In this edition of the “Pasture’s Podcast” we’ll be contemplating the question ‘which side of the Truth will you find yourself on when all is said and done?’ or, perhaps more graphically, where will you be when the dam breaks?
Galatians 3:2-5, NKJV
This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
We’re continuing the new podcast series, “Spiritual Realities” and, once again, my dear friend John Brown is keeping me company at the mic as we discuss how we – who profess Jesus as our Savior – might break free from the malady of (as one friend calls it) “stinking thinking” and embrace Life as we’ve been called to experience it – as Jesus showed us in the gospels – from an ‘amen, Lord’ heart.
In this segment, we’ll discuss how it appears more common than uncommon for the western expression of the church to listen and respond more readily with her head (our own understanding, Proverbs 3:5) than with her heart; saying ‘amen’ to biblical ideas and preaching points, but not sincerely walking them out.
There’s much truth swirling about, but has it caught the church’s sails?
Does the contemporary church resemble less a shining ‘army with banners’ (Song of Songs 6:4,10) and more a flea market of weekend bargain hunters?
My friend John tells us, “the heart is the hearer,” and offers a vivid illustration at the end of how disastrous life can be if we insist on living from old patterns of thinking and reasoning and do not develop a hearing (and responsive) heart…and more so as we enter into an era of greater deception than we’ve yet known.
Thank you for listening along to these episodes. Feel free to email me any questions you might have and, time permitting, we’ll address them in a future podcast.
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This phrase…”Does the contemporary church resemble a shining ‘army with banners’ (Song of Songs 6:4,10) or a flea market of weekend bargain hunters?” … thank you for challenging us and keeping us focused on Jesus. What you’re doing is needed. Praise God !
Oh bless you, Joyfull! The timeliness of John sitting with me and discussing these matters is expedient for me. I ask God for a listening heart to make myself ready. I rejoice you are too!