Bible Study Company: Podcast For Pewsitters

Ric and Mary Joyner explore Exodus 30 tabernacle in the wilderness and the similarities of an ordinary household. God's agenda is to dwell with man. And remarkably the sanctuary in the wilderness is designed like a household. When the priest would enter the holy of holies there was furniture "like" in a house and is clearly visible from the light of the menorah (all houses need light especially from the Word of God), next is a table for bread (Christ said He was the bread of life), and there are prayers going up from the altar of incense. We are before our God in service to Him. But we live life in Him and through Him. Join us for this podcast and ask yourself these question: Is it an accident that this looks like a normal but vastly holy house? Is ours? We are contrite and humble when we realize we have offended our King because of sin. Are we trembling at His word? For Search Engines: There are many bible verses about love, and there are many bible verse of the day programs. The holy bible provid

Podcast For Pewsitters presents the "treadmill of NEVER ENOUGH". Does this title make you tired already? The demands of the world don't change once our eyes are opened to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In fact, they may just get WORSE! Why? Because when we realize that we are serving God Himself, then a greater weight is now upon us. But is this added weight from Christ or us? Isaiah 30:15 says: 15 For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, "In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength. But you were not willing..." What if we are a performance-based person? Running on the treadmill of life to make sure we are "something" in the world and hopefully leave a name for ourselves? Add God into this mix and we are on the treadmill of NEVER ENOUGH. Are we so busy with serving that we don't have time for anyone including our King and obedience to His Word? Have you ever thought: "Well, my family can wait because I am serving God?"

I was able to get an interview with Dr. Charles Jackson of Liberty University. He is a Creation Scientist. Our topic is the gospel and science...are they compatible? We are taught only one version of our origins in school and that can have a profound effect on us and our trust in the bible and even the gospel. The interesting thing is I went to a secular university in the mid-2000s and received an undergrad and graduate degree. I loved science and came out with my faith in God's word intact. I had fun debates with my professors. But a question I asked the Lord when Mary and I set out to study to live a praiseworthy life to God was: "Lord if I am going to study Your Word I want to know how to look at the Creation story?" You may find this podcast fun. Here is the podcast link if you like: https://biblestudycompany.com/blog?category=35 Several questions we discuss are: • Why are 6 days of Creation important versus evolution's "long age theory"? • Is there a clash between world-views? • How s

Our position on biblical creation is crucial for the Gospel. Why? The Lord Jesus Christ in the new testament shared that Adam and Eve were real people as well as Noah, Abraham, and even Jonah. The world is His House and His Rules. Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:16-17 *"16 All Scripture is God-Breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." Many Christians do not want to think about the 6 days of Creation biblical account AS 6 DAYS. Why not? Only one worldview of science is taught in secular schools, and that is evolution. If we are going to approach the Bible to be obedient as disciples, then the account given in Genesis should produce faith in us that we can trust a God Who could speak the universe into existence in 6 days. He even knew us in the womb and formed us for His purposes…psalm 139. The "fall of man" into sin by rejecting God's one command explains how the world

Why don't husbands and wives study? Husbands and wives rarely, if ever, study the Bible together. They go to church together; they may pray at the table and when confronted with this fact Mary and I decided to study the bible together using principles from loveisrael.org. Notice I said principles. Not formulas. How did it affect you? So, what happened Ric? This podcast shares our struggles, with each other and how the power of God came into our lives to deal with sin, heal past hurts, grow us up and literally the lessons being learned by the people in Exodus, we were learning! How is this possible? Because it is a book from God. This is His creation thus His house and His rules. The highest call in our life is to reflect His glory and His plans and purposes to the world. We are alive for only a few years, never knowing when we will leave this planet. Let us make it count by studying His word to obey it! The Presence of God will come in a powerful way and a life you have never thought existed as a Christian is

