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Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"charles wesley" Discussed on Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life
"To all life thou givest, to both light and soul, In all life thou livest, your true life of own. We pass o'er to wish-landly for the dream, And wither and perish on marching deathly. Great Father of glory, you bearer of light, Thine angels adore thee, O there in the sight, All praise we would render for others to see, Tis only the sound of thy fire here. Please remain standing with me as we are going to sing our next hymn, Amazing Love, How Can It Be? Regarding this hymn, Tim said, How do you connect with God? Do you actually have a personal relationship with Him? This hymn is by Charles Wesley, and this is the key to the great awakenings and to personal awakenings as well. And that in thy shooting, An interest in the Savior's blood, Die before thee, who causes pain for me, Who live to die thus soon, Amazing Love, How Can It Be? That thou, my God, shouldst die for me, Amazing Love, How Can It Be? That thou, my God, shouldst die for me, He that is now, is full of all of God, Shall free me so in heaven and in his grace, And in sound of all of God, I am gathered from the heart of talent's grace, Jesus, the God in heaven shall be free, For all my God, is one of thee, Amazing Love, How Can It Be? That thou, my God, shouldst die for me, For all my increases fear and play, Must fount in sin a tasteless light, Thine I defuse, a privy lay, I walk the dungeon vane with light, Nighting's love of my heart was free, My walls went round and round for thee, How can it be? How can it be? That thou, my God, shouldst die for me, No fontanel shall know how I dread, Jesus, the God in him is thine, A light in him shall free me there, And not in light as yet divine, Oh, how can it be? How can it be? And take the crowns to God, please, my God, Amazing Love, How Can It Be? That thou, my God, shouldst die for me.
Evangelism on SermonAudio
"charles wesley" Discussed on Evangelism on SermonAudio
"I think that it is likely that as the days and months and years progressed and the life of the disciples after Jesus told them this, that those final words of Jesus resonated in the minds and the hearts of those disciples. What was the last thing my savior ever said to me? You shall be witnesses to me. You shall be witnesses unto me. The reason I believe that is because when we are around important people or even people that we love and they are dying and their last days or their last weeks or their last moments on this earth, we often hold on to those last things that they've told us, don't we? I was reading about susannah Wesley this week. Suzanne Wesley was the mother of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, the founders of methodism and ultimately the Methodist Church. And when she was dying, she had lots of children, but when she was dying, her children were around her, and she said this children, when I am gone, sing a song of praise to God. Sing a song of praise to God. Now this is what I want you to note. Charles Wesley went on to write over 5000 hymns to the lord. 5000. Some of his songs are Anne can it be? Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing. Soldiers of Christ arise, and I just can't help but thinking that his mom's last words sing a song of praise to God for me had to somehow echo in his mind. When John Knox, that great preacher and reformer in Scotland, when he was dying, and he was on his deathbed, he charged those who loved him most. He said, live in Christ, live in Christ, and the flesh will not fear death. And those words lived on to those who loved him and they tried to live in Christ, the best that they could because the last things that he said that he thought were the most important that he could say to his loved ones were living Christ. William Kerry said when I am gone, speak less of William Carey and speak more about Jesus Christ. And that's what his followers sought to do. We know about the final wishes of dying saints of the past because they left an indelible mark on the people who were around them when they heard that. And that's what I believe is the case right here in axe chapter one verse 8, these words left an indelible mark on the disciples that they went out and they sought to be exactly what Jesus told him to be witnesses to the lord Jesus Christ. Now, even though we weren't there on that day, even though we did not see Jesus and physically hear it, audibly hear it from his lips, you and I are no less disciples of him than they were. And this was his word to us just as it is. It was his word to them. You and I are witnesses of Jesus Christ. We are. That is who we are, and that is what we do. The last thing you ever said was be witnesses to me. I want to tell you that our motivation, our motivation, is the desire to fulfill the commands of Jesus to be witnesses unto him. Second of all, the reason the church was able to penetrate its culture with the gospel is that they had a vision of the glory of Christ. They had a vision of the glory of Christ. This first point in that now the second point are really conceptual, theological, affection type of reasons that they were able to go out and penetrate. After this particular point, we're going to get probably the more practical ways that they became witnesses and were able to penetrate their culture, but these two are critical because if you and I don't get these two points right, we'll never get the practical part of evangelism right, because our heart has to be stirred by the glory of Christ, which theirs was. Let's look down at versus 9 ten and 11 of chapter one. Now when he had spoken these things, while they watched, he was taken up in a cloud received him out of their sight, and while they looked, steadfastly, while they gazed up into heaven as a cloud took him up as they gazed at this, he went up behold two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up in heaven? This same Jesus who has taken up from you into heaven will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven. So here he is. He gives them the charge to be witnesses unto them, and then all of a sudden he's lifted up off the ground. And then he's raised up into the air. And then as they're gazing at him being raised up into the air, all of a sudden, a cloud receives him. I don't believe that this was just any cloud. I don't think this just happened to be a coincidental cumulus or stratus cloud that hops by and receives Jesus up. Okay, I believe this was an appointed cloud, a cloud of glory that receives Christ into heaven and they see their resurrected savior. The one who has still the nail prints in his hands, and they see and they see a form of his glory as he's resurrected. They see him go up into the sky. They see a picture of the glory of Jesus as he disappears before their eyes. Imagine what that would be like. Imagine seeing the savior physically exalted up into heaven to be at the throne room at the right hand of his father. They had a literal vision of the glory of Christ. It was clear, it was unmistakable, meant they had a picture of how holy and majestic and awesome Jesus Christ really is. My devotions took me to John 17. Earlier this week in John 17, Jesus praying in the garden right before he has betrayed by Judas right before he is taken by those Jewish leaders and wrongly convicted and ultimately crucified. And in his prayer to his father, he says, I desire that they also, whom you gave me, may be with me where I am. And then catch this, he says his father, that they may behold my glory. That they may behold my glory. God, I want them to see my glory. Because when they see my glory, oh, when they observe my glory, when they behold it, when they see it when they experience my glory, their lives will never be the same. This is what John Owen, a reformer wrote about beholding the glory of God. Listen to this, the glory of Christ. He says, one of the greatest privileges, one of the greatest advancements of believers. Both in this world and in eternity, consists in their beholding of the glory of Christ. One of the greatest privileges and advancements of a believer is to behold the glory of Jesus Christ. And we've got a part here for a moment. And we've got to think about how glorious how beautiful how wonderful our savior is. Because if we don't think about his glory, if that doesn't penetrate down into our hearts and part there and then resonate in our hearts, anything that we do toward evangelism and reaching our culture for the gospel is going to run short and it's going to be it's going to be done out of reasons and methods that fall short of what God and what the lord Jesus Christ intended us to have. Let me give you an illustration of this. I have a friend who recently cornered me about this new fruit juice product called manavi. I've ever heard of manavi.
