Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
1,571 episodes - English - Latest episode: 22 days ago -Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
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Give Us The GOOD STUFF! S22e68 Heb13:21
December 06, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.06 MBSend us a Text Message. Give us the good stuff Lord! Equip us with EVERYTHING GOOD. PROSPER us fully. Please don't leave any blessing on the table. We want it all. Why? So we can be on PURPOSE for You. So we can do Your will. So we can be on Your team and be on Your tasks. And, that You can work in us what is PLEASING in Your sight. May it all result in what we do and say and think being pleasing to You. Finally, what is the BEST of the GOOD STUFF? Why of course, it is the PERSON of Jes...
Be A Joy To Your Leader S22e67 Heb13:17
December 05, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.84 MBSend us a Text Message. Spiritual leaders, whether Pastor, teacher or even small group leader have tough jobs: to keep watch over something that is invisible. Invisible, yes, but giving evidence in behaviors. They will give an account for the job they do in this improbable goal. Similarly, being a follower has its' challenges too. We are to be a JOY to our leaders. We are to make their job a JOY. If we asked your leader, "who here is a JOY TO YOU?" would your name come up? Or, would ther...
Worship Is Expensive S22e66 2sam24:24
December 04, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.85 MBSend us a Text Message. King David's heart struck him. He had a change of heart. He went the great distance from, "of course I am right" to "I could be wrong about this". If you have ever walked that path, you will know those are the most difficult steps you will ever take. Repentance is "expensive" in that way and is a big step toward true worship. Worship requires effort, attention, and inconvenience on our part. Though Jesus did the heavy lifting in making a way, our part comes at a c...
Wallet Worship S22e65 Heb13:16
December 03, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.91 MBSend us a Text Message. Generosity is expensive and difficult. It involves taking EARNED DOLLARS and converting them into GIVEN DOLLARS. Typically, that is not done without some wrestling with yourself. Generous worship, similarly, is also expensive. It is supposed to cost you something. Good worship is to be offered frequently. Good worship is contingent on attaching it to Jesus and calling on His name in praise. With such worship God is pleased. Who knew that true worship would be so...
Go To Him Outside The Gate S22e64 Heb13:13
December 02, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.01 MBSend us a Text Message. Biblical Geography informs interpretation. Our charge for today is to "Go TO HIM", Jesus. Where do we find Him? OUTSIDE the Gate, OUTSIDE the camp, OUTSIDE the city. Why? Because it is too shameful of an activity for Main Street. He's out there on the cross suffering a penalty for "the sin of the world" and "for the sin of one--me." (You won't appreciate that Jesus died for "the sin of the WORLD" until you appreciate that Jesus died for the sin of the ONE--me) Fa...
Remembering Leaders S22e63 Heb13:7
December 01, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.51 MBSend us a Text Message. Good leaders have a tough job in the Church. It's a high call to be qualified for that job and it is a high call to keep that job. For those who do, they are worth remembering. We would do best to call them to mind when we PRAY, and when we are GRATEFUL. They should have imitatable outcomes of their behavior, if they are getting the principles right. They should be humbled by their contact with the Almighty that happens with handling the Word correctly. Be grat...
Being Possessed Is My Most Valuable Asset S22e62 Heb13:5
November 30, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.81 MBSend us a Text Message. Contentment is the posture of the heart that treasures being God's possession. Contentment is NOT in what I possess. Contentment is in knowing Who I am possessed by. Our contentment here rests on our contentment there, being in the heart of God. Being possessed is my most valuable asset. Wrestle with me today for 7 minutes to be free from the the LOVE OF MONEY so we can be free to be loved and possessed by God. Let's get money right by looking at our relationshi...
Honoring Marriage S22e61 Heb13:4
November 29, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.52 MBSend us a Text Message. You can honor your marriage before you even get there. That would involve preserving what is only for marriage for the actual marriage. Lots of that has to do with your zipper. You can honor your marriage during your marriage. That is keeping what is only for marriage within the marriage. Lots of that has to do with your zipper. Everyone can honor marriage and hold it as a high value. Everyone you know in a marriage is doing a very hard thing. Typically, marriage...
