So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 (KJV) Welcome to the Audio Room where audio studies are made available on-line. Sunday lessons are updated weekly and posted in the Audio Room. Lessons are made available individually, grouped in Studies, or by Teacher. Audio is provided in MP3 format only and may be listen to on-line or downloaded for listening on your MP3 player.
The lesson on February 14, 2010 was a continuation of the Spirit of Fear study with part 3. The scripture reading for this lesson was in Matthew 13:1-9 KJV "1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear."
The lesson on February 7, 2010 was a lesson covering Philippians 2:12-14 KJV "12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:". The scripture teaches us that Christians who live godly in this world will suffer persecution and afflictions. In looking up the definition in Noah Websters 1928 American Dictionary, the definition is provided with a reference to Lamentations 5:5 KJV "5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." The world has many ways of putting godly people in a tough spot but Christ, prayer, and the word of God sees us through. As it says in Psalms 34:17-19 KJV "17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all."
The study series was started on January 17, 2010 by Derek McCammon on 2 Timothy 1:1-7 KJV "1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
The lesson on January 24, 2010 was given by Derek McCammon which continued the study on 2 Timothy 1:1-7 KJV. The scripture reading was in Mark 4:35-41 KJV "35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?" We learned in the first lesson that God was a giver but not the spirit of fear. The Devil gives fear. There are to kinds of fear, good and bad. In Matthew 10:28 KJV we see "28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." We are to have a good reverential fear of God. Fear seperates us from God because of sin (like we learned with Adam in Genesis 3). God has told us that there will be times when we are persecuted with afflictions that cause us fear but He has given us the key to overcome those fears in Christ.
The lesson on January 17, 2010 was given by Derek McCammon on 2 Timothy 1:3-7 KJV "7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." There is evil in the world. We have challenges as Christians dealing with fear and it was the same thing that Timothy had a problem with. Timothy had challenges in Ephesus. Perhaps fear came to him because he was young. There were others that were smarter than him that were causing challenges in his ministry. In 1 Timothy 4:14 Paul was speaking of his gift, reminding him that God has given him the tools to be of sound mind. In chapter 6:17, we see that there are some rich people that Paul is reminding Timothy to address so they use their wealth wisely. When we were saved, God called us into the ministry and He has not left us alone. God tells us that there will be godly suffering in our walk. In 2 Timothy 1:8 Paul says not be ashamed of Christ and his ministry. Paul says God hasn't given US the spirit of fear.
The lesson on January 10, 2010 was an announcement that Rightdivision.com is being re-launched with updated technology. The original site was launch on November 24, 2000 and the intent was to help Christians rightly divide the word of truth. This motivation comes from 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." The original site that was launched was themystery.org which did not accomplish what Rightdivison.com has...
The lesson on December 20, 2009 is the final lesson of the Characters of Christmas study and this lesson is entitled "The End of the Beginning". The scripture reading was in Matthew 1:18-25 KJV and this lesson covers the birth of Christ. "18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
The lesson on December 13, 2009 continued the study on the characters of Christmas. This lesson covers Luke 1:26-31KJV "26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
This study takes a different approach to tell the Christmas story by studying biblical characters involved with the birth of Christ. This will be a three week study leading up to Christmas. The first lesson will cover Elizabeth and Zacharias with a little look at Mary and the birth of John. The second lesson will study Joseph and Mary while the third lesson will cover the birth of Christ.
The lesson on December 6, 2009 started a series on the biblical characters involved in the Christmas story. The first individuals looked at are Zacharias and Elizabeth. The title of this lesson would be "The Beginning of the End" makes you stop and think: is there really an end? In Matthew 24:3-6 KJV the Lord is asked by his disciples... "3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
