Discover The Book Ministries210210AM Short Clip Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more of Dr. John Barnett’s Bible teaching messages go to: https://discoverthebook.org/
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THE GODLY LIFE IS FOCUSED–Living The Un-Intoxicated Life
Un-Intoxicated Life From EBP-06 – God Desires You To Live The Un-Intoxicated Life, Are You 201017PM Short Clip Here are links to the 52 Greatest Chapters Bible Study Resources we are using: 1. The MacArthur Study Bible I use: https://amzn.to/33vqwsm 2. Grudem Systematic Theology: https://amzn.to/3y1M1iu 3. The Best Cross-Reference Guide to the Bible: https://amzn.to/3vtFqLU […]
Beware Of Self-Induced Spiritual Blindness
Spiritual Blindness 19-Isaiah-15 191107AM Listen with me to the ANCIENT VOICES of God’s Prophets. When we do, we HEAR GOD SPEAK about how to cultivate DESIRING & FINDING GOD DAILY: that is the essence of the BEST LIFE possible. I just spent a final hour with some of the dearest Asians committed to reaching […]
Matthew 5-7 – Living For God – Why Is It So Hard
FTGC-34 210530AM Jesus sat down on a hillside early on in His ministry and taught a huge crowd of ordinary people—the Fact of Life. He told them how to live for God, and explained why it was so hard at times. When you step back and look at the topics Jesus covered in this His […]
YOUR DAILY SECRET TO GODLINESS–Do YOU Plan to Serve Christ Today or Not?
2020Rev-06c Don’t Get To Heaven Empty-Handed 200412AM Short Clip Daily Choices: Serve Christ or Not: Thyatira was being seduced by the false teacher Jezebel; and true believers in that church were called upon by Christ to resist all such evil teaching and lifestyles. Christ’s message for them and to us today is: Stay pure; live […]
HOW TO LIVE FOR GOD IN 2021–Jesus Desire For His Church To Stir Up Others To Love & Do Good Works
2020Rev-07a End Of Days Health 200413PM Short Clip First the basics There are simple areas that have always been the marks of a healthy believer. Time listening to God by feeding on His Word. (Scripture Reading) Time applying the Word to my life. (Scripture Memorizing & Meditating) Time Talking to God. (Prayer) Time talking to […]
ARE YOU CULTIVATING THE DISCIPLINE OF TRUTH–THE EVIDENCE OF GENUINE SALVATION?
ESH-02 140112AM WHAT WAS THE FIRST EXERCISE? In Paul’s systematic plan for Timothy to stay healthy and fit for God. Paul first instructed Timothy in these six verses, with an ongoing exercise. That first spiritual exercise is: Timothy: Expose False Doctrines & Teachers (4:1-6a) Now before we examine what the extent of this first exercise […]
THE GREATEST SIGHT IN THE UNIVERSE–6 Indescribable Joys of Seeing God CLEARLY EACH DAY of Your Life
2020Rev-08e Avoiding End Of Days Spiritual Blindness 200414AM Short Clip Isaiah 33:16-17 1-He will dwell on high; [Endless delights] 2-His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; [True security] 3-Bread will be given him, [Satisfied longings] 4-His water will be sure. [Unending refreshment] 5-v. 17 Your eyes will see the King in His […]
GOD GAVE A 10-STEP PATHWAY To Personal Holiness & Godly Usefulness–ARE YOU FOLLOWING HIS PATHWAY?
From EBP-03b How Did Solomon Ruin His Life – By Negelecting The Wisdom God Offered Him 201015PM https://youtu.be/VtjNw2qC_ck Short Clips Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: […]
YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE TO ALL THAT MATTERS FOR LIFE & ETERNITY–God’s Road To Lifelong Usefulness
EBP-03c How Did Solomon Ruin His Life – By Negelecting The Wisdom God Offered Him 201015PM Short Clip THE WISDOM OF GOD THAT SOLOMON NEGLECTED TO OBEY: GOD’S ROAD TO LIFELONG USEFULNESS was seeking out God’s Wisdom through His Word daily and surrendering to follow it. Becoming King meant so much to get done: a […]
EBP 04c How To Live Sanctified Lives Of Humility
EBP-04 Submission, Humility, Rebellion, Lucifer, & The Ultimate Sin Of Pride 201016PM Short Clip From – https://youtu.be/GOYrg6WLS0A Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US […]
EBP 05d The Pathway Of Usefulness To God For The Younger Men Of The Church
EBP-05 God, Marriage, & Are You Getting Ready For The Second Greatest Day Of Your Life 201017AM Short Clip From – https://youtu.be/wNeslNtRDX0 Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: […]
EBP 05e The Pathway Of Usefulness To God For The Older Women Of The Church
EBP-05 God, Marriage, & Are You Getting Ready For The Second Greatest Day Of Your Life 201017AM Short Clip From – https://youtu.be/wNeslNtRDX0 Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: […]
EBP 06a Living The Un-Intoxicated Life
EBP-06 God Desires You To Live The Un-Intoxicated Life, Are You 201017PM Short Clip From – https://youtu.be/jeLgBaqMhNk Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US […]
EBP 08g Obtaining Great Returns Invest The Rest Of Your Life WIth God
EBP-08 God Says WoZrk Hard & Don’t Be Lazy 201020PM Short Clip From – https://youtu.be/eik8ZdD-Mb8 Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more […]
BECAUSE GOD SAYS BEWARE OF TOO MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA–YOU NEED TO COMBAT SPIRITUAL ANOREXIA
Q&A-118 210116PM Short Clip God is looking to train a generation of un-intoxicated men to lead and model Christ’s righteousness in an intoxicated world. God wants men who do not succumb to the intoxicating influences that dull their mind. Any desire, unrestrained by God’s grace can become an intoxicating idol. Things like: sober: comfort, convenience, […]
The 10 Best Decisions John Barnett Has Made In Life are–SIMPLE HABITS FOR POWERFUL LIVING
EBP-11a Q&A – Testimony, Courtship, Disciplines & Calling 201126AM Short Clip The 10 Best Decisions John Barnett Has Made In Life are–SIMPLE HABITS FOR POWERFUL LIVING. In this Chapel for East-Asian, Next-Generation students we were asked to give them personal and practical advice from what we have learned during our lifetime walking with God. Here […]
FOOLISH OR WISE–IT IS YOUR CHOICE–Are You Surrendering Your Mind To Foolishness or Wisdom?
EBP-09d How Are You Doing At Overcoming The Distracted Life Today 201021PM Short Clip ARE YOU FLOATING THROUGH LIFE OR PADDLING AGAINST THE CURRENT? A believer, not actively engaged in battling the distracted life: will slowly become amused, carried along, floating with the current of the world, and going away from God. This doesn’t mean […]
THE WORST THING JESUS COULD EVER SAY TO YOU–I NEVER KNEW YOU–God’s Warning to Nominal Christians
EBP-07c The True Gospel Has Two Parts – Substitution & Imputation – So How Does One Get To Heaven 201020PM Short Clip Oh, the dreadful condition of being artificial! Many people know only the appearance and not the reality of Jesus Christ. Do you know the difference between appearance and reality? God does! In every […]
LIVE BOLDLY FOR CHRIST TODAY–Jesus Opens & No One Shuts EQUALS The Truth of a Forever Changed Life
2020Rev-07f End Of Days Health 200413PM Short Clip When Jesus does something, that’s it. It can’t be stopped, overturned, ruined, thwarted, or ended. When Jesus opens a door of blessing, it can’t be shut. When Jesus opens a door of ministry, it can’t be shut. Jesus is the One to stay in touch with when […]
ARE YOU WANDERING IN SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS vs. FOLLOWING GOD? Protect Your Focus Upon God TODAY
2020Rev-08f Avoiding End Of Days Spiritual Blindness 200414AM Short Clip William Borden Gave away his fortune No Reserves. No Retreat. He said God has called me and I’m going. And he sailed for China. On the way going through the Mediterranean from the east coast to the United States, he stopped in Egypt. He had […]
MEETING GOD AT THE END OF LIFE–Are You Ready For The Greatest Day of Your Life Kneeling Before Him?
2020REV-11g What’s Next For Planet Earth 200421PM Short Clip In other words, he lived each day like he was on his way to explain what he did with his life to the One who gave him life – Jesus Christ. Jonathan Edwards, one of the greatest minds ever produced in an American had this as […]
UNLEASHING THE SECRET OF SUPERNATURAL CONTENTMENT–TO CHANGE ME TODAY
ROK-08 130317AM We were saved to serve God, but Satan wants to distract us from God using the world’s allurements. One of the greatest needs in life is contentment. Contentment comes only by the application of the doctrines of God to my life. Any lack of contentment signals a deficiency in experiencing God’s truth in […]
WHAT CHOICES CAN YOU MAKE IN LIFE–THAT MAKES JESUS GET SICK?
ROK-07 130310AM There’s only ONE chapter in the Bible that catches JESUS GETTING SICK. He touches the dead, the dying, the demonized, and the diseased with no recorded negative impact. But then, near the end of the Bible, Jesus gets VIOLENTLY SICKENED. Did you ever wonder about that? In Matthew 23 religious hypocrisy made Jesus […]
WHAT’S THE WORST THING JESUS CAN EVER SAY? I NEVER KNEW YOU
210123PM God commands each of us to ask ourselves a series of questions. These questions are all targeting the one very most important issue of all—the reality of our eternal destination. As we turn to 2 Corinthians 13:5, Listen to what God commands us two times in this one verse, to be asking ourselves this […]
FTGC#19b INVITING GOD TO BE YOUR COACH–Proverbs SUMMARIZED–Man’s Way (LOSS) vs. God’s Way (BEST)
EBP-00a Do You Want To Start Personal Life Change Devotional Studies In The Book Of Proverbs 201001PM Short Clip Here are links to the 52 Greatest Chapters Bible Study Resources we are using: 1. The MacArthur Study Bible I use: https://amzn.to/33vqwsm 2. Grudem Systematic Theology: https://amzn.to/3y1M1iu 3. The Larger Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/3biMwLh […]
COMING GLOBAL PANIC ATTACK–LIFE IS FRAGILE & Revelation Declares How To Avoid Inescapable Death
2020REV-12f Why Does God Send The Tribulation 200422PM Short Clip Now consider what Jesus reports concerning Lazarus and the rich man. It is seen in the very important word “was” in Luke 16:19–20: “There was a certain rich man …” (emphasis added). Unlike Luke 12:16–20, Jesus did not use the word “parable” because He was […]
GOD’S PLAN FOR EVERY WOMAN IS CLEAR–The Pathway of Usefulness To God For Younger Women of TODAY
EBP-05f God, Marriage, & Are You Getting Ready For The Second Greatest Day Of Your Life 201017AM Short Clip v. 4b the young women: 1. TO LOVE THEIR HUSBANDS: Self-sacrificing Love in a Selfish World 2. TO LOVE THEIR CHILDREN: Nurturing Love in a Loveless World 3. v. 5 TO BE DISCREET: Focusing on God […]
THE GODWARD LIFE FOR THESE TIMES–Investing Our Lives With God Even During The Difficult Days Ahead
EBP-03d How Did Solomon Ruin His Life – By Neglecting The Wisdom God Offered Him 201015PM EACH DAY YOU ARE CHOOSING YOUR SAVINGS PLAN: WASTING OR INVESTING When life winds down, strength gets exhausted, and the end is in sight for you–which summary will fit your life? Will you look back on life like Solomon? […]
START TO BE THE PERSON GOD WANTS YOU TO BECOME–WHY NOT GET STARTED TODAY?
