The Master‘s Class, LifeChange Church Wichita

Keith Martin
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Each week a new verse-by-verse Bible study podcast given in expository style. Join us and see the Bible come alive as we study the truths that God‘s Word has for us.

  1. 6d ago

    THE PROBLEM WITH PROCRASTINATION (Acts 24:17-27)

    Do you have trouble with procrastination?  All of us have difficulty with procrastination. And, in some things it is a bad habit, but in some other things it is a tragic habit, because procrastination is the thief of time, it is the grave of opportunity, and without a doubt it is the road to hell. There are four categories of people who will hear me teach today and choose to refuse Jesus Christ and be lost.   First of all, there will be those who do not understand, or who do not believe, the gospel. And, because they do not understand it, or they don’t believe it, they will refuse Jesus Christ, and they will die and go to hell not believing. Another category is the out-and-out sinner.  They may believe the gospel, but they are wed to their sin. And they say to God, “You are not big enough to make me change my ways. I choose my sin over You.”  Without question, that person is going to die and go to hell. Another category is the self-righteous person.  They are not an out-and-out sinner.  They think they are too good to be damned. And many people in America are egomaniacs who are strutting to hell, thinking that the gospel is for the thief, the murderer, the pervert, the adulterer, but not for them. They are good people, decent people, so they think. And these people are going to be lost and go to hell. But a great majority of the people who will hear the lesson today, and refuse the Lord Jesus are procrastinators. People who understand that they need to be saved, but simply think, I will not be saved today,  I will wait.  For that person “There will only be more sin tomorrow to repent of, less time to repent in, and tomorrow sin will have a stronger hold, and your heart will be harder.” Click on the link below to hear a message on the only righteousness that you can ever have, it is the righteousness that Jesus Christ supplies for you. Don’t put off for another moment making Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior. This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  2. Sep 20

    GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL CARE (Acts 23:12 to 24:16)

    Our lesson today describes the power of the one, true, almighty God to protect those who love Him, and His power to direct all things to the accomplishment of His will.   God has a plan for this age, and it is the spread of the gospel message of life throughout the world.  Our purpose, as true followers of Christ, is to be the tool that God uses to accomplish this plan.  However, the Bible tells us that God uses both believers and non-believers to accomplish His will.  God also has a plan for each of our lives.  It is as we surrender our will to His, that God makes that plan come true in our lives.  We don’t always know what that plan is, but when we totally surrender our lives to God, He promises to lead us one step at a time. The term, “God’s providential care,” can be defined as “God’s unseen interference in the affairs of man.”  Paul was under God’s providential care.  God affected the lives and events of those around Paul in order to allow His messenger to deliver the gospel Words of life. Let there be no doubt, God’s will, will be done.  No actions, plots, or plans, by man or Satan, can change that. Sometimes, when God exercises His providential care, we know about it and recognize it.  Other times it goes completely unknown by us.  And there are times when He is more direct, such as when God came in a vision to encourage Paul and tell him that he would be going to Rome.  The Lord Jesus had told Paul that he would witness before governors, rulers, and kings.  Paul’s imprisonment is the method that the Lord used for Paul to be brought in front of each of them.  Paul is in the will of God, and God is carrying out His purpose, and He is protecting Paul so that he can accomplish the task before him. Click on the link below to hear a message on how God uses His providential care to ensure each of us can accomplish the tasks that He has asked us to do. This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  3. Sep 13

    FACING THE TRIALS OF LIFE (Acts 23:1-11)

    Today, I want to talk to you about how to face the trials of life, because sooner or later, the unseen Sheriff from the city of circumstances is going to be at your doorstep with a summons, and you will be called upon to face one of life’s trials. And, when you do, the Judge may not seem fair at all, and the witnesses may seem prejudiced and false.  The jury may seem very hardhearted, and yet, you are going to be able to come through that trial with victory because that will be God’s plan for you.  God tells us this is true,  James 1:2 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; [various trials] KJV Now, as followers of Christ, it is important that we learn how to face the trials of life.  That is what this lesson is about, how to have victory as you face trials and tribulations. I don’t know what your trial may be. It may be in the area of sickness. It may be that somebody will accuse you of wrongdoing. It may be some great disappointment. It may be a financial reverse, where your bank account is down and your blood pressure is up. I don’t know what it might be. But, sooner or later, all of us are going to receive a summons to face one of the trials of life. When a trial comes, if you can have these three things, I honestly believe you’ll make it. If you are morally clean, meaning that you have got “a good conscience.” If you are “theologically clear,” meaning that you firmly believe that there is the hope of the resurrection—and if you are “spiritually close,” meaning that you know that Jesus Christ will stand by you and that you will stand by Him, then Jesus tells us that you are going to make it.  In fact, there will be victory in your Christian life. Click on the link below to hear a message on how to face the trials of life. This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  4. Sep 6

