July 11, 2025 • 20 mins
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Today's Bible Translation
Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 114 NKJV, Ch. 115-116 NLV
Podcast Introduction
It’s Psalms Wednesday, and we’ll be reading chapters 114-116. We’ll also have an Essentials segment and praises and prayer requests.
I’m calling this episode “Trust In the Lord.“
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Summary
When was Jesus crucified? Just before Passover. What did He do the night before His crucifixion? He celebrated the Passover meal with the disciples. Therefore, it is highly likely that He sang these Psalms with His disciples on this, His last night with them.
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Steve Webb 0:02This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. My name is Steve Webb. I'm your OG Godcaster. It Psalms Wednesday, and we'll be reading chapters 114 through 116. We'll also have an essential segment and praises in prayer requests. The website is Lifespringmedia.com. and I'll have contact information at the end of the show. This is the middle of the week. How's your so far? Are you walking close to God? We do have a lot to do today. So let's get started. But before we read, let's pray. Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for our time together today. and we thank You for Your Word. We thank you for the Psalms. I pray, Lord, that as we read today, you would touch our hearts and that you would teach us I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Okay, are you ready? Let's begin.
Steve Webb 0:55Today, instead of sharing comments with you after I'm just going to give you a little bit of introduction, okay, so these three chapters we're going to read today, Psalms 114, through 116, are part of what is known as the Egyptian halau. Because they were sung as a part of the annual Passover celebration that Jews observed. Psalms 113 and 114. were sung before the Passover meal, and 115 through 118 were sung after the meal. well, when was Jesus crucified? Just before the Passover? What did he do the night before his crucifixion, he celebrated the Passover meal with His disciples. So therefore, it is highly likely that he sang the Psalms with His disciples on this his last night with them. both Matthew and Mark made mention in their gospels that quote, they sing a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives, unquote, which is where Jesus prayed to the Father asking, if it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done. Not mine, I'm quote. and then a little while later, after Jesus prayed, Judas Iscariot betrayed Him with a kiss. As we read today's Psalms together, beloved, listen carefully and try to imagine what must have been going through Jesus mind as he sang the Psalms.
Steve Webb 2:22Psalms chapter 114. When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became his sanctuary and Israel, his dominion. The sea, saw it and fled Jordan and turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. What ails you? Oh, see that you fled? Oh, Jordan, that you turned back? Oh, mountains that you skipped like rams? Oh, little hills like lambs tremble, oh Earth at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.
Steve Webb 3:04Psalms chapter 115.
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Steve Webb (00:02):
This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible
coming to you from Riverside,California and podcasting since
2004. My name is Steve Webb. I'myour OG Godcaster. It Psalms
Wednesday, and we'll be readingchapters 114 through 116. We'll
also have an essential segmentand praises in prayer requests.
The website isLifespringmedia.com. and I'll
(00:24):
have contact information at theend of the show. This is the
middle of the week. How's yourso far? Are you walking close to
God? We do have a lot to dotoday. So let's get started. But
before we read, let's pray. OurHeavenly Father, we thank you
for our time together today. andwe thank You for Your Word. We
thank you for the Psalms. Ipray, Lord, that as we read
(00:44):
today, you would touch ourhearts and that you would teach
us I pray this in Jesus name.Amen. Okay, are you ready? Let's
begin.
Today, instead of sharingcomments with you after I'm just
going to give you a little bitof introduction, okay, so these
three chapters we're going toread today, Psalms 114, through
(01:05):
116, are part of what is knownas the Egyptian halau. Because
they were sung as a part of theannual Passover celebration that
Jews observed. Psalms 113 and114. were sung before the
Passover meal, and 115 through118 were sung after the meal.
well, when was Jesus crucified?Just before the Passover? What
(01:30):
did he do the night before hiscrucifixion, he celebrated the
Passover meal with Hisdisciples. So therefore, it is
highly likely that he sang thePsalms with His disciples on
this his last night with them.both Matthew and Mark made
mention in their gospels thatquote, they sing a hymn and went
(01:50):
out to the Mount of Olives,unquote, which is where Jesus
prayed to the Father asking, ifit is possible, let this cup of
suffering be taken away from me.Yet I want your will to be done.
Not mine, I'm quote. and then alittle while later, after Jesus
prayed, Judas Iscariot betrayedHim with a kiss. As we read
(02:13):
today's Psalms together,beloved, listen carefully and
try to imagine what must havebeen going through Jesus mind as
he sang the Psalms.
