CrossEyedNed’s Word On The Line

Faith and Doubt

In this episode we look at both faith and doubt using the examples of John the Baptist and Peter. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

You Must be Born Again

In this episode we hear the great necessity that has been placed upon the soul, in the very words of Christ Jesus Himself: “You must be born again.” As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

Clothed upon with Christ

In this episode we see how the soul’s garments are based upon its state, its condition. The state and condition of a soul will determine the garments with which it is clothed. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Love of God

In this episode we see a testimony of the love of God. This is found in Leviticus 26 where The Lord brought Israel out of bondage into His freedom, and how that He now desires for them them to know The Truth. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

From Whence do we Come?

In this episode we consider the question, “from whence do we come?” It is based upon the Strong’s Greek definition for the word “in,” Strong’s Number [1722], (“ἐν” in Greek). As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Daily Pickle

In this episode we look at the Online Bible Greek Lexicon definition for the word “baptize/baptized” (Strong’s number G907). A very clear example of its meaning is found in a Greek recipe for making pickles. Though it is a natural example, it directs our attention to the greater reality and finality of the new birth. Greater than the impossibility of a pickle to revert back to being a cucumber again, it is utterly impossible for one who is born again to go back to the condition of death (before new birth); to what was, what no longer is, times past, etc. We also look at the cleansing of the cup where mankind can only clean the outside, but not the inside. The vessel (the soul) is once and forever made clean once Christ is present in that soul at the moment of new birth. This of course is by God’s ability and not mankind’s ability, and thus brings mankind to find its only hope in God Himself. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Wise Men

In this episode we look at the wise men from the East in the Christmas story found in Matthew chapter 2. We see that they came and participated in what God is doing in every generation. By following the heavenly star, they were led to God’s One expected End: Christ His Son. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

Eternal Salvation for All

In this episode we look at The Salvation that God has provided for all mankind in His Son Jesus Christ. We also see that though God’s Salvation is offered to all, not all accept and receive it. To have such a Salvation one must enter in through The Door (Who Christ Himself is) to be Born Again. The two main passages of scripture that we consider are Genesis 2-3 and Exodus 12. In Genesis 2-3 we see how sin and death entered into the world and how that the soul of man came into that state / that condition of death and it’s consequences. The context is Adam and Eve, and the garden of Eden. All mankind from that moment onward are born in that condition of sin and death. In Exodus 12 we see a picture of God providing The only Way of Salvation from such a state that holds the soul captive. The context is the children of Israel who are slaves in Egypt and the Passover Lamb being their only Deliverance, their only Salvation from such a state of bondage. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

Confessing our Ignorance and Impotence in Knowing Christ

In this episode we see how that it requires The Holy Spirit for Man to know Christ. It is completely impossible for Man (even the one who is Born Again) to know Christ apart from The Holy Spirit. The passages for our text are Luke 3:21-22 and John 1:29-34 with the baptism of Jesus. We also look at John 16:13 where Jesus Himself declares the work of The Spirit of Truth, which is to guide unto all Truth Who Christ Himself is. With John the baptist we also see a spiritual order of coming to knowing Christ: 1- Confessing our ignorance of knowing Christ (Jn 1:31); 2- The Holy Spirit drawing our attention and placing it, and keeping it, upon Christ (Jn 1:32); 3- Seeing Jesus (Jn 1:34); 4- Confessing our testimony: this is The Son of God (Jn1:34). As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Greatness of Christ

The Greatness of Christ In this episode we consider The Greatness of Christ, and how God Himself desires to make His Son’s Greatness known unto the believer. At the moment of New Birth, we have no clue of The Great Gift of God Whom we have received. It is The Father’s good pleasure to make This One known unto His people. We see this in the testimony with Joshua and the children of Israel coming into the land (Joshua 3:7). *Also, I misspoke at around 3min into the sharing, what I meant to say was “with God all things are possible” —we know this! As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Purpose of the Scriptures

In this episode we look at The Purpose of the Scriptures as well as what is NOT The Purpose of the Scriptures. We see how the Born Again believer can approach the Scriptures (the Bible) with some other goal / purpose than the Scriptures (the Bible) clearly makes known. Jesus Himself gives the very intent and purpose of the Scriptures in John 5:39-40. This intent and purpose can only be realized in one's heart and soul by a miracle of God. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

CrossEyedNed’s “Lectio Divina”

CrossEyedNed’s “Lectio Divina” In this episode we briefly mention the original “Lectio Divina” as well as introduce my own “Lectio Divina”. As one who has experienced both the charismatic and the academic approaches concerning reading and studying the Bible, I have found my own approach (CrossEyedNed’s “Lectio Divina”) to be a good posture of the heart when reading and studying. CrossEyedNed’s “Lectio Divina” 1 Pray 2 Read 3 Yield 4 Wait As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed contact@CrossEyedNed.com For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

For Man to Consider Something Other than Himself…

For Man to Consider Something Other than Himself… In this episode we look at what it takes for Man to consider something other than himself. How it requires a miracle of God for Man to consider something other than himself. This Miracle always has Christ as its object. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

