EPISODE DESCRIPTION: Let’s go through the Bible with Oksana (Oksie) Kaparchuk)! In this episode, Tanya and Oksana talk through 1 Samuel 8 and how God never forces His will on us. We can’t blame God for the consequences of sin when He already provided a life away from it. God’s PLANS are for our benefit and IN our best interest to keep us from sin, but we must choose to obey and follow Him to see it happen in our life. We cannot blame God when we choose our own way and then suffer the consequences, because He warned us. God’s Word and commandments are for our benefit. Learning to trust God and open up the platform for His power when we’re weak is essential!
Resources mentioned:
Blue Letter Bible app or website
Enduring Word Commentary by David Guzik
https://www.amazon.com/Jewish-New-Testament-Commentary-Companion/dp/9653590111
1 Samuel 16:7 - 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
Isaiah 48:17 - “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go.
1 Corinthians 13:2-7 - 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.About Oksana: Wife, mom, content creator and YouTuber who shares how to live intentionally! Oksana’s links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@oksiek8256
@oksie.k https://www.instagram.com/oksie.k/
@sistersoftruth https://www.instagram.com/sisters.of.truth/ Tanya’s Links: https://tanyaremkiv.com/
“God will never force His will on us.”
“He always has the better plan, but He won’t force it on us.”
“We cannot blame God when we choose our own way and then suffer the consequences, because He warned us.”
“The thing that I am demanding and obsessing over that does not align with God’s will doesn’t satisfy me in the long run.”
“Step back into your lane and trust that God has it in control.”
“I can say ‘no devil, I resist you,’ and it’s SO true!”
“The devil will try to tell you you’ll never be like Jesus. Don’t believe him.”
“Everything that’s written in the Bible is literally for my benefit and for my safety [from sin].”
“I one hundred percent believe that every Christian should read the Bible from front to back at least once in their life, because if that’s what we’re going to believe, we better know what it says.”
“Whatever it takes for you to start thinking like it [the Bible], do it!”
“When I find myself where I’m disappointed by what a pastor said, God kind of reminds me what I am looking at and putting my trust and confidence in.”
“When He [God] is disciplining us, we can feel and know that He is right.”
“Discipline is going to lead to the best part, that it’s leading to something beautiful.”
“It’s okay how others see you, because God sees your heart.
“Everything the Lord does is for our benefit, not to make us feel BAD, it’s not to harm us.”
“God can work with you willing to want to do it [read the Bible].”
“Jesus, show me what you want to show me and the verses that I’m about to read because You’re in there!”
