Category: Prayer

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

What you see with every human being is the quest to find the answer to the question, 'who am I?" The Bible answers that question for us and we find the complete answer in Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus we are sinners by nature. When we come to Christ we become saints. A brand new identity.

• Isaiah 59:2 was given to me as proof that God doesn't hear the prayers of unbelievers. Is this true?
• When Jesus said "if you deny me before men, I'll deny you before the father", does that apply to me?
• How do I learn to recognize and receive answers from God?
• Susie asks for a fuller explanation of the promises of the New Covenant.

Categories: Identity/Self Image Bible Christian Living Prayer New Covenant

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

"But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. " Romans 6:17 What does it mean to be obedient from the heart?

• What do you say to people that use Acts 2:38 to support baptism is a commandment for salvation?
• Is it necessary that the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden be an actual, factual, historical event? Or can it be thought of as a metaphor?
• Is it right for me to be bothered when I hear pastors on the radio or behind the pulpit to describe what my Lord did on the Cross as atonement?
• Can you elaborate on the importance of prayer and how it still plays a role in altering circumstances?

Categories: Christian Living Baptism Bible Sin Prayer

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Paul really speaks to what the Gospel of Grace is all about. "Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. ... He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2 Corinthians 3:1-6

• Gene is struggling with how to pray for his daughter-in-law who's suffering with stage 4 colon cancer. He's praying for healing, but doesn't seen any change.
• "The person who knows my commandments and keeps them, that's who loves me.... " John 14:21 What are His commandments? I want to love Him and be loved by the Father.

Categories: New Covenant Prayer Christian Living

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Thanks to all who attended the conference. It was a very special event. We got to meet many people who watch us online. I got to share Galatians 2:20 which is really a summary of all we teach. "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me."

• Kay has been told that she and her husband aren't welcome at her daughter's home because of vaccine difference. What can she do?
• Tracy shares his experience at the conference and coming to learn how to rest in Christ.
• What's your take on praying in tongues privately?

Categories: Faith Christian Living Testimonies/Thanks Prayer Bible

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Pleasing God is a beautiful adventure of trusting God and walking with Him. When I put my confidence in the finished work of Christ I am pleasing to God. We take all His promises by faith.

• "Is anyone in this room as righteous in the sight of God as Jesus Christ? Raise your hand." Is this an accurate way to show our redemption and the righteousness we have in Christ
• How can children and babies go to Heaven if we were all born sinners?
• Who was the Lord's prayer directed to?
• Did Sarah have any knowledge of God telling Abraham to sacrifice Isaac before the event took place?

Categories: Faith Righteousness/Justification Apologetics Prayer Bible

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

We put a lot of stock in our religious teaching and ceremonies. But the Bible tells us those are worthless. One of those things we can only find in Him is rest. "So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his." Hebrews 4:9-10 Are you willing to let go of your efforts and rest in Jesus Christ?

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• Andrew asks about prayer and fasting and love's role as the only power in the world.
• Will you all please give examples of religious restlessness, versus rest in Jesus?
• Could you please speak on this subject of grieving the Holy Spirit in context, so I may begin to grasp this subject in light of the new covenant?

Categories: Christian Living Prayer Holy Spirit

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

When we don't know who we are, we play religious games to try to figure out who we are. But God wants us to know we are children of God. John wrote: "He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."

• How do I answer someone who questions the validity of the Gospels?
• I have learned that it is not by works (what we do or believe), it is by Grace. So how can I interpret that?
• Can you speak a little about using verses such as Jeremiah 29:11 to prove a point even though it was spoken to a specific individual or nation?

Categories: Identity/Self Image Apologetics Prayer Bible Law

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Man-made religion efforts will never bring you to an understanding of God's love and grace. Religious efforts to do more and be more come up short. Jesus addressed this issue in Mark 7:3-8. God's single commandment to mankind is to trust Jesus. To be free, embrace the simplicity of the good news of Jesus Christ.

• Are children still a blessing in the New Testament? Is it still required?
• The new covenant was prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31. Some would say that was a promise to the nation of Israel and, therefore, is not for the Gentiles.
• How should Christians use the Lord's Prayer?
• A viewer asks about his son who committed suicide. Was he born again?

Categories: Christian Living New Covenant Prayer Salvation

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Richard Peifer

How do we come into the knowledge of God? How do we know that God exists?

• What does it mean that our prayers are hindered in 1 Peter 3:7?
• Is Daniel 7 future or past tense?

Categories: Theology Prayer End Times

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

We have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16

• Does God answer our prayers even if we're in sin?
• If a person is born gay did God create them to be that way? Why would God condemn them?
• A caller asks about our assumption that all the callers are saved.

Categories: Grace Prayer Bible

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

The resurrection isn't just some facts to believe. It impacts us today in the here and now. "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, ... through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." 2 Peter 1:3-4

• Is it wrong to pray every night that the Lord would take me home to be with Him? I mean what greater thing is there than to be face to face with the Lord Jesus?
• In what ways are teachers judged more strictly?
• What is your take on "grace" teachers gravitating toward false doctrine - such as Trinitarianism and Universalism?