Psalms chapter 114. When Israelwent out of Egypt, the house of
Jacob from a people of strangelanguage, Judah became his
sanctuary and Israel, hisdominion. The sea, saw it and
(02:36):
fled Jordan and turned back. Themountains skipped like rams, the
little hills like lambs. Whatails you? Oh, see that you fled?
Oh, Jordan, that you turnedback? Oh, mountains that you
skipped like rams? Oh, littlehills like lambs tremble, oh
Earth at the presence of theLord, at the presence of the God
(02:58):
of Jacob, who turned the rockinto a pool of water, the flint
into a fountain of waters.
Psalms chapter 115. Let honor begiven to your name and not to
us, oh Lord, not to us, becauseyou are loving and kind and
faithful. and why should thenation say where is their God
now? But our God is in theheavens. He does whatever he
(03:21):
wants to do. Their gods aresilver and gold, the work of
human hands, they have mouthsbut they cannot speak. They have
eyes but they cannot see. Theyhave ears but they cannot hear.
They have noses but they cannotsmell. They have hands but they
cannot feel they have feet butthey cannot walk. They cannot
(03:41):
make a sound come out of theirmouths. Those who make them and
trust them will be like them. OhIsrael, trust in the Lord. He is
their help and safe covering. Ohhouse of Aaron trust in the
Lord. He is there help and safecovering you who fear the Lord,
trust in the Lord. He is therehelp and safe covering. The Lord
(04:03):
has remembered us and will makegood come to us. He will make
good come to the house ofIsrael. He will make good come
to the house of Aaron. He willmake good come to those who fear
the Lord both the small and thegreat. May the Lord make your
numbers grow both you and yourchildren. May you be given good
things by the Lord, the maker ofheaven and earth. The heavens
(04:25):
belong to the Lord, but he hasgiven the earth to the children
of men. The dead do not praisethe Lord. Neither do those who
go down into the quiet place.But we will give honor and
Thanks to the Lord now andforever. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 116. and I love the Lordbecause He hears my voice and my
(04:46):
prayers. I will call on him aslong as I live because he has
turned his ear to me. Thestrings of death are all around
me. and the fear of the gravecame upon me. I suffered with
trouble and sorrow. Then I callHold on the name of the Lord, oh
Lord, I beg you saved my life.The Lord is loving and right.
(05:06):
Yes, our Lord is full of lovingkindness. The Lord takes care of
the child like I was broughtdown and he saved me. Return to
your rest, oh my soul, for theLord has been good to you. For
you, oh Lord have saved my soulfrom death, my eyes from tears
and my feet from falling. I willwalk with the Lord in the land
(05:26):
of the living. I believe when Isaid, I am very troubled. I said
in my fear, all men are liars.What should I give to the Lord
for all the good things he hasdone for me, I will show him my
Thanks for saving me with a giftof wine and praise his name. I
will keep my promises to theLord before all his people. The
(05:46):
death of His holy ones is ofgreat worth in the eyes of the
Lord. For sure, I am yourservant, oh Lord, I am your
servant, the son of the womanwho served you. You have set me
free from my chains, I will givea gift of Thanks to you and call
on the name of the Lord. I willkeep my promises to the Lord
before all his people in theholy place of the Lord. and in
(06:08):
the center of you, O Jerusalem,praise the Lord.
What are your thoughts? Do youhave comments or questions?
Contact information is at theend of the show today, and
tomorrow will be poetryThursday, we'll read Proverbs 26
and 27.
(06:29):
This is number 16 in our serieson the essentials of the faith,
I hope you're learning somethingor enjoying the review of what
we believe and why we believewhat we believe. Today I'm going
to look at the following. It isa privilege of all who are born
again of the Spirit to beassured of their salvation from
the very moment in which theytrust Christ as their Savior.
