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James 2 – Faith Without Works is Dead
March 31, 2024 23:02 - 27.7 MBPSA294 James 2 – Faith Without Works is Dead mp3 In this message, James does not want them to be partial to the wealthy and powerful, for this is not right, and it is not what is important in God’s sight. Then, he discusses the interaction of faith with works, and the fact that faith […]
Psalm 90:1-17
March 31, 2024 22:43 - 21 MBPA518 Psalm 90:1-17 mp3 Introducing the fourth, Numbers book of Psalms. We discuss the book of Numbers, the book of Israel “In the Wilderness,” and consider the corresponding subject matter of the fourth book of Psalms, focusing on the earth and God’s counsels and purposes regarding it. Then, we consider Psalm 90, a prayer of […]
James 1 – Trials of the Jews
March 31, 2024 22:33 - 30 MBPSA293 James 1 – Trials of the Jews mp3 In this message, we begin a study of the book of James. James is the first of the seven “general epistles” not written by Paul or his company. It is short, but it provides unique teaching not in Paul’s books. James was the Lord’s half-brother, a […]
Psalm 89:27-52
March 31, 2024 22:27 - 18.4 MBPA517 Psalm 89:27-52 mp3 In this message, we continue the psalm contrasting the brightness of the covenant made with David and with the darkness of the dishonor his heir is currently experiencing. He promised to be with David heirs for the outflow, to punish them if they disobeyed Him, but never to take His mercy […]
Psalm 89:1-26
March 31, 2024 22:16 - 24.6 MBPA516 Psalm 89:1-26 mp3 In this psalm, the psalmist, Ethan the Ezrahite, pleads on behalf of the heir of David’s throne, who was being greatly dishonored at the time it was written by a foreign invader. He speaks of the greatness of Jehovah and the covenant He made with David. He speaks of His faithfulness […]
Psalm 88:1-18
March 31, 2024 21:57 - 15.7 MBPA515 Psalm 88:1-18 mp3 In this message, we consider this, the gloomiest psalm in the book, apparently written by a hopeless leper, trusting in Jehovah in spite of the darkness he lives in. He is near to the grave, cut off from God and from hope. All who knew him distanced themselves from him, as […]
Psalm 86:1-87:7
March 31, 2024 21:40 - 24.8 MBPA514 Psalm 86:1-87:7 mp3 In this message, we consider Psalm 86, the only psalm of David in the third, Leviticus book of Psalms. It is a prayer of his, addressed to Yehovah throughout. He calls on Yahweh to preserve his soul and save him. Then, he looks forward to the day when all nations will […]
Psalm 84:1-85:13
March 31, 2024 21:29 - 21.8 MBPA513 Psalm 84:1-85:13 mp3 In this message, we consider Psalm 84, the song of a Levite, for a time cut off from the house of the LORD, now triumphantly returning there for one of the feasts, rejoices in the glories of God’s house on earth, stating boldly that he would rather be there than anywhere […]
Psalm 83:6-18
March 31, 2024 21:17 - 19.5 MBPA512 Psalm 83:6-18 mp3 In this message, we examine the final psalm of Asaph. This is a psalm of utmost importance because it provides us with information about the character of the Great Tribulation. It lists ten nations that form a confederation against Jehovah and His anointed, which informs us about the same ten-kingdom confederation […]
Psalm 81:1-82:8
March 31, 2024 21:00 - 22.5 MBPA511 Psalm 81:1-82:8 mp3 In this message, we examine Psalm 81, another Psalm of Asaph, a psalm that Rotherham suggests was sung by a wandering Levite traversing the northern kingdom, singing psalms to the people and trying to encourage them to return to the true God. Then we consider Psalm 82, another psalm of Asaph, […]
Psalm 77:1-20
November 25, 2023 21:41 - 16.5 MBPA505 Psalm 77:1-20 mp3 In this message, we consider another psalm of Asaph. This time, in a time of great trouble (perhaps the Assyrian invasion), he cries out to God for help. At first, simply remembering God’s great acts of the past do not help, since He is not doing those acts now in this […]
The Wild Olive Graft
November 25, 2023 21:30 - 17.1 MBPSA291 The Wild Olive Graft mp3 While much of the Acts period was focused on Israelites around the world, there were also Gentiles who believed in Jesus Christ. What was the position of these? How did they fit into the company of believers in the Acts period. How do they compare to believers of today? […]
Psalm 75:1-76:12
