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After his resurrection, Jesus speaks to Peter about the death by which Peter would glorify God. Peter asks about John's future, and Jesus directs him back to his own calling when he says, "You follow me!" (John 21:18–22). On Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains how comparison can lead to envy, pride, and dissatisfaction with God's provision. Because our identity is secure in Christ, we can give thanks for what God has given us, rejoice when he blesses others, and faithfully use what he has entrusted to us. More episodes of Contending for the Word Q&A https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Paul learned to be content in abundance and in need through the strength Christ gave him. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins opens Philippians 4:11–13 in context and explains how believers can pursue wise change while trusting God with the outcome. From 1 Timothy 6:6–10 and Hebrews 13:5, he shows how gratitude and confidence in God's presence help us grow in biblical contentment. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

The King Needs the Book Learning to Fear the Lord and Experiencing the Living Effects of His Word Primary Scripture: Deuteronomy 17:14–20 This message emphasizes the necessity of receiving, believing, and obeying God's Word so that we may learn to fear the Lord, walk in His wisdom, and become fruitful vessels for His glory. In Deuteronomy 17, God instructed Israel's future kings to make a personal copy of His law, keep it with them, and read it all the days of their lives. The purpose was not simply to increase their knowledge but to teach them to fear the Lord, remain humble, obey His commandments, and lead according to His truth. The king needed the Book because the king needed the Lord! The lives of Saul, David, and Solomon illustrate the importance of these instructions. Saul's disobedience revealed the danger of rejecting God's Word. David demonstrated the necessity of humility, repentance, and delighting in God's truth. Solomon's later failures remind us that even great wisdom cannot protect a heart that stops submitting to the Lord. The message also emphasizes that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge. Learning to fear Him means giving God His rightful place in our lives, valuing what He says above our own understanding, and refusing to miss what He desires to accomplish in us, with us, through us, and beyond us. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 4:12, and Micah 2:7, the sermon explains the living effects of God's Word: • Alive: It is the living revelation of the living God. • Able: It possesses the power to accomplish God's purposes. • Accurate: It reveals truth with divine precision. • Active: It penetrates and transf

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Can you fall away from Christ and still be saved, or does Hebrews 6:1-8 mean a Christian can lose salvation? In Episode 417 of the Straight Truth Podcast, host Josh Philpot asks Pastor Richard Caldwell about false conversion and eternal security. Pastor Caldwell explains that Hebrews 6 begins as a call for those professing Christ to press on to maturity and warns against a superficial, unconverted relationship with the gospel rather than teaching that a regenerate believer can lose salvation. Comparing the thorny ground in the parable of the soils with good ground that bears fruit, he shows that the warning in Hebrews 6 is for believers, who hear it, heed it, and continue walking with Christ, whereas refusing Christ with open eyes leaves nothing more to lead a person to repentance. Looking at Demas deserting Paul in 2 Timothy, Peter's bitter weeping and restoration after denying Jesus three times, and the dog returning to its vomit and washed sow to the mire in 2 Peter 2:20-22, Pastor Caldwell contrasts an outward moral cleanup and Judas's worldly sorrow with the godly sorrow and lifelong loyalty to Christ that demonstrate genuine faith, urging everyone who hears the gospel today not to harden their heart but to turn to Christ for forgiveness and new life.

Have you heard of Agur? He was the son of Jakeh, and he had wise words for Ithiel and Ucal, recorded in Proverbs 30. His opening gambit is to acknowledge his shortcomings: "Surely I am more stupid than any man, and do not have the understanding of a man." Was this hyperbole? Is he fishing for compliments? No, suggests Spurgeon, he is an honest man and this is his honest assessment of himself. This did not prevent firm belief in his God, did not stop him being an earnest student of the truth, did not hold him back from being a willing worker in the Lord's cause, and did not undermine his joyful trust in the Almighty. Neither should our own shortcomings prevent us from following in Agur's footsteps. Our littleness in ourselves, our true feebleness, our consciousness of our need, do not hinder our closeness to the Lord, but call forth his tenderest compassions. "Thus will you find your sphere of usefulness, and in it you will earn to yourselves a good degree. Though, like Agur, you feel more brutish than any man, you will so live that nobody would have thought so if you had not told them; and few will believe it when you do tell them."

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In this episode of NAR to Christ, Dawn Hill responds to excerpts from Angela Scafidi's interview with James Goll. She considers how practices such as reading recurring numbers as messages from God and claims about releasing the Holy Spirit can be presented in Christian language. Drawing on her years in the New Apostolic Reformation, Dawn explains why Christians must test spiritual claims by Scripture and rest in the finished work of Jesus Christ. For more from Dawn, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/dawn-hill/

In Romans 8:28–29, Paul connects God's promise to work all things for the good of His people with His purpose to conform them to the image of His Son. Dave Jenkins opens this passage and 2 Corinthians 3:18 to explain how the Holy Spirit transforms believers as they pursue holiness in dependence on God's grace. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave considers how God uses His Word, the local church, difficult relationships, and trials to make His people more like Christ. He encourages believers who are discouraged by slow growth to keep looking to Christ, confessing sin, and trusting God to finish His work. Explore more from Contending for the Word Q&A https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/