Brother Jim Shaw Ministries

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Guard Against Comforts and Riches: Brother Jim Shaw on Jesus Refusing the Devil's Kingdoms

Brother Jim Shaw opens his fifteen-minute broadcast warning listeners not to be deceived by comforts, riches, and the lusts of this world. He builds the message around Jesus refusing the devil's offer of all the kingdoms in Luke 4, and the warnings that worldly cares choke out the Word.

Warning Against Deception and Comfort

Brother Jim Shaw opens the fifteen-minute broadcast by recalling the words of Jesus not to be deceived, which he places in Matthew 24 and says Jesus repeats about four times. He asks whether believers can be deceived, answers that they can, and says comforts are the easiest thing to make into a god. Shaw insists there is only one way to the Father, through his Word, which he identifies as Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who suffered, died on a cross, and rose again. He describes the world as run by devils who tempt people toward hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness, revenge, and idol worship, and says the only escape and the only freedom is Christ, not any other religion. His tone is urgent and pastoral, as he speaks directly to the listeners as gang and asks them to hold firmly to that truth.

The Devil's Offer of All Kingdoms

Shaw turns to Luke 4 and the temptation in the wilderness, where the Holy Spirit led Jesus before the devil met him head-on. He reads that the devil showed Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and he stresses that every kingdom carries its own riches, parties, reputation, and stuff. Shaw reminds listeners that Jesus was every bit man and every bit God, tempted just as people are, though able to forgive sins in a way people cannot. He reads the devil's offer, all this authority and glory, if Jesus would worship him, and says he believes the devil held that authority, because heaven and earth will pass away. Shaw lists the gods people make of reputation, education, the medical community, women, partying, cars, houses, and paychecks, and warns that the devil has authority over much of it and can give it to whomever he wants.

Gods of Comfort and Worldly Cares

Shaw warns that the devil often steps in front of believers and blurs their vision with goals and visions, as in the thought that with enough money they will finally get this or that. He cites Mark 4:19, the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things that enter in and choke the Word. He says believers must care for children, parents, and a spouse, but that such cares become a problem when they rule a believer and push Jesus aside. Shaw says the best thing a parent or spouse can receive is a person sold out to Christ. He describes a new birth that came from above rather than from parents, education, lineage, or church. He also says money is about the closest thing people will get to the Holy Spirit, since it can give peace, joy, comfort, and contentment until death brings a reckoning, when riches and goals die with the person.

Choked Word and the Fruit of the Spirit

Shaw explains that when the cares of the world, the deception of riches, and the lusts are allowed in, the Word of God is choked and becomes unfruitful. He reminds listeners that believers are meant to be good trees in the forest and the garden, bearing fruit for the Lord Jesus Christ. He reads Galatians 5:22 on the fruit of the Spirit, which is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control, and notes that against such there is no law. When the Word is choked, he says, those fruits disappear, leaving bitterness, revenge, envy, and lusts in their place. Shaw tells listeners that they must watch what they put their eyes on and renew their minds with the Word, because people slowly conform to the things of this world without noticing. He describes this slow change as the danger that goes unseen until a believer finds the fruit gone.

A War Against Tests and the Narrow Road

Shaw calls the Christian life a war, the same kind of battle Jesus faced in the wilderness. He says the Holy Spirit will place believers in positions that test them, as the Lord proved his people in the Old Testament, and that a trial is something no one can escape. He warns that a time will come when the Word moves from lip service into a real decision, a Y in the road, where one way is nice and wide and the other is nice and narrow. He tells listeners to take the narrow road and not the wide road of the world. He points them to Jesus, the Word who was God and became flesh and dwelt among us, and insists that there is only one way, through him. He urges listeners to accept Jesus Christ, live through him, and let him fight their battle today, and he closes the teaching with a blessing.

Closing Blessing and Ministry Contact

The announcer returns to the microphone to thank listeners for tuning in and to point them to the ministry's website for more information and sermons. He also gives a postal address in Vero Beach, Florida, a telephone number, and the ministry's YouTube page, which the announcer says carries more of Brother Jim's messages. Shaw has already closed his teaching with a blessing and an amen, so the announcer's contact details form the last part of the broadcast. Taken as a whole, the fifteen minutes press one message on listeners: do not be deceived by comforts, watch what they allow into their hearts, and choose the narrow road to Christ. The episode is a short, direct call to hold to the Word of God in a world that Shaw describes as harassing believers at every turn.

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Ep199 Stay Ready and Out of Fear

Put On the Whole Armor of God: Brother Jim Shaw on Spiritual Warfare and the Narrow Gate

Brother Jim Shaw preaches a short broadcast urging listeners to return to their first love and to put on the whole armor of God against spiritual warfare. He draws on Ephesians 6, the Captain of our salvation, Lot's wife, and the narrow gate, closing with warnings about judgment and the last days.

Returning to Our First Love

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast by urging listeners to get back to basics, reminding them of the instruction in scripture not to forget their first love. He describes a world changing every minute and listing the pressures he says believers are facing, among them COVID, masks, vaccines, riots, 5G, chemtrails, frequencies, volcanoes, earthquakes, Wormwood, and Nibiru. He says Christians are becoming more foreign in the land and calls the remnant of believers to never give in or give up. Shaw names Jesus as the first love and includes in that love a love of the Word, of wisdom, and of knowledge. He admits that comfort, such as electricity, gasoline, Walmart, and automobiles, has become a kind of small god for many people, including himself. He warns that hopelessness toward this world is not a bad thing, since believers should never have been at home here to begin with.

The Example of Jesus Standing Alone

Shaw points to Jesus as the Captain of our salvation and the example believers are to follow. He recounts how his closest friends fell asleep on him, how Judas, the one entrusted with the money, betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver, and how Peter denied him three times. Shaw asks where the many people Jesus healed, including lepers, the deaf and the mute, and those he raised from the dead, were when he hung on the cross. He cites a passage he places in the last book of John, saying the miracles would fill more books than the world could hold, yet asks where the witnesses were, and suggests it was probably one Roman soldier who drove the nails. The host describes Jesus as a stranger and a pilgrim in the land he created. From this he tells listeners never to let a spirit of depression take hold of them in these times.