    THE CENTER OF GOD'S WILL (Acts 22:17 to 23:11)

    Is there a resurrection from the dead or does death end it all?   Romans 10:9 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. KJV Man’s redemption and salvation can be illustrated with this verse and the five fingers of the hand.  It commences with uncertainty, using that little word “if.”  It ends with absolute and glorious certainty with the word “saved.”  In between rests three simple “shalts” that allow the progression from doubt to conviction, from forever lost, to forever saved.   Starting with the word “If,” you bring out your first finger.  Your salvation is conditional.  Jesus Christ has provided a perfect salvation for whosoever shall choose to respond to the Holy Spirit’s work of conviction in their heart.  Jesus Christ has done all the work.  You don’t have to perform any rituals, or obey any laws, or have the scales of justice fall in your favor, you just have to do the following three little “shalts.” With the first “shalt” you bring out your second finger, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus.”  You must confess that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Master.  That you believe that He is the Son of God. That He died in order that your sins might be forgiven.  That it is His blood, and His blood only, that can wash away your sins.   Then, the next shalt, and the third finger, says “and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead.”  This shalt requires you to believe with all of your heart that Jesus Christ is alive.  That God resurrected the physical body of our Lord and Master.   The next “shalt,” and the fourth finger, says “Thou shalt be saved.”  Which brings out the fifth finger and the absolute certainty that you are forever reborn.  The Holy Spirit baptizes you into the family of God, and then He immediately comes to live in your heart.   This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  5. Aug 31

    PAUL'S TESTIMONY IN JERUSALEM (Acts 21:27 to 22:16)

    In today’s lesson, we will read how Paul testified to an angry mob in Jerusalem about how he was chosen by Jesus Christ to be His messenger before all people.  His entire life up to this point had been in preparation for the task the Lord had in store for him.   Paul was to be a witness.  Notice that a witness is not an attorney.  The work of a witness is simply to testify what he has seen and heard.  That was to be Paul’s life work.  He was to bear witness to all men, not just the Jews.  He was to bear witness of the things that he had seen and heard from the voice of the Lord.   He was to see “that Just One,” the Lord Jesus Christ.  Paul saw the Lord as clearly as any other man that has ever lived.  He saw the mind of Christ.  He saw the love of Christ.  He saw the grace of Christ.  He was to “hear the voice of his mouth.”  The epistles written by Paul were breathed upon him by voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Paul heard not the words of man as he wrote the epistles of the New Testament, but he heard the things of God.  He heard the wisdom of God.  He heard them from the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ.   Paul’s unique and remarkable view of the risen and ascended Christ colored all of his thinking about Jesus.  He could never forget what he called his heavenly vision.  To Paul, the unique thing about Jesus was that He was God, over all, blessed for evermore. That though He was Man, real and human, He was seated by sovereign right as God, at God’s right hand.   God had put Jesus on the throne of the universe.  Paul put Him on the throne of his heart.  From that point forward Jesus was Lord in Paul’s heart.  The old Saul died, crucified with Christ and buried with Him forever.  The new Saul stood in Christ on resurrection ground.  Jesus was Savior and Lord of his life. Click on the link below to hear how Paul testified of his calling, and how Jesus Christ changed his life forever. This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  6. Aug 23

    OBEDIENCE AT ANY COST (Acts 21: 1-26)

