EveryManComplete Podcast

Freedom is one of the most coveted things that every person longs for! But one of the most important questions that we must ask is; freedom from what? Most people are seeking the freedom to do! Freedom has become a self-seeking, self-satisfying desire that at some point becomes at odds with those around us that are seeking the same thing!
When we read in Galatians 5:1 that It was for freedom that Christ died, two questions come to my mind. Freedom from what? Why did Christ have to die for it? 
The freedom that Christ died for was to set us free from the corruption of our flesh, sin, and the world. He died that we might become sons and daughters of God. Our freedom is discovered as we by faith rest in the loving sacrifice of Jesus Christ that reconciles back into a relationship with God the Father!
God subjected mankind to futility after sin entered the world and was passed down to each of us in hopes that we would be set free from the corruption that was in the world and is brought into the glory and freedom that is found in being children of God!
Let's look to the gospel and discover the freedom that Jesus died for!

BLESSED ASSURANCE
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine
Heir of salvation, purchase of God
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood

Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior, am happy and blessed
Watching and waiting, looking above
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love,
What a wonderful song and truth we have in the assurance of the salvation that comes through Jesus Christ! For many of us who have sung that song numerous times, it brings such warm memories and comfort. 
But through the years and through the many changes that are taking place within our culture and churches many have settled into that blessed assurance and have become complacent and apathetic in their daily walk with Jesus. We feel it is time for the next generation to take the torch and move into the world we live in with the gospel. 
So, why are we still here? Why has God brought us through so many things and circumstances just to have us sit upon our blessed assurance? To be with Christ would be much better but we are told to live on in the flesh is more necessary for those around us.
Join with me as we look to the gospel for His continued call to live our lives good to the last drop!

Is it real or is it Memorex!  Is it real faith or is it what you have created it to be? 
Many in our world today claim to have a faith in God. We do not know the heart of each man but God does. The only One who can reveal whether or not a person's faith is real is the One who is the author and perfecter of that faith. 
Our salvation is a free gift of God on the basis of His grace and mercy. He convicted us in order that we may see our sin as He sees it and then He revealed His love and grace to know His forgiveness. But then He gave each one who receives His salvation the measure of faith to receive it.  Faith is not something that you and I are capable to create or manufacture. Otherwise, we could take some credit for our salvation.
There is a faith that will endure to the end and that faith is one that the Holy Spirit is perfecting in us that we might bring glory to the author of that faith. There is continual testing of our faith as long as we live here in the flesh as He finishes sanctifying us and preparing us for glory. 
The testing of the faith we have received is a testing of the love relationship we say we have with our Savior. God is perfecting the faith He has given to us and in the process, He is perfecting our love relationship with Him.
Let' open up the gospel and discover whether we have an enduring faith!

I've heard it said that it's not how you start but how you finish! To some, that may seem very true but for the follower of Jesus Christ, how you start is foundational to how you finish! If you do not have a salvation based upon the finished work of Jesus Christ by grace through faith you won't finish well! 
But for those of you who have put your hope in Jesus Christ, He has told us in the gospel how we can finish well. We live in a godless world and we are confronted with compromises everyday that desire for us to take a different path from the one that Christ has called us to. We each have a calling a course a ministry that has been given to us by God. He has prepared everything for every situation beforehand, that we should walk in them if we are to finish well!
Let's go to the gospel together and discover how we can finish well the upward call that our Lord has called us to!

God is calling the hearts of the fathers back to their sons and daughters. But first God must draw the hearts of the men back to Him. 
We have allowed the world around us to define what a real man is. He is defined by his titles, prestige, education, income level, and authority that he is responsible for. But how is a man of God defined and where does he find worth and value. How is his identity formed? 
God has placed eternity in each one of us and nothing can fill that eternal void except the eternal God who created us. We are His workmanship and we are to work out our salvation in reverence and awe because it is God who is at work in us!  Our hearts are God's workmanship! What is God working on you right now in order for you to become more like Christ? God is the potter we are the clay! He is the One who knows what we are to become. What the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard and what has not entered our hearts all that God desires for us to be.
Let's open up the gospel and discover God's desire for each one of us!