Put On the Whole Armor of God

Shaw calls on believers to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might, which he defines as God's Word and trusting what God has said. He urges listeners not to be a spaghetti spine, not to be fearful, make excuses, or procrastinate. He reads from Ephesians 6, telling the listeners to put on the whole armor of God so they can stand against the wiles of the devil. He says the verse has been heard a hundred times but needs hearing again, because it is a new day. Shaw asks listeners whether they truly believe demons are real, whether they are in daily warfare, and whether the enemy has tricks, wiles, and cunning. If not, he says, they need a spiritual attitude adjustment, since human beings are not at the top of the food chain. He compares the believer to a zebra that is always watching for the lion, the leopard, or the cheetah.

Demons, Materialism, and Watchful Living

Shaw describes spiritual warfare as a daily reality, saying Satan will try to draw each believer into a conversation or situation where faith is tested. He calls the narrow gate the path to heaven and says the Christian life is a fight to the death, in which believers must die to their emotions, concepts, greeds, and lusts. He believes many enemies are geographic, saying he can feel demons in certain towns, whether of hopelessness, rejection, abortion, or a beautiful place that is spiritually dead. He admits he has struggled with materialism himself, recalling as a teenager longing for particular cars and games until they consumed his thoughts. He says the line between enjoying something nice and making it an idol is one that each person knows in their own life. Shaw says demons want to work through human eyes, ears, hands, and feet, and that they attack at any age.

Guarding the Eyes, the Mouth, and the Conscience

Shaw turns to Job, who prayed that he would not sin with his eyes, and asks listeners where their own eyes are looking. He says the Holy Spirit living within a believer will prick the conscience when eyes wander or when words come out of the mouth that should not. He warns that everyone will be judged for every idle word, and that saying sorry does not erase the words spoken. He reminds listeners that God hears every word and that his mercy is great, as seen at the cross. Shaw urges believers to watch what they see, hear, and say in these times, because the world is growing more hopeless and he warns that the internet could be gone at any moment. He insists that a believer should be fed with the Word of God in their hearts. He calls this a last-day message and says it is time to get ready for the coming of the Lord.

Sodomy as a Sign and the Question of Truth

Shaw turns to what he calls sodomy, describing it as a sin and a sign, and says he believes it has given the nation a reprobate mind. He says God alone makes that distinction, and that if the country is too blind to see what is happening, Christians must pray for the nation, for themselves, and for relatives. He says the narrow gate should be preached from the housetops, and that the teaching that believers wrestle spirits rather than people is serious. He describes God's Word as truth, which he calls awesome, and recalls Pontius Pilate, a government man who asked Jesus, "What is truth?" and could not find it anywhere. He closes with a blessing, telling listeners to stay ready, stay out of fear, and trust in the Lord, then says amen. The announcer then gives the ministry's website, the Vero Beach mailing address, and a phone number.

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Ep198 Avoid God's Judgment and Wrath

Judging Rightly Without Hypocrisy: Brother Jim Shaw Preaches Romans Chapter 2

Brother Jim Shaw preaches through Romans chapter 2, untangling what it means for Christians to judge sin without hypocrisy, and closes with Paul's teaching that God shows no respect of persons and writes his law on every heart.

A Warning Against Golden-Calf Tolerance

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast asking listeners to pay close attention because the message concerns judgment, a subject he says gets so confused that some religious circles forbid judging anything at all, even an idol or a golden calf set up for worship. He turns to Romans chapter 2 and reads Paul telling the man who judges others that he is inexcusable, because in judging another he condemns himself, since he does the same things. Brother Jim explains this is not a blanket command against judging, but a rebuke of hypocrisy, comparing it to someone who claims to hate adultery or fornication while secretly practicing it and condemning everyone else for the same sin. He notes Paul then shifts from addressing "O man" to addressing "we," meaning believers who follow the Lord Jesus, setting up a contrast between hypocritical judgment and judgment exercised honestly by Christians who do not excuse the same sin in themselves.

Christians Judging In Truth, Not Hypocrisy

Brother Jim Shaw reads that "we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things," explaining that Christians are not giving anyone a pass for evil because they know such behavior opposes God's word. He says that when believers see family members or others sinning and recognize in their hearts that it contradicts scripture, judging it is as natural as telling an apple from an orange, since it is not done in hypocrisy. He frames the Christian's authority to call out sin as rooted entirely in Jesus, saying it is only because of Jesus that he can fight sin, has been alerted to it, and can repent of it, yet still retains power to confront someone else's sin out of love rather than condemnation. He contrasts this with the unbeliever who judges others for sins he himself commits, asking rhetorically whether such a person truly expects to escape the judgment of God.

A Father's Lesson From Raising Five Daughters

Brother Jim Shaw illustrates the nature of judgment with a personal story about raising five daughters, moving them between homeschooling, public school, and Christian school depending on circumstances, and facing ordinary peer pressure along the way. He recalls telling a daughter to tone down her makeup or change a dress he disliked, prompting accusations of "Dad, you're judging me," since his role, he says, is to be a parent rather than a friend. He contrasts this with moments he praised what a daughter wore, noting he was casting judgment then too, yet never once heard "you're judging me, Dad" in response, only gratitude. He concludes that people only object to judgment when it says something they do not want to hear, calling the observation simple but easy to overlook, and clarifying that he is not judging anyone personally but committing his judgment to God, who alone judges.