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This assurance is not based uponany kind of human merit, but it
is produced by the witness ofthe Holy Spirit, who confirms in
the believer the testimony ofGod in His written Word. Okay,
so that's a lot of words, isn'tit? Let's take it a thought at a
time shall we? It is theprivilege of all who are born
again of the Spirit. well, let'sstop right there. In John
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chapter three, starting at verseone we read. Now there was a man
of the Pharisees namedNicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
This man came to Jesus by nightand said to him, Rabbi, we know
that you're a teacher come fromGod, for no one can do the signs
that You do unless God is withthem. Jesus answered him, Truly,
truly I say to you, unless oneis born again, he cannot see the
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kingdom of God. Nicodemus saidto Him, How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter asecond time into his mother's
womb and be born? Jesusanswered, Truly, truly I say to
you, unless one is born ofwater, and the Spirit, he cannot
enter the kingdom of God, thatwhich is born of the flesh is
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flesh, and that which is born ofthe Spirit is spirit. So
Beloved, this gives us the basisfor the beginning of today's
statement. All of us have beenborn once, haven't we? This is
the birth of the flesh thatJesus referred to. But because
of our sin nature, which we'vetalked about before on these
essential segments, because ofthat sin nature, we must also
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have a spiritual birth. InEphesians, two, one, the apostle
Paul wrote this to the churchand Ephesus, and you were dead
in the trespasses and sins inwhich you once walked. So he was
saying that before they believedthey were spiritually dead
because of their sins. Now, doesthat mean that the church was
made up of a bunch of badpeople, thieves and liars and
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murderers? well, probably not,though there may have been some,
but there were probably alsosome virtuous people as well.
People who paid their taxes ontime obeyed the speed limit and
helped old ladies across thestreet. Ball was talking to them
to even they were dead intrespasses and sin. How could
this be? well, in Romans 323,Paul gives us the answer he
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wrote, For all have sinned andfall short of the glory of God.
So all of us, beloved, areguilty of sin, and all are thus
spiritually dead. Jesus saidthat we must be born of the
spirit of our first birth, thebirth of the flesh made us
children of Adam. and as wetalked about previously, we
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therefore inherited his sinnature. So we need a second
birth, a spiritual birth, whichmakes us children of God. So
here's the first sentence again.It is a privilege of all who are
born again of the Spirit to beassured of their salvation from
the very moment in which theytrust Christ as their Savior.
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Okay, so let's look at this partto be assured of their
salvation. I've got some newsfor you. All of us are going to
die someday, unless the Lordreturns first. None of us have a
guarantee of tomorrow. or eventhe next minute. So the question
is, if you were to die today,would you go to heaven? Many
people would answer that with,well, I hope so I'm a good
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person or something similar.well, the thing is, as we've
already said, All have sinnedand fall short of God's
standards. But we can be surethat we will go to heaven. It
doesn't have to be a guess.Listen to this from First John
511, through 13. and this is thetestimony that God gave us
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eternal life, and this life isin His Son, whoever has the Son
has life. Whoever does not havethe Son of God does not have
life. I write these things toyou who believe in the name of
the Son of God, that you mayknow that you have eternal life.
Did you hear that? That you mayknow that you have eternal life.
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Listen to Jesus word in John1028 and 29. I give them eternal
life, and they will neverperish, and no one will snatch
them out of my hand. My Fatherwho has given them to me, is
greater than all, and no one isable to snatch them out of My
Father's hand. If you have putyour faith in Jesus Christ, you
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have eternal life, you have it.Now, Jesus said it, you will
never perish, you will neverdie. Sure our bodies will die.
But I look at death as sort of agraduation. We'll close our eyes
here and open them in heaven, inHis presence, hidden that's a
guarantee right out of the mouthof Jesus. Next, here's our
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opening sentence once more. Itis the privilege of all who are
born again of the Spirit to beassured of their salvation from
the very moment in which theytrust Christ as their Savior.
Listen, when Jesus wascrucified, there were two other
men hanging on their own crosseson either side of him. We don't
know their specific sins,they're often referred to as the
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thieves on the cross. Could bethat they were just thieves. But
it was not common for the Romansto give the death penalty to
common thieves. They wereprobably some kind of hardened
criminals. Now listen to Luke2339 343, one of the criminals
who were hanged railed at himsaying, Are you not the Christ,
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Save yourself and us? But theother rebuked him saying, Do you
not fear God since you are underthe same sentence of
condemnation? and we indeedjustly, for we are receiving the
due reward of our deeds, butthis man has done nothing wrong.
and he said, Jesus, remember mewhen you come into your kingdom?
