The Bible in 3D

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Join host Andrew, known from Biblical Reflections, on "The Bible in 3D," where we delve into the depths of Scripture through captivating stories and narratives, blending scholarly insights with conversational warmth to illuminate what God's Word truly teaches believers at every stage of their faith journey. Produced by Cogworks Creative Media Company, this non-profit series invites you to discover transformative understanding—explore more at cogworksmedia.org.

Episodes

  1. 4D AGO

    Commands of Jesus: Salvation

    Matthew 4:17 –   Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Mark 1:15 –         Repent and believe in the gospel. Luke 7:50 –         Your faith has saved you, go in peace. Luke 13:5 –         Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish  Luke 13:22-30 – Strive to enter through the narrow door.  Many will seek but will not be able. John 1:1-12 –     But to all who received him and believed, he gave the right to be children of God. John 3:1-21 –     You must be born again. John 4:1-15 –     Whoever drinks of the water that I give will never thirst and have eternal life. John 6:35-40 –   Everyone who looks at the Son and believes shall have eternal life. John 6:52-69 –   Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life. John 7:37-39 –   Whoever believes in me, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 8:12 –        Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but he will have the light of life. John 11:25-27 – Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet he shall live, I am life. John 12:44-45 – Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. John 14:1 –        Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God; believe also in me. John 20:29 –     Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.   Discussion Questions: What does it mean to repent and to believe? What does it mean to receive Jesus? What does it mean to be born again? What does it mean to eat the flesh and to drink the blood of Jesus? How can we die yet live in Christ? Can you believe in faith?  What does it mean to have faith?  See Hebrew 11:1-40 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

    41 min

  2. FEB 5

    Commands of Jesus: Introduction

    An introductory episode to the Commands of Jesus

    28 min

  3. JAN 29

    Slaves of God: Know who's slave you are and who's slave you are not

    This is episode 9, and the last episode, of our first series.  Last time examined the lives of several slaves of God. They did not obey God because they "felt" like it or because they had the "heart" for it. Instead they obeyed God simply because God commanded it. Indeed in most cases, if they had followed their hearts, they would not have acted at all.  Know whose slave you are and whose slave you are not. Submit to those in authority, but do not be their slaves.  Remember whose slave you are and whose slave you are not. As a believer you are called to be a Slave-of-Christ. You are not called to be “slave” of your husband, your wife, the pastor, or any other person of authority within the church or any other ministry.  Jesus stated in Mark 10:42-45 that believers in positions of authority are not to “lord it over” others, explaining: whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.  But the sad truth is that there are local churches in which pastors and elders do lord it over others in the congregation. There are spouses who lord it over the other spouse.   We see an example of this in 3 John. The Apostle John writes to the “beloved Gaius.” It seems that Gaius and the local church were struggling with a leader named, Diotrephes, “who likes to put himself first.” Diotrephes was a “control freak” (not sure there is a Greek term for this) who wanted to be in charge of everything and to tell everyone else what to do. Diotrepehes refused to recognize the authority of the Apostles and ex-communicated or threw people out of church if they did not obey him.   John dismisses the actions of Diotrephes as evil and urges Gaius not to imitate such evil ways. John gives us insight as to how to deal with such men, walk away from them if you can, and let the Lord deal with them. But even if you cannot walk away, know that you are not their slave.  Paul urges all the believers in Ephesus to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. So we submit, in the sense of deferring, to leaders and others in authority.  In contrast, in Ephesians 6:5, actual slaves are called to obey their earthly masters with fear and trembling. But nowhere are believers called to obey husbands, wives, pastors, and other ministry leaders with fear and trembling as if we were the slaves of such men (women).  Well, it’s time to go to work.