God CONSUMES,& Doesn’t Consume S22e60 Heb12:29
November 28, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MBSend us a Text Message. God the Creator will someday "consume" His creation. Poof. Gone. His choice. But not everything will be on the menu. He preserves a couple of things: His KINGDOM and His people. There is an eternal party in heaven with the Godhead, angels and people of FAITH. Now they are people who have no real right to be there and have received GRACE and MERCY by faith. He warns us not to reject this invitation to the party; and don't reject the INVITOR. You get there by faith, ...
RSVP To A Heavenly PARTY S22e59 Heb12:22
November 27, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.2 MBSend us a Text Message. You are invited to a PARTY in heaven. You have an engraved invitation. God, who is all holy and just will be there, so there needs to be some satisfaction for your unholiness problem. Fortunately, Jesus is there to permanently fix that problem with "a better blood" than Moses or Able had access to. Lots of angels will be there at this "festal gathering". So will an assembled mass of once imperfect people now made perfect by a process way above their pay grade. You...
Work HARD For Something Given FREELY S22e58 Heb12:14
November 26, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.98 MBSend us a Text Message. God is in the holiness business, but to what extent am I in the holiness business? We are asked to RUN HARD after something ONLY GOD CAN GIVE. We are asked to STRIVE toward a holiness that is only sourced from God. God is in the holiness business. I am involved in the RELENTLESS PURSUIT of holiness business. I am to RUN AFTER a grace that only God can give. Let God do His fine work of sharing holiness and grace. Let us do the striving, strengthening, and sweati...
Be Wrong, Be Soft, Be Better S22e57 Heb12:11
November 25, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.11 MBSend us a Text Message. If you know any wonderful spiritual people, they likely got that way one correction at a time. It didn't happen in a POOF. They seriously considered the question, "What could I be doing better?" Consider these three steps: BE WRONG. If you hear the Voice of conviction, that is a good thing. Worse is the silence of indifference. This is what Fathers do for sons. The first step is the Holy Spirit crying out: "You can do better here" BE SOFT. Be willing to be correcte...
Using The Future To Help With The Present S22e56 Heb12:1
November 24, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MBSend us a Text Message. You'll have a problem today. Everybody will. It will be very real, and very now. All you have is TODAY to act upon it. But today is not the only day we have to influence our situation. We have THE PAST examples and THE FUTURE promises to assist us. We are to use the past to help us with our present. look to this great surrounding cloud of witnesses that did it right look to Jesus and the perfect way that He did it Both of these used the future to help with the...
Sometimes You Gotta Wait. S22e55 Heb11:37
November 23, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.87 MBSend us a Text Message. Sometimes you gotta wait. But what if as you wait, you are mocked, flogged, chained, imprisoned, stoned to death, homeless, impoverished, and my personal favorite, sawn in two. Sometimes being in God's family is no picnic. We may not be facing these actual horrors like our forefathers and mothers, but we are facing something. Likely you'll have a bit of suffering today, if in no other way than in your resistance to temptation. Like the heroes mentioned you'll get tw...
REFUSING Release: Jerome Of Prague S22e54 Heb11:35
November 22, 2023 09:00 - 6 minutes - 4.81 MBSend us a Text Message. Jerome of Prague was scheduled to be burned at the stake in 1460. He was given the opportunity to be released by proclaiming that he no longer held his biblical beliefs. He was tempted and was tortured for 13 months and eventually he succumbed by recanting his beliefs. They didn't thoroughly believe him and wanted him to recant a second time. The Spirit must have been strong with him, for at his second opportunity, he "recanted his first recantation." That is, he...
The MAKER of The Strong S22e53 Heb11:34
November 21, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Hebrews highlights some who were "made strong out of weakness." So they started in bad circumstances with no known resources to bring to bear agains them. Their situation looked pretty grim. Then, in what seems sudden, is STRENGTH. But don't miss how they got from weakness to strength: There was a Maker. God is there in the making. He is the source and key element of the weak becoming strong. It is not how the circumstances find you. It is how the Lord sees you and...
Flag Etiquette For The Bible S22e52 1sam3:19
November 20, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MBSend us a Text Message. Flag étiquette dictates that a nation's flag should never touch the ground. It should never be 'dragged in the dirt' literally or figuratively. Similarly, the old prophet, judge, and interactor-with-God Samuel made a similar commitment to the Word of God. "Samuel grew and the Lord was with him, and he let none of His words fall to the ground." Samuel is a great example of faith for two things: He listened to God. He inclined his ear to HEAR the Words of God. "Spea...
