Isaiah 2:18-22and the idols will totally disappear. People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship. They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from the fearful presence of the LORD and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth. Stop trusting in mere humans, who have but a breath in their nostrils. Why hold them in esteem? The Day of the Lord, a time when God intervenes decisively to judge human pride and false security, is God’s action to rid people of their idols. Idols are false, empty things or people we trust in. God brings judgment to free us and bring us back to His mountain, putting our whole trust in the Lord. So rid yourself of the idols that ruin you and turn your trust to God.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
Acts 26:5 They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. Paul argues that his life and actions have been know and straight forward to the Jews and the people to whom he has proclaimed the gospel. God’s truth is available, even evident. God is presenting the truth to us, even from his disciples. The question is, are you willing to take a very good look at the truth and the facts? Are you willing to examine seriously what God is showing you? If you face the truth, you should surrender to Christ.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
Leviticus 4:29And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering. This passage details the process of the Israelites dealing with sin and their broken relationship with God. A person would go to the temple with his or her sacrifice and place his or her hand on the animal to be sacrificed. The ownership of one’s sin is emphasized in this process. The sinner must say, “This animal is dying in my place of me and for my sin.” That is what the process should be for us as we bring our sins to Jesus Christ.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
John 20:15-1615 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).Mary goes back to the tomb after they discovered that Jesus was not in the tomb, and she and the other women had told the disciples. Mary goes back to the tomb to weep. She is broken. She was broken on Friday, when Jesus died. Now she is weeping. And Jesus meets her in the weeping and brokenness. He lets her go into that brokenness. Out of that brokenness, when Jesus reveals himself, she is changed and overwhelmed by Jesus. That is what God wants to do with us.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
Acts 22:6-76 “As I was on my way and drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from heaven suddenly shone around me. 7 And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’Paul gives his testimony to the Jews who have beaten him. Paul says, “I am zealous for the Law, for God. And Jesus met me. What else could I do but follow Jesus?” Paul says, “What would you have done?” His testimony is for us. Paul uses every opportunity to witness. And he explains his reason for his passionate following after Jesus. We should hear his reasons and be as passionate as Paul is for Jesus.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
John 18:1111 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?” Jesus corrects the sword-wielding Peter with this line, “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me?” Jesus is saying, “Peter, you are fighting to keep me from obedience, from doing this hard task that God has for me. Stop it. I am committed to the Father’s will and obedience.” The same should be true of us. We need to quit fighting against what God has for us, sometimes painful things. But we must first be committed to the Father’s will and obedience, just like Jesus.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
Mark 14:1919 They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” Jesus tells the disciples that one of them will betray him. Each of them asks the question, one after another, what we too should be ready to ask Jesus. “Is it I?” Will I be the one who will betray you? We should be on our guard and get Jesus' help, even beg him for help so that we stay right with Jesus.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture TikTok: @hearinggodinscripture
Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. Jesus points out the greatest commandments to this scholar who comes and asks a legitimate question. Jesus raises the bar, saying, “I don’t want your sacrifices, I want your obedience.” Love God fully, passionately, and love your neighbor out of that beautiful love of God. Don’t make any excuses for disobedience.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Mark 12:2424 Jesus said to them, “Is this not the reason you are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? Jesus confronts the Sadducees after they have attempted to trick him. He confronts them over these two issues: the Scriptures and the power of God. These are two issues we should be constantly aware of as we live our lives in relationship with God. Do you know God’s power, how incredibly, unbelievably powerful God is? And, do you know the Scriptures, God’s very words to us? These two things will change the way we see God and our world. And they will change our lives.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Psalm 40 6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. 7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: 8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” Who is this person who is written about in God’s scroll? That is the question of the text. It must refer to Jesus, but why? If we understand why, we will understand that is it also written, possibly, about you and me.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Exodus 34:2929 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.Moses looked different after being in God’s presence. Moses' face shown without him knowing it. Just as Moses’ face shown from being in God’s presence and talking with God, so our faces can shine from being in God’s presence. And the world needs us to shine, reflecting the glory of God.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
45: Jesus Wept (John 11:35)35 Jesus Wept.Join us as we work out hearing God in Scripture in real time in John 11. We look at the passage around “Jesus wept”. Jesus shows us His emotion, he feels the pain of those around Him. He is no stranger to pain and suffering, and he displays His heart for us here.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Mark 9:22-2322 And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” 23 And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” This man is in desperate need because of the demonization of his son. “If you can…” is what he says to Jesus. Look how differently Jesus looks at what can be done. Jesus knows God. And he knows that the key is to believe. With belief, the door opens to all things. All things are possible.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Mark 8:24And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” Jesus heals this blind man in two stages. Why? Is he not able to heal him fully the first time? Hardly. He is teaching his disciples. These disciples who had begun to understand who he was and what he could do needed to understand that his understanding was a process. Just as the blind man needed to be “touched” again, so the disciples (and we, too) needed to be “touched” again and brought to a more complete understanding and faith.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
John 9:18The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight The Jews/Pharisees did not believe that this man had been blind. He is telling them, repeatedly, that he was blind but now he can see. And yet they did not believe. What causes this unbelief? Why did they, and why do we struggle with believing? Can we become those who open our eyes in wonder and belief and believe that God is doing marvelous things?Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Mark 6:3434 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.Jesus sees people who are desperate for the truth, for the life they had seen in Jesus. They are lost. They want to be found. And Jesus has compassion to give them what they are looking for; life, the gospel. May we want Jesus like that.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Jesus teaches his disciples to be witnesses. This job of witnessing is essential for any follower of Jesus. This witnessing is empowered by faith. Living by faith, living totally dependent upon God is the power source for the witness to Jesus.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture #ChristianPodcast #HearingGod #Bible
Mark 5:3535 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”What limits do we put on Jesus? Jairus’ people put limits on Jesus. They thought that death was the limit to Jesus’ ability to heal. Jesus demonstrated to Jairus that he goes WAY beyond those limits, or any limits we place on him.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Exodus 32:32 32 But now, if you will forgive their sin—but if not, please blot me out of your book that you have written. Moses demonstrates his character and closeness with God. He begs God to be merciful to the Israelites. Moses gets angry and disciplines the people (viciously). And Moses goes back to God and stands up for those people again (blot me out). Moses loves the people of Israel. He learned the lesson from God himself.Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture
Mark 4:2424 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. Jesus is teaching the crowd in parables. However, the parables are all around one theme, the word of God. How you hear the word of God is the whole issue. Therefore, Jesus says, Pay attention to what you hear, or See how you Hear. What measurement are you using for hearing? Are you trying to fill your measuring cup with hearing, that is, are you trying to really hear and really do what God tells you? Or are you just sort of hearing and sort of obeying?Website:https://hearinggodinscripturepodcast.transistor.fm/CONNECT WITH US:YouTube: @HearingGodInScriptureInstagram: @hearinggodinscriptureFacebook: Hearing God in Scripture