The Jason DeMars Podcast

The profound mystery of human will and divine sovereignty lies at the heart of salvation. While we acknowledge free will exists in everyday choices, when it comes to salvation, our will is hopelessly bound in chains of sin.

Scripture paints a stark picture of humanity's condition. Romans declares "none seek after God" and describes our natural state as loving darkness rather than light. The sobering truth is we aren't neutral toward God—we're actively hostile. The carnal mind, Paul explains, "is enmity against God" and "cannot submit to God's law." This isn't mere stubbornness but a fundamental inability, like a bucket drawing water from a contaminated well, unable to produce anything clean.

When Jesus said, "No man can come to me except the Father draw him," He used a Greek word literally meaning "to drag." This reveals the nature of divine grace—not merely offering salvation but actively overcoming our resistance. This doesn't make us passive participants, however. We "work out our salvation with fear and trembling," yet even this working is "God working in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure."

This teaching liberates us from the burden of self-salvation. If you've experienced transformation, it wasn't your superior wisdom or willpower but God's sovereign grace. Every good desire, every righteous action flows from His Spirit working through you. The glory belongs entirely to Him. Have you tried to earn God's favor through your own efforts, or have you surrendered to His gracious work within you?

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Have you ever considered how God's plan unfolds through distinct time periods? Dive deep into the fascinating world of biblical dispensations—the divine framework that maps out God's interactions with humanity throughout history.

This eye-opening exploration takes you through all seven dispensations that structure God's redemptive plan. Beginning with the Innocence dispensation in Eden where Adam and Eve lived naked yet unashamed, we trace the profound shifts in how God administers His relationship with mankind. From the Conscience period before the flood to Human Government after Noah, from the Promise given to Abraham to the Law delivered through Moses, each dispensation reveals a different facet of God's character and expectations.

The current dispensation of Grace, inaugurated at Calvary and Pentecost, represents God's focus on the Gentiles while Israel experiences temporary blindness. This present age will culminate in the rapture of Christ's Bride, making way for the final dispensation—Christ's Millennial Reign. During this thousand-year kingdom, Jesus will rule over restored Israel while His Bride governs the nations, before the final confrontation with Satan leads to the White Throne Judgment.

Understanding these seven dispensations illuminates Scripture in profound ways, helping you grasp how God judges people according to the light and truth available in their time. Brother Branham himself identified as a dispensationalist, recognizing this pattern as essential to properly dividing the Word of truth. Discover where we stand in God's timeline and what awaits in the rapidly approaching final dispensation.

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When a prominent Christian voice is silenced, how should believers respond? Through the lens of Philippians 1:20-21, we discover the power of Christian boldness in increasingly dark times. This message challenges us to examine whether we're willing to magnify Christ in our bodies—whether through life or death—regardless of the cost.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk serves as a sobering reminder of what's at stake when speaking biblical truth to a culture that celebrates wickedness. While we mourn this tragedy, we must understand its prophetic significance. Many Christians misinterpret end-time scenarios, fearing communism will rule the world. However, Scripture and prophetic teaching reveal that Romanism—not communism—will ultimately dominate global systems. 

This insight becomes crucial as we witness younger generations making sharp moves toward traditional values and religious systems. What appears as positive cultural change may actually represent a pendulum swing toward the very system prophecy warns about. The deception is subtle, positioning the Catholic Church and traditional values as the solution to progressive chaos.

Rather than becoming overwhelmed by global events, our most powerful response begins at home. Love your family more deeply. Teach God's Word more consistently. Have difficult conversations with those in your immediate circle. Present your body as a living sacrifice, being transformed through the renewing of your mind rather than conforming to worldly patterns.

Each believer occupies a unique position in Christ's body with different gifts and callings. Whether as parents, siblings, friends, or coworkers, we have opportunities to speak truth with love and compassion. Counting the cost of discipleship means surrendering everything to Christ—allowing Him to live and operate through us completely.

Will you pray for boldness? Will you speak uncomfortable truths with genuine love? Will you ensure that Christ is magnified through your life—and even through your death if necessary? These questions define authentic Christianity in perilous times.