November 25, 2023 21:18 - 21.4 MBPA504 Psalm 75:1-76:12 mp3 In this message, Asaph in Psalm 75 warns God’s enemies and encourages God’s people, following up on the desecration of the last psalm. God speaks in light of His coming kingdom. Then, in Psalm 76, a song of triumph over a Divinely-smitten foe answers the question of Psalm 74, fulfills the […]
The Mid-Acts View
November 25, 2023 21:07 - 19.2 MBPSA290 The Mid-Acts View mp3 Our view that the dispensation of grace in which we live began at Acts 28:28 is not the only view held by advanced dispensationalists. Some have taken a view between standard dispensationalism and ours, calling themselves mid-Acts dispensationalists or Pauline dispensationalists. In this message we discuss the mid-Acts view, what […]
Psalm 74:1-23
November 25, 2023 20:57 - 18.4 MBPA503 Psalm 74:1-23 mp3 In this psalm, the temple is desecrated and the land invaded by a foreign power. Yet which event at what time was this? We reject the idea of some modern critics that it was the time of the Maccabees and Antiochus Epiphanes. Yet when was it, then? The Babylonian captivity and […]
The Unique, Acts Period Believer
November 25, 2023 20:46 - 20.8 MBPSA289 The Unique, Acts Period Believer mp3 The believer in Jesus Christ of the Acts period was in a far different situation and position than the believer of today. He was part of an Israelite company of believers. He had entered into the kingdom of God. He had believed after seeing signs and wonders. He […]
Psalm 73:1-28
November 25, 2023 20:34 - 19.5 MBPA502 Psalm 73:1-28 mp3 In this message, we begin to study the third, Leviticus book of Psalms, wherein God calls His people into the temple sanctuary to worship. In Psalm 73, the temptation that arises when one sees the prosperity of the wicked to think that following God and righteousness does no good. Yet after […]
Propositions Concerning Acts
November 25, 2023 20:22 - 19.2 MBPSA288 Propositions Concerning Acts mp3 To properly understand the New Testament, we must understand and put in its proper place the crucial Acts period. This was a unique period in the workings of God, coming between the gospel period of Christ’s ministry on earth and His work in the dispensation of grace today. We start […]
Psalm 72:1-20
November 25, 2023 20:14 - 21.5 MBPA501 Psalm 72:1-20 mp3 In this message, David writes a psalm for his son Solomon, the future king. It is Messianic, unfulfilled, predicting Jesus Christ, the true Son of David, ruling in perfection on the throne. He judges as long as the sun and moon and from sea to sea and to the ends of […]
Psalm 71:1-24
November 25, 2023 20:00 - 16.5 MBPA500 Psalm 71:1-24 mp3 In this message, the psalmist explores God’s servant continuing to follow Him in old age. This may have been David speaking in his own old age after Solomon’s second coronation, as Bullinger suggests, or else David in his youth writing about and commemorating his old mentor Samuel, who also served God […]
Psalm 69:1-21
October 02, 2023 22:20 - 19.7 MBPA498 Psalm 69:1-21 mp3 In this message, we consider Psalm 69, a psalm of David, yet in many ways related to the coming Messiah, and quoted many times in the New Testament. He calls on God to save Him in light of those who hate Him without a cause. He bore reproach for God’s sake. […]
Psalm 68:15-35
October 02, 2023 21:26 - 20.9 MBPA497 Psalm 68:15-35 mp3 In this message, we continue the consideration of Psalm 68, a psalm of God’s great victory in the coming kingdom of God. God ascends on high, leads captives in His train, gives good things to his people, and wounds the source of power of His enemies. Israel forms a great procession […]
Psalm 67:1-68:14
October 02, 2023 21:14 - 24.5 MBPA496 Psalm 67:1-68:14 mp3 In this message, we consider the important Psalm 67, which speaks of God’s glorious kingdom coming to earth, and giving the peoples of the earth cause for praise. This will affect the whole earth to its most remote places. Then Psalm 68 speaks of the coming, manifest reign of Yehovah over […]
Psalm 66:1-20
August 14, 2023 20:24 - 19.7 MBPA495 Psalm 66:1-20 mp3 In this message, we have an invitation to all the earth to join in Israel’s song of praise at the advent of God’s manifest kingdom on earth. His enemies have no choice but to yield to Him. Like when He brought Israel through the Red Sea, He has now brought them […]
Psalm 65:1-13
August 14, 2023 20:10 - 18.4 MBPA494 Psalm 65:1-13 mp3 In a psalm by Israel’s great shepherd-king David, this psalm and song anticipates the kingdom when all nations are called upon to praise God in grateful acknowledgement of all His goodness poured out by His government. Those He causes to approach Him are blessed. He stills the sea, sends signs, waters […]
