Karl Marx and DL Moody - Marxism and Christianity in America - Dr. Erwin Lutzer/ Jack Hibbs Interview

Beloved, this is an absolutely incredible interview with Dr. Erwin Lutzer and Jack Hibbs on Karl Marx and Marxism in today's America. Dr. Lutzer's new book will be out in September, called Marx and Moody.

Pastor Jack sits down again with author Dr. Erwin Lutzer to discuss his newest book, Marx and Moody: Two Contemporaries. Two Gospels. Two Tombstones. One Choice. The book explores the lives of Karl Marx and D.L. Moody, the stark contrast between the two men, and what we can learn from their legacies. Don’t miss this fascinating episode and its timely message for our culture today.

Dear friends, whose influence has impacted this day's America and the present world more? It's all heading to one place, beloved (Rev. 6-19).

Even so, come, Lord Jesus, and Maanatha!

David

PLAY THE MAN! Song Devotional for JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

PLAY THE MAN

SONG DEVOTIONAL

Beloved, in these last days of increasing apostasy, spiritual darkness, and godlessness, Almighty God calls His blood-bought saints to “play the man”, to stand strong and courageously represent our precious Lord Jesus Christ! Like Joshua standing at the entrance of the Promised Land, our courage does not come from ourselves, but from knowing that our ETERNAL God is always with us: “Be strong and of a good courage...for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Josh. 1:6–9).

To “play the man” is to courageously gird up our loins, stand upon the unchanging Word of God, and faithfully shine as His lights in an increasingly dark world. We are Christ's ambassadors, His disciples, and His witnesses! Yet biblical courage is never fleshly toughness or human strength. Our strength flows from abiding in Jesus Christ and allowing His Word to abide richly within us. As we surrender ourselves to the Holy Spirit leading, He produces Almighty God’s beautiful RIGHTEOUS attributes of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance (Gal. 5:22–23).

Beloved, this is how we play the man in these last days! We stand courageously for truth while displaying the character of Jesus Christ. We refuse to be ashamed of our Lord, compromise His Word, or be overcome by the fear of man. Instead, filled with the Holy Spirit and abiding in our Faithful Shepherd, we courageously represent Him wherever He places us. Until our pilgrim race is finished and we see our precious Jesus face to face, may we “be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might” and faithfully shine His light in the darkness!

KEY SCRIPTURES

Joshua 1:6–9
1 Corinthians 16:13–14
John 15:4–5
Galatians 5:22–23
Ephesians 6:10–13
Philippians 2:15–16
2 Timothy 1:7–8

DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Where is Almighty God calling me to courageously stand for His truth today?

2. Am I trying to “play the man” in my own strength, or am I abiding in Christ and depending upon the Holy Spirit?

3. Does my life courageously represent both the truth of God's Word and the beautiful character of Jesus Christ?

PRAYER

Heavenly Father,

Make me strong and of great courage through Your Word and Spirit. Help me to abide faithfully in Jesus, stand courageously for Your truth, and beautifully display the character of Christ in this dark world as His ambassador and light.

Heavenly Father, we praise You and thank You in Jesus' precious name; even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.

Unto the Chief Musician Music - Song Devotional for JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

God Has Given America Over

Dear Friends;

Two of the best out there on end times teaching and cutting edge current events; All things are EXPONENTIALLY growing and moving our nation and the world to the Day of the Lord! Even if you are not a believer, you cannot neglect that America is too far gone, and godless evil saturates our nation.

This discussion of today’s America with Jan and Michelle is very sobering and pointing us all to the only hope America and this high tech godless last days world has; Jesus Christ and His atonement at Calvary (John 1:12, Acts 16:28-31, Rom. 10:3-4, 1 John 4:10)

Maranatha ☝️😊

David

FAR GREATER THAN THESE - Song Devotional for JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

 

FAR GREATER THAN THESE

SONG DEVOTIONAL

Beloved, what is our greatest treasure?  Dear friends, if we possessed all the lands of this fallen world, mountains of gold and precious jewels, or even somehow called the countless stars and trillions of galaxies our own, we would still possess nothing that could compare with Almighty God Himself! Every created thing came from Him and exists by His power, yet our ETERNAL Creator loved us with such incomprehensible agape love that He came into this fallen world and gave Himself for our sins! I don’t know how to say anything more wonderful than that! Jesus Christ, by whom God made the worlds and who upholds “all things by the word of his power,” is ETERNALLY far superior and greater than all these. Beloved, there is absolutely no comparison to Him and His creation (Heb. 1:2–3). He indeed is ETERNALLY far greater!