Brought Unto Christ

In this episode we look at Coming unto Christ. How it is God Himself in His tender Mercy and ever abounding Grace that takes the initiative and brings us unto Christ His Son. Since it is God The Father Who does this by the work of The Holy Spirit, it is therefore a miracle of God. This is what God alone can do. Man could not, cannot, nor can ever do this. It is impossible with man, but not with God: for with God, all things are possible. We also see how God brings a heart and soul from beginning to end unto Christ Himself. From causing the soul to be able to respond and receive The Salvation that God offers to every soul, to causing the heart to come unto God’s very own knowledge of His Son. The Salvation that God offers is The very Person of Christ His Son. Once the soul has been brought unto Christ (the moment of New Birth), The Holy Spirit continues the same work, but now it is preparing the ground of the heart to now “bring” the heart in knowledge unto The Knowledge of God. From the knowledge of man, unto the knowledge of God. At the moment of New Birth, the soul has been brought in reality unto The Person of Christ, this is because Christ Himself is present in the soul. Now, the heart must continue to come in knowledge. First reality, then the knowledge of reality. In essence, the heart of the Born Again believer is ever coming (in knowledge) unto Christ, unto Whom God has already brought the soul in reality (once and for all) at the moment of New Birth. This is the work of The Holy Spirit. The heart is coming in knowledge unto The Reality which the soul has already been brought at the moment of New Birth. Once again, this is the miracle of God. Our Bible texts are: John 6:44 (AV) 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him… Genesis 28:16-19 (AV) 16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. Also, I misspoke when I said “Peniel”, I meant to say Bethel. For more, please visit: https://www.crosseyedned.com/ As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Divine Premise for Biblical Interpretation

The Divine Premise for Biblical Interpretation In this episode we look at The Divine Premise for Biblical Interpretation. The majority of scholars, if not all, agree that Biblical interpretation is dependent upon the context of the passage in which it is found. With the Divine Premise we see that the context of the totality of the scriptures is Christ Himself. Man, being self focused, can not consider anything other than himself. We do this even when reading the scriptures of the Bible. We always see ourselves as the object. Except God (in His Mercy and ever abounding Grace) take the initiative and direct our heart unto Christ His Son, we will continue to consider how the scriptures apply to us, and how we can apply the scriptures to our daily natural life. In effect, we completely disregard and redefine the purpose for which the scriptures were given. Our main text is John 5:39-40 where Jesus Himself clearly states that the scriptures are the testimony of He Himself. Not only are the scriptures the testimony of Jesus Christ (Jn 5:39), but the very testimony of the scriptures is designed to bring the heart, the soul, unto Christ Himself (Jn 5:40). John 5:39-40 (AV) 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. Once again, it is only God Himself (by His Holy Spirit) that can draw the attention of the heart of Man (Believer, or nonBeliever) and direct it away from self unto Christ His Son. Man cannot do this, it is a miracle of God. This is the miracle of God in the heart and soul of Man: drawing the attention of the heart, and bringing the heart unto Christ His Son. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Great Transition of The Heart

In this episode we will be looking at The Great Transition of The Heart. This transition must take place in the heart of every Born Again believer. This is the heart coming from being submitted unto ignorance to being submitted unto The Knowledge of God. It is: the heart coming in God’s Knowledge (by the work of The Holy Spirit) unto where the soul has been brought in reality (by God Himself) at the moment of New Birth. The soul has been brought unto God Himself (by God Himself) at the moment of New Birth (Exodus 19:1-4). Our main text is Joshua 5:1-9 where there is a “second” circumcision taking place in the children of Israel. This circumcision is initiated and ordered of The LORD Himself. Here is seen the testimony of the cutting away of ignorance from the heart. First there is Reality (the Red Sea), then there is “The Knowledge” of Reality (the crossing of Jordan). First there is New Birth, then the knowledge of the New Birth. We will also be looking at the means by which such a transition takes place in the heart. This is seen in Joshua 3:1-4. For both Reality and The Knowledge of Reality to take place, there necessitates a miracle (the ability of God). For with man it is impossible, but not with God. For with God, all things are possible. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

One Voice, or The Voice of ONE

In this episode we will be looking at the difference of all having one voice (declaring the same thing), or declaring The Voice of ONE (declaring the mind of The Lord). Our text is 1Kings Chapter 22 where we see an example of this with Ahab (King of Israel), Jehoshaphat (King of Judah), about four hundred prophets, and the Prophet Micaiah. We will also see in this passage the means by which we come from all having one voice and declaring the same thing, to declaring The Voice of ONE. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Crossing of Jordan and The Mantle From On High

In this episode we will be looking at the “putting off” of the old and the “putting on” of The New. How this is accomplished, and when this is accomplished in the heart and soul. Our text is 2Kings Chapter 2 where we see an example of this with the story of Elijah and Elisha and the crossing of the Jordan. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The High Calling of God

In this episode we discuss the true High Calling of God throughout eternity that is declared in every generation by His Eternal Spirit. The calling which is exclusively unto His Son Jesus Christ. And how there were hearts who answered this call and served The Purpose of God in their generation. As always, If this has been a blessing, please share it with others. Freely you have received, freely give! May God bless you in the knowledge of Christ His Son, —CrossEyedNed For more content and older podcasts please visit our website: https://www.crosseyedned.com/

The Invitation and The Purpose of The House

This is a short synopsis of The Purpose of God for which we are called.

 

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