Month: March 2024

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Overcoming Anxiety

Worry, anxiety and depression touch our lives in one way or another. It can have a crippling effect on our walk of faith. What advice did Jesus have for overcoming it? Where can we turn for help? The Bible has a lot to say about mental health matters. Joel Suntz and Tim Young begin with the basics of anxiety from a Biblical perspective. Joel then provides three ways to overcome it—developing faith, praying and helping others. Simple things that are hard to do.

Key verse:

“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6:25

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The Helper, The Holy Spirit

In our last study, we ended with the question “Is the Holy Spirit a person?” A series of passages in the Gospel of John chapters fourteen to sixteen would seem to indicate that this is true. Jay and Tim dig a little deeper, discovering Old Testament parallels that reveal who Jesus is referring to when he mentions sending “The Helper, the Holy Spirit…”

Key verse:

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” John 14:26

Outline:

  1. Introduction
  2. The Gender of the Holy Spirit
    1. Neuter in Greek, feminine in Hebrew, male in Latin – Does it matter? We have to be careful with grammar in other languages.
    2. The spirit is used in many ways – but why in some passages is it personified like it can be lied to (Acts 5:3), resisted (Acts 7:51) or grieved (Eph. 4:30)?
    3. There is a Spirit of God the Father and a Spirit of the Son but there is one passage in particular where the Spirit is personified in the masculine gender separately from the Father and Son.
  3. The Helper of John 14-16
    1. The Parakletos (par-ak’-lay-tos) in John 14-16, The Helper (ESV, NKJV, NASB), Comforter (KJV), Advocate (NIV, NET, NLT) (14:16-18, 26; 15:26; 16:7, 13)
    2. The angels = ministering spirits (Heb. 1:13-14)
    3. Old Testament comparisons (Ex. 23:20-22; Isa. 63:9-11)
    4. Jesus and the angels (1 Pet. 3:22; Rev. 1:1-2)
    5. Angels and Spirit in the Acts (Acts 8:26, 29)
  4. Conclusion

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The Father, Son and Holy Spirit

In our continuing studies on the Spirit, Jay Mayock is back to talk with me about the relationship between God the Father, his Son the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. This is popularly known as the Trinity but since that word is not in the Bible we are going to need a little help from some historical creeds to get a definition. From there we open our Bibles, comparing the creeds to what the Scriptures teach us about the Godhead.

Key verse:

“There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” (Ephesians 4:4-6)

Outline:

  1. Introduction
    1. Jewish belief – One God – Monotheism
    2. The popular belief of Christianity – The Trinity
  2. The Trinity defined by the Creeds
    1. Apostle’s Creed (Old Roman)
    2. Nicene Creed
    3. The Trinity would be a radical new teaching for Jews. Where is it taught in the Bible? (Acts 2:22)
  3. The Spirit in relation to the Father and Son
    1. One Spirit… One Lord… One God and Father (Eph. 4:4-6 cp. 1 Cor. 8:6-7).
    2. The Spirit sanctifies (1 Peter 1:2; 2 Thess. 2:13-14; 1 Cor. 6:11) = The word of truth sanctifies (John 17:17; Eph. 5:26)
    3. Thus, the Spirit is important in baptism (Matt. 28:19)
    4. The Spirit of God and Christ in us (Rom. 8:9-11; Gal. 4:6)
  4. Cliff hanger – But what about the passages where the Spirit is personified as the Helper?

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The Mind of the Spirit

The mind of the Spirit is something that must develop inside of us according to Paul in Romans 8. For our guest, Ben Brinkerhoff, this was something he had to learn through the experiences of life. Join Tim and Ben as they talk about his discoveries in how to set the mind on the things of the Spirit and ultimately have the Spirit of God dwelling in you.

Key verse: “For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.” (Romans 8:6)