When does God use people? Is it random? Or does God use people who are concerned that His will is carried out? The altar of incense is connected to the extraordinary events leading up to Christ's birth. Our prayers matter to God. We are in Luke 1 rather than Exodus 30. Our discussion opens in Luke 1 to ordinary people invited to participate in prophetic fulfillment! Everyone in Luke 1 are concerned with God's Will being carried out IN their lives daily. Remember, our highest purpose is to worship and serve God by ministering to Him. (Exodus 28:1) The priest Zachariah was selected by lot to serve in the temple to take care of the altar of incense. (not an accident) Zachariah has a supernatural encounter with an angel. This angel brings Zachariah long-awaited news about a child to Zachariah and his wife. This child's mission is to call people back to God through repentance of their sins. This angel is standing by the altar of incense! Our previous podcasts discussed that the altar of incense is a picture of our

This podcast rocked our hearts and souls. We hope it does you. Our podcast is about dealing with our sin to please God. We will cover topics of symbolism, such as the size and width of the altar and the prayers that create a sweet aroma to our God. When we realize that the altar is about us dealing with sin and then being honest with God in our prayers a whole new world opens of the Kingdom of God. So what "state" are we in? Are we dealing with sin or just going through the motions? Here is a comment from our Sound Engineer: "Enjoyed listening to the episode. I’ve heard a couple of similar talks about the idea of understanding your position in the scope of the world and with God. The way you guys frame it is a little clearer than most of what I’ve heard, though—a refreshing take on it! Oh…and about the televangelists and the ‘prophets’ and whatnot…man, don’t even get me started. Haha. I feel the same way. There’s a lot of substanceless stuff floating around out there, and you guys are right in

Through the books of the Bible, we come to Exodus 30 which gives us an exciting design for prayer! A sin offering is made on the large altar which we tackled in other podcasts. Our podcast today is discussing the altar of incense. When we are serious about dealing with sin in our life we will recognize that the sacrifice of animals can only COVER over our sin. The animals were innocent. We are not. This fact should create a desire for gratitude toward God for providing a way to get close to Him. The sacrifice is pointing to Christ. Next, we have the altar of incense which is a picture of the pattern of prayer. Repentance of our sins and self-will leads to worship. This is a soothing aroma for God. As believers in Christ, we want to offer prayers that deal with the recognition of our need to obliterate sin. When we deal with sin, we then submit to God's authority in our lives (the four horns) and move toward a relationship with Almighty God that shuns sin! These prayers are answered because we are aligning wit

“Ok Ric and Mary, what lamb are you referring to?” Great question because we see several situations that tell us a story about sacrifice and covering sin. Background: Scripture says: “The soul that sins shall die.” Ez 18:20 and “The wages of sin is death…” Romans 6:23. These two scriptures sum up what happened in the garden of Eden with Man. Adam and Eve decided to depend on themselves rather than God. They chose to break God’s law, and this is an excellent definition of sin; ‘dependence on ourselves.’ Another aspect to consider is that Man was made to serve and worship God. God’s ultimate plan is to dwell with man. The garden was created for God to live with man, and so were the sanctuary and the temple. Thus, being made servants, we are to act accordingly by serving and worshipping God in all we are, do and say. Christ was our example by setting aside His will to do the will of God. In the garden, when God saw Man had sinned, God, Himself took an animal and “covered” their nakedness and made them clothes. T

Moses flees Egypt. He stood up to the Egyptians and the situation turned for the worse. He fled to Midian and sat down by the well. There is another famous biblical story of someone sitting at a well. In John 4, Christ sat down by the well to discuss, of all things, worship with the “woman at the well”. Worship of our Creator is the highest purpose of man. We worship God by sitting down from our own efforts. Obedience to God reflects service in all areas of our life. We live by His Word. Sitting at the well is a podcast about giving up our effort and becoming dependent on God. Moses effort to save the Israelites ended him running for his life. Next scene is at the well where Moses is sitting down. He gave up his effort. And while scripture doesn’t say what Moses was thinking or feeling, we know that worship is a picture of sitting at the well. How do we know? There was another famous “sit down” at a well and it is in the New Testament. In John 4, Christ sat down by the well and discussed worship of God with a

