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#S4-016: The Cleansing of the Leper: Why God Put It In The Bible for You – Part 2 [Podcast]

Gospel Truths on Healing

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The Cleansing of the Leper

Francis of Assisi was terrified of leprosy. And one day, full in the narrow path that he was traveling, he saw, horribly white in the sunshine, a leper! Instinctively his heart shrank back, recoiling shudderingly from the contamination of that loathsome disease. But then he rallied, and ashamed of himself, ran and cast his arms about the sufferer’s neck and kissed him and passed on. A moment later he looked back, and there was no one there, only the empty road in the hot sunlight. All his days thereafter he was sure it was no leper, but Christ Himself whom he had met.1 In last week’s podcast, we took a look at the who and what surrounding some of the Bible lepers. Today in Part two, we continue to look directly at the cleansing law of the leper found in Leviticus chapter fourteen.

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How to Turn the World Upside Down

An Amusing Look

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Hpw to Turn the World Upside Down

It takes a certain kind of Christian to turn the world upside down. It takes a bonafide cross-carrying disciple. Are you that kind of believer?  While thinking about this subject for this week’s blog post, I ran into this rather cool illustration of the Apostle Paul. This amusing piece was so long, I decided to make it the entire blog for this week.

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For more of this subject see the following: Looking for A Few Good Disciples, Can You Help?
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#S4-015: The Cleansing of the Leper: Why God Put It In The Bible for You

Gospel Truths on Healing

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The cleansing of a man with leprosy.

In last weeks’ podcast, we looked at some healing words used in the New Testament. We ended the podcast just touching on the healing word Jesus used when ministering to a man who had leprosy. This week, we take a more extensive look at the healing of the leper especially centering on the healing ritual surrounding the leper in Leviticus chapter fourteen. All this on this week’s Light on Life.

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The Hypocrisy of Prejudice; The Man with the Gold Ring: James 2:2-4

The Epistle of James

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The Bridge Commentary consists of four sections: Definitions, Background, Questions, and Comments.  The Definitions section explains all significant Greek words found in all the verses of this passage. The Background section contains material which will help to frame the passage in its 1st-century setting. The Questions section includes queries you may want to ask of the text. Finally, the Comments section contains observations of the verses sorted in word or phrase order.

The entire second chapter of James addresses two areas: the hypocrisy of partiality or prejudice (James 2:1-13) and the life-altering alliance between faith and works  (James 2:14-26). In the first area, using a real-life incident between a rich and poor man, James disassembles the sin of prejudice, as it existed among the congregation.

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Have You Noticed the Beauty of the Sky Lately?

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Have you noticed the beauty of the sky lately?

Are You Too Busy to Notice the Beauty?

  • The information, social media, and technology age in which we live have plotted against us I think.
  • Walk through any crowd of people and what do you see?
  • Everyone has their face pasted into a smartphone.
  • The question is, are we getting smarter?
  • Or are we missing the very beauty of God which is all around us?

Psalm 19:1 (ESV) — 1 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

  • What do you think about these things?

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Taken while visiting the Tulsa Zoo. For more of our travels check out our Instagram account.© 2017 Emery Horvath

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Why You Don’t Have to Be Sick in Light of the Bible

Podcast: Light on Life Season Four Episode Fourteen

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Why You Don't Have to Be Sick in Light of the Bible

The Bible teaches us why you don’t have to be sick. On January 17, 1993 Duane Miller was healed of throat condition that reduced his speech to a raspy whisper. While teaching his Sunday school class from Psalm 103 at the First Baptist Church in Brenham, Texas, Duane reaffirmed his belief in divine healing and that miracles had not ended with the Book of Acts. The miracle happened when he got to verse four, which says ‘who redeems your life from the pit’. On the word ‘pit’, his life changed. The word was completely clear. He paused, startled. He said a few more words—all in a normal clear tone—and stopped again. The class erupted with shouts of joy, astonishment, and sounds of weeping. God completely healed him. 1

How’s that for a healing testimony? While he read the Word, he received health. Doesn’t that match the scripture in Proverbs 4:20-22?

Proverbs 4:20–22 (KJV) — 20 My son, attend to my words; Incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep them in the midst of thine heart. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, And health to all their flesh.

Get ready to be healed today.  We are going to be reading some healing verses, God may choose to heal you this way this day as we discuss “Why You Don’t Have to Be Sick in Light of the Bible”.  So, hook your faith up to His Word today. All this and more on this week’s Light on Life.

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#S4-033: Why It’s Important to Flow in Faith’s Domain [Encore Podcast]

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Why You Should Be Easy To Be Holy Spirit Led

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We should allow ourselves to be easy to be led by the Holy Spirit.

