Word of Hope Christian Church Podcast

All of Jesus’ miracles pointed to who He was. John follows Jesus’ discourse about being “the light of the world” in Chapter 8:12 with the account of Jesus restoring sight to a man who was born blind. This story illustrates the spiritual truth of Christ being the Light of the World. As the blind man come to “see” that Jesus is the Messiah, so Jesus offers us spiritual sight to enable us to see Him as our Savior and Lord. We too are born spiritually blind and need the gift of sight that only the Light of the World can provide. The Light of the World becomes our light when we put our faith in Jesus Christ. Thanks for watching. Blessings and love in Christ!

Today’s Scripture is Acts 28:1-10. As you read those verses you can see there were a number of situations that could have gone horribly wrong and the devil could have triumphed. But God, in His presence and power, not only saved all 276 people from that shipwreck but in every challenge they faced on the island He showed up and showed out. It’s within these verses we find 10 important lessons that we want to share with you today. Let’s find out what they are. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

The Jewish leaders, unable to refute Jesus’s teachings, label Him as demon-possessed and a Samaritan. Jesus responds by stating that He keeps His Word and will never see death, highlighting the importance of believing in Him and His teachings. He then declares that He existed before Abraham, which is a direct claim to divine identity, leading the Jewish leaders to seek to stone Him. There’s a lot more to discover today so let’s get to it. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

The hope set before us as an anchor of our soul is that Jesus Christ has already gone before us into the holy of holies where God dwells in glory. God’s Word promises that we will be with Him there one day. That future reality is already secured by the finished work of Jesus, our High Priest. He is also our Great Shepherd who “through the blood of the eternal covenant” equips us “with everything good for doing His will” while we are on earth. (Heb 13:20–21; see also Eph 2:8–10) This hope as an anchor holds us steady in this life and secure in the future because it is firmly attached to the eternal throne of God. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Jesus makes one of His most famous statements from the Gospel of John in today’s passage. He said, “You will know the truth and the truth will set free.” Our modern world wants to interact with the idea of relative truth, absolute truth, post truth and alternative facts and we can pull out this statement as a “proof.” What Jesus pointed to though was more than just about relative vs absolute truth, He pointed to how all of reality centered on abiding with Him. He was and is the truth from God and the Jews who heard Him teach were offended that He’d suggest they were enslaved to sin because they were wrapped up in the Father of Lies. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

A central theme in this sermon series is that we are called to be witnesses to the world—we are called to testify to the world about what we know about Jesus! So with that in mind in chapter, in Acts 26 we’re going to learn how the Apostle Paul witnessed to King Agrippa. Within this chapter Paul lays out 10 transferrable principles about witnessing for Jesus Christ. Let’s talk about them. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today is Mother’s Day. From all of us at Word of Hope to all the mom’s—thank you for your faithfulness in serving your children and families. But today can be challenging for some. Maybe your mother is no longer here and you really miss her. If maybe you’re relationship with your mom is on the rocks or cut-off. Regardless of what kinds of feelings get stirred up on Mother’s Day please keep stay with this message because we’re going to discover truths which will apply to each of us individually. And we’ll find motivation to mentor others, whether or not they are our own children. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

This passage is a narrative and narratives by nature contain characters. So we approached this passage through the perspective of the individuals we came across. We decided to give them nicknames to help you remember and relate to them. They are:

 

1) Governor Festus – the people pleaser (Vss 1-9)

2) The Religious Leaders – status-keepers (Vss 7, 24)

3) Paul – the Gospel preacher (Vss 8, 10-11)

4) King Agrippa & Bernice – the pleasure seekers (Vss 13, 23)

5) Jesus – The Life Changer (Vss 19-21, 26)

 

The question at the end will be: Which one most represents you? Thanks for watching. God bless you! Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.

Today’s passage is often referred to as “the woman caught in adultery,” and it depicts Jesus forgiving a woman accused of adultery, highlighting His mercy and grace. But it also points out the hypocrisy of the Jewish leaders as the whole point of bringing this woman before Jesus was to trap Him in His response. NOTE: This passage's authenticity as part of John's original Gospel has been debated by scholars. Yet when all is said and done, even the textual critics who doubt that it belongs in John’s Gospel all seem to agree that it is an authentic account of a true encounter between Jesus and a woman caught in adultery. And the church as a whole has seen in it the true spirit of our Lord. That said, let’s get to studying. Thanks for watching. Blessings and love in Christ!

Today, we turn to Acts 24 where we see Paul had been labeled as a revolutionary seditionist. After Paul providentially survived the plot against him because his unnamed nephew spoke up, he was taken to Caesarea where he was held as a prisoner in Herod’s palace to face the results of an investigation before Felix the Governor. We can learn a lot from Paul’s tone of tenderness and attitude of respect when responding to the charges against him. And here’s the takeaway: When your faith is challenged, make a cheerful defense. Thanks for listening. God bless you! To find out more about our church please go to www.whccnb.org.