Union with Christ VI: The Objective Result, pt 2
Justification is too substantial a topic for one episode, so Dr. John Snyder and Acey Floyd continue focusing on the objective reality of the Christian’s union with Jesus Christ in this week’s episode. But the duo shifts the perspective for this episode from last week’s focus on how sinful man can be made right with God, to how God can be just and make man right with Him The answer, as made clear throughout all Scripture, is the imputation of our sin upon Christ and God’s imputing our sin to Christ.
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Union with Christ V: The Objective Result, pt 1
God reveals Himself to be perfectly just, perfectly holy, and perfectly wise. So how could this perfect Being unite His perfect Son to fallen humanity? How can man, who has rebelled against God's sovereignty since our first parents, ever have a right standing before this Supreme Judge?
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Union with Christ IV: United in Death
What does it mean to be united or baptized into Jesus's death? As Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones articulates in his commentary on Romans 6, it means that we are dead to the power of sin. The death of Christ empowers every Christian to overcome sin. While we will never be perfectly sinless, we will ultimately conquer sin to the glorify of God.
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Union with Christ III: The Origin of Our Union
All of humanity is born being united to Adam. With that union has come the unwelcomed companion of death. But the Christian has a new representative: Jesus Christ. Our union with Him provides life and life eternal. How it is that a human being is united to the eternal God contains much mystery, but it is a beautiful reality worthy of much reflection and meditation. This week Dr. John Snyder and Acey Floyd continue examining theme by looking at the metaphors God gives us throughout the New Testament.
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Union with Christ II: The Nature of Our Union
Union with Christ doesn’t begin after we have reached a certain point of spiritual maturity. Jesus doesn’t wait until we know Him “well enough” to unite Himself with us. Our union with Him was decreed by the Father in eternity past and is experienced by every Christian from the moment of conversion, through every scene of life, upon death, and into our eternal rest.
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Union with Christ I: The Most Important Word
John Snyder and Acey Floyd start a new series about the Christian’s union with Christ. If Jesus is not God, as some have claimed, our union with Him would be worthless. If He is not human, as others have claimed, our union with Him would be impossible.
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The Hope Project with Jeremy Walker
Long-time friend and faithful brother Jeremy Walker introduces us to a ministry is Lusaka Zambia that exists to educate, evangelize, and disciple orphaned children. See how you can pray for and support the work there.
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The Power of a Consistent Life III: The Oxymoronic Nature of Christianity
This week, Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James will wrap up our series on a talk given by Hudson Taylor to several missionaries in the late 19th century. His main emphasis throughout the talk was the significance of the missionaries living a life that aligns with their teaching.
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The Power of a Consistent Life II: We Commend Ourselves
Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James continue walking through a talk given by Hudson Taylor to his missionaries in the late 1800s. This week we focus on the reality that pursuing holiness is ultimately for God’s glory. But it can be used by God to protect the lives of those we love, especially from false teaching.
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The Power of a Consistent Life, pt 1
Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China during the late 19th century whose life embodied the realities we just spent seven episodes discussing. His words were weighty. In this week’s episode, Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James share a talk Taylor gave to his missionaries on the importance of having a life that matches weighty words.
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Trusted with God’s Words VII: Our Great Example, pt 2
Jesus is our ultimate example when it comes to being a person with weighty words. How did He always know the words that would comfort the hurting, convict the sinner, and glorify the Father? He used the same tools available to every Christian, even you. This week, Dr. John Snyder and Teddy James discuss those tools and God’s promise to make them effective in us.
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Trusted with God’s Words VI: Our Great Example, pt 1
Is Christ’s path one that a redeemed sinner can walk? Can a believer in today’s world have such wisdom and speak such words? The answer is yes. We will not do it perfectly, but we can do it faithfully.
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