More Information What is relationship parenting? And what is the Scriptural basis for relationship parenting? Let’s discuss the styles of parenting today. One type of parenting is called modeling. In other words, we “model” good “Christian” behavior in front of our children and then expect them to model that behavior when they grow up. However, this can produce children who are “religious” thus “going through the motions” because it pleases you. The danger of this type of parenting is that the kids don’t “connect” with the religion and can abandon what we modeled either before or after they leave home. As adults, we know our relationship with Christ is vital for all aspects of our life. Wouldn’t that be the same for a child? We remember as children that we had fears, troubles in relationships and wanting to be heard. Let’s point them to Christ each and every day. We are raising “little sinners” like ourselves. We need help! Let’s turn to our bibles and read about two different generations. One followed God’s

How shall we start in faith? Fortunately, we have 66 books that help us know God's will. We are created by God, to serve Him. He is loving and allows us to go our own way. Faith brings us to Christ through repentance of our sin. Pewsitters then walk in obedience to God's word. We search the scriptures so we will know what pleases our King if we are going to be Kingdom people. People of biblical faith then are those who choose to study God's word and apply it so that His plans and purposes are revealed in their lives and then to those around them. The presence of God is a precious thing and we want to walk with Him in obedience. We want to KNOW Christ and He was obedient to His Father's will. Let's walk in His power! Join us for this interesting and inspiring podcast. Don’t forget to support us. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=meYPTyJOhCF6iBsn-oTofpYXpd60WtDKVLBhUP1cse6wzjlqmIHSuDyw1xZUKHjtbiKIbm&country.x=US&locale.x=US Our First Annual User Conference for 2019 is in July 26,27 Cleveland TN. Here

As Mary and I have studied Exodus, we noticed that the children of Israel died in the wilderness! They saw the judgment that God brought against Egypt to free them from their bondage. They saw the miracles that God did in caring for them in the wilderness. Yet, they all died there with God angry at them. How do we know this? Hebrews 3:10 says; "THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS'; This brought the fear of God into our minds and hearts. Why? Because if they believed on the Passover lamb to save them from Egypt and we believe on Jesus Christ as our Passover lamb can we suffer the same fate as they did? It appears that even though they saw God's provisions and were given His laws they chose not to study them to get to know the God of the Universe. WOW! We had better pay attention to the lessons contained in the Bible. Abram did the opposite. He obeyed God. Faith is a gift God gives us. But we must act on His word. Is

Exodus Chapter 3 Part 1 is a pivot point in the Exodus story of the Holy Bible. We are at the time and place that God is acting on fulfilling prophecy or rather a promise to Abraham 400 years before! God speaks and it happens. This is how we know the Bible is true! Prophecy is inherently related to the fulfillment of something God says will happen. Our God means what He says and as Kingdom people, we want to respond to His will and look to the reasons God is speaking, and for what purposes and to whom, and if there are outcomes our Savior is looking to create. The sons of Israel are in dire straits within Egypt. God is listening to their heart cries. Let us respond to His ways. Join our online bible study through our podcast for pewsitters. Do you know we are in a time of prophetic fulfillment for the last days? How can we line up with what God is doing? Let’s take a look at how Moses is responding to being confronted by God with an interesting sign…a burning bush! How can we respond as Moses did? Our bible

Ever feel pummeled? That life is throwing circumstances at you? Could these be trials and tests? If we put ourselves under the Kingdom of God seeking His will and to be pleasing to our King then these are indeed for our good. But what if we react wrongly or make a bad decision? What if a series of events start that you can’t stop and perhaps people reject you? Is God in this with you? This podcast is about Ric and Mary Joyner going through a pummeling time. Moses in Exodus 2 Part 5 has made a horrible decision to help God save the Hebrew people from Egypt. A major life change happens as a result. Ric and Mary experience several major life changes that hurt! Ever felt like this? Moses goes from “top of the world” to what appears to be the lowest job on Earth, and a new family, culture and leaving loved ones behind. This is painful, this is disorientating, this is sad. How will he ever recover? God is with Him. He is with us. Listen or watch with Ric and Mary how God moves for those who love Him and want to be