From EBP-05b God, Marriage, & Are You Getting Ready For The Second Greatest Day Of Your Life 201017AM https://youtu.be/wNeslNtRDX0 Short Clip When your life is done, and you look back on those last few weeks or months that you have before cancer, or heart or respiratory problems overtake you – will you regret the days […]
REVELATION 18 & Y.O.L.O.–SINCE YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, WHAT DOES GOD SAY HE WANTS YOU TO LIVE FOR?
MOI-57 980816PM Short Clip There is a day on the horizon of the future. On that day a series of events will take place which will arrest everyday life on planet earth. In a single moment on a single day all over the world the food supply will end, the transportation system will […]
WHAT IT MEANS TO TRUST GOD–The Practical Ways YOU Can Reflect Your Trust In God
EBIs-10d Fear Not – God Wants To Put His Strong Arms – Around All Your Fears 201029AM Short Clip Lives that Reflect that we are: Trusting Changeless Truths About God. Psalm 18:2 reminds us: The Lord is my Rock. GOD IS THE ROCK We are invited to have our life anchored by the truth about […]
FTGC#6b-WHAT PARTS OF GOD’S LAW ARE STILL BINDING ACCORDING TO JESUS– NONE, SOME, OR ALL?
FTGC-06b HFG-11 150712AM Short Clip Here are links to the 52 Greatest Chapters Bible Study Resources we are using: 1. The MacArthur Study Bible I use: https://amzn.to/33vqwsm 2. Grudem Systematic Theology: https://amzn.to/3y1M1iu 3. The Larger Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/3biMwLh 4. The Smaller Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/33vTNmN “As an Amazon Associate, I […]
DEPLOY YOUR PERSONAL SECURITY GEAR–God Uses to Protect YOU From Alien, Demon & Satanic Attacks
EBIs-06e 201107 Short Clip Late one night in 1521 in a massive stone room of Wartburg Castle, Martin Luther sat in the luminous ring of a flickering candle. Suddenly, Luther scooped up his inkwell and violently flung it at the wall. Satan was an adversary so present to Luther, that his translation of God’s Word […]
WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE LOOK LIKE TO GOD? How To Make Sure You Are Acting Like A Fool
EBP-06b God Desires You To Live The Un-Intoxicated Life, Are You 201017PM Short Clip The CHARACTERISTICS OF FOOLS & What God Warns About in Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, Strong drink is a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise. 1-Deny God; 2-Worship self; 3-Mock sin; 4-Contaminate Others; 5-Reject wisdom; […]
FTGC#6a–HAS GOD’S PERFECT LAW–LED YOU TO CHRIST?
FTGC-06a HFG-12 150719AM Short Clip Here are links to the 52 Greatest Chapters Bible Study Resources we are using: 1. The MacArthur Study Bible I use: https://amzn.to/33vqwsm 2. Grudem Systematic Theology: https://amzn.to/3y1M1iu 3. The Larger Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/3biMwLh 4. The Smaller Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/33vTNmN “As an Amazon Associate, I […]
ONLY JESUS SATISFIES–NOTHING ELSE EVER CAN
210203AM Short Clip JESUS IS ALL I NEED TO FEED MY STARVING SOUL; apart from Him is only unsatisfied hunger. The internal gnawing pain that hunger brings is the illustration of our condition apart from Christ. Jesus alone feeds our soul and satisfies our pangs of hunger, all else is emptiness, hopelessness, and empty […]
UNLEASHING GOD INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY–How The Attributes of God Can TRANSFORM Your Daily Life
EBIs-10c Fear Not – God Wants To Put His Strong Arms – Around All Your Fears 201029AM Short Clip LISTENING TO GOD’S VOICE MEANS TRUSTING GOD First, God is Good: that means everything He does is good, kind, and helpful. Second, God is Wise: that means that He chooses the best way, the right timing, […]
HOW TO STAY PURE WHEN YOU ARE STRUGGLING–Living in the Middle of an Immoral & Demonic Place
210225AM Short Clip What are the Benefits of A Life of Purity? If we were to distill down the descriptions that God’s Word has for those who walk as Christ’s disciples, in the power of the Spirit, with this grace-energized purity, this is what the New Testament says we have: A Great hunger and desire […]
SERVING GOD NOW IN OUR VERY DARK WORLD–Remain Faithful & God Will Use YOUR LIFE For His Purposes
EBIs-03b Consecration Is How God Can Use You To Reach Your Dying Culture Starting Today 201025PM Short Clip https://youtu.be/0-O89qRjIw8 Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: […]
THERE ARE FOUR CHOICES THAT MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT FOR ETERNITY–Secrets of a Life God Can Use GREATLY
EBIs-03f Consecration Is How God Can Use You To Reach Your Dying Culture Starting Today 201025PM Short Clip Isaiah 6–God Called Isaiah to Consecration. 4 Secrets to a Life God Can Use From the Old Testament, we find that our unchanging, immutable God has the same plan. To reach the godless society God called him […]
FTGC#7c-I WILL NOT FEAR–EXPERIENCING GOD WHEN YOUR FEARS SURROUND YOU
FTGC-07a 110213PM Short Clip As we open to Psalm 3 we can note some details that set this Psalm apart as a very special Psalm to learn from: Here are links to the 52 Greatest Chapters Bible Study Resources we are using: 1. The MacArthur Study Bible I use: https://amzn.to/33vqwsm 2. Grudem Systematic Theology: […]
LIVES THAT REFLECT WE ARE TRUSTING CHANGELESS TRUTHS–Knowing The Power of God By What Makes Him God
EBIs-10b Fear Not – God Wants To Put His Strong Arms – Around All Your Fears 201029AM Short Clip We are invited to have our life anchored by the truth about God our Rock. This life anchored to truth only started at our salvation, because it never stops growing. We live each day walking by […]
RESTORING YOUR MIND HIJACKED BY DISTRACTIONS–5 Ways To Start Pointing Your Mind Towards God
EBP-09e How Are You Doing At Overcoming The Distracted Life Today 201021PM Short Clip POINTING YOUR MIND TOWARDS GOD The overpowering Gladiatorial gaming culture of the 1st Century that troubled, tempted, and weakened the early church has morphed into an even more alluring 21st century, irresistible, and almost inescapable culture, that even the lost world […]
LAUNCHING DIVINE WISDOM INTO YOUR LIFE TODAY–Proverbs Shows God Wants To Make Us Wise
EBP-01e How To Be Really Sure You’re Saved 201014PM Short Clip 1- Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction. 2- Paul revealed a wonderful truth about Christ. He said 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who […]
THE WORST PLAGUE & THE ONLY VACCINATION THAT PROTECTS FROM SATAN’S PRIDE–IS OFFERED BY JESUS CHRIST
From EBP-04a Submission, Humility, Rebellion, Lucifer, & The Ultimate Sin Of Pride 201016PM Short Clip The greatest plague on earth is pride. More people miss heaven for pride than any other sin. Wanting our own way is how God described our pitiful condition as lost ones. Isaiah 53: 6 All we like sheep have gone […]
UN-FRIEND THE WORLD–OR YOU ARE UN-FRIENDING GOD
210207AM Short Clip Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more of Dr. John Barnett’s Bible teaching messages go to: https://discoverthebook.org/
DIVINE HIGHS AVAILABLE–JESUS OFFERS ENDLESS PLEASURES
210209AM Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more of Dr. John Barnett’s Bible teaching messages go to: https://discoverthebook.org/
DON’T BE GOD’S ENEMY–BECAUSE YOU ARE IF YOU ARE A WORLDLY PERSON
210209AM Short Clip In Revelation 18 we also find that there are seven elements of the worldly system that Jesus will bring to an end. This is a cause for rejoicing, as they will no longer cause earth dwellers to ignore Him. The Lord will remove everything that has distracted people from looking at Him. […]
THE LION NEVER SLEEPS–DON’T DOUBT GOD’S AUTHORITY
210210AM Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more of Dr. John Barnett’s Bible teaching messages go to: https://discoverthebook.org/
GETTING GOD IN FOCUS TODAY–Choices That You Can Make Right Now To Strength Your Focus On God
EBIs-15e Seeing God Each Day Transforms Our Lives – God Offers Daily Glimpses Into Heaven 201031PM Short Clip There are twin imperatives here. “Put on the Lord Jesus Christ” and “Make no provision” are both commands from God. A command or imperative means an action we must make, and God awaits our response to what […]
HOW WAS DAVID LIBERATED FROM CRIPPLING GUILT OVER HIS SIN?
FTGC-08b LOD-24; 101205PM Short Clip Here are links to the 52 Greatest Chapters Bible Study Resources we are using: 1. The MacArthur Study Bible I use: https://amzn.to/33vqwsm 2. Grudem Systematic Theology: https://amzn.to/3y1M1iu 3. The Larger Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/3biMwLh 4. The Smaller Moleskin Notebook I use: https://amzn.to/33vTNmN “As an Amazon Associate, I […]
DID YOU KNOW THAT JESUS SAID–ONLY TRUE DISCIPLES CAN GO TO HEAVEN?
