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👉🏻 You need to understand that the Bible is primarily about God and not about you. Mistakes are very common when we think every passage is about us directly. Yes, you can almost always apply the lessons of the Bible to your life, but that does not mean you should follow it to the “T”. For example, many Old Testament passages would be morally incorrect for us to follow exactly as New Testament believers. 👉🏻 The scripture makes known its meaning through the other words of the scripture. Words have specific and particular meanings in specific times throughout history. Understand what every word means to fully understand what God has revealed to us in that passage. So if you don’t know a word, look it up! 👉🏻 You must interpret the Bible according to its literary genres. There are many literary genres, such as poetry, prose, Gospel, epistle, etc. You’ll even see that sub-genres exist within each as well. If you read what they wrote as poetry the same way you read an epistle, you’ll get your theology mixed up.

Tonight at 9pm EDT is my next attempt at live recording the first podcast episode. You can join here and listen live. I'll start a thread for questions related to the podcast topic and will answer them at the end of the main content. The topic for this live recording is 5 key points to being a good father.

Since the beginning of this project, I have had many people asking about how to conquer the sin in their life. The sin that seems to just hang around, no matter how hard you try to get rid of it. This sin will differ from person to person. Most of the time, its sexual immorality or sexual lust. But it may be a short temper, overeating, or being lazy. Whatever the sin is that keeps popping up in your life day after day, there is only one way to have victory over that sin. And that’s by feeding and exercising your spirit. How is this done? By reading the word of God, prayer, and edification from your Brothers in Christ. Any means of beating the sin in your life will fall short if it relies on you and your own strength. To see results, it takes time. You need to be spending time every day studying scripture and praying. Feeding your spirit on the word of God, and with prayer, will strengthen your spirit and weaken your flesh. Mix in regular time with other Christians intending to talk about God’s word and you’re on the best path to leave that sin behind. Here’s what I’ve found most amazing on my journey. One day, after getting consistent in my attempt to grow spiritually, I looked back and realized that sin had not reared its head in a very long time. You can have this freedom too! All it takes is for you to: Be in the word of God daily. Pray about everything. Spend time with your brothers in Christ. Take care of that and God will take care of the rest.

Lord willing, this week I'll be streaming the first podcast episode live. The plan is to talk about a subject and then answer any questions at the end which relate to the topic discussed. This will stream on Telegram and Instagram.

From "Victorious Christian Living" by Alan Redpath

Happy Lord's Day

God is never in a haste.

Whether or not you are married with children, the time to focus on Biblical manhood is right now and into the future. If you’re married, you need to work on it so that you can set the tone for your marriage to be as Biblical as possible. If you have children, the same applies so you can set the tone of family life for your children and your wife. But if you don’t have a wife and children, it’s still extremely important to focus on being the most Biblical man you can be. If you are not married, learning about (and practicing) what it means to be Biblically masculine will make you a more Biblical man. The benefits of this are massive, such as attracting Biblical women. The last thing you want to do is focus on God’s word. For you may end up with a non-believing wife or set the tone to one which is lackadaisical in your effort to be godly. When you work towards aligning your life with the Bible, you start marriages from there and raise children from there. Your Biblical masculinity will even influence all other endeavors. For those of you that are already married and have children, it’s going to be an uphill battle. We all have a battle against the flesh when we work to be more Biblical. But for you, as it is with me, you also have to fight against the flesh of your wife and children. If your marriage started out with a laid back approach to your roles as defined by God’s word, there’s going to be a lot of struggles. Your wife will be comfortable with the way things are. So she may claim you’re being “too strict” or that you’re “taking it too seriously”. But it’s not your job to keep her happy, it’s your job to assist her in being holy. It’s the loving thing to do and is exactly what Christ does for the Church. "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." [Revelation 3:19 KJV] Brother, if you a wife and children, start putting in the effort to be a more Biblical man today. This way, you have more years living according to God’s role for you. If you don’t have either, you have even more reason to start today. For if you do, you may avoid much struggle and hardship with your future family.

Sorry everyone, some family matters came up that I had to deal with. Please pray for guidance 🙏🏻