Categories: Resurrection Prayer Bible Apologetics

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

This week we celebrate the event that changed everything. Jesus Christ is the solution to the needs of the human heart. Scientists across the world are trying to solve the problem of death. But Jesus solved the problem of death 2,000 years ago by overcoming the grave. Only God has the power over death. And because Jesus lives we live.

• Please explain Matthew 16:28 - "Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
• Do I have to pray for what God already wants?

Categories: Resurrection Bible Prayer

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Yesterday we share a verse out of Hebrews 7:25 and this is a "therefore" statement. It's a conclusion of comparing the Levitical priesthood to the permanent priesthood of Jesus Christ. The Levites were never able to sit down because their work was never completed. But Jesus finished his work once and for all. In salvation we receive eternal life - Jesus' life. Because he lives you live. "When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." Colossians 3:4

• Is there a 2,000 year gap between Revelation 7:8 and 7:9?
• What can be done about President Biden about taking away our Constitutional rights?
• I am having a hard time being patient and waiting on God to bring my future husband. How can I be patient in my singleness?
• God is the only Dad I have ever known but I always am afraid he will get tired of me and wipe me out. How do I talk to him?

Categories: Salvation Bible Christian Living Prayer

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

This week and the month of March we'll be talking about the New Covenant. It may sound dull, but this is truly exciting. This is where we live out our lives as believers. We're familiar with the Old Covenant with all its rules and regulations. It was put into place 400 years after the promise given to Abraham. The New Covenant isn't like the Old. God made a declaration and we are beneficiaries of His will. Hebrews 9:15

• How do you really know when you hear God's voice?
• Should Christian women cover their heads when we pray?
• Is our name already written in the Book of Life those that will be saved?
• I've accepted Jesus as my savior. But there's a problem, rather than loving God I'm sometimes afraid of him and its tiring for me. How can I love him more as my father than a judge?
• What's an example of "Like sheep to the slaughter"? Are these Christians?
• How is guilt different from repentance?

Categories: New Covenant Christian Living Prayer Bible Forgiveness/Repentance

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

I found the most popular Scripture passage downloaded in 2019 on the Bible app and it was Philippians 4:6-7 "do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.". In 2020 it was Isaiah 41:10 "fear not, for I am with you..."

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• John 5:24 says, "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life."
• A caller asks about Jacob vs. Esau. Was he rejected. Are you Calvinists?
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• Is it appropriate to pray for God's judgment upon those who do wrong?

Categories: Hope Salvation Bible Prayer

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ." Philippians 3:7 When Paul met Jesus, Paul let go of everything else for the privilege of knowing Jesus Christ. This is about a personal relationship with Christ. It's what the whole thing is about.

• Is it necessary to close prayers in Jesus' name? Does God answer those questions?
• Is Revelation about the future or is it about today?
• A caller comments about a radio host on a progressive station stating that Christian don't understand their Bibles and further that Jesus never spoke out against abortion.

Categories: Jesus Christ Prayer Bible Apologetics Christian Living

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

One of the claims Jesus made about himself is in John 8:12 - "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life". There are a lot of implications to that statement. Jesus turned the light on for you; you saw your core problem (you were dead in sin), shined the light of forgiveness on you and took your sins away, and his light brought you righteousness. It's a beautiful thing to live in the light. You are no longer in darkness, you are in the light as a child of light.

• Col. 2 Our growth is from God
• Hear it, Believe it, Live it
• What do you say about cremation? Absent from the body, present with the Lord
• Am I praying right?
• Righteousness is real and made you real
• Is prayer the correct way to understand the Bible?
• Why does the Lords prayer tell us to ask for forgiveness?

Categories: Jesus Christ Freedom Prayer Righteousness/Justification Bible Forgiveness/Repentance

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Jesus underscores who he is in the seven "I am" statements. Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst." John 6:35 He said this just after he fed the 5,000. We have this spiritual hunger inside of us. But it can't be satisfied by worldly things. It can only be satisfied when we receive Jesus Christ by faith.

• Did Nathaniel understand: "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." John 1:51
• I pray a lot is it the same as calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved?
• Does Acts 2:38 suggest that water baptism was a requirement for salvation?

Categories: Jesus Christ Bible Prayer Baptism

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

In Romans chapter 6 we read, "Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life." Romans 6:3-4 We've been raised a brand new creation to walk in a new way of life.

• Brad shares his grace story.
• Tracy shares how he's been inspired by Ephesians 2:8. "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God..."
• Why would Jesus sacrifice his life for us?
• Can the enemy use our prayers against us?

Categories: Grace Salvation Prayer

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

Being thankful every day of your life

• What is Gods desire for us? Finding Gods rest
• Whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive?
• What is the truth of the Gospel?
• What is love?
• When did the bloodline of the Jews begin?
• Why did Jesus say My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?
• What is the good news?

Categories: Faith Prayer Love Jesus Christ Sin