Devotions With DarylMay 01, 2024
Episode #1050 Bible Study 107- Prioritizing the Gospel
Prioritizing the Gospel
Acts 15
When questions arose about the gospel, the early church gathered to clarify that justification is through faith alone, affirming a core doctrine that unites all of God's people.
The Jerusalem Council met to resolve a dispute in the early church: was faith in Christ sufficient for justification and inclusion into God's people? The early church's response affirmed the sufficiency of faith in Jesus for justification. Because of His finished work on the cross, Jesus alone is all we need to be saved.
Because we have been saved by grace through faith and not by works, we proclaim the gospel message to everyone that justification is available through faith in Christ alone.
Episode #1049 Gospel Challenges
Gospel Challenges
Acts 15:33
Episode #1048 Choices
Choices
Acts 2:36-37
Episode #1047 Letters
Letters
Acts 15:22-23
Episode #1046 Justified
Justified
Galatians 2:16
Episode #1044 No Favorites
No Favorites
Acts 15:11
Episode #1043 Corruption
Corruption
Acts 15:1
Episode #1043 Bible Study 109- A Reconciling Gospel
A Reconciling Gospel
Philemon 1
2 Corinthians 5
Paul pleaded for Philemon to be reconciled with Onesimus, modeling the reconciliation Christ has extended to us.
When Paul appealed to Philemon on behalf of the runaway slave Onesimus, he placed himself in the middle of their broken relationship. To make peace, Paul volunteered to pay Onesimus's debt. Through this action, Paul modeled Jesus Christ, who is the peacemaker between God and sinful humanity. By paying our debt, Jesus reconciled us to God and to each other.
Because we have been given limitless grace through Jesus Christ, we live as agents of reconciliation who reflect the heart of our crucified Savior to others.
Episode #1042 Reconciliation
Reconciliation
Philemon 1:18
Episode #1041 Celebrate Rather Than Speculate
Celebrate Rather Than Speculate
Acts 2:12-16
Episode #1040 Surprises
Surprises
Philemon 1:15
Episode #1039 Appealing with Love
Appealing with Love
Philemon 1:8-9
Episode #1038 Ministry of Reconciliation
Ministry of Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:19
Episode #1037 Ex-Friend to Friend
Ex-Freind to Friend
2 Corinthians 5:18
Episode #1036 A Sent Messenger
A Sent Messenger
Acts 13014
The early church followed the Lord's leading to proclaim the gospel wherever He sent them, beginning a missionary movement that has not ceased.
Jesus told His disciples that the gates of Hell would not prevail against His church, reminding us that God's people are "on offense", continuing the mission Jesus began. God's plan is for missionaries to take the powerful and good news of Jesus to places of deep spiritual darkness with full confidence that Jesus will build His church.
Because God sent Jesus to us to provide our salvation, we send, support, and consider being missionaries to serve those who have never heard the gospel.
Episode #1035 Suffering
Suffering
Acts 14:22
Episode #1034 The Message Heard
The Message Heard
Acts 2:9-11
Episode #1033 Jealousy
Jealousy
Acts 13:45
Episode #1032 History
History
Acts 13:42
Episode #1031 God's Promise Fulfilled
God's Promise Fulfilled
Acts 13:15
Episode #1030 Set Apart
Set Apart
Acts 13:1-2
Episode #1029 Bible Study 107- A Transformed Murderer
A Transformed Murderer
Acts 9
In Saul's conversion, we see an example of the grace of God and the power of the gospel, which is able to transform even the most hostile opponents of Jesus.
The conversion and calling of Saul is a demonstration of God's power to save. Through an encounter with the crucified and risen Jesus, this once-hardened persecutor of God's people began his journey to becoming perhaps the greatest missionary the world has ever known. Only the gospel can transform a public opponent of Christ into a fervent witness to His salvation.
Because we are estranged from God but are now God's children through Jesus, we pray for Salvation of others with full confidence that God can transform even the hardest heart.
Episode #1028 Enemy or Friend?
Enemy or Friend?