    7 min

  4. JAN 22

    Slaves of God: Being called to serve outside of our comfort zone

    This is episode 8 of our first series. Last time we saw that Biblical worship is very different from contemporary 21st Century Church worship. Biblical worship involved offering your body as a living sacrifice, as a slave to God. Today we are going to look as some Biblical examples of the Slaves of God. I have to warn you, it’s not pretty. The slaves of God in Scripture did not act because they "felt" like it or because they had the "heart" for it. Instead they acted simply because God commanded it. Indeed in most cases, if they had followed their hearts, they would not have acted at all. Slaves-of-God are not asked if they would like to “help” God out. Slaves-of-God are not offered choices. They are not always given ministry tasks that fit their spiritual gifts or their heart story. Slaves-of-God are simply told to do something, and they are not always told why. See: Moses – Exodus 1:1-4:20 Philip – Acts 8:26-40 Ananias – Acts 9:10-19 Peter – Acts 10 Paul – Acts, 2 Corinthians 11:23-38 Being a Slave-of-Christ surely means being called to serve outside of our comfort zone, like Philip and Peter; being in vulnerable positions, even physical danger, like Ananias and Paul; being rewarded for obedience like Peter; being extremely difficult and frustrated as Moses leading the rebellious Hebrews though the desert for forty years; and in still other situations, we are called to act like Philip but not given a lot of information why. See also Philippians 2:5-11. And yes, some like Peter and Paul are called to follow the example of Jesus, being martyred for their obedience to the faith. We are called to be Slaves-of-God, men and women such as these. But count the cost, it’s not pretty.

    27 min

  5. JAN 15

    Slaves of God: How is your worship?

    This is episode 7 of our first series.  Last time we saw that the only way to show our love for Jesus was to obey his commands, and if we did not obey his commands, we were demonstrating that we did not love him. Perhaps we are not always obeying the commands of Jesus, but what about worship? Do we not show our love for God through our worship? Some have said that God wants our worship more than our obedience. But is that true?  Let’s start by asking what it means to “worship.” The word worship occurs approximately 188 times in the King James Bible. In Old Testament the underlying Hebrew word for the English word worship is most frequently shachah, which means: “to make low, bow, prostrate, fall down, reverence, and worship.” As an example, in Psalm 95:6 the call is made: To come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker. In the New Testament the underlying Greek word for the English word worship is almost always proskuneo, which means: “to kiss, fawn, crouch, prostrate, bow, reverence, and honor.” As an example, in Matthew 28:9, And behold, Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshipped him. The actual act of worship described in both the Old and New Testaments sounds an awful lot like what a slave or servant does before his master, all this bowing, prostrating, and making low.  In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul in Romans 12:1-2, gives us the definition of spiritual worship, he says: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Consistent with the teaching of Romans, the Old Testament concept of worship is clearly tied the concept of service. Moses warned the Hebrew people not to go after other gods by serving them and worshipping them. Deu 8:19, 11:16, 30:17. The Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, after the Temple was built, and warned him about serving other gods and worshipping them. 1 Kings 9:4-7; 2 Chron. 7:17-20. King Amon is criticized for serving and worshipping the idols of his father, Manasseh. 2 King 21:21

    9 min

  6. JAN 8

    Slaves of God: To love Jesus is to obey His commands

    This is episode 6 of our first series. Last time we talked about how important it is to obey the commands of Jesus. Now you may say: “Well, I don’t always obey Jesus as well as I should, but I “love” Jesus.” But can we love Jesus if we do not obey his commands? On that subject Jesus was very clear, If you love me, you will obey what I command. John 14:15. Whoever has my commands an obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. John 14:21 If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching: These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. John 14:23-24 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed the Father’s commands and remain in his love. John 15:9-10 The Apostle John, proclaiming what he had seen and what he had heard from Jesus, writes: We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar and the truth is not in him. But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2:3-6. For this is love of God, that we obey his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3 See also James 2:14-26 Disciplining programs often emphasize that the heart should follow the will, but that the will should never follow the heart in spiritual matters. Why is this so? The Prophet Jeremiah, said under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?” Then he quotes God the Father, by saying: I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve. Jeremiah 17:9-10. The only way to show that we love Jesus is to obey his commands.