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and he said to him, Truly I sayto you, today, you will be with
Me in Paradise. So beloved, assoon as that criminal placed his
faith in Jesus, even he had theassurance of salvation. All he
did was believed that Jesus waswho He said He is. That truly is
the heart of the gospel. Butgood news. So my question for
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you is this. If you were to dietoday, would you go to heaven?
Have you placed your faith inJesus? Have you asked him to
forgive your sins? Have youturned your life over to Him? If
you're not sure that you've donethat, would you do it now? You
can mark this day is the daythat your eternal address
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changed? How about it, make itofficial? If you have never made
that decision, decide now,Scripture says that today is the
day of salvation. Pray with menow. Ready? Pray with me. Lord
Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner.I'm so sorry. and right now, I
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turn away from that sin. I amasking you to come into my life
and be my Lord, my Savior, myfriend, and my God. I'm putting
my faith in you alone, Jesus tosave me from my sins. Thank you,
Lord, for loving me and callingme Your name I pray. Amen. well,
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hallelujah. Beloved, if youprayed that prayer and you meant
it in your heart, put this dateon your calendar as the day that
you believed in Jesus. You are anew person beginning right now.
Behold, the old is gone. The newhas come. Scripture says that
heaven rejoices when one comesto salvation and this is your
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day. If you prayed that prayer,I would love to send a new
believers Bible to you at nocharge. It's a special edition
of the New Testament that hashundreds of notes in it written
by Pastor Greg Laurie for newbelievers. All you need to do is
email me to let me know that youprayed that prayer with me and
where to send your copy. Myemail address is
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steve@lifespringmedia.com. Iwon't put you on have a list or
give your information to anybodyelse. I just want you to have
this to help you get a goodfoundation. Those notes are very
helpful. Will you do that?steve@lifespringmedia.com Send
me your address. Next week we'llfinish the statement we'll pick
up with this assurance is notbased upon any kind of human
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merit, but it is produced by thewitness of the Holy Spirit who
confirms in the believer thetestimony of God in His written
Word. If you have any commentsor questions I would love to
hear from you. Contactinformation is at the end of the
show.
Lifespringmedia.com/support
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Praises and prayer requests,James in Norway said this note
when he said a quick response toyour comments on the Sunday
praises and prayer requests.Dad's Apple Watch reading was
indeed 2% or less. This weekreport shows 8% with a minor
three hour AFib episodes, hereckons he overdid it again. The
question now is whether to gofor another round of ablation in
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September, or hope that the AFibjust goes away before then. I'm
praying for God to heal theheart. and he continues as for
the word boss, it's justsomething I picked up in the 80s
to poke fun at the 70s. Ifanyone is saying it in Norway
these days, it's my fault. andThanks again, Steve for helping
us to pray and I'm glad youreyeball surgery went well. well,
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thank you James. For the bossnote, we'll pray that the Lord
will guide the decision on goingfor another round of ablation or
better yet, as you said, ahealing of your dad's heart. and
speaking of my eyeball, I had myone week post op appointment
with a surgeon yesterday and shesaid everything looks a okay.
You might even say it looksbadass. I don't have to wear the
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shield over my I want to go tobed anymore. and I can resume
normal activities with norestrictions. Pretty cool, isn't
it? Praise the Lord. I wasputting three different kinds of
eyedrops in four times a day.and now I'm only doing two
different drops three times perday. and next week, it'll be
twice a day and then done Ithink if I remember what she
said, and it's written downsomewhere. So anyway, I'm
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thanking the Lord. I have anappointment in September to see
if I need a new glassesprescription so we can pray
about that as well. and Briansaid that Cassie is doing well
she walked yesterday about ahalf a block plus the grandkids
are over with four grandkids bythe way with one of their
daughters plus Cassie sister isover to visit to so Brian said
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it's a house full of estrogen.Cassie is tired out of course.
But how great it is that she'sliving life again, isn't it?
Praise the Lord. Let's pray. Ourloving Heavenly Father, Lord, we
praise You for being the God whohears us. You're not far removed
from us. You're always closerthan a brother. As David wrote,
where can I go from your spirit?Where can I flee from your
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presence. If I go up to theheavens, you're there. If I make
my bed in the depths, you'rethere. If I rise on the wings of
the dawn, if I settle on the farside of the sea, even there,
your hand will guide me. Yourright hand will hold me fast.
