Great Bible Truths with Dr David Petts
282 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDr David Petts is an international speaker and author who is best known for his 27 years as Principal at Mattersey Hall Bible College and his in-depth but easily understood teaching on the Holy Spirit. Now retired, he enjoys preaching locally and sometimes further afield. These podcasts are your opportunity to experience Dr Petts' teaching first hand!
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173 The Presence of God Sermon Audio
February 25, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBTHE PRESENCE OF GOD I have four main points: The privilege we have to enter God’s presence God’s presence brings wonderful blessings The promise of his presence is made only to his covenant people God’s presence is experienced both individually and corporately A Biblical Overview At the beginning man and woman lived in and enjoyed the presence of God. Sadly because of disobedience they were cut off from God’s presence. Like them we too have disobeyed him and were cut off ...
172 Colossians Talk 7 - The Means of Spreading the Gospel – how?
February 18, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 21.4 MBColossians Talk 7. The Means of Spreading the Gospel – how? Welcome to the final talk in our series, Themes from Colossians. So far in this series we have considered: The Supremacy of Christ - who he is (Talk 1) Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us (Talks 2&3) Living for Christ - what we should do for him (Talks 4&5) Our final theme is: Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ – what, why, where, how (Talks 6&7) In Talk 6 we considered: What is the gospel – what? ...
171 Colossians Talk 6 - Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ - what, why, where
February 11, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MBTalk 6. Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ - what, why, where This is the sixth talk in our series on Themes from Colossians. So far we’ve considered: The Supremacy of Christ - who he is (Talk 1) Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us (Talks 2&3) Living for Christ - what we should do for him (Talks 4&5) Our final theme is: Proclaiming the Gospel of Christ – what, why, where, how Today we’ll consider: What is the gospel – what? The purpose of the gospel – why?...
170 Colossians Talk 5 - Living for Christ - What we should do for him (2)
February 04, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBTalk 5. Living for Christ - what we should do for him (2) Welcome to Talk 5 in our series on Themes from Colossians. In Talk 1 we saw the Supremacy of Christ - who he is. In Talks 2&3 we considered our Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us. We saw that on the cross: Jesus defeated the enemy He has redeemed us from his power He rescued us from his dominion He has forgiven our sins and set us free from the Law of the OT He has made us alive with Christ He has qualified us to s...
169 Colossians Talk 4 - Living for Christ - What we should do for him
January 28, 2022 06:00 - 16 minutes - 16.3 MBTalk 4. Living for Christ - what we should do for him Welcome to the fourth talk in our series on Themes from Colossians. In Talk 1 we saw the Supremacy of Christ - who he is. In Talks 2&3 we considered our Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us. We saw that: On the cross Jesus defeated the enemy He has redeemed us from his power He rescued us from his dominion As a result He has forgiven our sins and set us free from the Law of the OT He has made us aliv...
168 Colossians Talk 3 - Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us (2)
January 21, 2022 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBTalk 3. Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us (2) Welcome to the third talk in our series Themes from Colossians. In our first talk we considered The Supremacy of Christ - who he is. Basing our thoughts mainly on Colossians 1:15-20, we saw that: Jesus is God Jesus is eternal Jesus is creator Jesus is sustainer Jesus is head over all things Jesus is our saviour In Talk 2 we began to examine our freedom in Christ and what he has done for us. We concentrated on Col. 1:12-1...
167 Colossians Talk 2 - Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us (1)
January 14, 2022 06:00 - 20 minutes - 19.6 MBTalk 2. Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us (1) Welcome to the second talk in our series Themes from Colossians. Last time we considered The Supremacy of Christ - who he is. Basing our thoughts mainly on Colossians 1:15-20, we saw that: Jesus is God Jesus is eternal Jesus is creator Jesus is sustainer Jesus is head over all things Jesus is saviour Today and next time we’ll be looking at Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us Today’s passage is Colos...
166 Colossians Talk 1 - The Supremacy of Christ
January 07, 2022 06:00 - 17 minutes - 17.1 MBThemes from Colossians Welcome back to Great Bible Truths with (me), Dr David Petts. Today we’re starting a new series with the overall title of Themes from Colossians. We’ll be considering four major themes from this wonderful letter which Paul wrote to the church at Colossae. Outline The Supremacy of Christ - who he is Talk 1: Colossians 1:15-20 Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us Talk 2: Colossians 1:12-14 Talk 3: Colossians 2:9-15 Living for Christ -...
