Pulpit Power Podcast

Who do you think the founder of the New Testament Church is? Do you think it is Peter, John the Baptist, or Martin Luther? The founder of the New Testament church is Jesus Christ, himself. He said "Upon this rock, I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH". Jesus is the foundation of a New Testament Church. Churches that are "biblical" are where people meet in one place. Universal churches do not meet the standard. Churches have to be able to reproduce their selves, be able to finance their selves, and be able to self-govern. In a New Testament Church, there is one body, one faith, one spirit, and one God. He does not say you can have 3 different religions in the same building or even have 2 different gods.

When someone looks at your life, do they know you are a Christian? Are you a self-centered saint? When you were first saved, you wanted to share it with everyone. Those who are not saved, are blinded and don't know a lot about being saved. Some people don't like the idea of being responsible for someone else's soul. Everyone is watching you, rather you like it or not. Do you live the Christian life before the world?

Are you unstable? Do you seem to wobble in your Christian walk? Would you like to be stable and steadfast in your walk? Reading the Bible and going to church will help us be stable in our walk! To be a "strong" Christian, we need to have: faith, virtue, self-control, patience, godliness, kindness, and love. As we are growing, we need to be careful to not set ourselves up to fall.

Do you want to be everybody's friend/buddy? Do you try to pacify friends and family? There is no way, you can pacify everyone. There will be people you will irritate, because of the different stands you take or opinions you have. Don't compromise your stand for anyone! You can't be pleasing everyone. Instead of pleasing man, who is impossible to please, we should strive to please God!

Has God been "yelling" at you to repent of your sins? Do you think that you don't have to repent because you are saved? Do you sometimes think that God is "letting" others get by with sin but you always feel guilty? No matter how BIG or small our sins are, we should be repenting of our sins. Others might be "getting away" with their sin, but know that God is watching and knows when everyone commits sin. We need to repent of our sins and be right with God. Remember that God will NEVER sweep anything under the carpet.

Have you spiritually died in your Christian walk? Have you lost your zeal? We should follow Jesus as our modeled zeal in our Christian walk! While we are being zealous for Jesus, we need to be careful that it is not misguided. There are some small trivial things we should not be zealous over. We need to be zealous in our good works, BUT only as a born-again Christian. Jesus paid for our sins at the cross, and good works CANNOT get us into heaven! Are you ZEALOUS for God?

Do you know how to witness affectingly? Do you know how to answer those hard questions? Pastor Scheving gives some really good "saints" answers to those hard questions. What would you do if you knew you had 6 months-a year to live?

Has God been "yelling" at you to repent of your sins? Do you think that you don't have to repent because you are saved? Do you sometimes think that God is "letting" others get by with sin but you always feel guilty? No matter how BIG or small our sins are, we should be repenting of our sins. Others might be "getting away" with their sin, but know that God is watching and knows when everyone commits sin. We need to repent of our sins and be right with God. Remember that God will NEVER sweep anything under the carpet.

If we are skillful in our talents, why not become skillful in soul winning? When we are witnessing, we need to be mindful of people's past and their insecurities. If we are asked, "How do you KNOW there is a God?, do you we know how to answer the question? Pastor Scheving gives some powerful points and and some answers to the questions people ask every day about God and the Bible.

Does your church sugar coat sin or do they tell you like it is? We need true friends that tell us, "Hey! You are in the wrong and that is against the Bible!". We don't people telling us, "It is ok! Life goes on, you will be fine!". We are not worthy to be considered God's children. God is beyond perfect and we are just sinful creatures. But God loves us so much that He sent His Son to die for us, so we can go to heaven. We will never have world peace, until we take care of peace in our homes, churches, and even cities.

Do you let other people discourage you? Do you feel as if you have fallen from the wayside? Is it hard for you to press on in your Christian walk? Do you let other "things" distract you to keep your from finishing? Please listen to Pastor Scheving's message and may you feel blessed and encouraged!

Did you know we are born with a sinful nature? When we were conceived, we were conceived with a sinful nature. We are just sinful people but it comes naturally to us. But we cannot let that sinful nature become an excuse! God gives us a chance to repent from our sinful nature. No one is righteous and no one is perfect. We need to be born again and repent of our sinful natures.

If Jesus had died today and rose on that Sunday, would you believe it was Him? When John and the disciples went to the tomb and saw that Jesus was gone, they believed and were exciting. Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and believed that someone had stolen Jesus' body. When Jesus talked to her, she believed it was a gardener and she was wondering where He had hidden the body. She was devoted to her Lord and loved Him so much. If you loved the Lord, like Mary Magdalene did, you would be showing it throughout your life. When Jesus said, "Mary", she realized that He was her Master and Lord. Maybe you are like Thomas. Poor Thomas is called Doubting Thomas, because he did not believe Jesus rose from the grace, until Jesus appeared in front of him. Thomas had to see for himself that Jesus was alive. Are you like John, Mary, or Thomas??

How will you get to heaven? By doing good works, being a good person, or by trusting Jesus as your savior. As we get closer to Easter, the reason we celebrate Easter weighs heavy on our minds. Jesus did not die, just to die and then rise from the grave on the 3rd day. He died for our sins, so we can go to heaven. "All have sinned and fallen short from the glory of God". We all have sinned one way or another. There are 10 commandments to follow and we all have broken the 10 commandments in our lifetime. Even Mary (who people worship) was a sinner too, she was not perfect. There was only one PERFECT man who walked on this earth and that was Jesus.

Do you know how much your soul is worth? Your soul is the true you! Your personality, your likes, what makes you laugh, what you dislike, is what your soul is made up of. Your soul is very valuable is because of the image of your soul. The image comes from the Creator Himself. Your soul is made in the image of God and is very valuable. Your soul is even valuable to Satan. Satan does not want any souls to go to heaven, so if he can tarnish a Christian's soul to keep others from believing, then he is all for it. When your body dies, your soul will either go to heaven or hell.

Do you want a mush God, the God who is there for you during the good times? Or do you want a mighty God, who is there for you no whatever you want? Everyone these days interact with the MUSH God. The mush god is there in the prayers before games, when people want him to be around, and is not jealous of anything. He loves to share his spotlight with any other god you throw at him. The MIGHTY God has standards for our lives and is jealous when other gods in our lives. But the mighty God is there for you when you don't want Him around. He is there during the good and bad times in our lives. Which God do you want in your life?