Evangelism on SermonAudio
"charles wesley" Discussed on Evangelism on SermonAudio
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Truth For Life Daily Program
"charles wesley" Discussed on Truth For Life Daily Program
"Tomorrow, stuff for you to do. And he's put you where he's putting you in order that you might do that stuff. So instead of saying, oh, goodness. If I could only get out of my job, if I were to get out of this place, if I could only do this, we would only do that. Then I would get on with the big overarching plan of God. No, you wouldn't. The plan of God is doing what you're doing. Doing while you're doing. Whatever it is you're doing. Unless what you're doing is sending. That's a tremendous liberation. I'm not a queen neither are you. But my life matters. My little history matters, I'm only one, but I am one. I can't do everything. But I can do something, and what I can do, I ought to do, and what I ought to do with God's help, I will do. Charles Wesley captured it perfectly and is him that begins fourth in thy name O lord I go. My daily labor to pursue, here's your song for tomorrow morning. You. All know. Right? That's the first reaction. No. Then you go, okay. Fourth in thy name, O lord I go. My daily labor to pursue the only resolved to know in all I think or speak or do. The task thy wisdom hath assigned or let me cheerfully fulfill in all my works thy presence find and prove that I could and perfect, well, so you see this transmutes sweeping up a floor. Into divine activity, who knows. But you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this. Now let me finish in this way. Two ways, actually. First of all, by asking you to consider how radically different this perspective is from the perspective of our surrounding culture. In other words, when we realize this morning, that in the intersection of life and faith, we declare the core convictions of our lives so that, okay, this is a big vast history involving the people of God and Esther and all those people, but I have a little history and so do you. My little life has twists and turns.
Evangelism on SermonAudio
"charles wesley" Discussed on Evangelism on SermonAudio
"For scripture says, in James two ten, and I share this and you know it just by way of reminder. Anyone who says I can keep the whole law. Well, I have broken it here. You're guilty of all the entire weight and condemnation of the law crushes you because you have not lived perfectly. In the eyes of God. And so there's the conviction of sin, don't go any further in sharing the gospel and tell that person is truly saying, I have sinned, horribly, every day, every thought seemingly. Every motive is impure in the eyes of the lord. That's the first point that was dealt with first condition. First component. Secondly, there's the quickening by the spirit. Notice at the end of verse 37 and they said, what are we to do? Now, this isn't clearly stated, but clearly we can see it intimated, that is, they became aware of their guilt. It's not just that I admit that I'm a sinner. It's that I am now profoundly aware that God is the judge and I stand condemned, you know? Before there were medical tests available, a woman would know conclusively. I mean, there's other things physiological things that will give an indication. But when quickening took place, when the baby jumped, when the baby moved, aha, we men can't identify, but many of you ladies can identify that first discernible movement of that child in the womb. Anyone identify? I got my hand down. Many of you do. You know what I'm saying? I want to say, I wish I knew exactly. I probably don't wish that. But I believe it. It's a quickening. The word quickening means life. Life is there. And when it happens to a loss center, all of a sudden, you become aware of your situation. You wake up the light comes on as Charles Wesley pinned in how can it be? The dungeon flamed with lye. Oh, I'm in chains. I'm in bondage. I've been sentenced to die. I didn't recognize that. Up to that point. In fact, ephesians two 5 says it succinctly. When we were dead, he made us alive in Christ. He quickened us. He brought us to the awareness.
National Prayer Chapel, Pilgrim's Progress
"charles wesley" Discussed on National Prayer Chapel, Pilgrim's Progress
"Three four zero seven zero. There's still time for you to call him. Pray but we're running out of time. Lord i come and i know there must be a great move of your spirit to reveal to us are true condition. Many have lied to themselves saying that. They're fine making excuses but in reality. If we came face to face with reality we would have to admit there are real issues between your heart and our heart. And we've made excuses for those issues and we've not done the prayer work necessary to get to you. Lord jesus and to have you wipe out those wicked things in our hearts lord. I'm not. i'm not going to play church. I'm not going to be a part of the wicked entertainment of our modern american church or the prosperity church. The joel owes of this world who are other heretics other apostate people lord. I'm asking would you come in. Reveal to us the true condition of arts. Would you unveil our hearts before you. Jesus that we could see the stark ugly reality of our western religion and how far we have fallen from grace that what the early teachers george whitfield jonathan edwards. Charles wesley charles. Finney spurgeon sunday and many others what they preached and todd is so unlike anything heard in the american church today we have become soft sentimental slobs. Lord i pray you will reveal our hearts before were swept away in the fire. That's coming lord. Today many are riding the fence and thinking that the last minute they can slip into heaven but they'll fail because they're too far away from you to enter in salvation luda plead today your mercy. You are just god and you will punish wickedness and you will judge sin but you're also god of great compassion in suffering your god of great love masking lord that your love would be revealed to the american church and to america. I'm asking that your love would be revealed by judgements that would cause us to turn and repentance to you. I fear your judgments will simply bring destruction. Masking lord that your judgments would in your great mercy. We'd bring repentance instead of destruction..
