Multiply Church Podcast

To what lengths will you go to maintain your comfort and security? What comforts or securities are you placing your faith in to sustain you over Jesus? God's issue with Israel in Amos 6 is their spiritual complacency, social injustice, and reliance on material wealth. The Israelites' pride leads them to believe that they are superior to others and that they do not need God... and their envy leads...

Christians care about all suffering, especially eternal suffering. Christians care about all injustice, especially injustice against God.

Seek God and live!

Are you prepared to meet your God?

YHWH is a good, good Father who loves His family, reminds His family of how things will go well with them through the prophets, and disciplines His children for their good and His glory.

God is serious about His image and likeness in mankind and He is also serious about the sanctity of human life.

Main Idea: The book of Amos starts with a quick introduction to the prophet himself. It tells us that Amos was a simple shepherd/farmer from a small town named Tekoa, 10 miles south of Jerusalem. This wasn't some fancy city boy; he was a southern farm boy who understood the struggles of everyday life. God chose to speak through this ordinary guy to deliver a powerful message to the wealthy eli...

Who is God? He is our dwelling place, eternal, holy, loving, and sovereign. What has He done? He has created and sustained from everlasting to everlasting, judged sin in His holiness, provided wisdom, returned, satisfied with His steadfast love and provided eternal joy and gladness, worked good among evil, revealed His glory from generation to generation, and bestowed grace and established His peo...

5 Questions: Who was this psalm directed at? All we know is that the person David is imprecating was once a dear friend and confidant. Was David in sin for praying this? David understood God's covenant with Abraham, promises that included defeating evil and bringing forth the Messiah. He saw his enemies as adversaries to God’s divine plan. His prayers, then, weren't just about personal vin...

Main Idea: We will persevere to the end by continually resting in our position as sons and daughters of God, embracing His presence, and proclaiming the good news of Jesus to ourselves and others. 

Main Idea: We are called to make much of Christ. Questions: Are you open to God changing your entire life? What is keeping you from putting Jesus first? Where do you need to submit to the Lord?

Main Idea Paul was determined to obey God, even to the point of death. He counted the cost of following Jesus and found that Jesus is worth everything. Have you counted the cost? Questions Have you personally counted the cost of following Jesus?  How has your own timidity/fear prevented you from boldly telling the story of how God has saved you and what life has been like since? Have you written y...

Elders set an example for, know, lead, feed, and protect the church over which the Holy Spirit has given them authority.  Paul Set An Example for the Ephesian Elders He lived among them and they knew him. (V. 18) He displayed immense humility (v. 19a) He labored alongside them through tears and trials (v. 19b) He was bold in his proclamation of the truth (v. 20) He modeled a life compelled by &amp...

We must never waver in proclaiming Christ as crucified, risen, and Lord. Our approach to the proclamation of Jesus will change depending on our audience, but the core of the message itself will never change. We will be met with mixed reviews but our labor is not in vain. We can entrust Jesus with our expectations, reputation, and the results of our proclamation because He is Lord, He is good, it i...

What is your next step in speaking to someone about Christ?

In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, charity. Congregational disagreement is an opportunity for fellowship and growth in Christ rather than separation and ostracism. Our identity in Christ transcends all earthly divisions. Our goal should always be reconciliation because Jesus is worthy. Things We Can Learn: Christians will see things differently. We shouldn’t be surpri...

What we experience may be best described as "one-fifth of reality." We are often enamored with what we can experience with our five senses. Yet, there are "four-fifths of reality" that we are missing. God is always acting and moving. He invites us to experience true reality; all five-fifths, through faith in Him.

Only Jesus can (1) unite people to Himself and one another and (2) build His Church. If you are far from God or feel far from God, Jesus’s invitation is to draw near to Him in faith because He has drawn near to you! If your response to those far from God (and different than you) drawing near to God is critical, you need to repent and believe the good news of Jesus. You too were once far from God....

Do you know God conceptually, or have you been personally called into relationship with Him? Is your conscience bound to God’s will or your own? What areas of your heart and mind are more bound by your conscience than God’s Word and will? How does that/could this keep you from being a faithful witness? The Holy Spirit, through the Word of God, brings clarity to our confusion and unbinds our consci...