Hallelujah Lord, it is so goodto know that you are always
there. Thank you for beingfaithful. Thank you for being
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loving. Father, we thank youagain that James and Norway's
Dad is doing so well. and we askyou to bring complete healing to
his heart or to give wisdom asto whether another round of
ablation should be done. and wepraise you once again for
Kathi's progress What a joy itis to see the healing take
place. We thank you for guidingCassie to a skilled surgeon who
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would do the operation and forproviding the insurance so that
it could be paid for. and Ithank you once again for
bringing healing to my eye. Asthe healing progresses I humbly
ask that You would give evenbetter vision than I had before
if it's your will. But Lord, I'mjust thankful that I have any
vision truly, I thank You. andLord, I'm so thankful for the
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Lifespring family. Bless them,Lord out of the abundance of
your love. We pray these thingsin Jesus name. Amen. Our next
time of prayer will be thiscoming Sunday. If you have
something you'd like us to praywith you or for you about, let
me know contact information tojust a couple of minutes
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Thanks to Sister Denise MichaelHaner Scott Snider, Jason
Paschall and sister Brittaneyfor their donations of time and
talent. God bless you guys.Thank you and Jason Paschall did
today's show art, and Thanks toyou, beloved, for bringing me
into your day today. I'll seeyou tomorrow. Until then, may
God bless you richly. My name isSteve Webb. By
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This is the Lifespring! One Year Bible
coming to you from Riverside,California and podcasting since
2004. My name is Steve Webb. I'myour OG Godcaster. It Psalms
Wednesday, and we'll be readingchapters 114 through 116. We'll
also have an essential segmentand praises in prayer requests.
The website isLifespringmedia.com. and I'll
(00:24):
have contact information at theend of the show. This is the
middle of the week. How's yourso far? Are you walking close to
God? We do have a lot to dotoday. So let's get started. But
before we read, let's pray. OurHeavenly Father, we thank you
for our time together today. andwe thank You for Your Word. We
thank you for the Psalms. Ipray, Lord, that as we read
(00:44):
today, you would touch ourhearts and that you would teach
us I pray this in Jesus name.Amen. Okay, are you ready? Let's
begin.
Today, instead of sharingcomments with you after I'm just
going to give you a little bitof introduction, okay, so these
three chapters we're going toread today, Psalms 114, through
(01:05):
116, are part of what is knownas the Egyptian halau. Because
they were sung as a part of theannual Passover celebration that
Jews observed. Psalms 113 and114. were sung before the
Passover meal, and 115 through118 were sung after the meal.
well, when was Jesus crucified?Just before the Passover? What
(01:30):
did he do the night before hiscrucifixion, he celebrated the
Passover meal with Hisdisciples. So therefore, it is
highly likely that he sang thePsalms with His disciples on
this his last night with them.both Matthew and Mark made
mention in their gospels thatquote, they sing a hymn and went
(01:50):
out to the Mount of Olives,unquote, which is where Jesus
prayed to the Father asking, ifit is possible, let this cup of
suffering be taken away from me.Yet I want your will to be done.
Not mine, I'm quote. and then alittle while later, after Jesus
prayed, Judas Iscariot betrayedHim with a kiss. As we read
(02:13):
today's Psalms together,beloved, listen carefully and
try to imagine what must havebeen going through Jesus mind as
he sang the Psalms.
Psalms chapter 114. When Israelwent out of Egypt, the house of
Jacob from a people of strangelanguage, Judah became his
sanctuary and Israel, hisdominion. The sea, saw it and
(02:36):
fled Jordan and turned back. Themountains skipped like rams, the
little hills like lambs. Whatails you? Oh, see that you fled?
Oh, Jordan, that you turnedback? Oh, mountains that you
skipped like rams? Oh, littlehills like lambs tremble, oh
Earth at the presence of theLord, at the presence of the God
(02:58):
of Jacob, who turned the rockinto a pool of water, the flint
into a fountain of waters.
Psalms chapter 115. Let honor begiven to your name and not to
us, oh Lord, not to us, becauseyou are loving and kind and
faithful. and why should thenation say where is their God
now? But our God is in theheavens. He does whatever he
(03:21):
wants to do. Their gods aresilver and gold, the work of
human hands, they have mouthsbut they cannot speak. They have
eyes but they cannot see. Theyhave ears but they cannot hear.
