Biblical Moments with Frank King

Love is like anything else God commands us about. We are free to live in love to the degree that we want to. God does not make us love others. Rather, He equips us to do so. If we want to, we can choose to not love some people while loving others. This podcast episode addresses some practical reasons why we should perfect the area of living in love.
In John's first epistle, he addresses what he calls perfect love. He writes, "God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him" (1 John 4:16, NASB). This perfect love gives us confidence toward God in the day of judgment because He is love. And as He is, so are we in this world (verse 17).
We should regard God's call upon our life to perfect love as our highest calling. Accordingly, we should pursue this goal more passionately than we do spiritual gifts. Jesus told His disciples to love one another so others might know they were His disciples (John 13:35). The world can't see God. But when we dwell in love, the world can see God through us because God is love.
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Jesus demonstrated the power of speaking the Word during His public ministry. Sometimes, as He ministered, the Bible says His Word was with power (Luke 4:32). He spoke to the winds, and they obeyed Him. He spoke to demons, and they obeyed Him. Even sickness and death obeyed Him when He spoke to them.
Jesus also taught His disciples to believe in the power of speaking the Word. He said if they were to speak to a mountain, telling it to be removed and doubt not, it would be done (Mark 11:23). That may sound somewhat radical, but we also have that authority to speak to the “mountains” in our life with faith and believe that things will change as a result of doing that.
No practical value exists in speaking to a literal mountain to be removed. But referring to the humongous size of a mountain underscores the power of speaking the Word with faith. In other words, if it can move a literal mountain, what about the relatively smaller things in our life? The Bible refers to God’s Word as the sword of the Spirit (Ephesians 6:17). Hence, when we speak according to His Word, our words have power in the spiritual realm. This amazing power does not reside in us but in our faith in the power of God’s Word.
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Some things the church does in the name of the Lord these days are really the works of men, wrongly called the work of the Lord. We can expect this trend to increase as we approach the Lord's return. We must be careful not to be distracted by the works of men at the expense of doing the work of God.
No matter what you aspire to do, you will have opposition. Whether you are doing what God has sanctioned, or you are doing your own thing in the name of the Lord, you will have opposition—guaranteed. The important difference is that when you are doing the Lord’s work, He is on your side. He will fight on your behalf. And He will enable you to triumph--even in the midst of opposition. No one or nothing can stop the work of God. 
After Jesus returned to heaven, the religious leaders tried to stop the apostles from preaching Christ. The apostles refused to stop. The religious leaders were at their wits' end. Then stood up a wise and reputable man by the name of Gamaliel. He warned the religious leaders against opposing the work of God: "Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought. But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God" (Acts 5:38-39, KJV).
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What is your appetite for the things of God? Your answer to that question determines the kind of relationship with God that you will have. Your physical body, for instance, will not be strong and healthy if you lack appetite for nutritious food. The same thing is true about your spiritual health if you don't have a spiritual appetite. This podcast episode addresses the importance of having a hunger for God.
To have a hunger for God means that no matter where you are in your relationship with Him, you want more of Him. Accordingly, you do the things that help you realize that kind of progressive relationship with God. Jesus promised, "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled" (Matthew 5:6, KJV),
In the Scriptures, the great servants of God and how God used them inspire and challenge us. These men and women of the Bible had at least one important thing in common. They were not casual in their relationship with God; they were all passionate about Him. Sad but true, in the church today, many people want to have a strong relationship with God, but they don't want to pray the price to have that kind of relationship with Him.
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Water baptism is one of the fundamental mandates for the Christian church. Before Jesus returned to heaven, He commanded His disciples to disciple the nations and to baptize new believers. That is still the mission of the Christian church today. In this episode, Evangelist Frank King explains the biblical meaning of this mandate from our Lord.
Some people make the mistake of equating baptism with salvation. But we are not saved by any form of religious activity. The truth is that everyone who has been saved through faith in Christ should become baptized, but not everyone who becomes baptized has been saved. Many people become baptized not knowing the biblical meaning behind what they are doing. To them, it is no more than a religious ritual.
God sent John the Baptist before Jesus to baptize. John required the people to express their repentance before he baptized them. His mission was to prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. Water baptism is significant for believers in Christ because it is the means by which we make a public statement that we identify with the death of Christ, and that we have chosen to live for Him and not for ourselves. It is to this end that our old, sinful nature has been crucified.
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Even after we become a Christian, we are still clothed in human flesh. Hence, we remain subject to human desires and shortcomings. In effect, we are both a natural being and a spiritual being. These two don't get along. They oppose each other. "For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another....," Paul writes (Galatians 5:17, NASB).
All Christians experience this tug of war occasioned by our flesh versus our spirit. We will not outgrow that dynamic in this life. The good news is that we can live a life that pleases God in spite of that reality. That is the focus of this episode.
We all know that the desires of our flesh can be intense. They include illicit sexual desires, hatred, envy, anger, etc. But we have been born again, and the Holy Spirit lives in us. Through these, we have been empowered to win the war between our flesh and our spirit. We no longer have to obey the wrong desires of our flesh. We can choose to walk in the Spirit and not fulfill our wrong desires.
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We can’t see God. We trust God by trusting His Word. The psalmist writes, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105, NASB). Sometimes, what God says to us through His Word will defy all human logic. If everything He says to us must make sense to us before we act, we can’t effectively live the Christian life.
Sometimes, God challenges us to trust Him in areas where we think we don’t need His input. The church has too many people who choose to trust themselves and their own ability instead of trusting the Word of God. But the writer in the book of Proverbs warns us that what seems so right to us can turn out to be so wrong (Proverbs 14:12).
People say insanity is doing the same thing you did before but expecting different results. But what if the Lord asked you to do what you did unsuccessfully before, but to expect favorable results this time? That was the case with Peter and his fishing partners. After fishing all night and catching nothing, Jesus said to them, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch” (Luke 5:4, NASB). Peter obeyed the Lord, and their boats began to sink. That’s what can happen when you trust the Word of God.
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Today, we live in an extremely judgmental society. We are so quick to weigh in on others. But what does the Bible teach us about that? During His public ministry, Jesus had some things to say about this all-important subject.
As for judging others, people often quote the words of Jesus when He said, “Do not judge so that you will not be judged” (Matthew 7:1, NASB). Many take those words to mean we should never judge. Some people use those words to suppress judgment from others. But we must be careful to not simply utilize one verse in the Bible to form our theological view on a matter. Rather, we should look at the total biblical picture. For instance, in another place, Jesus says we should not judge according to appearance, but we should judge with righteous judgment (John 7:24).
This podcast episode addresses the problem with judging others. We can exercise righteous judgment only by way of the Word of God and by being led by the Holy Spirit. If we use ourselves or our personal perspectives as the standard for judging others, they will be flawed. That’s because even though we are born again, we are still human. And the human perspective is extremely flawed. 
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