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Discipleship Answers
by Michel Lankford
This Podcast seeks to directly answer questions that I have received in more then 30 years a Discipleship Minister, and to distribute those answers in a convenient Audio Format.
Episodes
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The Law of God is INDESPESABLE for the Christian
When you understand the true purpose of the Commandments of God, then you quickly learn that God's Law is something that no true disciple can do without. To find out why, come grab a listen.
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What is the Cardinal Virtue?
Which is the Most Important of the Cardinal Virtues and Why? Come Grab a listen.
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Christians Today Would Call Paul a Legalist Who Was Not Under Grace
Today's Christians have a definition of Grace that is vastly different from the Grace that Paul was teaching. According to the modern definition of grace, Christians today would consider Paul a legalist who was not walking in the grace of God. In our 7th episode of this series, come find out why.
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The Bereans Believed Paul AFTER Searching the Old Testament
How Can We Know for CERTAIN that Paul the Apostle was NOT Teaching AGAINST obeying the Old Testament of WRITTEN Scripture? The biblical evidence is OVERWHELMING if you look at it objectively. So far, in this series, we had 5 lessons including no less than 32 CLEAR Biblical examples where Paul...
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Restoring Paul's True Definition of Grace
Paul had a clear definition of Grace which many modern Christians ignore today. He clearly described what Grace was, and how grace functions, (Titus 2:11-15). What is even more significant is that Paul clearly instructs us that when we talk about Grace, THIS is the definition that Paul instructed...
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Paul Taught AGAINST Lawlessness
Many Christians today desperately want to believe that Paul taught that since we are saved by grace through faith in Messiah, that this also supposedly means that we should not obey God's Commandments any longer. The big problem with this idea is that both the Old Testament and the New Testament…
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Paul SAID that Spirit Minded People Submit Themselves to God's Law
We are continuing our series on how we can KNOW for CERTAIN that Paul was NOT teaching AGAINST obeying the Commandments of God in written Scripture. In lesson 3 of this series, we see that Paul overtly states that NOT SUBMITTING to God's Law is carnal minded. It is hostile against God. That...
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Paul UPHELD 'Old Testament' Authority
There are multiple reasons why we can KNOW for certain that Paul was NOT teaching AGAINST obeying the Commandments of God in written Scripture. We are out to establish the proof of this in multiple podcast episodes. Episode 1: Paul made 6 clear testimony statements that he believed EVERYTHING and...
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Paul SAID He was NOT Teaching AGAINST the Law
Paul was NOT teaching 'Reject God’s Law now because you are saved by Grace and not by works.’ Paul was NOT teaching ‘Don’t obey God’s Law now because you are saved by Grace.’ Paul was NOT teaching, '· Disobey God on purpose. Do the OPPOSITE of What God’s Commandments and Instructions, tells…
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Is It a Sin to be a Fan of Someone?
The short answer is it depends. What are you a fan of? Why do you enjoy this person or thing? Does this person promote things that God considers to be good, or do they promote wickedness? Does your fanhood cause you to violate Biblical Instructions? the answers to these questions make all the...
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Why Do Some Preachers Avoid Teaching the Scriptures?
Quite Simply, you cannot give away what you do not have, Some are not truly Saved and Born Again. They do not have the Holy Spirit pulling them to obey God's Word. Some do not know the Word of God. They have not experienced a life transforming work that God's Word can do in your life. Some do not...
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Should I Pray Just Once or Continue Praying for Something?
I know that that is a popular idea in the word of faith movement….The word of faith movement teaches that a person should pray only once and be done. From THEIR perspective it is supposedly a lack of faith to continue praying for the same thing. The problem with the word of faith approach is that...
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How Can I Rejoice in Persecution?
As it is Written: Matthew 5:10-12 (NKJV) Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is...
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Must I practice Holiness to Go to Heaven?
Holiness is not just an Old Testament Idea. Holiness is not a New Testament Concept. Holiness is a WHOLE Testament concept. Holiness is a BIBLICAL concept. What is even more important is the fact that holiness IS in fact a salvation issue (e.g. Hebrews 12:14cf; Leviticus 19:2; 1 Peter 1:14-16)....
