God's Everlasting Word

If Ephesians 4:1-6 teaches us anything, it's that the people of God are to stand together in unity. And yet, there is religious division all over the world today...which raises an important question: "Why is it necessary to have so many denominational bodies in the world?" Why is it necessary to have so many divisions, religiously speaking? Is it right or wrong? What does the Bible say?

Today's lesson is from the teachings of Jesus in the 15th chapter of Luke, where we find three parables regarding the tragedy of carelessness, the tragedy of uselessness, the tragedy of willfulness, and the tragedy of bitterness. And they're all related to today's episode, as we study, "The Tragedy of Being Lost."

In First Corinthians, chapter sixteen, we have the account of the apostle Paul delivering his final exhortation to the church in Corinth, and, in verse 13, he told them to, "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." I call your attention to the phrase, "Stand fast in the faith," because that is something we're needing more and more of as the years go by...and it's also the topic of today's podcast.

Usually, the last words a person says are regarded as important…and if they come from loved ones, very dear. In the Bible, we read of the last words of Joshua, found in Josh. 24:15…the last words of David are found in First Kings 2:1-3…we can also read the last words of the apostle Paul, over in Second Timothy 4:6-8. But today's lesson is about the last words ever spoken by Jesus, and why they are so very, VERY important.

Life is a land of hills and valleys. There are times in our lives when we are walking through the valleys...those places into which all of us go, sooner or later, and which we must come out of, in order to find life to be as bountiful as God has promised that it can be. There are no exceptions to the rule that people must walk through these valleys. And that's what we're talking about in today's GOD'S EVERLASTING WORD podcast, with some thoughts that are significant and true concerning "The Valleys of Life."

There are thousands of Christians scattered throughout the world today. Some of them are filling places of importance in the Lord's kingdom. Others are just sitting idly by. What makes the difference? What does the Bible say?

The 90th Psalm, written by Moses, is considered to be one of the world's oldest poems. It dates back several generations from the psalms of David…and evidently was written near the close of the wanderings in the wilderness. But how does it apply to us? That's the topic of today's episode.

Have you ever prayed to God and felt He didn't answer your prayer? I've always heard it said that God does answer prayers, and He does so by saying, "Yes," "No," or "Wait awhile." That may be true, but the fact remains that some prayers are simply not granted. Why is that? We'll try to find the answer in today's episode.

One of the outstanding things about both the Old and New Testaments is the number of short sentences which grab our attention and say so much in so few words. One of those examples is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 8, verse 10, where Ezra the priest told the people, "For the joy of the Lord is your strength." This may be one of the most striking sentences of the entire Bible. Why Ezra said it and why we should believe it is the topic of today's episode, simply called, "The Strength of Joy."

Today, we are engaged in a battle, well underway, in which one army is against God and everything Christian...from the killing of little babies to the promotion of homosexuality and an attempt to take God out of every place and everything. We are not sufficient, alone and apart from God, to overcome this enemy. But we can win the battle, because, as David said, "The battle is the Lord's." That's the topic of today's GOD'S EVERLASTING WORD podcast.