ESH-11 140330AM Today, if asked, most of us would describe ourselves as “Christians”, some may be as “Born-again”, others that we are “Saved”. Those are all good, valid, and proper terms; but, what is amazing is how far we have moved from what the New Testament called those who were saints and headed to Heaven. […]
HOW DOES JESUS DESCRIBE & DEFINE EXACTLY WHO HIS DISCIPLES ARE THAT ARE FOREVER WITH HIM IN HEAVEN?
ESH-12 140406AM Each of us here today became Christ’s disciple the moment of our salvation. Disciples are Christ’s sheep, who hear His voice and follow Him. Followers are disciples, disciples are believers, and believers are Christians, and Christians have been born again at the moment they were saved. So we gather as God’s family, saved […]
DISCIPLESHIP ESSENTIALS–THE LESSONS THAT JESUS NEVER STOPPED TEACHING HIS DISCIPLES
ESH-13 140406AM Jesus constantly discipled His disciples, and Palm Sunday was no exception. Welcome to our ongoing study of Biblical exercises for spiritual health & fitness in 2021. Paul told Timothy, and all the generations of believers to come, stay close to Christ: command and teach the church to be all Christ taught us to […]
DO YOU KNOW & BELIEVE–THE ONLY SOURCE OF TRUTH ABOUT GOD?
ESH-14 140504AM The only trustworthy, reliable, authoritative explanation of God is right here in our hands: it is God’s Word the Bible. The Bible is the only real key to unlock truth about God, thus it is: the only sure doorway into His salvation, the only official map that leads to God, the only trustworthy […]
HALLOWING GOD’S NAME IN A PROFANE WORLD–The Lord’s Prayer As Seen In Isaiah
EBIs-15b Seeing God Each Day Transforms Our Lives – God Offers Daily Glimpses Into Heaven 201031PM Short Clip From – https://youtu.be/NKIYL7E_D6c Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ […]
GOD SAYS THAT SALVATION IS WHEN YOU GET A NEW KING THAT YOU BEGIN TO FOLLOW & OBEY IN LIFE
ESH-19 140615AM The Eternal, Infinite God of the Universe is a Savior and offers to anyone who will call upon His Name some amazing, supernatural transformations within. That is what the Gospel has been doing from the start: changing humans from the inside out. That is what Paul watched happen across the pagan world of […]
ARE YOU LIVING LIKE A PILGRIM & STRANGER–God Wants Christians To Live As Temporary Residents Today
EBP-06 God Desires You To Live The Un-Intoxicated Life, Are You 201017PM Short Clip Peter explains for us the balanced-mind that God wants and that Paul instructs Titus to train up. Peter uses five, very targeted exhortations, in 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war […]
GOD USED PAUL TO CHANGE THE WORLD & GOD ALSO WANTS TO USE YOU GREATLY–BUT YOU MUST SURRENDER TO HIM
ESH-23 140803AM God wants to use people. He provides everything needed. All God wants is willingness mixed with humility. When He finds that mix there is no limit to what God can do. GOD WANTS TO USE US Paul is an example of the limitless ways God can, did, and continues to use Paul. As […]
ARE YOU NORMAL? WHAT IS A NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE & HOW DO I KNOW IF I’M PLEASING JESUS?
ESH-26 140907AM What Does a Normal, Healthy Believer Look Like? In Romans 15, Paul who had never been to Rome was writing to the church there and commending them on their living out the truth of Christ. He describes many elements of their lives that were what he noted as good, healthy and part of […]
SHORT & SWEET SPIRITUAL LIFE–HOW TO DISCIPLE OTHERS & FOLLOW CHRIST YOURSELF
ESH-27 140928AM As we open to John 10 this morning, we look at the very foundation of Christianity. Whose birth do we celebrate as God with us, Immanuel? Jesus Christ the Lord. Who lived the only perfect human life ever lived? Jesus Christ the Lord. Who dies a substitutionary, atoning death on the Cross of […]
AS THE WORLD DARKENS–DO YOU HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE LIKE JESUS PROMISED?
ESH-28 141005AM Discipleship Lesson-4: The Spirit of God Teaching them about the Source of an Endless Stream of Divine Power for Abundant Living John 7:37-39 As we open to John 7 today, we are doing so because: DISCIPLESHIP IS ALL ABOUT THE BASICS: 1. Salvation: First we covered understanding salvation & baptism. 2. Scriptures: […]
HAVE YOU PERSONALLY MET THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD? HE TRANSFORMS EVERYTHING IN YOUR LIFE!
ESH-29 141019AM Today, each of us believers gathered here, represent what God began at Pentecost. We are the local, visible gathering of the Church that Christ Jesus is building. Following Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, and ascension the most amazing event of all of human history began at Pentecost. The Church was born in Acts 2, […]
BEWARE OF AN END OF DAYS BLINDNESS–Don’t Miss These Six Indescribable Joys of Seeing God
EBIs-15 Seeing God Each Day Transforms Our Lives – God Offers Daily Glimpses Into Heaven 201031PM Short Clip The Rewards of Focusing Upon God Then the reward for staying focused on God in a world of distractions is offered. This is what makes godly people make the choices to focus on God: That list of […]
LOVING THE WORLD CHRIST’S WAY–The Ways We Can Show The Compassion God Wants Us To Show The World
EBIs-13 Rediscover The Most Neglected Spiritual Discipline & Learn How To Most Reflect Christ’s Love Today 201030PM Short Clip In this sin-parched world, we are overflowing with Spirit of God-generated streams of living water. In this sin-darkened world, we are reflecting the Light of the World who lives in us. In this sin-cursed and starving […]
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO GOD & HEAVEN–The Amazing Exclusiveness of The Christian Message
EBIs-12 The (ONLY) Gospel By God – In The Greatest Chapter In The Bible – Do You Understand Salvation 201030AM Short Clip THE ONLY TRUE & LIVING GOD There is only one God, the Creator. There is only one Savior, named Jesus Christ. The only True God is that Creator and Redeemer introduced to us […]
THE GREATEST KEY TO LIVING THE BIBLICAL LIFE IS–GETTING FULL & STAYING FULL OF THE SPIRIT
ESH-30 141026AM As we open to Ephesian 5:18, we are learning what it means to Get Full, Stay Full & Live Full of God’s Spirit. This may be one of the most vital topics, in the Bible, for any believer. Sometimes, when we study a topic as massive as the power of the Holy Spirit […]
BEWARE–PORNOGRAPHY HIJACKS YOUR BRAIN. HERE’S THE WAY TO GET SET FREE BY CHRIST
LOD-26 110116PM Short Clip As Bonnie & I minister to the Next Generation, we are increasingly discipling young men and women (and some not so young) who have slowly gone off the road and into the ditch. Most of them are still going along with ALL THE SPIRITUAL MOTIONS and seem to be okay, but […]
DO YOU EVER FEEL EMPTY–ARE YOU AVOIDING THE EMPTINESS OF WRONG–WAY LIVING?
ESH-31 141109AM What you would think if you can upon a huge group of bicyclists along a country road, and they were all walking their bikes? One simple thought should be: Why are they doing that? Walking bikes along a country road would not be using the bikes for what they were designed to be. […]
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE HOLY SPIRIT & THE HORRIBLE SYMPTOMS OF QUENCHING HIM?
ESH-32 141116AM HOW CAN WE AVOID GRIEVING THE HOLY SPIRIT? We can choose to keep God’s commandments and to lead a disciplined life. There are so many verses, let me just show you a couple. Turn to Romans 8—this is probably the best part of the Bible to mine out truth about the Holy Spirit. […]
DON’T RUIN YOUR ABILITY TO SEE & HEAR GOD BY OVER-EXPOSURE TO WORTHLESS THINGS
EBIs-15 Seeing God Each Day Transforms Our Lives – God Offers Daily Glimpses Into Heaven 201031PM Short Clip Over the last 18 months, I have taught face-to-face with hundreds of Millennials & Young Adults. Do you know what I have been most alarmed about? Many of them are losing their sight and hearing at an […]
TEST#8–ARE YOUR EYES OPENED, HAVE YOU BEEN TURNED BY GOD TO THE LIGHT & NOW LIVE IN HIS KINGDOM?
ESH-24 210224AM Test #8—SALVATION IS: ENTERING GOD’S KINGDOM & FOLLOWING GOD’S WAY AND NO LONGER MINE MESSAGE EIGHTEEN (Paul): The next Gospel Presentation is in Acts 19:8-26 where salvation is described as a Kingdom, following a Way, which people follow instead of their own way. Acts 19:8-26 SALVATION IS: REPENTING & BELIEVING IN THE […]
TEST#6–ARE YOU TURNING AWAY FROM WORTHLESS THINGS WITH A NEW GOD-PURIFIED HEART?
ESH-24 210223AM Test #6—ARE YOU TURNING AWAY FROM WORTHLESS THINGS WITH A NEW GOD-PURIFIED HEART? SALVATION IS: TURNING FROM USELESS THINGS TO THE LORD MESSAGE ELEVEN (Paul): The next Gospel Presentation is in Acts 14:15, 21, 27 where salvation is described by Paul after his journey through Asia Minor as turning to God who opens […]
TEST#5–HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED THE SUPERNATURAL PEACE OF KNOWING ALL YOUR SINS ARE FOREVER GONE?
ESH-24 210223AM Test #5—SALVATION IS: KNOWING THE PEACE OF SINS GONE MESSAGE EIGHT (Peter): The next Gospel Presentation is in Acts 10:35-43 where salvation is described as believing, receiving the remission of sins, and God granting repentance. Acts 10:36, 39-43 (NKJV) The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus […]
TEST#4–DO YOU REALLY WANT JESUS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS YOUR KING?
ESH-24 210223AM #4—DO YOU REALLY WANT JESUS TO RULE YOUR LIFE AS YOUR KING? SALVATION IS: BELIEVING WITH ALL YOUR HEART The next Gospel Presentation is in Acts 8:35-37: Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. 36 Now as they went down the road, they came to some […]
TEST#3–HAS THE SPIRIT OF GOD CHANGED YOU ON THE INSIDE?
ESH-24 210222AM Test #3–SALVATION IS: SEEING JESUS CHRIST AS THE ONLY DOOR TO SALVATION MESSAGE THREE (Peter): We come to the third Gospel presentation in Acts 4:12: “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” #3—SALVATION IS: FINDING […]
TEST#2–DO YOU WANT JESUS MORE THAN YOUR SIN?
