Soul Rejoice

Click here to listen Today we come to a section of Scripture that is, at the same time, both one of the most useful and most hard-hitting passages in all of Scripture. You know our stance on Scripture. Every word is inspired. Every word is inerrant. Every word is sufficient for life and godliness. Every word carries the authority of God, and we must approach every word of Scripture with this same conviction. Paul says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 that all Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. All Scripture is profitable for our spiritual growth. It’s not always readily apparent how all Scripture is profitable. It takes some study/work before the genealogies really become profitable. It takes some time/work to dig out gold in some of the census passages in Numbers. But then there are passages like this one, where even a cursory reading provides ...

= In this lesson, we begin to study the topic of soteriology, that is, salvation. As you are surely aware, the topic of salvation is massive. In these brief lessons, we will only scratch the surface of this topic. My goal is to give us a working knowledge of the various parts of salvation.

Click here to listen We embark today on a subject that many Christians in our day avoid at all costs. Yet this subject is the basis of the gospel. It is the foundation for all the good news that is to come. Gospel means ‘good news.’ And the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the best of news. But it starts with bad news: God is angry with everyone who has done evil. He is full of wrath that is poured out on those who commit sin.  So many people balk at this thought. “God is love,” they say. “He is not wrathful.” But then, my friend, by denying God’s wrath, you make Him unjust, unrighteous, and unloving. You say, “How so?” Take the Holocaust for example. What if I told you that I didn’t think the Holocaust was so bad? In fact, what if I told you I feel no horror or anger when I read about it. I am not moved by the injustice that was done there. You would think I was a monster. You would call me unfeeling, unloving. You would say that there’s something wrong with me. If I can’t look at the at...