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Must We Have the Holy Spirit to Go to Heaven?
The answer could be YES or NO. It truly depends on what you mean by, "Having the Holy Spirit." If You mean it one way, then the answer is NO. If you have another meaning in mind when you ask the question, then the answer is most definitely, YES! This is one of those instances where what you have…
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Why Does God Forbid Idolatry?
Idolatry is worshiping anything else other than YHWH Almighty God. Scripture plainly tells us that those who walk in idolatry and worshiping false gods will be condemned. They will be in the lake of fire, (Revelation 21:8; Galatians 5:19-21).Throughout the Whole Testament of Scripture, we are...
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How Do You Feel About Proverbs 12:15?
As It Is Written: “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise. (Proverbs 12:15 NKJV) YHWH Almighty God does have a place and a good purpose for our feelings. Part of the key to growing up as a disciple is learning what purposes God has designed for things, (such…
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What is Hate Speech?
What is hate speech and how can I avoid it? Come Grab a listen.
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Is Being Untrustworthy a Sin?
Yes...Yes it Is. Come see WHY.
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Does God Care Where We Shop?
Does God Care Where We Shop? Do all the places that we shop have to be Godly or Christian? Come grab a listen as we address this very down to earth question of everyday Godly living.
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Is Rivalry a Sin?
Yes, when healthy coemption crosses the line into selfish ambition and rivalry it is a sin, (Galatians 5:19-21). In fact the difference can be an Eternal Life, or Eternal Death distinction. Come Grab a Listen.
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Does Salvation by Grace Guarantee that We Will Have Peace?
The answer is Both Yes AND NO God will guard us in His Peace, as we keep our minds on Him, (Isaiah 26:3). God will cause everything to work together for our good, in as much as we love Him and we are called according to His purpose. At the same time, we are also guaranteed that while we are in…
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Are You Really FOLLOWING the Messiah
You cannot follow two leaders who travel in two opposite directions. If you follow YHWH and Messiah, you will by necessity distance yourself from the sinful world. If you follow after the sinful world and its ideologies, you will by necessity be distancing yourself from YHWH and from Messiah. You...
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What Repent? Part 3
We know from Scripture that to repent literally means to turn away from the things that YHWH considers to be sin, and then to RETURN to the things that YHWH considers to be good, righteous, and pleasing in His Sight. Repenting is not complete unless the changes your mind and attitudes, unless it...
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What is Repenting and Why Does it Matter? Part 2
We all love to talk about the Grace of God. God's Grace is FANTASTIC. God's Grace helps us to believe and come to Christ for salvation. God's Grace helps us to recognize our sin and to confess our sins. God's Grace provides forgiveness for our sins through Messiah's death and resurrection when we...
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What is Repenting and WHY it MATTERS...Part 1
In simple terms, Jesus the Messiah plainly said that unless we repent we will perish, (see Luke 13:3). Quite simply, if you want to be saved and live in God's friendship for all eternity, then repenting is required. It's not optional In this three-part podcast series we will be covering the...
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Why Do People Try to Make Money Since Money is Evil
Where is the Verse? Please so me the Bible verse that says that making money or having money is evil. You can search the Bible from cover to cover and you will NOT find such a teaching in all of Scripture. The Bible has much to say about money and how to use it. Come listen in.
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How Can I Love Christ More
1st Recolonize How Much Messiah Loves You 2nd Learn Messiah's Love Language. 3rd Learn and Practice KEEPING His Commandments.
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Should Negative Emotions be Considered Sin?
Should negative emotions be considered a sin? Sometimes they are. Sometimes they're not. Part of growing up as a disciple of YHWH Almighty God and Messiah is learning to distinguish the difference. It's easy to deceive ourselves into thinking that everything that seems good and everything that...
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What is Vain Worship? How Do I Avoid it?
It's a nightmare scenario… Imagine that you have gone through all of your life. You THOUGHT that you've been walking with God. You prayed. You occasionally went to church. Sometimes you read the Bible, or you heard in church. You did some charitable deeds. You think you're okay. You assume that...
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What is the Bible's Definition of Fear?