ESH-24 210222AM #2—SALVATION IS: WANTING JESUS MORE THAN MY SIN MESSAGE TWO (Peter): As we move on we find the second Gospel presentation in Acts 3:19,26: v. 19 “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, v. 26 […]
TEST#1–HAVE YOU TURNED AWAY FROM RELIGION & TOWARDS CHRIST?
ESH-24 210222AM #1—SALVATION IS: COMING TO CHRIST AND AWAY FROM RELIGION BY REPENTING & RECEIVING THE SPIRIT MESSAGE ONE (Peter): The first Gospel presentation is in Acts 2. Peter preaches the first sermon after Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, and sending the Holy Spirit down to indwell the Church. What does he say? Note in Acts […]
HOW DO YOU DECLARE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO GOD EACH DAY OF LIFE?
EBI-13b 201107AM Short Clip In the Old Testament, we can see that Biblical Fasting was an URGENT call to get serious about Knowing God. In the New Testament we see Biblical Fasting was an ancient spiritual discipline to reschedule my life with God at the center instead of dining, relaxing, amusing, accumulating, advancing, securing, and […]
MONEY CAN DESTROY YOUR LIFE–GOD WARNS OF THE THREE DANGERS OF WEALTH
EBP-07c 201019PM Short Clip BEWARE OF GREED Search your heart before God that you might be aware of any greed (cf. Ephesians 5:3). o Greed for money can lead to family problems (Proverbs 15:27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live). o Do not charge […]
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT LOOKS LIKE–WHEN HE ENTERS & LIVES IN YOUR LIFE?
ESH-33 141130AM We are looking one-by-one at the Spiritual Living Lessons that new believers need to have personally taught to them by older believers. Saved: We have seen salvation as portrayed across the pages of Acts by those early Apostles & disciples. Scripture-Fed: Then we examined the Scriptures and the link between salvation through the […]
GOD’S SPIRIT WANTS TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE–JUST LIFE LIKE HE DID MARY’S
ESH-34 141207AM We are studying what it means to walk through life in step with the Spirit of God. There is nothing complicated about life as a believer, it is just staying under the direction & control of the Spirit. When we do so we can live the most amazing life possible, the life God […]
WHAT’S GOD’S NORMAL WAY OF COMMUNICATING & DOES GOD STILL USE ANGELS, VISIONS & VOICES TODAY?
ESH-36 141221AM Have you ever noticed how clearly God personally communicated with the characters of Christmas? God explains things to them, shows them when and where to go, warns them of dangers, and arranges amazing meetings for them. What a wonderful way to live with God communicating so clearly & powerfully. From that familiar story […]
WHAT IS ROMANISM & WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT IT? A 6-MINUTE COURSE IN THEOLOGY
APO-01 990829PM WHAT IS ROMANISM & WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT IT? A 6-MINUTE COURSE IN THEOLOGY There’re seven specific biblical reasons why I believe that Roman Catholicism is anti-biblical and also wrong. The first is the mass. The second is the role of Mary. The third is the persistent usurpation or usurping of scriptures […]
YOU CAN START DIGITAL-DETOXING WITH THESE 5 STEPS
210302AM Short Clip FIVE Choices that Can Strengthen Our Focus upon God 1-Make a choice to Read God’s Word before Social Media or any online activities each morning. That choice reflects Christ’s Words in Matthew 6:33 “Seek FIRST the Kingdom of God”. 2-Make a plan to: Create an intentional place of solitude, so that you […]
HOW YOU CAN BE SURE–THAT YOUR LIFE WILL COUNT TO GOD!
ESH-23 140803AM Short Clip God wants to use people. He provides everything needed. All God wants is willingness mixed with humility. When He finds that mix there is no limit to what God can do. God Wants to Use Us Paul is an example of the limitless ways God can, did, and continues […]
DO BELIEVERS HAVE ETERNAL SECURITY & HOW DO THEY HAVE IT?
210305PM Are you absolutely sure that you are headed to Heaven when you die? If you believe that you are Heaven bound, have you checked to make sure that your faith is genuine saving faith? The best way to be absolutely sure is to line up what you believe with God’s Word. Noah’s ark is […]
WHAT IS THE WORST SIN & HOW DOES GOD TREAT US WHEN WE COMMIT SIN?
030608PM What was Samson’s problem? First, Samson[3] was dominated by lust. That passion led Samson to desire a Philistine woman as a wife, which was strictly forbidden by God’s Law. In addition, that passion led him to liaisons with prostitutes, like the one with the woman Delilah who betrayed him for money. Second, Samson was […]
DOES GOD REALLY SPANK (CHASTEN) ALL TRUE BELIEVERS? THAT’S WHAT HE SAYS!
110327AM Chastening Keeps Overcomers Spiritually Healthy The Lord also goes to each church with words of challenge and chastening (repent or else). There is a focused desire the Lord has for us that we stay on track and live out what He designed us to do and to be. This final word for Christ to […]
WHAT CAN IT MEAN THAT YOUR ALMIGHTY GOD IS OMNIPOTENT & WHY DOES IT MATTER TO YOUR LIFE TODAY?
940102PM One of the prevailing truths of the Holy Scriptures is the ALL POWERFUL nature of our God. There are two basic areas of the Universe that the Omnipotence of our God shows up: THE REALM OF NATURE AND THE REALM OF MAN. From the Word of God join me in worshipping our God. He […]
LAY HOLD ON ETERNAL LIFE–FOREVER LIVING IN A DOOMED & DYING WORLD
EBP-07e Money, Possessions, & Eternity – How God Measures Our Character By Our Money Usage 201019PM Short Clip Contentment Must Become a Learned Way of Life How do we learn to be content and then model and teach contentment to our families? One of the best ways to start is to do a study of […]
GOD’S PLANS FOR YOUR WORDS
From EBP-10c We Should Speak Life – That’s The Power Of Spoken Words In Your Life Today 201022PM https://youtu.be/J1Fo3AgyynI Short Clips Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ […]
GOD WANTS TO USE CONSECRATED MEN & WOMEN TO REACH OUR DYING CULTURE–WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM?
From EBIs-03a Consecration Is How God Can Use You To Reach Your Dying Culture Starting Today 201025PM https://youtu.be/0-O89qRjIw8 Short Clips Isaiah 6 is God’s plan for His servants to reach each of their dying cultures for the past 2,700 years—including ours today. We live in a nation that is consumed with its grasping materialism. Has […]
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IS–THE ONE YOU NEED TODAY
TRU-03 120226AM How Should We Approach The One on The Throne? Jesus explains how we approach the One on the Throne of Heaven, and it revolutionizes our prayers. First we come knowing in our hearts that He is Our Father. He is Kind: we don’t have to fear. He is Perfect: He […]
HOW DOES GOD’S OMNISCIENCE & PROVIDENCE–GUIDE THE DETAILS OF GLOBAL DISASTERS?
210308AM Our Father on The Throne of Heaven: Rules the Universe. What does that mean? He is Sovereign. God’s Sovereignty is stated in utter simplicity by Christ in Matthew 10:29 (NKJV) Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. God’s […]
HOW DOES JESUS WANT US TO TREAT A BACKSLIDDEN CHRISTIAN?
060701AM HOW DOES JESUS WANT US TO TREAT A BACKSLIDDEN CHRISTIAN? Remind them that–GOD FORGIVES! Anyone who comes to Jesus can experience what the Scriptures often declare—God is a God who offers His children complete forgiveness. Trace with me again those life-giving words in your hearts as I read them to you. You may even […]
HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE & END IN TRAGEDY
From EBP-08e God Says Work Hard & Don’t Be Lazy 201020PM https://youtu.be/eik8ZdD-Mb8 Short Clips Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more of […]
WORKING HARD IS PLEASING TO GOD–DO YOU HAVE GOD’S WORK ETHIC OR JUST A CULTURAL ONE?
ORS-13 From EBP-08c God Says Work Hard & Don’t Be Lazy 201020PM https://youtu.be/eik8ZdD-Mb8 Short Clips God opposes the “sluggards” mentioned 9x in Proverbs as well as “laziness” mentioned 15x in Proverbs. Here is a sample of 5 of the 24 passages on sluggards and laziness from Proverbs. 1- Proverbs 6:6-11 Go to the ant, you […]
IF CHRISTIANS ARE FORGIVEN–WHAT IS THE CHURCH DISCIPLINE OF SINNING BELIEVERS FOR?
121209PM Q&A-26 Short Clip What is Church Discipline? In Mt. 18:17, the church is to treat unrepentant believers like they are heathen & tax collectors (which means unwelcomed into the communion & worship services). Church History. Step 1: v. 15 Personal confrontation as often as needed v. 22 Step 2: v. 16 Take witnesses […]
WHAT IS LEGALISM & ARE YOUR SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES GOD-CENTERED?
ESH-01a 140105AM Short Clip THIS EXERCISE IS GOD-CENTERED We know hard work is necessary in athletics, the arts, and sciences; but when it comes to our spiritual life, we hesitate. The words “discipline, train, exercise” sound so much like legalism. But this line of thinking is incorrect. Legalism is always self-centered, whereas the disciplines are […]
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANITY–WHEN YOU FAKE IT & JUST PLAY AT LIVING AS PART OF CHRIST’S BODY!
OSL-04 061001AM WHAT DO WE LOSE WHEN WE FAKE IT BY JUST PLAYING CHURCH? Jesus Christ warns us that we will lose our rewards at His Judgment Seat if our time we were given on earth to invest in His Church is wasted. The whole message of Paul to the Corinthians was invest in […]
DO YOU HAVE THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES NEEDED TO RESIST–SATAN’S END OF DAYS ATTACKS ON TRUTH?