Acts 9:17
Episode #1027 God's Activity
God's Activity
Acts 2:5-8
Episode #1026 A Chosen Vessel
A Chosen Vessel
Acts 9:15
Episode #1025 When Jesus Calls
When Jesus Calls
Acts 9:13-14
Episode #1024 What's in a Name?
What's in a Name?
Acts 9:5
Episode #1023 Our Defender
Our Defender
Acts 9:4
Episode #1022 Bible Study 106- United in the Gospel
United in the Gospel
1 Corinthians 1; 12
The church is one body, joined together by Christ and His gospel.
Christ's desire is for His church to be united as one to fulfill our mission and reflect the oneness of our trinitarian God. Just as the Father, Son, and Spirit have carried out the plan of redemption in unity, so too is the church to be unified as we carry out God's plan of evangelism and missions.
Because Jesus has joined all who trust in Him together as one church, we cast aside all causes of division and fight to preserve unity to show the watching world God's power to reconcile.
Episode #1021 The Body of Christ
The Body of Christ
1 Corinthians 12:15-18
Episode #1020 Prayer Leads to Action
Prayer Leads to Action
Acts 1:26
Episode #1019 Unity
Unity
Psalm 133:1
Episode #1018 Wisdom of God
Wisdom of God
1 Corinthians 1:25
Episode #1017 The Gospel
The Gospel
1 Corinthians 1:17
Episode #1016 Religious Rock Stars!
Religious Rock Stars!
1 Corinthians 1:10-13
Episode #1015 Bible Study 105- Imprisoned for the Gospel
Imprisoned for the Gospel
Acts 12
God responded to the church's prayers and delivered Peter from prison.
When Peter was arrested and put in prison, the church prayed fervently to God for him. God delivered Peter miraculously, but the church failed to believe he had been rescued at first. In a similar way, Jesus had taught His disciples that He would die and be raised again, but they too failed to believe at first. When they saw and experienced the resurrected Savior, their faith increased.
Because God's love, power and sovereignty are proven, in the resurrection of Jesus, we pray with anticipation that God works in us and through us as we seek to make Jesus known.
Episode #1014 Living in Christ
Living in Christ
Philippians 1:21-24
Episode #1013 United Prayer
United Prayer
Acts 1:23-25
Episode #1012 A Knock at the Door
A Knock at the Door
Acts 12:12-16
Episode #1011 Dreams
Dreams
Acts 12:7-10
Episode #1010 Through the Eyes of a Child
Through the Eyes of a Child
Acts 12:5
Episode #1009 Persecution
Persecution
Acts 12:1
Episode #1008 Bible Study 104- Welcomed by the Gospel
Welcomed by the Gospel
God confirmed that salvation had come to the Gentiles through the giving of the Holy Spirit who unites all who believe.
Peter learned that God does not show favoritism but calls His people to proclaim the message of Jesus's death and resurrection to all people, to celebrate His work in their lives, and to welcome believers into His family, regardless of their ethnicity.
Because we have been saved by your grace through faith in Jesus, we are not to show favoritism as we share the gospel, but are to extend the call of salvation to all people with equal concern, urgency and joy.
Episode #1007 One Size Doesn't Fit All
One Size Doesn't Fit All
Acts 11:17-18
Episode #1006 Taken Up
Taken Up
Acts 1:9-12
Episode #1005 Missing The Boat
Missing The Boat
Acts 11:1-3
Episode #1004 Christian Debates
Christians Debates
Acts 10:45-47
Episode #1003 God's Timing
God's Timing
Acts 10:44-45
Episode #1002 God's Gift of Grace
God's Gift of Grace
Acts 10:34-35
Episode #1001 Bible Study 103- Convicted by the Gospel
Convicted By The Gospel
Acts 10
Through Peter's vision and the Lord's calling to meet with Cornelius, God revealed that the gospel is for all people.
Through a vision given by God, Peter came to understand that Jesus was the Savior of all people -Jews and Gentiles alike. Anyone who trusts in Jesus is no longer unclean because of sin but rather has been cleansed from all unrighteousness and is now part of the one family of God.
Because Christ's work has cleanses the sin of all who believe, we forgive one another of any wrongdoing and stand together in unity to show the world God's power to change people.