Grace for Your Race

Please listen to this special message concerning the next several weeks of this podcast.

In the previous episode we saw that God made a marriage covenant with Israel. But we know that Jesus enacted a new covenant. What happened to the first? How does God, even God, get out of the first covenant? This was part of the mystery that was kept hidden until God revealed it in the church age.

In this episode we will consider the betrothal of God to the nation Israel. When did He do that? How? Why? Seeing this is to begin to understand the two main themes in the Bible: the kingdom and the bride.

This is a fun episode that looks at the traditional Galilean wedding. Understanding the Galilean wedding leads to deeper understanding of the teachings and parables of Jesus. It also unlocks other portions of the Bible, it helps us to see events in an entirely new light, and it brings better understanding of what is God's eternal plan.

From Genesis to Revelation we can see two main threads: the kingdom and the bride. Both are in Christ. In this introduction we will see the beginning and the end and how the beginning foretells the end .... the glorious end, which is only the beginning!      

Called...Justified...Glorified! God is for us! Nothing can separate us from God's love. We can defeat little satan!

God causes all things to work together for good... God foreknew... He also predestined... These have been debated for over 1900 years, so here's another attempt. Have you ever heard that the goal is sonship? Would that make a difference?

Creation is groaning. We are groaning. Even God is groaning. Everything and everyone is waiting for the manifestation of the son of God! This is our sonship, and this is our hope.

We are waiting for God's glory to be revealed in us, as described in Romans 8:18. What a day that will be! But verse 19 tells us that creation is waiting for the same thing! "Eagerly" it says. This ought to not only fill us with anticipation, but encourage us all the more to run our race in grace. How will all of this turn out? What will creation enjoy once we are glorified? The Word gives us some idea!

Glory is not a place; rather it is the expression of God. And God wants to express His glory through us! Paul mentioned glory several times in Romans 8. We look forward to that wonderful day when we will see the glory of Christ, but how much of that glory will shine out of us? Dare we take it for granted? Paul said that we may also be glorified with Him "if indeed we suffer with Him." If we believe that we are reading God's Word, then we have to take that at face value, but what does the rest of the New Testament say about it? Let us look at this aspect of our future honestly.

We are God's children, growing into sons. We have received the Spirit of sonship, whereby we cry "Abba, Father!" How precious this is! How do we encourage the growth to sonship? What can hinder us? How can we be glorified with Christ? [Listen to the end for a special announcement]

Every day, even every hour, we chose to live by either the flesh or the Spirit. How much does it matter? Paul wrote: if you are living according to the flesh, you are going to die How should I take that? Does the warning really apply to me? Let's ask the church in Sardis.

This week we look at a special feature of verses 9-11. The divinity of the Holy Spirit and the trinity of God are brought to light in Paul's discussion of the law vs grace.

Which causes us to be born again?  Law or Spirit? Which perfects us?  Law or Spirit? Which produces God's kingdom?  Law or Spirit? Which satisfies God?  Law or Spirit? Is Christ making His home in your heart? If He is, does He do it by our keeping the law or by our abiding in His grace?  

Why does Paul equate following the law to the being in the flesh? What is the different between walking according to the law and walking according to the Spirit. How is Jesus our example? Be ready to be surprised in this episode!  

Chapter 8 of Romans is a wonderful chapter. It contains many verses that mean so much to us. This week we begin with the first two verses. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus....

God's glory will be expressed in His Son's kingdom. Joy to the World! The Lord is come. Let EARTH receive her King!

What can we expect at the judgment seat of Christ? Will everything be milk and honey, peaches and cream? What does it mean to be ""saved, yet as through fire"?

In this Episode:    Can we really know the whole purpose of God?    If we can know it, what is it?

The apostle Paul said that he was innocent of the blood of all men because he preached the kingdom. What did he mean by that? What responsibility do we have regarding the kingdom? Aren't we all going to heaven?

What gospel did Jesus preach? What did Paul preach? The gospel of the Kingdom!

In this episode we bring our perspective down to the land promises that God made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Land that Israel will possess on this earth forever!

In this 25,000 foot view we look at how traditional thought affects our understanding of Scripture and how a proper view of the kingdom gives us a different perspective.

This is a broader view from Genesis to Revelation to help us better see what God's eternal plan is.

This week we take an expanded and deeper look at forgiveness as it applies to us.

In this episode we do a deep examination of forgiveness. Are we required to forgive? What about that parable in Matthew 18? A picture of forgiveness in Corinthians Forgive - Comfort - Reaffirm Love

How do we go on when our heart hurts? We might read about good that comes from something tragic, but what if it touches us? I pray that there is some help for us in this heart-felt message.

In this episode we take a thorough look at this issue. Why was the law given. To whom did it apply? Does it play a part in the life of a Christian? What about grace? Let's us examine the Scriptures.

We conclude our look at "if" statements in the New Testament. The last one might surprise you.

This week we look at various "if" statements that were written to Christians.

This week we conclude our enjoyable look at our one-three God and His coming to us as the life-giving Spirit. What a God we have!

We continue our enjoyment of the revelation of the Spirit in the New Testament!

This week we begin a look at the Holy Spirit and what John might have meant when he said in John 7 that the Spirit was not yet. We will look at the Old Testament to see how the Spirit of God interacted with man, and then we will see how the Spirit indwelt the man Jesus.

In this episode we will enjoy the river of life, grace, and the Holy Spirit!

In this episode we look at how grace is exemplified by James.

We look a little deeper into what it means for God's kingdom to come to the earth.

In this episode we review the parables of the talents and of the ten virgins, then begin to examine how the parables relate to God's revelation of His kingdom.

In this episode we will look at one of our Lord's parables to learn what might happen if we do not run our race.

In this episode we will look at two kinds of knowing and what it means to know God and for God to know us.

In this episode we try to understand why God told Jacob two times that his name is Israel and the significance of the name.

In this episode we will look the natural man becoming Israel.

In this episode we will look at why the outcome for one servant was different from the others. How does grace fit into this picture?

Preview of episode #6 - Parable of the Talents

In this episode we will look at what grace means to the sinner, how grace helps the believer to serve the Lord's church, and how grace helps God to accomplish His eternal plan.

A preview of episode #5

In this episode we will look at the progression from redemption to sanctification to God's purpose. Redemption gets us to the starting line of our race. Sanctification is how we get to the finish line.

At least four times Jesus said that we need to lose our life in order to save it. It must quite important. What does this mean? What are we to lose, and what will we gain? Jesus was the first grain to go into the earth and die; now it is our turn.

In this episode we will see how Jesus multiplied Himself in resurrection.

This Grace for Your Race podcast delves into the exhortations of Jesus and His apostles for us to run our race and to finish well. We will look at the encouragements and the warnings, as well as related topics. In this episode we will look at the heart of God's revelation, that is, His intention to make His home in our hearts.