ESH-01b 140105AM THESE ARE SPIRITUAL EXERCISES FROM GOD HIMSELF Nestled right in the midst of those incredible 326 English words, translated from the 225 Greek words, into the 16 verses of this chapter: we have the demonstration of genuine spiritual life-coaching, poured out from the heart of Timothy’s father-in-the-faith, Paul. Look at the basic […]
PAIN IS A GIFT NOBODY WANTS–WHY GOD LET’S US HURT & WHAT WE SHOULD DO WHEN SUFFERING
SUF-02 950730PM Short Clip Now Paul wrote to only seven churches. Now that’s not because there weren’t more than seven churches. Just as John the apostle, recorded Christ’s words to seven churches, Paul the apostle recorded Christ’s word to seven churches and that is because the seven signify the whole. In God’s economy, seven is […]
THE MIND THAT PLEASES GOD
WFF-16 & DWM-10c Mile Markers On The Road Of Godly Parenting 020512PM Short Clips Join the LAND OF THE BOOK channel to get access to weekly video releases over the next year totaling 50+ EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS that feature weekly in-depth Bible Study lessons with John & Bonnie. Plus all the assigned HOLY LAND STUDY […]
YOUR GOD NEVER WASTES HURTS IN LIFE–THESE ARE HIS LESSONS ON THE PURPOSE OF SUFFERING
SUF-03 951015PM Short Clip Bonnie & I are getting to teach the same course this week for students in Scotland, Ireland & Australia–that we taught 25 years ago while we were serving in Tulsa, Oklahoma! I am so amazed at the timeless truths God gives us on pain, suffering, the agony of waiting, and waiting, […]
DOES GOD WANT YOUR LIFE TO BE PAIN-LESS & TROUBLE-FREE? NO
SUF-04 951112PM Short Clip AMERICA’S THREE BEST SELLING DRUGS ARE FOR—HYPERTENSION, ULCERS & TRANQUILIZERS The three best-selling drugs, in the United States last year were, a hypertension drug, a medication for ulcers and a tranquilizer. These pain mufflers are readily available because even the medical profession seems to look upon pain as the illness, than […]
YOU CAN OVERCOME BITTERNESS GOD’S WAY–WITH THESE 4,000-YEAR-OLD LESSONS FROM JOSEPH IN EGYPT
SUF-05 951203PM Short Clip Lesson Two: Bitterness = the key is not to let it root and spread. A. Remember God’s plan: 1. HE HAS ORDERING LIFE’S EVENTS Psalm 105:16-20 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread. 17 He sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, […]
TODAY’S PLAGUE OF UNHAPPINESS vs. GOD’S SECRET OF CONTENTMENT IN MOSES’ LIFE
SUF-06 951210PM Short Clip There is a plague sweeping America. It’s not AIDS nor TB, it is a dark cloud that overshadows all of life. It’s called DISCONTENT. What is the plague we face here in America? It’s the plague of discontentment. Discontentment is like an infection. You can catch it by contact unless you […]
The Blessed vs The Cursed, The Saved vs The Lost — Are You Sure You’re Really Headed to Heaven
FTGC-16 210316AM JESUS IS VERY BINARY–Jesus Christ is revealed in God’s Word as love personified. In His daily life, He was most observed by those closest to Him as filled with compassion; and He described Himself as “meek and lowly in heart”. So what will be His response towards those who ignore or reject His […]
The Only Way to Heaven – According to Gods Special Revelation
FTGC-18 210320AM How do we know that we are going to Heaven? How do we know the Bible is true? How do we know that God is real? It is because of the REVELATION God has made to us through His World He created, and through His special revelation of Himself through His Word He […]
HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED WITH ABRAHAM’S DAILY STRUGGLES? WAITING IS VERY HARD!
SUF-07 951231PM Short Clip ABRAHAM’S TEN EXAMINATIONS BY GOD God gave Abraham the great man of God; He gave him 10 tests, 10 opportunities, 10 examinations. Whether or not he would wait upon the sufficiency of God? And you know, Abraham passed several and he failed several. Now even the Great Father the faithful, didn’t […]
THE 10 GREATEST STRUGGLES IN SPIRITUAL LIFE & GOD’S EXPLANATION OF THEM FROM ABRAHAM’S LIFE
SUF-08 960121PM Short Clip Now, just to give you perspective where we have been, we have been studying the lives of fellow strugglers. Each of those we have looked at had been a powerful picture of how God taught a fellow struggler with us in their struggle. We first looked at Job many, many […]
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO INVEST WITH GOD? THERE IS LOSS EVERYWHERE ELSE! THESE ARE DIVINE INVESTMENT TIPS!
SUF-10 960310PM Short Clip Do your possessions keep you from God? Moses was contented. We saw, a couple of weeks ago, Abraham served God, his possessions never stood in the way. Look at another text and that’s in Isaiah chapter 41. You say Isaiah to learn about Abraham? You bet, God puts these nuggets in […]
DID YOU KNOW THE ONLY WAY TO RESIST TEMPTATION–IS BY TRUSTING GOD?
SUF-09 960303PM Short Clip If you’re opening your Bibles to Genesis chapter 12, we’re only going to take the next segment of Abraham’s life. But all of life is a struggle and the scriptures describe as actually in the Book of Philippians as fellow strugglers. Salvation begins as a struggle it says in Luke 13 […]
ABRAHAM & SEPARATION UNTO GOD MOST HIGH–IS THAT WHY MELCHIZEDEK BLESSES HIM?
SUF-11 960317PM Short Clip Ever since Adam and Eve left the Garden for their sin mankind has had to choose God’s way or man’s way. Life is made up of constant forks in the road, the path toward God means going away from the world. No one expressed more clearly and pointedly than our […]
THE BARBARIANS ARE RISING–BEWARE OF THE DECLINE & FALL OF THE GODLY HOME
SUF-12 960414PM Short Clip BARBARIANS MUST BE TAMED When it comes to rearing children, every society is only 20 years away from barbarism. Twenty years is all we have to accomplish the task of civilizing the infants who are born into our midst every year. These savages know nothing of our language, of our culture, […]
JESUS DESCRIBES THE WORLD IN REVELATION 18–BEWARE OF GAINING THE WORLD & LOSING YOUR OWN SOUL
WNS-0b 210318PM Short Clip The first lesson of Revelation 18 is that worldly possessions can’t buy spiritual life, but they can buy spiritual death. What we see in the first three verses is the drunkenness of the nations, their fornication, and their living for everything that God will not give them. In these verses, I […]
JESUS EXPLAINS THE END OF THE WORLD IDOLS–YOU MUST AVOID
WNS-0c 210318PM Short Clip Satan Always Targets the Same Three Areas The Apostle John in 1 John 2:15-17 explains the world we are not to befriend or love is all the lusts and evil desires packaged in varied shapes, sizes, and colors…that always fall into one of three categories: 1 John 2:15-17 (NKJV) Do not […]
JESUS IN HIS OMNIPOTENT POWER OF REVELATION–CAN TOUCH YOU TODAY
ORS-05 050327AM Short Clip Are you consciously, expectantly enjoying what Jesus is doing today? On the first Easter morning, Mary was looking at the empty tomb and met Jesus. She had come in sorrow and confusion. All the memories of Him flooded her mind. Jesus had loved her, forgiven her, and made her so many […]
GOD OFFERS LIFE-TRANSFORMING GRACE–TO START CHANGING YOU TODAY
Short Clips WFF-13 & DWM-04 – Wanted – Godly Men 930523AM There have probably been few times in the history of this planet when it has been harder to be a man of God than today. All around us Satan has poised the forces of the darkness of this world to destroy the endangered species […]
Proverbs 31 & God’s Plans For You To Radiate Christ’s Love To A Dark & Hopeless World
FTGC-26 210415AM WELCOME! It is Week #19 of our 2021 year-long Bible Journey with each of you going from Cover to Cover in the Scriptures. Bonnie & I are hosting this small group online for all who want an in-depth overview of Sacred history, Contextual background, Sacred geography, Vital Bible chapters, Vital theological doctrines, the […]
GET ON THE RIGHT ROAD TODAY–THE ONE THAT LEADS TOWARDS GODLINESS
Short Clip From WFF-13 & DWM-04b Wanted – Godly Men 930523AM Wanted: Men who will Deepen their Walk with God Psalm 15:1-5 There is a pathway to walking with God called truth. Truth sets us free, truth guards our way, and truth opens us to commune with God. Every man who commits to […]
THE LAST THING YOU’D EVER WANT TO HEAR JESUS SAY–I NEVER KNEW YOU, DEPART FROM ME!
210321PM Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US For more of Dr. John Barnett’s Bible teaching messages go to: https://discoverthebook.org/
THE DISCIPLINE OF CONTENTMENT–Godly Stewards Learn Contentment
From EBP-07d Money, Possessions, & Eternity – How God Measures Our Character By Our Money Usage 201019PM Short Clip Contentment Must Become a Learned Way of Life How do we learn to be content and then model and teach contentment to our families? One of the best ways to start is to do a study […]
BEWARE OF TOO MUCH, TOO SOON–THE GEN Z CHALLENGE & GOD’S DESIRES FOR WEALTH
Short Clip 200801AM God has much to say about our work ethic, our gaining of wealth, and our role as parents guiding them. Proverbs 13:11-13 declares God’s desire for our children. Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb […]
Honoring God By Seeking To Be Socially Compassionate
EBIs-13c Rediscover The Most Neglected Spiritual Discipline & Learn How To Most Reflect Christ’s Love Today 201030PM Short Clip God is love. Jesus said that His love reflected through us would be the way people would know we are His disciples. The Spirit of God overflows us with love from God. God wants us to […]
THE AMAZING HISTORICAL CONFIRMATION OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH
EBIs-03e Consecration Is How God Can Use You To Reach Your Dying Culture Starting Today 201025PM Short Clip Follow Discover the Book Ministries to stay up to date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/discoverthebook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discoverthebookministry/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/discoverthebook Purchase resources: E-Books: https://tinyurl.com/y3wbhlxy Traditional Books: https://tinyurl.com/y4xgz9rb Audio CDs: https://tinyurl.com/y5nnj3eu Donate to the ministry: https://discoverthebook.org/donations/partnership/ PayPal QuickLink: https://paypal.me/JohnandBonnieDTBM?locale.x=en_US […]
WHO IS JESUS? WHY NOT SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT HE DID & YOU DECIDE!