David Sells His Music Catalog S22e51 Ps51:1.mp3
November 19, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.19 MBSend us a Text Message. Justin Bieber just sold his music catalog for $200 million; the Boss Bruce Springsteen for $500 million. I wonder how much DAVID's musical catalogue is worth? He wrote 75 of the 150 psalms so we already have his catalog published. It is here in his music where the two prominent features of David come together: his "heart": "I have found in David a man after My heart" his FAITH: "what David does with the Person of God while he waits for the promises of God to be ...
Faithful To An IMPERFECT People S22e50 Judges11:2
November 18, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.87 MBSend us a Text Message. Jephthah makes the Hall of Fame of faith because he choses to be faithful to the family of God even though they were not faithful to him. He choses community, even though they are imperfect. He choses the family of God despite the fact they weren't much of a family to him. He gets his identity right. He's in there for us today. Not everybody is blessed with perfect parents. Maybe there is family strife amongst siblings that centers around money. If so, you are i...
Gaining Only A BEGINNING S22e49 Judges16:28
November 17, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.11 MBSend us a Text Message. What if our WHOLE life of staying on MISSION only resulted in a beginning? Only in the start of something? What if at the very end of our life, we would not see the task complete, the promise fulfilled? Welcome to the life of SAMPSON. He had a task he was involved in every day of his life. His life even ended while "on task". Yet, what he accomplished was only the beginning of the end of the goal. He gained a beginning. One might say, he gained only a beginning...
NEW Courage For An OLD Conviction S22e48 Judges4:6
November 16, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.12 MBSend us a Text Message. What's the big deal with BARAK? He's a great example of applying NEW COURAGE to an OLD PROBLEM. Deborah, a prophetess of God, is the one who reminds him, "Hasn't the Lord ALREADY TOLD you about this? Hasn't He already promised that He'll be with you and will show up in your great battle?" Fortunately, the Lord is not silent in conviction. Perhaps the Lord has been spiritually tugging in you about something. Maybe it has to do with your tongue, or wallet, or eyes, or...
I Will Be With You! S22e47 Judges6:16
November 15, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.09 MBSend us a Text Message. We DO have time to consider how the Lord considers a nobody from the 12th Century BC: Gideon. "The Lord is with you o might man of valor". Gideon is thinking: Not quite. This is a terrible time. Very bad circumstance. I'm not brave, in fact at this very moment I'm hiding from the conquering Midianites. God is thinking: I am with you. You are a mighty man of valor. You will save Israel. You will be clothed with my Spirit. The BRIDGE between these two thoughts is FA...
Who BELONGS TO ME? S22e46 Heb11:31
November 14, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.44 MBSend us a Text Message. The hero of today's story is someone who gave parts of herself sexually to people who weren't her spouse. But this tale asks us to look beyond her sin (who of us has lived with perfect purity of zipper and mind?) to her FAITH. Honor Rahab "the prostitute" for not stopping there. She becomes Rahab the FAITHFUL. Of note, her faith gets to help those that belong to her. The benefits of her belief spilled out into her family and to those associated with her family. ...
We ALL Live In “Jericho” S22e45 Heb11:30 Josh6
November 13, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MBSend us a Text Message. All of us live in Jericho. We've all committed more than one sin. We all have before us the normal payment to satisfy justice: the giving of a life. Unfortunately, we are on the hook with our OWN LIVES. This is the part where no one actually wants justice, especially as it relates to my personal falling short. IMHO justice is one of the most unpalatable aspects of Christianity. Jericho gets what it justly deserves: destruction. Life for payment of sin. The destruc...
The Red Sea Isn’t Flat! S22e44 Heb11:29
November 12, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.34 MBSend us a Text Message. The Red Sea is DEEP. It is 1000m; 3500 feet; ⅔ of a mile down if you walked across it like the Israelites did. Every person "voted with their feet" as to whether they believed the Lord could hold those walls of water back. Every single person had faith, admirable faith, to make those steps down deep and then back out. Faith has a difficulty element: it is best applied in adversity and testing. Faith has a time element: it is exerted BEFORE we see how it all turns ...