The Deceptive Pleasures Of Sin

Brother Jim Shaw returns to Romans 2, reading that those who despise "the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering" fail to realize that God's goodness is meant to lead them to repentance. He describes such people wanting the rituals, the clambakes, the baptisms, confirmations, communions, stained glass, and candles, but refusing to hear that anything they do is wrong. He contrasts the word "pleasure," which he calls nice, friendly, and calming, with the words scripture actually uses for the Christian life: denial, endurance, resistance, the narrow gate, tribulation, and the shield of faith, none of them pretty. He says Satan locks people down with the pleasures of sin rather than urging repentance, and observes that comfort itself, a full refrigerator, a full bank account, children with straight A's, can make the flesh so content that sin's deception goes unnoticed until God allows a crisis that leaves no escape but a miracle.

No Respect Of Persons With God

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's warning that an impenitent heart treasures up wrath against the day of judgment, when God renders to every man according to his deeds, glory to those who do good and tribulation to those who are contentious and disobey the truth, to Jew and Gentile alike, "for there is no respect of persons with God." He says some mysteries of why God chooses to work in a particular life may never be explained, comparing himself to the blind man in the Gospel who testified only that he was blind and now sees, a miracle the religious people around him hated. He adds that believers are told to keep praying, recalling the paralytic whose friends had such faith they tore open a roof to lower him to Jesus, and says God can supply faith on behalf of those who pray for others who lack it themselves.

God's Law Written On Every Heart

Brother Jim Shaw continues reading Romans 2, that those who sin without the law will perish without the law, and those who sin under the law will be judged by the law, since it is the doers of the law, not merely its hearers, who are justified before God. He says even someone deep in the African jungle who never heard the Ten Commandments still carries God's seed and law within and will be judged by it, just as a university-trained preacher remains accountable to the conviction God places in every heart. He declares Jesus Christ is Lord, today is the day of salvation, and tells listeners to eat the bread of life today, since Christ already lives within them rather than somewhere far away, closing the sermon with amen. The announcer then returns with the ministry's website, P.O. Box address in Vero Beach, Florida, phone number, and YouTube page.

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The Unknown God of Athens: Paul's Mars Hill Sermon, Idolatry, and the Lineage of Adam

Brother Jim Shaw preaches through Acts 17, following Paul into an Athens "wholly given to idolatry" and onto Mars Hill, where Paul confronts philosophers with the altar to an unknown God he identifies as the risen Christ.

A City Wholly Given to Idolatry

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast asking whether an entire city, community, or nation could fall under a curse or spell. He turns to Acts 17:15, describing Paul arriving in Athens and waiting there for Silas and Timotheus, his spirit stirred within him when he perceives that the city is wholly given to idolatry. Brother Jim tells listeners this answers his opening question directly: yes, a whole place can fall under such darkness, just as it happened in Sodom and Gomorrah and now in Athens. He notes that entire modern countries sit overwhelmingly under a single foreign religion today, calling it the same pattern repeating in the present age. He insists there is only one way out of such darkness, through Jesus, who died on the cross and manifested himself as the Lamb to change people's hearts, setting up the contrast between empty religion and genuine rebirth that follows.

Born Again and the Lineage of Adam

Brother Jim Shaw explains that salvation cannot be inherited through parents, earned through seminary training, or achieved by good grades or good behavior, insisting it comes only from above. He describes tasting the Holy Spirit and being reborn as a conviction no one arranges for themselves, calling it the one thing that separates true Christian faith from every other religion, even other branches of Christianity. He recalls Jesus telling Nicodemus that a person must be born again to see the kingdom of God, and must be born of water, meaning simply human, born in the lineage of Adam with no interference. He says this requirement makes more sense now, tying it to what he believes is a sign of the last days, fallen angels breeding with women in the days of Noah and corrupting food and beasts, a corruption he claims is returning through modern genetic manipulation of humanity itself.

Fallen Angels, GMOs, and Tares Among Wheat

Brother Jim Shaw claims at least ten humans have already been born carrying three sets of DNA through genetic experimentation, urging listeners to research it themselves. He argues such beings may look, act, and even feel emotions like people, yet their soul structure has been altered and they do not descend from the lineage of Adam. He links this to Jesus's promise that holy angels will separate the tares from the wheat in the end times, and wonders whether Jesus's warning "I never knew you" to workers of miracles might relate to people outside the lineage of his creation, though he cautions he is not building doctrine on the idea. He adds that God has always known believers even in the womb, per the Book of Psalms. He then criticizes tampered food, seedless watermelons, altered corn, and seed patents held by Monsanto and Bayer, suggesting bad food and pharmaceutical fixes work together against the public.

Paul Debates Philosophers in the Marketplace

Returning to Acts 17, Brother Jim Shaw describes Paul going first into the synagogue to dispute with Jews and devout worshippers, recognizing the whole city sits under a demonic spiritual atmosphere, before also arguing daily in the marketplace. He reads how Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encounter Paul, dismissing him as a "babbler" and a "setter forth of strange gods" because he preaches Jesus and the resurrection, an idea entirely foreign to them. Brother Jim notes the Athenians and visiting strangers spent all their time doing nothing but telling or hearing something new, calling that appetite itself a form of idolatry and admitting he could easily fall into the same trap given how much information, including conspiracy theories that often prove true, circulates today. The philosophers bring Paul to the Areopagus, curious what his strange new doctrine means, setting the stage for his address on Mars Hill.

Too Religious: The Altar to an Unknown God

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's opening line on Mars Hill, telling the men of Athens they are "too superstitious," which he explains means "too religious" in the Greek, a gentle rebuke of rituals and traditions. Paul says he noticed, while passing through the city, an altar inscribed "To the Unknown God," proof the Athenians tried to cover every possible deity, even one they could not name. Brother Jim explains Paul seizes this opening to declare who that unknown God actually is, the God who made the world and everything in it, Lord of heaven and earth who does not dwell in temples built by hands nor need anything from human worship, since he gives life and breath to everyone. Paul explains God made every nation from one blood and set the boundaries of their habitations, boundaries Brother Jim says the modern world is now erasing in a return to the Tower of Babel.

