Sam speaks about being "favored" by God and how there are seasons of development in our spiritual walk/mission. It is important that we learn how to step into these new seasons of grace and glory which the Holy Spirit invites us.
Sam speaks about being "favored" by God and how there are seasons of development in our spiritual walk/mission. It is important that we learn how to step into these new seasons of grace and glory which the Holy Spirit invites us.
Nasser unpacks what God says about Himself in Exodus 34:6-7. It is important to understand exactly who our God is - it provides the foundation for intimate relationship with Him and enables our expression of love and worship.
Nasser unpacks what God says about Himself in Exodus 34:6-7. It is important to understand exactly who our God is - it provides the foundation for intimate relationship with Him and enables our expression of love and worship.
Grace is the unmerited favor of God provided for man though the work of Jesus Christ which can ONLY be obtained by faith. Law is the righteous demand of God made upon man which can ONLY be attained by perfect works. Sam shares the dire consequences of rejecting His grace and how to reclaim your place in grace.
Sam shares from Galatians 3:1, 'You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you?' and Galatians 5:4, 'you are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.' Faith is the only way to receive the grace of God.
The Lord calls for and expects His people to walk in confidence and boldness. Sam teaches that pride and fear have produced a plague of insecurity which is robbing us of deeper experience in the presence of God.
In Exodus 5, Jonathan teaches, slaves cannot worship the Lord, only sons can. We get stuck in a slave mentality and tend to live as slaves because everything in our society is based on the law. The law requires works, sin requires even harder works. But grace frees us from the bondage of works and results in worship of the Lord. Jonathan also recounts the story of "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase", a part of the Wolves Chronicles by Joan Aiken, he recently read with his daughter, Harper.
Sam discusses the concept of Grace as revealed in and through the life of the Apostle Paul. Grace is a Christ-accomplished spiritual subtance that is mediated into us by the person of the Holy Spirit. Our job is to receive this reality of Grace and then reign from the realm of Grace.
Sam gives a word and an assignment: Meditate deeply on the Gospel of Grace this week. Let the audacious, radical, offensive love of God touch your heart. Meditate on it, confess it with your mouth. I'm an overcomer in Christ even though I'm waiting on righteousness in my character to catch up.
Jonathan gives testimony of how consistent, intentional fellowship brings about drastic transformation in a person's life. He walks through the story of the Good Samaritan relating elements that signify Christ and the Church. Lydia Humig shares her personal testimony of healing and renewal as she prepares for work in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Fear kept Jacob from inheriting the Promised Land. In the same way, Jonathan points out, fear keeps us from inheriting the fullness of the victorious, overcoming life in Christ. It is the Lord that delivers us from the slavery of fear. Jon Smith follows up this lesson with a word in season.