Stuff You Should Know
"charles wesley" Discussed on Stuff You Should Know
"Insight into the worldview There was yeah. there's also some we. We can't sidesteps. Some other controversies The gorilla foundation was sued at one. Point not too long ago by a couple of former female scientists that worked for them because remember the nipple cocoa headed nipple fetish. There's really no other way to say it than that someone that Look at the robin williams video. Coco's trying to get in that shirt and his nipples. And dr patterson would show cocoa her nipples over the years and then she would request that other employees do the same Both male and female and eventually some of those employees got uncomfortable with that They took her to court and it was settled out of court. So we really don't know when things are settled out of court. The final result is but that was one of the sort of controversies that they had encountered right the big nipple incident. Yes we're serious. Have you listened to stuffy sham. Before of course for serious are they making all this. Just riffing this is a macy. Who are these guys. They're not having be comedians. But i don't think they're being truthful about their science was really good impression of that. Why am i here. Who are these people. So dr patterson was at jerry seinfeld. Dr patterson basically when that line was drawn in the sand on one side of the other she said you know what this is my my guerrilla daughter and i'm not gonna leave her. She kind of shunned the scientific community enlarge part. She didn't do as many published papers. Those kind of dried up the official research still goes on or still went on for a while and But it just wasn't like presented as science so much as she's like. Screw that i'm just going to do it on my own. Then yes she was like. I'm just going to go directly to the public. Scientific community can rotten hell basically so her outreach to the public and her kind of pushing cocoa and just kind of sharing all things cocoa then increased while her kind of scientific commitment went down a little bit. But there's this documentary in two thousand fourteen. Thank you mentioned before it is koko. The gorilla who talks and there is a colon in there. And then there's another call in called the sad story of ron cone imprint beneath it but in penny patterson talks about regress and she said that her biggest regret is that cocoa never had a baby and coke apparently wanted to baby. She used to tell penny a lot that she wanted to. Baby penny really wanted a baby for cocoa. But it didn't happen remember. They brought him. Michael and michael was going to be a mate for coco eventually. But they didn't realize. Is that incest. Taboo exists among gorillas than that. They raised them together from two young age and when they finally got around to suggesting that they mate both cocoa and michael signed. You was not happening. It's not they brought in another guerrilla name in dumais in nineteen ninety-one to mate. They never produced a child either. So i think in due may went back to the cincinnati zoo and then very sadly and you probably remember this not too long ago. June nineteenth two thousand eighteen cocoa passed away in her sleep at the age of forty six years. Old and the world borough at least america for sure mourned coco's death in a big way. Yeah for sure. And she touched the lives of people. It's just whether she language or not and we're pretty sure she was very smart gorilla who did know sign language. But whether she did or not that ambassadorship for earth like really did have an effect and not just for like everyday people who actually did care about the earth more because they knew about cocoa and she kind of transformed their view of things but also like scientists to there's a two thousand fourteen symposium of gorilla experts people who are experts in the field and they were asked at the symposium who is here because they were inspired by cocoa. Like who got into this because it cocoa and like half of the people in attendance raised their hand so she really did have this major impact on the world for sure. There's great great value in that to be sure so there was a man named charles. Wesley hume british man who founded the universities federation for animal welfare and he kinda laid the stakes on this kind of science out there pretty plainly and he said this if i assume the animals have subjective feelings of pain fear hunger in the like and if i'm mistaken and doing so no harm will have been done but if i assume the contrary when in fact animals do have such feelings than i opened the way to unlimited cruelties. Animals must have the benefit of the doubt. If indeed there be any doubt right and so what cocoa lives on as kind of litmus test because until we can prove or disprove that that apes or any animal does or doesn't have is subjective. Inner experience experience. Did i get that. Thanks then it's a matter of belief like you can believe which ever way you want and coca kind of pushes people to one side or the other. And when she died journalists around the world headlines that use words like cocoa the master of sign language cocoa the talking gorilla in a lot of skeptics came out and tried to correct things with their own articles but they were like a drop in the ocean compared to all the other articles and it seems like the world does want to believe that there is something more to animals than we can prove and perhaps that ultimately.
Celebrate Community Church
"charles wesley" Discussed on Celebrate Community Church
"Michelle rights. It's so exciting. My son turned fourteen and now he knows everything everything. I don't have to tell them anything anymore. Because he already knows in fact he knows more than i do and more than his dad does. We couldn't be more thrilled. What joyous time. I like this piece of dialogue son asks. Are you eating pie for breakfast. Me eating pie. No fruit casserole. You want some sun. No i hate casserole me whispers. I know my son my seven year. Old how she would survive a bear attack and she replied that you try to be his friend best making her the most adorable of my children but also the least likely to survive an encounter with an actual bear. My five year old asked me what a poop hole does after an impromptu lesson digestive system i realize he actually said pupil next lesson enunciation. Being a mom and apparent in general can be so crazy moments like that. It's so easy to get caught up in. I know for my wife. And i can feel like that. I still sometimes feel like she literally just told me that. We're gonna have a kid. And i was like i got nine months to figure out how to be a parent and now my son's too. It's crazy and you know it's so easy to get caught up in whatever crazy thing. They're doing today whether six years or sixty years old. My wife and i have found by talking with parents who are much wiser than us. That parenting comes down to something. That may sound a little weird. When i first say it but it comes down to visionary leadership because now we hear that word visionary leadership we think man of alon. Musk or we think of maybe a politician or some great ceo but the reality is this politics being a leading a business. Whatever that may be those pale in comparison to raising a child man. Because i think what i do with my son what you do at your kids is so much more important than any business or anything else out there and so it comes down to visionary leadership but often doesn't feel like that oftentimes parenting feels like reaction ship. You know we're just reacting in the moment we're trying to keep them fed. Keep them healthy. Keeping moving to the next thing the next practice the next whatever then all of a sudden they're adults and so we're trying to get them onto the next whatever that may be the next relationship the next phase of their life however the best parents i've ever seen have led with a vision for their kids lives. They've led with a vision for their kids. Lives doing things intentionally today. So they turn out a certain way. They're in a certain position down the road and you can see this happened over and over again. Parents tiger woods parents for instance. They had him golfing and he turned out to be a halfway decent golfer. Susanna wesley had a lot of kids in her lifetime each and every one of them that she was able to raise she spent time teaching them. God's word had memorized god's word and spent time intentionally individually with each of them each and every week to make sure how they were doing spiritually and how guy was working in their life disciple them and her sons john went on to lead movement. John wesley and charles wesley to lead a movement that went all across the world that god used to preach the gospel over. And it's a large part of the reason why we're here today. And so i just so incredible to see so motherhood in parenting general is not so much about who our kids are right now. It's about who they're going to be right. The hope is that we're not just raising healthy kids today. But they were raising healthy adults who love jesus had their priorities straight and that involves some visionary leadership. There's a definition of leadership by a harvard business. Professor she writes it this way. Leadership is about empowering other people as a result of your presence and making sure that impact continues into your absence see so often we create systems of leadership that involve us being there. You know those ones where if we leave everything stops if we die productivity dies they all rely on us and we do this all the time at our families we do it in our workplaces. We do it all over the place and so often. We're proud of it. We kind of liked that. We want to be the man. The woman the one that is needed. You know the lynch pin if you will. I don't think that's a great way to lead. But also i think it's the opposite of the goal of parenting see from my wife and i had the goal isn't that our son will say please and thank you because we're there reminding him. We want him to be a gracious person. Who says those things for for me. My mom didn't check in on me today to make sure that i showered or brush my teeth or played nice from my friends. Those things for the most part on a deeper level. My mom hasn't checked in with me a while to make sure that. I'm reading my bible every day or that. I'm spending time with god or that. I'm praying or that. I'm following him. But i did those things. Why because my mom's leadership had an impact in my life that continues even in her absence when she's not around that's called legacy we're looking at the life of jesus we see that man. Jesus did some really cool things. That's kind of an understatement. Right but we look at the bible. We see is amazing. High level moments these moments where jesus heals the sick where he heals the blind where. He raises the dead to life where he walks on water. He does these incredible and amazing things. And then jesus just kinda does something. That seems weird. If your first reading the gospels from human mind he just leaves it just takes off and goes back to heaven. Trust his ministry to these disciples that he's been raising up he equips of what the holy spirit and even says listen. It's better than i go away. So you can have the holy spirit and you can have that power coming out of you and he just goes back to heaven something that you can miss the moments that were going on here. There was little moments that weren't necessarily considered the big moments. These little moments of jesus spending time with these men to disciple them and grow them up in raise them up and he raised up men they were able to go out through the holy spirit and lead and fulfill the great commission that he had given them which by the way is also our commission. So these disciples went out and they fulfill the great commission making disciples who may disciples. Who made disciples who disciples. Which is the reason that we're here today. And by the way let me just say it's the reason why discipleship is so key. In the church man creating disciples having intentional relationships with people to help them be fully committed. Disciple of jesus. Christ is the key to the church. It's also the key to our families. It's the key. The next generation is key to so many things in our life. I don't know about you but so often there's people at talk about the younger generation. You know me well. There's one after me but you this younger generation that there seems to.
