Discipleship on SermonAudio

In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why personal experience, feelings, impressions, and claims of private revelation must never rival the authority of Scripture. Christians are called to test every experience by God's sufficient, clear, and unchanging Word, resting their confidence in Christ and His promises rather than fluctuating emotions. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God who became truly man without ceasing to be truly God. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains Christ's deity, humanity, and saving work. Through His perfect life, death, and resurrection, Jesus accomplished salvation for sinners and remains the only hope for all who trust in Him. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Isaiah 2 contrasts the future glory of God's kingdom with the pride and idolatry of fallen humanity. This episode calls us to walk in the Lord's light, abandon false security, and place our hope in Christ, the King whose kingdom endures forever. For more from Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, visit https://servantsofgrace.org/reading-the-bible-daily-with-dave/

Isaiah 3 exposes the consequences of pride, corruption, rebellion, and misplaced trust in Judah and Jerusalem. Dave Jenkins explains how God removes false sources of security, judges corrupt leadership, and humbles human glory. This chapter calls God's people to reject self-exaltation, pursue humility, pray for righteous leadership, and look to Christ, the humble King who gives grace to the humble. For more from Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/reading-the-bible-daily-with-dave/

How can Christians recognize a faithful church in a time when popularity, personalities, programs, and production often shape how churches are evaluated? In this episode of Equipping You in Grace, Dave Jenkins explains the biblical marks of a true church: faithful preaching of God's Word, the right administration of baptism and the Lord's Supper, loving church discipline, qualified biblical leadership, and meaningful commitment within the local body. Christians are not called to find a perfect church. We are called to seek a faithful church where Christ is exalted, the gospel is proclaimed, Scripture is the final authority, and God's people are equipped to grow together in grace and truth. This episode continues the September series, "Home: The Church, the Gospel, and the Grace That Brings You Back." For more from Equipping You in Grace, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/equipping-you-in-grace-2/

The doctrine of the Trinity is central to the Christian faith. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit reveal the true God and shape believers' understanding of salvation, worship, prayer, and the Christian life. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

The sermon outlines a comprehensive study on the doctrine of the church, beginning with three primary distinctives that define its identity in redemptive history. It establishes that the church is a unique entity formed by the union of Jew and Gentile into one new body, a mystery revealed through Christ's work and sealed by the Holy Spirit. The speaker emphasizes that true adherence to the gospel is the defining mark of Christian community, distinguishing it from mere religious organizations or historical traditions. Furthermore, the transcript asserts that a valid church must practice specific internal ordinances and leadership structures while simultaneously engaging in external evangelism and discipleship. Ultimately, the church is presented as a spirit-filled community called to worship internally and fulfill the Great Commission externally.

Considering the bible's testimony of discipleship.

1. What Is the Significance of Caesarea Philippi? 1.1. Its Water Flows Down from Mount Hermon. 1.2. What Does the Pseudepigraphal Book of Enoch Tell us? 1.3. Two New Testament Books Appear to Confirm This. 1.4. There Were Pagan Temples There, Related to the Greek God Pan. 1.5. The Greeks Were Terribly Cruel to the Jews. 2. It Is at This Outpost of Hell, that the Lord Jesus Elicits the Great Confession. 2.1. There Is Natural Revelation. 2.2. There Is Special Revelation. 3. Peter Is Petros (Πέτρος), and Christ Is Petra (Πέτρα). 3.1. The Church Is Built on Christ and His Apostles and Prophets. 3.2. Believers Have the Power to Bind and Loose. 3.3. The Church Is not a Building; it Is God's People. 3.4. The Gates of Hell Are on the Defensive; God's People Must Be on the Offensive. 3.5. We Must Pray. 3.6. We Must Serve Others. 3.7. Peter Could Be a Satan.

In "What Is That To You?" (John 21:20-25), Pastor Robert McNutt shows how John's Gospel, written that we may believe and have life, closes with a turn toward discipleship. Having restored Peter and foretold the death by which he would glorify God, Jesus commands, "Follow Me" - and Peter immediately turns to look at John and asks, "Lord, what about this man?" Christ's answer, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me," is among the most liberating sentences in Scripture, freeing us from the exhausting work of comparing and contesting with other believers. McNutt notes that distraction comes not only through the cares, riches, and pleasures that choke the seed, or Martha's much serving, or the prospering wicked that made Asaph stumble, but even through godly, Christ-following saints whose gifts we covet. He then distinguishes what is common to every Christian - faith in Christ alone, obedience to His commands, and the mission of being sent as the Father sent the Son - from what God sovereignly varies: our particular calling, seen in Peter's public ministry and martyrdom against John's quieter life of written witness; the measure of our gifting, illustrated by the parable of the talents, where the two-talent servant hears the same "well done" as the five; and the cost of following, which is heavier for some than others. The Christ-centered life is the undistracted life, and it makes sense because of the superior worth of Christ's person and the superior wealth of His promises - He is preparing a place, He will come again, and when we see Him we shall be like Him. So keep your eyes on the Author and Finisher of faith: you follow Me.