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PSA294 James 2 – Faith Without Works is Dead mp3
In this message, James does not want them to be partial to the wealthy and powerful, for this is not right, and it is not what is important in God’s sight. Then, he discusses the interaction of faith with works, and the fact that faith without works is dead. Yet this seems to contradict Paul, that salvation is by faith, not by works. What does James mean? How does this fit with what Paul teaches in Ephesians 2? We consider the important interaction between faith and works.
PSA293 James 1 – Trials of the Jews mp3
In this message, we begin a study of the book of James. James is the first of the seven “general epistles” not written by Paul or his company. It is short, but it provides unique teaching not in Paul’s books. James was the Lord’s half-brother, a shepherd of the Jews, teaching them decorum and decent behavior. They are to endure patiently trials, receive God’s gifts without wrath, and do the word, not just hear it.
When Paul proclaimed the Word wherever he went, he healed those who came to him, and proclaimed the gospel. Yet oddly, when on the island of Malta, he healed all who came to him, but we have no record that he proclaimed the gospel. What should we make of this odd omission? Is it significant? What does it teach us about God’s work in the Acts period?
PSA291 The Wild Olive Graft mp3
While much of the Acts period was focused on Israelites around the world, there were also Gentiles who believed in Jesus Christ. What was the position of these? How did they fit into the company of believers in the Acts period. How do they compare to believers of today? Romans 11 sets forth the answers to these questions in explaining the wild olive graft.
Our view that the dispensation of grace in which we live began at Acts 28:28 is not the only view held by advanced dispensationalists. Some have taken a view between standard dispensationalism and ours, calling themselves mid-Acts dispensationalists or Pauline dispensationalists. In this message we discuss the mid-Acts view, what their arguments are, how they disagree with and seek to answer our arguments, and why we do not agree with the mid-Acts view.
PSA289 The Unique, Acts Period Believer mp3
The believer in Jesus Christ of the Acts period was in a far different situation and position than the believer of today. He was part of an Israelite company of believers. He had entered into the kingdom of God. He had believed after seeing signs and wonders. He was experiencing already some of the benefits of the coming government of God on earth. Yet not everything was different, and in some ways he was like the believer today. We discuss the difference and consider the unique, Acts period believer.
PSA288 Propositions Concerning Acts mp3
To properly understand the New Testament, we must understand and put in its proper place the crucial Acts period. This was a unique period in the workings of God, coming between the gospel period of Christ’s ministry on earth and His work in the dispensation of grace today. We start to consider this unique period by making a series of propositions about the Acts period and how we believe it worked.
PSA287 Balaam’s Terrible Plot mp3
In this message, Balak tries to get Balaam to curse Israel two more times. Balaam, longing for the reward this heathen king offers, tries to comply, but Jehovah simply puts a word in his mouth and he must speak the truth. Balak, furious, sends him running for his life. In the end, however, Balaam will not give up, and comes up with a terrible plot to use his knowledge of Yahweh to tell the Midianites how to cause Israel to sin against their God and earn His wrath. Balaam’s end, then, comes in Yehovah’s revenge on Midian, and this wayward prophet dies with the godless men from whom he sought riches and honor. We consider the lesson in the life of this unstable and vacillating man.
PSA286 Balaam the Unfaithful Prophet mp3
Balaam appears suddenly in Scripture in the midst of the record of Israel’s wandering in the wilderness. He is not an Israelite, but he was a prophet in relationship with the true God. However, his relationship starts to deteriorate as he is tempted by the riches and rewards of this world offered him by King Balak. We consider the life and compromises of this unfaithful prophet Balaam and the road he followed that eventually led him to disaster.
PSA285 Joseph the Faithful Father mp3
In this message, we consider the Lord’s foster father, Joseph. We consider his lineage, that he was descended from the royal line, but that line was also under a curse. We consider how he responded when his betrothed was found pregnant, and also exactly what their relationship was at that time. We consider the birth at Bethlehem, the visit of the shepherds, the circumcision and dedication at the temple, the visit of the wise men, the flight to Egypt, and the Lord’s first Passover at Jerusalem. What we can see about Joseph through all these incidents surrounding the birth and childhood of our Lord.
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