Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.
Have you ever tried to read the Bible but ended up with more questions than answers? Tune in to Pastor Scott's podcast to study the bible in a way that will unlock the riches that exist within. Pastor Scott teaches on various subjects from the Resurrection to Revelation. The teaching is designed to engage a thinking person, there is no need to leave your brain at the door of this church. Bring your questions and study along with Pastor Scott to better Understand the Bible.
Episodes
We are targets of the devil because of God's Spirit in us, so it is important for us to try the spirits to discern false teaching from the Word of God. We need to look to the Word and learn the sayings of God, carefully wielding the rhemas as a short sword – in defense and offense against the enemy. VF-2113 Ephesians 6:17, 1John 4:1-3
It is much more painful to be badly treated by somebody you love than by a stranger, and the Holy Spirit of God is very close to us, given to us by God to abide in our hearts. God continues to give second chances, forgiving all sin against the Son, but we are warned that sin against the Spirit is unpardonable. Read more
Zechariah's visions have a New Testament application for our understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit. The imagery of the candlestick shows how God's Spirit illuminates what we are to do in our human responsibility, while He supplies the power that keeps flowing to let us take that light out into a darkened world. God refuses the earthly methods of human might and power for ...
Job seemed to be a very righteous man, but he still had a thousand layers of self that God wanted to remove. God used a young man named Elihu to deliver His message of chastening, not punishment to Job. Elihu characterizes the Spirit-filled person: he was his own character, not a copycat; humble, ...
This message lays the foundation for understanding the dimensions of the Holy Spirit's personality. Part of His work is to enlighten our minds about spiritual things, conforming us to the image and likeness of Christ. There is a danger of grieving, extinguishing, or quenching what God is doing by willingly ignoring the conviction that comes by the Holy Spirit. He is a person; ho...
Paul makes four categories of mankind: the natural man, babes in Christ, carnal believers, and spiritual Christians. The natural man cannot hear the message; the babe in Christ grows, feeding on the sincere milk of the Word; carn...
The difference between a "believer" and a Christian is the presence and power of God's Spirit working in those following Christ. Standing by a fire will warm a person up, but looking at it from afar will not.
Like those in Corinth, many churches today have elevated spiritual gifts, especially speaking in tongues, as the mark of salvation causing contention and disunity in the body. Paul corrects this by clarifying that there are diversities of gifts, distributed by the Holy Spirit for the edifying of the church. Some, not all, have particular...
The error of many churches has been to become enamored with the speaking of tongues, treating that as the mark of salvation and judging those that do not demonstrate what they think is the most important spiritual gift. However, the gifts of the Holy Spirit...
The are many traditions regarding the baptism of the Holy Spirit that can be debunked by a closer look at the scriptures. Nowhere in the Bible is speaking in tongues a prerequisite mark of salvation, but rather, the instances in the book of Acts were a mark of the unifying work through the Spirit of God, grafting in the Gentiles and the Samaritans. We are all part of the Body of...
Many denominations have erroneous traditions about what it means to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. The scriptures reveal that not all who received the Spirit spoke with tongues, but all were quickened with the equipping to hear the Word of God and to proclaim it. The Father sent a Comforter, one ...
The word "baptism" is a Greek word (from "bapto") that indicates a dipping into. It is used in four ways in the New Testament: the baptism of John the Baptist, the baptism of Christ's suffering, the baptism of believers, and the baptism in the Holy Spirit. John's baptism unto repentance and confession represented a bridge between the old way of the Law and the prophets and the n...
It is the work of the Holy Spirit to “reprove” sin, which is to expose sin and to set it right by bringing us to repentance, specifically to turn us from the sin of failing to recognizing Christ. The ability both to proclaim the word and to receive are dependent on the presence of God’s Spirit in us, and once the seed is planted it will ...
God has sealed us with His Spirit, the Arrabon, a part payment certifying us as authentically His, until we receive our full inheritance. He has granted both authority and power as the equipment for service, and it is important to both know and understand h...
Those that respond to the call of God are led by His spirit and are born again as His adopted sons and daughters. All power is given to His children in a manner that is orderly and under control. If you are willing to be guided, the Lord will pick you up and help you on your way. VF-2099 Romans 8:1...
The Passover was a shadow and type pointing to Christ. God had a plan to reveal Himself to the children of Israel and to judge the people of Egypt. By applying the blood of the lamb to the door, God’s people were spared from the tenth plague, the death of the firstborn. Although they had not known...
The ten plagues in Exodus are a prototype of what God is going to do at the end of time. Each plague has a specific meaning and there are several parallels to events in the book of Revelation. Contrary to popular belief, God did not send these plagues to be cruel, He sent them to show the Egyptian...
The patience and longsuffering of God is inextricably linked to His love. Patience is a part of the fruit of the Spirit that lives within the Christian believer who patiently waits on God. A proper understanding of God’s patience with us and longsuffering makes us more patient with others. VF-2506...
This message challenges the surface-level Christian to build a deeper connection in their relationship with God by going beyond the surface to study the cost and impact of sin, which is much more than a checklist of things we have or haven’t done. VF-2505
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The grace of giving God’s way starts with the heart. If your heart is not right with God, nothing else will be. Many people make excuses for not giving. Some say they would give if they had more, but giving is not about what you possess: it is about what possesses you. Read more
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