Joy In God Podcast Nebiye Kelile

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I’ve had enough conversations with various people around the country to know that there is not a universal definition of “Christian.” I’ll never forget hearing that in some parts of the world, “Christian” means an arrogant, morally corrupt, manipulative westerner. In other places, it means someone who is generally a good person and goes to church a couple times a year. Others define it as someone who believes in Jesus, attends mass and confession, and accepts the Pope as the head of the church. Yet, others identify “Christian” with the coercive global power that invaded countries and subjected them to colonization and severe abuse, all in the name of Jesus.
Which one of these, if any, is correct? Or are all of them true? And if all of them are true of people calling themselves Christians, does that mean Christianity, the Bible, and Jesus himself are like all those people? Or are the people and their various definitions of what it means to be Christian faulty? Is there a way to be a Christian, a Christ follower, that is different from all of the ways described above? In today's episode we're going to have an opportunity to explore that question.

Regardless as to how long a person has been a Christian or even how good their education has been, reading the Bible can be a challenge for some people. The Bible, with all its 66 books, contains a great variety of different writing styles, genres and perspectives. Similarly, different people may find different parts of the Bible to be harder to read than others.
However, it would be easy to make excuses and never read the Bible at all, for fear of not understanding it. However, through practice and some helpful tips, which are below, you can read the Bible, understand it, and know that it applies to your life. The Bible is more than just a book or even a collection of Books; as Christians we believe that it is the Word of God. As a result of this, it is powerful and life changing.

People in our society tend to deal with loneliness in different ways. Some try to ward off feelings of loneliness by making as many friends as possible, by keeping busy, by purchasing new things, or by revisiting the past. Others just give up on life and settle for living with what feels like a disease without a cure.
But, as believers in Christ, we have hope! Scripture tells us very plainly that the thief's ultimate goal is to steal, kill, and destroy, but Christ came so that we may live life to the fullest (see John 10:10)...even in the depths of loneliness!
A good example is the apostle Paul who, as a prisoner, faced execution in a Roman jail. Yet, we read in his letter to the Philippians that while he was lonely during this time in prison he realized that God gave him a way to live with victory despite his loneliness. He trusted God and praised Him in the midst of his pain.
If you find the wave of loneliness is crashing down on you today, know that God understands...and He has provided practical steps to overcome loneliness through His Word.

Guilt. When everything else is quiet, it’s the disquietness within you saying, “I wish I had never done that.” “I wish I could go back and do that differently.” There’s no undo button in life, but we wish that our feelings of guilt could go away forever. And we need a better solution than just not talking about it, avoiding people and places that remind us of the guilt, suppressing our guilty feelings somehow, or busying ourselves to the point that we have no time to think guilt-ridden thoughts.
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Guilt is a universal experience. Everyone has sinned, and one of the results of sin is guilt. We can be thankful for guilty feelings because they drive us to seek forgiveness. The moment a person turns from sin to Jesus Christ in faith, his sin is forgiven. Repentance is part of the faith that leads to salvation (Matthew 3:2; 4:17; Acts 3:19).
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In Christ, even the most heinous sins are blotted out (see 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 for a list of some unrighteous acts that can be forgiven). Salvation is by grace, and grace forgives. After a person is saved, he will still sin, and when he does, God still promises forgiveness. “But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” (1 John 2:1).

We all have areas in our lives which we want to change. But change is hard. Many have tried to change but have experienced a continuing cycle of failure. The Bible teaches truths from the gospel by which we can experience significant changes in our lives. The change that we, as biblical Christians, seek is unique. Our goal is not merely to transform some aspect of our lives so that we will be happier or more comfortable. The goal of believers is that we would become more Christlike and that this change would be to the glory of God (Col. 1:28; 1 Tim. 4:5; 1 Cor. 10:31). God desires this kind of change among his people and is committed to seeing that it happens. This will be an approach to Christian growth that is neither quietistic nor moralistic. Pastor Neb offers a biblical and practical challenge to the very root causes of ungodly patterns of behavior. It is wonderful to be reminded that you and I are not stuck, and it's encouraging to know that you can be assured you will be guided by someone who knows well the road from where we are to where we need to be.