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Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ
Hosted by Brent Kercheville - West Palm Beach church of Christ on Haverhill Road · EN
West Palm Beach church of Christ on Haverhill Road - Brent Kercheville
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More Than a Miracle (Luke 17:11-19)
2w ago00:30:42Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Zach Higgins. No text available. The post More Than a Miracle (Luke 17:11-19) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →The Humility To See God When Suffering (Job 38-39)
2w ago00:38:08Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. The book of Job reveals everyone’s opinions about the reason for suffering and how God runs the world. Job has challenged that God has not treated him fairly. He does not think that God has not been right toward him because Job has been blameless and upright. Job’s friends have an opinion that Job must have sinned for all of this calamity to fall on him. Elihu has offered his speeches in which he disagrees with Job and with the three friends (cf. Job 32:1-5). Elihu defends God and challenges what Job has said about God. Elihu does not say that Job sinned and that is why he is suffering. Elihu says that Job’s words have been wrong about God. But there is one person we have not heard from in all of these discourses. We have not heard from God. We have not heard God speak since the first two chapters of the book when God and Satan were talking about the righteousness of Job. As Job and the three friends argued about how God runs the world, we did not know that Elihu was there, listening and then responding on God’s behalf. But even as all this was going on, they did not know that God was there, listening and about to respond on his own behalf. In Job 38 God himself will take the opportunity to speak. What I want us to think about for these final four chapters of the book is God’s message. What do you think God is going to say about suffering? What do you think God is going to say about how he runs the world? How do you think God is going to defend himself? How will God explain himself regarding what he has allowed Satan to do in this trial? To read more of this lesson click here. The post The Humility To See God When Suffering (Job 38-39) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →The Freedom of the Gospel (Romans 7)
3w ago00:35:27Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. We have taken a break in our study of the gospel through the lens of the book of Romans. But we are returning to this wonderful book and we are going to see in Romans 7-8 the good life that God has promised to those who belong to Christ Jesus. Romans 7 is considered a complicated chapter. Paul has a few complicated chapters in the book of Romans. I want to make sure that we understand the big message in Romans 7. The way I believe I need to do this is by studying the whole of the chapter. This means that I cannot unearth every detail in this chapter. Rather, I want to communicate how Paul shows us the freedom that is found in the gospel. Please open your copies of God’s word to Romans 7 and we will see the function of the Law of Moses and what that means for all people… To read more of this lesson click here. The post The Freedom of the Gospel (Romans 7) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →God Is Not Powerless When Suffering (Job 36-37)
3w ago00:35:53Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Job has said many words that need to be addressed. Elihu is in the process of challenging Job on the words Job has said against God. Elihu has been defending God from what Job has said during the time of this trial. Elihu is speaking on God’s behalf (Job 36:2). Further, Elihu declares that he is speaking God’s knowledge and wisdom to Job (Job 36:3-4). In Elihu’s final words, he is going to address one of the biggest issues people have with God and with suffering. The issue is how there can be suffering if God is good and is full of power and strength. If there is a God, then how can there be suffering? How can the righteous suffer if there is a God and this God has power over the world? When we are suffering we can wonder why God does not do something. Why doesn’t God help? Why doesn’t God act? Is God unable to deal with evil in the world? Is God unable to stop the suffering that takes place? Elihu is going to end his speech to Job, the three friends, and anyone else who is listening to him that God is not powerless when suffering… To read more of this lesson click here. The post God Is Not Powerless When Suffering (Job 36-37) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Encountering Grace (Luke 10:25-37)
4w ago00:33:56Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Zach Higgins. No text available. The post Encountering Grace (Luke 10:25-37) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →God Is Not Uncaring When Suffering (Job 35)
4w ago00:34:22Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Does God care when we are suffering? Does it matter to God when are going through severe trials? When we are going through trials we can be tempted to wonder if God cares about what we are experiencing. We can look around and think that God simply has no concern about what is happening to us. In our lesson today we are going to look at if God cares and how we should consider our cries to God when we are suffering and going through trials. We are in the middle of Elihu’s speeches to Job and the three friends. What Elihu is doing is giving explanations about how God runs the world. Not only this, and perhaps more importantly, Elihu is challenging Job for the words he has said about God and about how God runs the world. Open your copies of God’s word to Job 35 and we are going to continue our look at Elihu’s instruction to Job… To read more of this lesson click here. The post God Is Not Uncaring When Suffering (Job 35) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →The Battle Is The Lord’s…Remember? (2 Chronicles 19-20)
May 1700:37:33Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Jehoshaphat was king over the nation of Judah. He walked in the footsteps of David, seeking the Lord and being his commands. But his association with Ahab, the king of Israel, has caused him to compromise. His faithfulness to the Lord was negatively impacted because he wanted to be connected to Ahab. Jehoshaphat was condemned for loving the wicked and listening to them rather than loving the Lord and listening to him (cf. 2 Chronicles 19:1-3)… To read more of this lesson click here. The post The Battle Is The Lord’s…Remember? (2 Chronicles 19-20) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →God Is Not Unjust When Suffering (Job 34)
May 1700:32:11Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Job has said many words that need to be addressed. In Job 32-33 Elihu responds to Job who has contended that God was silent throughout his suffering. God is not silent in suffering but is speaking through suffering. Trials are protective and corrective, not punitive, transforming us and moving us closer to the image of God. But there is another charge that Job has made concerning God during his suffering regarding the justice of God. Open your copies of God’s word to Job 34 and you will notice the second message Elihu has for Job and those who are with them… To read more of this lesson click here. The post God Is Not Unjust When Suffering (Job 34) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Strong Start, Subtle Drift (2 Chronicles 17-18)
May 1000:29:32Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Have you ever had a strong start at doing something, only to give out a little bit later? Maybe you started a project and you were excited to accomplish the task. But then the project, for whatever reason, remains unfinished. Maybe you started something but then found yourself in over your head. So you stopped and it remains incomplete. There are many things in life where we might have a strong start but then be tempted not to finish strong. The books of 1 and 2 Chronicles are not merely another account of the history of Judah’s kings. The Chronicler writes after the fall of Jerusalem to teach the people why they were exiled and how to be restored to the Lord. In our lesson today we are going to look at restoration through the life of King Jehoshaphat. But we are going to see a strong start in the reign of Jehoshaphat but also see a subtle drift away from that strong start… To read more of this lesson click here. The post Strong Start, Subtle Drift (2 Chronicles 17-18) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →God Is Not Silent When Suffering (Job 32-33)
May 1000:32:51Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. For thirty-one chapters we have read about a lot of questions about suffering and the way God runs the world. The friends of Job have insisted that the way God runs the world is that the wicked suffer and the righteous do not suffering. Therefore, Job must have sinned. However, we know this is wrong because Job is blameless, upright, fearing God, and turning from evil (cf. Job 1:8; 2:3). Job has insisted on his own righteousness and that he has done nothing deserving of the suffering he is experiencing. Job is right about this. His suffering is not the punishment of God. Job and his friends are in a stalemate. The friends’ answer does not change. Job’s response does not change. So what is the answer? What is God doing in the world? What is God doing through suffering? In Job 32 we read about a new person who have not seen before in the book. His name is Elihu. We are told in Job 32:4 that Elihu had waited to speak to Job because Job’s friends were older than him. But the three friends have failed in their discussion with Job. You will notice in Job 32:2-3 that Elihu is not happy with anyone. He is angry at Job because Job is spending his time justifying himself rather than justifying God. He is also angry with the three friends because they could not refute Job but had condemned Job in the process… To read more of this lesson click here. The post God Is Not Silent When Suffering (Job 32-33) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
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