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Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ
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West Palm Beach church of Christ on Haverhill Road - Brent Kercheville
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Adopted Through the Gospel (Romans 8:12-17)
1w ago00:29:10Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. We are in Romans 8 where Paul is teaching us how we can have the good life, the transformed life, because there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus (cf. Romans 8:1). We have been set free from the law of sin and death and have been enabled to obey Christ. We noticed in our last lesson that the first step is a change in the mind. We must change the way we think. We must change what we value in life. Paul said that those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh. Those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit (cf. Romans 8:5). The struggle with sin reveals that there are areas in our lives that we value more than the things of God. Now the apostle Paul is going to further motivate this change of thinking in our lives by showing us what we have in Christ. Open your copies of God’s word to Romans 8 and we are going to spend our time in verses 12-17… To read more of this lesson click here. The post Adopted Through the Gospel (Romans 8:12-17) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Excel Even More (1 Thessalonians 4:1-2)
1w ago00:28:59Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. There has never been a sport in which a successful athlete has ever said that he or she does not need to practice any longer. Michael Jordan is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time. Yet he did not proclaim that he is such a great player that he did not need to practice. His desire for success continued to propel him to practice more and more. This is true not only for great athletes but also for any work or effort. Whether we are talking about music and entertainment or about education or career, no one can remain successful if they stop working at their craft. Yet one of the dangers of the Christian life is becoming content with our current level of faithfulness. It is easy to think that since we have hit particular levels of faithfulness or spiritual maturity that we can be content with that level… To read more of this lesson click here. The post Excel Even More (1 Thessalonians 4:1-2) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Crumbs from the Master’s Table
2w ago00:33:40Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Zach Higgins. No text available. The post Crumbs from the Master’s Table appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →The Mind of the Gospel (Romans 8:5-11)
3w ago00:35:02Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Romans 7 has proclaimed an important truth which is summarized in Romans 8:2. You have been set free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. The glorious words of hope are proclaimed in Romans 8:1. “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” But the message of “no condemnation” and being set free from the law of sin and death does not stop there. We have not been set free to return to the works of the flesh. We have not received the decree of “no condemnation” so that we would go on doing things that God condemns. Paul is going to direct us to the hope of the changed life. Paul is going to direct us to the new life, the good life, that is in Christ Jesus. Please open your copies of God’s word to Romans 8:4. We concluded our last lesson at this verse. But this is a transition verse, concluding the prior paragraph and opening a new paragraph that Romans 8 explores. Paul proclaims in Romans 8:4 that God sent his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us. Paul is introducing an important direction for us. The righteous requirement of the law can be fulfilled in us. We have been set free to obey the Lord who has freed us and proclaimed no condemnation over our lives. But how can we do what the Lord has asked us to do? Romans 8 shows us what the good life is Christ looks like and how we can do it… To read more of this lesson click here. The post The Mind of the Gospel (Romans 8:5-11) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Vindication After Suffering (Job 42)
3w ago00:33:32Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. Job 42 might be the most confusing part of the book. You will notice that Job 42:10 reveals that the Lord restored the fortunes of Job and the Lord gave him twice as much as he had before. What are we supposed to make of this ending? Is the message that, after your trials, everything you lost will be restored to you? Is the message that once Job repented, then he was restored again? What is this ending communicating and how does it fit with the message of book about suffering and how God runs the world? God Vindicates Job (Job 42:7-9) The Lord will now bring the trial to a close. The Lord tells Eliphaz that his anger burns against him and against his two friends. Please note that Elihu is excluded from this condemnation. But notice what the condemnation is. These three friends have not spoken what is right about the Lord. So what were the three friends saying about God? It seemed like everything they were saying was about Job. But what they were saying wrong about God was that God inflicted suffering on Job to punish him for his sins. The book has been very clear that this is not what God is doing nor how he runs the world… To read more of this lesson click here. The post Vindication After Suffering (Job 42) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Unveiling the Heart (Philemon)
Jun 1400:32:39Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Zach Higgins. No text available. The post Unveiling the Heart (Philemon) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →Seeing God’s Power In Suffering (Job 40-41)
Jun 1400:41:45Tap to summarizeSpeaker: Brent Kercheville. The book of Job has now come to its conclusion where the Lord is now giving the final word about how he runs the world and the reason for Job’s suffering. The Lord has appeared in a whirlwind and is speaking to Job from that whirlwind. In Job 38-39 the Lord has challenged Job to answer the questions he has for him. Job has challenged God. But rather than providing answers to Job, God is telling Job to answer him. The nature of God’s questions to Job intend to make Job make sense of the creation. God runs the world in a way to save every person. God also runs the world in a way so that no person will boast in themselves but in him alone. At the beginning of Job 40 you will see that God’s questions have brought Job to confession. Job confesses that he is of small account and that he spoke too much (cf. Job 40:3-5). God’s questions have moved Job to humility… To read more of this lesson click here. The post Seeing God’s Power In Suffering (Job 40-41) appeared first on Biblical Truths from West Palm Beach church of Christ.
Transcribe →More Than a Miracle (Luke 17:11-19)
Jun 700:30:42Tap 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)
Jun 700:38:08Tap 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)
May 3100:35:27Tap 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.
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