Offspring of God, Judgment, and a Divided Crowd

Continuing the Mars Hill address, Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul telling the Athenians that in God they live, move, and have their being, quoting their own poets that people are God's offspring, and arguing the Godhead cannot be like gold, silver, or carved stone. Paul says God overlooked past ignorance but now commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has appointed a day of righteous judgment through a man he raised from the dead. Brother Jim points out Paul never once names Jesus directly in this address, calling him only the unknown God and the ordained man, keeping the name a mystery just as Jesus himself often did. Some listeners mock the idea of resurrection, others want to hear more, and a few believe and join Paul. Brother Jim closes declaring that the unknown God of Athens is the Lord Jesus Christ, offering a blessing before the announcer returns with the ministry's website, mailing address, and phone number.

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From Adam's Flesh to Jesus' Quickening Spirit: Paul's Resurrection Chapter and Victory Over Death

Brother Jim Shaw preaches through 1 Corinthians 15, contrasting Adam's natural man with the quickening spirit found in Christ, retelling Paul's dramatic conversion on the road, and closing with Paul's declaration that death is swallowed up in victory.

Adam's Lineage And The Chance Of The Cross

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast explaining that being in Adam's lineage does not get a person far on its own, but it does grant an opportunity, since mankind's forefathers were made in the image of God and are given a chance to be saved through the cross. Apart from that chance, he says, only fleshly curses pass down from Adam to mankind. He points to Genesis 6 and the interjection of fallen angels, then draws a modern parallel to scientists changing the DNA of mankind in a petri dish before placing it in a womb, producing what he calls two-legged people carrying three DNAs. He insists such beings do not come from the lineage of Adam but from the evils of mankind, and that the distinction matters. He then turns the broadcast to 1 Corinthians chapter 15, preparing to read Paul's teaching on the difference between the natural man and the spiritual man reborn in Christ.

Living Soul Versus Quickening Spirit

Reading 1 Corinthians 15:45-47, Brother Jim Shaw explains that the first man, Adam, was made a living soul, while the last Adam, Jesus, was made a quickening spirit. Before receiving the spirit of Jesus, he says, a person still has a soul much like an animal, carrying emotions such as love, kindness, obedience, and loyalty alongside lusts, hatreds, and vulnerability to evil spirits seeking to live inside and take over that soul. He calls Adam the natural man, and explains that without the interjection of a reborn spirit, a person inherits the whole tree of knowledge planted in the midst of the garden, all the good works and kindness mixed together with all the evident evil. That, he says, is the natural man's whole mess, unable to separate the good from the corruption because both come bundled together until Christ intervenes and grants a genuinely new nature from above.

A Personal Testimony Of Being Blind To Jesus

Brother Jim Shaw shares his own testimony, recalling that he was considered a good, likable guy with no objection to rituals, baptisms, confirmations, communions, mass cards, or candles, yet the moment anyone mentioned Jesus directly, something inside him resisted fiercely. He identifies what was inside him plainly as demons, explaining that the natural man, being fallen, wants nothing to do with Jesus even while tolerating religious trappings comfortably. He contrasts a pope who could remain as blind as a bat with a wino on a street corner whose eyes suddenly open to the kingdom, with heaven's angels rejoicing at his entrance. Once reborn and carrying heavenly traits, he explains, a person stops being governed by what is seen, tasted, touched, smelled, or heard, and stops chasing the sense, comfort, and greed realms that Paul repeatedly warned churches about, especially fornication and covetousness.

Flesh And Blood Cannot Inherit The Kingdom

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's statement that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, listing education, initials after a name, money placed in the pew, and even books written as things that remain flesh and blood, often inherited from society, culture, or lineage rather than given from above. He then retells Paul's own transformation, describing how Paul was knocked off his horse, heard a voice, was blinded, and carried off for three days before the apostles, once terrified of him, welcomed a former persecutor of Christians now professing Christ Jesus. Brother Jim notes Paul had been a Pharisee of Pharisees born in the house of Benjamin, educated among religious elites, yet counted it all dung for the knowledge of Christ. He frames Paul's willingness to throw away tradition, ritual, and education, even at the cost of embarrassing his family, as the pattern every believer must follow to truly choose Christ.

The Mystery Of The Twinkling Of An Eye

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's description of a mystery, that not all believers will sleep but all will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet, when the dead are raised incorruptible. He explains that the corruptible body, rotting and decaying under the natural man, will be traded for a new body once the earthly rental unit is returned, and that this corruptible must put on incorruption while the mortal puts on immortality. Everything temporal, he says, aging, loss, and discomfort, will be transformed into eternal life with Jesus, a reality he declines to describe further because it will be too awesome to capture in words. He reads Paul's triumphant line that death is swallowed up in victory, calling the death of the saints the ultimate victory, and Paul's mocking challenge, asking death and the grave where their sting and victory have gone.

Grace Gives The Power To Overcome Sin

Brother Jim Shaw closes by reading that the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law, explaining that God's law reveals sin but cannot by itself give anyone the power to overcome it. He teaches that everyone lives under the law before knowing the Lord, but once saved, believers move above the law, following it only because grace supplies the ability to deny flesh and ungodliness. He insists grace is not something fluffy handed out passively, but the miracle of conviction paired with the actual power to fight sin, the very thing that strips death of its sting. Brother Jim ends the sermon with a blessing, declaring Jesus is Lord and saying amen. The announcer returns, thanking listeners and directing them to www.brotherjimshaw.org, a P.O. Box in Vero Beach, Florida, a phone number for the ministry, and Brother Jim's YouTube page for additional messages.

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End Days Warning: Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders and the Coming of Grievous Wolves

Brother Jim Shaw preaches from Acts 20 on Paul's farewell to the Ephesian elders, warning that grievous wolves will enter the church, and calls listeners to repentance, watchfulness, and freedom from the idols of comfort, sports, and drink.

