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BibleGateway.com
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Bible Gateway  is your rich social and personal connection to freely read, research, and reference Scripture on your desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone . . . anywhere; in more than 200 versions and more than 70 languages! Its simple yet advanced searching capabilities allow you to quickly find and compare particular passages in multiple Bible translations based on the keywords, phrases, topics, or Scripture references you have in mind. You’ll be inspired and encouraged – whether reading with your eyes or your ears (audio Bibles) – as you rely on Bible Gateway for all your Bible reading needs.

OnePlace.com, Christian Radio Ministry
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OnePlace.com is the premier internet provider of online streaming Christian radio broadcasts and programs. Listen to your favorite Christian speakers, authors, and pastors Search our audio broadcasts by topic to find sermons and messages on issues important to you including Christian living, Bible study, salvation, marriage, prayer, Jesus Christ, parenting, and many more. Stay connected with your favorite radio broadcast ministries through daily devotional newsletters and download their latest programs and shows to your MP3 player. Want to take Christian radio programs on the go? Listen to today’s broadcast using the OnePlace.com Christian Radio Programs & Sermons iPhone application! Now available for free download through the Apple iTunes store. Grow in your walk with Jesus Christ, be encouraged in your faith, and build your knowledge of the Bible with OnePlace.com Christian radio programs.

Insight For Living, Chuck Swindol
Website: http://insight.org/

Charles R. Swindoll has devoted his life to the accurate, practical teaching and application of God’s Word and His grace. A pastor at heart, Chuck has served as senior pastor to congregations in Texas, Massachusetts, and California. Since 1998, he has served as the founder and senior pastor-teacher of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, but Chuck’s listening audience extends far beyond a local church body. As a leading program in Christian broadcasting since 1979, Insight for Living airs in major Christian radio markets around the world, reaching people groups in languages they can understand. Chuck’s extensive writing ministry has also served the body of Christ worldwide and his leadership as president and now chancellor of Dallas Theological Seminary has helped prepare and equip a new generation for ministry.

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Life Worth Finding, Dr. Andrian Rogers
Website: http://www.lwf.org/

Known for his evangelistic zeal and uncompromising commitment to the Word of God, Adrian Rogers was one of the greatest preachers, respected Bible teachers, and Christian leaders of our time. For over fifty years, he consistently presented the Good News of Jesus Christ with strong conviction, compassion,and integrity. Even though the Lord called him home in 2005, his messages of “Come To Jesus” are still reaching around the world.

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The Hal Lindsey Report, Hal Lindsey
Website: http://www.hallindsey.com/

“The Hal Lindsey Report” is a weekly half-hour news and commentary series. It is hosted by popular Bible prophecy teacher Hal Lindsey, author of The Late Great Planet Earth. This informative program covers current events and national and international issues from a Biblical and prophecy-based perspective.

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Thru The Bible, James Vernon McGee
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In 1967 Dr. McGee began teaching the Thru the Bible radio program as we know it today. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Today the program airs on over 800 stations each day in the United States and Canada, is heard in more than 100 languages around the world and is broadcast worldwide via the Internet.

On the morning of December 1, 1988, a few minutes after a visit with the then Associate Director of Thru the Bible, alert and in conversation centered around his concern for the continuance of the radio ministry, Dr. McGee fell asleep in his chair and quietly passed into the presence of his Saviour.

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Abounding Grace

(2 Corinthians 8 & 9) God wants to talk to believers about our relationship to the material blessings He’s given us and how they are to be used. There are no rules for Christian giving, but He does give clear-cut principles. DOWNLOAD

Ai and I

(Joshua 7) Zeroes in on our greatest enemy who, surprisingly, is sitting in the seat with you at this moment. DOWNLOAD

The Amazing, Alarming, and Awful Apostasy

The apostasy is coming–blatant immorality, rejection of God’s Word, and denial of Christ as our Lord. In this message from the Epistle of Jude, Dr. McGee details the apostasy in our present day. DOWNLOAD

America Needs a Declaration of Dependence

Disturbed by national and international conditions, we fail to ask who is to blame. In this penetrating message, Dr. J. Vernon McGee demonstrates the real answer as suggested in Isaiah 1. DOWNLOAD