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What makes us truly human? Delving deep into scriptural foundations, this illuminating episode unpacks the threefold nature of man—body, soul, and spirit—revealing how these distinct yet unified components form our complete being.

Some Bible teachers claim humans consist of only two parts, using Genesis 2:7 to argue that the soul merely represents the whole living being. However, Hebrews 4:12 definitively settles this question, describing God's Word as "sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit." This powerful revelation confirms that soul and spirit are distinct entities that can be separated.

Through careful examination of key passages, we discover the unique functions of each component. Your spirit connects to your mental faculties—reasoning, conscience, memory, and imagination. Your soul serves as the "control tower" containing your nature and governing your behavior. Your body, through its five senses, connects you to the physical world around you.

For believers, a fascinating spiritual reality emerges: within the soul exist two competing natures—an inherited sinful nature and, for the elect, a predestinated gene from God that can be quickened to eternal life. When we're born again, this divine nature becomes dominant, transforming us from within. As Brother Branham taught, "The soul is the nature of the spirit... If you're born again, it's of God. If not, it's of the world."

This teaching provides profound clarity about how salvation works, why spiritual transformation happens from the inside out, and how our threefold nature influences our daily walk with God. Understanding these truths will deepen your faith and provide greater insight into your spiritual journey.

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The distinction between justification and sanctification forms the backbone of Christian spiritual development, yet these concepts are frequently misunderstood. Justification—God's act of declaring believers righteous—happens instantaneously through faith alone, completely separate from works or law-keeping. As the Apostle Paul emphasized repeatedly, we are "justified by faith without the deeds of the law," receiving immediate peace with God through Christ's finished work.

Sanctification, however, presents a more nuanced picture. John Wesley, who restored this truth to the church, taught that while sanctification begins as an immediate work of grace received by faith, believers must "go on unto perfection" to experience "entire sanctification." This state isn't sinlessness but rather "perfect love" that liberates from willful rebellion against God. Scripture reveals sanctification as both positional—we are "sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all"—and progressive, requiring our active participation as we are "transformed by the renewing of your mind" and changed "from glory to glory."

The end-time significance of these truths cannot be overstated. Brother Branham taught that the true church must experience "growth to perfection" before the rapture, advancing "unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." This perfection comes through adding to our faith virtue, knowledge, temperance, and other spiritual qualities. The journey from justification to glorification reveals God's complete redemptive work—we're saved by faith alone, yet called to participate in our sanctification as we're transformed into Christ's image. Are you actively engaging with the Holy Spirit in this transformative process of becoming the spotless bride Christ is returning for?

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Struggling to understand the true meaning of "manifested sons of God"? This episode unpacks one of the most misunderstood doctrines in William Branham's Message, bringing clarity through scripture and the prophet's own words.

The concept of manifested sons has caused confusion among believers, with many assuming it refers to supernatural demonstrations during our current age. Through a careful examination of Romans 8:18-23, we discover that Paul connects this manifestation directly to the redemption of our bodies and creation's deliverance from corruption. The timing becomes clear: this manifestation happens during the Millennium, not before.

What's striking is how Brother Branham consistently taught this timeline. While highlighting quotes that seem to support supernatural manifestations now, we balance these with his explicit statements: "The sons of God will be manifested when they'll be manifested on the earth... Oh, for the great millennium when they'll be manifested." This aligns perfectly with Scripture's description of creation groaning for deliverance—a deliverance that coincides with our full adoption as sons.

The divine sequence emerges with beautiful clarity: our current maturing process prepares us for the adoption ceremony at the rapture when our bodies are redeemed. Then, after the Marriage Supper, we return with Christ to rule during the Millennium—this is when our sonship is truly manifested to all creation. The wolf dwelling with the lamb, the lion eating straw—these millennial conditions directly result from the sons of God taking their rightful place of authority.

Are you yearning for that glorious day when death will be swallowed up in victory? Join us as we explore the true timeline of God's plan for His sons and daughters, bringing balance to a doctrine that has too often been pulled out of its biblical context. The manifestation awaits—and it's more glorious than we've imagined!

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Biblical adoption (huiothesia) carries a different meaning than our modern understanding—referring to the ceremony where a child transitions to an adult son with full authority in the family.

