GRINDIT podcast
351 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago -Let's face it...life sometimes is hard and can just suck. When we are faced with life's challenges we can be discouraged, get tired, and become weary. What we need is motivation, encouragement, and a helping hand that keeps us going. That's the idea of GRINDIT! We find our strength to endure when we focus on Jesus. God's own Son wasn't exempt from life's challenges and He didn't do anything to deserve what he went through! And yet He did...willingly, therefore we find our hope in Him.
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Episode 347: James 1 Part 3 What Does God Know?
April 15, 2024 01:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBWhen our world is upside down and it seems like chaos is all we deal with, when it seems like we can’t catch a break because life is kicking our butt, James says, “Ask God for wisdom.” He has already told his readers that troubles will come, and now he says, “When trouble comes, ask God for wisdom.” For someone to have wisdom, they have to experience something, then, once on the other side of the storm, they have dealt with the issue, they have endured, and now they can help others who are fa...
Episode 346: James 1 Part 2 Praying and Doubting Gets You Nothing!
April 11, 2024 20:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWhen our world is upside down and it seems like chaos is all we deal with, when it seems like we can’t catch a break because life is quacking our butt, James says, “Ask God for wisdom.” He has already told his readers that troubles will come, and now he says, “When trouble comes, ask God for wisdom.” For someone to have wisdom, they have to experience something, then, once on the other side of the storm, they have dealt with the issue, they have endured, and now they can help others who are f...
Episode 345: James 1 Part 1 Leading During A Storm
April 08, 2024 01:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBJames just tells us like it is in his letter and he doesn’t waste any time getting started! He is writing to the Jewish Christians who have been scattered because of persecution. He tells them to consider what they are going through and let it build their endurance. In fact, the word “consider” actually means to be a leader during the hard times. We, as followers of Jesus, should be full of joy when hard times come and people should be able to follow our example during the hard times in life ...
Episode 344: Mark 16 Part 1 Empty Tomb...Doubting Disciples...
April 01, 2024 23:15 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBJesus has told his followers that he would be betrayed, killed, buried, but that he would be raised back to life on the third day. None of the disciples ever got it despite being told many times! Not even the women and they are much better listeners than men! Verse 1 says Mary Magdalene went and bought spices to bring to the tomb to put on Jesus' body which tells me she was expecting there to be a body in that tomb. As she and two other women were walking tomb, they were discussing who they...
Episode 343: Mark 15 Part 4 What Does the Cross Mean To You?
March 28, 2024 19:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBWhat Does the Cross Mean To You? This is the question we cover in this podcast. We dive in to some ideas and verses that talk about the crucifixion and why Jesus had to die on the cross. To experience what real love is and to know God chose us while we enemies is mind blowing! You too can answer the same question...What does the cross mean to you?!?!
Episode 342: Mark 15 Part 3 Hung Out To Dry
March 25, 2024 01:30 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBJesus has been flogged and now he is crucified. It has happened just as he told his disciples on several occasions. Jesus was beaten beyond recognition, he was so weak he couldn't carry the cross so Simon had to help, he was nailed to there cross and put on public display to be humiliated for six hours. He would struggle to breathe in so much pain and agony when he cries out for the last time and dies. Joseph of Arimathea comes to Pilate and asks to bury the body of Jesus. Why did Jesus die s...
Episode 341: Mark 15 Part 2 Crowd Pleasing
March 21, 2024 17:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBThere were two guys names Jesus when Jesus the Messiah was on trial before Pilate: Jesus the Messiah and Jesus Barabbas. Jesus Barabbas' name means "Son of the Father" which is ironic when Jesus the Messiah is THE Son of the Father! Jesus Barrabas was a murderer for he had risen up against the Roman government to over throw it but was unsuccessful in his attempt; captured and jailed for killing. Jesus the Messiah was 100% innocent, he has done nothing wrong, and the religious leaders has been...