We live in a rapidly changing world that is flooded with information on every topic imaginable. Our minds are inundated with overwhelming data to process and cipher to make everyday choices.  What influences you most in how you process all this information in making your choices of right and wrong, good and bad, healthy and unhealthy? 
As followers of Jesus Christ and those who proclaim to believe and trust in the gospel (which is the power of God for salvation and the revealing of righteousness), what impact has this had in your transformation. 
The Apostle Paul stated that he recognized that he had an evil that was in him and it waged war against the law of his mind keeping him from doing what he desired to do for God. The mindset on the flesh and the mindset on the spirit are in opposition to one another. And knowing that we many times attempt to win that battle with fleshly efforts, strength, and understanding. 
Knowing the battle, recognizing the evil in us, and relying on the word of God and the power and presence of the Holy Spirit we can know the life and peace of having our minds set on the Spirit. 
Let's open up the gospel and start tearing down strongholds!

As followers of Jesus Christ, He has promised us life and that life more abundantly!  Though we might be born again this abundant life is experienced only through the fruit of the Spirit in us. Our flesh is continually getting in the way.
We've been given a new heart and the Holy Spirit as a pledge to our inheritance in Christ but we still have to deal with our flesh as long as we walk on this earth. There is so much of what we do, including much of what we do that we associate with our faith that is nothing more than our flesh accomplishing dead works. 
We are not growing in faith or in intimacy with the God who loves us. We are not seeing our lives or the lives of those around us being transformed into the image of Christ. Our flesh is the great pretender. We have been self-deceived! Our flesh desires recognition, glory, comfort, convenience, and satisfaction and so doing we have turned over the abundant life Jesus promised us for the corruption and vanity of the world. 
Let's open up the gospel and see what we are missing and how we can all that God has prepared for us to know and experience through the life of the Spirit. 

For those of us who have spent countless hours going to church, it's hard for us to contemplate that there is a possibility that what we have called worship might not be considered worship in the eyes of God. He speaks to us in His word that He is seeking the "true worshippers",  who worship Him in spirit and truth. Why would He be seeking true worshippers when all He would have to do is to stop by any local church on a given Sunday?
Jesus came to die for our sins and to crucify the flesh that we might no longer be slaves to sin. Yes, we are a new creation but we still have to deal with our flesh on a daily basis. Our flesh and the spirit that we've been given are in opposition to one another. We are called to put no confidence in the flesh but we are to worship in spirit and truth. To attempt to worship our God with our flesh is to corrupt our worship with something Jesus crucified on the cross. 
What's born of the flesh is flesh and what is born of the spirit is spirit. God is spirit and our flesh has no part in our worshipping Him. 
Let's open up the gospel and discover how we are to be a true worshipper!

It's Memorial Day! We would like to express our greatest appreciation for those men and women who have dedicated their lives for our freedom. Our deepest gratitude goes to those families who have paid the ultimate price in the loss of their loved ones who died in securing our freedom. Freedom is a precious gift that has been paid for by those who have fought and died in order for us to live in the fulness of that gift. God bless you all!
Over 2000 years ago God's only begotten Son died on the cross that you and I might know the freedom that God had designed for us to know. It was for freedom that Christ died! He warns us that we should not allow our freedom to be taken away by giving our flesh an opportunity to drag us back down into the corruption of sin and selfishness. 
We are a new creation! The old has passed away and behold new things have come. We must take up our cross every day and die to ourselves in order that our flesh will not rob us of the glory as children of God. The spirit and the flesh are in opposition to one another. We cannot overcome the flesh with fleshly efforts. That which is of the flesh is flesh and that which is of the spirit is spirit. It is the spirit that gives life the flesh profits nothing. 
Let's open up the gospel and discover how we can maintain our freedom and not give in to our flesh!

Got doubt? We all experience doubt in our lives. We find ourselves in new and conflicting circumstances and anxiety, fear, and doubt will raise their ugly heads. As long as we have to live in these finite bodies we will always be confronted with doubt.
The issue is not whether we will be confronted with doubt but will we ask the question of ourselves; why are we doubting?  Doubt is not a sin but what we do with that doubt can become a sin. Doubt becomes the springboard for us to grow deeper in faith with the God who has called us. He is calling us to walk on water at times. Sometimes He is calling us to come out of hiding and fight an overwhelming army in front of us. Sometimes He may ask us to raise the knife to take the life of something we love. 
Consider it all joy when you encounter various doubts for it is God working in you that you may be perfect and complete lacking in nothing. 
Let's open up the gospel and discover how we can be made complete as we encounter the doubts in our life!