America Needs to be Thankful

(2 Chronicles) Most Americans enjoy material blessings that surpass even those of King Solomon, and spiritual blessings abound through faith in Jesus Christ. DOWNLOAD

An X-Ray of the Cross

(Psalm 22) The Gospels record the historical fact of Christ’s death and the events surrounding His crucifixion, but Psalm 22 reveals His thoughts, shows us the anguish of His passion, and lays bare His soul. DOWNLOAD

The Antidote to Anti-Semitism

As fresh outbreaks of Anti-Semitism are appearing in many places, what should Christians do? This booklet deals with the interesting biblical background and presents the antidote. DOWNLOAD

Armageddon: What? Where? When?

(Revelation 16 & Daniel 11) Covers the place and time of Armageddon, the final war, the forces involved in it, the purpose, and the conclusion. DOWNLOAD

Back to Bethel

Dr. McGee examines Genesis 35:1-15 to tell us the story of Jacob who refused to submit to God at home, so God gave him a 20-year education in the far country, and Uncle Laban taught all the classes. After graduation, God called Jacob back to Bethel and he started living for God. DOWNLOAD

Balaam: A Prophet for Profit

(Numbers 22-25) Probes into the thinking of the shadowy character of Balaam, exposing the greed that was there–greed that may be lurking in our own hearts. DOWNLOAD

The Battle of the Gods

(Exodus 7-12) Recognizes the two great spiritual forces in this world, God and Satan, and reveals how the plagues upon Egypt were leveled at its false gods — a telling blow against the satanic deception of the Egyptian people. DOWNLOAD

Behind the Black Curtain in the Upper Room

(John 14) Dr. McGee shows how our Lord taught the much-loved truths of this chapter by building on interruptions from Peter, Thomas, Philip, and Judas. DOWNLOAD

The Best Love

Dr. McGee maintained that many people are getting married who are not prepared for a relationship that God alone can bless. In this well-loved message, Dr. McGee explains that God promises a lasting, happy marriage to a man and woman who are Spirit-filled. DOWNLOAD

Better Than Bethlehem

His birth in Bethlehem was not the first nor the last appearance of Christ in the world. We see Him revealed in the Old Testament; also, the significance of His birth and His unveiling are found in the revelation. DOWNLOAD

Born of a Daughter of David

Traces the genealogy of Jesus from Abraham to His birth at Bethlehem. Explains the difference between the two genealogies in the New Testament and why the virgin birth was imperative. DOWNLOAD

Changing Bitter Waters to Sweet

(Exodus 15:22-25) Dr. McGee focuses on an incident of the Exodus that shows how God uses bitter experiences to educate and prepare us for service. He will not leave us but will lead us into blessing. DOWNLOAD

Charge It!

(Philemon) Back of this epistle is the apostle. Back of his promise is a person who will pay. Back of the charge is collateral, and back of the communication is a confidence that brings comfort to the heart. DOWNLOAD

Christmas in the Home of Abraham?

(Genesis 12-22) Highlights Abraham’s life and shows how Isaac foreshadowed the coming of Jesus Christ. DOWNLOAD

Christmas is God Shining In

The first time Christ came to this earth was not at Bethlehem, but in the Garden of Eden. Christ’s birth takes on new meaning and sheds new light on the place where the star shone so brightly. DOWNLOAD

The Church at Its Best

(Revelation 2:1-5) This was the church at Ephesus, because it had an intense, enthusiastic devotion to the person of Jesus Christ. DOWNLOAD

Confidence, Certainty, and Cheer

(Philippians 1) In the Epistle to the Philippians Paul writes about Christian living at the highest level. If God’s children could learn to live for Christ, there would be confidence, certainty, and cheer in our lives. DOWNLOAD

The Country Preacher Who Came to Town

(Amos 7) Amos, the Old Testament prophet, may have been a “country bumpkin,” but he was God’s man. Fearlessly and powerfully, he gave God’s message that judgment awaits nations living in luxury and lolling in immorality. DOWNLOAD

The Cross Divides Men

(1 Corinthians 1:18) There are two classes of people who come to the cross of Christ. To one, it’s good for nothing – foolishness. But the other group comes before it and finds the power of God unto salvation. DOWNLOAD

