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This Podcast focuses on disciple making. Equipping the saints with the tools to defend the truth and proclaim it.
This podcast also addresses the basics of the faith for those who are curious about Jesus and the Bible.
Have you ever wondered why there are so many churches that all teach different things? What if we told you most “churches” were established by Satan, in an attempt to lead you astray? Let’s examine the Bible to make sure YOU are in the church Jesus established. Listen as a long time Christian and a recent convert discuss the importance of question: “how can I identify the one true church of the Bible?” Even a new convert can examine the scriptures and understand the simple truths of the Lord’s one church.
The show has an exciting future planned, join us as we hear the testimonies of our Host and new Co Host.
Today we look at 10 reasons why there is 1 reason why we should wear the name church of Christ or church of God.
Let’s take a look at this popular evangelistic bookmark we often use for local work in the churches of Christ. Email: churchofchrist.Bible.podcast@gmail.com
Let’s examine how God has ordained us to worship him. Churchofchrist.bible.podcast@gmail.com
The gospel message briefly explained. Although this good-news is powerful, it can easily be explained and understood, per God’s word. I hope and pray you will answer and be saved today. If you decide to respond to the gospel and be saved, please let me know at: churchofchrist.bible.podcast@gmail.com. I would love to hear about it!
Let’s take a dive into apologetics and learn some basics for defending the Christian faith!
Scripture reference is (Acts 16:30-34) as well as: (Acts 2:21,37,38) (Acts 22:16) and (Mark 16:16)
The church is the kingdom of God. Jesus went around preaching the gospel of the kingdom. The kingdom (the church) was established in Acts 2.
Are you a member of THE Church. The one, true church? How can you know if you are? Let’s find out!
The name is the description honestly! This is the 5 minute bible lesson with a new name and image. Same speaker, similar content, but a more appropriate name and image.
I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD!" https://esv.org/Ps122.1
Does the sinner prayer save? Is Baptism essential? Let’s debate the sinners prayer and baptism
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. https://esv.org/Acts2.38
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. https://esv.org/Gal3.27
So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. https://esv.org/2Kings5.14
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
6 Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. 7 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." 9 But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die." 10 And the LORD said, "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?" https://esv.org/Jonah4.6-11
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the LORD and said, "O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." 4 And the LORD said, "Do you do well to be angry?" https://esv.org/Jonah4.1-4
6 The word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish." 10 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it. https://esv.org/Jonah3.6-10
4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!" 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. https://esv.org/Jonah3.4-5
Understanding the characters and narrative of the book of Numbers, as well as learning from Israel’s mistakes by holding up a mirror to our own faces.
1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you." 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth. https://esv.org/Jonah3.1-3
And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. https://esv.org/Jonah2.10
11 Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?" For the sea grew more and more tempestuous. 12 He said to them, "Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you." https://esv.org/Jonah1.11-12
Then they said to him, "Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?" https://esv.org/Jonah1.8
1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me." 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. 4 But the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. https://esv.org/Jonah1.1-5
23 and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. 24 And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. https://esv.org/Luke8.23-24
12 "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." https://esv.org/Rev22.12-13
17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. https://esv.org/Rev13.17-18
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. https://esv.org/3John1.11
5 Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, 6 who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. 7 For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. 8 Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. https://esv.org/3John1.5-8
Understanding the whole book of Genesis through this short summary. This summary goes through all the narrative highlights of the book of Genesis.
Wants to become an expert in the scriptures, but don’t know where to start? Start right here with this crash course!
7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8 Watch yourselves, so that you may not lose what we have worked for, but may win a full reward. 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, 11 for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works. https://esv.org/2John1.7-11
3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. 4 I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. 5 And now I ask you, dear lady-not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning-that we love one another. https://esv.org/2John1.3-5
Want to here our 3 week study summarized in 5 minutes. Listen to this episode and better understand the letter of 1 John.
