Servant

Servant

By Brian PoindexterReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Servant episodes

  • The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
    They anticipated that the Messiah’s arrival meant Israel would receive that literal, physical Kingdom in their day
    And had Israel accepted Jesus’ proposal, the Kingdom would have been theirs in that day
    But Israel refused the Kingdom proposal so Jesus withdrew His offer and in its place, He initiated this program
    And He spent the final months of His earthly life training them on their new unexpected mission
    The parables are coded messages intended only for the disciples, since it involves Kingdom work that only Jesus’ disciples can do
    We play a part in building a spiritual Kingdom, a strange, unexpected, mysterious movement of the Spirit we call the Church
    It’s people around the world called out of darkness, responding in faith to a Jesus they’ve never seen
    For those early disciples, this was a mind-blowing shift in how God worked, and if you think about it…it’s still mind-blowing.
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    23 min
  • Redefining Fear

    Using the Old Testament concept of "fear of the LORD" (Prov. 1:7), Jesus redefined fear from God's point of view. We are not caught up in a lifetime of anxiety as a result of a fawning, cringing dread. Rather, it is a liberating respect for who God is, a conviction that if we did not ask His blessing on an action, we would be foolish. Seeing God in the light of His compassion, righteousness, and power, we can see how His love is revealed in His holiness, His commandments, and even His judgments. With this knowledge, we can see who is worthy of our respect, and we enthusiastically obey Him. While life is a temporary thing, we must not ignore the One who rules over everyone.

