Discover The Book MinistriesFTGC-21 210410PM HAVE YOU DROPPED YOUR GUARD DURING COVID LOCKDOWNS & GOTTEN DEVOURED? 2020 was a disaster for going to church, staying connected, and growing spiritually for so many believers. The biggest drag was the huge amount of time alone that had to be filled. Many of God’s servants followed David’s dreadful example and during […]
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CREATION GROANS–PALM SUNDAY & THE LAUNCH OF EARTH’S LIBERATION
ORS-28 110417AM Palm Sunday also marks the start of Passion Week, recording the days of Christ’s final earthly ministry before the Cross. The Four Gospels record Christ’s life in 89 chapters, His Final Week fills more than 1/3rd of the chapters of the Gospels: from Matthew 21 on, Mark 11 on, Luke 19 on, and […]
FIGHTING SATAN AT THE END OF DAYS BY–KNOWING HIS WEAKNESSES & STRATEGIES
BYT-41 090308AM When Jesus faced off with the Devil His weapons were simple—three carefully chosen verses from God’s Holy Word. As we open to Revelation 2, we find that same Jesus writing to a church that had learned the same lesson—how to use God’s Word to overcome and resist the devil, his demons, and […]
How Do We Go From Slaves Of Sin To Slaves Of God?
BC&I Q&A-00 200612AM Bonnie & I are back on the road teaching NextGeneration students. Between classes today I sat in our hotel room and recorded a discipleship session as if I were talking to one of our students at Panera, having a Discipleship Session. This is one session that answers probably 50 questions about “Where […]
Lesson 5-1 – The Inescapable Consequences Of Sin
BC&D-14 130109 BD&D-14 Consequence Engine The Inescapable Consequences of Sin II Samuel 12:1-6 & Galatians 6:7-8 This month we are studying the Biblical Dynamics of Change. Please open to page 81. Bible Study Tip Before we begin let me share a couple of tips that have helped me this third time […]
Lesson 5-2 – The Platform Of Exposure To The Temptation To Sin
BC&D-15 130116WE 130116 BC&D-15 Platform.doc Understanding How To Counsel & Disciple People Using The Platform Of Exposure To Sin 1 Corinthians 10:13 This month we are studying the Biblical Dynamics of Change. Please open to page 81. There is a platform we each step onto at the start of every day, which is […]
Lesson 5-3 – How To Counsel And Disciple People Using The Platform Of Exposure To The Temptation To Sin
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Lesson 20-1 – Life Dominating Sins 1 – Part 1
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Lesson 20-2 – Life Dominating Sins 1 – Part 2
BC&D-51 140319WE BC&D-20: LIFE DOMINATING SINS BCF Notes Quiz: What is the “________________” passage for LifeDominating Sins? As we read through the emphasized or “boxed” notes in our BCF text, what Scripture keep showing up as the key passage or “go-to” Scripture for understanding how to deal with, and overcome Life Dominating Sin? Page 354: […]
Lesson 21-1 – Life Dominating Sins 2 – Part 1
BC&D-52 140402WE BC&D-21: LIFE DOMINATING SINS The essence of our study in BCF chapter 21 is the simple truth that as believers, Christians, and followers of Christ: we can’t overcome any sin. We are powerless to produce permanent change in our struggles with our flesh and sin. We Are _____________________ Apart from Christ I was […]
Lesson 21-2 – Life Domination Sins 2 – Part 2
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The Unforgivable and Eternal Sin
ZNA-332 910707AM CHRIST’S WARNING OF UNFORGIVEABLE ETERNAL SIN MARK 3:28-30 I. God Forgives Sin 1. God is by His very nature forgiving • Exodus 34:6-7 • Psalm 6:5 • Psalm 103:3 • Daniel 9:9 • Micah 7:18-19 2. God By His Repeated Actions is Forgiving OT – Adam and Eve Patriarchs Moses Israel NT – […]
Encouragement, Sins, Decision Making, Trumpets & Was Jesus Rude
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All Sins are Forgivable
GHS-04 MMG-17 NR6-30 NR7-24 WWJ-44 040222AM MARK 41.44 ALL SINS FORGIVEN COMPLETELY/ABSOLUTELY FORGIVEN The Miracle of Complete Forgiveness Mark 3.20-30 The New Testament records 37 miracles1 that Jesus performed during His earthly ministry. These include sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, life to the dead, health to the sick – and many other […]
The Unpardonable Sin
GHS-03 MMG-07 NR6-36 NR7-23 WWJ-43 THE UNPARDONABLE SIN 040208AM THE SIN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS Mark 3.20-30 As we open to Mark 3 today, we open to Jesus walking on this earth and confronting the Scribes, men of the Word. As we prepare to read the 11 verses that record that event stop […]
The Four Spiritual Flaws
991128AM CPL-09 GEN-09 This morning each of us present in this room is fallen. That means we live with the tragic results of the Fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Look with me into the garden, Eden’s delight, where death, pain, sorrow and decay all find their corrupt and slimy birth […]
Does God’s Word Say Pork Eating is Okay, Sabbath Keeping is Optional & Homosexuality is Sin?
Questions answered:
Does God’s Word say that pork eating is okay, Sabbath keeping is optional and homosexuality is sin?
Is crossdressing a sin?
Can I Just Pray a Prayer and Then Spend the Rest of My Life in Sin?
Questions answered:
What sins could keep me from going to Heaven?
Is any sin greater than another, such as sexual sins?
Can a believer lose their salvation?
Can a true believer live in sin to the very end of their life and still go to Heaven?
Does God use the terms for pastors and elders synonymously in Scripture?
Pastors vs. Elders & Can a True Believer Live in Sin to the Very End of Their Life and Still Go to Heaven?