Life On Main
"charles wesley" Discussed on Life On Main
"Team using the how much you spend prayed forgotten. I was actually listening. Part of dance group on friday money online and there was a gentleman who was there that was sharing story about charles wesley and go into his home and intended become almost like a museum and it was set up pretty much the way it was when he was there charles was. I don't know it was one of the vangelis through guide moved and brought great providers around the world. One various thing thing you find though is in federal next to his bed on the floor you will see a pillow not on the bed for next to the bed and on the floor. Ed you look at this pillow. You'll notice something very interesting. Had knee impressions because there's been no time for so long that the pillow no longer flows where he meddled in prayer before god and in fact when he was questioned about during speak bibles and founded this repair again three more. Now they're like well. How can you take mission statement more time. Exactly would that happening. I have to take more time to. I have seen that one girl was created when he on my pillow was simple prayer. God use me a. He became equally passionate about new persistent. Well there was a tour group that had gone through this room and they all after they had done this so they all got on the boston than the teacher realized that we're missing. Somebody and the teacher went back in the house. Went on basal. Could find them one while. I'm this kid anywhere. Finally found a kid upstairs in that bedroom..
Celebrate Community Church
"charles wesley" Discussed on Celebrate Community Church
"The world needs. Jesus see this is what happened to john. Wesley and charles wesley. The very founders. If you will that we have subscribed to our denomination which they really weren't but that's what we describe it to. John was out preaching the gospel but something hadn't set fire yet but then he had this experience experience that happened at changed his heart and it would recommend such a way he hadn't may us moment and the bread was broken and he saw the wounds he thinking about his charles and john wesley he would go on to preach forty thousand sermons travel two hundred and fifty thousand miles on a back of a horse right. Sixty five hundred. Hymns published five thousand tracts and pamphlets because when he saw his wounds he no longer thought about his wounds speak and he gave his wife away. Someone once said. Unless the i catch fire the god you wanna see will not be seen unless the ears catch fire. The god you want to hear will not be heard unless the tongue catches fire. The god that you want to name can't be named unless the heart catches fire. The god you wanna love can't be loved unless your mind catches fire. God you want to know can't be known i'm asking today. Some of you. I think are on the road to me us heads down trying to figure out you're asking all the right questions you're so beside yourself you can't even recognize the one who's beside yourself. God is god. There's nothing too big for him. He wants to do something in your life. I want to pray for a moment but as a corporate body and community of believers a word. We loved us around here. Is this community. I share with you. And i'm gonna give you if you will all the inside scoop but a week from this wednesday. We're going to go out on a wednesday morning and we're just gonna go love all of our construction people throughout the city seven. Am we're gonna meet here in the morning and some you're going i'm going to have to take off some work. It's exactly what i'm asking you to do. I'm asking if our church will lay its life down for a few hours will recognize the. I need to be last. Those who wanna need need to wash feet and serve. Are we doing special that we print something no. We don't need to print it. Because i believe your life will be that imprint. You'll show up here at seven. Am we're going to have horse tanks and it's going to be drink on. It'll be on ice all night long. it'll be cold. We're asking you to bring your own cooler. We're gonna gather everybody here. We're gonna pray. We're gonna failure cooler up if you wanna come back for more you can or when you're coolers empty you can just go home trying to make it as simple as we can. We're going to give you bags of halloween candy. And just take it out there and say hey we just wanna tell you thank you so you say. Why are we doing this. There's a whole lot more for this church than it is for our community because we need we need. We need to be in a place that we think of others more important than ourselves. And i i will tell you when you get your eyes off your wounds and onto others relationships will happen like you cannot believe god will move through a can of pop or a bottle of water and a candy bar like you cannot imagine. It happens in my life every week right now. I can tell you story after story that this week alone. Someone asked me how you doing. I said i'm on top of the world man and which really cold my god's the one holding up i'm seeing amazing things. He's breaking the bread he's asking you to take it. Dc as wounds because see when you see wounds you realize those are there because yours is will open it will change the way you look if a change the way you walk it will change the way you talk and god will begin to do amazing. Things are goals that touch about four thousand workers that day someone said we'll with all this pop and cater bar. We we have leftovers. We'll do it again. This dude again and we'll do it again and i think the information's up on the screen. Is that right team. Here's what we need from you is. we're simply asking. You is right now. Just text that we need to know who's going to be here even if you stop and say why go check with my work. I get that but if your heart would like to just text it and say listen. I would love to bring my phone into church good for you. Borrow the person's next to you. Okay and if you like it keep it okay but but we're really asking see. This is what it's about. But i fear that what happens is same thing. We twenty four hour per vigil. Ten percent of our people sign up and we wonder why god isn't doing what god can do. I'm asking all of us. I'm asking that no greater love. You lay your life down and see what god will do when we then pick up others and we just love on them and we just say thanks. We'll be able to tell you where you're gonna go. We'll build a send you out all of that's being done and then the last thing i wanted to share with you is that i told you we will only add services if we're gonna reach lost and broken people. I'm no longer going to build this church to serve the christian. I hope i know that might offend some. I'm trying to fend you. I'm just saying it's not about you. It's not about me. there's no point in me. Having services are convenient your schedule. Which i'm just gonna be honest anyway. It's not real convenient way because even though we did it half the time. You weren't even at that one. That's not the reason to do church. I wanna fill it with loss. Broken people that they would meet. Jesus the way we met. Jesus then we go out and be jesus..
