BibleTalk with Jeff Asher

03_The Church of Christ Is Different Regarding Religious Traditions

It is often said the Church of Christ is "different" by which is meant that it is odd or out of step with what is generally accepted by the majority. However, Jesus said that His church would be different, and that His people are to be unique. The term "different" should not be used as a pejoritve to prejudice minds. Yes, the church of Christ is different, but why is the Church of Christ different? Jeff Asher leads a series of studies to explore just that question.

The Church of Christ Is Different Because It Accepts Only Christ as the Head of the Church

IT is often said the Church of Christ is "different" by which is meant that it is odd or out of step with what is generally accepted by the majority. However, Jesus said that His church would be different, and that His people are to be unique. The term "different" should not be used as a pejoritve to prejudice minds. Yes, the church of Christ is different, but why is the Church of Christ different? Jeff Asher leads a series of studies to explore just that question.

01_The Church of Christ Is Different Regarding the Use of the Word Church

IT is often said the Church of Christ is "different" by which is meant that it is odd or out of step with what is generally accepted by the majority. However, Jesus said that His church would be different, and that His people are to be unique. The term "different" should not be used as a pejoritve to prejudice minds. Yes, the church of Christ is different, but why is the Church of Christ different? Jeff Asher leads a series of studies to explore just that question.

30_The Fifteen Periods of Biblle History (The Wilderness Wanderings Part 9)

The Bible can be divided into 15 periods of Bible History. Recognizing these divisions is helpful for organizing the Bible chronologically in the mind and relating the various books to one another. The fifth of these 15 Periods is called the Period of Wilderness Wanderings. This period extends from the turning into the Wilderness of Shur  to the death of Moses on the Plains of Moab (Exodus 15:22-Deuteronomy 34:12). [This study covers the Tabernacle.]

29_The Fifteen Periods of Bible History (The Wilderness Wanderings Part 8)

The Bible can be divided into 15 periods of Bible History. Recognizing these divisions is helpful for organizing the Bible chronologically in the mind and relating the various books to one another. The fifth of these 15 Periods is called the Period of Egyptian Bondage. This period extends from the turning into the Wilderness of Shur  to the death of Moses on the Plains of Moab (Exodus 15:22-Deuteronomy 34:12). 

28_The Fifteen Periods of Bible History (The Wilderness Wanderings Part 7)

The Bible can be divided into 15 periods of Bible History. Recognizing these divisions is helpful for organizing the Bible chronologically in the mind and relating the various books to one another. The fifth of these 15 Periods is called the Period of Egyptian Bondage. This period extends from the turning into the Wilderness of Shur  to the death of Moses on the Plains of Moab (Exodus 15:22-Deuteronomy 34:12). {This study covers the last six commandments.]

09_The Model Prayer

That phrase, "For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever," is often times referred to as the doxology. Jesus is teaching us to pray, He's teaching us that we need to attribute praise and glory to God. So that says to us, just very simply and obviously one of the things that we should be doing in our prayers is glorifying God.
If there is anything we don't do enough of, it is praising, glorifying, and magnifying the name of God. Perhaps some of that is just simply the fact that we feel a little bit inadequate, and we can't even begin to match the words of the Apostle Paul or the Psalmist David, but those are the words of the Holy Spirit. And so it wouldn't hurt us to try and remember some of those words when we pray and use that language to describe God or if nothing else just simply do as Paul and the Lord often did  and simply say, to God be the glory forever Just give God the glory Give God the praise and that's what we need to be doing in our prayers

06_The Model Prayer

When I kneel in prayer, I come as one who reverences God, and as I am praying I pray in such a way as I reverence God, and when I get up and I leave my closet from prayer and I go back out into the world I live as if I am in the presence of God that's the point of prayer. I dedicate myself to accomplishing that. The idea of praying for something and then not doing anything about it is ridiculous. In this lesson we will learn that "give us this day our daily bread" does not mean we are to pray and do nothing but wait. Does what God says about working not apply? "Let him that stole still no longer but rather let him labor with his hands; a man will not work should he eat." Can I pray, "God give us this day our daily bread" and then I sit down, spread my arms, and open my mouth waiting for manna from heaven?
 

07_The Model Prayer

After Jesus says, "Give us this day our daily bread," He says, "and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." These words should make us more confident, more courageous as Christians. I believe it is in prayer, properly understood, and genuinely offered that we find confidence and security in our salvation, and that we can know we are forgiven of our trespasses. We knew that when we were baptized into Christ because we were baptized into His death, we were baptized Into the remission of sins. (Acts 2:38). And we were as Paul says raised to walk in newness of life (Romans 6:4). The old man of sin was put to death with Jesus.
However, we also know that we are not perfect, that we have not lived sinlessly, we struggle every day with that reality. What Jesus instructs in this prayer is intended to help us in that struggle and realize eternal life.

05_The Model Prayer

Jesus instructs the disciples to pray, "Thy Kingdom come." What did Jesus mean in the context and how is it that disciples can use this prayer as a "model" today? Sometimes we bring more to a passage than is necessary when we study. That is, we should come to the context of the passage and not bring a context to the passage. Frequently, we seek to understand in light of controversies and questions that arise in our time which were not before the speaker's mind at the time these things were originally said. We must be careful not to make a mess of what is said, rather than obtain a clear picture and helpful instruction.