Pulpit Power Podcast

Did you know we are born with a sinful nature? When we were conceived, we were conceived with a sinful nature. We are just sinful people but it comes naturally to us. But we cannot let that sinful nature become an excuse! God gives us a chance to repent from our sinful nature. No one is righteous and no one is perfect. We need to be born again and repent of our sinful natures.

How will you get to heaven? By doing good works, being a good person, or by trusting Jesus as your savior. As we get closer to Easter, the reason we celebrate Easter weighs heavy on our minds. Jesus did not die, just to die and then rise from the grave on the 3rd day. He died for our sins, so we can go to heaven. "All have sinned and fallen short from the glory of God". We all have sinned one way or another. There are 10 commandments to follow and we all have broken the 10 commandments in our lifetime. Even Mary (who people worship) was a sinner too, she was not perfect. There was only one PERFECT man who walked on this earth and that was Jesus.

If Jesus had died today and rose on that Sunday, would you believe it was Him? When John and the disciples went to the tomb and saw that Jesus was gone, they believed and were exciting. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and believed that someone had stolen Jesus' body. When Jesus talked to her, she believed it was a gardener and she was wondering where He had hidden the body. She was devoted to her Lord and loved Him so much. If you loved the Lord, like Mary Magdalene did, you would be showing it throughout your life. When Jesus said, "Mary", she realized that He was her Master and Lord. Maybe you are like Thomas. Poor Thomas is called Doubting Thomas, because he did not believe Jesus rose from the grace, until Jesus appeared in front of him. Thomas had to see for himself that Jesus was alive. Are you like John, Mary, or Thomas??

Do you know how much your soul is worth? Your soul is the true you! Your personality, your likes, what makes you laugh, what you dislike, is what your soul is made up of. Your soul is very valuable is because of the image of your soul. The image comes from the Creator Himself. Your soul is made in the image of God and is very valuable. Your soul is even valuable to Satan. Satan does not want any souls to go to heaven, so if he can tarnish a Christian's soul to keep others from believing, then he is all for it. When your body dies, your soul will either go to heaven or hell.

Do you want a mush God, the God who is there for you during the good times? Or do you want a mighty God, who is there for you no whatever you want? Everyone these days interact with the MUSH God. The mush god is there in the prayers before games, when people want him to be around, and is not jealous of anything. He loves to share his spotlight with any other god you throw at him. The MIGHTY God has standards for our lives and is jealous when other gods in our lives. But the mighty God is there for you when you don't want Him around. He is there during the good and bad times in our lives. Which God do you want in your life?

Pastor Scheving concludes his series on how to overcome our trials. Twenty years later, after Joseph's brothers sold him to slavery, their conscience is still beating them up. They were admitting that they did wrong with Joseph, in the amidst of the Pharaoh's high man. Not knowing that the high man, was Joseph. They left one of their brothers behind and ran back to grab the youngest brother. Joseph was putting them through a test, just to see if the brothers were actually sorry for what they had done. They brought the younger brother back with them and he put them through another tests. When the brothers passed, he told them that HE was Joseph. We don't see it at the moment of our life, but God will bring a rainbow at the end of our trials.

Do you have hope? Do you believe in God's love for His children and for wanting the best out of His children? As Christians when we go through trials, we should have hope in God. All through out His word, He tells us to trust Him, He will never leave us, and that He loves us as His own children. God looks way ahead into the future, and knows what is best for us. Don't get off track, stay faithful to what God wants you to do. It is easy to love God, when our lives are "blessed". But as soon as something bad happens, we blame God and whine and complain that God hates us. God never changes, we are the one who changes the outlook. When those bad circumstances happen, we should still be thanking God.

Do you have a love for lost souls? Everything that is going in the world can open doors in witnessing to people. People are wondering what is going. We have earthquakes, tsunamis, suicide bombers, wars, and etc. We should use this opportunity to share the gospel with them. When you are witnessing, it might feel as if you are a broken record, but just keep planting the seed. God might use someone else to water and someone else to sow. One soul is worth more than the gold we guard in Fort Knox.