Episode 340: Mark 15 Part 1 Silent But Deadly Stinks
March 18, 2024 01:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBAll of the religious leaders have been vocal about Jesus for three years now. They don't like him, in fact, they hate him nd want him dead. From the time he started working miracles and the crowds started following him instead of them, they started plotting to kill him. They finally have their chance thanks to Judas, and they have stayed up all night hurling accusations at a mock trial they have conjured up. They have delivered Jesus to Pilate trying to convince him that Jesus deserves to die...
Episode 339: Mark 14 Part 2 A Denial and Heavy Eyelids
March 11, 2024 01:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBJesus and his disciples have finished the Passover meal and are headed to the Garden of Gethsemane so he can pray about what is to come. On the way there, he tells the disciples they will all deny him and Peter makes the infamous statement, "I will die with you and will never deny you!" and Jesus tells him, "You'll deny me three times before the rooster crows." When they get tto the garden, Jesus asks them to watch and pray but they fall asleep...three times. I know we all want to believe we ...
Episode 338: Mark 14 Part 1 The Time Has Come
March 04, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBJesus is having his last Passover meal with his disciples. He will be dead in a few days and it will totally blow their minds. Despite having told them many times, they just never got it, they didn't understand. While he is in the home of a Pharisee, a woman comes in and pours oil on his body and some of the disciples are indignant. They couldn't believe this woman had wasted so much money on this oil and the should have spent the money on the poor. Yet, before the night is over, one of them ...
Episode 337: Revelation 16-18
February 29, 2024 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBThe sermon I preached at Authentic Church from our Revelation series. I was assigned Revelation 16-18 so I brought out several points from those three chapters: 1. Be ready. 2. Where is your treasure? 3. Don't underestimate the power of the enemy. 4. If you're angry at God, it is OK...just don't give up on Him. 5. God sends out an invitation for us all to come out of sin and be with Him.
Episode 336: Mark 13 Be Alert! Keep Watch!
February 26, 2024 01:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBAs we see wars going on today, as we hear of earthquakes and crazy weather patterns, people point to the return of Jesus Christ. In Mark 13, the disciples are in awe of the Temple and the beautiful buildings but Jesus blows their minds when he tells them, "This building will soon be destroyed and not one stone will be on top of another." What's crazy is, the smallest stone that was used to build the Temple weighed at least 2 tons! These stones were ginormous!!! Jesus gives the disciples some ...
Episode 335: Mark 12 The Bold and Courageous
February 22, 2024 20:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBThe religious leaders thought they were bold and courageous but as we see Jesus march into Jerusalem and expose them for who they really are, cowards, the one who is actually bold and courageous shows out, Jesus. He has went to the Temple, cleansed it out by overturning the money tables and driving the people out that was selling the animals for sacrifices for profit, and now he tells a story about an owner of a vineyard who sent servants in to gather some of the crops and money but the hired...
Episode 334: Mark 11 Part 2 Jesus Observes and Takes Notice
February 21, 2024 01:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBJesus goes into Jerusalem with no fear and faces his enemies, the religious leaders, head on. He cleanses the Temple from their greediness, and they want to know where he is getting his authority from. Jesus asks them a question and they don’t answer it and therefore, Jesus doesn’t give them an answer to their question. Mark points out that Jesus came to the Temple and observed what was happening. Again, nothing gets past God, He sees everything and knows everything. God was walking around in...
Episode 333: Mark 11 Part 1 Jesus Enters Jerusalem
February 16, 2024 21:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBJesus enters Jerusalem riding a donkey. Why did he choose a donkey and not a horse? Kings who were coming ready for war rode a horse. Kings who were coming in peace rode a donkey. Jesus is called the “Prince of Peace” and he has been peaceful since the beginning. However, after entering Jerusalem, he goes to the Temple and isn’t so peaceful as he wreaks havoc on those selling animals to make sacrifices. He overturns their money tables and releases the animals while scolding the religious lead...
Episode 332: Mark 10 Part 4 When You Get Mad at God...
February 11, 2024 22:45 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBAre you mad at God? Have you ever been mad at God? If so, how do you handle it? How did you handle it? We cover this topic in this podcast to help you find some encouragement to keep the faith and not be discouraged!