The Cross is God’s Christmas Tree

(Romans 5:1-11) God offers us wonderful gifts as benefits of salvation. They’re of infinite beauty because they come out of the heavenlies, and they were purchased with the precious blood of Christ. DOWNLOAD  or Purchase the printed booklet

Daniel: Choosing to Stand Alone

Presents the biblical view of true separation by examining Daniel’s remarkable life. DOWNLOAD

The Dark Side of Love

(Zephaniah) Corrects our mistaken notion that God’s love is a sentimental feeling rather than a deep concern for His own. DOWNLOAD

Darkness and Light: The Day of the Lord

If you’ve ever been confused about prophecy, this is the booklet for you. Dr. McGee clearly spells out God’s scenario for the future as described in the Bible, event by event, from the Rapture to the New Jerusalem. DOWNLOAD

Death of a Little Child

Dr. McGee shares the comfort God gave to him during the heartrending experience of losing his firstborn daughter. Over the years it has been a help to countless grieving parents who need a word of comfort in a lonely and dark hour. DOWNLOAD  or Purchase the printed booklet

Elisabeth: The First Person to Worship Jesus

Looks at the birth of Jesus through the experience of two great women, Mary and Elisabeth, and their wonderful songs of Christmas. DOWNLOAD

Evolution and You (or Why God Hated Esau)

(Obadiah) The rejection of God’s revelation and the acceptance of the theory of evolution as a fact of science was the great delusion of the twentieth century. Pride is the attitude of those who declare their independence from God. DOWNLOAD

Faith + 0 = Salvation

(Galatians 4) God has a place to take away sins, but it’s not the Law. It’s Christ who paid the penalty for your sin. It’s your faith in Him that saves you; nothing else can. DOWNLOAD  or Purchase the printed booklet

From the Top of the Mount of Olives You Can See Forever

(Matthew 24 & 25) Exposition of the Olivet Discourse. Jesus answers His disciples’ questions concerning the last days: 1) “When shall these things be?” 2)”What shall be the sign of thy coming and 3) of the end of the age?” DOWNLOAD

Fruit of the Sycamore Tree

(Luke 19) Dr. McGee’s delightful message on Jesus’ encounter with the despised tax collector, Zacchaeus. A clear presentation of salvation. DOWNLOAD

Gifts of the Spirit

(1 Corinthians 12-14) What are the gifts of the Spirit? Are they from God? How do we get them? What is their purpose? Dr. McGee answers these questions and more. DOWNLOAD

The God of All Comfort

(2 Corinthians 1:3) Is comfort just a pat on the arm and sympathetic platitudes? God’s comfort is to help us, and goes with us through the difficulties of life. DOWNLOAD

God So Loved

(John 3:16) Puts the yardstick on the word “so,” showing God’s love to be infinite in height, wide as “whosoever,” deep as hell, and demonstrated by the length to which He has gone. Includes a clear presentation of the gospel. DOWNLOAD

Golden Bells and Pomegranates

(Exodus 28 & Leviticus 8) The high priest’s robe of the ephod had around the hem golden bells interspersed with pomegranates. Dr. McGee likens the bells to a believer’s verbal convictions and pomegranates to the fruit of a believer’s life. An encouraging and motivating message. DOWNLOAD

The Gospel in the Gates of Jerusalem

(Nehemiah 3) Dr. McGee takes us around the ten gates of the city of Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s day and applies the significance of each gate to our own lives. DOWNLOAD

Grace in Three Time Zones

(Titus 2) The three time zones are the past when salvation appeared in the person of Christ; the present when the Holy Spirit teaches and empowers us to live for Christ; and the future when the blessed hope becomes a reality. All of this is by His grace. DOWNLOAD

Guidelines for the Understanding of the Scriptures

Dr. McGee’s introduction to his 5-year Bible study through the entire Word of God. DOWNLOAD

The Greatest Sin in All the World

(Hosea) This message has its background in Hosea’s heartbreak over his unfaithful wife, Gomer–who sold herself into harlotry–and her restoration. Dr. McGee draws paralells to God’s dealings with the nation Israel. DOWNLOAD

Have You Crossed Over Jordan?

(Joshua 22) Dr. McGee correlates Israel’s experience of passing over the Jordan River to enter the Promised Land with our experience of lives transformed through identification with the risen Christ. DOWNLOAD

He is Coming Again!