Psalm 64:1-10
August 14, 2023 19:59 - 14.4 MBPA493 Psalm 64:1-10 mp3 In this message, David prophesies the future and the time right before and when God assumes sovereignty over the earth. David sees the future and prays to God about it. He sees the conspiracy of those who work iniquity, and how they prepare their tongues like swords and send out bitter […]
Psalm 62:1-63:11
August 14, 2023 19:47 - 22.6 MBPA492 Psalm 62:1-63:11 mp3 In Psalm 62, David trusts in God in spite of those who wish to cast him down from the throne. God is David’s rock, and he waits on Him in expectation. In Psalm 63, David writes a psalm while he was hiding there on the run from the murderous King Saul. […]
Psalm 60:1-61:8
August 14, 2023 19:33 - 24.2 MBPA491 Psalm 60:1-61:8 mp3 In Psalm 60, David faces a grim situation wherein his nation is attacked on two fronts and Israel had temporarily faced defeat. They have not abandoned their God, and yet it seems like He has turned His back on them. David prays for God’s help in this desperate situation, which God […]
Psalm 59:1-17
August 14, 2023 19:16 - 17.8 MBPA490 Psalm 59:1-17 mp3 In this psalm, David writes when Saul sent his soldiers to arrest and assassinate David, his own son-in-law. David looks at these soldiers as dogs, foreigners to Israel, and barking out threats and swearing against God’s anointed David. He calls on God to leave them disappointed, like dogs to moan and […]
Psalm 57:1-58:11
August 14, 2023 18:52 - 22.1 MBPA489 Psalm 57:1-58:11 mp3 Psalms Series 36 In this message, in Psalm 57, David prays to God from the cave, as he hid from the searching agents of Saul, who sought to arrest and assassinate him. He cries to him and, in spite of the net his enemies had set for him, his heart is […]
Psalm 30:1-31:24
December 24, 2022 21:17 - 22.3 MBPA469 Psalm 30:1-31-24 mp3 Psalms Series 16 In this message, we consider two psalms by David. The first, Psalm 30, is at the dedication of his house, and indicates David’s trust in the LORD and His deliverance of him leading up to that happy occasion. In the second, Psalm 31, David is in trouble from […]
Psalm 28:1-29:11
December 24, 2022 21:12 - 16.3 MBPA468 Psalm 28:1-29:11 mp3 Psalms Series 15 In this message, David asks the LORD in Psalm 28 not to be silent, nor to drag him away with the wicked. Jehovah hears him, and is the strength of His people. In Psalm 29, he calls on the mighty to give glory to Yahweh. He praises the […]
Psalm 26:1-27:14
December 24, 2022 20:46 - 18.2 MBPA467 Psalm 26:1-27:14 mp3 Psalms Series 14 In Psalm 26, David calls on Jehovah to vindicate him and not count him with evildoers.This looks forward especially to David, redeemed from all sin and living in God’s kingdom. Then, in Psalm 27, Yahweh is David’s light and salvation, and so he does not fear his enemies. […]
Psalm 24:1-25:22
December 24, 2022 20:38 - 25.2 MBPA466 Psalm 24:1-25:22 mp3 Psalms Series 13 In this message, we consider Psalm 24, a psalm when the earth will be Yehovah’s in the coming Kingdom of God. Who will ascend to be part of His glorious government? We learn who. Then, the King of Glory Himself enters in. Then, in Psalm 25, David lifts […]
Psalm 23:1-6
December 24, 2022 20:17 - 16.5 MBPA465 Psalm 23:1-6 mp3 Psalms Series 12 In this message, we study the famous Psalm 23. David declares Jehovah to be his Shepherd and describes how He leads and guides him. He fears no calamity, and eats from a table prepared for him in the presence of his enemies. He is assured that he will […]
Psalm 22:1-31
December 24, 2022 20:00 - 22.4 MBPA464 Psalm 22:1-31 mp3 Psalms Series 11 In this psalm, David predicts the sufferings of the Lord Jesus Christ, forsaken on the cross in pain and shame. He is silenced by death, and yet speaks again triumphantly in resurrection, calling on all to join His triumph song. This great Psalm, quoted by Christ Himself on […]
Psalm 19:1-21:13
December 24, 2022 19:50 - 20.9 MBPA463 Psalm 19:1-21:13 mp3 Psalms Series 10 In this message, David in Psalm 19 celebrates the heavens, which declare the glory of God, and compares them to the Bible, the written Word, which also declares His glory. In Psalm 20, David expresses his trust in Jehovah his God. In Psalm 21, he speaks of God’s […]
Psalm 18:1-50
December 24, 2022 19:43 - 27 MBPA462 Psalm 18:1-50 mp3 Psalms Series 9 In this message, we consider Psalm 18, a psalm of David also recorded in II Samuel 22. After the Lord rescued him from the power of Saul against him, David wrote this Psalm about Jehovah’s power put forth to save him, first from Saul, then as King from […]