Considered Sight Before Certain Sight S22e43 Heb11:26
November 11, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.22 MBSend us a Text Message. Faith is a considered "sight" before certain sight. Abraham considered God able even to raise the dead before he saw it. Sarah considered God faithful before she saw the endpoint. Moses considers the reproach of people around him as a valuable spiritual benefit. In fact, it is equated with the same reproach that Jesus received in the persecution He received when bringing in the New Kingdom. All these considered God in a certain way BEFORE they saw how it was all g...
Prayer Can TIME-TRAVEL S22e42 Heb11:20
November 10, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MBSend us a Text Message. Isaac throws a "prayer-pass" down the corridor of time and has FAITH that God will catch that pass in the future and have it be EFFECTIVE. It is a big ask. It assumes that God cares, that God hears now, that God can effect THEN. We are admiring historical people for things they do that please God; that is, for what they do that is FAITHFUL. We should be admiring and emulating Isaac for believing that prayer can time-travel and for believing in the One who can ef...
Faith In Raising Ability S22e41 Heb11:19
November 09, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.31 MBSend us a Text Message. Abraham is honored in Hebrews 11 for his faith in God's ability to RAISE FROM THE DEAD. He applied this faith in a circumstance of the possible sacrifice of his own son Isaac. In tension with this was his belief in God's promise that a big nation would come from this specifically named son. How could both things be true? God would have to raise Isaac from the dead. Similarly, a CRITICAL ELEMENT of OUR faith is our belief in God's ability to RAISE FROM THE DEAD. T...
We Have Enough S22e40 Heb11:13
November 08, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.17 MBSend us a Text Message. Faith is applied in Adversity. Maybe we could even say, faith is ONLY applied in adversity. It is the difficult circumstances that faith is actually applied. Faith is to have a long-view duration even unto death. Let's let it be said of you: "She died IN FAITH. At the end, she was FOUND IN HIM." We have ENOUGH to have faith in: We have the promise-Maker. We have the Promise-Speaker. We know enough about these promises to greet them from afar. We are on our HOME...
A World BEFORE Promises s22e39 Heb11:11
November 07, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 5.21 MBSend us a Text Message. We live in "A world BEFORE promises." We are plagued by circumstances we don't like: relational strife, infertility, loss, disappointment, & financial stress. The big issue is, HOW will we CONSIDER GOD in the meantime? To have faith, we have to have both ingredients: 1. Uncertain circumstances and 2. consideration of God in the right way. I KNOW you have #1. but do you have #2? Hebrews chapter 11 is a whole list of people who have both #1 AND #2. Sarah considere...
A CHANCE For Faith S22e38 Heb11:8
November 06, 2023 09:00 - 7 minutes - 4.91 MBSend us a Text Message. Today you will have a CHANCE FOR FAITH. There will be some circumstance where you will NOT NOW HOW IT IS GOING TO TURN OUT. That is the playing field that gives you a chance for FAITH. You'll have a chance to trust in the PERSON of God before the outcome is evident. Faith requires a NOT KNOWING (how it turns out) and a KNOWING (in the WHO of God). Like Abraham, we'll have some junior circumstances to exercise this faith. It might be in a temptation to be endured...
Reliance Before Revelation S22e37 Heb11:1
November 05, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.11 MBSend us a Text Message. What is faith? It is trust in the PERSON of God BEFORE the PROMISES of God care evident. It is knowing before seeing. There is a timing gap. Before we get everything all evident, there's something we are supposed to be doing. We are to have this faith before everything is clear. Faith is the reliance on His character before we have clarity. It is reliance before revelation. It is resting in the assurance of His character before it all has been made clear. Noa...
Jim Brown Visits The Cleveland Browns S22e36 Heb11:4
November 04, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.97 MBSend us a Text Message. The value of a visit from Hall-of-Famer Jim Brown to the NFL's Cleveland Browns would depend if I am a fan or I am a player. I'd hope the players would be taking NOTES and making videos, for they are PLAYERS of the same game. I'd hope they'd listen DESPERATELY. We should take the same care with the heros' accomplishments we hear of in Hebrews 11, the Hall of Fame of FAITH. I play in the field of faith, and so do you. We have something to learn from all the le...
God LOVES Endurance S22e35 Heb10:38.mp3
November 03, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBSend us a Text Message. God is pleased by endurance. It is a defining characteristic of every Christian of almost every day of their Christian journey. The only day you don't need endurance is your first day. Every other day requires some of this essential element. Hebrews flat out tell us, "You have need of endurance." No kidding. Thru what? Thru: sufferings and struggles. This is situational endurance attacks of verbal reproach and public affliction. This is verbal endurance having t...