ORS-16 040919PM Short Clip Who was He? By way of the following verses, analyze with me just who it was that rose! ONE WHO HAD A NAME: John 18:1-11 Who has a name above all others, that every knee shall bow before? Jesus Christ our Lord, declared to be the Son of God with […]
The Wife’s Mandate – A Priority Of Contentment & Patience
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The Wife’s Mandate – A Priority Of Cheerfulness & Communication
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The Wife’s Mandate – A Priority Of Beauty & Devotion
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The Wife’s Mandate – A Priority Of Agreement & Loyalty
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Marriage – Making Husbands & Wives Complete
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Evaluating Your Mandate & Revaluating Your Priorities
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The Wife’s Mandate – A Priority Of Gratitude & Confidence
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The Husband’s Mandate – A Priority Of Sharing, Loyalty, & Her
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The Husband’s Mandate – A Priority Of Kind Words & Kind Deeds
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The Husband’s Mandate – A Priority Of Humility & Servanthood
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The Wife’s Mandate – A Priority Of Industriousness & Helpfulness
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THE GREATEST DOCTRINE OF ALL–THE SUBSTITUTIONARY, VICARIOUS ATONEMENT OF JESUS CHRIST
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The Husband’s Mandate – A Priority Of Strength In Presence, Helping, & Sacrifice
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DO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS THAT–WHEN CHRIST DIED YOU DIED WITH HIM
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HAVE YOU GOTTEN DRAWN INTO THE FOOLISHNESS OF THE DISTRACTED LIFE?
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ALMIGHTY GOD GIVES TEN LESSONS ON TRUE WEALTH THAT LASTS
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ATTENTION ALL COUPLES–Is Marriage Your Priority?
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THE GODLY HUSBAND’S MANDATE–The Priority of Tenderness & Praising Your Wife
DWM-01 – Is Marriage Your Priority? 021014PM Short Clip Now that is a lot of love that a husband is to have for his wife. That is a high standard for a husband to keep, but there is still a higher standard. Scripture says, “Husbands, love your wives just as Christ also loved the church.” […]
A GODLY WIFE’S MANDATE– The Priority of The Irresistible Home & Reverence
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ORS-20 041107PM Short Clip Nothing in all the Bible compares to the drama of John 20. In these short verses, we have the very heart of all we believe. Jesus Christ declared to be the Son of God – by the glorious power of the resurrection! Join me at daybreak just outside Jerusalem. […]
HOW YOU CAN LOSE IT ALL–LIKE PILATE, HEROD & CAIAPHAS DID
ORS-22 060409AM Short Clip To join the Virtual Israel Tour follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Pilate, Herod, Caiaphas & Neglecting to Respond Correctly to Jesus God’s Word explains why some of those closest to Christ’s Cross missed the blessing. The lives of Herod, Pilate, and Caiaphas speak to us this season—“Don’t miss the blessings of […]
WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO DIE? YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO SOMEONE IN JUST SEVEN WORDS!
ORS-23; 060416AM Short Clip To join the Virtual Israel Tour follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVK6dN-9kLDnQhYBFuES09A/join Why Did Jesus Have to Die? YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO SOMEONE IN SEVEN WORDS! God’s Word captures many amazing, miraculous, and profound events, but none are more precious than the marvelous record of Christ’s Resurrection. Consider anew this morning […]
GOD HAS LAID DOWN A PATHWAY FOR MEN WHO LOVE HIM–TO FOLLOW
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Almighty God Your Designer Made You For His Purposes–No One Else Can Do What He Wants You To Do
FTGC-25 210415AM WELCOME! It is Week #18 of our 2021 year-long Bible Journey with each of you going from Cover to Cover in the Scriptures. Bonnie & I are hosting this small group online for all who want an in-depth overview of Sacred history, Contextual background, Sacred geography, Vital Bible chapters, Vital theological doctrines, the […]
GOD’S HANDBOOK FOR THE END TIMES–HOW PETER EXPLAINS LAST DAYS LIVING
ROK-06 130303AM Every day we each make a big choice. Each day we choose which master we will follow. This is not about what we say because, with our mouths, most believers would readily say that Christ is our Master. Each day we point to our Master by our choices, with our time investments, […]
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Here’s Why This May Be The Greatest Of All The Chapters Of The Whole Bible!
FTGC-21 210405PM One of the most amazing descriptions of our God is that He wants to be our Shepherd. The Bible opens with Genesis, and Jacob’s life fills half the book, from Genesis 25-50. In Jacob’s final days he made an astounding confession. Please open there with me to Genesis 48:15-16 (NKJV): And he blessed […]
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We Should Speak Life – That’s The Power Of Spoken Words In Your Life Today
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How Are You Doing At Overcoming The Distracted Life Today?
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God Says Work Hard & Don’t Be Lazy
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How Did Solomon Ruin His Life – By Neglecting The Wisdom God Offered Him
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What Are The Spiritual Dangers Connected To Technology?
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How Do We Go From Slaves Of Sin To Slaves Of God?
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Jesus is Always Encouraging the Fruitfulness of His Church
Have you ever noticed that whenever Jesus described us as His children in the Gospels, somewhere nearby He spoke of fruitfulness?
As we open to the Matthew 13 Parable of the Soils, He said His born-again believers bear three levels of fruit: some 30, some 60, and others 100-fold. Look at v.8 and then at v. 23.
In the John 15 Vine and the Branches discourse, He said that He is vitally interested in us bearing “more” fruit. In fact, John 15 states more clearly than anywhere else in the Gospels what Christ’s constant desire is for us as His children: glorifying God equals fruitful lives.
How Does Jesus Cultivate Fruitfulness in the Lives of Believers?
God is a Farmer, His Word calls us His field (I Cor. 3:9), and our lives are searched by Him for fruit, so He can harvest from our lives. That is what we will see as we open to Revelation 2 this morning.
Much like the farmers all around us and the many gardeners among us, if you want a good crop this year, the field needs to be prepared and worked.
Jesus desires, from each member of His Body, a life that is plowed, planted and watered, so that we produce a harvest of fruit that pleases Him.
Christ’s Five Expectations for His Church Declared in Revelation 2 & 3
The last book of the Bible seems to be the most fascinating and revealing of all the books of the Bible[i]for believers. Nowhere outside of the first three chapters of Revelation is there such a concentration of church-related truth and they are the single most important source of understanding Christ’s present focus and work of any Book of God’s Word.
In the Four Gospels we find a quadrophonic symphony of Christ’s Earthly life and ministry. Acts shows what the Spirit of God, using the Word of God, can do through normal people. Romans through Jude records the doctrinal truths and foundation for everything in our new lives as believers, when we become a part of Christ’s Church.
God’s Final Desire for Christ’s Church: Crucified Living
We are part of the gathering, of all His obedient children, for Jesus asked us, as believers, to keep gathering to worship Him until He comes. So, there is perhaps no portion of Scripture more vital for us as we live out our lives on Earth than the last book of the Bible. In the final book of God’s Word we find that:
Revelation is the Culmination & Conclusion
This book comes last because it is not only the Conclusion of God’s Word, it is also the Culmination of God’s Plan. We see everything that started in Genesis: the Perfect Paradise of God, the Rebellion and Fall of the Universe into Sin, the Flood of Water Destroying the rebels, and the choosing and saving of the People of the Covenant-all in their final form in Revelation.
Ephesus: Beware of Doing All the Right Things for the Wrong Reasons
There was a church in the New Testament world that was doing all the right things for the Lord; but there was one problem: they were doing all the right things for the wrong reasons. Jesus addresses that problem in His first letter to the Churches in Revelation 2.
If you were arriving into the harbor to visit the church of Revelation 2 in Ephesus this morning, there is only one sight that would catch your eye. Not the bustling harbor teeming with boats, not the roads lined with the exotic spices and goods from the east. No: it would be the lustrous golden gleam of the Temple of Diana.
Ephesus: First Love Then and Now
As we open to Revelation 2:1-7, we are reading the personal message in Christ’s last words to His Church. These verses are part of a warning about what tripped up the earliest generations of believers. Jesus wanted them, and us, to stay on the right path.
These churches were real gatherings of people 2,000 years ago. That means that Jesus saw seven different types of believers gathering at that moment in the history of His church. Have you ever thought about that?
Every believer back then was like one of these seven types of believers addressed by these seven letters we are studying. In some part of the end of the First Century AD there were Ephesian types of believers (2:1-7); Smyrna types of believers (2:8-11); Pergamos types of believers (2:12-17); Thyatira types of believers (2:18-29); Sardis types of believers (3:1-6); Philadelphia types of believers (3:7-13); and Laodicea types of believers (3:14-22).
The Church at Smyrna: How to Serve Christ Through Affliction
As we open to Revelation 2:8-11 we are opening to the second of Christ’s seven personal letters to individual churches of the late First Century. We looked at them as a group, but now we are taking a look at each individual church.
As we read these words, the historical context is that the Church at Smyrna was going through the second wave of persecutions that the Early Church had to endure.
A Short History of Early Church Persecution
Someone told me this week they could save the first half hour of my messages by just “Google-ing” what I talk about, and implied they wanted me to just stick to reading the text of the Scripture. But for the rest of you that are willing, if you will bear with me, I’d like to give you a sanctified mind’s analysis of Church History: something that they could never get on Google.
Pergamum: When Believers Compromise Christ’s Call to Personal Holiness
As we open to Revelation 2:12-17, remember that Revelation 1-3 is all about:
Seeing Jesus Gathering with His Local Churches
Jesus wants us to know He is walking among us and watching our lives.
The simple message Jesus Christ gives us is that His Highest Priority right now is gathering with His local church. Remember where John first saw Jesus in Revelation 1:12? He was walking around His local churches (that is what v. 20 says that those lampstands represent: Christ’s local churches).
Thyatira: Jesus Searches Our Hearts and Minds
As we open to Revelation 2:18-29, we come to the letter to the Church at Thyatira.
That term, Thyatira, is usually a bit foreign to us outside of this chapter. To get our bearings we could also say, we are opening to the geographic area that received more of the books (epistles) of the New Testament than any other geographic area of the ancient world.
Have you ever thought about where these letters we hold were first sent?
God Sent More New Testament Letters Here than Anywhere Else
Here’s the lineup if you haven’t stopped to do the math.
Samson: A Study in the Impact of Chastening Upon a Compromised, Worldly (Thyatiran) Believer’s Life
All of us in Christ’s Church are called from darkness to light at salvation; and we are saved from the power of Satan; and we are being transformed into saints of God. That process in called consecration. Last week as we looked at the Church at Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29), we saw that their consecrated lives were slipping because of compromise with sin and false doctrine.
Jesus called them to repent, to have a change of mind that would lead to a change in behavior. The letter to Thyatira is a challenge from Christ for His children of faith to do what is needed: repent of compromising their lives of sanctification.