Episode 331: Mark 10 Part 3 What Can I Do For You?
February 08, 2024 17:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBPhone rings...man answers, "Jesus' catering service. What can I do for you?" Isn't this how we treat God? Blind Bartimaeus was calling out to Jesus for help and the crowd was trying to silence him, telling him to shut up! The more they tried to get him to quiet down, the louder he got! And it worked! He got his healing right there in front of those who tried to silence him. Don't let the enemy steal your voice...Speak up! Yell! Do whatever you have to in order to get Jesus' attention! Also in...
Episode 330: Mark 10 Part 2 Could You Say No to Jesus?
February 06, 2024 00:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBThe rich young ruler comes running up to Jesus in excitement, kneels down before him, and asks what he needs to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus begins to tell him and he interrupts to let Jesus know he had been doing all of that stuff his whole life. He's a sure in for heaven...right?!?! Not so much...Mark says Jesus loved the guy and he says to him, "Go sell your stuff, give all the money to the poor, then come and follow me." The guy's countenance changed immediately and he was heartbroke...
Episode 329: Mark 10 Part 1 Divorce and Remarriage
February 01, 2024 16:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBMark 10 is all about the heart! How fitting since we are close to Valentine's Day. The Pharisees are wanting to test Jesus so the interrupt his teaching to ask a question about divorce. They don't car what he really thinks about it...they just want to know if his doctrine lines up with theirs hoping they can trap him and prove he is not the Messiah. Once again, they are put in their place publicly and Jesus goes on about his business.
Episode 328: Mark 9 Part 3 Are You Feeling Salty?
January 29, 2024 01:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MBJesus told the disciples he was going to be betrayed, die, and come back to life but the disciples were more concerned with who is the greatest among them. Jesus takes this opportunity to teach them about humility and being a servant. He takes a small child and puts the child on his lap and tells his disciples, be like this child and serve others. It's so easy to turn inward and be selfish, to gratify and satisfy the flesh, which is sin. Jesus takes that same child to show the dangers of our ...
Episode 327: Mark 9 Part 2 Praying and Getting Crickets?
January 25, 2024 14:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBSome of the disciples were trying to cast a demon out of a little boy but couldn’t get the job done. Jesus comes down the mountain and hears some arguing and wants to know what is going on. After hearing the explanation, he says, “You faithless generation, how long do I have to put up with you?” Who is he talking to? The dad? The kid? The religious leaders? The crowd? Or his disciples? So many times, when we pray for someone to be healed and nothing happens, we blame the recipient and say som...
Episode 326: Mark 9 Part 1 Insert Foot In Mouth
January 21, 2024 22:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBHave you ever been so caught up in something and it has your full attention and yet, you hear a weird noise or someone says something, and bam…the mood is gone. They have killed the moment and it has passed. That’s what happens when Peter, James, and John are watching Jesus being transformed right before their very eyes. He begins to glow a brilliant white and has a conversation with Elijah and Moses! What an awesome moment up until Peter opens his mouth and ruins the moment. A cloud overshad...
Episode 325: Mark 8 Part 2 I See Trees...
January 17, 2024 21:00 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBJesus does something he hasn't done up until this point: He heals the same man twice. He touches his eyes and the man sees trees; Jesus touches him again and he sees clearly. Why did Jesus do this healing this way? Did he fail the first time? Did he make a mistake? Absolutely not! He is teaching his disciples a lesson. These guys have seen him do many miracles including raising a dead girl back to life and yet they don't get it, they don't understand. It's as if they see trees but Jesus knows...
Episode 324: Mark 8 Part 1 You Forgot the Bread!
January 15, 2024 22:00 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBJesus has fed a crowd of over 5,000 with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. The disciples helped with this miracle, they were a part of it when they hd 12 basketfuls remaining yet, in a very short time, they forget what Jesus had done. They are asked by Jesus to feed another huge crowd, mostly Gentiles, and they freak out. They had forgotten what Jesus was capable of doing. After this event, some Pharisees show up and want Jesus to perform a miracle but he refused to do so and as he is travel...