166 Colossians Talk 1 - The Supremacy of Christ
January 07, 2022 06:00Themes from Colossians Welcome back to Great Bible Truths with (me), Dr David Petts. Today we’re starting a new series with the overall title of Themes from Colossians. We’ll be considering four major themes from this wonderful letter which Paul wrote to the church at Colossae. Outline The Supremacy of Christ - who he is Talk 1: Colossians 1:15-20 Freedom in Christ - what he has done for us Talk 2: Colossians 1:12-14 Talk 3: Colossians 2:9-15 Living for Christ -...
165 Christ the Firstborn
December 24, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBChrist the Firstborn At this time of the year the traditional Christmas readings make us familiar with the fact that Jesus was Mary’s firstborn son: Matthew 1:25 KJV (Joseph) knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. Luke 2:7 KJV And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. But perhaps we are less familia...
164 Learning from the life of Jesus
December 17, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes - 28 MBLessons from their lives. Talk 30. JESUS Welcome to Talk 30 in our series, Lessons from their lives. This is the final talk in the series and our subject today is the Lord Jesus. If you’re already wondering why I am only giving one talk on the life of Jesus, it’s because between March and June 2019 I gave weekly talks on various aspects of Jesus’ life and ministry. You can find them by visiting my website www.davidpetts.org What’s more, as we are approaching Christmas, next we...
163 Paul - Part 3 - What to do in an impossible situation
December 10, 2021 16:39 - 26 minutes - 23.3 MBLessons from their lives. Talk 29. Paul (Part Three) Welcome to Talk 29 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today we conclude our thoughts on the life of the apostle Paul. We began by looking at his conversion. Last time we contrasted how God used him powerfully in evangelism, working many miracles through him, with the suffering and persecution he experienced in the cause of the gospel. Today we’ll be considering Paul’s last recorded words as we find them in 2 Tim. 4. My...
162 Paul - Part 2 - Miracles and Suffering
December 03, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.5 MBLessons from their lives - Talk 28 Paul (Part Two) Welcome to Talk 28 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today we continue with the subject of Paul. Last time, we talked about Paul’s conversion and the vision he received on the Damascus Road. We noted, among other things, that the Lord Jesus revealed to Paul: God’s purpose for his life Acts 26:16 Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of m...
161 Paul - Part 1 - Paul's Vision
November 26, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MBLessons from their lives - Talk 27 Paul (Part 1). Acts 26:19 Welcome to Talk 27 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Paul. We’ll be concentrating on Acts 26:19 where Paul is on trial before Agrippa and declares, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. We’ll be spending more than one talk on Paul and so today we’ll begin with the vision he received on the road to Damascus which is recorded for us initially in Acts 9 and then again in Paul’s own words i...
160 Philip’s four prophesying daughters
November 19, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 21.8 MBPhilip’s four daughters (Acts 21:9) At the beginning of Acts 21 Paul is towards the conclusion of his third missionary journey on his way back to Jerusalem. Luke, who was one of Paul’s companions on this journey mentions various places where they stopped. In v 9 he records that they arrived at Caesarea and stayed with Philip the evangelist for several days. The major event described there is the arrival of the prophet Agabus from Judea to prophesy over Paul. But he mentions in verse 9 t...
159 Philip the Evangelist
November 12, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes - 25.4 MBLessons from their lives. Talk 25. Philip the Evangelist Welcome to talk 25 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Philip the evangelist. This Philip is not Philip the apostle, but the Philip who was one of the seven men, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, who were chosen to help with the administration of food to the poor widows in Acts 6:1-6 and who is described in Acts 21:8-9 as Philip the evangelist who was living at Caesarea and who had four daughters with th...
158 Peter in the book of Acts
November 05, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26 MBLessons from their lives Talk 24. Peter (Part Two) Welcome to talk 24 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Last time we began to look at the life of Peter, concentrating mainly on the accounts in the gospels. We saw how Jesus was moulding Peter in order to make him a fisher of men. From the story of Peter walking on the water, we saw that Peter needed to learn to keep looking to the Lord, whatever the outward circumstances might be. From the story of Peter confessing that J...
157 Peter - Pre-Pentecost
October 29, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 22.4 MBLessons from their lives. Talk 23. Peter (Part One) Welcome to talk 23 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Last time we were considering the call of the four fisherman in Matthew 4. We saw seven lessons that we can learn about winning others for Jesus: Winning others for Jesus means calling them to repentance You don’t need a special call to tell others about Jesus Winning others for Jesus may well involve a complete change in lifestyle This may involve forsaking one’s means ...
156 The Four Fishermen - fishing for people
October 22, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20 MBGreat Bible Truths with Dr David Petts Lessons from their lives Talk 22 - The four fishermen Welcome to Talk 22 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is the four fishermen, Peter, Andrew, James and John. We’ll begin by reading Matthew 4:17-22. From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’ As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were castin...
155 Thomas - Believing Without Seeing
October 15, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 155 Lessons from their lives Talk 21 - Thomas Welcome to Talk 21 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Last time we looked at John the Baptist and saw that, although he was described by Jesus as the greatest of the prophets, he was nevertheless subject to doubt. We looked at the nature of his doubt, the cause of his doubt, and the remedy for doubt. Today I have chosen as our subject Thomas, who is also well known for his doubts. You will doubtless - ...
154 John the Baptist - Dealing with Doubt
October 08, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 22.9 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 154 Lessons from their lives, talk 20 - John the Baptist Welcome to talk 20 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is John the Baptist. Jesus said he was the greatest man who ever lived! Filled with the Spirit from his mother’s womb... ...he had been chosen by God to prepare the way of the Lord. He preached that people should repent – and they did! All Jerusalem and all Judea went out to be baptised by John in the J...
153 Mary - What makes miracles possible?
October 01, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBLessons from their lives. Talk 19. Mary Welcome to talk 19 in our series lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Mary the mother of Jesus. The passage we will be looking at is Luke 1:26-56. The version I am using today is the ESV. It would be good, if you can, to have your bible open in Luke 1. As it is a lengthy passage I won’t take time to read it all, but here’s a brief summary. A young woman called Mary is pledged to be married to a man named Joseph. The passage mak...
152 Zechariah and Elizabeth - Trusting God with long-standing problems
September 24, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 152 Lessons from their lives Talk 18 Zechariah and Elizabeth Luke 1:5-25 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very ol...
151 Jonah - God has a plan!
September 17, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 21.7 MBLessons from their lives Podcast Episode 151 Lessons from their lives talk 17 - Jonah Welcome to talk 17 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Jonah. To remind ourselves of the story we’ll read the first chapter and then a few verses from chapters 2 and 3. Jonah 1:1-17 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.’ But Jonah ran away from the Lord a...
150 Daniel - Innocence, Character, Gifting
September 10, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.1 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 150 Lessons from their lives - Talk 16 - Daniel - Innocence, Character, Gifting Welcome to Talk 16 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Daniel, a man whose life powerfully affected world rulers and brought them to acknowledge the greatness of God. After the well known story of Daniel’s deliverance from the den of lions, listen to what the powerful emperor Darius wrote: I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people mu...
149 Ezekiel - Amazing Manifestations
September 03, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 29.2 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 149 Lessons from their lives Talk 15 - Ezekiel Welcome to talk 15 in our series lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Ezekiel. In our last talk we were looking at Jeremiah who was called by the Lord to minister to God’s people in Jerusalem. Ezekiel lived at the same time in Babylon and prophesied to God’s people who were exiled in captivity there. Ezekiel 1:1-3 In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the...
148 Jeremiah - Ministering to a Rebellious People
August 27, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.8 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 148 Lessons from their lives Talk 14 - Jeremiah Welcome to Talk 14 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Jeremiah. If you can, please have your Bible open at Jeremiah chapters 1 and 2. We will be considering: The people to whom he was called to minister The privilege he enjoyed in this situation The preparation he received for this formidable task The pronouncements of judgement he was called to deliver The protectio...
147 Uzziah - Secrets and Dangers of Success
August 20, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 147 Lessons from their lives Talk 13 - Uzziah - Secrets and Dangers of Success Welcome to Talk 13 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Uzziah, the king of Judah who was highly successful in many ways, but who in the end failed miserably. His story is found in 2 Chronicles 26. But first, let’s make it clear that it is God’s will for his people that they should be successful! Joshua 1:7-8 Be strong and very courageous. Be car...
146 Elisha - Determination, Commitment, Zeal
August 13, 2021 06:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 146 Lessons from their lives Talk 12 - Elisha Welcome to Talk 12 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Elisha. Elisha is one of the best known of the Old Testament prophets. He is well known for the amazing miracles he performed. These are mainly found in 2 Kings chapters 2-6 and include: Parting the waters of the Jordan (2 Kings 2:14) Multiplying the widow’s oil (4:1ff) Restoring the Shunamite’s son to life ...
145 Elijah - A man just like us
August 06, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 26.1 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 145 Lessons from their lives Talk 11 - Elijah Welcome to talk 11 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Elijah and we will be looking at a variety of verses from 1 Kings 17-19. We’ll be considering: The times he lived in The kind of person he was The results of his obedience to God A. The times he lived in The times E lived in, in many ways were similar to today: The nation and its leadership wer...
