Can a tradition — even a religious one — get in the way of someone receiving salvation?

That is the question at the heart of Acts 15:1-35 (KJV), and it is just as relevant today as it was in the early church.

In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks through the Jerusalem Council, where Peter, Paul, Barnabas, and James each stood up to defend the grace of God for all people.

You will learn how the apostles handled church conflict with Scripture, why adding requirements to the gospel is dangerous, and how God's plan to include every nation was always His design. A timely reminder to hold tradition loosely and the Word firmly.

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Are you trying to earn what God has already given freely through Christ?

In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks us through Galatians 2:11-21 (KJV) and the powerful confrontation between Paul and Peter at Antioch.

You will learn why Peter's hypocrisy was dangerous, how peer pressure can compromise even mature believers, and why placing your trust in law-keeping instead of the grace of Christ empties the cross of its meaning.

Pastor Webster also sets the stage for the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15, which will be covered in the next devotion.

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Have you ever wondered if you truly belong — if God really included someone like you?

In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster explores Ephesians 2:11 (KJV) and unpacks the deep social and spiritual divisions that existed in the early church.

You will learn why true circumcision is a matter of the heart, not the flesh, and how the grace of God through Christ Jesus breaks down every barrier between people. Pastor Webster also draws from John 17, Romans 2, and Colossians 3 to show that in Christ, unity is not just possible — it is God's design.

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Are you wondering how God is preparing you for the life and work He has called you to?

In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster of Good News Baptist Church, Sint Maarten, unpacks Ephesians 4:7-16, Hebrews 13:20-21, and 1 Peter 4:11-14 from the KJV to show that God is actively equipping His people.

You will learn how the Word of God, prayer, and suffering each work together to make you complete. Pastor Webster also brings a clear and encouraging reminder that good works are not how we earn salvation — they are how we walk it out.

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Are you trying to earn what God has already freely given?

In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster tackles one of the most misunderstood topics in the Christian life — the role of works in salvation and in the saved life. Drawing from Galatians 2, Galatians 3, Hebrews 6, and Ephesians 2 in the KJV, Pastor Webster makes it clear that while no work can produce salvation, true salvation will always produce good works.

You will learn why the law cannot justify, what the works of the flesh look like, and how the Holy Spirit empowers believers to walk in the good works God prepared for them.

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Can your bad works undo what grace already did? That is the question Pastor Roderick Webster tackles in this powerful daily devotion from Words From The Word, drawing from Romans 3, Romans 4, Romans 11, Galatians 2, 2 Timothy 1, and Titus 3 in the King James Version.

You might be asking: If I was not saved by my good works, can I be lost by my bad works? Does God require me to earn or maintain my salvation? Why could Abraham not boast before God? What does it really mean to be justified by faith?

In this episode, Pastor Webster walks through the Scriptures to show:

- Justification comes through faith, not the works of the law, as confirmed in Romans 4 and Galatians 2:16

- Grace and works are mutually exclusive — if it is grace, it cannot be works, and if it is works, it cannot be grace

- Abraham's faith, not his performance, was counted as righteousness

- No flesh can glory before God — all boasting belongs to Christ alone

- Salvation is unto good works, not salvation by good works

If you have ever wondered whether your failures could cancel your salvation, this devotion is for you.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening

0:38 Song and Previous Devotion Recap

1:09 Grace Alone Finished Salvation

1:44 Romans 3 and the Law Cannot Justify

2:15 Abraham Justified by Faith Not Works

3:20 Faith Counted for Righteousness

3:50 Grace and Works Cannot Coexist

4:41 Saved and Kept by Grace Alone

5:19 No Flesh Can Boast Before God

5:56 Salvation Is Unto Good Works

6:15 Closing and Call to Share

Have you ever felt like you need to do more to deserve God's love?

In this episode of Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks through Ephesians 2:7-8 (KJV) to remind us that salvation has never been about what we do — it is entirely about what God has done.

