His Love Ministries
Episodes
Thursday Jan 26, 2012
Philippians 4:6-9 Don't Worry, Trust Christ
Thursday Jan 26, 2012
Thursday Jan 26, 2012
1. The problem is worry …………v6
Most people have an inadequate knowledge of God and an inadequate trust in God...both are blasphemous.
Matthew 6:25-34 "For this reason I say to you, Do not be anxious for your life as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, nor for your body as to what you shall put on."
2. The prescription is prayer…………v6
1 Peter 5:7, casting all your care on Him, because he cares for you
Psalms 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, And He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
3. The promise is peace…………v7
John 16:33, "In this world you shall have tribulation but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.
Isaiah 43:23 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
4. The principle is right thinking or the principle of displacement…………v8
2 Corinthians 10:5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
"Finally, brethren, whatever is true
John 17:17, "Thy Word is truth." Psalm 19:9, Psalm 119:15
Whatever is noble, means worthy of respect
"Whatever is right." And the word is righteous . Think on what is absolutely consistent with the holiness of God.
"Whatever is pure," meaning morally clean, undefiled.
"Whatever is lovely," that means pleasing, attractive, amiable.
Whatever is of good repute," which means well thought of, or highly regarded.
"If there's any excellence and anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things
Since there is excellence and since there are some things worthy of praise, please focus on them." Please. Your mind is the greatest treasure you have in terms of those gifts of human life.
Luke 11: 24 "When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 "And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. 26 "Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
Proverbs 23: 7 For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he
· Right thoughts lead to right attitudes which lead to right actions
5. The practice of Godly living…………v9
James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
6. The provision of God’s presence…………v9
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
Philippians 2:5-11 The Mind Of Christ
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
In verse 5, Paul continues to exhort them to have "this mind" (the attitudes of verses 3-4), pointing out that this is also the "mind of Christ"
In verses (6-11), Paul defines the "mind of Christ" (or the attitude of Christ
I. v6 Jesus did not have SELFISH AMBITION OR CONCEIT
1. Jesus was "in the form of God" The word form in Greek is morphe- the essence or literally the essential nature of something
a. In other words He has always existed as God – John 8:56 "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." 57 Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
b. John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God
V6 YET CHRIST DID NOT CONSIDER SUCH EQUALITY "ROBBERY"...
1. Literally, "a thing to be grasped"; that is, something to be laid hold of, and retained jealously
2. The "glory" of equality with God which Christ enjoyed from eternity was not something He felt like He HAD to cling on to
3. A true demonstration of a lack of selfish ambition and conceit on the part of our Lord!
II. Jesus LOOKED OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF OTHERS (7-8)
He took a servant’s place and approached a sinful people
A. WHEN CHRIST BECAME FLESH...
V7 1. He "made Himself of no reputation" John 4:24 "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
a. Some versions say "emptied Himself" this is the Kenosis or self-emptying
Jn 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
First of all, He gave up His heavenly glory.
Secondly, He emptied Himself of independent authority.
Thirdly, He set aside the prerogatives of His deity. Or He set aside the voluntary use of His attributes. You say, "Did He stop being omniscient?" No. "Did He stop being omnipresent?" No. "Did He stop being unchangeable God?" No. He didn't stop being anything, He just didn't use those attributes.
And then lastly, , He gave up a favorable relationship to God. "He who knew no sin was made sin for us...He who knew no sin was made sin for us." And as a result He says, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" He gave up a favorable relationship to God.
He never ceased to be God, never. He remained fully God. He remained fully God.
2. He took upon Himself "the form of a servant" – same word Morphe, literally became a servant. John 13:3
3. He came in the likeness of men He was the same as a man, but different in that He was sinless
Likeness means He was truly human, wept, got hungry, tired in all ways like us but without sin
a. He could experience their temptations and sufferings –
He 2:17-18
V8 And being found in appearance as a man – He looked like us because He was like us.