Sardis – Where the Great Physician Felt Their Pulse and Declared Them Dead
110911AM CLW-20 Sardis.doc Christ’s Last Word to His Church SERIES: Sardis: Where the Great Physician Felt their Pulse and Declared Them Dead Revelation 3:1-6 This morning Revelation 3 begins with the second shortest letter[1] of Christ’s Seven, written to Sardis, hometown of Aesop’s Fables and Midas’ Touch. When we read these words we […]
Philidelphia: How to Build a Quake-Proof Life
This morning we look at what should become the model for us at Calvary. Revelation 3 introduces us to the church that pleased Jesus Christ, and thus had a His blessings poured upon all that they did for Him.
Of all the seven churches, Philadelphia, the sixth church, can be described as the Faithful Church and stands out as the model. My prayer would be that we as a church here at Calvary would be seen by our Lord as a church filled with Philadelphia-like saints, who gather and live out Christ in this faithful way.
The promises Christ gave them, the insights He shares with them, and the lessons He offers to us who listen are unparalleled in any of the other letters.
Philadelphia: Meet the True One, the Key of David Possessor, & the One Who Opens Doors
When Jesus Christ introduces Himself to those precious and faithful saints in Revelation 3:7, He makes one of the greatest promises ever made. They, like us, lived in an uncertain world, and more than to any other church, Jesus explains His power in a way we all can grasp and hold onto today.
We each need to hear and understand and hold onto by faith:
The Most Amazing Promise
In a world of uncertainties, lurking disasters, constant unknowns, and endless potential dangers-Jesus Christ told these believers so much like us: here is truth you can hold tightly.
Laodicea – Seven Bad Habits of Believers that Sicken Christ and Make Him Vomit
Perhaps the most unlikely words to be uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ are in our Bibles this morning. Jesus says in modern terms of the church in Laodicea, “You make me sick!”
As we open to Revelation 3:14-22, Jesus writes a letter that all scholars conclude is the most piercing, stinging and scathing letter He ever wrote to any church. That means:
Laodicea is the Worst Church
Laodicea: The Seven Habits of Sanctified Believers
Today, and every day of our lives, the Cross of Christ is the source of our power to live in this world of sin.
Living a life that glorifies God is called sanctified living.
Sanctification means that God is leading and controlling our lives.
As we return to Christ’s Last Words to His Church, we find that His Church at:
Laodicea was not Living in the Shadow of Christ’s Cross
For two generations, all the local churches around Laodicea had savored the truths about the Cross of Christ. Today as Christ’s Church we gather to hear again for our generation His warning to: Never stop living in the shadow of the Cross.
Laodicea: Living in the Shadow of Christ’s Cross
As we turn to Romans, think of this: Christ’s death on the Cross is the heart of our salvation. His substitutionary death paid the penalty of our sin, removed the record of our transgressions, and purchased our eternal salvation.
Christ’s life, now lived in and for us, opens to us His sanctifying power to save us from sin’s destructive power and keep us useful for his glory.
Laodicea: Listening to Jesus, the Amen of God
Life for us as followers of Christ is all about Listening to Jesus. Jesus said that as His sheep we need to hear Him and follow Him.
Listening to Jesus
Jesus came on an unannounced visit to a church in central Asia Minor two thousand years ago and then wrote a startling letter back to them about their deteriorating spiritual health. They really should have listened to Him.
Laodicea: Jesus Warns of the Danger of Having Too Much Stuff
As we open to Revelation 3:17, we are opening to Jesus the Christ of Christmas, talking about something so timely to Christmas, so relevent to our choices this season, and so right where we are today that it is uncanny.
Jesus is addressing the condition that the believers at Laodicea had gotten themselves into. They were simply described by Christ as: loaded down with stuff.
They could afford all that stuff, they bought all those items with their hard-earned money. They stored their possessions carefully, and used them regularly. But, what the Laodiceans are confronted with by Christ is not that they had so much, but the danger that comes when we have too much stuff.
Challenge #5: Getting Clothed for Christ’s Sake Daily
There’s only one portion of God’s Word, specifically written to the Church, by Jesus Christ: Rev. 2&3. Join me there as we to continue systematically exame Christ’s challenges to this, the seventh and final of the churches.
If you had traveled to visited friends or family in Laodicea, three things would have stood out to you in the First Century. These three unique features to this city, are the framework of Christ’s words we are examining today in Revelation 3:18. These could be called:
Laodicea’s Three Key Industries
Challenge #6: Beware of Self-Induced Spiritual Blindness
One of the greatest works of God in salvation was opening our blind eyes to see.
Protecting spiritual sight is the final of the three elements we are to deliberately pursue, according to Christ’s Last Words. Jesus counsels His Church in life-long, spiritual vision-care, promoting healthy eyes.
Christ Desires Us
To See Clearly
Please open with me to Rev. 3, and listen again to Jesus, telling the church at Laodicea what they needed to have lives that pleased Him. Please give attention to the public reading of Scripture.
Challenge #7: Believers are Constantly Repenting of Any Spiritual Laxity
As we open to Christ’s last words, we have come to the last church He addresses in Revelation 3:19. Here in the last words to the last church we find a grand summary of the entire life of the believer, reflecting the theme of most of the New Testament epistles.
In other words, Jesus ends His words to His church asking us to live a life of constant repentence, we are to avoid getting lax about sin. V. 19 brings us to:
Challenge Seven: Jesus wants us to Repent of any Spiritual Laxity
v. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
Getting Ready for the Best Part of the Day: Dining with Jesus
Jesus changes the tone of His Voice as we open to Revelation 3:20. After seven rebukes to the most disobedient church of the seven, Laodicea is hearing something amazing. Jesus makes them an offer that is unbelievable. Jesus invites anyone who wants to spend time with Him, face-to-face and one-on-one, to join Him for the most refreshing meal of the day: the unhurried evening meal that every laboring person longed for after a hard day’s work, and every rich person looked forward to as the best time of the day.
Jesus Describes Overcomers as Possessing Life the Way God Designed it to Be
One of the things I love about the Lord is that He always saves the best for last. Unlike the world whose joys run out and fade, God’s path that shines brighter each day we walk it (Pr. 4:18).
Just like when Jesus turned the water into wine, all the guests said that the best had been saved for the last. Just like the promise to those who stay close to the Lord in Psalm 92, our God is the God who gives better and better joys so that those at the end surpass all others. As we turn to Rev. 3:21-22 we find that once again, our God has saved the best for last.
Christ’s Question to Us – Do You See Yourself in the Picture of the Seven Churches
This morning we are looking back at where we’ve been. Much like getting home from a trip and spending time looking at the pictures that you took while traveling.
We have invested the past year, looking at the only part of God’s Word dictated by Christ, for the express purpose of: being sent to His Church, being read by His Church, and being obeyed by His Church.
There is no part of the Bible so clear, so personal, and so direct: as these three chapters. What exactly did we find in Revelation? We found that:
Christ Actually
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2. The Apostles Taught that Salvation was Coming Under God’s Kingdom & Rule
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Following Christ’s death, burial, resurrection and ascension the most amazing event of all of human history began at Pentecost.
The Church was born in Acts 2, as the Holy Spirit began to apply the sacrifice of Christ Jesus to doomed earthlings, making them sons and daughters of God.
Discipleship Lesson 6 – The Spirit Of God Getting Full, Staying Full, & Living Full Of God’s Spirit
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Sometimes, when we study a topic as massive as the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we need to remind ourselves why this study matters. For a moment think of the record we find in Acts.
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God is really into how we are dressed and what we wear.
Paul explains that truth as he makes a powerful statement in Romans 13:14 (NKJV), look at it with me for a moment:
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.
The Discipline Of Truth
Last week we began our opening series of the year: an examination of the Spiritual Exercises Paul was inspired to write to Timothy in 1st Timothy 4.
As we turn there, think about the magnitude of what we are about to do. We are downstream twenty centuries from the first giving of these exercises, but they still work. These were the disciplines or training patterns that were invented by God to deepen and strengthen His hold upon my life. These are:
TIMELESS & POWERFUL DISCIPLINES
Biblical Exercises For Spiritual Health & Fitness in 2014
As we each stand at the doorway of a New Year, it is always a time of reflection, resolutions, and thoughts about what we really want to focus upon in the days ahead. This feeling is not new, it almost seems that God built into the seasons of both the Earth and of human life this element of pause, reflection, and renewal.
Just as the burst of life in Spring, and the flourishing of Summer into the harvest of Autumn, leads into the quietness and slowness of Winter to prepare and reflect upon the burst of Spring. So each New Year we pause to think about how to focus on what really matters. That is what this series is about:
LEARNING WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO GOD
The Discipline Of Time – Rejecting Profane & Empty Living
One of the greatest dangers we face each day as believers is slowly allowing God’s influence over our lives to wane. This condition makes God weightless in our lives. He no longer weighs upon every thought, every choice, and every action of our day.
I wonder how many of us this morning really think that this message is for us. Before we dive in, perhaps we should do a little test for what may be called:
THE GREAT DISCONNECT
The Discipline Of Devotion – Nourishing Our Souls In The World
Everything in the Universe needs recharging except God; only God is self-existent. Of all creatures, we are most fragile, and most need to be renewed by God.
Today we come to the second exercise Paul assigns to Timothy. We first saw that Paul’s hope for the future growth and health of Christ’s church rested with individuals who could guard against false doctrines and false teachers.
Our Biblical Convictions Of A Citizen Of Heaven While Living On Earth
We have been examining the Discipline of Truth: that God is the source of truth, and that we are to know and defend His truth. So that leads us to ask: What are the Biblical Convictions—of a Citizen of Heaven, while living on Earth?
If I were to apply the truths or doctrines of the Scriptures as far as they relate to the current climate in human society, I would say that God has revealed Himself in His Word as:
GOD is Pro-Life—God is opposed to Abortion and Euthanasia. He is the Creator of Life, the One who grants conception.
GOD is Pro-Marriag
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Do troubles and trials push you toward God – or away?
Today, look back over your week. How is your spiritual health? Has it been a week with any trials, troubles, and struggles? Did pressures increase at work, at home, in your health or finances? And then what happens inside of you? Did you cry out to the Lord, fall upon His grace, turn from any wicked way? Or did you seethe in anger, wallow in self-pity, or worst of all harden your heart to spiritual things?
