Time in God's Word with David Carns

The world is full of different testimonies about Jesus.  And yet it is God the Father that gives us the true testimony concerning his son.  One place that God actually witnessed concerning his son was at the baptism of Jesus.  Today, David takes us back to Matthew 3 and looks at what God the Father actually said regarding Jesus.

All throughout the world there are testimonies given about Jesus and yet the only true testimony concerning Jesus is the one that comes from God the Father.  And this is what John addresses in this text that encompasses 1st John 5:6-12.  Today, David is going to begin to look at the first event at which God testified about his son and that event is the baptism of Jesus.

We conclude our visit with Joshua Das, the global president of Witness Ministries based out of Chittagong, Bangladesh.  And in today's visit Joshua will continue to speak about the work that Witness Ministries is conducting with the local churches in Bangladesh and the effort to help with discipleship.

We continue our visit with Joshua Das, global president of Witness Ministries.  And in this episode of the podcast Joshua is going to share about the church in Bangladesh and how Witness Ministries is teaming up with the local church to help with discipleship and outreach.

We are incorporating a unique feature to the podcast and that is from time to time we will have a guest.  And this week "Time in God's Word" is welcoming Joshua Das, the global president of Witness Ministries based in Chittagong, Bangladesh.  In today's visit we will talk to Joshua about Bangladesh and also we will discuss growing up as a Christian in a Muslim nation.

There is a question everyone is eventually confronted with and that is, "If you died today how do you know you would be with God in heaven"?  David gives the biblical response in today's lesson.

David concludes this look in the "Overcomer Series" by looking at the final element that John uses to describe the true believer in Jesus, the overcomer, and that element is joyful obedience.

We continue to cover the elements that make up the true Christian, the overcomer.  And in this episode of "Time in God's Word", David brings out the true that selfless love is a part of the overcomer's life.  And it is sacrificial love that along with true faith proves that one is an overcomer.

We are finding in our study of 1st John 5:1-5 that the "Overcomer" is marked out by true faith.  What we will find in today's lesson is that true faith is described as belief in the "True Christian faith". 

As we continue in this study of 1st John 5:1-5 we continue to look at true faith, this faith when lived out consistently, proves that a person is an overcomer, a true Christian.  Today we will find that this true faith is a faith that endures.

The Apostle John brings out three elements that give assurance of being a true overcomer, a true believer in Jesus.  We begin to look at the first element today which is faith.  And we will find that true faith begins by believing in all that Jesus is and all that Jesus has done.

David walks us through two more areas that true victory can be proclaimed by the true believer in Jesus.

When one places true faith in Jesus there is a true victory that takes place and that victory in-part takes place over the devil and over death.  

Scripture uses many different words to describe the true believer in Jesus, one of which is "Overcomer" or the one that "Overcomes".  And in todays podcast David is going to introduce this series by simply giving the meaning of this word as it applies to the Christian.

One result of our obedience towards God is that God will work through the obedience to reveal himself to us in ways that we have never experienced.  And when this happens the Christian cannot help but be amazed and say wow!

There is the idea that if you just obey God then life will be smooth sailing but that is not always the case.  In this episode of "Time in God's Word" we are going to see that there are times that as a result of our obedience towards God that life in turn gets hard.  And understand that God has His reasons for this.

God will speak to His own and when He does He expects for us to obey.