III. Jesus is HIGHLY EXALTED BY GOD (9-11) – He ascended as a Supreme Prince
V9 JESUS is a good example of Matthew 23:12: "He that humbles himself shall be exalted"
1Peter 5:6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
2. For God has highly exalted Jesus
by giving Him "the name LORD which is above every name"
Ac 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
V10 that at His name "every knee should bow...that every tongue should confess" He is Lord! -
2Th 1:10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
V11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
1. We have seen in this passage that "The Mind Of Christ" involves...
a. Humility
b. Obedience
c. Sacrifice
d. Great Reward
Tuesday Jan 10, 2012
Tuesday Jan 10, 2012
John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." 8 The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 "But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." 11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." 12 Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. 15 "And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him."
In this section of Scripture we see that Jesus has received the message that Lazarus is sick, but Jesus knows that he is dead at this point in time. So, Jesus waits two more days to test the sisters and the disciples. God loves to test us by making us wait on Him so our faith can grow and mature. Then He tells them lets go to Judea and scares the disciples because they know the Jews want to stone Him and they are in danger too if they go. Jesus tells us in the main point of the passage that there is only so much time for each of us to do what God has called us to do and so we better get busy while there is time to do His will. Then He tells them that Lazarus sleeps, they misunderstand, so He tells them plainly that he is dead. The last point of this section is Jesus testing them again because He says He is glad that He was not there when Lazarus died because He has something greater in mind. Did you know that God doesn’t always do what we think He ought to do because He has a greater plan and a greater purpose than any we can imagine? Faith means we trust God no matter what happens.
Monday Jan 02, 2012
Romans 5:9-11 Reasons We Can Be Thankful For Christ Part 3
Monday Jan 02, 2012
Monday Jan 02, 2012
Ro 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
In this final message on Romans 5:1-11 we will see the last three reasons why we should be thankful we know Christ, or three reasons why we should trust Christ as Lord and Savior. Paul finishes this section with the fact that we are saved from the wrath of God by Jesus’s shed blood. He tells us that we now have a relationship with God whereas it was not possible unless Christ’s blood was shed for our sins. And lastly we see that joy comes from a relationship with God. John 15:11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
V-1 We have Peace with God:
V-2 We have Access to God: Or an introduction to Grace through Jesus Christ
V-2 We have Standing before God:
V-2 We can rejoice in the Hope of the Glory of God:
V-3 We are able to Glory or rejoice in Tribulations through the Strength of God:
V-3-4 We have Perseverance (patience or endurance), Character, and Hope from God:
V-5-8 We have the Love of God poured out in our hearts:
V-5 We have the Holy Spirit from God:
V-9 We have a pardon from wrath by God:
V-10 We have Reconciliation with God:
V-11 We have Joy in God and from God:
Saturday Dec 31, 2011
ROMANS 5:3-8 REASONS WE CAN BE THANKFUL FOR CHRIST PART 2
Saturday Dec 31, 2011
Saturday Dec 31, 2011
Romans 5:3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 6 ¶ For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Today we are covering points five through eight. These are the greatest things that God has done for us and Paul wants us to understand just how blessed we are by knowing Christ as our Lord and Savior. I hope you know that too. If not, trust Him today for your Salvation, because He is the only way to get to heaven. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Having been Justified: Justification is the pardoning of guilt and the penalty of sin (legally being declared righteous because Jesus paid the penalty for our sin)
1. V-1 We have Peace with God:
2. V-2 We have Access to God: Or an introduction to Grace through Jesus Christ
3. V-2 We have Standing before God:
4. V-2 We can rejoice in the Hope of the Glory of God:
5. V-3 We are able to Glory or rejoice in Tribulations through the Strength of God:
6. V-3-4 We have Perseverance (patience or endurance), Character, and Hope from God:
7. V-5-8 We have the Love of God poured out in our hearts:
8. V-5 We have the Holy Spirit from God: