Transforming Truth With Jeff Lyle

You have likely never met a person that can honestly say that they delight in waiting. While it is true that, as we mature, we learn to patiently wait, nobody truly enjoys waiting for something they desire. We have an impulse in our soul that prefers to immediately receive what we long for. Part of becoming a maturing follower of Jesus is our learning how to cooperate with His practice of making us wait. King David’s life was marked by long, deep and sometimes painful years of waiting on God to bring to pass His plan for David’s life. In this message, we witness David’s breakthrough that was at least two decades in the making. That’s right: David waited at least twenty years for one day. Yet, when that particular day finally found David, he was so glad to reap the harvest of all those years of patiently waiting upon the Lord. We should expect the same in our own lives. Are you and I willing to wait as long as God determines for Him to bring to pass His plans for us?

In a world filled with competing voices, shifting ideas, and spiritual confusion, there is one message that has never changed: Jesus Christ is Lord of all. In this message, we journey through John 1:1–14 and encounter Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God, the Creator and giver of life, the Light who overcomes darkness, and the Savior who came near to us full of amazing grace and eternal truth. Whether you have followed Jesus for years, are presently searching for answers, or simply need to be reminded of who He truly is, this message invites you to look again at the One who came so that we could know God and become His children. Come discover why, after 2,000 years, our hope, our salvation, and our message still remain Jesus.

More than likely, among your favorite songs during your lifetime, there is at least one that we might call a sad song. There is something about a painful, difficult season in the life of a songwriter that helps them put to music some words that find a way to connect with the hearts of others. The playlist in the Bible is the Book of Psalms. Among the 150 songs on that playlist are dozens of sad songs. King David penned Psalm 142 during one of the most bleak and difficult seasons of his life. Though he holds nothing back from sharing his despair, fear, and pain, David ultimately finds a renewed hope, purpose, and faith in God before the song ends. In this important part of King David’s roller-coaster life, we witness some important lessons from David’s low places that we must also learn. Do not waste your tough seasons! God will help you extract something beneficial from your own season in the cave.

More than likely, among your favorite songs during your lifetime, there is at least one that we might call a sad song. There is something about a painful, difficult season in the life of a songwriter that helps them put to music some words that find a way to connect with the hearts of others. The playlist in the Bible is the Book of Psalms. Among the 150 songs on that playlist are dozens of sad songs. King David penned Psalm 142 during one of the most bleak and difficult seasons of his life. Though he holds nothing back from sharing his despair, fear, and pain, David ultimately finds a renewed hope, purpose, and faith in God before the song ends. In this important part of King David’s roller-coaster life, we witness some important lessons from David’s low places that we must also learn. Do not waste your tough seasons! God will help you extract something beneficial from your own season in the cave.

The bible doesn’t ever mention alien beings from other planets or galaxies. It is silent. Yet, we are told in both Testaments, by Jesus Christ himself, and by multiple of the writing Apostles about interdimensional beings called demons, spirits, and fallen angels. What is what we call aliens are what the bible calls fallen angels, evil spirits, or demons? This message compares and contrasts what modern reports say about extraterrestrials and what the bible and ancient books teach about evil spirits and fallen angels. The parallels are too many to bypass consideration. We must all make up our minds because it seems that we are going to experience a collision wherein beliefs about aliens and beliefs about fallen angels force us to a final, perhaps eternal, decision.

David was living in between his initial call and anointing and the throne that had been promised to him. Saul was a wicked king, and he occupied the position that God had declared would belong to David. Everyone knew the favor had been removed from Saul and given to David, but God had not yet made a way for David to be promoted to king over the people. What do you do when God shows you favor and people resent it? Jealousy and envy come against Christians who walk in the anointing and favor of God. Sometimes it causes deep trouble in life. For those who want the favor of God on who they are and what they do, know ahead of time that it comes with a cost.

The scandals among famous Christian leaders have been recurring for a few decades. They always make the headlines. Many sincere believers have become embittered, skeptical, or even fearful of human leaders within local churches. The exposure season has legitimately cleansed the Church of many unfit leaders, yet the vast majority of Christian leaders are actually true to their God. These God-appointed leaders are often paying a price for the sins of the false leaders. True leaders are frequently dishonored, rebelled against, viewed with suspicion, and treated far beneath the biblical dignity which God places upon them in the positions He has given them. This message shifts the focus for a moment from leaders in the Church to those who are followers. How are you treating your leaders? Do your words, attitudes, and actions please God? Human authority in the Church has always existed, and so have God’s clear expectations for how we treat those in spiritual authority. It is time for all Christians, both leaders and followers, to do a thorough inventory of how they are operating in this vital area of Kingdom living.

Every serious follower of Jesus Christ has to be tested with a season that holds no answers. Discipleship that cannot be tested should not be trusted. God develops our trust-muscle in some seasons by not giving easy answers to questions that we feel are crucial for us. We often find ourselves asking, “Why…how…when?” When Heaven’s response is silence, it can produce in us feelings of alarm, dread, or frustration. In John chapter 9, we meet a man whose life has been dramatically changed. The miracle he experienced causes quite the stir among others which produces no fewer than 17 different questions. The answers do not come, and the man himself is left for a moment in heaviness. When Jesus comes to him personally, we see an example of what it looks like to believe without answers.

Most of us are very familiar with the concept of demons. Fewer of us are informed concerning their origin. We know a little about Lucifer’s rebellion with one-third of the original holy angels but after that…things get a little murky. This message unpacks the origin and distinctions between the class of angels known. As the Watchers (Daniel 4), the Nephilim (giants) of the Old Testament, and the prevalent demons of the New Testament. Jeff Lyle makes an impassioned plea for Christians to come out of ignorance and numbness to the reality of demons and their aggressive activity among us. Jesus has disarmed them, but we are commanded to withstand their attacks and drive them out.

Christianity has become a spectator sport. So many people who consider themselves Christians have merely checked the box on a set of theological facts about Jesus Christ, presumably gotten their ticket punched to Heaven, and live as if there is nothing more to salvation and faith. An ancient passage from the book of Ezekiel reminds us that to walk in faith means a steady progress of being led by God into greater depths of experience with Him. If your feet can still touch bottom, then you have failed to move into the deep waters with Christ. Christians are meant to live in a state of being in over our heads. Flat-footed faith means you are still in control of everything. Moving into the deep currents of trust and surrender is where God wants to take you, and Ezekiel’s experience shows us both the process and benefits of moving into the deep with God.