Episodes
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
From this well-known account of Christ's "Divine appointment" with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well (John 4), learn some very interesting information about the importance of certain numbers in this story (i.e., especially "6" and "7"). Learn from the Lord how to wisely and smoothly witness to someone by going from the physical realm to the spiritual. See how "Samaritana" progressively advanced in her perception of the 7th Man in her life and how He (the God-Man) broke down four cultural barriers in just a matter of minutes!
There is a fascinating look at the three famous Old Testament "well encounters" (Eliezer, on behalf of Isaac, and Rebekah; Jacob and Rachel; Moses and Zipporah) and how they were picture-types of Christ's "well encounter" with Samaritana - which, in turn, is a beautiful picture-type of Him and His Bride, the Church!
Did you know this is the longest recorded conversation between Jesus and someone in Scripture? Did you know that Jesus HIMSELF
first revealed His identity to this woman (half-Jewish/half-Gentile) as both Messiah and the great "I AM"? Did you know that she was the first "non-Jewish" convert of His earthly ministry? Did you know that she was the first witness/evangelist to "non-Jews" regarding the arrival of the long awaited Messiah? Did you know that Samaritans were the first people to proclaim Jesus as "the Saviour OF THE WORLD"? There is all this and much more in this "must" hear-to-get-it-all lesson on the changed life of a lonely, immoral, confused woman who finally met the "perfect" seventh Man in her life - the God/Man, Jesus Christ, Who truly came to seek and to save the lost!
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Anna; Prophetess , Witness, and Evangelist - NEW STUDY
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Saturday Oct 07, 2023
Anna is the only named "prophetess" in the New Testament. She was also one of God's two "mighty witnesses" to His Son's Identity as the long-awaited Messiah (on His first "visit" to the Temple at only 40 days of age). She and Simeon (both in their 100's) pictured the transition of the Old Testament to the New Testament (fascinating to realize). She is an amazing example, in many ways, of how to turn tragedy to triumph; how to be "happy" in spite of "sad" circumstances; to be faithful and consistent and patient and to trust in God's absolute Sovereignty over all things. Her name is significant; her father's name is significant; her tribal lineage is significant - in fact, everything about her is significant. And then there is this: she was the first evangelist to the good news of Christ's arrival in the Holy City of Jerusalem!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
NEW STUDY - The "grand finale" of the Lord's seven cross-sayings is full of electrying power and will give you spiritual heartburn for sure! We not only discuss the Lord's great, "It is finished" declaration and all that was included in His declaration, but we point out the four times when God declared - or yet will declare - the completion of His various works (i.e., His creative work, His redemptive work, His judgment work, and His re-creative work)! We also talk about how Jesus Himself was not finished at all - in fact, part of the joy set before Him while He endured the pain and shame of the cross was the anticipation of the many "new beginnings" He had before Him!
In His seventh and final cross-saying, which was again a prayer (and one that showed He was again united spiritually with His Father), was filled with both Human submission and faith and Divine authority! No one took His life from Him - He dismissed His own spirit into His Father's care as a King would dismiss a servant! Again, His death (like everything in His life) proved He was Who He claimed to be - the very Son of the Living God! The fantastic series of miracles that accompanied the moment of His death - and the resurrection of dead saints from their graves on Resurrection Sunday (after Christ's bodily resurrection) - all again served the purpose of testifying to the truth that "Surely, He IS the Son of God" (did the Roman centurion get saved? It certainly seems so)!
By the way, you don't want to miss hearing about the significance of the Temple veil renting in two right as Christ royally bowed His head and gave up His own spirit.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Was the 3-hour crucifixion-darkness merely a sun eclipse? No; that would be impossible (find out why). Was it just over "Skull Hill" or over Jerusalem or perhaps the entire nation of Israel - or did it extend even further? Are there extra-biblical, historical records to confirm that eerie darkness? Yes - and from some surprising sources! What was God saying by way of that darkness? Listen and find out!
To fully pay the wages of sin for mankind, the Lord Jesus had to die both physically and spiritually. We know from the gospel records and many New Testament passages that He did indeed die physically, but how do we know He also died spiritually - that His soul was separated from His Heavenly Father? We know from His middle (4th of 7) cross-saying! He did not cry out (in a loud voice), "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" because He did not know the answer! (He already answered it, through King David, in Psalm 22:3.) He cried it out loud so we can rest assured that He died spiritually and the wages of our sin is therefore paid in full.
Discover, also, the reason Jesus cried out (again in an unusually loud voice for someone just minutes from death), "I thirst" (His fifth cross-saying). There is a lot more in that statement than just the evidence of His Human suffering! His mind was so incredibly alert - as demonstrated by the reason He spoke of His thirst - that there can be no doubt He is omniscient God! MUCH TO DISCOVER IN THIS GREAT FOUR-PART STUDY!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
In this second part of our NEW STUDY on the Lord's Seven Cross-sayings (and the miracles that accompanied His atonement work on "Skull Hill"), we discuss His second and third sayings - plus the first miracle!
There is something significantly special about a dying person’s final words, but this is particularly important when it comes to the final pre-resurrection words of Jesus Christ. They give us insight (a peek inside) His mind and spirit and as we look at them, it will become quite evident He was absolutely in control over the entire ordeal – from Gethsemane to Golgotha to a Garden Tomb (not the Romans, not the Jews, not the spectators, and certainly not Satan)! Jesus proved to be both our Saviour and our Sovereign, from beginning to end – from when He was being horrifically nailed to the cross to the moment He majestically bowed His head and regally, as a King, dismissed His spirit into His Father’s hands.
As with everything regarding Christ, His 7 cross-sayings serve as further proof of His Person as the God/Man. He was dying as a Man (shedding real blood, in horrific agony, thirsting), but His composure, control, character, compassion, and selfless concern – revealed both by His words and the miracles that accompanied His cross-atonement work – testify to the truth spoken by an impartial witness of everything – Truly this is the Son of God.
The salvation of the penitent thief was actually fulfillment of a prophecy found in Isaiah 53! He also symbolically represents all of us! Learn new and exciting truths in this lesson. Also, find out more about the women who were with Christ at the foot of His cross - and why the Lord addressed His mother as "woman," not "mother".
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
NEW STUDY - In this message, the stage is set for a wonderful four-part, in depth study entitled, "The Seven Sayings and Seven Miracles in Six Hours". The title, of course, is about Christ's seven utterances during the six hours of His crucifixion, as well as the seven miracles that accompanied His redemptive work and helped (again) prove His Deity (2 were "Conversion Calvary Miracles" and 5 were "Creative Calvary Miracles"). A primary focus in this BRAND NEW STUDY is the absolute sovereign control displayed by the Lord Jesus during His entire "ordeal" - from Gethsemane to Golgotha to the Garden Tomb!
In this first lesson, we discuss some interesting comparative facts about three men saved during the Lord's crucifixion, and how they represent all people. We also take a look at His first cross-saying, which was a prayer, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do". Three of His seven last "words"from the cross were prayers, which was so very much "in character" for the One Who spent His entire life in communion with His heavenly Father. THERE IS A LOT COMPACTED IN THIS STUDY and YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS IT (plus the three follow-up lessons)! (For example, did you know all donkeys have a cross on their backs (why is that appropriate concerning Christ)? And did you know that, just like Israel's high priest sprinkled blood on the Mercy Seat seven times on the Day of Atonement, so Christ, our Great High Priest, shed His blood 7 times? The Bible is limitless in its riches. Truly.