What’s the best way to start your day with power and purpose? Or how to stay on mission? In this video we look at Mark 1:35-39, where Jesus does what he needs to do to stay on mission after a day previously of spectacular results which awed many and helped many. Yet there was more that he had to do to stay on mission; and that shows us what we need to do to stay on mission and live out his mission with purpose and power.
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What’s the REAL Name of Jesus? The Difference Which Makes No Difference
What’s the REAL name of Jesus? There seems to be some very unnecessary controversy about this currently. The name came from Joshua in the Old Testament and was adapted to different languages and alphabets over more than a thousand years — but it wasn’t done recklessly or carelessly! In this video I go over Yehoshua (Hebrew) to Yeshua (Hebrew and Aramaic) to Iesous (Greek) to Iesus (Latin) to Jesus (as we use in English and other European languages). There’s some images of my own Greek and Hebrew Old and New Testaments along the way, but I try to make sure that you don’t need to be fluent in Greek or Hebrew or Latin. Ultimately, though, he knows when we mean him when we call to him!
Bible passages which I mention in the video:
★ John 19:19-20 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+19%3A19-20&version=ESV
★ Numbers 13:16 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+13%3A16&version=ESV
★ Nehemiah 8:17 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nehemiah+8%3A17&version=ESV
★ Hebrews 4:8 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+4%3A8+&version=ESV
★ Matthew 1:21 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+1%3A21&version=ESV
★ Acts 4:12 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+2%3A21&version=ESV
★ Romans 10:9-10 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans+10%3A9-10&version=ESV
★ John 14:13-14 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+14%3A13-14&version=ESV
★ Luke 10:17-20 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A17-20&version=ESV
★ I Timothy 6:20-21 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=I+Timothy+6%3A20-21&version=ESV
★ II Peter 3:14-18 ► https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II+Peter+3&version=ESV
New Video: Best Book On the Authority of the Believer You Never Heard Of
Do you want to read more about the delegated authority that you have as a believer in Christ? A friend of mine recently updated a classic work on the subject. In this world we may encounter spiritual evil, so it’s necessary for us to know the authority that we have in Jesus when we encounter that. I’m not a Word of Faith or “name it and claim it” kind of guy, but there is real spiritual evil that I believe Christians need to understand how to deal with when they encounter it.
Part II: One Bible Verse to Know For Authority Over Satan and Demons
This is a follow up to the previous video that I did on the same subject. Here are my comments on the previous video: One Bible Verse to Know For Authority Over Satan and Demons ► https://youtu.be/UMUbqPTqH4I
My comments below are from the previous video. Please read them and watch the other videos if you have questions or disagreements. You can find other Bible versions on Bible Gateway https://www.biblegateway.com/ — and that’s a site worth bookmarking for your own reference in the future. Believers in Jesus may encounter more and more spiritual evil than they have for years — just think of some of the stuff others have been getting into lately! So this is just a brief reminder that if you have saving faith in Jesus, then you have authority from Jesus when you encounter spiritual evil in this world! If you want to explore what I mean by this more, here is another video on my channel which mentions this, as well as an entry on my personal blog which deals with this more in depth.
I’m not a Word of Faith or “name it and claim it” kind of guy, but there is real spiritual evil that I believe Christians need to understand how to deal with when they encounter it. ► Authority Over Spiritual Darkness In This World: What Jesus Said — Luke 10:17-20 — https://youtu.be/iyLzAr9Bu4A ► Authority Over Spiritual Darkness in This World –https://daleahawthorne.wordpress.com/2017/02/04/authority-over-spiritual-darkness-in-this-world/
Two Best Books Plus One For Taking a Biblical Text to a Sermon
It’s been my experience that there are a number of pastors who could use some additional guidance and coaching to take a text from the Bible to a sermon — and a sermon which does justice to unfolding the meaning the original text and applying it to our lives today. In this video I highlight two books which do exactly that, as well as another classic book on preaching itself. I think that our churches could use a lot more of the kind of expository preaching on passages such as our churches enjoyed and grew upon in the past — the kind that both brought people to saving faith and helped them to grow stronger and more stable in that faith. A strong preaching and teaching ministry will always be crucial to a strong and growing church! And though pastors and seminary and Bible college students might find this video most helpful, I do talk some about what expository preaching means in a church. I think that there are a number of people in churches nowadays who have heard so few genuinely Biblically sound expository sermons that they do not recognize one when they see and hear one! And my starting example is the genuine expository sermon which kicked off the Asbury revival on February 8, 2023 — which has been the target of some very unjustified criticism.
Anticipation: Passionate Expectation of the Return of Jesus Christ! — Mark 13:28-37
What is there that you would want to happen in your lifetime? What would you expect so deeply that you would wait and be ready for it most passionately with all your heart? In this video we explore and explain Mark 13:28-37 as the last of the series of three videos on the Olivet Discourse in the Gospel of Mark. In this passage Jesus explains about getting ready for his return and what this calls for from us.
Preaching Point 