Joel 2 Generation Podcast

During a time of worship and prayer in the midst of a nation gripped by fear due to the COVID-19 Virus, the Lord clearly spoke to us saying that He wanted us to be "Fear Extinguishers" in a time when hundreds of thousands are full of fear and panicking. Many believers are struggling as well - may this podcast encourage you and remind you of who we are, what we have been given and how God would want us to respond in the midst of this global crisis!

There is still much confusion in the Body of Christ about what constitutes a "false prophet". The word is thrown around all over the place (especially the internet by the hyper critics, the so-called “Discernment Ministries”) and many, if not most of the people using the term, are NOT USING it according to the New Testament concept. They are stuck in the Old Testament concept of a prophet and false prophet and need to move into the New Testament.  In short, a false prophet in the NT is NOT a Christian who makes a mistake when prophesying! That is NOT what a false prophet is in the NT. In reality, those who sound the alarm the most, "Beware of False Prophets", are far more likely to be deceived by a false prophet than other Christians, because they deny the operation of the very gifts that the Lord has given His Church to discern and determine who the “false prophets” actually are! Listen and you'll see what I mean.

I find it interesting that non-Charismatic Christians seem to know each and every verse, no matter how obscure, in the Scriptures that ‘seem to teach’ that somehow God isn't as interested in healing as we would contend. I was like that for years. I had my "ammunition" verses to fight off my more Charismatic friends' arguments. Funny, how I completely ignored the DOZENS of passages that completely contradicted my understanding of God and His willingness to heal today. One of the key verses in the arsenal is 2 Timothy 4:19 - This verse has been cited by people for years as some kind of evidence that healing isn't always God's will. In this podcast, I am going consider this oft-quoted verse. What's incredible to me is how much can be 'read into' a verse (called eisegesis) or passage that simply isn't there. I discovered that while I was doing this podcast and meditated on this verse.

I revisit in this message the role we play, and the normal means of grace God has ordained in our PURSUIT of Him and the process called sanctification. God has done and will do His part, but He won't do our part as we cooperate with grace daily to be transformed into the image of His Son. Can I say that again? God WON’T DO OUR PART. That is the way He sovereignly decided to govern His affairs with us.

The so-called "Grace Message" being championed today by self-identified "Grace Teachers" has grown extremely popular especially in charismatic circles. They are even calling it a "Grace Revolution", but is it really the message of Grace that the Apostle Paul, the Apostle of Grace, taught? Are these teachers truly recovering a message they believe has been lost since Apostolic times? Or have they simply re–tooled an ancient false teaching that they've simply rebranded? I not only believe much of what is being taught today in the name of “Grace” constitutes false teaching, but in many cases, it has become heresy. It's not simply "hyper" grace as some critics have called it, but it is a false grace, a counterfeit grace, that leads people to forfeit the very thing these teachers believe they are guarding. Rather than freedom, they are leading many into bondage and deception.

Different parts of the Body of Christ emphasize different aspects of what the New Testament teaches about faith. From the role of faith in our salvation, to the exercising of faith when it comes to the release of God's Kingdom in supernatural ways. This podcast is focused upon the latter concept - a faith that we can grow in and that God expects to increase in the life of every believer. This will challenge BOTH the Evangelical AND the Word of Faith Pentecostal!

This is a message that Charismatics need to take to heart - we can easily neglect the "normal means" God uses instead expecting everything to come "miraculously"! 1 Tim. 4:8 - "For physical training is of some value, but training in godliness is of value in every way both in this life and the life to come". I talk further about things the Lord has been teaching me through my Bible Reading Plan and the NORMAL way He has ordained for us to grow spiritual. Beware - it isn't the "instant" or "automatic" way we so often want.

James 3:16 says that where you find envy, there you will find EVERY EVIL THING. Why is that? In this message, I take a deep look at why envy is so demonic, why it attracts "every evil thing" - Did you know it was Satan's original sin? Yes, nobody told me that either! I cite multiple Early Church Fathers' opinions on the matter.

A sermon about God’s Essential Nature = LOVE (not His Power/Sovereignty) 1 Peter 1:1-3 - Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature = BECOMING LOVE (OUR PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT) We are X-Men! We lack NOTHING because His Divine Power has given us everything we need for a godly life! (NOTE: Calvinists WILL NOT like this podcast!)

What many don't understand is that the radical Shi'ite Muslims in Iran are looking for the return of their "Messiah" to conquer Jerusalem and set up a one-world Islamic government and that these beliefs are behind what they have done and what they are doing and most importantly WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING in the future. We however know that it is the Lord Jesus Christ who will be returning to establish His eternal Kingdom. And it is this belief that should be fueling those of us who follow Christ!

Reflecting on WHO God is, on WHO we have become and WHAT is available. The primacy of love - why is love at the center of everything? God is love and has invited us into His Kingdom of Love forever!

Apostasy - also known as falling away, abandoning the faith, or the recent woke term "Deconstructionism". What does the Bible teach about this seemingly growing trend? What did the Church believe about it until the 5th century? How/why did that change? What are some of the factors that lead people to abandon the faith? How do we know that we are currently "in the family"? What are the things we can do to ensure we don't fall away?

Looking at Romans 5, 6, 7, 8 and briefly at the rest of of Romans. I explored these questions: What did we inherit from Adam? (What was/is "Original Sin"?) The Early Church differed from Augustine regarding this question. Who is Paul talking about in Romans 7 - himself and believers? Again, the Early Church had one view and Augustine introduced, or shall we say "invented" another view that the Reformers followed. Does the NT consider us "sinners" as Christians? These are extremely important issues and tragically, many Protestants have followed "traditions" for their answers. Martin Luther, was the originator of the concept of the Saint/Sinner dual identity. This message takes on these "traditions of men" and calls us back to the Biblical, Apostolic understandings.

Revisiting this controversal topic - Healing in the Old Testament vs. Healing in the New Testament. Was physical healing a part of the Old Covenant? What were the conditions? Is it a part of the New Covenant? What are the conditions? If so, is physical healing IN THE Atonement? Is healing God's will, and if so, how often? What about those who believe that healing ended? What do we see in Church History? Why don't we see more healing today? These and many other questions - lots of Scripture!!

Continuing in the series of how we can access "Greater Grace" - in this message, I look at two more ways - asking/seeking/knocking and using your gifts.

Continuing to explore how we can access "Greater Grace" in these days where it is needed. In this message, I explore obedience/holiness and fasting.

This is a continuation of the previous message - greater evil requires that we access greater grace to stand, to overcome and to extend His Kingdom.

This is a message about "Greater Grace" (James 4:6) - Why do we need it in the days in which we are living? How can we access it? A critical message as so many believers are not accessing what God has made available.

In Luke 18:8, Jesus wondered about a question - will His followers be living IN FAITH (and all that means) when He returns? This is a question we as His disciples should reflect upon often. Are we living out the faith, are we obeying Him, are we doing what He asked us to do?

There is no message more central to the Christian faith and yet more neglected and more misunderstood than the message of love. this is a life message for me - I need to preach it often and live it daily!