Observe The Word: Romans With Michael Brent
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- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 129:20:13
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Sinopse
Bible teacher Michael Brent guides listeners through the Letter to the Romans, emphasizing Paul's desire to establish Christians through a robust understanding of the gospel that leads to a life changing obedience of faith.
Episódios
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Matthew 5:33-48 Kingdom Commandments 2
25/02/2024 Duração: 51minIn Matthew 5:33-48, we continue with the second half of Jesus' kingdom commandments. He calls us deeper in and further out, establishing an incredibly high moral standard for entrance into the kingdom of heaven. At this point, we are finally ready to go back and understand the blessings Jesus announced at the beginning of his sermon.
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Matthew 5:17-32 Kingdom Commandments 1
23/12/2023 Duração: 47minIn Matthew 5:17-32, we address the first half of kingdom commandments indicated by Jesus formula, "You have heard it said...but I say to you..." What does it look like to be salt and light for the kingdom of heaven? Jesus is going to tell us. And the standard he sets is going to be very high indeed.
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Matthew 5:1-16 Kingdom Values
29/11/2023 Duração: 39minIn Matthew 5:1-16, Jesus begins the sermon on the mount with a two part introduction. First, he communicates a series of virtues God affirms by rewarding. And second, he exhorts his disciples to be salt and light in society, presumably by living out the virtues that God values. But what does it look like, really, to live out the virtues? In the end, Jesus raises more questions than answers, and that is intentional.
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Matthew 3-4 Gospel of the Kingdom
09/11/2023 Duração: 32minIn Matthew 3-4, we continue to follow Matthew as he sets up the context for the sermon on the mount. Who is this Jesus? What has he come to do? What is his connection to the Old Covenant? What does he mean that the kingdom of heaven is near? What is this gospel of the kingdom that Jesus proclaims?
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Matthew 1-2 Origin of the King
27/10/2023 Duração: 36minWe begin our Sermon on the Mount series with a two-part overview of Matthew 1-4 to set up our context. Who is this Jesus? What has he come to do? What is his connection to the Old Covenant? That's what Matthew has in mind to tell us, starting with the origin of the king in chapters 1 and 2.
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Isaiah 66:18-24 A Sign Among the Nations
22/07/2023 Duração: 53minIn Isaiah 66:18-24, the end of Isaiah speaks of the end of this age. God sets a sign among his people. And he sends survivors out to the ends of the earth. They raise the sign as a standard. It is time to gather in the nations, time for every knee to bow and every tongue confess that the Holy One of Israel, He is God.
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Isaiah 65:17-66:17 New Heavens and New Earth
13/06/2023 Duração: 49minIn Isaiah 65:17-66:17, God's response to the watcher's lament reaches a climax with the promise of a recreation. God will create the heavens and earth anew as an eternal dwelling place for his chosen ones. Who are the chosen ones? Who are these servants of God that dwell with him forever?
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Isaiah 63:7-65:16 Lament and Response
01/06/2023 Duração: 46minIn Isaiah 63:7-65:16, we move from the triumphant vision of glorious Zion to the struggle of holding onto the promise of that glorious future in the painful present. A human watcher cries out to God in a theological rich lament. God challenges the watcher to accept a more accurate perspective of what he is doing.
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Isaiah 61:10-63:6 Four Songs of the Conqueror
18/05/2023 Duração: 45minIn Isaiah 61:10-63:6, we encounter two further songs of a mysterious figure committed to the establishment of an ideal society for God's people. In the first song he comes dressed as a groom for a wedding. In the second song he comes dressed as a champion for battle.
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Isaiah 61:1-9 The Favorable Year of the Lord
03/05/2023 Duração: 38minIn Isaiah 61:1-9 God pours out his Spirit, anointing a chosen servant to proclaim good news to the afflicted. That good news transforms God's people. 700 years later Jesus stood up in a synagogue, read the first two verses of this passage, sat down and declared, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
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Isaiah 60 The Coming Glory
16/04/2023 Duração: 49minIn Isaiah 60, the glory of God shines out from Zion as a glorious city on a hill. Many peoples respond to that light bringing gifts of tribute to the Holy One of Israel, tribute including frankincense and gold. How does this vision of Zion relate to the church? Is this our mission to build a city of light on earth?
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Isaiah 59 The Conqueror Comes
29/03/2023 Duração: 38minIn Isaiah 59, the prophet first condemns the wickedness of his society and then includes himself in with all the rest as he confesses, "our sins testify against us...we know our iniquities." Seeing no man to intercede, the Lord arms himself to bring justice and salvation. But who is this divine conqueror who comes to redeem Zion?
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Isaiah 58 A True Fast – Desiring God and Loving People
20/03/2023 Duração: 49minIn Isaiah 58, the prophet calls out religious hypocrisy. As the paganism of chapter 57 represents the progressive idolatry of the left, the human-centered religiosity of chapter 58 represents the conservative idolatry of the right. In this lesson we raise our third big picture interpretation question, "How does the gospel of Jesus Christ help me interpret this text?"
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Isaiah 56:9-57:21 Two Parties in Judah
20/01/2023 Duração: 42minIn Isaiah 56:9-57:21, we shift from the ideal of God's people depicted in 56:1-8 to the actual reality of God's people. This gives us an opportunity to ask the critical interpretive question, "Who is Isaiah's primary audience?" Who were the people of God he was talking to and what were they like?
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Isaiah 56:1-8 World People, Sabbath People, Praying People
13/12/2022 Duração: 34minIn Isaiah 56:1-8, we introduce the Book of the Conqueror, chapters 56-66, asking a critical interpretive question, overviewing this book's structure, and considering in its first 8 verses the inclusion of eunuchs and foreigners into covenant community with God.
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Isaiah 54:1-55:13 Respond to the Servant’s Triumph
22/11/2022 Duração: 50minIn Isaiah 54 and 55, we are exhorted by the prophet to respond to the astounding work of the servant described in Isaiah 53. Shout! Cry aloud! Come! Seek! The table of grace has been set. You have been invited. Enter into the everlasting covenant of peace.
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Isaiah 53 Interpretations of the Fourth Servant Song
02/11/2022 Duração: 44minThe fourth servant song in Isaiah 52:13-53:12 provides an incredible example of Old Testament prophecy about Jesus Christ. In this episode, we consider how critical historians have interpreted this text, how Jewish scholars have interpreted this text, and how New Testament writers have interpreted this text.
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Isaiah 52:13-53:12 The Fourth Servant Song
22/10/2022 Duração: 45minIn Isaiah 502:13-53:12, we arrive at the heart of the Book of the Servant. The fourth servant song proclaims the long awaited "how" of spiritual deliverance. How does our holy God justly forgive sinful people?
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Isaiah 50:4-52:12 The Third Servant Song
14/10/2022 Duração: 46minIn Isaiah 50:4-52:12, the third servant song provides a model of faithful resilience. Isaiah exhorts Israel to listen, wake up and walk with God according to that model.
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Isaiah 49:1-50:3 The Second Servant Song
06/10/2022 Duração: 39minIn Isaiah 49:1-50:30, Isaiah begins the final section in the Book of the Servant with the second of four servant songs. God's servant is a select arrow, hidden in the Lord's quiver, to be aimed, drawn and released at the appropriate time, not only to restore Israel, but as a light for the nations that God's salvation might reach to the ends of the earth.