Hold Fast in the End Days

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast urging listeners to hold fast, declaring that the end days are near. He marvels that modern technology, cell phones reaching anyone on the planet, GPS precise enough to find a golf ball on any course, is easily believed, yet people resist believing in Jesus. He tells the audience they were created for the glory of God but remain sinners, fallen and led by their own lusts, which want to make themselves God. Brother Jim insists there is no escape from this condition other than what happened at the cross, the blood sacrificed by the Lamb, calling every alternative, good works, any preacher, any religion, kindness itself, a deception outside of that blood. He explains that once a person accepts what Christ did at the cross and becomes reborn, fruit follows because the seed of God's word has been planted, but fruit without the blood of Christ is only deception and the respect of men.

Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

Brother Jim Shaw turns to Acts chapter twenty, reading how Paul, hurrying toward Jerusalem for the day of Pentecost, sends from Miletus for the elders of the church at Ephesus. He reads Paul's account of serving the Lord with humility, tears, and temptations while the Jews lay in wait to kill him, teaching publicly and house to house, testifying both to Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ. Brother Jim stresses that Paul kept preaching even knowing he was hunted, and applies this directly to listeners, warning that anyone who wants to walk the walk of Christ will come under attack, whether through people, weather, thoughts, or temptations. He reminds the audience that repentance is not a one time event, comparing it to a righteous man falling seven times yet always getting back up, and urges listeners caught in bondage or facing recurring temptation to keep fighting rather than give in to discouragement.

Bound in the Spirit, Undeterred by Chains

Brother Jim Shaw continues reading Acts twenty, where Paul says he goes bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing what awaits him except that the Holy Ghost testifies in every city that bonds and afflictions await him. He marvels that the Spirit sent Paul out to preach while warning him of coming suffering, and reads Paul's declaration that none of these things move him, that he does not count his own life dear so that he might finish his course with joy and complete the ministry received from the Lord Jesus. Brother Jim warns listeners that the end days are near and that conveniences like radio, YouTube, electricity, and gasoline, which he calls two massive golden calves society depends on, could vanish quickly, urging people to relish God's word today rather than assume anything is guaranteed. He notes that everyone was born naked and helpless, dependent entirely on others, and has already survived hopeless positions before.

Feed Yourself First, Then the Flock

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul telling the Ephesian elders that they will see his face no more, and that he is pure from the blood of all men because he did not shun to declare the whole counsel of God. He reads Paul's charge to take heed first to themselves and then to the flock over which the Holy Ghost made them overseers, to feed the church of God purchased with his own blood. Brother Jim explains that believers must feed themselves the word of God before they can care for others, noting that Christ's sheep are found everywhere, in convenience store lines, at gas stations, drywalling, or repairing an electrical panel. He then reads Paul's grim prophecy that after his departure grievous wolves will enter in, not sparing the flock, and that even men from among the believers themselves will rise up speaking perverted things to draw disciples away, a warning Paul delivered with tears for three years.

Repentance, Football, and the Golden Calf of Idols

Brother Jim Shaw warns listeners not to get past the simplicity of Christ or slide into bondage of rituals and traditions, insisting that real rebirth always brings change. He shares a conversation with a man who noticed he could no longer watch football the way he used to, calling it evidence of repentance and the Lord tilling the soil, and clarifies that football and money are not evil in themselves but become idols once given power over a person's heart. Brother Jim recalls his own conversion, when he could not enter a restaurant with a bar for three years or watch football for five years without crying over stadiums full of people caring only about a first down. He says he has since found peace and can enter such places again without partaking, but describes alcohol bluntly as a pharmaceutical, noting that even the world calls liquor wine and spirits, and warns that a little leaven spoils the whole loaf.

Paul's Example of Labor and Giving

Brother Jim Shaw finishes his reading from Acts twenty, where Paul reminds the Ephesian elders that his own hands ministered to his needs and to those with him, working, by his account elsewhere, night and day so no one could accuse him of stealing their money. He reads Paul's instruction that by such labor believers ought to support the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that it is more blessed to give than to receive, framing Paul's refusal of gold, silver, or apparel as proof his message was pure truth rather than a bribe. The account closes with Paul kneeling down and praying with the elders before Brother Jim gives his own blessing, telling listeners to stay in Jesus and fight the good fight of faith. The broadcast ends with the announcer returning to give the ministry's website, a post office box in Vero Beach, Florida, a phone number, and a mention of Brother Jim's YouTube page for further sermons.

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One Way to Salvation: Redemption, Adoption as Sons, and the Allegory of Hagar and Sarah

Brother Jim Shaw preaches from Galatians 4 on the one way to salvation through Jesus Christ, tracing redemption and adoption as sons, Paul's warning against returning to religious ritual, and the allegory of Hagar and Sarah as a picture of two covenants, flesh versus promise.

Only One Way to Salvation

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast declaring that salvation comes only through Jesus Christ, rejecting any notion of religious diversity or exchangeable saviors among faiths. He says a reborn heart is a gift that comes from above, not something manufactured by teaching, inherited from parents, or absorbed from society. Without that experience, he argues, a person's religion would simply match whatever culture they were born into, Muslim, Christian, or Hindu, by accident of birth rather than truth. He describes his own realization that growing up under what he calls a Christian flag was not the same as knowing Christ, admitting he had once been an idol worshiper and a heathen with no real spiritual power. Brother Jim teaches that a true Jew is one circumcised in the heart rather than the flesh, and he tells listeners that Christians share that same identity, marked internally rather than physically. He frames tasting the Holy Ghost as the dividing line between inherited religion and genuine rebirth.

