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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “Making your Calling and Election Sure”. Can a Christian really lose their salvation? The short answer is yes, but it’s really hard to do so; in other words it’s not something baby Christians can do. What about the teaching of eternity Security or Once Saved Always Saved- is that Biblical? We will also be examining false teachers and the Scriptural approach to Church discipline. 

2 Peter 1:10-11                                                                                                                                                   Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “Eternal Judgment”. There is a heaven to be gained and a hell to be shunned. The spiritual realm is more real than this material world we make contact with through our physical bodies. The good news it that by making Jesus one’s personal Lord and Savior, we can spend eternity with Him in His presence. The alternative is being banished into an eternal state of torment shut out from the presence of God- the choice is ours, please choose life by choosing Jesus. 

John 14:6                                                                                                                                                      Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

-         Hebrews 6:2, “… and eternal judgment.”

-         Judgment: for those who are condemned in a court of law                                            resulting in punishment

o   Romans 1:32; 5:16; 1 Peter 4:17-18; Revelation 14:6-7

o   Gr: to go to law, decision for/or against based on a crime- to avenge, condemn

Hebrews 9:27, “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment” 

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “The Resurrection of the Dead”. Humans are eternal spirit beings, and after this life, will enter into eternity with eternal physical bodies- saints and sinners alike. The question is where and in what state will we spend eternity- the answer is determined by whether we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior.  

-         Hebrews 6:2, “… the resurrection of the dead...”                 

-         The word “Resurrection” is a word that is only used in the New Testament

-         Greek- “A standing up again; raised to life again; rise from the dead”

-         God had created mankind to live forever in their physical bodies

-         Even though sin changed that, it’s only temporary- for saint and sinner

-         Not just mankind, but creation itself will be liberated from decay 

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “The Laying on of Hands”. Impartations of God’s grace is seen throughout Scripture through the laying on of hands. It represents a supernatural transaction, representing the transfer of virtue in the form of: Blessing, Authority, Healing, Power of God and the Holy Spirit.

-         Hebrews 6:2, “… the laying on of hands...”

-         The doctrine of laying on of hands can be seen throughout the Bible

-         It carries with it the act of passing something from one person(s) to another

-         It also speaks of the authority invested in us by God to be a blessing

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “Instruction about Baptisms”. We are all familiar with water baptism, but did you know that there are three other kinds of baptisms in Scripture? 

-         Hebrews 6:2, “instruction about baptisms...”            notice it’s in the plural

-         The word ‘Baptized’ comes from the Greek word ‘baptizo’ (bap-tid’-zo)

-         To immerse or submerge into something; to make overwhelmed (fully wet)

-         There are four different baptisms that we see in Scripture

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “Faith in God”. What is Faith, Where does it come From, How is it Released and Can it be Increased? These are just a few of the questions we will be covering in this podcast. Faith is part of the trinity of God’s Attributes that He has imparted into us through the new birth by the gift of eternal life- recreated back into His image with the very life and nature of God. 

2 Corinthians 5:16-17
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  

1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.  

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “Repentance from Dead Works”. Religion is an invention of mankind as a means of elevating themselves before God. Rooted in pride and self-righteousness, it becomes hostile towards grace and repentance. The problem is that religious traditions are relative fabrications that are self-serving and run contrary to God’s grace and truth found in the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. 

Hebrews 6:1, “not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death...”

o   The margin of my bible says “or from useless rituals”

o   YLT - “reformation from dead works” others say “useless works, dead formalism”

James 1:26-27
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. 

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series- “Going onto Maturity”. In this episode we’ll talk about spiritual growth and the stages of development. The essence of spiritual maturity is exhibited by our love walk- the God kind of Love described in… 

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 AMP
Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. 

 The law of the new Covenant is that we walk in Love towards people as Jesus loved us. 

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Welcome to the "Elementary Principles about Christ" series. Over the years I have observed the great need for Christians to learn and become established in the elementary teachings of Jesus Christ. Since graduating from Bible College, I had focused my studies in the area of Christian education. Over the years I’ve had the privilege of serving in churches in a teaching capacity, whether it was with children, youth, young adults, discipleship classes, home Bible studies, missions etc.  There is such a tremendous need and opportunity for sharing and investing God’s Word into the lives of others. 

In elementary school we learned the basics: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. These basic skills serve as an essential foundation for future learning. Likewise, as disciples of Jesus Christ, there are fundamental truths in God’s Word that first must be grasped before moving onto the weightier subjects in Scripture. 

The goal of this podcast series is to lay a foundation of basic Biblical truths for new believers; using the Scriptural text found in Hebrews 5:11-6:12 as the basis for our study. For those readers who have been Christians for some time, I trust this material will serve to fill in some blanks that may be missing in your spiritual life. I have found that when it comes to Biblical teaching, we are all like Swiss cheese, full of holes- missing various fill in the blank truths. My prayer for you is that these podcasts will serve to create a bigger picture of Biblical reality in your life.

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Welcome to the Gospel Series- The Miracles of Jesus:   www.wordinspire.org

Miracle: “Jesus’ Ascension”
Reference: Mark 16:16-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:6-11
Theme: Having left His final instructions to His apostles, Jesus left in the same manner He will return
Context: Jesus had appeared numerous times over a 40 day period; saved the best for last

Acts 1:6-11
So when they met together, they asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight. They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” 

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