Almighty God has “set ETERNITY” within our hearts (Eccl. 3:11), and therefore no temporary possession can ever satisfy the deepest longing of the soul. Lost or saved, our soul is only ever looking for Almighty God, our ETERNAL Creator, to fill our ETERNAL void. This fallen world’s wealth fades, possessions perish, kingdoms disappear, and even this present creation will one day pass away. Yet our precious Jesus remains FOREVER! Dear friend, the greatest gift Almighty God could ever give us is Himself. It is the gift that will ETERNALLY never end! Through our salvation in Christ, we possess all of Christ. Jesus is our Savior, our ETERNAL  righteousness, our ETERNAL Faithful Shepherd, our ETERNAL life, our ETERNAL inheritance, our chief agape love, and our ETERNAL possession and treasure. Nothing created can ever replace the ETERNAL precious One who created us and then shed His blood to redeem us! Oh, my beloved! How absolutely wonderful is that! No one in all of ETERNITY will EVER in FOREVER agape love you like Jesus!

Beloved, one glorious day we will begin to understand our ETERNAL precious Possession and Treasure more fully. It will take all of ETERNITY to just begin to scratch the surface of the ETERNAL treasures of our ETERNAL Treasure! What the Almighty has prepared for those who agape love Him is beyond anything this present world could ever offer (1 Cor. 2:9). In the ETERNAL ages to come, Almighty God’s servants “shall see his face” and reign with Him FOREVER and EVER (Rev. 22:3–5). Our greatest joy will not simply be heaven's wonders; it will be Jesus Himself! Therefore, beloved, hold the things of this temporal world very loosely and treasure your precious Treasure above all. Of every possession, every treasure, every star, and every galaxy, even Heaven’s glories we could ever imagine, our hearts can only joyfully proclaim: My precious Treasure and loving Savior is ETERNALLY FAR GREATER THAN THESE!

KEY SCRIPTURES

Ecclesiastes 3:11
Hebrews 1:2–3
Matthew 6:19–21
Philippians 3:7–8
1 Corinthians 2:9
Romans 8:38–39
Revelation 22:3–5

DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Is Jesus Christ truly my greatest treasure, far greater to me than everything this fallen temporal world could ever offer?

2. How does Almighty God's incomprehensible agape love help me to hold earthly possessions more loosely?

3. When I think about ETERNITY, do I look forward most of all to seeing and being with my precious Savior?

PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for giving me the greatest treasure, Your precious Son. Help me, dear Lord, to hold the things of this world loosely and treasure my treasure, Jesus above every created thing.

I praise You and thank You, Heavenly Father, in Jesus' precious name; even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.

Unto the Chief Musician Music - Song Devotional for JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HIS WORD! - Song Devotional Playlist JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

 

WE’RE GOING TO HEAR HIS WORD!

SONG DEVOTIONAL

Beloved, what a privilege and joy it is to gather together each Sunday morning with God's people and sing with great anticipation, “We're going to hear His Word! Hallelujah, preach it, brother; we're going to hear God's Word!” Dear friend, God’s faithful blood-bought disciple should come to God's house with a hungry heart, ready to listen, ready to learn, anticipating great fellowship and worship! Almighty God's precious desire is for us to let His Word do a wondrous work deep within our hearts, to bring us ever closer to Him in Spirit and truth! Jesus great prayer for us was, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17). Beloved, Almighty God's Word is absolutely crucial and essential for our spiritual growth and discipleship under Jesus our shepherd!