144 Benaiah - Performing Great Exploits
July 30, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 144 Lessons from their lives Talk 10 Benaiah - Performing Great Exploits Welcome to talk 10 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Benaiah. Benaiah was one of David’s mighty men and we’re given a summary of his exploits in 2 Samuel 23 :20-21. 20 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a valiant fighter from Kabzeel, who performed great exploits. He struck down two of Moab's best men (KJV ‘lion-like’). He also went down into a pit ...
143 David - When your problem could hardly be bigger!
July 23, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 143 Lessons from their lives talk 9: David - When your problem could hardly be bigger! Welcome to talk 9 in our series, Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is David, and in particular the story of David and Goliath found in 1 Samuel 17:1-53. The story is well known, so I won’t take time to read all 53 verses. As we’ve said many times in these talks, the victories won by God’s people in the Old Testament serve as illustrations of how we can be vi...
142 Jonathan - When God’s people feel outnumbered and powerless
July 16, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBGreat Bible Truths Episode 142 Lessons from their lives Talk 8: Jonathan - When God’s people feel outnumbered and powerless Welcome to talk 8 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Jonathan. We’ll begin by reading a selection of verses from 1 Samuel 13 and 14. 1 Samuel 13:5-7 The Philistines assembled to fight Israel, with three thousand chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at ...
141 Samuel - God's answer to the state of the nation
July 08, 2021 13:21 - 23 minutes - 19.5 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 141 Lessons from their lives: Talk 7 Samuel - God’s response to the state of the nation Welcome to talk 7 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today we are looking at Samuel. I think that those of us who love the word of God are increasingly concerned at the way in which modern society pays little attention to the things that God has clearly declared in his word. And the situation is not helped by church leaders who fail to take a stand for bi...
140 Gideon Part 3 - Raising up an army
July 02, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 21.2 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 140 Lessons from their lives Talk 6: Gideon (Part 3) - Raising up an army Welcome to talk 6 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today we’ve reached the final section of our talks on Gideon. So far we’ve seen how when God’s people were in defeat because they had disobeyed the Lord, when they turned back to him God raised up a leader. Last time we saw three things that were essential in preparing for victory: Destroying your idols The power of the ...
139 Gideon Part 2 - Preparing for Victory
June 25, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 21.3 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 139 Lessons from their lives Talk 5: Gideon (Part 2) - Preparing for Victory Welcome to talk 5 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today we’re continuing with Gideon. Looking at Judges 6, we saw last time that God’s people were: On the defensive In hiding Engaged in unproductive activity Sowing much and reaping little Impoverished Experiencing no miracles We saw that the apparent cause of the problem was the Midianites but th...
138 Gideon Part 1 - Leading God's People out of defeat
June 18, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 21.6 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 138 Lessons from their lives talk 4: Gideon Welcome to Talk 4 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today we’re talking about Gideon. In fact I have so much material on Gideon that it will take three talks to cover the subject. But it’s an important one. God used Gideon to lead his people from a place of defeat to a place of victory, and there are so many lessons we can learn from his story that are very relevant to our situation today. Ther...
137 Joshua - Leadership Lessons
June 11, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 137 Lessons from their lives Talk 3: Joshua Welcome to talk 3 in our series Lessons from their lives. Today our subject is Joshua. We’re looking particularly at Joshua 1 where we read that Moses has died and that God commissions Joshua to lead his people into Canaan, the land that God had promised them. Very often, traditionally, for us as God’s people today, the Promised Land has been taken to symbolise Heaven and the River Jordan is seen as symbolis...
136 The Call of Moses
June 04, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 136 Lessons from their lives Talk 2: The Call of Moses Welcome to talk 2 in our series Lessons from their lives. Last time, Abraham. Today, Moses. The passage we’ll be considering is Exodus 2:23 - 4:17 We’ll start at Exodus 2:23 23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he re...
135 Abraham - Fear and Faith
May 28, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes - 20.1 MBLessons from their lives. Talk 1. Abraham Welcome to the first talk in a new series where we’ll be looking at Bible characters and seeing what lessons we can learn from certain aspects of their lives. Of course, the Bible itself sets a clear precedent for doing this. 1 Corinthians 10:11 teaches us that the things that happened to God’s people in the past were written down as examples for our instruction. So we can learn from their lives. We learn from their experience. Today our ...