Episode 323: Mark 7 Part 2 How To Move the Heart of God
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBA Gentile woman hears that Jesus is in town and she rushes to find him. When she does, she prostrates herself before him and asks him to cast a demon out of her little girl. Jesus calls her a dog and tells her he came for the Jews. This woman would not take no for an answer and her reply floors Jesus...in so much he heals her daughter. She shows us a great lesson in moving the heart of God--humility.
Episode 322: Mark 7 Part 1 Traditions...Break Them!
January 02, 2024 03:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBTraditions...something the Pharisees had major problems with. They had studied God's law, interpreted God's law, and made their interpretations more binding than God's law! They had become traditions over the years and they were teaching them to the people in the synagogue instead of teaching the people about God and His law. Jesus gets to the "heart" of the mater...the Pharisee's hearts. They looked like they loved God, sounded like they loved God, but Jesus quotes Isaiah and says their hear...
Episode 321: Mark 6 Part 4 Don't Get Sidetracked and Disgruntled At God
December 29, 2023 17:00 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBJesus feeds the 5,00, more like 10,000 including women and children, with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. He had questioned his disciples on how they were going to feed this big crowd before he performed this miracle because he wanted to teach them a lesson: God will not only provide for your immediate needs, He will provide for your future needs as well but they didn't seem to get the message because Jesus sends them away in a boat so he could go be alone with the Father. As they were rowing t...
Episode 320: Mark 6 Part 3 Stay Faithful In the Hard Times
December 19, 2023 03:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MBJohn the Baptizer loses his head because Herodias wanted to show how powerful she is! Herod put John in prison hoping to appease his wife but it wasn't good enough for her. She was working behind the scenes, scheming, and manipulating to get her way not caring who she used or affected, including her own daughter. While he wa sin prison, John doubted Jesus and sent his disciples to ask for some reassurance. Jesus sent a message back to John and basically said, "I am who I am and you can die in...
Episode 319: Mark 6 Part 2 Am I the Hands And Feet of Jesus?
December 12, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBAs a follower of Jesus, we claim to be his hands and his feet? What does that mean? Am I really being his hands and feet? We tackle this deep subject in this podcast as we look at the disciples as Jesus sends them out in pairs into the local villages to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
Episode 318: Mark 6 Part 1 The Fear of Rejection
December 07, 2023 03:00 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThe enemy has many tools in his arsenal to keep us from serving God and three of the greatest are: Fear, discouragement, and rejection. Nobody likes to be rejected but what we learn in Mark 6 is even Jesus was rejected! He was rejected by the religious leaders, he was rejected by his own disciples at times, and he was rejected by his friends and family in his hometown. Two things we need to be aware of: 1) Be careful who you let speak into your life because not everybody shares your vision......
Episode 317: Mark 5 Part 2 Do Not Be Afraid
November 25, 2023 03:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBJairus’ 12 year old daughter was sick and was dying. He seeks out Jesus and asks him to come to his house and lay hands on her to heal her. In other words, Jesus was his hope. As they were going to Jairus’ house, there was an interruption…a woman with a hemorrhage for 12 years heard about Jesus and she makes a B-line to him. This interruption takes long enough that Jairus’ daughter dies but as soon as he receives the news, Jesus looks at him and says, “Do not be afraid…only believe.” In othe...
Episode 316: Mark 5 Part 1 Jesus Happened…
November 20, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBJesus and his disciples show up in the town of Gadarene and a man that is possessed with 2,000 demons meet him as he gets out of the boat. This man was naked, he cut himself with stones, and he lived in a graveyard. He was a freak of nature! After a small conversation, Jesus casts the demons into a herd of pigs and they ran down the hill, jumped into the water, and were drowned. When the pig farmers ran into the village to tell the people what had happened, they came out to run Jesus out of t...
Episode 315: Mark 4 Part 2 It's All About the Seed, Not You!