We are like most people. We studied the bible to benefit ourselves. Our lives dramatically changed when we started to study to OBEY GOD. Christ laid down His will for God's will. Will we? (sorry for the pun). God will show us His purpose for our lives and give us the power to obey. Our lives will radically transform into becoming a disciple. A disciple is one who obeys the word of God. When you study, pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you. Here is a promise in 1 John 2:27 "As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him." Join Ric and Mary Joyner in bible study step 2: Prayer and obedience Please support us: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=meYPTyJOhCF6iBsn-oTofpYXpd60WtDKVLBhUP1cse6wzjlqmIHSuDyw1xZUKHjtbiKIbm&country.x=US&locale.x=US

Please help us keep bible study company free by supporting us: http://bit.ly/2RL9zT Our sound engineer said this excellent comment about the episode: "I enjoyed listening to it. The parallels of the journey out into wilderness are fascinating. It's something you have in the back of your head, but to think about it the way you guys are here just shows how deep it goes and how much we can learn from it beyond just being aware of the historical happenings." We discuss Kingdom truths that we can see today. For example, the women who came to the well were 7 in number, and they were daughters. In other words, they were a father's inheritance. So are we. 7 has specific ramifications in scripture, and the fact women took a lead role in the salvation of Moses in chapter 2 are clues. Women in Scripture represent redemption (as the Messiah would come through their seed). Our bible study principle is seeing the symbols of both the physical and the spiritual. God has a grand plan and we can be part of it if we

Please help us keep bible study company free by supporting us: http://bit.ly/2RL9zT You have heard it said: “Obedience is better than sacrifice” What is obedience to God? We were created in Gen 2 for the purpose of serving God. Our worship and ministry are to HIM ALONE. Just like Adam and Eve. He then put them in His garden. This garden contains His rules and His boundaries. He gave us free will. True love always is about choosing to love or not. God considers those who obey His Word…those who love Him. (John 14:15) Look at your own children. When they obey what you say and the boundaries you set for them, we swell with pride and want to do all we can to help them to achieve. But Adam and Eve chose not to obey the Word of God. We are Adam and Eve. We/They decided they would live their own life apart from dependence on God. This caused sin to enter the world and sin creates death and SEPARATION FROM GOD. Their "sin" affected billions of people and the entire Creation. Can we say that the origina

Do we understand the fear of the Lord? What if the fear of the Lord is the fear to offend our Creator? We are made by God to serve Him and Him only. Exodus 29 begins with the garments given for the "call" of Aaron and his sons to serve the Lord in the tabernacle. The Lord gave Moses special instructions for the garments of Aaron and his sons. There was specific detail the skillful workers were required to follow. The garments in this chapter hold symbols for our own bodies. Each area of clothing, for example, our minds, are to be crowned with “holiness to the Lord”. (Eph 6) Everything we think about should become captive to Christ according to Paul. Our heart-life will be affected if our thought-life is not under the control of Christ and His Word (2 Cor 10:5). Does our inside match our outside (garments)? Christ said to follow me. He gave us His Word to obey. Follow Him means we do what He did which was subject Himself to the will of His Father. Will we obey like this? When we do, it shows faith a

We are studying the Bible in Exodus 28:36-38 where the pattern for the priestly garments was being discussed and came on the verses that were about Aaron's head coverings. The description had a symbolic detail that not only pointed to Christ but how we, as priests, were to focus our minds. We will serve what we think about. (Phil 4:6-8) Romans 12:1-2 1 “Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” These verses show Aaron’s focus as a priest. Each piece of the garment is a spiritual principle that, if we obey, will lead us to a praiseworthy life to God. Are we Kingdom people? Who are they and what do they do? The first clue is obedience to God’s word which Moses was doing by responding to the pattern that