Questions answered:
Does God use the terms for pastors and elders synonymously in Scripture?
Can a true believer live in sin to the very end of their life and still go to Heaven?
What is Church Discipline? How did Jesus Teach Us to Treat Sinning Christians? Are Fellow Believers to Treat Sinning Believers as if Everything is Okay?
Questions answered:
What is church discipline?
How did Jesus teach us to treat sinning Christians?
Are fellow believers supposed to treat sinning believers as if everything is okay?
How does God chasten unrepentant believers?
What makes me a true believer?
The Great Contrast: The Intense Hatred of God Against Sin and the Immense Love of God Toward Sinners
This morning we enter a new chapter of the Book of Revelation. As you open with me to Revelation 7, let me explain what lies before us.
If we were doing a one-phrase-summary of each chapter of the Bible, we could summarize the main idea of Revelation 6 as: The Intense Wrath of God Against Sin.
If we did the same for Revelation 7 it would be: The Immense Love of God Towards Sinners. Back to back those seem to be polar opposites. What is amazing is that God designed this incredible contrast.
Confessing Sin, the Fall, Worship, Is Mormonism a Cult & Did Paul Add to God’s Word
Questions answered:
What is the context of confessing our sins to one another in James 5:16?
What did Paul mean in saying “I, not the Lord, say” in 1 Corinthians 7:12?
How long was the period of time between Creation in Genesis 1 and the Fall in Genesis 3?
Is our worship only supposed to be on Sundays?
Does Billy Graham condone Mormonism? Is Mormonism a cult or a part of Christianity?
How Does God Remove Our Sin?
The first observation a student studying God’s Word would make in Psalm 32 is that David is so thankful for his sin being forgiven, that he uses four different Hebrew words to describe the depths God had to go to accomplish his forgiveness in just the first two verses. Note those with me as we open to Psalm 32:
Psalm 32:1-2 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. NKJV
That is one happy man to declare the amazing depth of his forgiveness in every way possible.
Bathsheba, Pornography’s Mind: Addicting Power and the Miracle of Forgiveness
We have gathered to celebrate the greatest possession we have as fallen and sinful humans. The God of the Universe so loved us that He sent His Son to set us free, wash us and remove the eternally destructive sins we were born with by nature and have practiced by choice. John writes about this incredible gift in the opening verses of Revelation:
Revelation 1:5 (NKJV) “and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed [freed, loosed] us from our sins in His own blood”
We are loved, loosed from our sins, and washed. That is the Gospel truth, but sometimes we don’t act like we are. As we open to Psalm 32:1-2, think with me:
In the back of your mind, have you ever wondered whether it’s even possible to be completely forgiven and cleansed of all your sins? What about truly bad ones that have been hidden from nearly everyone who knows you?
David’s Sin, God’s Grace & the Inescapable Consequences of Sin
LOD-28 110130PM We have entered the final lap of David’s Life: we have watched him as the shepherd boy and giant killer, then as the humble and patient warrior and King, now we join him perhaps 20 years into his career as King. This portion of his life I have called: David’s Sin, God’s Grace […]
The Deadly Results of Rationalizing Sin
Most spectacular sins are like most flat tires: they are not usually caused by a loud pop of a blow out, rather, they are almost always the result of a slow leak. The long-term effect of small rationalizations, of small disobediences, or small neglects can after time snowball into immensely destructive activity. That is what we see in David’s life:
Beware of the Slow Leaks In Your Spiritual Life
Jesus said that when we are faithful in little things it shows that we will be worthy of great things. Look atLuke 16:10:
He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
David’s Lust Led Him to Break ALL of the Ten Commandments
As we open to 2 Samuel 12, try to think of the searing pain that would come when secret, private sins get exposed for all the world to see. Just imagine what David felt as the truth of what he had done could no longer be hidden. That is the event and those are the emotions that David is feeling in the verses of this chapter.
One of the great deterrents to sin is looking at the consequences. God’s Word records David’s crash through each barrier God put in his way, and the resulting wreck David made of his life and family. For a moment join me in that climactic moment as David faces his sin is a most uncomfortable moment. Please read the first 15 verses of 2 Samuel 12:
The Deadening Effects of Intentional Sin
All that really matters in life may be reduced to one simple reality–what does God think of what I am doing or have done[1]?
As we open in our Bibles to the last sentence of II Samuel 11:27, and read those words that is exactly the perspective God has of David’s life at that moment.
Only Two Choices: Please God or Self
Our lives can be focused by one simple truth: am I pleasing or displeasing God? All that mattered at that moment and for eternity is what God thought of what David had done. And David did not please the Lord!
The Wonderful Effects of Confessing & Forsaking Sin
Psalm 32 will forever be recorded in Heaven as a song about the day David’s soul was set free from the prison house of guilt and anguish over his un-confessed and un-forsaken sin.
As we open to this Psalm, imagine with me the events surrounding the day that David was finally set free from his emotional bondage. Here are his words that overflowed from the depths of his soul:
Psalm 32:1-2
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
The Lust of Sin & David’s Worst Moment
As we open to 2 Samuel 11, David has finally made it to the top. Giants are killed, enemies are dead, life on the run is over, and normal life has finally started for David. As we will see, it is precisely when things are going “great” that we face some of the most lethal spiritual pathogens.
We are lulled into thinking we don’t quite need the Lord as much as: when we were sick; or when we were single; or when we were unemployed; or when we were under attack. Most people think wouldn’t it be nice to succeed, to make it, to win the lottery of life and have everything you’ve ever wanted. Actually, if you do a scientific study of those who have “made” it, most wish they hadn’t. Many find that great success often ruins their lives.