November 17, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBJesus continues to use parables to describe what the kingdom of God is like. In this podcast, we discuss the Parable of the Growing Seed and the Mustard Seed. It's all about the seed...or the word of God. The word of God is powerful! It has nothing to do with us! All we are supposed to be concerned with is sowing and watering seed, or spreading the word of God into people's lives so fruit will be produced by God. Are you sowing the seed of the kingdom brother?
Episode 314: Mark 4 Part 1 The Kingdom of God
November 14, 2023 00:00 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBJesus uses parables to help drive a point home and in Mark 4, he uses several of these parables to teach the people what the kingdom of God is like. Think about it...they've never been to heaven so they have no idea but Jesus came from there and he knows ALL about it!
Episode 313: Mark 3 Part 2 Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
November 10, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBJesus was accused by the religious leaders of being possessed by Satan. Jesus was hot and he was hurt by their accusations and he let them know it by telling them that all sin and blasphemy will be forgiven but there is one sin that will NOT be forgiven…blaspheming the Holy Spirit. If blaspheming the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, then we better know what it is so we don’t do it! We discuss it in today’s podcast.
Episode 312: Mark 3 Part 1 Haters Gonna Hate!
November 06, 2023 03:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBJesus returns the synagogue in Capernaum where the last time he was there, he cast a demon out and his fame spread like a wildfire. This time, there is a man with a withered hand there and the Pharisees are waiting and watching to see what Jesus is going to do about it. Of course he heals the man and the Pharisees begin to plot on how they can kill Jesus. They follow him around accusing him of being possessed by Satan. We expect the hatred coming from the religious leaders but did you know Je...
Episode 311: Mark 2 Part 2 Get Over It People!
November 03, 2023 20:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MBHave you ever gotten in trouble for wearing a hat to the dinner table? Did someone smack it off your head and say something like this, “We don’t wear hats at the dinner table!” Why not? Who said? What’s the big deal about wearing a hat at the dinner table? The Pharisees were constantly challenging Jesus and his disciples with their beliefs…their traditions. They had their own interpretation of the law and they made them binding on the people which made it very difficult for the common person ...
Episode 310: Mark 2 Part 1 The Stunned Crowd
November 01, 2023 02:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBJesus has traveled back to Capernaum and is staying at someone’s home. People hear that he is back in town and the crowd begins to gather in so much that they are lined up outside wanting to see him. A man is brought by his friends to the house hoping they could get him to Jesus so he would be healed. He has been laying on this mat, unable to move for many years. He would not leave that house the same way he came! Jesus heals the man and it blew the people’s minds, including the religious tea...
Episode 309: Mark 1 Part 6 Jesus touches the Leper!
October 26, 2023 20:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MBAfter leaving the synagogue, Jesus and his new disciples go to Peter and Andrew’s house to hang out. While there, people get wind of what has taken place at the synagogue and they bring people who are sick and demon possessed to Peter’s house so they can be healed by Jesus. As the crowd gathers around the house, watching through the windows and the doors, a leper walks in and wants to be healed. What will Jesus do? This leper is not supposed to be around people at all; he should be in quarant...
Episode 308: Mark 1 Part 5 The Devil Goes to Church!
October 24, 2023 02:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBJesus and his disciples go to church, or their version of it anyway and a man shows up while Jesus is teaching and he is demon possessed. The demon acknowledges Jesus and calls him the Holy One of God. Jesus immediately shuts the demon up and casts him out of the man right there in front of the crowd. They are amazed, not only at Jesus’ teaching because he is teaching with authority and not as the teachers of the law, but they are amazed at his authority over the demons! Ig Jesus didn’t have ...
Episode 307: Mark 1 Part 4 Leaving It All Behind
October 19, 2023 18:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBJesus gives an invitation to some brothers to leave everything behind and follow him. Peter and Andrew, James and John, have no idea if Jesus is the Messiah or not at this point. They have heard John the Baptist talking about him, they have heard about Jesus’ teachings and how it was different than the other rabbis, but there hasn’t been any miracles done at this point to prove Jesus is from God or not but this did not deter these brothers from following Jesus. They literally left everything ...