Redemption and Adoption in Galatians 4

Brother Jim Shaw reads Galatians 4:3, explaining that before Christ, people were children in bondage under the elements of the world, unable to escape sin because heaven only receives perfect individuals. He defines the word redeem as meaning to buy back, and calls the cross the ultimate sign of love, where God placed his Word in a human body conceived of the Holy Ghost yet still born through a woman. Because Jesus went through every temptation and trial that ordinary people face, Brother Jim says he could serve as the perfect sacrifice sent directly from God. He continues reading that believers receive the adoption of sons, and that God sends the Spirit of his Son into their hearts crying Abba, Father, proof, he says, that there is only one way to salvation and no diversity in how a soul is saved. He adds the verse calling believers no longer servants but sons, and therefore heirs of God through Christ, comparing the cross to Jesus taking a bullet meant for humanity.

Freedom From False Gods and Testing the Spirits

Brother Jim Shaw invites anyone listening to come before the Lord Jesus Christ and say they believe he died to set them free from the demonic strongholds of life, calling Jesus the captain of salvation for people once held captive. He reads Paul's words to the Galatians reminding them that before they knew God they served things that by nature are no gods, explaining that this describes servicing demons under any religion outside of a true relationship with the Lord. He teaches that believers are told to test the spirits by asking whether Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, since the Word became flesh and dwelt among mankind, walking the planet as a real man. Brother Jim returns to Paul's question of why the Galatians would turn back to weak and beggarly elements after being known by God, framing spiritual bondage as something that can quietly return even after a person has tasted real freedom in Christ.

Paul's Warning Against Returning to Ritual

Brother Jim Shaw moves into Paul's rebuke of the Galatians for observing days, months, times, and years, reading Paul's fear that his labor among them might have been in vain. He explains that Paul is not condemning church attendance itself but warning against sliding back into rituals, traditions, and good works as a substitute for real faith, calling holy water, candles, and rituals unnecessary once a person is spiritually baptized by the Holy Ghost. He describes how a believer can quietly become a servant to rituals again, mixing flesh and spirit by reasoning that going to church, taking communion, and memorizing Bible verses makes someone a good person regardless of their heart. Brother Jim reads Paul's appeal recalling that the Galatians once received him as an angel of God despite his physical infirmity, and asks pointedly why people who once wanted to pluck out their own eyes for him would now treat him as an enemy simply for telling them the truth.

The Allegory of Hagar and Sarah

Brother Jim Shaw turns to Paul's allegory of Abraham's two sons, Ishmael born to the bondservant Hagar after the flesh, and Isaac born to the freewoman Sarah by promise, describing them as figures for two covenants. He notes that Sarah was ninety years old when Isaac was born, stressing that faith, not human effort, carried the promise made to Abraham years earlier. Brother Jim recalls that Abraham briefly lost faith and listened to his wife's suggestion to have a child through Hagar instead of waiting on God, warning listeners not to let any voice, even one close to them, pull them away from trusting the Lord. He explains that Abraham eventually had to send Hagar and Ishmael away, calling it a difficult but necessary allegory showing that sin cannot be mixed with the promise, and that believers cannot be married to sin while claiming to be children of promise. He urges listeners to get on their knees and choose to be children of promise rather than children of the flesh.

Cast Out the Bondwoman and Close in Faith

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's command to cast out the bondwoman and her son, since the son of the bondwoman will not share the inheritance with the son of the freewoman, applying this directly to casting out an old sinful nature. He insists that no one's good behavior could have saved them apart from the blood of Christ at the cross, since no other religion or amount of good works removes the debt of sin. He reminds listeners that before being reborn, people are led by fleshly lusts and often measure their own righteousness only by whether they get caught doing wrong. Once reborn, he says, a person cannot escape God's sight, since Christ knows every thought and deed, which he frames as good news for those now living in the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ rather than under judgment. Brother Jim closes the sermon with a blessing, after which the announcer returns with the ministry's website, mailing address in Vero Beach, Florida, and phone number for listeners seeking more sermons.

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Ep 193 Freed from the yoke of bondage

The Yoke of Bondage: Paul's Warning Against Ritual and Circumcision in Galatians 5

Brother Jim Shaw preaches through Galatians chapter 5, warning that rituals and traditions, like the push toward circumcision in the Galatian church, can quietly become idols that steal focus from Jesus Christ, and he calls listeners to stand fast in the liberty of the Holy Spirit rather than slide back into the bondage of the law.

Paul's Warning to the Galatian Church

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast turning to Paul's letter to the Galatian church in chapter five, explaining that Paul confronts believers who want to slide back into the rituals of the old law. Brother Jim warns that whatever spiritual awakening is happening, Satan works constantly to turn Jesus into an idol rather than everything, using rituals and traditions to convince people they must follow certain rules to qualify as Christian. He reads Paul's charge to "stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" and not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage, noting that every religion carries some form of bondage. Recalling Jesus's words to the woman at the well, that the kingdom of God is not found on a mountain but comes without observation, Brother Jim tells listeners that Christ is found within a person, not through outward locations or observances, though fellowship at church still has its place.

Circumcision Declared Powerless To Save

Brother Jim Shaw turns to Paul's blunt statement in Galatians 5:2, reading it twice for emphasis: "Behold, I Paul say unto you that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing." He explains that the Galatians, being Gentiles, were never circumcised under the Abrahamic covenant, yet some in the church were pushing this ritual as a requirement. Brother Jim notes that accepting circumcision would obligate a believer to keep the entire law, an impossible burden now that God's law is written on the heart rather than carried out through rules from Leviticus and Deuteronomy. He reads Paul's warning that Christ becomes of no effect to anyone who seeks justification through the law, and that such a person has fallen from grace. Brother Jim lists other religious trappings sarcastically, holy water, incense, ornate robes, crucifixes, and feast days, saying loading up on ritual only proves how far a believer has drifted from grace.

Mankind's Love Of Rituals And Clubs

Brother Jim Shaw observes that mankind has always loved rituals and belonging to organized groups, pointing to the Moose Club, the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the American Legion, and the VFW as evidence that people crave being part of a team. He argues that if believers want to belong to Jesus Christ's team, none of these outward structures are needed and can actually get in the way of genuine faith. Returning to Paul's letter, he reads the apostle's pointed question to the Galatians, asking who bewitched them and who snuck in to hinder them from obeying the truth. Brother Jim reminds listeners that circumcision was the single most important ritual in the Jewish religion, the very first instruction God gave Abraham, marking his family apart from every other nation. He stresses that Paul is not condemning the ritual's history but warning against reviving it now that Jesus Christ has established a new and living covenant.