    Is there anyone that you would obey at any cost?  No matter what they said, you would immediately obey their commands, with no questions and no matter what the consequences were.  Your wife or husband? Your boss?  As a child, did you immediately obey your parents? Or even your pastor?  The answer to this question is probably no.  There are limits on what you would do at the command of any one person. Even those in the military know that they are required by the Uniform Code of Military Justice to follow all lawful orders, even if it means sacrificing their lives.  But notice that even this has its limits. The UCMJ specifically states that a soldier is not to obey an unlawful order.  In fact, it is a crime for them to comply with the unlawful order of a superior.    So, my question is this, is there any such thing as obedience at any cost, under any circumstance?  For the Christian the answer is yes.  We are commanded by God’s Word to completely surrender our will to that of our Lord Jesus.  We are the slave, He is the Master.   Now, let me ask, is that your relationship with Christ?  Or do you still decide when you will commit yourself in obedience?  Do you wait to see what the command is, then ask yourself if this is within your capabilities and desires, and then make your decision to obey or not?  Do you ever tell God, “Ok God, I hear you, but let me pray about that for while and I will get back with you.” You see, that is the difference between a life committed to our Lord Jesus, and a life totally surrendered to our Lord Jesus Christ.  When you commit yourself to something, or someone, you retain the decision rights to obey a command or not.  But when you are surrendered to Christ, you have no decision to make, you just immediately obey the Lord’s command.  Click on the link below to hear a message on what obedience at any cost means for the Christ follower. This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  7. Aug 16

    THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER (Acts 20:17-38)

    What are the things that really matter, things that you may be leaving out of your life because a lot of smaller things have filled the capacity of your life, and you have left out the things that really matter?  That is what we are going to be talking about, the things that really, really, matter.   There is something in America known today as “the church growth movement.” Now, I certainly believe in growing churches. I want our church to grow, and I thank God that it has grown. But, young preachers coming out of seminary are taught methods to make churches grow, and they have a thing called “user-friendly evangelism.”  If that means keeping the church steps where people can get in, if it means having a warm greeting, if it means being nice and kind and making people feel at home, then I am all for that one hundred percent. But, if it means watering down the message to make it socially acceptable, or to soften its truths, it is the most dangerous thing that can happen in America today.  We are told, “Now, don’t tell people that they are sinners.” Make them feel good when they come to church. Find out what their needs are and meet them. I want to tell you what their need is: their need is to be saved from their sin—to know if they don’t get saved, they are going to die and go to hell. If you are saved, if you name the name of Jesus Christ, God has anointed and appointed you to be a watchman on the wall. You go to work with somebody who is not saved; you live in a neighborhood with somebody who is not saved—you are the watchman on the wall. That person is lost without Christ. They are going to die in their sin.  The thing that really matters in that person’s life is to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  Do you care enough to tell them this gospel message? Click on the link below to hear a message on how you can make sure that the things that really matter are in your life and the lives of those around you. This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

  8. Aug 9

    THE BURDEN OF A PASTOR (Acts 20:13-38)

    The lesson we have before us today is a marvelous expression of love and compassion by a pastor for his flock.  Paul had just spent the last three years of his life building the church at Ephesus and all of the surrounding churches in that region.  He had labored among the members, he had watched over them, he knew them by name, and he had protected them from the ravages of Satan and his wolves.  But the time had come for him to leave.  Paul knew that the church had two choices before it.  Either to continue to grow in the strength and will of the Lord, or to be deceived into paths that led away from the will of the Lord. Many churches do continue to grow when they lose their spiritual leader.  Yet, I can also think of several examples of churches, with great, godly pastors, who preached the whole counsel of God, who when that pastor left, failed to continue their growth in the Lord.  It is not that these churches do not have good, god-fearing people, it is that their shepherd no longer declares the whole word of God.  He speaks only of those things that are socially acceptable and unlikely to cause hurt feelings among his flock.  In other cases, their new shepherd allows forces within the church to dictate the path of the church, versus the will of God.  The wolves have risen from within, and they have separated the church from the will of God.   Click on link below to hear a lesson on the awesome responsibility and burden that all pastors bear for the souls of their flock.  It is a burden far greater than any CEO of a fortune 500 company has.  Pastors bear the burden for making sure they have not failed to provide the entire counsel of God, both in their words and in their witness, before the flock.  And they will be held accountable for this message and witness, not by the people of the church, but by God Himself.    This is a live recording of The Master’s Class Bible Study at LifeChange Church Wichita, KS. Amen.

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