The Webster Bible Church Podcast

Transformative Truth:  Self-sufficiency deprives us from intimate fellowship with the all-sufficient Savior. The Attributes of the Lord Revelation 3:14 "The Amen" "the faithful and true witness" "the beginning of God's creation" If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on...

Transformative Truth:  Trust the Authority and Power of Jesus Christ to keep you. 1. The first place you must Trust the Authority & Power of Jesus is in Salvation But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. Matthew 23:13 2. The Second Place you must Trust the...

Transformative Truth:  Christ supplies by his Word and Spirit what the church is lacking. The Attributes of the Lord Revelation 3:1a The Assessment of the Church Revelation 3:1b The Action to Be Taken Revelation 3:2-3a Wake up, and Strengthen what remains... Remember what you received and heard. Keep it, and Repent. Christ supplies by his Word and Spirit what we're lacking. Three Questions for the...

Transformative Truth:  Nothing can be lost in serving Jesus now, that will not be infinitely eclipsed when we inherit Him.  

Transformative Truth:  Stop compromising and stand steadfast in the shadow of Satan’s throne. We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one. - 1 John 5:19 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride...

Transformative Truth:  Don’t be afraid of what you’ll suffer as a Christian. The Addressee of the Letter Revelation 2:8a The Attributes of the Lord Revelation 2:8b The Address to the Church Revelation 2:9-10 The Appeal to Each Person Revelation 2:11 “Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain...

Transformative Truth:  Good deeds and doctrinal purity are no substitute for love. The Authority of the Lord Revelation 2:1 The Address to the Church Revelation 2:6 The Commendations The Complaint The Commands Good deeds and doctrinal purity are no substitute for love. The Appeal to Each Person Revelation 2:7

Transformative Truth:  A fresh vision of Jesus inspires continued faithfulness to Jesus. Where John was Revelation 1:9-10a God is not revealing more Scripture to us, but he is revealing Scripture more to us. What John Heard Revelation 1:10b-11 What John Saw Revelation 1:12-16 He is "clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest." "The hairs of his head were white, like white woo...

Transformative Truth:  The God of all grace is worthy of all glory. THE SETTING (v. 4a) THE SALUTATION (vv. 4b-8) • Grace and peace from God • Glory and praise to God The Seven-Fold Description of Christ "the faithful witness" "the firstborn of the dead" "the ruler of the kings on earth" He "loves us" "And has freed us from our sins by his blood" "and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and our...

Transformative Truth:  God blesses those who read, hear, and heed the revelation of Jesus Christ. The Book Revelation 1:1-2 God (the Father) Jesus Christ (the Son) His angel His servant John Four Views of Revelation Preterist (past view) Futurist (pre-view) Historicist (panoramic view) Idealist (parallel view) The Blessing Revelation 1:3 God blesses those who read, hear, and heed the revelation of...

Transformative Truth:  True Righteousness brings persecution; persecution for Jesus' sake brings eternal reward. First, to stay faithful, you must arm yourself with the expectation of a righteous life. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form...

Transformative Truth:  Believers prove their relation to God by making peace with others. 1. God is the consummate Peacemaker. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him [Christ], and through him to reconcile to himself all things ...by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 NIV Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with...