National Prayer Chapel, Pilgrim's Progress
"charles wesley" Discussed on National Prayer Chapel, Pilgrim's Progress
"Holiness. I read the passage without holiness. No man will see the lord. And i said holiness and of course friends said oh pastor you need to understand when you come to jesus. God doesn't see you anymore. You only sees jesus and so grace covers over your sin will. That didn't make sense to me. That sounded like god was a cheater like he was playing some kind of shell game. You're not what you seem. But i'll save you because i'm righteous no doesn't work like that and i found this wonderful truth of holiness john wesley's writings were very helpful. To me. malcolm lavender's writings. Were very helpful to me as i sought for an understanding of of holiness of righteousness and some precious brothers and sisters stood by me. Now please understand. This journey has not been without me. Stumbling and making many mistakes and believing that i was right and others were wrong and then have to come to the conclusion and understanding this. Not about being right. It's about being one with jesus and being filled by his spirit. And so i. It was repentance. And then i sought after holiness righteousness the removal of all sin from my life so that i could walk day by day with no understanding that there was sin in my heart because i was cleansed by the blood of jesus the greek word ademi is translated in our new testament many times as to forgive but it literally means yes to forgive but also to utterly remove from that sin so in this journey of struggling to understand the word of god i would come close to beginning think about the holy spirit and then i would back away. It seemed to talks iq to begin to really look at. I read all of the stories of revival. The welsh revival the african revivals. The korean revivals the great awakening in america under jonathan edwards. The ministry of john and charles. Wesley others always knowing something was missing and then as i struggled with shall i pray for the baptism of the holy spirit. A friend that. I have a great deal of respect for a great deal of love for even today. He said pastor. No you have the holy spirit when you were baptized you receive the holy spirit and that is all you're going to receive pentecost took place within not now and so i agreed yes i have the presence of the holy spirit with me and i rejoice in that. But it's not enough. I don't have enough a need more. And i've had listeners like you who've written a man called me and said pastor would you just settle down and be content in the truth that you have you have wonderful truth just preach that truth and don't worry about anything else know. My love is not truth. My love is jesus. He is the truth. And my heart hungers after jesus and i have to tell you is i have looked more and more seriously at this question being baptized in the holy spirit with pentecost power i have lost some precious family members and brothers and sisters in christ not that i was in any way critical of them simply that i can agree with them they say you receive the holy spirit baptism and that's all there is now live your life. I can't do that. I need more. I need the presence of jesus. I need the ceiling of the holy spirit. And i want to be very clear with you. The ceiling of the holy spirit according to scripture does not come at baptism yes. The holy spirit came. And he's ministering to you but you are not sealed for the day of redemption and you must be sealed for the day of redemption. That brings me back to a parable that i have read and read and wept over. It's very familiar to all of us. But i wanna share with you with the holy spirit is saying to me about this parable. This is matthew. Twenty five after jesus has outlined. What's going to happen at the end of time. So this parable is spoken to those of us who live in our day the last day at the end of time then the kingdom of the heavens will be compared to ten virgins. Who've taken their lamps they went out to meet the bridegroom now. Five of them were wise and five foolish. They who were foolish having taken their lamps took no oil with them but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps. Now the bridegroom was delayed and they all became drowsy. And we're sleeping and in the middle of the night a cry has come. Look to bridegroom is coming. You must go out to meet him then. All those virgins were awakened and trimmed their lamps and the foolish said to the wise. Please give us out of your oil for our lamps are going out but the wise answer saying not when they must not win there must win. There won't be enough for us and for you but instead you must go to the one selling and you must buy for yourselves but while the way to buy from them the bridegroom came and they were ready when in with him. So the wedding celebration. The door was shut and later the other virgins also come saying master master. Please open to us.
WCBM 680 AM
"charles wesley" Discussed on WCBM 680 AM
"He meant Charles Wesley wrote some wonderful hymns. His popular him love divine all loves excelling ends with this phrase Lost in Wonder, Love and praise. I hope these next few minutes will join us with people long ago who were lost in wonder Love and prays at the loving kindness of God to us. Even before Cole did. It struck me How seldom life lift us up too often. We're looking down. Literally. We look down down at the phone down at the bills downcast because of our problems. And that was before Cole did. Let our spirits be raised. Let us know at least for a moment. The odd Jacob fills when he said, surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it. My prayer is that we, too will be lost in wonder, Love and praise. Mark. Chapter three can do that. In one way. It's a mundane chapter will hear stories filled with the things of our own daily lives. Illness, anxiety hatred. You know, Where is God in my little life. That Jesus comes, He comes into the real world of real people with loving kindness. Let's listen and picture in our imagination. The first scene from Mark Chapter three. And again he went into the synagogue and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath that they might accuse him. And Jesus says to the man having the withered hand. Get up come into the middle. And Jesus says to them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? But they were silent and looking around at them with anger. Grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said To the man, stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out. And his hand was restored. And straight way, the heresies going out from the synagogue to a council with the high road. Ian's against him how they might destroy him. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there. You and I have the terrible ability to say no to God. Jesus brought the loving kindness of God right into the middle of that synagogue right into the middle of our lives, too, But those ancient Farris ease would not have it. Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? Isn't that the will of God? We know so little about the mysterious God. But we do know that God wants us to show loving kindness, toe others every day of the week. Leviticus 19 says You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. And that's what the 10 Commandments are about. But no those ancient authorities were locked into their own view of religious life. They had a system of man made rules that went way behind what the Hebrew Scriptures had said. They had their will not God's will. Because they were turned in on themselves. They said No The wonder love and praise they should have offered because of Jesus Miracle. Jesus got out of there. If you look at English translations of Mark, you'll read that Jesus departed or withdrew. He was more than that Jesus enemies were turning up the heat. The Greek word here can also convey the sense of Let's get out of here. That's what Jesus did. Now, in the next scene, we see Jesus continued to bring God's loving kindness to people. But we will also see the devilish opponents of Jesus. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there and departed to the sea and a great crowd from Galilee and from Judea and from Jerusalem and for me to Mia and beyond the Jordan and around tire inside and followed him. A great crowd hearing what he did came to him, and he told the disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him. For he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. And whenever the unclean spirit saw him, they fell before him and cried, saying You are the son of God. He spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. Let me make three comments about that passage first about unclean spirits. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist Mark. Chapter one says the heavens were opened and Jesus saw the spirit like a dove descending into him. And the voice came from heaven. You are my beloved son with you. I am well pleased. Jesus has a good spirit within him. The Holy Spirit of God. That put Jesus into conflict with the unclean spirits, demons and devils, who say no to God's loving kindness. Shortly after Jesus was baptized, He went into a synagogue. This is still in Mark, Chapter one. And an unclean spirit cries out. What have you to do with us? Jesus of Nazareth, Have you come to destroys? I know who you are The Holy one of God. Yes, Jesus did come to destroy the forces of evil. Those forces trying to pull us away from God and take us down. Getting back now to Chapter three. The unclean spirits cried out. You are the son of God. And he spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. In no way does Jesus want to be associated with a destructive purposes and dark powers of evil? His mission is to destroy their power. That's the dark side of this scene. My second comment. The upbeat side is all the people who thronged around Jesus. There's a progression in the gospel of Mark. Crowds coming to Jesus. Keep getting bigger. In this scene. They came from all over from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem and even from outside of Israel, Jews and Gentiles came to Jesus. Did he have a PR department? No, just word of mouth. People who had experienced God's loving kindness through Jesus told others more and more came because they too yearned to be touched with his loving kindness. Don't we all want loving kindness? Don't we want our down spirits lifted up often in his health where we need hope. That was true for many in this great crowd for he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. Third and this is important. The boat. The crowd was so large that Jesus said to his disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd less they crush him. It wasn't just that the boat would protect Jesus from being crushed by the crowd. Yes, who would do that? But the boat was also a place where he could teach the crowd. Mark. Chapter four. You will see Jesus teaching from a boat. Jesus was always teaching. But he did not always heal everyone who came to him. He was very clear about that. Back in Mark, Chapter one. The disciples found Jesus early in the morning and said, Everyone is looking for you. And he said to them, let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there. Also for that is why I came out. And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. Jesus healed people to call attention to his teaching through his teaching. Jesus taught that God's loving kindness brings something even Maurin important than physical health. His word breaks the hold of evil and sin Jesus Word brings God's gifts of forgiveness, Hope and eternal salvation..
