Renewing Your Mind with the Word of God Podcast

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Paul’s sermon in Pisidian Antioch reaches its conclusion and its purpose. Having shown that God raised Jesus from the dead, Paul now proves from the Hebrew Scriptures that this was God’s plan all along, then tells his listeners what it means for them: forgiveness of sins.
In Acts 13:33–43, Paul quotes Psalm 2 (“You are my Son”), Isaiah 55 (the sure blessings promised to David), and Psalm 16 (“You will not allow your Holy One to rot in the grave”). He then makes a simple, unanswerable argument: David died, was buried, and his tomb was still in Jerusalem. So David’s words must point to someone else. Jesus was raised on the third day, before His body saw decay. The promise was never about David. It was about David’s heir.
In this episode we cover: what “Today I have become your Father” does and does not mean (the Son is eternal, not created — what began was His role as the Messiah and Savior); why God’s everlasting covenant with David was always a promise of Jesus; why Psalm 16 can only be fulfilled by the resurrection; Paul’s declaration that through Jesus there is forgiveness of sins and a right standing with God that the law of Moses could never provide; his warning from Habakkuk not to mock what God is doing; and the response; that is, people begging to hear more, and Paul and Barnabas urging them to continue in the grace of God.
 “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2 
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Paul’s sermon in Pisidian Antioch continues — and it builds to the most explosive sentence in history: “But God raised him from the dead!”
In Acts 13:21–32, Paul walks his audience from King Saul — the king the people demanded, who ended in fear, jealousy, and defeat — to King David, the man after God’s own heart, whose priority was to obey and honor God despite his flaws. And from David’s line, exactly as promised, God brought Israel and the entire world the Savior: Jesus.
In this episode we explore: why God gave Israel the king they wanted before the king they needed; what “a man after God’s own heart” really means (and doesn’t mean); the striking contrast between two men of Benjamin named Saul — one who rejected God, and one transformed by Christ; how the Sanhedrin fulfilled the very prophecies they read every Sabbath by condemning Jesus; and why the resurrection changes everything — God saved the Savior, so the Savior can save us.
“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2
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In this episode, we follow Paul and Barnabas from Paphos to Perga and then on to Pisidian Antioch, where John Mark leaves them and returns to Jerusalem. On the Sabbath, Paul and Barnabas go into the synagogue. Jesus chose Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles, yet in city after city Paul goes to the synagogue first because he longs for his own people to be saved (Romans 9:1–5).

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders invite the visitors to speak. Paul had been trained under Gamaliel. He stands up and addresses both the men of Israel and the Gentiles who worship God. Luke records only one of Paul's many synagogue messages, and this is it.

Join us as we walk through the first part of Paul's message (Acts 13:16–20). Paul reminds his audience that the God of Israel is a saving God. He chose their ancestors and made them prosper in Egypt. He led them out with mighty power. He endured their grumbling and rebellion for forty years in the wilderness, from the manna and quail to the golden calf to their refusal to enter the Promised Land. And He overthrew seven nations in Canaan to give His people their inheritance. In spite of His people's unfaithfulness, God kept saving them.

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We're back from summer break! In this episode, we open Acts 13 as the story of the early church turns from Peter to Paul. While the leaders of the church in Antioch are worshiping and fasting, the Holy Spirit speaks: "Appoint Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them." After more prayer and fasting, the church lays hands on the two men and sends them out, and Paul's first missionary journey begins.

We follow Barnabas, Saul, and John Mark to the island of Cyprus, where they preach in the Jewish synagogues first, from Salamis all the way to Paphos. There they meet Sergius Paulus, a Roman governor who wants to hear the word of God, and Bar-Jesus, a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet who tries to keep him from believing. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Saul, now called Paul for the first time, confronts the sorcerer, who is struck blind, and the governor believes.

Join us as we explore what it means to be sent by the Holy Spirit, why the gospel went to the Jews first, how fasting and prayer prepare us to hear from God, and the striking parallel between Paul's own blindness on the Damascus road and the blindness that falls on the man who led a governor into spiritual darkness.

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In this episode, we conclude Acts 12 by examining the dramatic death of King Herod Agrippa. After accepting the praise of the crowd as though he were a god, Herod refuses to give glory to the Lord. In an instant, God judges the proud king, reminding us that all glory belongs to Him alone.

While Herod's earthly kingdom comes to an end, God's kingdom continues to advance. As one ruler falls, the gospel of Jesus continues to spread and more people place their faith in Jesus Christ.

Join us as we explore the danger of pride, the certainty of God's judgment, and the unstoppable power of the gospel of Jesus the Christ. 
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