Psalm 15:1-17:15
December 24, 2022 19:07PA461 Psalm 15:1-17:15 mp3 Psalms Series 8 In this message, in Psalm 15, David asks who will remain on God’s holy hill, which means as part of His government on earth? And he concludes that it is those with a Godly character. Then, in Psalm 16, the LORD is David’s trust, his inheritance, his counsellor, […]
Psalms 12:1-14:7
December 23, 2022 15:08 - 19.9 MBPA460 Psalms 12:1-14:7 mp3 Psalms Series 7 In this message, we consider three more psalms from the first, Genesis book of Psalms. First, Psalm 12 is a psalm of the wicked before the kingdom of God begins, even as they exist today. Next, Psalm 13 is a psalm wherein David reacts to his own, personal […]
Psalm 6:1-7:17
September 23, 2022 14:47 - 22.2 MBPA457 Psalm 6:1-7:17 mp3 In Psalm 6, David prays in a time of distress for mercy and healing. This may have been during David’s illness following his sin with Bathsheba and before Absalom’s revolt. The LORD hears him, and David calls on his enemies to depart from him because of it. Then, in Psalm 7, […]
Psalm 4:1-5:12
September 23, 2022 14:43 - 19.8 MBPA456 Psalm 4:1-5:12 mp3 In this message, we consider the fourth Psalm, with David still on the run from his son Absalom. Jehovah is his comfort as he lays on his bed to sleep, and he comforts his weary companions with thoughts of Him as well. In Psalm 5, it is the next morning, and […]
The Bride of Christ
September 19, 2022 17:57 - 19.7 MBPSA284 The Bride of Christ mp3 In this message, we consider the commonly, theological idea that “the church is the bride of Christ.” Is this idea Biblical? Is the church, or anyone else for that matter, called the “bride of Christ” in the Bible? What does the Bible talk about when it comes to marriage […]
Psalm 2:7-3:8
September 19, 2022 17:48 - 24 MBPA455 Psalm 2:7-3:8 mp3 In this message, we continue our study of Psalm 2. The psalmist declares the decree by which David got the sonship. He was given the nations, to rule over them with a rod of iron. The nations are called on to renew their fealty to God’s chosen. Then, as we begin […]
Why Acts 28:28 is the Dividing Line
September 19, 2022 17:42 - 21.3 MBPSA283 Why Acts 28:28 is the Dividing Line mp3 In this message, we consider the Acts 28:28 dispensational dividing line. Why is this verse and no other the important point when God changed from His kingdom work focused on Israel to His dispensation of grace work today? What is the background of the verse? What […]
Psalms 1:1-2:6
September 19, 2022 17:02 - 20.2 MBPA454 Psalms 1:1-2:6 mp3 We begin a study of the book of Psalms. We would call this the “prayer and praise book of the Kingdom of God. It is the first book in the third and final division of the Old Testament in the Hebrew canon. It is divided into five books, each of which […]
The Dedication of a Prophet
September 19, 2022 16:45 - 18.4 MBPSA282 The Dedication of a Prophet mp3 To be a prophet was no job for the self-centered or faint-hearted. It required a relationship with God and a heart that was fully dedicated to Him. We consider the calling of a prophet, which included meeting and having been changed by an encounter with God. We consider […]
Galatians 6:6-18
September 19, 2022 16:39 - 17.4 MBPA453 Galatians 6:6-18 mp3 In this message, Paul insists that what one sows he will reap, so he urges them to sow to the Spirit to reap eonian life. He writes to them with a very large hand, and we discuss why. Those who want to circumcise them just want to boast over them, but […]
Galatians 5:23-26, Fruit of the Spirit 5-Meekness and Temperance
September 19, 2022 15:51 - 16.2 MBPA452 Galatians 5:23-26, Fruit of the Spirit 5-Meekness and Temperance mp3 In this message, we examine the final two fruit of the Spirit, meekness and temperance. Meekness has to do with gentleness and submissiveness, whereas temperance has to do with self-control. Then, we complete the chapter, considering our need to walk in the Spirit, not […]
Galatians 5:22, Fruit of the Spirit 4-Goodness and Faith
September 19, 2022 15:37 - 15.5 MBPA451 Galatians 5:22, Fruit of the Spirit 4-Goodness and Faith mp3 In this message, we examine the Fruit of the Spirit goodness, which is the Greek agathosune, referring to what is good by nature. We examine the other three occurrences of this word, and what we can learn about goodness. Then, we consider faith, the […]