    9 min

  7. 12/18/2025

    Slaves of God: A Good and Faithful Slave

    This is episode 5 of our first series. Last time we saw how the Followers-of-Jesus have very specific commands that they must follow. That was certainly not a complete list, but it was a short list of what the Apostles who wrote the New Testament Epistles emphasized to the early Christian churches. Today we are going to look at Jesus teaching on who is a good and faithful slave and who is a lazy and wicked slave. Again I remind us, that we are all slaves, the question is simply whose slave are you. Our Lord Jesus Christ used the illustration of a slave(s) (duolos) in order to teach important points in his parables and stories. When asked about the signs of the End-of-the-Age, Jesus gave his disciples a long dissertation using several parables in Matthew 24 and 25. Jesus gave an example of how his followers should prepare for his return in the Parable of the Faithful Servant, literally the faithful slave (duolos). The slave is faithful and wise if the slave keeps watch for his master, if the slave is careful with his master’s property in his absence, and if the slave properly treats all of the other slaves under his authority as they wait for the master’s return. Matthew 24:45-51; Luke 12:42-46. Further in the dissertation on the End-of-the-Age, Jesus tells a Parable of the Talents. Three slaves are each given a sum of money by their master; one receives ten talents, another receives five talents, and the third receives one talent. The two slaves who wisely used and invested the money given to them by the master are called “good and faithful” slaves. But The one slave who does not use and invest the money given to him by his master and instead buries the money for safekeeping is called a “wicked and lazy” slave, even though the slave returned the original money back to his master. Matthew 25:14-30; Luke 19:12-27 The good and faithful slave keeps watch for his master and takes care of the assets entrusted to him by his master. In our case, the good and faithful slave actively uses the spiritual gifts and the material wealth given to us by God for God’s purposes. In contrast, The wicked and lazy slave does not use the spiritual gifts and material wealth to honor God, but rather the wicked and lazy servant uses all of these assets for his own pleasure or does not use them at all. Are you actively using the material assets and spiritual gifts given to you by God for his glory, or are you only using those assets and gifts for your own pleasure? In the first instance, you are good and faithful slave, in the second instance you a lazy and wicked slave. Perhaps it is time to become a good and faithful slave.

    12 min

  8. 12/11/2025

    Slaves of God: 8 things you must do

    This is episode 4 of our first series.  Last time we saw how the Followers-of-Jesus must continually work to serve God and not to serve sin.  Specifically, this work is to separate themselves from sin and not to do sinful things and instead to embrace Christ and to do the works of God.  The rub here is that without active participation on our part, the default position is that we always fall back into serving sin and to not serving God.   Romans 6:12-23; Ephesians 4:20- 32.    In our second series we will look in greater details at what Jesus commanded as duties for those who would follow him.    Here are words of the Apostles as to the duties of the slaves of God.  The Slave-of-Jesus bears witness to the Word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 1:2. – The Great Commission   The Slave-of-God must be careful to honor, worship and adore only God. Revelation 19:10, 22:9 – The First Greatest Commandment   The Fellow-Slave-of-the-Lord must be a faithful minister of the word showing compassion, love, and care for others (believers). Colossians 1:7; 4:7                                                        – The Second Greatest Commandment   The Slave-of-Christ is to be content with whatever position in life from which he was called to salvation. 1 Corinthians 7:22 –    The Slaves-of-Christ must serve earthly masters and employers with goodwill as if they are serving the Lord himself and not a man. Ephesians 6:6-8   The Lord’s Slave must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, and correcting his opponents with gentleness. 2 Timothy 2:24-25   The Slaves-of-God must live as people who are free from sin, not using their freedom as a cover-up for evil. 1 Peter 2:16   Remember that no matter how important you are and what your connections may be, you are a Slave-of-Jesus Christ. Jude 1:1

    21 min

  9. 12/04/2025

    Slaves of God: Everyone is a slave to something

    This is episode 3 of our first series.  Last time we saw how “disciples” were learners, and that mature Followers of Jesus are called not only to learn but also to be the Slaves-of-God.  Slaves of God are actively doing the will of their master.  Today we are going to learn that everyone is a slave, the question is simply whose slave are you? Born is the USA! I am free!! I am slave to no man!!! Well, not exactly, actually the Bible says that we are all slaves to something.  There two kinds of people, those who are saved and follow Jesus and those who are not saved and do not follow Jesus. 1st Group As to unsaved people, Romans Chapter 1:18-32; Ephesians 4:17-19; and Romans 7:7-25.  Unsaved people are slaves to sin.  They cannot help themselves. 2nd Group As to believers in Christ, Romans 6:1-23 that once a saved person is free from the penalty of sin, he now has a choice; he can either become a Slave-of-God and do righteousness things, or he go back to being a slave to sin and continue to do sinful things. Paul commands Christians to present their bodies as slaves to righteousness that leads to sanctification. Paul addresses the question of whether there is a 3rd option Chapter 6 of Romans.  See also Ephesians 4:20-32.  There is no 3rd option.  Because we are slaves, we will always be slaves to something, not free, and we will always drift back to being slaves to sin if we do not actively do righteous actions in order to be the slaves of God.

