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Richard Peifer, Bob Davis

How does the New Covenant apply to your life? "By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it He rested from all His work which God had created and made." Genesis 2:2-3 God completed his work of creation. He was perfectly satisfied with His perfect creation because He was satisfied with what He had done.

• Lindy shares here favorite verse: Isaiah 35:4 "Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The retribution of God will come, But He will save you."
• Were Jesus' death and resurrection two parts of the same redemption process? Or was His death for our eternal life and His resurrection for our life on earth?
• How do you know your living from your new heart? And not your head?
• Today's notes: https://basicgospel.net/download_file/1641

Categories: Christian Living Salvation Faith

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

We've been talking about how important this New Covenant is to us all month. We are New Covenant believers. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17 Let's find unity in Jesus.

• As Christians do we live under the Old Testament or the New Testament?
• Are there female angels in Heaven?
• Tracy shares his story of coming to Christ.
• Is sin breaking the law?

Categories: New Covenant Christian Living Bible Sin

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

Hebrews is really a book of contrasts. The writer compares several items in the Old Covenant with the New Covenant. 7:23-28 records this: "The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. ..." Jesus is better than the Levitical priesthood. The priesthood of Jesus Christ is our guarantee. Once we're saved by Jesus we are saved completely.

• What does it mean to rightly divide the Word of God?
• Friend at church is all excited about Calvinism but I'm having trouble with the T and the L in their tulip theory?
• Tracy comments about our role in the new life we have in Jesus Christ.

Categories: New Covenant Bible

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

What is God's will for your life? That can be a perplexing and frustrating question for many. Most of us think of God's will in terms of a plan for our life... who to marry, where to work, etc. It take a shift in focus to really understand the will of God. Instead of thinking of God's will in terms of a plan, let's focus on thinking of God's will as a legal will that he has ratified through the death of Jesus Christ.

Categories: New Covenant Jesus Christ

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

In Hebrews 4 we read some very comforting passages: "Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin." Jesus, our high priest, lived here on earth as one of us and withstood the temptations of the world. He is able to sympathize with us. He knows exactly what we are going through. Hebrews 4:14-16

• Tracy calls about how God showed up in his life through the bad times.
• Can y'all explain Matthew 7:6? "Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you."
• What does the Bible have to say about blame and guilt?

Categories: Jesus Christ Christian Living Bible Emotions/Depression

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis, Andrew Farley

Do you - as a believer - have a "deceitful" and "wicked" heart? Should your heart be tested, not trusted? One of my favorite passages is from December 30:6 is really prophetic about what has happened to you now that you're in Jesus Christ. "And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live."

• You can preorder Andrew Farley's new book, "The Perfect You" here: https://amzn.to/3qWTXN5
• Some seem to believe that the Church is Israel or they go even further and say Israel (the ten lost tribes) populated Europe. What do you think?
• Andrew calls to say thanks for declaring the truth that there is only one race - the human race.
• I've lent money to a friend. How do I handle this if he won't pay it back?

Categories: Bible Christian Living Money

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

At the death of Jesus Christ he ushered in a brand New Covenant. At the Last Supper he announced that the time was at hand. But why do we have a New Covenant? Wasn't the Old Covenant good enough? "But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second." Hebrews 8:6-7

• John's writings say that he is writing to his "little children". What is this referring to?
• Did Jesus die spiritually on the cross?

Categories: New Covenant Bible Jesus Christ

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

What is the secret of a long marriage? The key for believers is to look at your spouse the way God looks at them. He loves them completely and has filled your spouse with His spirit. This allows you to relax and depend on God to do his work in your spouse. As two individuals connected to Jesus Christ now you are connected to each other. You are now one entity. Let every decision flow through that truth.

• How were people saved in the Old Covenant if the New Covenant wasn't presented?
• Matthew says, "even the robbers who were crucified with Him reviled Him." However, according to Luke, only one reviled Him while the other one believed in Him, asking, "Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom" (Luke 23:39, 42).
• In Hebrews 9:28, what does the word "salvation" mean?

Categories: Salvation Bible

Bob Christopher, Bob Davis

As Christians, we've been forgiven, made righteous, holy, alive together with Christ, and God has sent his spirit to take up residence in us. That is what it means to live in the newness of life. Our new life is lived by grace through faith. This is in conflict with the world we live; a world which is often chaotic, selfish, and anti-Christianity.

Categories: Christian Living Grace