(John) Presents the second coming of Christ in contrast to His first coming–the Christmas yet to come. A very helpful clarification of the two comings of Christ. DOWNLOAD

Homesick for Heaven

(2 Corinthians 5:6-8) What will the New Jerusalem, our home in the heavens, be like? Dr. McGee examines the intriguing clues given to us in Scripture along with an explanation of what an ambassador for the Lord should do. DOWNLOAD

How Can God Exist in Three Persons?

While we may not be able to fully comprehend all the mysteries of the Trinity, we can at least stand on the fringe of this great truth and worship. DOWNLOAD

How God Prepared the World for the First Coming of Christ

(Matthew 2) The four major divisions of the human race entered into God’s planning and timing when He sent His Son into the world. DOWNLOAD

How It All Began

(Genesis 1:1) The intrusion of human hypotheses regarding our origins has produced a babel of voices drowning out the very clear voice of God in the Book of Genesis. DOWNLOAD

How Russia Will Be Destroyed (or When Russia Comes Down Against Israel)

(Ezekiel 38 & 39) This important sermon details the future invasion of Israel by Russia and her allies, how the stage is being set, and God’s surprising and decisive victory. DOWNLOAD

How to Have Fellowship With God

(1 John 1) How can sinners possibly have fellowship with a holy God? Man has tried three ways – two of which are wrong and one that leads to wonderful, sweet fellowship with God the Father. DOWNLOAD

How to Stand Against Satan

(Ephesians 6) Satan uses every dirty trick to attack the child of God. Have you put on the armor God provides in order to avoid being defeated in your Christian life? DOWNLOAD  or Purchase the printed booklet

How You Can Have the Assurance of Salvation

(1 John 5) A gift is available to every Christian. It’s desperately and devoutly desired but seldom attained. The Bible sets forth this gift as a certainty concerning one’s personal relationship with God. Can we know for certain that we are saved? Yes! DOWNLOAD  or Purchase the printed booklet

The Human Story

(Genesis 3) This chapter is necessary in explaining the tragic consequences of disobedience from Eden until now. Before the curtain falls on man’s little day, God lets us hear the strains of the finale in Revelation 5:9, 10. DOWNLOAD

Is Capital Punishment Christian?

The Ten Commandments dictate: “Thou shalt not kill.” But does that apply to capital punishment carried out by governments? Dr. McGee turns to both the Old and New Testaments to find the answer. DOWNLOAD

Is It Possible For a Saved Person Ever to be Lost?

(Hebrews 6:4-6) In an honest search for its meaning, Dr. McGee tackles this confusing and difficult passage of Scripture, which is oftentimes skipped over by Bible commentators. DOWNLOAD

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Understanding True Faith

“Now to the one who works, his wage is not reckoned on the basis of grace, but as what is due. But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him (Jesus) who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.” (Romans 4:4-5)

Reading that it seems like the world is flip flopped and upside down. Most people today believe that we have to work to gain God’s love. Notice that the first part of this Scripture mentions a person that does works to gain God’s favor and it does not say he has faith. Why? Because he does not have faith in the right object which is Jesus Christ. “…is not reckoned on the basis of grace, but as what is due.” God’s grace is a person and it is Jesus Christ, the fullness of God’s grace. The person who BELIEVES in Jesus, his faith is reckoned as Righteousness. A saved person has faith in God because they have Christ as the object of their faith. It is not faith in self righteousness and what WE do to gain God’s favor. It is faith in the grace of God and how Jesus Christ paid the penalty for the sins of the world.

 “What must we do to do the works God requires? Jesus answered, ‘The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.'” (John 6:28)

That is Jesus being as straight and clear as possible in one quick sentence. If we believe that Jesus is the son of God (and is God as part of the Trinity of God). If we believe He became human through the virgin Mary, not born into sin. If we believe He came for the sole purpose of testifying to the truth and to die on the cross to take upon Himself the punishment for our sins and that He became separated from God as part of the punishment. That by doing so, we that believe have become the very righteousness of God, in Christ. This is what God wants us to do. This is what will please Him.

What Is Faith?

“…being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1)

“By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.” (Hebrews 11:3)

It is by faith that Abraham left his home at the age of 75 and traveled to Canaan because God told him to.