    20 min

  10. 11/20/2025

    Slaves of God: Being a Slave-of-God is more than being a disciple.

    This is episode 2 of our Bible in 3D Series.  Last time we saw how the Followers-of-Jesus are called to be the Slaves-of-God.  Today we are going to see how being a Slave-of-God is more than being a disciple, because a disciple is a learner, and a slave-of-God is a doer, one who acts. In the New Testament, the word mathetes is only used in the Gospels and the Book of Acts. Acts 21:16 is the last time in the Bible that the word disciple is used.  In Acts as a young man new to faith and ministry, Timothy is called a disciple, a learner. Acts 16:1.  See Philippians 1:1; 2:19-24.  Years later after Timothy had been taught by Paul and had grown in the faith, Paul describes Timothy to the Christians in Philippi as a slave (doulos) of Christ Jesus that is in Philippians 1:1. Later in his letter, Philippines 2:19-24, Paul tells the Philippines that he has no one working with him was like Timothy and that they knew of Timothy’s "proven worth" because Timothy has “served” with Paul in the gospel. This would seem to be the trend in the New Testament from disciple or learner to servant/slave of God, one who does the work of God. Paul addresses brothers in Christ, who are always learning but never doing.  In his first letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 3. Paul calls them out. He says that he can’t call them “spiritual” people because like babies they are still taking milk and not solid food. He admonishes them to grow up, move on, and quit acting like babies, children. Children are cared for. They are full time learning. Adults, on the other hand, take care of and teach the children although no doubt continuing to learn more themselves. The writer of Hebrews makes a similar point to his readers in Chapter 6. He says that recipients of his letter need to leave the elementary doctrine and instructions of Christ and move on to maturity. This is not to suggest or imply that there is deeper or higher wisdom to learn or that we can disregard the elementary doctrine and instructions. No, this is a strong call that with our feet firmly planted on the elementary doctrine and instructions, we need to start serving.  That is, we should become the Slaves-of-God, doing the will of our master.

    14 min

  11. 11/13/2025

    Slaves of God: Being a doulos of Jesus Christ

    The Apostle Paul said in his letters that he was a doulos (hereinafter “slave”) of Jesus Christ. Romans 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Galatians 1:10; and Titus 1:1. Paul tells the Christians in Rome that they had become Slaves-of-God. Romans 6:22. Paul tells the Christians in Corinth that even though they were freemen of Rome, once they accepted Christ that they were now Slaves-of-Christ. 1 Corinthians 7:22. Paul tells the Christians in Ephesus that they should be Slaves-of-Christ. Ephesians 6:6. Paul tells the Christians at Colossae that Epaphras and Tychicus were his Fellow-Slaves in Christ/the Lord. Colossians 1:7, 4:7. Paul writes to his spiritual son and protégé, Timothy, and admonishes him as to what the Lord’s slave must be like, referring to Timothy. The Apostle Peter said that he was a Slave-of-Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:1. Peter admonished Christians in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia that even if they were free within the Roman Empire, yet they were to live as Slaves-of-God. 1 Peter 2:16. Jude said he was the Slave-of-Jesus Christ (his half-brother). Jude 1 The Apostle John, the disciple whom Jesus loved, referred to himself as the Slave-of-God. Revelation 1:1. In Revelation the blood of the martyrs is referred to as the blood of his slaves. Revelation 19:3. An angel of the Lord admonished John in Revelation not to worship him as he was a Fellow-Slave-of-God, along with John and the other brothers in Christ. Revelation 19:10, 22:9. So our young international friend got it wrong. The Lord does not call the followers of Jesus to be hired servants; he calls us to be slaves. Join me in the next episode as we look at the difference between being a slave and being a disciple. Well, it’s time to go to work.

    25 min

  12. 11/06/2025

    Intro to the Bible in 3D

    An introduction to the Bible in 3D with Host Andrew.

    33 min
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Join host Andrew, known from Biblical Reflections, on "The Bible in 3D," where we delve into the depths of Scripture through captivating stories and narratives, blending scholarly insights with conversational warmth to illuminate what God's Word truly teaches believers at every stage of their faith journey. Produced by Cogworks Creative Media Company, this non-profit series invites you to discover transformative understanding—explore more at cogworksmedia.org.

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