WRKO AM680
"charles wesley" Discussed on WRKO AM680
"And deepen our on devotion to your good and gracious will. In Jesus name. We pray. Amen. Charles Wesley wrote some wonderful hymns. His popular him love divine all loves excelling ends with this phrase Lost in Wonder, Love and praise. I hope these next few minutes will join us with people long ago who were lost in wonder Love and prays at the loving kindness of God to us. Even before Cole did. It struck me How seldom life lifts us up too often. We're looking down. Literally. We look down down at the phone down at the bills downcast because of our problems. And that was before Cole did. Let our spirits be raised. Let us know at least for a moment. The AWD. Jacob fills when he said Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it. My prayer is that we, too will be lost in wonder, Love and praise. Mark. Chapter three can do that, in one way. It's a Monday in chapter will hear stories filled with the things of our own daily lives. Illness, anxiety, hatred. You know, Where is God in my little life. Jesus comes He comes into the real world of real people with loving kindness. Let's listen and picture in our imagination. The first scene from Mark Chapter three. And again he went into the synagogue and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath that they might accuse him. And Jesus says to the man having the withered hand. Get up come into the middle. And Jesus says to them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? But they were silent and looking around at them with anger. Grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said To the man, stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out. And his hand was restored. And straight way, the heresies going out from the synagogue to a council with of erode Ian's against him how they might destroy him. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there. You and I have the terrible ability to say no to God. Jesus brought the loving kindness of God right into the middle of that synagogue right into the middle of our lives, too, But those ancient Farris ease would not have it. Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? Isn't that the will of God? We know so little about the mysterious God. But we do know that God wants us to show loving kindness to others every day of the week. Leviticus 19 says You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. And that's what the 10 Commandments are about. But no, those ancient authorities were locked into their own view of religious life. They had a system of man made rules that went way behind what the Hebrew Scriptures had said they had their will not God's will. Because they were turned in on themselves. They said, no to the wonder, love and praise they should have offered because of Jesus Miracle. Jesus got out of there. If you look at English translations of Mark, you'll read that Jesus departed or with true he was more than that. Jesus enemies were turning up the heat. The Greek word here can also convey the sense of Let's get out of here. That's what Jesus did. Now, in the next scene, we see Jesus continued to bring God's loving kindness to people. But we will also see the devilish opponents of Jesus. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there and departed to the sea and a great crowd from Galilee and from Judea and from Jerusalem and for me to Mia and beyond the Jordan and around tire and Sidon followed him. The great crowd hearing what he did came to him, and he told the disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him. For he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. And whenever the unclean spirit saw him, they fell before him and cried, saying You are the son of God. He spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. Let me make three comments about that passage first about unclean spirits. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist Mark. Chapter one says the heavens were opened and Jesus saw the spirit like a dove descending into him. And the voice came from heaven. You are my beloved son with you. I am well pleased. Jesus has a good spirit within him. The Holy Spirit of God. That put Jesus into conflict with the unclean spirits, demons and devils, who say no to God's loving kindness. Shortly after Jesus was baptized, He went into a synagogue. This is still in Mark, Chapter one. And an unclean spirit cries out. What have you to do with us? Jesus of Nazareth, Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are The Holy one of God. Yes, Jesus did come to destroy the forces of evil. Those forces trying to pull us away from God and take us down. Getting back now to Chapter three. The unclean spirits cried out. You are the son of God. And he spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. In No way does Jesus want to be associated with a destructive purposes and dark powers of evil? His mission is to destroy their power. That's the dark side of this scene. My second comment. The upbeat side is all the people who thronged around Jesus. There's a progression in the gospel of Mark. Crowds coming to Jesus. Keep getting bigger. In this scene. They came from all over from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem and even from outside of Israel, Jews and Gentiles came to Jesus. Did he have a PR department? No, just word of mouth. People who had experienced God's loving kindness through Jesus told others more and more came because they too yearned to be touched with his loving kindness. Don't we all want loving kindness? Don't we want our down spirits lifted up? Often ate his health where we need hope. That was true for many in this great crowd for he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. Third and this is important. The boat The crowd was so large that Jesus said to his disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd less they crush him. It wasn't just that the boat would protect Jesus from being crushed by the crowd. Yes, it would do that. But the boat was also a place where he could teach the crowd. Mark. Chapter four. You will see Jesus teaching from a boat. Jesus was always teaching. But he did not always heal everyone who came to him. He was very clear about that back and Mark Chapter one. The disciples found Jesus early in the morning and said, Everyone is looking for you. And he said to them, let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there also for that is why I came out. And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. Jesus healed people to call attention to his teaching through his teaching. Jesus taught that God's loving kindness brings something even Maurin important than physical health. His word breaks the hold of evil and sin Jesus Word brings God's gifts of forgiveness, hope and eternal salvation. Fast forward from.