Episode 306: Mark 1 part 3 Storms Come and Go
October 17, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWhy do people feel as if nothing bad should come there way? It is said that we are either about to go through a storm, we are going through a storm, or the storm has passed. It's a nonending cycle that we cannot control and these storms come because of various reasons. We have to be careful of not blaming God or geting mad at Him when they come. We must accept the fact that storms will come and when they do, we have to draw closer to God...not run away. In today's podcast, we look deeper into...
Episode 305: Mark 1 Part 2 Jesus Is Not Your Pal...
October 12, 2023 15:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBJesus is not your homie, your pal, your best bud. True, he is near to us, in fact, he lives inside of us and the bible says he is a friend that sticks closer than a brother, but we need to realize he is holy and we should have reverence for him. The early church had an “awe” of him and for God. He is a part of the Godhead, He is the Holy One of God, and we should respect him as such. Being the Son of God, Jesus received affirmation from his Father when he was baptized. The Father says, “This ...
Episode 304: Mark 1 Part 1 God Will Use You!
October 09, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBWe start the book of Mark and right off the bat we are introduced to a guy named John the Baptist. A guy who is dressed freaky, he never shaves, he is baptizing in the dirty waters of the Jordan River, and he is eating locusts and wild honey. You know that guy had to look and smell gross! But God used John in a mighty way. We need to quit making excuses as to why God will not use us and just let Him! What talents do you have? What is your passion? Why not use it for the kingdom of God and fo...
Episode 303: Romans 16 Women Keep Silent?
October 05, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBWe finish the study of there Book of Romans in this podcast breaking down the final chapter, Romans 16. In his greetings, Paul mentions 29 people, 10 of which are women. We take a close look at these women, who they are, and what role they had in the local church at Rome. There are many in the church today that claim women should keep silent since the very person who wrote Romans said that to the church in Corinth. Do we have a contradiction by the author of these two letters? Absolutely not....
Episode 302: Romans 15 Part 2 Are You Confident?
September 28, 2023 17:00 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBWhat is your ambition? What motivates you? Paul talks to the church in Rome about being filled with the Holy Spirit and allowing his joy and peace to bring confidence. The closer we are to God, the more confident we become in Him and He uses us for his glory. But we must be willing to allow Him to use us! Paul was consistently being used by God and yet he would be careful to give God all the glory and boast about how Jesus was working through him. This should be our aim, for Jesus to use us a...
Episode 301: Romans 15 Part 1 The God of Hope
September 26, 2023 01:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBPaul has taken on the difficult task of trying to unify the church in Rome which is made up of Gentiles and Jews, two sets of people who didn't like each other for hundreds of years who are now worshiping together. It seems they had asked him some opinions about some certain matters and he replied back pointing them toward Jesus and he mentions something specific toward the middle of the chapter...he prays that God, the source of hope, will fill them completely with joy and peace, then they w...
Episode 300: Romans 14 Can I Do Whatever I Want?
September 21, 2023 01:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBPaul tells the believers in Rome to be careful how they treat one another, especially when it comes to food they eat and what they drink. He says the stronger believers need to show some grace to the weaker believers and vice versa...Do not argue he says because the goal is unity, to be in harmony, and to honor the Lord in everything we eat, drink, or do. We have to be careful to not be a stumbling block!
Episode 299: Romans 13 Part 2 Paying Taxes
September 19, 2023 08:00 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBRomans 13 is about obeying the authorities as a believer and if we don't we are rebelling against God because He established them. In Part 2, swe discuss paying taxes. Who likes payig taxes? Nobody! Buit Pail tells bel;ievers to pay their taxes so those in authority can get a paycheck. Then he switches gears to discuss Jesus' return.
Episode 298: Romans 13 Part 1 Obey Your Authorities
September 14, 2023 20:00 - 55 minutes - 50.4 MBPaul was telling the Christians at the church in Rome to love their enemies and bless them. In the very next breath he tells them to obey the governing authorities. He is speaking about the Roman government, the ones who were responsible for killing Jesus and persecuting Christians! What?!?! I have to be obedient to them?!?!? Yes, because God has established their authority and to be disobedient to them, is being disobedient to God.