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Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

Christ Teaches How to Be Saved Matthew 15.22

Justin Peters examines Philip Anthony Mitchell's report of a teenage girl being healed of deafness at the ACCESS gathering in Texas. He discusses the importance of verifying healing claims, reviews examples from faith-healing ministries, and compares those claims with the apostolic miracles recorded in Acts 3–4. While affirming that God can sovereignly heal today, Justin distinguishes that conviction from the belief that individuals possess the apostolic gift of healing. This episode encourages Christians to evaluate public claims by Scripture, seek clear evidence, and show compassion toward those who suffer. For more from Justin Peters please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/justin-peters-sound-theology/ This video first appeared at Justin's YouTube and is posted here with his permission. https://youtu.be/SewxynAXk1E?si=KmWYt2I-AXpDTR9A

How many ways does satan entice you? Would you believe only two ways? Listen to the explanation of how satan uses 2 popular ways to tempt you into sin.

When individuals commit to a serious and consistent prayer life, they may encounter spiritual opposition, distraction, and even persecution, as illustrated by Paul and Silas, who were imprisoned after casting out a demon. Despite their suffering, their deep devotion to prayer and worship in the midst of adversity led to a powerful, earth-shaking miracle that liberated both themselves and others. This transformative experience underscores the reality that authentic prayer, rooted in intimacy with God, can break spiritual chains and produce divine intervention. The sermon emphasizes that such a lifestyle requires perseverance, reliance on God's protection, and a willingness to cry out in faith amid trials. It encourages believers to pursue deeper prayer with expectancy, assuring them that God honors those who seek Him earnestly and that such devotion can radically change both personal lives and communities.

The grace of faith, by which the elect is enabled to believe for the saving of their soul, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts and is ordinarily produced through the ministry of the Word

Pastor Rockhill opens the first four verses of Acts 13, where the gospel's advance from Jerusalem reaches the thriving church at Antioch. His central burden is to show how God calls, confirms, and sends laborers into His harvest, and how this pattern establishes the ordered, accountable life of Christ's church. Pastor Rockhill walks through the leaders gathered at Antioch—Barnabas, Simeon, Lucius, Menaen, and Saul—noting that the gospel was now crossing geographical, ethnic, and social barriers in fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham. He stresses that Antioch was no independent congregation but was organically and doctrinally connected to Jerusalem, the seed of what would become Presbyterian government and the Jerusalem Council of Acts 15. The key doctrine concerns the call to office. As the leaders ministered to the Lord in worship and fasting, the Holy Spirit set apart Barnabas and Saul. Pastor Rockhill distinguishes the inward sense of call from the outward call of the church, which tests and confirms it, and he explains the laying on of hands as consecration, delegation of Christ's authority, and public accountability. By way of application, he commends fasting as a fitting means of seeking the Lord, warns against self-appointed ministry, and urges believers to value the God-ordained structures that guard both the flock and its officers. Through these appointed means the gospel still spreads and the church is built, all to the praise of God's glory alone.

This sermon explores the theme of divine restoration through the account of Peter's reinstatement in John 21, emphasizing that God is a redeemer who repairs rather than discards the broken. The central message highlights that genuine, though imperfect, love for Christ is the essential foundation for salvation and ministry, contrasting it with mere religious duty or self-confidence. By analyzing the threefold question, answer, and charge, the text illustrates how Jesus restores Peter's public standing and confidence in his calling to shepherd His flock. The tone is pastoral and encouraging, urging believers to rely on Christ's omniscience and grace rather than their own reputation or works. Ultimately, the sermon calls for a transparent relationship with God, where the knowledge of forgiveness fuels a growing, authentic love for Jesus that sustains believers through life's challenges and ministry.