    21 min
  • The Deliverance Ministry?
    Luke says The Disciples received
    power – dunamis – miraculous strength and ability
    authority – exousia -dominion, jurisdiction to act
    Luke alone mentions that they received both these things
    Luke wanted to make especially clear that both are necessary and both come from God
    Jesus grants them two specific powers
    The power to cast out demons
    And the power to heal
    And they are to perform these miracles in connection with preaching the good news
    But men can gain supernatural abilities in one of two ways
    First, God Himself can grant these abilities
    But there is a second source of supernatural power
    The enemy is the prince of the power of the air
    He has true spiritual power
    Not greater than God’s and always subject to God’s authority
    The scripture calls this kind of power divination or sorcery or witchcraft
    The young boy is under the control, of a demon who can force the boy to hurt himself and to act in a hysterical and bizarre fashion
    The scene would no doubt scare anyone who might watch it
    It would bring great fear, especially upon those who might sense the same could happen to them
    And that was the enemy’s principle purpose
    The fear it created intimidated those who saw it
    It brought doubt and dread into the minds of both the crowd and – no doubt – the apostles
    It magnified the strength and power of the enemy in the minds of those who saw it
    And it helped the enemy in his efforts to thwart God – not because of what happened to the boy, but because of what effect it had on people who saw it, especially on God’s people
    If we learn nothing else about demons, remember this
    He who is in you, is greater than He who is in the world (1John 4:4)
    But let’s also be clear on this
    Scripture never provides a single example of the enemy able to directly control a believer’s body in the way depicted here
    And much less could the enemy indwell it
    On the contrary, Jesus’ healing of demonic possession or torment, as in the case of this young boy, are all experiences that predate the person’s conversion to faith – never after
    So when we encounter someone exhibiting these kind of behavior traits, no matter what they may claim, God is showing us someone who is not His child – but rather someone under the control of the enemy.
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    34 min
  • The Parable of The Persistent Widow
    This parable deals with the question of faith as the sole means of salvation.
    It introduces the fundamental question of faith.
    Because faith is a key ingredient in a relationship with God,
    However, faith will not reign on earth when Jesus returns.
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    15 min
  • The Parable of The Pharisee & The Tax Collector
    Both Parables The parable of The Persistent widow and the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector introduce the fundamental question of faith. Faith is the primary ingredient in a relationship with God
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    11 min
  • Persistent Prayer
    Luke 11:5–13
    God’s seeming unwillingness to answer our prayers can leave us feeling bewildered and impatient. Jesus gives insight into the character of God and why we should talk with Him.
    Jesus’ disciples asked Him to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1). In reply, He told a story about a man who pestered a neighbor for help, with an unexpected twist (11:5–8). In the end, it was the man’s persistent requests, and not the neighbors’ mutual friendship, that led to the man’s success in getting his neighbor’s help—a turn of events that still baffles readers today. Does this mean that we can bug God into giving us what we want? Does it mean that He is more motivated by getting us off His back than He is by His love for us when He answers our prayers?
    The answer to both questions is no. What the story makes clear is that our freedom to ask does not dictate God’s response. He is not a servant waiting for a list of tasks we want accomplished. Nor does He rely on us to define our needs, outline solutions, or say when or how He should act. Our all-knowing and all-wise God does those things for us.
    However, God is eager for His children to develop a habit of talking with Him, including asking Him for help (11:9, 10). That doesn’t mean He will be guided by our limited understanding of a situation and its possible solutions (11:11–13). He asks us to trust Him to know what is needed and when.
    Our calling is to ask—even persistently—and to grow in the process. One of the most surprising benefits of prayer is how much we change when we talk regularly with God. Sometimes that in itself is the answer to our prayers.
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    24 min
  • Teach Us To Pray
    Luke 11:5–13
    God’s seeming unwillingness to answer our prayers can leave us feeling bewildered and impatient. Jesus gives insight into the character of God and why we should talk with Him.
    Jesus’ disciples asked Him to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1). In reply, He told a story about a man who pestered a neighbor for help, with an unexpected twist (11:5–8). In the end, it was the man’s persistent requests, and not the neighbors’ mutual friendship, that led to the man’s success in getting his neighbor’s help—a turn of events that still baffles readers today. Does this mean that we can bug God into giving us what we want? Does it mean that He is more motivated by getting us off His back than He is by His love for us when He answers our prayers?
    The answer to both questions is no. What the story makes clear is that our freedom to ask does not dictate God’s response. He is not a servant waiting for a list of tasks we want accomplished. Nor does He rely on us to define our needs, outline solutions, or say when or how He should act. Our all-knowing and all-wise God does those things for us.
    However, God is eager for His children to develop a habit of talking with Him, including asking Him for help (11:9, 10). That doesn’t mean He will be guided by our limited understanding of a situation and its possible solutions (11:11–13). He asks us to trust Him to know what is needed and when.
    Our calling is to ask—even persistently—and to grow in the process. One of the most surprising benefits of prayer is how much we change when we talk regularly with God. Sometimes that in itself is the answer to our prayers.
    24 min
  • The Parable of The Sower Explained
    In Luke’s gospel these two parables have specific application to the teaching of Jesus. Those who acknowledge and receive Him are the good soil-they “see and understand,” and they “take care how they listen” to Him.
    1. Parable of the Soils (8:4-15) (see also the comments on Mt 13:1-23)
    8:4-10. The parable is divided into three sections: the parable itself (8:4-8); the disciples’ question about Jesus’ reason for teaching in parables (8:9-10); and the explanation of the parable (8:11-15). The parable itself is straightforward. A sower sowing seed would have been a common sight to Jesus’ hearers
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    23 min
  • The Parable of the Sower
    The Parable of the Sower
    In the Book of Luke chapter 8 verses 4-10 We see in the Gospel narrative of Luke that this parable has a specific application to the teaching of Jesus.
    First Luke raises the question of why there were so many different reactions to the miracles and the message. Why do the same events seen by everyone in the crowd affect so many people so differently?
    Subsequent to these questions were directed directly in the parable.
    The parable outlines four different conditions.
    The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the route, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up.
    Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, and as soon as it grew, it dried away, because there was no moisture.
    The other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
    The other seed fell into the right soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great. ” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
    Some have called this parable a Parable of the Soils.
    The parable consists of three parts:
    The parable itself, Luke chapter 8 verses 4-8 The Disciples ask the reasoning of Jesus about the teaching in parables which Jesus explains in Luke chapter 8 verses 9-10.
    Join me in The Word of God as we derive meaning from what Jesus was trying to teach the Disciples and Us in The Parable of the Sower.
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    35 min

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Observe ye everything that takes place in the heaven, how they do not change their orbits, and the luminaries which are in the heaven, how they all rise and set in order each in its season, and transgress not against their appointed order.