Love is Calling

Do You Think About Your Sin?

We will do what we think about. Sin begins in the mind, and the more we think about it the stronger it gets and then we do it. Even if we're looking at it for way not to do it any longer! But if we keep our mind on Jesus, focused Him. the Author and Finisher of our faith, He will ALWAYS deliver us from this body of death that is bent on sin. Join me on this episode of Saddle Up!

The Walking Dead are Blessed!

Paul said we are to die daily! How does that work? It is a choice we make to die to our wants and desires, and the way we want our life to be, in order to allow Jesus to live through us. It won't be all sunshine and roses, but it will be exciting. We will likely be persecuted as He was around 2,000 years ago, but we have the promise that we will live forever after our sojourn here, on this mission we've been called to is complete. Join me for this episode of Saddle Up!

How Do You Hear?

Jesus tells us in Luke Chapter 8:18 to "take heed how we hear." How can you hear without a preacher? Jesus came as a preacher of the Kingdom of God. The established religionist of Judaism, though they knew the Scriptures of the OT better than anyone alive, didn't hear what was written. They didn't mix it with faith. They didn't believe. Their focus was on a rule book and all they heard were rules and didn't receive the Seed of the Word with a good and honest heart. The result: What they seemed to have was taken away. Join me in this latest episode of Saddle Up!

The Seed Bears Fruit

Jesus' brother, James, writes, in 1:21, "receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls." As the precious bride of Christ, we receive from Him the implanted Word, which is God. As a man unites with a women, and she conceives and bears a human child, we unite with Jesus, receive the Word and bear fruit to the Father. We bear the fruit of the Spirit and it has nothing to do with law, but is about love! We bear the fruit of the God who is Love! Join me in this episode of Saddle Up!

What's Law Have to Do With It?

Habakkuk writes that, "The just shall live by faith." The many verses supply the witness that we are justified by faith. But the word makes it clear in Habakkuk that those who are justified then live by the same faith that they are justified by and in. We begin looking at various verses to see the full context of the glorious truth that we are free in Christ and we are not under the law. In fact, Gentiles, as most of you who listen to this podcast, were never under the law! Join me as we continue in our look at Paul's letter to the Galatians.

Might Be Steppin' on Some Toes!

Today's expression of Chrisitanity is nothing like our Savior and Master Jesus' life. He and John the Baptist would have been viewed as homeless and shabbily dressed undesirables who didn't line up with established religion. I believe it's time to take a step back and listen to what Jesus said!

Judgmentalism is Above Our Pay-grade

Are we really so arrogant to believe that the Holy Spirit, who is God, needs us to judge our brother or sister, and point out their faults and shortcomings or what we judge as sin? The reality is the finished work of Jesus, resulting in the giving of the indwelling Spirit is all each of us need. We do well if we are simply loving our brother or sister, encouraging them to humbly submit to the Spirit in that love relationship, while we do the same ourselves. The outcome is that both of us will be built up in the Spirit instead of finding some common ground in religious doctrine and we both continue in judgmentalism.

Beware the Sabbath Cops!

The Pharisees were in full panic mode. They had to get rid of Jesus! He represented a real threat to their establishment of religion and their authority and grandiosity lives in The Sanhedrin and Judaism. He had to go! They were looking to trap him in a violation of the law of Moses. But He wasn't going to the cross before it was His time, and He didn't stay dead after they mocked, beat Him to an inch of His life, and then took His life by nailing Him to the cross. Jesus has laughs in derision and the religious rule of man, and has made them irrelevant and powerless. Will you follow the only true Lord of the Sabbath or man's rule in his self-imposed religion?

Are You Drunk on Old Wine, or High on The Holy Spirit?

What does it mean about new wine in old wineskins or vice versa? Or what about the old and new fabrics that don't match, and the new, which is stronger, will cause a tear in the old if you try to stitch the new on the old? Old Wine - Old Time Religion... is it good enough for you? It isn't good enough for Jesus, and I can tell you that it isn't good enough for me! Join me in the latest episode of Saddle Up! in Luke Chapter Five.

The Law is a Burden!

The Apostle Paul doesn't mince words, neither does Peter when he stands up and addresses the controversy that the false brethren stirred up about bringing believers back into bondage in keeping the "law of Moses." Paul didn't give those false brethren the time of day in the matter. Bless God that He will not leave the one who loves Him in that place of bondage to the law! Let's continue our journey through the letter to the Galatians, with a little side trip into Acts Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen.