Simplicity of the Gospel Videos


CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO

Download or order the free booklet “The Gift” here: https://basictraining.org/the-gift/

Thanks to the American Bible Society “The Gospel of John” for the video scenes.

I want to remind us of the perspective that Jesus, our Savior, had concerning His own death. Because I think it helps us appreciate it a little bit more. His death was 1) Purposeful, 2) Voluntary, 3) Joyful, and 4) Glorious.

Well, first of all, His death was purposeful. He recognized that He was going to die. John 12:27 says, “What shall I say, Father, do not let this hour come upon me. But that is why I came.”

The purpose of his death was also voluntary. It was a voluntary or volitional outpouring of His love, and it showed full and true submission to God, the Father. Romans 5:8, “for God demonstrates his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” In the garden, Jesus said three times to the Father, “not My will, but Your will be done.” In John 10:17-18 Jesus said, “The Father loves me because I’m willing to give up My life in order that I may receive it back again. No one takes My life away from Me. I give it up of My own free will. I have the right to give it up and I have the right to take it back.This is what my father has commanded me to do.”

His death was purposeful. His death was voluntary. His death was also joyful. Hebrews 12:2 says, “Who, for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and He sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Jesus was fully aware of the pain and the suffering that He would face at the cross, but He had his eyes on the joy, and that joy was purchasing our eternal destiny.

And then finally, Jesus considered death as the path to glory. In John 12:23 He said those words, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to receive great glory.” And this is an amazing verse to me because this is shortly before the passion week. This is shortly before He would go through all of that suffering, the betrayal, the arrest, the scourging, the piercing of his hands and feet, the crown of thorns on his head, and the gathering up the sins of the world that pierced His heart. He didn’t say the time has come for the Son of Man to be tortured and tormented and suffer for the sins of the world. No, He said, “the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.” He ignored the suffering and kept his eyes on the glory. And if we can grasp the truth of that verse, it would totally change our perspective of the sufferings in our life.

So this is His perspective of His own death. He was born to die.

Gene Cunningham - June 9, 2012

Learn to Discern

Even in the darkest of time, where people are devoted to the Word of God, there can be peace and prosperity. "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes" (Jdg 21:25). You cannot tell the difference between good and evil becuse you are spiritually blind. Evil comes under a disguise (Mat 7:15-21 -- sheep = good; wolf = evil). False teacher wears a mask, but is a hypocrite: 



"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. "Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven" (Mat 7:15-21)



"Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall". And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. (Mat 7:22-29)



It's the leader whose fruit needs to be judged. Does the fruit line up with the appearance. (Rom 16:17-19). "Son of David" has bound Satan and is now harvesting souls for God (Mat 12:22-38). Why would a generation come to a point calling evil "good" and good "evil"? Because they have despised the Word of the Lord. Pharasees have dubbed themselves the judges of good yet they call Jesus, Satan. Grieving the Holy Spirit is sin; Queching the Holy Spirit is evil.



The basis of condemnation is unbelief (Rev 20:11). Christ died for all sin (Heb 10:17).



Conference notes for this series can be found [HERE] 

Scripture References: Matthew 7:15-21, Matthew 7:15-21, Hebrews 10:17, Judges 21:25, Revelation 20:11, Matthew 12:22-38, Romans 16:17-19, Matthew 7:22-29

More Messages from Gene Cunningham | Download Audio

More Messages from Gene Cunningham...

Powered by Series Engine



Series Navigation<< Not by Works of Righteousness We have Done <<--->> I AM >>