A New Covenant Written On The Heart

Brother Jim Shaw explains that under the new covenant, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Father dwell directly within a believer's heart, convicting of sin and supplying the power to raise the shield of faith against the devil's attacks. He warns, using Paul's image, that a little leaven leavens the whole lump, meaning that allowing even one small ritual back into the church opens the door for many more to follow. Brother Jim reads Paul's confidence that the Galatians will return to right thinking, alongside his warning that whoever troubled them with this false teaching would bear judgment for deceiving people with something other than Jesus Christ crucified. He tells listeners that a physical church building offers comfort, climate control, seating, music, and a good message, but none of that is the true church. The true church, he says, is made up of living stones, believers scattered throughout the world, and anything added to that simple truth only complicates it.

Called Unto Liberty, Not License

Brother Jim Shaw reads Paul's frustration boiling over, wishing that those troubling the Galatians with circumcision would be cut off entirely, since preaching circumcision alongside the cross would remove the offense of the cross itself. He reads Paul's declaration that believers "have been called unto liberty," paired immediately with the caution not to use that liberty as an occasion for the flesh but instead to serve one another through love. Brother Jim explains that the whole law is fulfilled in one command, to love thy neighbor as thyself, and shares what he describes as a personal revelation from the Lord about that verse: loving one's neighbor requires first learning to love oneself, which happens only by keeping the first commandment and loving God completely. He describes himself as a piece of clay reporting for duty daily, saying that seeing himself and others through the eyes of Jesus is what allows genuine love for a neighbor to follow.

Walking In The Spirit, Not The Flesh

Brother Jim Shaw closes the sermon with Paul's warning against believers biting and devouring one another, urging listeners instead to walk in the Spirit so they will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. He tells the audience to take every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ, reminding them that Satan's war targets the carnal mind and that the flesh and the Spirit remain in constant conflict, each contrary to the other. Brother Jim declares that the old man must be put to death, since believers can no longer live as they once did, and calls this transformation into a new creation in Christ good news secured by what Jesus accomplished at Calvary. He closes the broadcast with a blessing and an amen. The announcer then returns with closing information, directing listeners to www.brotherjimshaw.org, a PO Box in Vero Beach, Florida, a phone number for the ministry, and a YouTube page carrying further messages from Brother Jim.

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Get Behind Me, Satan: Resisting False Idols and the Cares of This World

Brother Jim Shaw preaches on Jesus's wilderness temptation in Luke 4, warning that comforts, riches, and everyday cares of family and money can quietly become idols that choke out the Word of God, and he urges listeners to take the narrow road to Christ.

Deception, Comfort, and the Only Way to God

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast by turning to Jesus's repeated warning in Matthew 24 not to be deceived, noting that if Christ warns believers so many times, deception must pose a real danger. He says people are often deceived through comforts, which can quietly become gods in their own right. Brother Jim states plainly that there is only one way to the Father, through the Word made flesh, Jesus Christ, who suffered, died on a cross, and rose again as the Lamb of God, the extreme sacrifice. Outside of that, he says, the world is run by devils who tempt people into sin and prey on the soul and the spirit. He lists hatred, misused sexuality, bitterness, unforgiveness, revenge, and idol worship as struggles common to all people, insisting that Christ alone offers freedom from them, not any other religion or belief system.

The Wilderness Temptation in Luke 4

Brother Jim Shaw turns to Luke 4 and the second stage of Jesus's wilderness temptation, when Satan meets him directly after the Holy Spirit has led him into the desert. He describes how the devil takes Jesus to a high mountain and shows him all the kingdoms of the world in a single moment of time, each kingdom carrying its own riches, women, parties, and reputation. Brother Jim quotes the devil's offer: all authority and glory over these kingdoms would be given to Jesus if only he would worship Satan, since that authority had been delivered to the devil to give to whomever he chooses. He reminds listeners that Jesus was fully man, conceived by the Holy Ghost yet born of a woman under the law, and so was tempted exactly as any person is tempted. Unlike his listeners, though, Brother Jim notes, Jesus also carried the unique power to forgive sins.

Idols Hidden in Everyday Blessings

Brother Jim Shaw applies the temptation account to daily life, warning that people can turn almost anything into an idol: reputation, education, the medical community, women, partying, cars, houses, or a paycheck. Because Satan claims authority to hand these things to whomever he wishes, Brother Jim urges listeners to make sure that any blessing in their life truly comes from the Lord Jesus Christ rather than assuming a comfort or an addition to their life is automatically a blessing. He says the only real blessing is the revelation that Jesus died on the cross for sin and that believers have been reborn as new creations, with old things passed away and all things made new. Brother Jim describes the human body as a rental unit and a temple in which the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost dwell, urging listeners to accept that they will die and to hold onto that simple truth of Christ.

Get Behind Me, Satan

Brother Jim Shaw reads Jesus's answer to the devil: 'Get behind me, Satan, for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.' He frames this as Jesus confronting Satan directly, refusing to worship a defeated king over kingdoms destined to turn to dust. Brother Jim then turns the lesson toward his listeners, confessing how easily people set goals and visions in front of themselves, quietly reasoning that enough money would bring them what they want. He prays aloud for mercy on this tendency and warns that Satan often works by blurring vision with things rather than outright rebellion. He introduces Mark chapter 4 as the next warning, describing how the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lust of other things can enter a person's life and choke out the word of God that lives within them.