Biblical preaching is far more than just simply receiving biblical information. As the Word of God is faithfully proclaimed, the Holy Spirit takes its truth and applies it very personally to our hearts. He is continually in agape love, teaching us, correcting us, encouraging us, convicting us, strengthening our faith, renewing our minds, and continually conforming us into the very image of our precious Savior until we see Him face to face! Like the believers in the Book of Acts, we should gladly receive the Word and continue steadfastly in doctrine, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers (Acts 2:41–42). When we come to God’s house expectantly, Almighty God is more than ready to speak to us through His written Word to change the way we live and to conform us to the dear image of His precious Son! How wonderful is that, dear friend!

Beloved, ultimately our excitement about hearing God's Word leads us to the ETERNAL Word of God, Jesus Christ Himself! He is the ETERNAL Word who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1,14). Therefore, every faithful sermon, every Bible study, every Sunday School lesson, and every personal time in Scripture should draw our hearts closer and closer to Him. Beloved, we do not merely want to know more about the Bible; an intellectual understanding of the Bible will never do any good for us without an abiding relationship to our True Vine. On the contrary, we want to know and possess our precious Lord Jesus more deeply; we want to by faith abide in Him more faithfully, and become more like Him! That beloved is called abiding discipleship! Jesus has called us to leave our nets and to become his abiding disciples and learners, not mere Christians. There are way too many “Christians” today and not enough disciples. So let us, beloved, enter into the House of the Lord with great joyful expectation and hungry hearts: why? For We're going to hear His Word!  

KEY SCRIPTURES

John 1:1–4, 14
John 17:17
Acts 2:41–42
Romans 10:17
2 Timothy 3:16–17
2 Timothy 4:2
Hebrews 10:24–25

DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Do I come to hear God's Word with a joyful, hungry, and teachable heart, or am I just playing church?

2. Am I simply just hearing the Word, or am I allowing the Holy Spirit to apply the Word of truth to my daily life?

3. Is my time in God's Word and under faithful biblical preaching drawing me closer to Jesus, the ETERNAL Word of God, or am I just going through the heartless motions of a non-abiding Christianity?

PRAYER

Precious Heavenly Father,

Give Your servant a hungry, passionate, desirous, and teachable heart to receive Your precious Word. Please use its faithful preaching through the power of Your Spirit to disciple me, change me, and draw me ever closer to my precious Jesus.

We praise You and thank You in Jesus' precious name; even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.

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MY JESUS,TIS OF THEE - Song Devotional for JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

 

MY JESUS, ’TIS OF THEE

SONG DEVOTIONAL

Beloved, “My Jesus, ’tis of Thee” is the grateful song of a redeemed heart looking back upon the wonder of Almighty God's saving grace. As those once ETERNALLY lost in our sins and trespasses, as those once ETERNALLY separated from the RIGHTEOUSNESS of Almighty God, and without any hope in this fallen world, we had nothing within ourselves that could EVER redeem or rescue us (Gal. 1:4, Eph. 2:1-3). Yet our Heavenly Father first agape loved us, then drew us toward His precious Son, and through the glorious ETERNAL Gospel of Jesus Christ opened our eyes to our desperate need for Jesus, the propitiation and Savior of the world. Beloved, “We love him, because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Dear friend, what amazing grace from our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Creator! A lost sinner bound by death, to a brand new creation and a blood-bought child of Almighty God (2 Cor. 5:17-21)!

Beloved, as the child of God reflects upon their ETERNAL deliverance and their pilgrim journey through this fallen world, their heart overflows with glorious thanksgiving to their Savior and agape lover of their soul! The wondrous reality is that at the cross Jesus became our ETERNAL Savior, our ETERNAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, our ETERNAL Faithful Shepherd, our ETERNAL life, and our ETERNAL hope! Through faith in Jesus, we have now passed from ETERNAL death and separation unto ETERNAL life! We have now received the ETERNAL forgiveness of sins, and have been brought into the glorious family of God. We can now cry with all our being, “Abba, Father! Abba, Father!” Beloved, the more we begin to understand what we once were and what Almighty God has ETERNALLY given and made us in His precious Son, the more our hearts should overflow with praise, song, and thanksgiving for His incomprehensible goodness and amazing grace.

