We have a lively discussion ranging over multiple topics.

Sorry about the quality of this I forgot my regular recording equipment.

Pastor Josh teaching at a special event on Nov 10th where we are learning to hear the voice of God.

Pray a wise Liturgy - find our liturgy here - Prayer Liturgy Read God’s Word in the context of prayer - Bible Reading

Mourning because of our brokenness and failure - not being ok with staying the same which leads to repentance which leads to dependance on God which leads us back to poverty of spirit - the deep down understanding that we without Christ we can do nothing! John 15:5 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it i ...…

What was it Jesus was doing here? How do we read / Hear this sermon? - 17"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19"Whoever then annuls ...…

4do not [merely] look out for your ownpersonal interests, but also for the interests of others. The Lord takes us BEYOND love your neighbor as yourself - He goes to “Love each other even as I have loved you” John 13:34 5Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in ChristJesus, Christus Exemplar - We are to mirror Him in this attitude - th ...…

27Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you orremain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; When we conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel: "The gospel is not a thing of nothing; nor ...…

19for I know that this will turnout for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but [that] with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. Here it is Pa ...…

11having been filled with the fruit of righteousnesswhich [comes] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. that the gift of righteousness we have been given by Christ would be in obvious manifestation out of us. a people who feel, think, act, and speak like Jesus all the time that the WORLD would see, the angels would see, the heav ...…

10so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; That Love born of experience and marked by clarity would be the fountainhead of the behavior and moral judgment of the body of Christ. That We would LOVE what God Loves and HATE what HE hates in order to be sincere - not fake - ...…

7For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I haveyou in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. I have you in my heart - again the close connection Paul has with this church is obvious BECAUSE in my imprisonment - they sent Epaph ...…

"Bishop Lightfoot observes: “The Epistle to the Philippians is not only the noblest reflection of Paul's personal character and spiritual illumination, his large sympathies, his womanly tenderness, his delicate courtesy, his frank independence, his entire devotion to the Master's service - but as a monument of the power of the Gospel it yields ...…

10If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11But ifthe Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. This is the resurrection bomb I talked a ...…

14For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. From here on out we run into controversy I tend to believe this is a portion scripture in which Paul takes on the voice of a Jew before the Gospel and then in chapter 8 we see the power of the Gospel Others like to teach that this is a description of the strug ...…

12Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned-- 13for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense o ...…

2throughwhom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. Jesus introduced us by faith into grace - IN WHICH WE NOW STAND Grace is not the beginning of the Christian walk - Grace is all of it - every day - every moment is grace flowing from God into us - Grace is: n ...…

1Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, This is unbelievably massive reality God cannot abide sin - it is the cancer of the universe - God’s DNA which fills the universe now corrupted because of Sin - anything that Sin touches devalues the glory of God which is the purpose for which the ...…

Justification by Faith Evidenced in Old Testament 1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? this is Paul’s master stroke - first he connects Jews and gentiles through sin NOW he connects them via Faith He goes back to Abraham the Father of all the Jews and reveal him to be a man of Faith not works 2 ...…

We take a break from Romans to have some random discussion

1Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? Paul had said in the last chapter "25For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law;but if you are a transgressor of the Law,your circumcisionhas becomeuncircumcision.26Soifthe uncircumcisedmankeepsthe requirementsof the Law,will not his uncircumcisionbe rega ...…

1Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. This portion of scripture is Paul doing something he will do a few times in this book. He is talking to a fictional jewish person. One who is NOT YET SAVED. The principals are ...…

19because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. That which is known about God EVIDENT (manifest, visible) WITHIN THEM Every human being knows about God - more in vs 20 “within them” something about our the stamp of God’s own nature upon the human race God MADE it evident to them - God is a God wh ...…

16For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes,to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17For in it [the] righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith;as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS [man] SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.” I am not ashamed of the Gospel he suffered so much he left his cul ...…

7to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called [as] saints: These were the ones to who he was writing the letter. We cannot forget the context! Called as saints - the word saints means - the set apart or consecrated ones - those God has chosen for Himself and set apart for only His use Grace to you and peace from God our Fatherand the Lord Jesu ...…

2which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, God has been working and dreaming about this! He has been planning and moving and speaking for thousands of years excited about saving you. Amos 3:7 7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets. God always wants huma ...…

The Impact Master's Commission Podcast is BACK! We are going back to the book of Romans again this year. Join us! Written by Paul in the middle of his third missionary journey - he was in Corinth on his way to Jerusalem - Acts 20 Written to "those called by God to be saints". So all followers of Jesus in Rome. There were multiple people there i ...…

XI. JESUS PRAISES HER AFTER THE SEASON OF TESTING (SONG 6:4-10) 4"You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with banners. 5"Turn your eyes away from me, For they have confused me; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Gilead. 6"Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Which have c ...…

VII. THE PROPHETIC HEART OF THE BRIDEGROOM GOD (SONG 4:1-8) 1"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are [like] doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead. Hear the voice of Jesus singing over you! - He desires you - that is reality - he finds you enjoyable - bea ...…

IV. CHALLENGING THE COMFORT ZONE (SONG 2:8-17) 8"Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping on the hills! Jesus overcoming every obstacle to our hearts He has defeated all of our enemies to come for us and make us his own All the distance between us and God has been removed by the love of Jesus 9"My beloved is ...…

II. The Mystery of Grace (SONG 1:5-11) 5"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. I am very dark - she says to him. I am dark like the tents of Kedar - as we first begin to approach the king we begin to understand that we are sinful and filthy. We understand that, though we DESIRE H ...…

Should we read this book as an allegory? - We need a good reason to read any portion of scripture as allegory The history: The primary way both the Jewish and Christian scholars have interpreted it as allegory This is the Song of Songs solomon wrote 1005 songs this is the only one he named thus: the song from which all songs spring the song to ...…

This is a fight - a real fight with real consequences - a real race with a real prize - a real war with a real enemy Know your enemy - you are not fighting against the other racers!!! - it is easy when we enter into the race to think of the other racers as the enemy - Paul says NOPE - we have a real enemy but it is not the other racers it is Sa ...…

1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. We continue to talk about “submit to one another in the fear of Christ” - this is the next category of that children - someone who is under the care of their parents - someone who is not responsible for themselves legally obey - it does not say obey - it says listen to - that is not L ...…

Rev 19:10 10Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God.” For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. “I am Gabriel who stands in the presence of God" Testimony - personal experience John 15:15 - ...…

21and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. hold your brothers and sisters to be of higher rank than you in the fear (phobos - where we get our word phobia) of Christ it literally means to “be under in rank" live life in service to your family in Christ This is again about HONOR - showing deference and respect to ONE ANOTHER - I show ...…

1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; Have you ever seen a little kid? trying to act just like his dad? - does he ever succeed in being more than an echo? 2and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gaveHimself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. This is the way we imitate God - We WALK in ...…

equip the saints for the work of service this speaks of setting things in order, "setting a bone or mending a net" - restoration to purpose - setting the army in order we are not the spiritual quartermasters - we don’t hand out the equipment - we train, we organize, we recognize, we affirm, we set the pieces we are given on the board to the bui ...…