Cares of This World, Family, and Money

Brother Jim Shaw explains that the cares of this world named in Mark 4:19 can include ordinary things such as concern for children, parents, or a spouse, and he stresses that caring for family is right unless that care begins to rule a person's life above Christ. He argues that the best gift for a family is a parent or spouse who is fully sold out to Jesus, someone who recognizes every breath as a gift from God and has been born from above rather than shaped only by upbringing, education, or church attendance. Turning to money, Brother Jim calls it the closest worldly substitute for the Holy Spirit, capable of imitating peace, joy, comfort, and contentment until death forces a reckoning with eternity. He reminds listeners that life is a vapor and a blade of grass that will pass away, urging them to renew their minds with that truth, raise the shield of faith, and resist slowly conforming to the world's values.

Bearing Fruit on the Narrow Road

Brother Jim Shaw warns that when the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word of God, the result is an unfruitful life, one that fails to produce the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and self-control. Without that fruit, he says, bitterness, revenge, envy, and lust take its place instead. He describes the Christian life as a war and a continual trial, comparing it to how the Lord tested his people in the Old Testament and insisting that no believer can escape being tested. Brother Jim pictures this testing as a fork in the road, one path wide and easy, the other narrow, and urges listeners repeatedly to take the narrow road toward Jesus rather than the world's wide path. He closes the broadcast by calling listeners to accept Jesus Christ, live through him, and let him fight their battles, ending with a blessing and amen.

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Reprobate Minds and Rotting Fruit: A Warning on Sin, Society, and Spiritual Warfare

Brother Jim Shaw preaches from Romans 1:27 on the reprobate mind, tracing what he sees as a slow corruption of culture from ancient sin to modern trends, and calls listeners to take every thought captive in ongoing spiritual warfare.

Grounding The Message In Romans 1:27

Brother Jim Shaw opens the broadcast by returning to a message he began earlier on what he calls sodomite activity, grounding his teaching in Romans 1:27. He reads the verse describing men leaving the natural use of women and burning in lust toward one another, explaining that the word unseemly means shameful. He tells listeners that the passage describes a real recompense, a penalty due for that error. Moving forward in the chapter, he reads that these men did not like to retain God in their knowledge, and he insists that any such sin is itself a sign that God is absent from a person's understanding. He continues into the description of God giving people over to a reprobate mind, to do things which are not convenient, framing this as the sermon's central subject: how refusing to retain God in the mind leads to perverted lusts and inappropriate behavior.

A Personal Testimony Of Salvation

Brother Jim shifts to his own life, calling himself a reborn Christian who has carried the Holy Spirit for almost 40 years. He says temptation never stopped after his conversion, matching what he faced before he was saved, but something changed: he received a conscience, the ability to fight temptation, and the ability to recognize what temptation actually was. He recalls that before salvation many evil things simply felt enjoyable rather than tempting. He credits Satan with always rolling out what he calls the red carpet for sin, leaving the choice to continue in it up to the individual. Applying this directly to homosexual sin, he tells listeners caught in it that there is hope, and that they are not defined by that identity. Instead, he describes them as a creation of the Lord Jesus Christ attacked by what he calls a homosexual spirit, careful, he says, to avoid using language that would curse a person by name.

Creation Versus Child Of God

He draws a sharp distinction between being God's creation and being God's child, saying no one is a child of God until they come to know the Lord. Brother Jim shares that he was not a child of God until he was reborn, describing his earlier state bluntly as a child of the devil before Jesus stepped in and gave him what he calls a new birth. He returns to Romans, repeating the phrase that people did not like to retain God in their knowledge, and connects that rejection to the decline of major universities. He notes that schools such as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton began as Christian institutions meant to train denominational preachers before liberalism, in his words, snuck in. He predicts a widening cultural divide and says the coming years will require people, like voices crying in the wilderness, to expound genuine truth.

Corruption Spreading Through Society

Brother Jim traces a progression from men with men to what he describes as men becoming women, citing this as evidence of societal corruption accelerating. He recalls his own shock decades earlier upon first hearing of men marrying men, remembering his instinct to want it kept away from children entirely. He pairs that memory with disbelief at claims that cow flatulence is destroying the world, a notion he says has since found its way into textbooks. He illustrates corruption with an extended image of rotting produce, describing a corrupt peach, apple, string bean, or piece of meat slowly decaying over days, weeks, or months until it becomes a brittle piece of nothing. He calls on Christian men directly to pull their pants up, run their households, and protect their families, warning that children are being bombarded by this corruption with nowhere left to hide.

John The Baptist As Example

Acknowledging that his message may sound fanatical, Brother Jim points to John the Baptist as a model of peculiar devotion, noting that he came from a family of chief priests yet lived in the wilderness eating locusts and honey and wearing camel skin. He speculates, without certainty, that Herod's order to kill children under two around the time of Jesus's birth may explain why John's parents kept him away from society. He reminds listeners that Jesus called John the greatest prophet ever born of a woman, using that praise to encourage believers unafraid to seem strange to their families and friends. Returning to the reprobate mind, he explains that it produces visible actions, not just private thinking, pointing to extreme tattooing, heavy piercings, and black clothing as manifestations he says a person can recognize. He insists that when God's sheep encounter a problem, they know it, because God's voice comes through many avenues including sight, reading, and hearing.

Standing Firm In Spiritual Warfare

Brother Jim explains that while he does not excuse sinful or chaotic behavior, he believes demonic influence lies behind much of it, and that Jesus came specifically to set captives free from spirits that leave people unable to help themselves. He urges listeners to take every thought captive, get on their knees, and treat the spiritual world as literally real, comparing arrows of lust, self-pity, and the fear of man to an unseen but genuine attack. He assigns roles within the household, telling fathers to lead, children to obey, and wives to submit, all under the covering of the Holy Spirit given to believers. Citing Romans again, he affirms that homosexuality is named a sin tied to a reprobate mind and warns against placing hatred or any other attitude above God's Word. He closes by reminding listeners that salvation was purchased by the blood of the cross, declaring that time is short, the birth pangs have begun, and believers should stand firm in love for Jesus Christ.