AM 970 The Answer
"charles wesley" Discussed on AM 970 The Answer
"Aren't as common as they used to be. But there is one family that already numbers in the billions and continues to grow, Dr. Dale Meyer says. It's the family of Jesus. Do you see yourself in the picture? We are sitting together listening to Jesus words. Jesus looks intently at you and me. And says that we are his true family. His word turns us out from ourselves and our problems to the faith, Hope and love that he brings Dr Myers messages titled Lost in Wonder, Love and Praise. Hello. I'm Mark. I sure Thanks for joining us today. Your gift and prayers Help the Lutheran Our bring Christ to the nations and the nations to the church. Thank you for your faithful support. Learned Maura at Lutheran, Our dad or egg. The Reverend Dr Dale Mayer was Lutheran. Our speaker from 1989 to 2001. He recently retired as president of Concordia Seminary in ST Louis. Now here is Dr Dale Meyer. Almighty God. You created all things. And you see us as we really are be set by the problems and feelings of our daily lives. We pray that your holy spirit will bring us together around Jesus. And deepen our on devotion to your good and gracious will. In Jesus name. We pray. Amen. Charles Wesley wrote some wonderful hymns. His popular him love divine all loves excelling ends with this phrase Lost in Wonder, Love and praise. I hope these next few minutes will join us with people long ago who were lost in wonder Love and prays at the loving kindness of God to us. Even before Cole did. It struck me How seldom life lift us up too often. We're looking down. Literally. We look down down at the phone down at the bills downcast because of our problems. And that was before Cole did. Let our spirits be raised. Let us know at least for a moment. The odd Jacob felt when he said surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it. My prayer is that we, too will be lost in wonder, Love and praise. Mark. Chapter three can do that. In one way, it's a mundane chapter will hear stories filled with the things of our own daily lives. Illness, anxiety hatred. You know, Where is God in my little life. That Jesus comes He comes into the real world of real people with loving kindness. Let's listen and picture in our imagination. The first scene from Mark Chapter three. And again he went into the synagogue and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath that they might accuse him. And Jesus says to the man having the withered hand. Get up come into the middle. And Jesus says to them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? But they were silent and looking around at them with anger. Grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said To the man, stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out. And his hand was restored. And straight way, the heresies going out from the synagogue to a council with of erode Ian's against him how the might destroy him. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there. You and I have the terrible ability to say no to God. Jesus brought the loving kindness of God right into the middle of that synagogue right into the middle of our lives, too, But those ancient Farris ease would not have it. Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? Isn't that the will of God? We know so little about the mysterious God. But we do know that God wants us to show loving kindness to others every day of the week. Leviticus 19 says You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. And that's what the 10 Commandments are about. But no, those ancient authorities were locked into their own view of religious life. They had a system of man made rules that went way behind what the Hebrew Scriptures had said they had their will not God's will. Because they were turned in on themselves. They said, no to the wonder, love and praise they should have offered because of Jesus Miracle. Jesus got out of there. If you look at English translations of Mark, you'll read that Jesus departed or withdrew. He was more than that Jesus enemies were turning up the heat. The Greek word here can also convey the sense of Let's get out of here. That's what Jesus did. Now, in the next scene, we see Jesus continued to bring God's loving kindness to people. But we will also see the devilish opponents of Jesus. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there and departed to the sea and a great crowd from Galilee and from Judea and from Jerusalem and for me to Mia and beyond the Jordan and around tire and Sidon followed him. The great crowd hearing what he did came to him, and he told the disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him. For he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. And whenever the unclean spirit saw him, they fell before him and cried, saying You are the son of God. He spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. Let me make three comments about that passage first about unclean spirits. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist Mark. Chapter one says the heavens were opened and Jesus saw the spirit like a dove descending into him. And the voice came from heaven. You are my beloved son with you. I am well pleased. Jesus has a good spirit within him. The Holy Spirit of God. That put Jesus into conflict with the unclean spirits, demons and devils, who say no to God's loving kindness. Shortly after Jesus was baptized, He went into a synagogue. This is still in March. Chapter one. And an unclean spirit cries out. What have you to do with us? Jesus of Nazareth, Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are The Holy one of God. Yes, Jesus did come to destroy the forces of evil. Those forces trying to pull us away from God and take us down. Getting back now to Chapter three. The unclean spirits cried out. You are the son of God. And he spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. In No way does Jesus want to be associated with a destructive purposes and dark powers of evil? His mission is to destroy their power. That's the dark side of the scene. My second comment. The upbeat side is all the people who thronged around Jesus. There's a progression in the gospel of Mark. The crowds coming to Jesus keep getting bigger. In this scene. They came from all over from Galilee, Judea, Jerusalem and even from outside of Israel, Jews and Gentiles came to Jesus. Did he have a PR department? No, just word of mouth. People who had experienced God's loving kindness through Jesus told others more and more came because they too yearned to be touched with his loving kindness. Don't we all want loving kindness? Don't we want our down spirits lifted up? Often ate his health where we need hope. That was true. For many this great crowd for he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. Third and this is important. The boat The crowd was so large that Jesus said to his disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd. Leslie crush him. It wasn't just that the boat would protect Jesus from being crushed by the crowd. Yes, it would do that. But the boat was also a place where he could teach the crowd. In Mark, Chapter four. You will see Jesus teaching from a boat. Jesus was always teaching. But he did not always heal everyone who came to him. He was very clear about that back and Mark Chapter one. The disciples found Jesus early in the morning and said, Everyone is looking for you. And he said to them, let us go on to the next towns that I may preach there also for that is why I came out. And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. Jesus healed people to call attention to his teaching through his teaching. Jesus taught that God's loving kindness brings something even Maurin important than physical health. His word breaks the hold of evil and sin Jesus Word brings God's gifts of forgiveness, hope and eternal salvation. Fast forward from.