They have noses but they cannotsmell. They have hands but they
cannot feel they have feet butthey cannot walk. They cannot
(03:41):
make a sound come out of theirmouths. Those who make them and
trust them will be like them. OhIsrael, trust in the Lord. He is
their help and safe covering. Ohhouse of Aaron trust in the
Lord. He is there help and safecovering you who fear the Lord,
trust in the Lord. He is therehelp and safe covering. The Lord
(04:03):
has remembered us and will makegood come to us. He will make
good come to the house ofIsrael. He will make good come
to the house of Aaron. He willmake good come to those who fear
the Lord both the small and thegreat. May the Lord make your
numbers grow both you and yourchildren. May you be given good
things by the Lord, the maker ofheaven and earth. The heavens
(04:25):
belong to the Lord, but he hasgiven the earth to the children
of men. The dead do not praisethe Lord. Neither do those who
go down into the quiet place.But we will give honor and
Thanks to the Lord now andforever. Praise the Lord.
Psalm 116. and I love the Lordbecause He hears my voice and my
(04:46):
prayers. I will call on him aslong as I live because he has
turned his ear to me. Thestrings of death are all around
me. and the fear of the gravecame upon me. I suffered with
trouble and sorrow. Then I callHold on the name of the Lord, oh
Lord, I beg you saved my life.The Lord is loving and right.
(05:06):
Yes, our Lord is full of lovingkindness. The Lord takes care of
the child like I was broughtdown and he saved me. Return to
your rest, oh my soul, for theLord has been good to you. For
you, oh Lord have saved my soulfrom death, my eyes from tears
and my feet from falling. I willwalk with the Lord in the land
(05:26):
of the living. I believe when Isaid, I am very troubled. I said
in my fear, all men are liars.What should I give to the Lord
for all the good things he hasdone for me, I will show him my
Thanks for saving me with a giftof wine and praise his name. I
will keep my promises to theLord before all his people. The
(05:46):
death of His holy ones is ofgreat worth in the eyes of the
Lord. For sure, I am yourservant, oh Lord, I am your
servant, the son of the womanwho served you. You have set me
free from my chains, I will givea gift of Thanks to you and call
on the name of the Lord. I willkeep my promises to the Lord
before all his people in theholy place of the Lord. and in
(06:08):
the center of you, O Jerusalem,praise the Lord.
What are your thoughts? Do youhave comments or questions?
Contact information is at theend of the show today, and
tomorrow will be poetryThursday, we'll read Proverbs 26
and 27.
(06:29):
This is number 16 in our serieson the essentials of the faith,
I hope you're learning somethingor enjoying the review of what
we believe and why we believewhat we believe. Today I'm going
to look at the following. It isa privilege of all who are born
again of the Spirit to beassured of their salvation from
the very moment in which theytrust Christ as their Savior.
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This assurance is not based uponany kind of human merit, but it
is produced by the witness ofthe Holy Spirit, who confirms in
the believer the testimony ofGod in His written Word. Okay,
so that's a lot of words, isn'tit? Let's take it a thought at a
time shall we? It is theprivilege of all who are born
again of the Spirit. well, let'sstop right there. In John
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chapter three, starting at verseone we read. Now there was a man
of the Pharisees namedNicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
This man came to Jesus by nightand said to him, Rabbi, we know
that you're a teacher come fromGod, for no one can do the signs
that You do unless God is withthem. Jesus answered him, Truly,
truly I say to you, unless oneis born again, he cannot see the
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kingdom of God. Nicodemus saidto Him, How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter asecond time into his mother's
womb and be born? Jesusanswered, Truly, truly I say to
you, unless one is born ofwater, and the Spirit, he cannot
enter the kingdom of God, thatwhich is born of the flesh is
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flesh, and that which is born ofthe Spirit is spirit. So
Beloved, this gives us the basisfor the beginning of today's
statement. All of us have beenborn once, haven't we? This is
the birth of the flesh thatJesus referred to. But because
of our sin nature, which we'vetalked about before on these
essential segments, because ofthat sin nature, we must also
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have a spiritual birth. InEphesians, two, one, the apostle
Paul wrote this to the churchand Ephesus, and you were dead
in the trespasses and sins inwhich you once walked. So he was
saying that before they believedthey were spiritually dead
because of their sins. Now, doesthat mean that the church was
made up of a bunch of badpeople, thieves and liars and
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murderers? well, probably not,though there may have been some,
but there were probably alsosome virtuous people as well.
