater than another? Jesus addressed this matter throughout his ministry as he taught about the severity of the punishment for sins. In Jesus’s trial, Christ answered the question of whether sins are greater. Many churches today take a false position that undermines their integrity and purity as followers of Christ. This message addresses those positions. Christians must listen to Paul’s exhortation for Timothy to avoid contradictions. Within this message are a number of scriptures that answer this vital question.
Lesson by Scott Shifferd
Recorded May 14, 2017
Where should a woman find love and value first and above all? With so many expectations that women place on themselves, they need to turn first to God and know the love of Christ. All other expectations may disappoint. Women need Christian men. This lesson will present six things that women need primarily from Christian husbands including the need for men to lead their wives in holy living. The Scriptures reveal the great blessings of prudent wife is to man. God gives favor to the man who finds a wife. Women who fearful serve God deserve praise.
Scripture Reading: Proverbs 31:30-31 (read by Marcq Rhodes)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd Recorded May 14, 2017
To be a light of the world is to glorify God. Glorifying God is more than praising God. Jesus taught that being a light meant the world could see the disciple’s good works and those works give glory to the Father. This lesson explores important reasons to look deeper into Jesus’s teaching of being a light. Glorifying God was the mission of Christ, and this is the mission of the church. Glorifying God is the effect of the Gospel. However, Christians do not realize how they hinder the glorification of God. With a biblical understanding, faithful Christians will move forward. Christians can increase their light that glorifies God. This lesson emphasizes the need for disciples to share the light and the opportunity to glorify with other through the Gospel and sharing one’s life.
Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:14-16 (read by Barry Rutkowski)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd Recorded May 7, 2017
This study looks at six ways that the Bible teaches Christians to grow spiritual. This study also presents the reasons that churches either die or grow. Christians need one another to grow and increase. The Scriptures are clear that hearts will harden to the deceitfulness of sins without the fellowship of Christians. The first church began and they devoted to the apostles’ teachings and the togetherness of disciples. All churches thrive through the fellowship of Christians in God’s Word. The Gospel produces life in repentant believers. The Christian faith must grow upon the foundation of Christ. Jesus died, was buried, and overcame the curse of death by rising from the dead. Those that join the church in study will remain committed when they draw closer to God and have deep relationships with other Christians.
Scripture Reading: Colossians 2:1-8 (read by Christopher Howell)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd Recorded April 23, 2017
On the evening that some found Jesus’s tomb empty, the disciples locked the doors for fear of the Jews. Jesus appeared to them and blessed the disciples, “Peace to you!” This frightened and startled the disciples who should have already believed the reports that Jesus rose. The disciples thought Jesus was a spirit. However, Jesus challenged them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have” (Luke 24:38–39). Jesus rose bodily like none other. His body had put on immortality and glory. Jesus’s resurrection is the beginning of the Christian’s hope of resurrection for eternal life. Faith in Jesus requires believing that all will rise one day. This lesson presents reasons to believe in Jesus’s resurrection, implications of Jesus’s resurrection for eternal life, and resurrection as the focus of evangelism.
Scripture Reading: I Corinthians 15:1-4 (read by Marcq Rhodes)
Lesson by Scott Shifferd Recorded April 16, 2017
What do you think about lukewarm soup, water, or coffee? Some Christians have a faith that is lukewarm and unappealing. For some reason, many of us lose our zeal, enthusiasm, and passion for the faith. We seem to float on our faith like a life raft not looking for more from our faith in Christ. In this study of the seven churches of Asia, Christians learn how Jesus see churches and what Christ expects. In Revelation, Christ spoke to the church at Laodicea urging them to be zealous and repent. Christ described them as lukewarm because their works were neither cold nor warm. Jesus declared that He would spit them out of his mouth. Jesus affirmed that He rebukes and disciplines those whom He loves. When we as Christians drift in our zeal, how can we restore that enthusiasm? This lesson will help.
Scripture Reading: James 2:17-19 (read by Undre Griggs)
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