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is he who came by water and blood-Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him. 16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life-to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death. 18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. 20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. https://esv.org/1John5.1-21
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. https://esv.org/1John4.7-21
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. https://esv.org/1John4.1-3
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 19 By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 20 for whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and he knows everything. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. 23 And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. https://esv.org/1John3.16-24
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. https://esv.org/1John3.11-15
4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. 10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother. https://esv.org/1John3.4-10
1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure. https://esv.org/1John3.1-3
28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. 29 If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. https://esv.org/1John2.28-29
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us. 20 But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge. 21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he made to us-eternal life. 26 I write these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you. 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie-just as it has taught you, abide in him. https://esv.org/1John2.18-27
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. https://esv.org/1John2.15-17
12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake. 13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. https://esv.org/1John2.12-14
7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10 Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. 11 But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. https://esv.org/1John2.7-11
3 And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 Whoever says "I know him" but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, 5 but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: 6 whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. https://esv.org/1John2.3-6
5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. https://esv.org/1John1.5-10
1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. https://esv.org/1John2.1-2
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life- 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us- 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. https://esv.org/1John1.1-5
And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. So those who received his word were baptized, and there were ADDED that day about three thousand souls. praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord ADDED to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
What do I need to repent of? Do I have to be perfect before I can come to faith in the Lord and be saved?
Faith comes by hearing. So, do you regularly “hear” the word of God? We are justified through faith, how do I grow in faith? Hear!
5 characteristics of a God honoring Father. God is the perfect father, so we have the opportunity to look like the perfect father!
My sins have been done away with on the cross. Why should I Repent? In order to earn salivation, or in honor of God freely giving me salvation?
Perhaps a long title, but we all have been there. Having you sinned as a Christian? Do you lay awake at night worried? It’s time to have peace in the LORD again.
You have won big! Will you claim your reward? All you need to do is Believe and be Baptized and you will be saved! (Mark 16:16)
Jesus is our savior, but are you in need of one? Let’s see what the Bible says about your’s and my need for a savior!
Reading from the ESV translation. Reading the scriptures aloud as instructed by God’s word.
It’s important to read the Bible aloud together. Let’s dive in and read this sermon from the Apostle Paul.
Hearing a sermon from an Apostle him self... Well, at least reading the writing of one Apostle Paul. Reading from ESV translation, so credit goes to ESV!
Is it a prayer? Is it s huge ritual? Is it a day long event? Or is it as simple as 1 Bible verse? Acts 2:38
Should we baptize all people, even non-believers and infants? Scripture tells us who baptism is for.
We discuss how to be “in Christ,” and why you should be. My email is: churchofchrist.bible.podcast@gmail.com
A congregation is only as good as its members. For a healthy body, every body part must function. For a healthy church, every member must function.
We take a look at the commands for baptism and the early church example. Written material found here: https://my.w.tt/pQadEQMgnab
Grace is the foundation that leads to joy and willing obedience, but grace also leads to joy even when we fail.
The Bible often mentions specific sins with specific punishments. If you struggle with one of those sins, are you worst than the rest of us? It’s a huge question to ask. I know my struggles consist of some of these “worst sins.”
Hell is not a party that Satan rules. Hell is Satan’s worst nightmare! The good news, you don’t have to go there!
When you’re being tempted and you are sinning, what should you do? The real question is, what has God already done for you!
It’s common for us Christians it Backslide into our old sinful ways, but what does that mean for us? Do we need to be re-Saved? We’re we saved to begin with?
We know we are saved by grace through faith, but if grace is a gift, how do I accept and receive this gift?
Are you on mission? Spreading the gospel as the Lord commanded? Well, it’s never too late to start in your local community!
The answer is yes. We obey because we have been given mercy and salvation without earning it, but we need to obey by accepting it.
Do you often question or worry rather you are truly saved and going to Heaven? The Bible makes it clear how to know you are saved.