The Christian Faith Podcast

Three Strikes Against the Amil’s

Revelation 20 shows us that there will be a 1,000 year reign of Christ upon the earth after this age. However, the teaching of Amillennialism denies this, and in doing so deprives God’s children of so much of His word, and of so much of our hope of the Lord’s return; this is something truly evil. Nonetheless, it seems that today this evil teaching is gaining in popularity among Bible-believing Christians.
In this episode, therefore, we consider three great “strikes” in the Bible against Amillennialism, to explain why we should not accept it if we desire to hold to the Biblical view of the end times. Hopefully, in so doing, we will gain a fuller appreciation of how we can trust in the Bible as the literal word of God, and in its revelation of things to come.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Podcast 60: The Reward of the OvercomersPodcast 55: “Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With PharaohPodcast 44: The Demons, the Abyss, and AmillennialismNote: “Why the Demons Are Not Amillennial”
The Series on Amillennialism:Podcast 35: The End of Amillennialism (1)Podcast 36: The End of Amillennialism (2)Podcast 37: The End of Amillennialism (3)Podcast 38: The End of Amillennialism (4)
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For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:
Podcast 61: “Three Strikes Against the Amil’s”
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This edition of the program was recorded on Friday, 15 September 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

The Reward of the Overcomers

Each of the letters to the seven churches Revelation 2-3 concludes with a distinct reward the Lord promises “to him who overcomes.” Then in Revelation 20:4-6 we see the fulfillment of these promises in “the first resurrection” (Rev. 20:5), during the 1,000 year reign of Christ on the earth.
So, to have a good understanding of the overcomers’ reward, we need to look closely at these verses in Revelation 20. They show us that, not only will the Lord make a distinction between the overcoming believers and the defeated believers, but even among the overcomers, there will be degrees of reward.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Podcast 35. The End of Amillennialism (1)
Podcast 8. The Eternal Gift versus the Kingdom Reward
Podcast 9. The Kingdom and the Darkness; The Wise and Foolish Virgins
A Brief Note: “And They Sat Upon the Thrones” (1)
A Sweet Savor Bible School: https://asweetsavor.org/bible-school/
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:
Podcast 60: “The Reward of the Overcomers”
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This edition of the program was recorded on Thursday, 7 September 2023 in Chicago, Illinois

The Passover (1): The Passover, the Lord’s Table, & the Wedding Feast

The Passover in Exodus 12 is a remarkable picture of the death of Christ. Before we can fully appreciate it, however, we need to see how it is connected to the Lord’s Table. The Passover is the Old Testament memorial feast pointing forward to the death of Christ;  the Lord’s Table is the memorial feast of the New Testament. On the one hand it points us back to the death of Christ, and on the other, it points us forward to His return.
Eventually, both of these feasts will be fulfilled in the Marriage Supper of the Lamb in the next age.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Podcast 54. “Out of Egypt”: (1) The Struggle to Forsake the World
Podcast 55. “Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With Pharaoh
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BIBLE VERSES REFERENCEDIN THIS EPISODE
For a list of Bible verses referenced in this episode of the podcast, please visit its page on our website:
Podcast 59: “The Passover (1): The Passover, the Lord’s Table, and the Wedding Feast”
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This edition of the program was recorded on Thursday, 31 August 2023 in Chicago, Illinois

Pointing the Saints Back to Christ

In the book of Revelation we see the church that fulfills God’s desire in this age, that is, the church in Philadelphia (Rev. 3:8-10). However, in First Corinthians, the Apostle Paul shows us the way to deal with the problems that may arise in the practical church life, so that we can become the church the Lord desires.
In brief, his solution is always the same: to point the saints back to the Lord Jesus Christ as the unique foundation, center, and content of the church life.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
A Brief Note. “You Have Not Denied My Name” (4)
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Podcast 58: “Pointing the Saints Back to Christ”
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This edition of the program was recorded on Thursday, 24 August 2023 in Chicago, Illinois

Our Heart, Leaving Egypt, & Lot’s Choice

The Parable of the Sower is perhaps the clearest depiction in the entire Bible of how we need to deal with our heart so that it can become the good ground for the Lord to grow within us.
In particular, those of us who have been in the Lord for a number of years need to be careful of the “thorns” that may grow up within us to choke the word and so prevent us from bringing forth any fruit to maturity.
In the Old Testament, Lot, when he left Abraham, seems to be an example of one who did not deal with his heart in an adequate way. Thus, his story is a serious warning to us today.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Podcast 54. “Out of Egypt”: (1) The Struggle to Forsake the World
Podcast 55. “Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With Pharaoh
Podcast 12. The Parable of the Sower (1)
Podcast 13. The Parable of the Sower (2)
Podcast 14. The Parable of the Sower (3)
Bible Hub: J.N. Darby on Genesis 13-14
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57. Our Heart, Leaving Egypt, & Lot’s Choice 
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This edition of the program was recorded on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 in Chicago, Illinois

“Atonement” vs. “Redemption”

It is very common for Bible teachers to refer to the “atonement” when speaking of the death of Christ on the cross. However, this is to demean what Christ actually accomplished by His death.
In the Bible the word “atonement” is only used in the Old Testament, in relation to the animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant which only covered sins; they could never take them away (Heb. 10:1-4). In contrast, the New Testament speaks of the “redemption” we have in Christ (Rom. 3:24, Eph. 1:7), referring to His death on the cross, which took our sins away completely, once and for all (Heb. 10:14, John 1:29).
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The Scofield Study Bible, 1917 Edition
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56. Atonement, or Redemption?
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This edition of the program was recorded beginning on 10 August 2023.

“Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With Pharaoh

The book of Exodus shows us, using the picture of the Children of Israel leaving Egypt, that the purpose of Christ’s redemptive work is not merely to save us from our sin, but to deliver us from the world, today’s “Egypt” (Acts 2:40, Gal. 1:4). This is so God can gain His kingdom on the earth and build up the church as His dwelling place, just as the Children of Israel built up the tabernacle in the wilderness.
So, in this podcast we continue to consider this picture. Here we see how Pharaoh bargained with Moses, doing everything he could to keep the Children of Israel in bondage in Egypt, just as today Satan makes various offers to us to keep us enslaved in his world-system.
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SUMMARY
Christ has redeemed us not merely to deal with our sin, but to deliver us from “this present evil age” so that He can gain His church and His kingdom on the earth.
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Podcast 54. “Out of Egypt”: (1) The Struggle to Forsake the World
Gospel: “This Way Please”
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“Out of Egypt”: (2) Bargaining With Pharaoh
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This edition of the program was recorded beginning on Saturday, 22 July 2023.

“Out of Egypt”: (1) The Struggle to Forsake the World

The book of Exodus begins with God’s people in slavery in Egypt, but it ends with the glory of God appearing among His people in the tabernacle in the wilderness; what a wonderful picture is this!
It shows us that the purpose of Christ’s redemptive work is not merely to save us from our sin, but even more, to deliver us from the world, today’s “Egypt” (Acts 2:40, Gal. 1:4), so God can gain His kingdom on the earth and build up the church as His dwelling place.
So, in this podcast we begin to consider what we can learn about our Christian life today from the struggle of the Children of Israel to get out of the land of Egypt.
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SUMMARY
Christ has redeemed us not merely to deal with our sin, but to deliver us from “this present evil age” so that He can gain His church
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Gospel: “This Way Please”
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54. “Out of Egypt”: The Struggle to Forsake the World (1)
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This edition of the program was recorded beginning on Saturday, 22 July 2023.

The Prayer of God & the Ministry of Prayer

And it came to be in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in the prayer of God.— Luke 6:12, SV
We need a greatly uplifted view of prayer in these days, as we see the poor condition of the church and the desperate situation of this country as a whole.
To pray “the prayer of God” means that we do not simply ask God for so many things, or to help us with various aspects of our life. Rather, in such prayer we stand with God for His will in heaven to be done on the earth. As Watchman Nee states in his book, The Prayer Ministry of the Church:
“In all matters related to Him, God will not act until he obtains the cooperation of the will on earth….The church’s ministry includes bringing down to earth the will that is in heaven [Matt. 6:9-10]. But exactly how does the church bring this about? It is by praying on the earth….Prayer as work or ministry means that we stand on God’s side, desiring what He desires.”
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Note: “The Prayer of the God”
Book: “Lawlessness, the Left and the Antichrist”
Book: “The Prayer Ministry of the Church”
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Podcast 53: “The Prayer of the God”
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This edition of the program was recorded on Thursday, 13 July 2023.
 

“Lord! Lord!” • Understanding Matthew 7:21-23

In his letter to the Romans, the Apostle Paul tells us:
Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.— Romans 10:13; cf. Acts 2:21
In the Gospel of Matthew, however, the Lord Himself says:
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens.”— Matthew 7:21
Yet, the Lord here is not contradicting Paul; rather, these two statements balance each other. Paul is sharing how we can receive the free gift of eternal salvation (John 5:24), while the Lord is speaking of gaining the reward of reigning with Him for the 1,000 years of His kingdom on the earth (Rev. 20:4-6). To be clear that these are two very different matters is to rightly divide the word of the truth (2 Tim. 2:15).
And if we are clear about this distinction, it should also help us to understand that God’s goal for us as the believers in Christ is not that we would go to heaven, but that we today would bring God’s authority from the heavens to the earth.
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RESOURCES REFERRED TO IN THIS EPISODE
Podcast 30: “The Gospel of the Kingdom”
Podcast 31: “What Is the Kingdom of the Heavens?”
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Podcast 52: “Lord! Lord!” • Understanding Matthew 7:21-23”
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This edition of the program was recorded on Friday, 30 June 2023.