The Way-An in-depth study of God's Word with Paul Orr

Send us Fan Mail

In this passage Paul sets before us a tremendous challenge. It is neither complicated nor impossible, but it is a challenge.

Paul wants us all to know that none of us have fully apprehended nor will any of us fully apprehend all the God has apprehended us for until we get to heaven. Yet our supreme desire must be, to be all that God has called us to be for His glory alone. 

We do this by not living on past accomplishments. Rather, we reach ahead and press on to the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. The only way this will happen is if we hear God's word, we know God's word and we live in total obedience to Jesus and His word regardless of cost or consequence.

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

We now come to the concluding chapter of Hosea. In this chapter we transition from the formal charges and coming judgment against Israel, to the opportunity for repentance and restoration. Hosea began with an illustration of God's incredible love for Israel displayed in Hosea's marriage to Gomer. Now we see the reality of God's love for Israel. 

God certainly loves the backslider. In Hosea we see God's love for the backslider displayed brilliantly.

If you are a backslider, confess, repent and return to Jesus. He will most definitely receive you. If you have a loved one who is backslidden, continue to pray for them without ceasing. God loves the backslider. 

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

Living a godly life in Christ Jesus comes with great challenges. What do we truly count as loss? Do we count all things as loss for the knowledge of the excellence found in Christ alone? What do we count as gain? Are we gaining in Christ? Are we found in Christ? Do we know Christ? What great challenges presented in this passage.

May each of us worship God in Spirit and in truth. May we all make the joy of the Lord our strength. May none of us place any confidence in the flesh. May all our confidence be in Christ alone.

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

We now come to the completion of the charges that God brings against Israel. There is judgment that will come as a result of these charges. That judgment is five to six decades away, but that judgment is certain. The wheels of God's justice grind slowly but exceedingly fine.

In the midst of these charges, there is opportunity to repent. God is a loving and merciful God. He desires that all would repent. The people may have given up on God, but God has certainly not given up on them.

Our nation is in a bad place. We have sown to the wind and will soon reap the whirlwind. Yet there is still time for repentance. God has not changed. He is merciful. 

The only thing that will prevent God's ability to redeem us is our refusal to repent. May repentance come to our nation, to the church. 

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

Paul now transitions into exhortations for living the Christian life. He begins by exhorting them to rejoice, a theme that runs throughout this book. Interestingly, Paul is encouraging them to rejoice despite his circumstance being far worse than theirs. 

Paul begins by reminding them of the basic doctrines of scripture. He lets the Philippians know that these continuous reminders do not bother him at all. In fact, Paul loves to do it because it offers the Philippians safety from false teachers.

Paul also lists out three characteristics of the true believer. First, they worship God in Spirit. Secondly, the rejoice always in Jesus. And finally, they have no confidence in the flesh. 

The key to living out these three characteristics is to hear God's word, know God's word and to live in obedience to God's word, regardless of cost or consequence. 

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

As we continue to look at the formal charges and the coming judgment of Israel, we come across some great lessons. Lessons that can be applied to our lives now. 

Israel had a divided heart. It is impossible to have a divided heart and walk with God. 

Israel had forgotten that God had delivered them from Egypt. They forgot the tender care and compassion that God had extended towards them. They forgot that God has stooped down and provided for them. We must never forget the love, grace and mercy that God has extended to us in Christ. 

They did not fear God. The fear of God is good. It brings knowledge, wisdom and safety. Any time we lose our fear of God, disaster is certain. Any nation that loses its fear of God is a nation that is heading towards destruction.

All of this is here for our learning. May we all learn the great message and warnings contained in the book of Hosea.

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

We continue to look at the mind of Christ as Paul sets two examples before us, Timothy and Epaphroditus. These men, along with Paul exemplify for us what it is to have the mind of Christ.

How much of the backbiting, infighting and silly quarrels that bring so much unholy division to the body of Christ is a result of believers choosing to not put on the mind of Christ. 

There is no reason at all that any believer would not have the mind of Christ. We are born again and filled with the Holy Spirit. We are fully equipped to put on the mind of Christ. The only reason any of us would not put on the mind of Christ is because we rebelliously choose not to put on the mind of Christ.

The days are short. The return of Christ is upon us. May we all put on the mind of Christ in order that we would be all that God has called us to be to the glory of the Father. 

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

Hosea will now list specific illustrations of Israel's rebellion towards God. As a result of their rebellion, judgment is coming upon them. Although decades away, the judgment of God is certain.

We begin this section hearing the warning blow of the trumpet. Indeed, the judgment of God is coming, but God is still offering them opportunity for repentance.

At the end of chapter 9, we see why all of this is coming upon Israel. Because they did not obey God. Being obedient to Jesus and His word is everything in the life of a believer.

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

Today we take a look at how we are to live for Jesus in the last days. The example we look at is the apostle Paul from the passage found in Acts 20:17-24.

We are living in a tumultuous time. The return of Christ is so close at hand. Things are happening that have a global impact. Only those who are true to Jesus and His word will be able to live for Jesus in these last days.

It is our desire that all of us would be all that Jesus has called us to be for the glory of the Father.

Maranatha!

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.

Send us Fan Mail

We have been commanded to live in true Christian unity. We have been commanded to put on the mind of Christ. We have seen the great example of putting on the mind of Christ in Jesus. We know that true unity will never be possible if we do not put on the mind of Christ. But now, we are told to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. We will not be able to put on the mind of Christ if we do not obediently work out our salvation. 

It is important to note that we do not work for our salvation, nor do we become more righteous because we work out our salvation. We have been wonderfully saved, now we must work out this wonderful salvation that we have been given. 

Contact Paul at [email protected]
Beginning Sunday May 5th, we have changed locations and will meet on Sundays at 10 am. If you are interested in joining us either live or on Zoom, please contact us at the above email address.