People who paid their taxes ontime obeyed the speed limit and
helped old ladies across thestreet. Ball was talking to them
to even they were dead intrespasses and sin. How could
this be? well, in Romans 323,Paul gives us the answer he
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wrote, For all have sinned andfall short of the glory of God.
So all of us, beloved, areguilty of sin, and all are thus
spiritually dead. Jesus saidthat we must be born of the
spirit of our first birth, thebirth of the flesh made us
children of Adam. and as wetalked about previously, we
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therefore inherited his sinnature. So we need a second
birth, a spiritual birth, whichmakes us children of God. So
here's the first sentence again.It is a privilege of all who are
born again of the Spirit to beassured of their salvation from
the very moment in which theytrust Christ as their Savior.
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Okay, so let's look at this partto be assured of their
salvation. I've got some newsfor you. All of us are going to
die someday, unless the Lordreturns first. None of us have a
guarantee of tomorrow. or eventhe next minute. So the question
is, if you were to die today,would you go to heaven? Many
people would answer that with,well, I hope so I'm a good
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person or something similar.well, the thing is, as we've
already said, All have sinnedand fall short of God's
standards. But we can be surethat we will go to heaven. It
doesn't have to be a guess.Listen to this from First John
511, through 13. and this is thetestimony that God gave us
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eternal life, and this life isin His Son, whoever has the Son
has life. Whoever does not havethe Son of God does not have
life. I write these things toyou who believe in the name of
the Son of God, that you mayknow that you have eternal life.
Did you hear that? That you mayknow that you have eternal life.
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Listen to Jesus word in John1028 and 29. I give them eternal
life, and they will neverperish, and no one will snatch
them out of my hand. My Fatherwho has given them to me, is
greater than all, and no one isable to snatch them out of My
Father's hand. If you have putyour faith in Jesus Christ, you
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have eternal life, you have it.Now, Jesus said it, you will
never perish, you will neverdie. Sure our bodies will die.
But I look at death as sort of agraduation. We'll close our eyes
here and open them in heaven, inHis presence, hidden that's a
guarantee right out of the mouthof Jesus. Next, here's our
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opening sentence once more. Itis the privilege of all who are
born again of the Spirit to beassured of their salvation from
the very moment in which theytrust Christ as their Savior.
Listen, when Jesus wascrucified, there were two other
men hanging on their own crosseson either side of him. We don't
know their specific sins,they're often referred to as the
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thieves on the cross. Could bethat they were just thieves. But
it was not common for the Romansto give the death penalty to
common thieves. They wereprobably some kind of hardened
criminals. Now listen to Luke2339 343, one of the criminals
who were hanged railed at himsaying, Are you not the Christ,
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Save yourself and us? But theother rebuked him saying, Do you
not fear God since you are underthe same sentence of
condemnation? and we indeedjustly, for we are receiving the
due reward of our deeds, butthis man has done nothing wrong.
and he said, Jesus, remember mewhen you come into your kingdom?
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and he said to him, Truly I sayto you, today, you will be with
Me in Paradise. So beloved, assoon as that criminal placed his
faith in Jesus, even he had theassurance of salvation. All he
did was believed that Jesus waswho He said He is. That truly is
the heart of the gospel. Butgood news. So my question for
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you is this. If you were to dietoday, would you go to heaven?
Have you placed your faith inJesus? Have you asked him to
forgive your sins? Have youturned your life over to Him? If
you're not sure that you've donethat, would you do it now? You
can mark this day is the daythat your eternal address
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changed? How about it, make itofficial? If you have never made
that decision, decide now,Scripture says that today is the
day of salvation. Pray with menow. Ready? Pray with me. Lord
Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner.I'm so sorry. and right now, I
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turn away from that sin. I amasking you to come into my life
and be my Lord, my Savior, myfriend, and my God. I'm putting
my faith in you alone, Jesus tosave me from my sins. Thank you,
Lord, for loving me and callingme Your name I pray. Amen. well,
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hallelujah. Beloved, if youprayed that prayer and you meant
it in your heart, put this dateon your calendar as the day that
you believed in Jesus. You are anew person beginning right now.
