Taught by Grace

The Christian is an overcomer! We overcome this world by our faith in Jesus Christ. 1 John 5:4-12 displays the truth about the certainty of our faith in Jesus. 

We have seen what love is and why we are to love through our study in the epistle of First John. In today's episode, we see how a Christian can know that he is displaying the love God has commanded him to display. This is revealed in loving obedience to the Word of God. We love one another best by walking in the truth because God has shown us what love is in His Word. 

The love of God has been displayed to us through what Jesus did for us. Now, we are called to love one another. We are able to love because we are indwelt by the Spirit of God through faith in Jesus Christ. We have personally believed God's love for us, therefore, we are now able to love one another. 

God's clarion call for Christians is that we love one another. This week we see that this command is rooted in the character of God and demonstration of His love. He is love and He has demonstrated His love towards us in sending Jesus to save us from our sins. This is what should motivate us to love one another! We have the ultimate example in Jesus Christ and this should call us to lovingly serve...

A battle rages between God's truth and Satan's lies. Christians have been called by God to stand firm in this battle. As we continue through First John, we see this week how Christians are to stand strong in this war. We must be vigilant. We must be discerning. We can be because greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! 

The Christian can be assured that he is in Christ. He does not have to walk through life constantly wondering if he said or did the right thing, but he can rest confidently knowing that Jesus did all that was needed to be done. Assurance comes from trusting in Jesus! 

We dive deeper into how to study the word of God in this conversation with Dean Carmichael Jr. In this episode, we discuss the right goal of Bible study. We also dive into the importance of going into God's Word with a biblical hermeneutic. Towards the end of the discussion, we employ practical elements that will help you in your daily Bible reading. These include devotion to Christ, reading plans...

We are repeatedly commanded by God to love throughout the Bible. This call to love is not a call to love in feeling or speech but in action. True love is always displayed by what you do. This was preeminently displayed by Jesus on the cross and His example should motivate us to put love in action!

There is a triumph for those in Christ. We have been granted victory over sin because of the new life we have in Jesus! We are no longer bound by the power of sin, but Christ has given us victory over it in our lives. Are we accessing it? 

God offers us hope in First John that can be transformative to the way you live. What is this hope? Jesus is coming and we will be like Him when He comes. This hope will motivate us to pursue a life of true holiness. It is a hope that makes a difference!

A battle rages between truth and error. As followers of Jesus, we must be ready to stand true amid the lies that Satan hurls upon this world. The only answer to false teaching is to continue in the truth of God's Word! This week's episode explores First John 2:18-27 wherein John contrasts antichrists and true Christians. They contrasted by their relationship to truth. As Christians, we are called...

Join me as we look ahead to what is in store for the Taught by Grace podcast in 2021!  I'm going to be continuing the weekly studies in a passage of Scripture. Additionally, I'm looking forward to hopefully adding in episodes of bite-sized theology and discussions with other men about topics that Christians face on a daily basis. This is going to be a fantastic year as we continue learning ho...

Don't love the world. This is the clear command of First John 2:15-17. It isn't right for the Christian to love the world because the world is directly opposed to God. We are loved by God and have something much greater to live for, therefore, we must not love the world!

Jesus came to redeem us! This is the good news of Christmas. Our hearts should be brought to worship by remembering what He has done for us in saving us!

We grow as Christians from infancy to adolescence to adulthood to fatherhood. This is the process of growing up in the family of God. We must go through each of these stages and at each stage we play an integral role within the local church. Little children, young men, and fathers are all essential to the health of every church!

Those who have been saved by grace will be identified with three attributes. Obedience, Christlikeness, and love should define our lives as Christians! We can be assured of our salvation by examining what God has said should be true about those who are in Christ.

There is grace for the Christian when He sins and it is found in the sufficiency of Jesus Christ! He pleads for us by His righteousness and through His substitutionary death on the cross.

This week's edition is a special thanksgiving episode! True thanksgiving resides and flows out of the heart that remembers what God has done. The message of this Psalm is to remember who God is and what He has done. Consider His glorious power and marvelous work in your life and you will be thankful! 

Walking in the light requires that we have a biblical view of sin. It begins with gazing upon the nature of God. You must see who God is, then you will be able to live for His Glory!

The book of First John is a primer on true Christianity. God reveals in this book how a Christian is to live. Today we dive into the first two episodes as part one of our study on walking in the light from chapter one. This episode launches us out into our study of the book of First John! 

The basis of true forgiveness is found in Jesus Christ. It is essentially impossible to forgive someone wholly when you do not do so in the grace of Christ. We must know His grace and demonstrate it to others!

There are three roles taken in this account of reconciliation. Onesimus had to return, Philemon had to receive, and Paul had to reconcile. This week, we look at Paul’s plea for forgiveness and see how these roles are played out in our lives as well.

Philemon is a book rich in truth about the gospel and forgiveness. This week, we take the first step in journeying through this book by examining the character of Philemon. This character should be every Christian’s desire!

Isaiah was a man that followed and loved God, but he still needed to be transformed by His glory. In this week's episode, we see how God transforms our lives by allowing us to gaze upon His glory and holiness. It is when we see who He really is that we see who we are and then can serve Him more fully! 

Jesus proclaims that He is the true vine and then calls His disciple to abide in Him. The same is true for us today! We can do nothing apart from Him so we must abide in Him through the Word and prayer!