God Was UNJUST S22e34 Heb10:29
November 02, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.16 MBSend us a Text Message. God was "unjust." God was unjust just one time. Jesus was innocent and received wrath. For those that receive Him, it is the great rescue. You don't want real justice for your sins. This is the best deal in all of history. It is the great exchange. Hear about a guy who SPURNS the Son; PROFANES the Blood; and MOCKS the Spirit of Grace. In short, he says, "I'm rejecting the rescue operation of God. I'll take my own penalty on my head." Rather than drawing near to ...
Forsaking Fellowship S22e33 Heb10:24
November 01, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.08 MBSend us a Text Message. God loves His people, as prickly as they may be. Those who have an increasing love for God will demonstrate it by having an increasing love for His people. Fellowship of believer to believer is very very very important to God. Yet, we may say, "Oh, I had a soccer game" or "I'm was really busy this week." The call today is not to FORSAKE what God loves. Do not abandon what He assigns. "Christian perseverance is a community endeavor". He asks us to CONSIDER this. E...
Your Presence Is Requested S22e32 Heb10:22
October 31, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.18 MBSend us a Text Message. The Lord saves you OUT of sin so He can save you INTO something way better. The Lord saves you OUT of sin and INTO relationship with Himself. Your presence is requested this day by God Himself. He is requesting you to DRAW NEAR with confidence. He wants you to BOLDLY approach the holy place and the holy Person of Jesus. How could you possibly do that? Only because He has made a way through the pesky sin problem. He is faithful and He is able to fix your sin problem...
Sin Forgiven. Sin Forgotten. S22e31 Heb10:17
October 30, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.25 MBSend us a Text Message. God goes to great trouble to save us OUT of sin. Why? Because He also desires to save us INTO something: an intimate relationship with Himself. He desires to give us MORE OF HIMSELF. He "puts away sin" to remove the barrier to relationship. God doesn't forget. He's omniscient. He knows the past, present and future. Then He does the IMPOSSIBLE to facilitate this relationship. He FORGETS. He remembers sin no more. Once again, God does the impossible to make a ...
Put Away Sin With 2 Words S22e30 Heb9:26
October 29, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.13 MBSend us a Text Message. God built this elaborate, complex, bloody system first on earth and then in heaven to do one thing: PUT AWAY SIN. The first required a LOT of blood and everything got covered with it. The second requires the blood of the only Precious One for all time. We've got this spiritual elephant in the room which is our sin problem. How exactly do I access that God designed, effective, powerful mechanism to deal with my sin problem? It only takes 2 words: "I've sinned" or m...
Once For All, 1 @ a Time S22e29 Heb9:12
October 28, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.08 MBSend us a Text Message. The book of Hebrews can be summarized in 3 words: "ONCE FOR ALL." It captures the idea that Jesus does something spiritually powerful and effective ONE time. It is a substitutionary act that it is done not for Himself but FOR people. It is for ALL people that are called and is sufficient for EVERY SIN in EVERY PERSON in EVERY ERA. But He doesn't draw ALL, all at once. In fact, the reality of this rescue mission is that He saves His all, ONE AT A TIME. So, you shoul...
Is Your Conscience Clean? S22e28 Heb9:9
October 27, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.91 MBSend us a Text Message. Is your conscience clean? I hope not. It is a crazy thing to say, but a guilty conscience is usually a prerequisite to coming to God. All the previous ways of dealing with sin have been inadequate and temporary. They left the conscience seared. At least they should leave the conscience seared if you don't deny, ignore or compare it to the worst guy you can think of. My prayer today is that you have MORE OF a guilty conscience. It is the beginning necessary to do s...
Is Jesus RETIRED On The La-Z-Boy? S22e27 Heb8:12
October 26, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.19 MBSend us a Text Message. Hebrews repeatedly makes the point that Jesus now is SEATED. Well, seated on what? On the La-Z-Boy like some retiree? Or is He a bit busier than that? He is a LIVING God He's writing His laws upon our HEART He's making a people He's upholding the universe He's being merciful toward our iniquities He's helping those on the difficult day of salvation He's helping those with temptations So, YES, Jesus is seated. But not on the La-Z-Boy. He's seated on a THRO...
