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In this episode, Musumba Jonathan continues his special Christmas series by sharing a brief study on the power of Jesus Christ. What does the Bible testify about Jesus regarding his role in creation, judgment, and giving eternal life? The answers give a marvelous display of the power of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May you be blessed in another study of transforming our thinking through the p...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan continues his Christmas series focusing on the person and work of Jesus Christ. Today's study looks at several examples of prophecies about Messiah that all were fulfilled by Jesus. The Bible points to these as evidence that Jesus truly was the Son of God. The Gospel of John states that all the books of the world couldn't contain the works Jesus performed. And yet...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on the Bible's description of the purpose of Jesus Christ's coming. As we reflect on people's behavior in celebrating Christmas, we can see an outsider might very well believe that the purpose of Christmas is a celebration that majorly relates to material things. This focus seems to support the idea that Jesus came to change people's material circumstances...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on the promises made throughout scripture about the coming of Jesus Christ. Many of us are familiar with promises made to mankind about our Lord's coming, but did you know that many of the promises given about Messiah were made by the Father to his Son directly? What surety do believers have by the already fulfilled promises made about Jesus? Find out in a...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches from John 7 on the crowds' discussion of whether Jesus was truly the Christ or not. On the one hand, the crowd showed they had accurate knowledge of who Messiah would be and where he would come from. But though Jesus fulfilled the scriptures' predictions about Messiah, many of the Jews failed to follow-up to find out these things for themselves and so come...

Recorded for Impact and UBC radio broadcasts week of December 16, 2024.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on the Jesus' admonishment to the Jews not to judge by appearances, but to "judge with right judgment." Why did the crowds misjudge Jesus? How were they unreasonable in their perspectives? How can a Christian be sure that they are judging things accurately? Find out in another episode of transforming our thinking through the power of God's Word.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 7:7, where Jesus testifies that the world hates him because he testifies about it that its works are evil. The gospel message can be difficult to give when we fear people responding to it with hatred. This fear can lead to very watered-down and even false presentations of the gospel where a listener fails to even understand what salvation is. From...

In the beginning of John 7, we learn something interesting about Jesus' brothers - they didn't believe in him as Messiah. This seems to be quite remarkable considering that they had grown up with Jesus and knew that he was perfect. But did Jesus' behavior didn't initially inspire faith and adoration in him, but rather anger and dismissal. As we continue through Jesus' life, we see that he was trul...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on Jesus' reference to himself as the true bread that came down from heaven. This was in response to the crowds demanding he continue feeding them bread each day, as Moses had fed their fathers in the wilderness. What does God mean by drawing this parallel between Christ and the manna, and what are the implications for us in the Christian life? Find out in...

Recorded for Impact and UBC Radio broadcasts week of December 9th, 2024.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 6:37-44, a passage where Jesus states that no person can come to him, unless God the Father draws that person. What does this statement mean and what security can we get from it about God's work of saving us? Find out in another study of transforming our thinking through the power of God's Word.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan begins a new series on the letter to the churches in Galatia. Recorded for Impact and UBC Radio broadcasts Tuesday December 3, 2024.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 6:16-21, a passage which narrates a famous time where Jesus walked on water. The event took place after Jesus had fed the 5,000 and then proceeded to hide himself from the crowds. Jesus sent the disciples across the lake, but the wind was against them and they made little progress. Then the disciples are exceedingly frightened by observing a figure...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 6:14-15. These verses give an interesting conclusion to the feeding of the 5,000. The crowd proclaims their faith in Jesus as Messiah, and Jesus responds by going away from them and hiding himself. Why would Jesus do this? Wasn't it his mission that people would believe on him as the Son of God? Consider these questions in another study of transfor...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on Jesus' feeding the 5,000, recorded in John 6. Jesus gave an interesting instruction to the disciples that they were not to allow any of the leftover fragments be lost. We find him giving this same instruction in the record of him feeding the 4,000. What does this behavior demonstrate about the nature of God to us, and especially, what security does it g...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 6:5-13, a passage which gives John's account of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with a few loaves and fish. In the beginning of the story, Jesus presents Philip with the problem of feeding the large crowd, and the scripture says Jesus did this to test Philip. Then we later read of Andrew making a suggestion, and a little boy who offered everything he had t...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 5:31-38, a passage where Jesus describes three distinct witnesses that all testified to the reality that Jesus was the Messiah, the Son of God. Proving this truth about Jesus is the purpose statement in John's gospel. What role are Christians supposed to play in continuing this witness today? Are we supposed to do miracles and wonders? How do we di...

Recorded for Impact and UBC Radio Broadcasts November 25, 2024.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on John 5:30, a text where Jesus declares his motivation for coming down to earth. A lot of people believe Jesus is supposed to improve their life materially. Others like to exalt themselves as being so supremely important that Jesus simply couldn't live in heaven without them, but what did Jesus actually say motivated him, and what does Jesus' motivation...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on a doctrine often referred to as the doctrine of "eternal security." In Uganda, many people believe that after receiving Christ as Lord and Savior, it is up to the person to keep themselves in the faith. They think this is achieved based on their personal conduct. But does the Bible tell us that Christians never sin, or that it is up to a person to keep...

Recorded for Impact and UBC Radio broadcasts week of November 18, 2024.

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan concludes his series in Acts with the end of Acts 28. This passage narrates Paul's arrival in Rome, his subsequent witness to the Jews there, and their departure after Paul quotes Isaiah's prophecy highlighting Israel's unbelief. This book is indeed full of adventure, but what should we take away as the focus of our Christian life? Find out in another study of tra...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on Acts 28:7-10, a passage that details the results of Paul's shipwreck on Malta. Because of the storm and shipwreck, Paul is given an opportunity to share the love of Christ with the people of Malta, whom he would not have met unless he had been wrecked there. What does this teach us about God's direction of our lives and how we should view our circumstan...

In this episode, Musumba Jonathan teaches on Acts 28:1-6, a passage which details what happens to Paul after he safely arrives on the shore of Malta. Paul is bitten by a venomous snake and the native people conclude that Paul must be a murderer for this bad thing to happen to him. But then they conclude Paul is a god when he is unharmed by the serpent's bite. What do these two incorrect conclusion...