In the original biblical languages, there are 10 Hebrew words the translators have translated into fear in our English Bibles. There are 8 Greek words that are translated fear in our English Bibles. From the biblical point of view fear can be sinful enough to condemn you, or fear can be righteous...
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What is the Purpose of the Mosaic Law?
It seems that whenever you talk to any armchair theologians about the Law of God as it was handed down to Moses, emotional passions flare up, and all common sense seems to leave. Many folks seem to believe that the only purpose of the Law was to hold us over until Christ came, and then Christ…
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Who is Really the Master of My Life?
Today we are exploring the question: Neighbor Joe Davison Asked: “Who is Really the Master of My Life? Am I the Master of My Life, or is God the master of my life?
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How Do I Make a True Confession?
How important is it to you that the Almighty Creator of the Universe would forgive your sins? We have an awesome promise in (1 John 1:9). Scripture tells us that God is faithful and just to forgive our sins, when we confess them. So that means that making a proper confession that God will accept…
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May I Boast in the Lord?
A brother in the Lord asked the question: "Is it good to brag about your knowledge of God." The short answer: It can be BOTH good and bad. You can hear the details in the podcast.
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How Do I Do a Spiritual Checkup
When ever one tries to follow Biblical Instructions, one first must understand a few things We need to understand what the Bible instruction is, and what it specifically tells us to do. We need to understand at least in part some of the principles behind Instructions We need to understand the...
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The Responsibility Principle
Have you ever been reading your Bible, and you encountered a Bible promise, and wished to yourself, “Wow! I really wish that this biblical promise was more of the physical reality in my life and my circumstances? Have you ever looked at a Biblical Commandment, and directive, and said, “Man, I can...
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Who Should We Ask?
Today’s Question: To understand the truths of scripture, who would you ask and why? The Quick Summary Answer First: Go to God in prayer directly with your questions before all else. Second: Keep notes on what you think God is telling you in answer to the questions you brought to Him. Third: Take...
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What Spirit are they Of?...
Is the Roman Catholic Church a legitimate church, or is of a cult? A key question is What spirit do they carry? Jesus the Messiah told us that we could recognize whether something is good or bad, righteous or unrighteous by the fruit that it produces, (Matthew 7:15-20). With this in mind we've…
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Cults will CHANGE the Means the Methods and the Message of Salvation
How does a person get saved for certain? How does a person go from being a sinner into being a righteous person who is justified in the eyes of a perfect and a Most HOLY God? There is no other question more important than this in all of religion. That is because if one is not in right standing...
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Cults Place Their Group ABOVE the Scriptures
Jesus the Messiah told us that we could recognize whether something is good or bad, righteous or unrighteous by the fruit that it produces, (Matthew 7:15-20). With this in mind we've been looking at the different characteristics, or the fruit that are universally identified as being a cult, and...
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Cults Like to Change Definitions
Jesus the Messiah told us that we could recognize whether something is good or bad, righteous or unrighteous by the fruit that it produces, (Matthew 7:15-20). With this in mind we've been looking at the different characteristics, or the fruit that are universally identified as being a cult, and…
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Worshiping the Popes
Any time that you see a religious group elevating human beings to the position, to the power and to the authority of God Almighty, that is one of the first signs of the dangerous religious cult. By their own writings and testimonials, they elevate the Pope into the position of God Almighty. Popes...
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Worshiping Mary
One of the very first signs of a dangerous religious cult is when the organization elevates regular human beings to the position, to the power, and to the authority of Almighty God. Whenever they displace Almighty God's authority and they elevate human beings to God's power and authority, that is...
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Is it a Cult?
The question of the school podcast series is, "Is the Roman Catholic Church a Cult? How would you know? Jesus, then Messiah and the Son of God is the one who gives us the answer to that question. If you want to know what something truly is, you don't judge it by what it claims to be. You judge it...
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Is it a Cult, Or is it a Church?
This is a question that I have received quite a few times in my more than 30 years of discipleship ministry. Is the Roman Catholic Church really a church, or is it a cult? I have written papers and other such articles answering this question, but I received a request that I would answer this...
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This Podcast seeks to directly answer questions that I have received in more then 30 years a Discipleship Minister, and to distribute those answers in a convenient Audio Format.
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Michel Lankford
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