134 The Promises of God - Talk 15 - Responding to God’s Promises
May 21, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 134 The Promises of God Talk 15 Responding to God’s Promises Welcome to the final talk in our series on the promises of God. I want to talk today about how we should respond to God’s promises, but first a summary of what we’ve been saying so far. Among the many things we have learned is that God’s wonderful promises are fulfilled in Christ and the salvation which he purchased for us by his death on the cross and which will be completed when he com...
133 The Promises of God - Talk 14 - Promises of Answered Prayer
May 14, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 133 The Promises of God Talk 14 Promises of Answered Prayer In the New Testament there are many passages where Jesus promises that God will answer prayer and, if like me you’ve been a Christian for some time you will probably have seen many wonderful answers to prayer. But, if we’re honest, we have to admit that there have also been many prayers that have not been answered - at least in the way we would like them to be. Someone once said that God ...
132 The Promises of God - Talk 13 - Promises of Healing
May 07, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 132 The Promises of God Talk 13 Promises of healing All the promises we have looked at so far are specifically referred to as promises in the New Testament. Surprisingly, nowhere is the word promise used to refer to healing, but that does not mean that there are no promises of healing in the Bible. There most certainly are - although some people claim Bible verses as promises of healing which most certainly are not! In this talk I will not b...
131 The Promises of God - Talk 12 - The Promise of Christ's Coming
April 30, 2021 06:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast 131 The Promises of God Talk 12 The Promise of Christ's Coming Talk 12. The Promise of Christ’s Coming So far in this series we have considered promises made by God that are actually referred to as promises in the New Testament. By that I mean that the word promise is specifically used in connection with the particular blessing that is being promised. These have included: The promise of salvation The promise of righteousness The promise of so...
130 The Promises of God - Talk 11 - The Promise of the Holy Spirit
April 23, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 130 The Promises of God Talk 11 The Promise of the Holy Spirit We finished our last talk by saying that, although God’s promise of a wonderful inheritance is something we have to wait for, there is a foretaste of it available to us right now in the promise of the Holy Spirit. Paul reminds the Ephesians that after they had heard the gospel and believed in Jesus they were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance ...
129 The Promises of God - Talk 10 - The Promise of an Inheritance
April 16, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 16 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 129 The Promises of God Talk 10 The Promise of an Inheritance In earlier talks we have seen that, among the promises included as part of our salvation, there are promises of righteousness and adoption as God’s children. These are closely related to the subject of this talk, the promise of a wonderful inheritance. Titus 3:7 tells us that having been justified (made righteous) by God’s grace we have become heirs according to the hope of etern...
128 The Promises of God - Talk 9 - The Promise of Eternal Life
April 09, 2021 06:00 - 17 minutes - 16.5 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 128 The Promises of God Talk 9 The Promise of Eternal Life In our last talk we looked at the wonderful promise of victory over death. We concentrated our attention mainly on 1 Corinthians 15 and saw that Christ’s resurrection guarantees ours. Today our subject is the promise of eternal life, which is clearly closely related. Since victory over death is guaranteed, it must surely follow that we have eternal life. This is confirmed in 1 Thessalonians 4:...
127 The Promises of God - Talk 8 - The Promise of Victory over Death
April 02, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 17.5 MBTalk 8. The Promise of Victory over Death In Talk 3 we saw that the resurrection of Jesus was a key part of the fulfilment of God’s promises (Acts 13:32-33). We also took a brief look at 1 Corinthians 15 and saw that Christ’s resurrection guarantees ours. Today we’re going to examine this in more detail. Focusing our attention largely on 1 Corinthians 15, we’ll be considering: Why we can be sure about Christ’s resurrection Why we can be sure about our resurrection What our new...
126 The Promises of God - Talk 7 - The Promise of Sonship
March 26, 2021 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.8 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 126 The Promises of God Talk 7 The Promise of Sonship In Talk 3 we saw that one aspect of the salvation that God has promised is the fact that all those who have put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ are the children of God. As Paul says in Romans 9, it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring (v8). As believers in the Lord Jesus then we are the children of the promise. W...
125 The Promises of God - Talk 6 - The Promise of Righteousness
March 19, 2021 06:00 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBGreat Bible Truths Podcast Episode 125 The Promises Of God Talk 6 The Promise of Righteousness In Talk 3 we saw six aspects of our salvation that in the NT are related to the word promise. We are made righteous by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ We are God’s children We will rise from the dead We have eternal life We have a glorious inheritance awaiting us We have a foretaste of our inheritance in the gift of the Holy Spirit. In this talk we’re going to look at t...