A New Agreement With God S22e26 Heb8:10
October 25, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.33 MBSend us a Text Message. We have been waiting for this new agreement with God: I will put my laws into their minds I will write them on their hearts I will be their God They will be my people They shall all know me This new covenant is more local, more personal, more permanent, and more convicting. Now, it is not centered in buildings or tents or objects or boxes. It is in the souls of people. Hear more of this tomorrow by subscribing at bewithme.us or [email protected].
Do You Spiritually STINK? S22e25 Heb7:25
October 24, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.92 MBSend us a Text Message. If you spiritually STINK, you are in good company. Everybody, either was or is a stinker. God calls them enemies. Without His help He calls US His enemies. While we were His enemies, while we were spiritually stinking, He helps us. In fact, 100% of people who were saved spent 100% of their pre-saved lives being 100% spiritually stinky. God only saves sinners. God only saves enemies. God only saves stinkers. Listen today for the great remedy for the spiritually ...
DRAW NEAR To Indestruction S22e24 Heb7:16
October 23, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.08 MBSend us a Text Message. Jesus has done His part. He's the maker of this better covenant based on the power of His INDESTRUCTIBLE life. He is ABLE TO SAVE. He's qualified, ready and able. He asks us to do our part. Who is it that Jesus saves? Jesus is able to save completely those who are willing to be saved; those who draw near to God through Him. If that is you, then know that God is at work. No one comes unless the Father draw him or her Jn 6:44. He's made this access point through whi...
Jesus The SUPER-PRIEST S22e23 Heb7:1
October 22, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.16 MBSend us a Text Message. Hebrews makes the case that Jesus is the SUPER-PRIEST: effective, permanent, unrivaled, and strong. To do so, the writer goes all the way back to our super-relative Abram, before he even got his full name from God. He does this super-brave thing in Genesis 14 after his not so super-nephew LOT, of salt-fame, gets captured by a Mesopotamian super-army of 4 kings. Abram attacks with his 318 men and wins with the Lord's help. On the way home, Abram encounters the super...
What’s My SOUL Anchored To? S22e22 Heb6:19
October 21, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.99 MBSend us a Text Message. What is my SOUL Anchored to? It's important because we live in the storms of life. So, how solid is the anchor of my soul? God's promised some shiny wonderful things, but how reliable are the promises? What are they founded upon? Historically, two things: His WORD that is permanent. God cannot lie His CHARACTER that is permanent. God does not change. Hebrews adds a third: the anchor of my soul is being held by JESUS. I am attached to the solid rock of Jesus. I...
Serving On Your First Day S22e21 Heb6:10
October 20, 2023 08:00 - 6 minutes - 4.69 MBSend us a Text Message. Listen as I tell you a great story about my nephew, who began SERVING in the church ON HIS FIRST DAY in the church! He illustrates and brings life to our passage today in Hebrews 6. Do you love God? SHOW ME by serving His saints. Do you love His name? Then love practically the people of His name. Do you love what God has done for you? Demonstrate it by doing for His church. Don't be sluggish. Be an imitator of my nephew's good example. Are you a lover? Then be a s...
Offered MERCY, But Chose JUSTICE S22e20 Heb6:6
October 19, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 4.91 MBSend us a Text Message. Nobody wants JUSTICE when it relates to our own sinfulness. Nobody wants to pay the price of justice for our personal errors. So our dear Lord makes another way. He sends Jesus to take the penalty for us. He gives us MERCY if we spiritually agree with Him. Yet, there are some who know a lot about Jesus, who perhaps have attended church, listened to sermons, stuck their toe into Christian fellowship, have "tasted" the mercy of God and said, "NO! NOT FOR ME. I'LL M...
You Have CAPACITY & ABILITY S22e19 Heb5:14
October 18, 2023 08:00 - 7 minutes - 5.05 MBSend us a Text Message. Good news to the Hebrews: You have CAPACITY and ABILITIES. Bad news: You aren't using it to the extent that you should. There are serious things we gotta talk about and you should be ready for them, but you're not. You are immature. But, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED for maturity. So: Train your ears to LISTEN. You're not hard of hearing, you are just hardly hearing! You just aren't listening. Train your spiritual diet for MATURITY. Time to move on a little from t...