In this course we’ll talk about getting your tracks ready for mastering , dealing with third party contractors such as mastering engineers and graphic designers . We’ll talk about online distribution , and things like publishing and ISRC...
Jesus received His wisdom and knowledge by direct revelation from the Spirit of God rather than by the teachings of man. Jesus had been learning, but not through man. The Holy Ghost was His teacher. Jesus had to be taught the things of God. This looks contrary to Colossians 2:3, which says that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Jesus. If Jesus was God manifest in the flesh, why would He have to learn or be taught?
The harmony between these apparently opposite statements is that Jesus' spirit man was 100% God and had all of the wisdom and understanding of God in it, but it was manifest in natural flesh. It wasn't sinful flesh but it was flesh, nonetheless, and had to be educated. Jesus was not taught by man, but He was taught by the direct revelation...
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE SERMON WAS ABOUT AT YOUR CHURCH LAST SUNDAY? THIS MIGHT SOUND LIKE A DUMB QUESTION BUT YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE JUST CAN'T REMEMBER. WE GET SO CAUGHT UP IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES THAT SOMETIMES WE ARE NOT REALLY THINKING ABOUT JESUS OR EVEN LISTENING TO WHAT THE PASTOR IS SAYING. I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS ONE OF THOSE IN MY YOUNGER DAYS. I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET OUT OF CHURCH, GET HOME AND GET READY FOR THAT FOOTBALL GAME, OR GO FISHING OR JUST ANYTHING BUT BEING IN CHURCH. YOU ASK ME WHY I EVEN WENT??? I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW WHAT A GOOD CHRISTIANS I WAS. ISN'T THAT SAD. I HAVE SINCE ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THAT.
Peter thought he was being very generous by offering to forgive his brother seven times in one day, but Jesus said he should forgive him 490 times in one day. It would be impossible to have someone sin against you 490 times in one day. Jesus is actually saying that there should be no limit to our forgiveness.
When we are offended or hurt, we often feel justified in holding a grudge. The Old Testament law expressed this when it stated, "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth" (Ex. 21:23-25). Until the offense was paid, we did not feel free to forgive. However, God dealt with all men's offenses by placing sin upon the perfect Savior who was judged in place of every sinner of all time. To demand that others now earn our forgiveness is not Christ like. Jesus died for...
DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO SHOW THE PEOPLE JUST HOW BAD THEY WERE. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE CALL "THE LAW" AND BEFORE THE LAW, MEN WERE SINNING BUT DID NOT KNOW IT. (ROMANS 7:7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.) THE LAW SHOWED PEOPLE WHAT WAS SIN AND THAT THEY NEEDED TO CHANGE.
Verses 18 and 19 have many applications, but taken in context, they are specifically referring to church discipline. Some might think that church discipline is only symbolic and carries no real weight; however, Jesus is making it clear that in the spiritual realm, discipline that is directed by the Holy Spirit has much power.
The scriptural commands concerning church discipline are designed to help restore the brother or sister who is in sin just as much as they are designed to protect other members of the body from that sin. If the...
DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD TRULY LOVES US? HE IS NOT FAR OFF IN HEAVEN WATCHING US TO SEE IF WE ARE GOING TO SIN LIKE SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE. HE LOVES US BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS DID FOR US. BEFORE JESUS TOOK OUR SINS AWAY, WE COULDN'T EVEN GO STRAIGHT TO HIM IN PRAYER. KNOWING ALL OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO JESUS, WHAT REJECTION HE WOULD FACE, THE PAIN HE WOULD SUFFER ON THE CROSS, AND ESPECIALLY HIS PAIN (GOD'S PAIN) WHEN HE HAD TO TURN HIS BACK ON JESUS ON THE CROSS BECAUSE HE COULD NOT LOOK ON ALL THAT SIN. DO YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS OF JESUS, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" THEN THE BIBLE SAYS "Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost." I AM SURE THAT HIS BELIEVING THAT GOD, HIS OWN...
One of the greatest truths of the Bible and also one of the hardest to comprehend, is that we are the objects of God's love. God didn't just pity us or feel some sense of moral obligation to save us. He saved us because of His infinite love for us (Jn. 3:16).
God loves people. He even loves those who have gone astray. As Jesus said in a similar parable (Lk. 15:7), "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance."
Once we experience the life-changing power of Christ, there is a tendency to become harsh and impatient with others who continue to live their lives without Him. We sometimes forget that it was the love and goodness of...
We have angels assigned to us. Hebrews 1:14 further reveals that their purpose is to minister to us (i.e. on our behalf). In the Old Testament, Psalm 91 teaches on the ministry of angels to God's people.
Some have realized this truth and have taken it even further to say that we are supposed to speak to our angels and they will obey our commands. There is no instruction in scripture to do this nor is there any example of it being done. Many of the angels' protective duties described in Psalm 91 are...
ARE YOU BROKEN HEARTED? HAS SOMEONE YOU LOVE DONE SOMETHING THAT REALLY HURT YOU AND YOU NEVER WANT TO SEE THEM AGAIN OR EVEN TALK TO THEM? IF THIS HASN'T YET HAPPENED TO YOU, IT COULD. WHAT YOU DO IF THIS DOES HAPPENS IS GOING TO BE YOUR CHOICE. YOU CAN HATE THEM FOR IT OR YOU CAN FORGIVE THEM. EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES BUT YOUR FORGIVING THEM WILL BE MUCH BETTER FOR THE BOTH OF YOU. HOWEVER, ONCE YOU HAVE FORGIVEN THEM, IT HAS TO BE FORGOTTEN, NEVER TO BE MENTIONED AGAIN.