The test of pruning (which is affirmative) and chastening (which is disciplinary) is in our response.
That is one of the simplest ways to test what is going on in your life.
Pruning always draws us closer, chastening initially can push us away.
The Discipline Of Integrity – Pursuing Personal Godliness
Today God wants to know how serious we are about following Him, as we open to 1 Timothy 4:7-10. God’s Word is explaining to us that we have an appointment for a workout in the gym. God Himself wants to train us in how to live, walk, and grow in Christ. The Discipline of Integrity means we choose to do what God’s Word says we are supposed to do.
As Paul continues to relay God’s message to each of us, we remember from last time Paul used the highest level of emphasis that is possible to convey in the Greek language. Remember those bright colored words that stand for the emphasis God placed on them grammatically?
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Making Disciples & Baptizing Them
God’s Word teaches us a doctrine called “believer’s baptism” which means that: God has only designed baptism to be applied to believers. Believer’s Baptism started when Jesus Christ said that the way that people were to declare God’s ownership of their lives after they were saved, was when they were baptized in His Name. Jesus included this baptism of believers into the plan for the church.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Sharing The Master’s Message
Jesus came into the world to seek and to save the lost; and that is what it says as we open to Luke 19:10. Jesus spent three plus years talking to groups, and individuals, pointing them to salvation. Then He died for sinners, commending God’s love towards us, as Paul said. That is the heart of our Savior. That is the love of Christ. Jesus is still seeking and saving the lost, every day, all over the world; and He will keep doing that until the last moments of human life on Earth before the end.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – When God Saves Us – What Does He Do Inside Us
The Eternal, Infinite God of the Universe is a Savior, and offers to anyone who will call upon His Name some amazing, supernatural transformations within. That is what the Gospel has been doing from the start: changing humans from the inside out. That is what Paul watched happen across the pagan world of the Roman province of Asia.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – What Was The Gospel That Turned The World Upside Down
SALVATION: THE MIRACLE FROM GOD
Salvation is also the most amazing miracle that we get to see up close throughout our lives as believers. That we were even saved is in itself is a miracle of God’s grace; and those around us who are saved are also part of a constant stream of miracle we get to see and touch personally through life. Getting to disciple a miraculously saved individual is such an encouragement for our faith and walk.
From God’s perspective all humans are born into this world infected with a blinding, crippling virus that left alone: leads to eternal death in darkness and endless pain. So as God looks down He sees us all sitting blindly in the dark on the edge of a deadly chasm. Salvation is when He opens our eyes and turns us from sinful darkness lovers: to God loving and following saints.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – How Should We Share The Gospel With The Rich, Famous, And Powerful?
Of the millions and millions and millions of people that lived before and during the time period of 15 centuries when God’s Word was written, the vast majority are nameless. People were born, lived, and died without most of the rest of humanity before or after them even knowing their names. The Washington DC think tank called the Population Reference Bureau calculates that by the time of the first century over 40 billion humans had lived and died.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – What Must I Do To Be Saved
God has given us an amazing picture of salvation in Acts. Salvation has only one Door (Christ), but has many descriptions (these accounts). Every one of us who comes to Christ, finds that He does what these accounts describe when He enters our lives.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Paul – Used By God To Change The World
God wants to use people. He provides everything needed. All God wants is willingness mixed with humility. When He finds that mix there is no limit to what God can do.
GOD WANTS TO USE US
Paul is an example of the limitless ways God can, did, and continues to use Paul. As God already told us in 1 Chronicles 16:9, His eyes are searching today, as they have always been, looking for those who will seek Him wholeheartedly. God found a whole-hearted servant in Paul. Just the fact that we are reading this account is quite a testimony to what God can do if we invite Him to control our lives.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Personal Discipleship Lesson 3 – Teaching Them To Follow Christ
As we open to John 10 this morning, we look at the very foundation of Christianity.
Whose birth do we celebrate as God with us, Immanuel? Jesus Christ the Lord.
Who lived the only perfect human life ever lived? Jesus Christ the Lord.
Who dies a substitutionary, atoning death on the Cross of Calvary? Jesus Christ the Lord.
We are to go through life as the Great Commission says, leading people to follow Who? Jesus Christ the Lord.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Personal Discipleship Lesson 2 – What Does A Normal, Healthy Believer Look Like
In Romans 15, Paul who had never been to Rome was writing to the church there and commending them on their living out the truth of Christ. He describes many elements of their lives that were what he noted as good, healthy, and part of a normal life of one supernaturally saved.
Mature, normal, healthy believers display compassion for believers who differ with their convictions (Romans 15:1-3).
Truth 3 – Spirit-Filled The Amazing Plan God Designed To Keep Us Filled
Discipleship is Explaining What God Has Said
Discipleship is all about explaining what God’s Word says about God’s desires for our lives as believers. Every generation needs those who will explain God’s Word to the next generation. Not just the facts, but also the application. As the Great Commission puts it: “teaching them to observe all things”.
Like Simeon, God Offers To Us The Spirit-Filled, Illumined, And Led Life
We are looking one-by-one at the Spiritual Living Lessons that new believers need to have personally taught to them by older believers.
Saved: We have seen salvation as portrayed across the pages of Acts by those early Apostles & disciples.
Scripture-Fed: Then we examined the Scriptures and the link between salvation through the Word and spiritual nurture by daily feeding upon the Word.
God Designed The Most Amazing Operating System In The Universe – How Well Is It Working In Your Life?
How Can We Avoid Grieving the Holy Spirit?
We can choose to keep God’s commandments and to lead a disciplined life. There are so many verses, let me just show you a couple. Turn to Romans 8—this is probably the best part of the Bible to mine out truth about the Holy Spirit. And this is what I want on your heart as we commune at the Lord’s Supper this morning. When we grieve and quench the Holy Spirit it immediately impacts the key areas of our Spiritual life. Romans 8:2 says this: When we sin, we must confess the sin immediately and repent of it, changing our minds and our behavior to conform to God’s statutes.
How Mary Immortalized Her Very Common Life By Very Un-Common Living
We are studying what it means to walk through life in step with the Spirit of God. There is nothing complicated about life as a believer, it is just staying under the direction & control of the Spirit. When we do so we can live the most amazing life possible, the life God desires us to live. This morning as we look at Mary there is one truth we need to notice:
How To Live As Reflections Of Christ
Today, sitting here: we are gathered as the Body of Christ. So the first truth for us to consider today is this:
We are the Body of Christ
The Body of Christ: that is what we are called, and that is what we are by God’s grace to be.
We are to represent Christ alive in us, as we are living, and going through life in the world. That is what it means that our body is the temple of God. He lives is us; and He wants to radiate out of us in our words, attitudes, and actions.
Our Communion of Shared Lives
But now comes the wonderful part. This truth is what has strengthened Christ’s church through all these centuries since Pentecost—when we gather obediently as Christ’s church, He is present; and when Christ is present He uses us to do his work of repairing one another from the injuries of life’s struggles.
This is what is repeatedly demonstrated throughout the pages of the New Testament:
Mended Lives Get Repaired And
Built Up by God’s Word and People
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Sharing The Same Gospel & Mission
The only trustworthy, reliable, authoritative explanation of God is right here in our hands: it is God’s Word the Bible.
The Bible is the only real key to unlock truth about God, thus it is: the only sure doorway into His salvation, the only official map that leads to God, the only trustworthy reference book that defines and reveals God, the only verified classification guide to explain what God does, and the only navigational chart that leads us to the True & Living God.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Disciples Share God’s Simple Plan Of Salvation
Have you ever wondered how people in the Bible shared the Gospel, and did evangelism way back then? Last week we looked at our Discipline of Discipleship and saw that we have the very same Gospel, the very same Mission, and the very same power source of the Spirit of God. This week we need to go onward to examine exactly how they communicated that Gospel.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – When Christ Explained The Gospel To Paul
1. Each scene in Acts seems more amazing as we walk through these salvation messages. But of all the presentation of the Gospel, this is by all measures the best, most important, and the deepest impact. Paul shares the story of how Jesus Christ met him on the road to Damascus. In Acts 9, the details are sparse, but here the fullest and clearest account comes to us.
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making
As we come to the Discipline of Disciple-Making, we come to our very own personal Job Description, left by Christ as the reason He saved us and left us here to serve Him through life. A question that should frame each day of our lives is: “Am I Doing What Christ Left Me to Do?”
God has always desired to be glorified by reaching this world with His message of love, His forgiveness of sin, and His offer of reconciliation leading to eternal life. God is not willing that any should perish, so He has always desired that the world to hear His message and repent, so that they may be saved. Because:
GOD IS A SAVIOR
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Disciples – Follow Christ & Make Disciples
Today, if asked, most of us would describe ourselves as “Christians”, some maybe as “Born-again”, others that we are “Saved”. Those are all good, valid, and proper terms; but, what is amazing is how far we have moved from what the New Testament called those who were saints and headed to Heaven.
If you just read and note the descriptions as you proceed through the books of the New Testament, you would assemble a list of the:
NEW TESTAMENT NAMES OF CHRISTIANS
The Discipline Of Disciple-Making – Learning To Follow Our Master’s Palm Sunday Lessons For His Disciples
Jesus constantly discipled His disciples; and Palm Sunday was no exception.
Welcome to our ongoing study of Biblical exercises for spiritual health & fitness in 2014. Paul told Timothy, and all the generations of believers to come, stay close to Christ: command and teach the church to be all Christ taught us to be. That is what we have before us in the New Testament. We are to command in the sense that “God says this”, and we are to follow up with teaching them “how to” observe what Christ wants from us who please Him by our lives.
Guarding the Only Gospel of Salvation from Demon Doctrines by Understanding That Salvation’s Narrow Path Is Only the Real Lord Jesus Christ
Salvation is a person, but eternal salvation is ONLY through the RIGHT person: named the Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Creator of Everything, who is the Savior God the Son who died as the true Lamb of God, and who is the Final Judge of all humans.
More than anything else: knowing, believing, following, and trusting the REAL Lord Jesus Christ is the ONLY hope of salvation. In 1 Timothy 4, as we study the Discipline of Truth: note the words of the very strong warning Paul gives: 1 Timothy 4:1 (NKJV) Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,
BEWARE OF DOCTRINES FROM DEMONS
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