• The term "adoption" appears five times in the Bible and means "the placing of sons" in Greek
• Before faith, we were under the law as our pedagogue or nursemaid, like children with no authority
• At salvation, we receive the "spirit of adoption" that allows us to cry "Abba, Father"
• Complete adoption happens at the resurrection when our bodies are transformed
• We currently have the "earnest" or down payment of our adoption, but await its fullness
• Biblical adoption isn't about becoming God's children (we already are by election), but about position
• We are being trained now for our future role as kings and priests in the Millennium
• Nature and believers both groan as we await the complete adoption—the redemption of our bodies

In a new episode we will speak about the manifested sons of God, teaching from the Bible.

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Sin is fundamentally unbelief in Jesus Christ, producing various negative attributes including adultery, anger, and deception as shown in John 16:9 and 1 John 3:4. Through Adam's single transgression, all humanity fell under condemnation, making us sinful by nature rather than merely through our actions.

• Sin is unbelief in Jesus Christ that produces numerous negative attributes
• One sin separates us from God, not just habitual sinning
• All humans are conceived in sin due to Adam's transgression 
• No one naturally seeks after God or does good in His sight
• Even non-believers' good works appear as "filthy rags" before God
• We deserve punishment for our sins but receive mercy instead
• Mercy cannot be earned—it is freely given by God's choice
• Salvation comes through trusting God and being born again

Put your trust in God and be born again. Then the fruit of righteousness will follow.

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What if the most profound mystery in Scripture isn't about theological concepts but about reclaiming what humanity lost at the fall? In this revelatory exploration, we uncover how the seven-sealed book of Revelation directly connects to Adam's forfeited dominion.

When God created Adam, He didn't just make another creature—He created "Elohim on earth," a being with spoken word authority who could name animals, command nature, and exercise godship over creation. This extraordinary position wasn't meant to be temporary but was humanity's permanent inheritance. The catastrophic consequences of the fall weren't merely spiritual death but the loss of this divine authority, symbolized by a title deed that returned to the Creator's hands.

The book sealed with seven seals that made John weep is precisely this deed of dominion. Christ, as the worthy Lamb, reclaimed it not to keep for Himself but to restore it to a redeemed humanity. When the Mighty Angel descends in Revelation 10 with the open book, we're witnessing the process of that authority being returned to the Bride.

Brother Branham's ministry as the wave sheaf—the first fruits showing others would follow—demonstrated this restoration beginning. His spoken word miracles weren't meant to be isolated events but precursors to what the mature Bride would manifest. We're now in this Bride age, growing into "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" before the rapture.

The revelation of the Seventh Seal isn't merely knowledge but Christ Himself living in His people, speaking creation back into order. Many believers worldwide are already experiencing glimpses of this spoken word authority, commanding storms, sickness, and circumstances in Jesus' name with remarkable results.

Are you sensing this call to higher ground? Join us in this adoption walk as we mature into our original purpose. Share your testimonies and questions at jasondemars.com—we're witnessing the mystery of God finishing before our eyes.

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The profound mystery of election and predestination stands at the heart of God's redemptive plan, yet remains widely misunderstood even among devoted believers. What if our salvation never depended on our choice at all?

Scripture paints a stark picture of humanity's natural condition – "There is none that seeketh after God." We're born with a nature that runs from God, not toward Him. Our salvation doesn't originate from human will or effort but from divine mercy. As Jesus himself declared, "No man can come to me except the Father draw him" – with the original Greek word helkouo literally meaning "to drag." Without this divine intervention, we would remain forever lost.

This doesn't diminish human free will, but rather places it in proper perspective. We make genuine choices to accept or reject Christ, but our natural inclination would always be rejection without God's intervening grace. God ordains our choices without forcing them upon us, working through our nature, genetics, and life circumstances to accomplish His sovereign purposes. As Brother Branham taught, "You weren't saved on any day; you were always saved. Jesus just came to redeem that."

When we grasp the magnificent truth that God chose us before the foundation of the world, writing our names in the Lamb's Book of Life before time began, it transforms our understanding of salvation. This isn't about our seeking God—it's about God seeking us. "You haven't chosen me," Jesus said, "but I chose you." This divine election stands as the ultimate expression of God's sovereign grace and unfathomable love.

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