“So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. ” (Genesis 12)

It is by faith that Abraham believed that God would provide him and Sarah with a son, even though he was very old and Sarah was too old to have another child. (Hebrew 11:11) Earlier in his life God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. Here we see how God usually does not fulfill or answer prayers in a way or at a time we would expect.

By faith Moses’ mother hid him for 3 months even though the king of Egypt would certainly have them put to death. (Hebrews 11:23) By faith Moses’ mother placed the baby Moses in a floating reed and sent him down the river believing God would care for him (Exodus 2:5-10). God not only did so, he allowed Moses mother to nurse him while young and later hand him over to become Pharaoh’s son.

It is by faith that David defeated Goliath while the tough men of the Army of Israel were frightened. (1 Samuel 17)

It is by faith that Abraham did not hold back his only son when God commanded he be offered as a sacrifice. God stopped him of course. It was a test of faith and knowing God. On the way up the mountain his son asked what animal was to be sacrificed as they did not bring any with them and Abraham answered “God will provide one”. So Abraham used his faith knowing that God could not do such a thing. He remained faithful to the very last moment!

Faith in what? THAT is the question to answer!

The Object Of Our Faith; Jesus Christ

“Have faith in God.” (Mark 11:22) and Jesus says to “…Trust in God; trust also in me.” (John 14:1) This is then what we must do TRUST IN GOD; have faith.

When you go to sit in a chair do you trust it will hold you? Yes, you have faith that it will hold you and so you sit. Faith is not something you do, it is something you trust. If you believe that God is with you, you can trust Him with your very life. You can have full faith in Him.

To have faith in God’s Word is to trust God’s promises.

Does Faith Save you?

But having faith alone is NOT what saves a person. You need to have faith in the right object, Jesus Christ. It is God’s Grace that saves a person. It is a person changing his mind about his sin (to Repent) and believe in the atonement for our sin provided and paid for by Jesus Christ. Believe Christ Is The Son of God and you shall be saved. Once you are saved you have faith because you TRUSTED in Christ to save you. This is what is meant by being “in the faith”. That is believing and trusting in the true object of faith.

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8 KJV)

Salvation is a GIFT from God. God offers this gift to everyone. But to have a gift is to RECEIVE the gift. We receive God’s gift of Salvation by believing and trusting on Christ to save us. It is not a special prayer with specific words. That is, it is not just words that save a person. They need to understand the Gospel before they can believe it through faith.

You need to understand what the gift is and then receive it in belief. Have faith in Jesus Christ, the son of God, who is equal with God, and is God. So many times when Jesus healed people He would say ” YOUR FAITH has made you well”.  Was it their faith that healed them? Is that what he was saying? No. It was God’s Grace that healed them but they trusted that Jesus would heal them by faith in Christ. Jesus tells us that it is not the size of your faith that gives the power. It is instead the object you have faith in.

“The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’ He replied, ‘If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea”, and it will obey you.” (Luke 17:5-6)

A mustard seed is a very small seed!  It is God’s Grace that saves us. It is by believing in Jesus Christ that we have faith. The simplicity of the Gospel and the power of the Gospel is wrapped in faith.

” I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.” (Matthew 21:31-32)

This is so true. The pious and those “full of themselves”, those that claim they are a “good person”…. Their deeds are like filthy rags because they do not admit their sins to God so they could be forgiven. But those that know they do wrong can be convicted of their sin – they know they have done wrong and they ask God for forgiveness and mercy and God forgives them. And not only that, he gives them the power to be the very sons and daughters of God, filled with the very righteousness of God, in Christ. That is serious power.

All Have Sinned Against God

No one has kept the ten commandments in entirety. He who says he is without sin is a liar. (1 John 1:10) God has given you grace and that grace is a person; Jesus Christ, the Son Of God. Believe this and trust that the Word of God is true.

The Holy spirit has guided you to read this article. You are not here by coincidence. With the little faith you have why not invite Jesus into your life? Why not admit your sins to Jesus and ask for forgiveness. That is what He longs to do! He wants to forgive you and have fellowship with you for all eternity. What an amazing God we serve. Do not turn from the greatest gift God has given you. Accept Him and watch what He will do in your life!

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