Beloved, “My Jesus, ’tis of Thee” becomes the testimony of our entire pilgrim journey. From sinner to saint, from ETERNAL death to ETERNAL life, from ETERNALLY lost to ETERNALLY found, and from a child of death and darkness to a child of life, light, and God; all was made possible by the Person and work of Jesus Christ! Dear friend, our precious Savior, who ETERNALLY saved us, continues now to disciple, shepherd, and transform us daily until that glorious day when we see Him face to face (1 John 3:1-3). Therefore, Beloved, with hearts filled with gratitude, let us sing of His goodness today and throughout all ETERNITY: My Jesus, ’tis of Thee, all things are now possible!

KEY SCRIPTURES

John 6:44
John 3:16–17
Ephesians 2:1–10
Romans 8:15–17
1 John 3:1–3
1 John 4:19
Colossians 1:12–14

DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS

1. When I remember my ETERNALLY lost condition, how does it deepen my gratitude for Almighty God's ETERNAL salvation in Jesus?

2. How have I seen the faithfulness and goodness of my precious Savior throughout my life’s pilgrim journey?

3. Does my daily life reflect the thanksgiving and joy of someone who has gone from a lost sinner to a beloved child of God?

PRAYER

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for loving me, drawing me to Your precious Son, and giving me ETERNAL Life through Jesus, my Savior. May my heart and life continually sing with wondrous gratitude for Your amazing grace and faithfulness to me.

We praise You and thank You in Jesus' precious name; even so, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.

Unto the Chief Musician Music - Song Devotional for JESUS OUR VICTORY CD!

Yeshua Returns to Israel - Unto the Chief Musician Music Song Devotion

Yeshua Returns to Israel

SONG DEVOTIONAL

Beloved, throughout the Holy Scriptures, Yahweh's Word continually points forward to a day when Jesus Christ (Yeshua), Israel's promised Messiah, will return in ETERNAL power and glory to the very land where He first came in His humility. The very One who was rejected and crucified by His own will will return from the Right Hand of the Majesty on High as the rightful KING of kings and LORD of lords (Rev. 6-19:11-21)! In that day, at the very end of Jacob's trouble, will the remaining demonically oppressed inhabitants of Israel look upon the very One whom they rejected, crucified, and pierced, and mourn in great repentance, and receive Him by faith to themselves (Zechariah 12:10; Romans 11:26–27)!

Beloved, Yeshua's return is not only Israel's hope, but the hope of the whole world for redemption and restoration in RIGHTEOUSNESS. On that Day, Yeshua will bring in EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS, where there has only ever been demonic rebellion, oppression, and war, and establish His glorious kingdom FOREVER (Dan. 2:44; 7:13-14, Zech. 12-14). As believers today, we eagerly await His glorious appearing, faithfully proclaim His ETERNAL gospel, His Divine plan for Israel, and rejoice that every promise Almighty God has EVER made WILL be completely fulfilled in Yeshua Messiah. Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!

"Even so, come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22:20)

KEY SCRIPTURES

• Zechariah 12:10

• Zechariah 14:3–9

• Matthew 24:29–31

• Acts 1:9–11

• Romans 11:25–27

• Revelation 19:11–16

• Revelation 22:20

DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS

1. What does Yeshua's promised return teach us about God's faithfulness to His covenant promises to Israel?

2. How should the certainty of Yeshua's return for His bride change the way I live, worship, and share the gospel today?

3. Do I believe all the truths about Yeshua's plan for Israel and Israel's return and restoration to Him at His second coming?

PRAYER

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for Your great love and for sending Yeshua to save us. Thank You that Your Word is true and that every promise You have made to Israel will come to pass at Yeshua's second coming. With a joyful heart, we thank You and rejoice in You. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Amen

Unto the Chief Musician Music Song Devotional for Count it All Joy CD!