Jesus ministered healing to one man at the Pool of Bethesda. How did He do it? He did it via a manifestation of gifts of the Spirit. Jesus gave both hope and healing to a man who had been sick thirty-eight years. What Jesus did for this one man, He will do for you. And what He has done for you, you can pass on to others. How you can minster healing as Jesus did, that's our focus on this week's Light on Life.

Every seventh month the Jews would celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. It was a time of great rejoicing. It's that way for believers in Jesus. Rejoicing in the Lord gives the Christian believer a different perspective of life than what the world offers. Perspective is pivotal. And this rejoicing should be a continual process. We have the privilege of living our lives in continual rejoicing before our God. Here are some lessons along that line from the Feast of Tabernacles.

Jesus walked in the wisdom of God in the midst of howling religious leaders who were bent on killing Him. There is much discussion in today's world about mentoring as a way to build the whole man. There is no greater mentor or example than Jesus. If you desire to know how to walk the talk against the rising tide of opposition, look at how Jesus did it and copy Him.

It's never wise to not obey God's will for your life. In the Sound of Music, at the close of a frustrating day, the Reverend Mother asks Maria why she has come to the convent. Hesitating, the distraught girl replies, "To discover and do the will of God." You don't have to go to a convent or a monastery to find God's will for your life. There is plenty of God's will to find in the pages of the Bible. When we look to obey the general principles of God's will found in the scriptures God is then free to open to us detailed specifics of His personal plan for our individual lives.

An aged minister thought that he had committed the unpardonable sin. At last, after much conflict, he submitted to what he mistakably considered was the will of God, for him to be lost. but then God's revelation light dawned on his heart and he saw how absurd he was. The fact that one fears that he has committed this sin is sure proof that he hasn't. What is the unpardonable sin? That's our focus on this week's Light on Life.

Is suicide an unpardonable or unforgivable sin? Answering this question is our focus on this week's Light on Life as we bring in a special guest to discuss this issue on today's podcast.

What do we mean when we say a thing is holy? Look at your Bible and it says, "Holy Bible." What makes it holy? The land of Israel is called "The Holy Land," and the city of Jerusalem is called "The Holy City." Why? There is a quality about all three that they share in common. They all belong to God. Only that which originates in God and stays in the hands of God and has God's blessing on it is ever considered holy. But, what happens when men mix holy and unholy? That's our focus on this week's podcast.

We have already covered six tests in two previous podcasts. We covered the baseball bat test, the gender test, and the acting test. Then, we took the will of God test, the fear test, and the tense test. This week we are going to look at the last test, the forgiveness test. Walking in forgiveness protects your faith. Holding grudges against people dissipate your faith. The Bible speaks a lot about this area and we are going to drill down into it in this week's Light on Life.

Jesus presented himself as the fulfillment of Messianic expectations to the people of Israel. Unknown, however, God's provision of life through his Messiah entailed substitutionary suffering. Jesus will have to "give his flesh for the life of the world," and only those who "eat his flesh" and "drink his blood" will partake of God's salvation blessings. What did Jesus mean by these strong words? How do we apply His thoughts to our everyday life, that's our focus on this week's Light on Life.

Abraham was absolutely convinced God would do what He had promised He would do. He is called the father of faith for a reason. And here's the marvelous truth you can be just like him in faith. But, how can we grow our confidence in God? One way is to understand what it means to be believing God? Let's ask the question then. What does it mean to believe? What does it mean to stand on the Word of God? There are some tests you can take. And that's what we're talking about in this week's Light On Life.