You will learn why grace means God does it all for Jesus' sake, why faith is not a work but a response of trust, and why Jesus declaring "It is finished" on the cross means no one can add to or take away from your salvation. A comforting and gospel-rooted word for anyone who needs reassurance today.

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Are you a trophy of God's grace? In this devotion from Ephesians 2, Pastor Roderick Webster unpacks one of the most breathtaking truths in all of Scripture — that God did not save us merely to rescue us from hell, but to put us on display as living proof of His amazing grace for all eternity.

Drawing from Ephesians 2:4-14 and 2 Corinthians 5:19 (KJV), Pastor Webster walks us through three powerful things God did for His people: He loved us, He liberated us, and He lifted us — and He did it all so that His grace would be glorified forever.

You might be asking:

- Why did God really save me?

- What does it mean to be a trophy of grace?

- How does salvation actually work?

- What is the role of faith in receiving God's gift?

Key points from this devotion:

- God loved, liberated, and lifted us according to Ephesians 2:4-6

- His ultimate purpose is to display the exceeding riches of His grace for all eternity

- Salvation is a gift — not earned, not deserved, but freely given by God's grace

- Faith comes by hearing the Word of God, and we must respond

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening Prayer and Welcome

0:29 Hymn — No Not One

0:57 Ephesians 2 — Loved Liberated Lifted

1:50 Trophies of Grace on Display

4:04 Kindness Forgiveness and Reconciliation

5:06 Saved by Grace — God's Gift

5:59 Faith Comes by Hearing the Word

6:27 Closing and Call to Share

Are you still wrapped in graveclothes after God has already called you out of the grave? In this powerful devotion from Words From The Word, Pastor Roderick Webster walks us through Ephesians chapter 2 verses 5 and 6, Romans chapter 6, Colossians chapter 2 verse 13, and the story of Lazarus in John chapter 11, all from the King James Version, to show us what it truly means to be made alive in Christ.

You might be asking: What does it mean to be quickened together with Christ? How can I walk in the newness of life when old habits still pull at me? What is my position in Christ right now? Can I really experience the joy of salvation in my daily life?

Here is what Pastor Webster covers in this devotion:

- We are saved by grace through faith alone, not by works

- God has raised us up positionally and seated us with Christ in heavenly places

- Sin is a binding, like graveclothes, and Christ commands us to be loosed and let go

- Our physical position is on earth, but our spiritual position is in heavenly places

- Like Lazarus, we are called to sit at the table and enjoy fellowship with Jesus

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening Hymn and Greeting

0:28 Grace, New Life, and Surrender

2:48 Quickened Together With Christ

3:58 Raised and Seated With Christ

5:17 The Lazarus Lesson: Loosen and Let Go

6:22 Sitting at the Table With Jesus

7:29 Closing Invitation and Share

Were you dead in sin before God made you alive? In today's Words From The Word devotion, Pastor Roderick Webster opens Ephesians 2:5 (KJV) — "Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye are saved)" — and unpacks one of the most powerful truths in all of Scripture: God does not wait for us to be good enough. He meets us in our spiritual death and gives us life.

You might be asking...

- If I was spiritually dead, how could I even respond to God?

- What does it mean to be "quickened together with Christ"?

- Does my union with Christ really change my status before God?

- How can I live out this new life when I still struggle with sin?

Key points from today's devotion:

- Before salvation, every person is spiritually dead and unable to save themselves

- God made us alive, raised us, and seated us with Christ — three gifts of grace

- Our new life is rooted in our union with Christ, not our own effort

- Just as God raised us out of spiritual death, He is powerful enough to sustain us

- Romans 6:1-7 reminds us that our new life calls for a walk in newness of life

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Opening — No Not One Hymn

0:43 Ephesians 2:5 Introduced

1:08 Spiritually Dead Before Christ

1:45 Three Gifts of Union With Christ

2:12 Grace Illustrated — The Rich Man Story

3:29 God's Power to Sustain New Life

4:34 Romans 6 — Walking in Newness of Life

5:30 Invitation and Closing Prayer