Behold Your Son
Bob Yandian
There is a wisdom that comes from the Word of God about how to handle relationships, especially the relationship between parents and children. And no one faced that challenge more uniquely than Jesus.
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Today in Paradise
Bob Yandian
This is the second statement Jesus made from the cross and it was spoken to the thief who accepted Him as Lord and Savior just before he died. Even on the cross, Jesus was still fulfilling His purpose of why He came. Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost.
Read MoreFather, Forgive Them
Bob Yandian
I want you to notice that little word “Then.” No word in the Bible is there by accident. “Then” means man had done his worst. For thirty-three years men had tried everything they could to get rid of Jesus. Herod tried to kill Him as a baby. The religious leaders tried to ambush Him and discredit Him. His own hometown crowd tried to push Him off a cliff. Even the Roman government found no fault in Him but still crucified Him. False arrest, mock trial, beating, crown of thorns, nails driven into His hands and feet, the cross lifted up in front of a mocking crowd. Men had done everything possible. And then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them.”
Read MoreExamine the Sacrifice
Bob Yandian
After examining the sacrifice for three days, the person brought the sacrifice to the priest to be examined. The person examined the sacrifice and the priest examined the sacrifice. The priest did not examine the person.
Read MoreThreefold Redemption
Bob Yandian
One of the reasons believers struggle with confidence in their Christian walk is a misunderstanding of salvation. Scripture speaks of salvation as something that has happened, something that is happening, and something that will happen. Without proper teaching, this sounds contradictory. Some believers assume salvation can be lost. Others think salvation is incomplete. Still others try to divide salvation into separate experiences.
Read MoreThe All-Sufficient God
Bob Yandian
The law was never given as God’s plan of salvation. It was never designed to save anybody. In fact, the amazing thing is this: Israel requested it. Moses didn’t want to give it, and God didn’t want to give it, but the people insisted, “Give us Your law—we can keep it.” So God gave them the law, not to redeem them, but to reveal something to them. And when we use the word law, it can refer generally to the whole Old Testament, but more specifically it refers to that period of time from Moses to the cross when the Mosaic Law was in effect. The law was never the cure for sin—it was the spotlight. It didn’t fix sin; it exposed sin, proving man needed a Savior, not more rules.
Read MoreThe Believer’s Authority
Bob Yandian
What God lost in this earth through the fall of Adam was not His power. When Adam fell, God did not become weaker. He was as powerful as He ever was. What God lost in the fall was a channel of authority (man), through whom He could release His power in the earth
Read MoreFoundations of Prayer
Bob Yandian
Prayer is one of the most widely discussed subjects in the Body of Christ, yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. Many believers enter into prayer without knowing what the Word of God actually teaches about it. Instead of praying according to Scripture, they often pray according to personal desire, emotion, or tradition. Prayer was never designed to manipulate people, circumstances, or even God. Prayer was designed to operate in harmony with God’s will, God’s Word, and God’s authority.
Read MoreThe Fall of Lucifer
Bob Yandian
Heaven is filled with angels, so many they cannot be numbered. All of them—every rank, every class, every single one—were created by God. Angels are not former people. They are a separate created race of beings.
Read MoreWhy Man? Understanding Humanity’s Place in God’s Plan
Bob Yandian
The Hebrew word translated “angels” here is “Elohim.” People sometimes argue, “Well, it says we were made a little lower than God.” And that’s true in a sense, but the New Testament settles the issue for us. In Hebrews, when this verse is quoted, the Holy Spirit uses the Greek word “angelos”—angel. Not God. Angel.
Read MoreA Healing Mess
Bob Yandian
There were times when Jesus healed and it caused a quiet rejoicing, and there were other times when it caused a public explosion.
When He healed the man at the pool of Bethesda, it stirred up a huge commotion. People were used to that man being lame. His condition had become part of the scenery. He was “the lame man by the pool,” and everybody knew him that way. When Jesus healed him, people didn’t know what to do with it.
Read MoreFree is God’s Highest Price
Bob Yandian
There is nothing in all of creation more valuable than salvation, and nothing more expensive than forgiveness. Yet the most priceless thing God ever offered is also the one thing man can never pay for. That is why salvation is free. And that is why forgiveness—both to the sinner and to the saint—can never be purchased with natural currency.
Read MoreThe Heart
Bob Yandian
Proverbs 3:5, exhorts us to, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding…” If I substituted spirit here, this would indicate that I could trust the Lord with only part of my spirit and that doesn’t seem reasonable. However, reading it with the idea that we must trust the Lord with our spirits and our souls does make sense. We need to line up our minds with our spirits and we can do this by heeding Romans 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” (See also, 2 Corinthians 10:4) Philippians 4:8, admonishes us to “think only things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report.” Isaiah 26:3 promises us that, “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You.”
Read MoreWhen the World Comes Against Us
Bob Yandian
The world comes against us with psychology, psychiatry, human reasoning, and self-help philosophies. They come armed with what they call “knowledge.” But our response isn’t to fight them with their own tools. We come back with the divine viewpoint of life—the Word of God. God’s Word provides a defense that no natural argument can withstand. The Bible is our solid ground, our final authority. When we stand on it, there’s no weapon formed against us that can prosper.
Read MoreThe Fall of Man
Bob Yandian
Today we’re digging into one of the most important foundational truths in all of Scripture—the fall of man. We're going to see how Adam’s decision to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil brought the nature of sin into every one of us, and how Jesus came to reverse that curse through the new birth. It's not just about history—this truth affects every part of your life today.
Read MoreIs Sickness a Gift From God?
Bob Yandian
There’s an important question that often lingers in the hearts of believers—especially when sickness or tragedy strikes. The question is this: Is sickness a gift from God? Some have even said, “God gave me this sickness to teach me something,” as if it were a token of His affection, a loving gesture wrapped in pain. But is that really the character of the God we serve? We can see through the Word of God that this notion is not only incorrect—it completely contradicts the nature of our loving Heavenly Father.
Read MoreThe Holy Spirit and the Twelve
Bob Yandian
The same pattern for revival holds true today. The difference between the healing movement of the 1940s and 1950s and the Charismatic movement of the 1960s and early 1970s is the revival in the 40s and 50s took place primarily outside of mainstream America, in the rural areas of the country, small communities and small churches.
Read MoreConquering a Destructive Work of the Flesh: Jealousy
Bob Yandian
Jealousy is really a manifestation of self-centeredness, and self-centeredness is the root of sin. Sin starts with self: it’s all about you—not about God, and not about others. The Bible says to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind. Then it’s okay to love yourself, but from there, love your neighbor as much as you love yourself. Don’t put yourself above God or between God and others. Philippians 2:3 tells us there is an even higher level of love—considering others better than yourself.
Read MoreLive Amazed
Bob Yandian
Jesus said in Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” That verse is such a simple truth but carries profound power. What was Jesus doing here? He was turning our eyes away from the temporary and pointing them toward the eternal. And how did He do it? By pointing to something right in front of them—birds flying overhead and lilies blooming at their feet.
Read MoreDo You Understand Predestination?
Bob Yandian
There is a very strong teaching today in the body of Christ on the sovereignty of God, and much of it has gotten out of balance. The idea floating around is that God does everything and man does nothing. But just as dangerous is the opposite extreme—God does nothing, and man does everything. The truth lies in the balance between the two. For every truth of the Word, there is a ditch on both sides of the road. And it is our job to stay out of the ditches and walk the center line of biblical truth.
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