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"charles wesley" Discussed on WGN Radio
"And deepen our on devotion to your good and gracious will. In Jesus name. We pray. Amen. Charles Wesley wrote some wonderful hymns. His popular him love divine all loves excelling ends with this phrase Lost in Wonder, Love and praise. Hope these next few minutes will join us with people long ago who were lost in wonder Love and prays at the loving kindness of God to us. Even before Cole did. It struck me How seldom life lift us up too often. We're looking down. Literally. We look down down at the phone down at the bills downcast because of our problems. And that was before Cole did. Let our spirits be raised. Let us know at least for a moment. The odd Jacob fills when he said, surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it. My prayer is that we, too will be lost in wonder, Love and praise. Mark. Chapter three can do that. In one way, it's a mundane chapter will hear stories filled with the things of our own daily lives. Illness, anxiety, hatred, you know. Where's God in my little life? That Jesus comes He comes into the real world of real people with loving kindness. Let's listen and picture in our imagination. The first scene from Mark Chapter three. And again he went into the synagogue and a man was there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath that they might accuse him. And Jesus says to the man having the withered hand. Get up come into the middle. And Jesus says to them, Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? But they were silent and looking around at them with anger. Grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said To the man, stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out. And his hand was restored. And straight way, the heresies going out from the synagogue to a council with the high road. Ian's against him how the might destroy him. And Jesus with his disciples got out of there. You and I have the terrible ability to say no to God. Jesus brought the loving kindness of God right into the middle of that synagogue right into the middle of our lives, too, But those ancient Farris ease would not have it. Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil to save life or to kill? Isn't that the will of God? We know so little about the mysterious God. But we do know that God wants us to show loving kindness, toe others every day of the week. Leviticus 19 says You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. And that's what the 10 Commandments are about. But no, those ancient authorities were locked into their own view of religious life. They had a system of man made rules that went way behind what the Hebrew Scriptures had said. They had their will not God's will. Because they were turned in on themselves. They said No The wonder love and praise they should have offered because of Jesus Miracle. Jesus got out of there. If you look at English translations of Mark, you'll read that Jesus departed or with true he was more than that Jesus enemies were turning up the heat. The Greek word here can also convey the sense of Let's get out of here. That's what Jesus did. Now, in the next scene, we see Jesus continued to bring God's loving kindness to people. But we will also see the devilish opponents of Jesus. Jesus with his disciples got out of there and departed to the sea and a great crowd from Galilee and from Judea and from Jerusalem and for me to Mia and beyond the Jordan and around tire and Sidon followed him. The great crowd hearing what he did came to him, and he told the disciples that a boat should be prepared for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him. For he was healing many so that whoever had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him. And whenever the unclean spirit saw him, they fell before him and cried, saying You are the son of God. He spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known. Let me make three comments about that passage first about unclean spirits. When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist Mark. Chapter one says the heavens were opened and Jesus saw the spirit like a dove descending into him. And the voice came from heaven. You are my beloved son with you. I am well pleased. Jesus has a good spirit within him. The Holy Spirit of God. That put Jesus into conflict with the unclean spirits, demons and devils, who say no to God's loving kindness. Shortly after Jesus was baptized, He went into a synagogue. This is still in Mark, Chapter one. And an unclean spirit cries out. What have you to do with us? Jesus of Nazareth, Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are The Holy one of God. Yes, Jesus did come to destroy the forces of evil. Those forces trying to pull us away from God and take us down. Getting back now to Chapter three. The unclean spirits cried out. You are the son of God. And he spoke strongly to them that they should not make him publicly known..
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Georges Bizet, Christmas Carols in Classical Music
"Hello welcome to classics for kids. I'm naomi lewin. This week in celebration of the christmas season some classical compositions that involve christmas carols in the middle of the nineteenth century. An englishman named william chatterton dix came up with christmasy words. What child is this for the old folk song green sleeves years later when raytheon williams wrote his fantasia on green sleeves. He probably had a pretty good idea that the peace would get played a lot at christmas. Time the fantasia. Green sleeves was originally part of an opera but some pieces of christmas. Carol classical music written to be used in church johann sebastian bach was an excellent organised. Who spent years writing church music. Bach based a whole set of variations on the old german. Carol come mojo known in english as from heaven above earth. I come that same. Carol turns up in auto nikolas christmas overture which even has acquired to sing it. There's another german christmas. Carol in which. Mary sings joseph dearest joseph mine asking joseph for help rocking the baby. Jesus to sleep. Yohannes brahms used that in song. He wrote to honor another baby the son of his good friend joseph or josef in german. Walk him brahms. Like the inside. Joke of the to joseph's and he liked the wonderful tune which he gave to the biala A couple of centuries earlier than brahms was composing in germany mach. One chaperone ta was composing in france. Chaperone ta came up with a whole set of what he called. Carols for instruments. The title of this one is where are those cheerful shepherds headed. One of the top ten favorite christmas carols actually has music by classical composer even though that's not what he wrote it for felix mendelssohn composed a song to celebrate yohannes gutenberg. The man who invented the movable type printing press mendelssohn didn't like the words to that song and told his publisher. He thought the music could be recycled for something else. Maybe a wedding piece but nothing really religious. After mendelssohn died someone in england discovered that the music went perfectly with a poem by charles wesley. The brother of john. Wesley who founded methodism Pieces that use christmas carols were meant to be played at christmas time. Utter reno raspy composed a musical description of three paintings by italian renaissance artist. Sandro botticelli one of those paintings is the adoration of the maj. I in which maj i. The three kings are part of a huge crowd admiring the baby. Jesus resp- iggy sets the scene by quoting an old church chant anyb- any emmanuel which you know as the christmas. Carol o come o come emmanuel. The three kings feature in another piece that uses a christmas carol. The farren dole from the arlesienne sweet by george. Bc opens with an old french. Carol called the march of the kings
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Fun Facts About Christmas Carols
"Not all pieces. That use Christmas Ms Carols were meant to be played at Christmas time when he composed music for a play called Lila's the woman from ro a city in France. George borrowed an old French Christmas. Carol called the March of the three kings the three kings feature in another piece that uses a Christmas Carol Auto Reno you know risky composed a musical description of three paintings by Italian renaissance artist. Sandro Botticelli one of those paintings is the adoration of the Maj I in addition to the Gye the three kings. The painting shows a huge crowd gathered to admire the baby. Jesus to set the scene recipe gay quotes the old church chant. Benny Benny Emanuel which you know as the Carroll O.. Come oh come Emmanuel The Germans have a Christmas Carol Lullaby in which Mary Sings. Joseph Dearest Joseph Mine asking for help rocking rocking the baby. Jesus to sleep. Yohannes Brahms used a bit of that Carol. To open a song he wrote in honor of another baby the son of his good friend. Joseph or four Yosef in German Yawkey Brahms like the inside joke the to Joseph's and he liked the wonderful tune which he gave to the viola walk Otto Nicolai put the Carol from human known in English as from heaven above to Earth High Com into his Christmas overture and Johann. Sebastian Bach used that Carol in a set of organ variations. There's also a Christmas carol with music by Ahah classical composer. Even though that's not what he originally intended for Felix Mendelssohn wrote a Song Celebrating Yohannes Gutenberg. The man who invented invented the movable type printing press but Mendelssohn didn't like the words to the song which were by somebody else so he told his publisher to find another use for his music music. He thought it might be good for weddings but not for anything. Really religious. After Mendelssohn died someone in England discovered that the music like went perfectly with a poem by Charles Wesley. The brother of John Wesley who founded methodism. Ah