Keith's Podcast

Many are the teachings of Jesus by parable, but many of His teachings are done with overt act for many to see as illustrated by the miracles performed with strong acknowledgment to God. This power was not strength alone, but shown through the compassion Christ had for others and a willingness to help when teaching was needed. Here are two stories to consider showing how Christ had compassion for those around Him.

There's always that one, remaining, eternal question - if you died right now, where will you spend eternity? Jesus poses the answer to that question in the form of a parable. Simply, are you laying by in store here on earth, or are you laying up your treasure in heaven?

We are created in the image of God with intelligence, conscience, and a soul from the very Spirit of God. But sin creeps in and begins to distort that image. Fortunately, Jesus Christ shed His blood for us, and it is able to mend that distortion of sin in our lives.

These three parables in Luke 15, known as the 'lost' parables, comprehensively teach that our condition without Christ and the saving grace of God is simply, lost. But it also shows the earnest and dedicated devotion God has for bringing us to Him!

As the song goes, "Sinners, Jesus will receive;" and we all find ourselves needing Christ's redemption. As sinners, we are lost, and no one holds a monopoly on how to become lost, but the Bible speaks of the types of people who are lost and how the Father always welcomes us back.

Of all the things we would be known for to others, has your attitude been a description of good or bad in defining yourself? Christ is the example we should pattern ourselves after and scripture does well to teach us how to seek a Godly attitude.

Today, we are thankful to see some of the fruits of the Lads to Leaders program visit with us and lead our worship. These young men have committed themselves to the learning and training required as taught in the Bible. We share in the praise and glory given to our Father that this teaching provides obedience leading to salvation.

Jesus, the miraculous healer, still provides the cure for our blindness to God's spirituality. There can be many reasons for our blindness if we allow the troubles of this life a place to rule our thinking. But turning to the understanding that God provides will heal our blindness.

If you desire to be added to Lord's church, or if you are a member of the church, have you thought about what you contribute to the work of the church? Today, we'll look at the work of faithful believers and the commitment it takes to work for the Lord.

The New Testament gospels are filled with moments when Jesus prayed to His Father, God. A large part of the study of prayer examines the priority Jesus gives to God and the importance of guidance that can only be achieved when our thoughts are focused on God's will. This lesson looks closely at the purpose of our Savior and His concern for us.

The term 'uncomfortable' is a considerable understatement for how Jesus must have felt at the moment of His betrayal by Judas. In light of events leading to that moment, it had to be pretty awkward to Judas to actually follow through with it. But Judas' heart was filled with evil and it's the same thing today when we turn our back on the Savior and abandon our faith to Him.

This lesson hits home for many of us today when we realize how easy pickings we are when satan wants to hunt us down - and he will. What will we do when our faith fails? - and it will. God hopes for our return and He offers a second chance!

There are several lessons to glean from this passage, but the central theme helps us realize the need and importance of faith - a belief that is focused upon the strength and power that can be found in Christ.

This conversation starts off like most discussions one has when someone is filled with evil spirits. But seriously, this shows the extent and the power evil and sin can have on anyone, but when you turn and worship the One and Only Jesus Christ, the power of change that can be found there leads to salvation.

Jesus' conversations with the family of Lazarus reveals many things that should interest us. But the primary teaching that Jesus shows us here is that the things of this world are passing and of little importance, in contrast to the weightier matters of spiritual concerns and the life eternal.

This is an important conversation Jesus had with a believer and well-educated Jew, who could not easily part with his physical understanding of Jewish law to put on a spiritual understanding of rebirth in the Spirit. As is often the case today, many do not understand we MUST be born of the "water and the Spirit."

Jairus is facing the worst moment of any parent - the death of a child. Thankfully, he turns to the only real hope remaining for the life of his daughter. But as a man who was a Jewish leader, reaching out to a Man who was teaching heresy as many Jewish leaders thought, this action demonstrated faith in God and His power over death.

Jesus' quest to seek and save the lost presents an interesting dilemma that He confronts with love and grace we are taught to seek. Jesus acknowledged and spoke with a Samaritan woman, even as vile, loathsome, and repulsive as His disciples thought she was. The lesson is what God has to offer, is lovingly offered to everyone, and its gift is a Savior that leads us to life eternal.

The ultimate question before us all is where will you spend eternity? Can your faith earn your salvation? Christ's faithful life will. Are you in touch with that grace? An obedient faith will keep you in contact with it. If you thirst for righteousness, God has life-giving waters for you to drink.

Such an important question to ask for all of us, and that is what we must do to gain eternal life? One good thing working in this man's favor, is who better to ask than Jesus Christ? If you have asked this question, have you listened to the answer?

Of the many recorded conversations Jesus had with Peter, none could probably be as foundational to Christianity as the one found in Matthew 16. For if Jesus remains unknown for who He is and what He did and died for, we would be in a very sorry state. Know Jesus! Know His teachings! Know salvation!

As we continue examining conversations with Jesus, we look at Satan's attempt to cause Jesus to give-in to temptations Satan presented. In the end, the only answer is to remain with what God has written, and follow that to success over every temptation.

Not much is written about Jesus' young life, but what is said remains significant. Could our childhood be referenced in such glowing terms? How about your children? Are we even looking for our children and where do we find them? Let's look at why we lose them.

As moving and touching as the commemorative efforts are of many remembering our fallen heroes on Memorial Day, it should compel us to know we have even higher thanks to offer. As Christians, we have the duty and honor to memorialize our fallen Savior every Sunday, who was resurrected on the third day, and remains as a propitiation for us and our sin before the Father.

A difficult task for us to determine the price of a soul since we can neither produce one nor purchase one. Our Lord and Savior has both given and made the purchase for our souls, at a sacrificial cost of which no one could equal. Are you living a life that will redeem the cost of your soul?

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