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Evil Is Real - Christians have an enormous tendency to forget that evil is a real, powerful, every day force or to believe that evil is not a real, powerful, every day force. And you say, Greg, you have to be kidding. Everyone of us knows that evil is real. We see evil all around us every day. We see evil destroying people every day. I can't believe that you would suggest that any of us don't think evil is real. Then we hear that thirty-nine people living in another country are arrested for studying the Bible in a private home. Evil attacked. Bible Study at God's Message. Evil Is Real Podcast lesson

Can I Live Without That - Can I be spiritually alive without knowledge of scripture? Or without faith in the promises and power of Jesus Christ? Or without ministering to people as I serve God's purposes? Or without genuine emotion for God, Christ, people, and God's eternal objectives? Perhaps the question is, "What is my concept of being spiritually alive? Do you need to flee from the wrath of God? Have you allowed Him to remove your sins by immersion into Christ? We want to encourage you to run toward God. Bible Study at God's Message. Can I Live Without That Podcast lesson

Family Members Are Unique - I am so happy we have a God. I am so happy we have a Savior. God knows everything that has ever happened in my life. He knows my every weakness. He still loves me in spite of knowing every bad thing about me. God says, I take you like you are where you are, because I have somewhere to take you. God is willing to risk your making mistakes. Sometimes we are so afraid of ourselves that we are afraid of dealing with life. God can use any ability you have for eternal purposes. Bible Study at God's Message. Family Members Are Unique Podcast lesson

Shepherds For God - Peter denied Jesus on three occasion. What a man of emotional contradictions—ready to die for his Lord one moment and swearing no association with him the next. Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” Three times he asks this of Peter. Was it a reminder of the cock crowing after the apostle’s thrice denials? Perhaps. And as each time Peter answered in the affirmative, Jesus simply said, Feed my sheep. Three times Jesus said, Feed my sheep? Why? Because that is what shepherds do. That is what elders do. Bible Study at God's Message. Shepherds For God Podcast lesson

Understanding Christian to Christian Sensitivity - God can do things humans find so complex we can never master. God knows what every heart needs. He knows what every Christian wants to say to Him. He doesn't hear us singing and praying as a group, but as individuals. Your Christian brother or sister may not understand you as you think they should. Your Christian brother or sister may not be as sensitive as you think they should be. But, God knows. God sees. God cares. Don't think about other people when you worship. Don't think about other people when you serve. Think about God. Bible Study at God's Message. Understanding Christian to Christian Sensitivity Podcast lesson

Jesus Focus On The Price - As Christians, we must never be afraid to grow spiritually. We must never be afraid to learn anything scripture teaches us. We must never be afraid to understand anything that we did not understand in the past. As long as Christ and the Bible is the teacher, we must not be afraid. That is the price. We learn. We understand. We change. We develop. We mature. We become more and more Christ-like. And that is hard. That is the most difficult, expensive price that we can pay to belong to Christ. But that is the basic price of following Jesus. Bible Study at God's Message. Jesus Focus On The Price Podcast lesson

Insights From Ephesians Part Six - The people who wanted to follow Jesus would be baptized (baptism then meant immersion). The people who wanted to follow Jesus would observe Jesus' teachings, his instructions on how to live, His commandments. These people would not prove they belonged to Jesus just by being baptized, but they would change the way they lived by following Jesus' teachings. Today, it is essential to teach people to be Jesus' disciples, to teach people to allow Jesus' teachings and values to determine how they live. Bible Study at God's Message. Insights From Ephesians Part Six Podcast lesson

Insights From Ephesians Part Five - Jesus began his ministry among the Jewish people. He was not what they expected as a Messiah. He spoke of a kingdom that was downright strange to them. He spoke of God's rule in ways they found weird. He indicated that God was interested in people who were not rules-keeping Jews. He indicated they were not God's objective, but a God-intended vehicle to God's objective. Thus many, especially the prominent ones, did what they were supposed to do. They evaluated Jesus. In their opinion Jesus just did not measure up to their expectations. So many of them rejected Jesus. Bible Study at God's Message. Insights From Ephesians Part Five Podcast lesson

I'm Confused What Do You Want - What does God want? He wants you to let His goodness train you. (1) train you to renounce ungodly desires and passions, and (2) train you to live under control while you do what is right and appropriate for people who belong to God. He wants you to live in hope as you look forward to the return of Jesus Christ. He wants you to belong to Him by choice and be consumed with a desire to do good. A Christian who understands God's grace does that. A Christian who does not do that has a lot to learn about God's grace. Bible Study at God's Message. I'm Confused What Do You Want Podcast lesson

Don't Blame God for Satan's Work - What form of injustice irritates you more quickly than any other form of injustice? No adult has ever experienced that injustice to the extent that God has. Our reasoning is very simple. God knows everything. God even knows the hearts of people. Nothing happens without God's awareness. And God has all power. Therefore God's knowledge and power equals ability and opportunity. All that happens is God's fault--if God does not want it to happen, it does not happen; if God wants it to happen it happens. If God simply permits it to happen, it is still God's fault. Bible Study at God's Message. Don't Blame God for Satan's Work Podcast lesson

The Moment Of Decision - Life is a sequence of inevitable moments. An inevitable moment is a specific point in time that must come. Inevitable moments are unavoidable; they must happen. The question is never, Will the moment come? The question always is, When will this moment come? We know that life's major transitions always involve an inevitable moment. The moment when we must leave our childhood circumstances and begin an adult life is an inevitable moment. The moment when academic education ends and career begins is an inevitable moment. Death is an inevitable moment. Bible Study at God's Message. The Moment Of Decision Podcast lesson

I am on vacation this week. I wanted to re-broadcast a Podcast that meant alot to me. I look forward to getting back in the swing of things on my return. Life is often confusing. We are constantly trying to figure life out. Quite often we think we have succeeded. About the time we think we have life figured out, something occurs that makes us realize we still do not have life figured out. God is often confusing. We are constantly trying to figure God out. On occasion we conclude that we have succeeded in figuring God out. Just as we come to that conclusion, something occurs that makes us realize we have not even come close to figuring God out. In No Way Could God Be At Work In This Podcast

Please Use The Keys - Peter discovered that using the keys to open God's kingdom to people was much more difficult, much more complicated than he ever imagined. Even Peter who was guided and taught by the Holy Spirit struggled to understand God's concept. Even when he understood, he found it very difficult time to help other Christians understand. One of our greatest challenges and most urgent challenges is to rediscover the importance of opening the kingdom all around us. May we never lock what Christ through Peter unlocked. Bible Study at God's Message. Please Use The Keys Podcast lesson

Who Would You Choose To Be? - There is not a single aspect of your life in which it doesn't matter. You must look at the Cross and see God. Many things matter, but nothing is more important than Jesus is the Son of God. All that you seek to be and do must begin with recognition that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Do you believe that? Do you see God in Jesus? Do you want His cleansing? Are you ready to be baptized into Jesus? Give value, one more time, to the death of Jesus. We invite you to Him. Why keep Jesus waiting? Bible Study at God's Message Who Would You Choose To Be Podcast lesson

Peter, Do You Feel Blessed - One of our greatest challenges is to realize that God's blessings are working with full power and strength even at those times when life is extremely painful. We want faith to mature in the understanding that God uses everything that happens in our lives to move us along the road to heaven. No matter what happens in our lives, not matter how much trouble and pain that Satan causes in our lives, Satan cannot destroy one single promise God made to us. Satan cannot stop God as He helps and sustains us in Jesus Christ. Bible Study at God's Message Peter, Do You Feel Blessed Podcast lesson