Behold, the old is gone. The newhas come. Scripture says that
heaven rejoices when one comesto salvation and this is your
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day. If you prayed that prayer,I would love to send a new
believers Bible to you at nocharge. It's a special edition
of the New Testament that hashundreds of notes in it written
by Pastor Greg Laurie for newbelievers. All you need to do is
email me to let me know that youprayed that prayer with me and
where to send your copy. Myemail address is
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steve@lifespringmedia.com. Iwon't put you on have a list or
give your information to anybodyelse. I just want you to have
this to help you get a goodfoundation. Those notes are very
helpful. Will you do that?steve@lifespringmedia.com Send
me your address. Next week we'llfinish the statement we'll pick
up with this assurance is notbased upon any kind of human
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merit, but it is produced by thewitness of the Holy Spirit who
confirms in the believer thetestimony of God in His written
Word. If you have any commentsor questions I would love to
hear from you. Contactinformation is at the end of the
show.
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Praises and prayer requests,James in Norway said this note
when he said a quick response toyour comments on the Sunday
praises and prayer requests.Dad's Apple Watch reading was
indeed 2% or less. This weekreport shows 8% with a minor
three hour AFib episodes, hereckons he overdid it again. The
question now is whether to gofor another round of ablation in
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September, or hope that the AFibjust goes away before then. I'm
praying for God to heal theheart. and he continues as for
the word boss, it's justsomething I picked up in the 80s
to poke fun at the 70s. Ifanyone is saying it in Norway
these days, it's my fault. andThanks again, Steve for helping
us to pray and I'm glad youreyeball surgery went well. well,
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thank you James. For the bossnote, we'll pray that the Lord
will guide the decision on goingfor another round of ablation or
better yet, as you said, ahealing of your dad's heart. and
speaking of my eyeball, I had myone week post op appointment
with a surgeon yesterday and shesaid everything looks a okay.
You might even say it looksbadass. I don't have to wear the
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shield over my I want to go tobed anymore. and I can resume
normal activities with norestrictions. Pretty cool, isn't
it? Praise the Lord. I wasputting three different kinds of
eyedrops in four times a day.and now I'm only doing two
different drops three times perday. and next week, it'll be
twice a day and then done Ithink if I remember what she
said, and it's written downsomewhere. So anyway, I'm
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thanking the Lord. I have anappointment in September to see
if I need a new glassesprescription so we can pray
about that as well. and Briansaid that Cassie is doing well
she walked yesterday about ahalf a block plus the grandkids
are over with four grandkids bythe way with one of their
daughters plus Cassie sister isover to visit to so Brian said
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it's a house full of estrogen.Cassie is tired out of course.
But how great it is that she'sliving life again, isn't it?
Praise the Lord. Let's pray. Ourloving Heavenly Father, Lord, we
praise You for being the God whohears us. You're not far removed
from us. You're always closerthan a brother. As David wrote,
where can I go from your spirit?Where can I flee from your
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presence. If I go up to theheavens, you're there. If I make
my bed in the depths, you'rethere. If I rise on the wings of
the dawn, if I settle on the farside of the sea, even there,
your hand will guide me. Yourright hand will hold me fast.
Hallelujah Lord, it is so goodto know that you are always
there. Thank you for beingfaithful. Thank you for being
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loving. Father, we thank youagain that James and Norway's
Dad is doing so well. and we askyou to bring complete healing to
his heart or to give wisdom asto whether another round of
ablation should be done. and wepraise you once again for
Kathi's progress What a joy itis to see the healing take
place. We thank you for guidingCassie to a skilled surgeon who
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would do the operation and forproviding the insurance so that
it could be paid for. and Ithank you once again for
bringing healing to my eye. Asthe healing progresses I humbly
ask that You would give evenbetter vision than I had before
if it's your will. But Lord, I'mjust thankful that I have any
vision truly, I thank You. andLord, I'm so thankful for the
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Lifespring family. Bless them,Lord out of the abundance of
your love. We pray these thingsin Jesus name. Amen. Our next
time of prayer will be thiscoming Sunday. If you have
something you'd like us to praywith you or for you about, let
me know contact information tojust a couple of minutes
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Thanks to Sister Denise MichaelHaner Scott Snider, Jason
Paschall and sister Brittaneyfor their donations of time and
talent. God bless you guys.Thank you and Jason Paschall did
today's show art, and Thanks toyou, beloved, for bringing me
into your day today. I'll seeyou tomorrow. Until then, may
God bless you richly. My name isSteve Webb. By
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