The story of missions in more modern times tells of missionaries whose plans have been changed by the Holy Spirit.  Alexander Mackay prepared for work in Madagascar but was directed to Uganda, to aid in founding one of the most remarkable missions in the world. Carey proposed to go to the South Sea but was guided divinely to India, to give the Bible in their native tongue to its teeming millions. Judson wanted to go to India, but his course was changed and he went to Burma instead. When David Livingstone was twelve years of age, he read an appeal for missionaries to go to China and he decided to go. His next decision was to be a medical missionary. With this in view, he began to complete his medical studies. About the time he was ready to go, the Opium War broke out and Englishmen could not go to China. Robert Moffat was in England at that time telling of the South African mission. Livingstone was interested in Moffat’s story and said: “What is the use of waiting for the end of this abominable Opium War? I will go at once to Africa.” Thus the Holy Spirit led Livingstone to Africa and the dreadful slave trade was laid bare to the world. [—Mrs. A. L. Aulick, J.H. Bomberger; Paul Lee Tan, Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times (Garland, TX: Bible Communications, Inc., 1996), 488–489.] In today’s post, we are going to address why it’s important for a believer to be easy to be led by the Holy Spirit.

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#S4-013: Do You Have A New Vision for A New Year? [Podcast]

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Do You Have A Vision for Your Life?

This is the New Years edition of Light On Life. This is the time of the year where people think about things like resolutions, goals, and vision for the upcoming year. Soon after the completion of Disney World, someone said, “Isn’t it too bad that Walt Disney didn’t live to see this?” Mike Vance, creative director of Disney Studios, replied, “He did see it—that’s why it’s here.” 1  Vision is seeing things invisible. Do you have a new vision for this new year?

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Statements Of Faith And Consecration In The Area Of Hearing God

How's Your Hearing?

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How You Can Hear God in Your Heart

In his book When You’re All Out of Noodles, Ken Jones writes about a lesson he learned one day at the office on hearing God.

[When I walked into my office,] I noticed something I had never seen before. It was round, about the size of a dessert plate, and plugged into the wall, giving out a constant noise. It wasn’t a loud noise, just constant. What in the world is that thing? I thought as I stopped to stare. I finally asked the receptionist about it. She said, “It’s an ambient noise generator. If it’s too quiet in here, we can distinguish the voices in the counseling offices, and we want to protect their privacy. So we bought the noise generator to cover the voices.” Her explanation made perfect sense to me but didn’t it have to be louder to mask the conversations, I asked. “No,” she said. “The constancy of the sound tricks the ear so that what is being said can’t be distinguished.” Interesting, I thought. Very interesting. One kind of noise to cover the sound of another. It made me think and pray. No wonder, Lord. No wonder I strain to hear what you have to say to me. The constancy of sound—little noises, soft, inward, ambient thoughts and fears and attitudes—tricks the ears of my inner man and masks your still, small voice. God isn’t silent. We just have trouble hearing him. 1

For more on this subject see the post ‘Simple Spirit Lessons on Prayer and Being Led.’

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#S4-012: Why You Need to Understand What the Star of Bethlehem Really Means [Podcast]

The Christmas Podcast

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Understanding the Reason Behind the Star of Bethlehem Will Help Your Faith in God.

God’s plan was thought up and set in motion before the foundations of the world (Eph. 1:4). Particular courses of events and situations, at times, align to bring into a focus a particular aspect of God’s wisdom and plan. Today, we are going to look at the birth of Jesus in this way. We are going to look at some of the events that came into view and we are going to ask a rather startling question about one of those events, the appearing of the star. Here is the question: ‘What would have happened, had the Star of Bethlehem not appeared?’

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Simple Spirit Lessons on Prayer and Being Led

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There are multiple ways to be led by the Spirit of God. Here are some truths you might ponder in this area of being hearing God and allowing Him to lead you in your everyday life. Some of these lessons may help accelerate your learning curve and make your life more effective and fulfilling. Consider the following.

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Are You A Christian in Hiding?

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Are You A Christian in Hiding?

Don’t Be A Closet Hiding Christian

  • It’s not the way of Jesus.
  • Jesus told us so in the Sermon on the Mount.

Matthew 5:14 (KJV) — 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

  • Are you a Christian in hiding?
  • Have you hidden God’s plan for your life as the man with one talent did in Matthew 25?

Matthew 25:24–25 (KJV) — 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

  • Notice what caused this man to ‘go to earth’ with his talent, fear.
  • He said, ‘I was afraid.’
  • The message of Jesus to us today is fear not.

Luke 12:7 (KJV) — 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

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Taken while visiting the Tulsa Zoo. For more of our travels check out our Instagram account.© 2017 Emery Horvath

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