Magnified Word

This life is short.  We don't know what will happen tomorrow.  We might not even still be alive tomorrow.  Jesus Christ could come back tomorrow.  So let's give today all that we've got.

Episode 53.  This episode covers Paul's meeting with the Ephesian elders at Miletus, as recorded in Acts 20.  Paul told them it would be the last time they would see him in person.  He instructed them to watch over the flock, warning them that fierce wolves would come.

Episode 52.  A look at a prayer that Jesus Christ prayed shortly before he laid down his life.

Episode 51.  We should not allow ourselves to get tossed to and fro by every doctrine we hear, but we should stay put on the grace of God.  

It's very important to control our minds and our emotions.  As we learn to do so by choosing to meditate on God's words, we can enjoy great benefits.

Reproof is a wonderful thing that we want to listen to because it produces great benefits.  Often Godly reproof is criticized as "judging".  The concept of judging has gotten twisted and is often used in inappropriate ways.

During Jeremiah's time, there were prophets who were speaking lies, not the Word of God.  But God said "The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully.  What is the chaff to the wheat?"  What are lies and vain words compared to the living and powerful words of God?  We don't need to be intimidated by false doctrines, we just need to be faithful to speak the real Word of God.

If we turn away from God, we go after vain things that can't profit us or deliver us, and we become vain.  So it's important to stay put on following God and loving God.

Because of Adam's sin, all people are born into a condition where they absolutely need a Savior.  People need to hear the gospel concerning Christ in order to get saved.  We're the ones who are to speak the gospel to people.

The Epistle of Jude was written at a time when circumstances were bleak.  A great lesson that can be learned from it is that it is important to contend for the faith, rather than contend against errors.