gwot.rocks - God, the World, and Other Things!
Welcome to gwot.rocks, a podcast about God, the World,and Other Things! We're all about advancing the peace of Christ in the midst of an agitated world. In a time where hate, tension, and stress seem to be at an all time high in our culture. Personal transformation the peace Jesus Christ brings can ultimately result in the restoration our decaying cities.THE CITY is the core of our human existence. As our key cities go, so goes our nation. In the first century A.D., synagogues were central to Jewish worship, teaching, and community life. In Luke 4, after His baptism and temptation, Jesus begins His public ministry by attending a synagogue on the Sabbath. Following custom, He stands to read and is handed the scroll of Isaiah. The passage He reads proclaims that the "Spirit of the Lord" is upon the speaker, anointing Him to preach good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to captives, recovery of sight to the blind, and freedom for the oppressed. This passage relates to the Jewish “Year of Jubilee” (Leviticus 25), a period every 50 years when debts were forgiven, slaves freed, and land returned, symbolizing liberation and restoration. The Isaiah passage is a messianic prophecy about God's servant bringing spiritual and social renewal. It was expected that the visiting Rabbi would continue reading from the place marked in the scroll. The marker was at the 61st out of 66 chapters…“The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn, to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the Lord to glorify him. They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the former devastations; they will renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.” (Luke 4:1-4, CSB) After reading the passage, Jesus sits down, which in Jewish custom indicated He was about to teach. He then makes the profound statement, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing” (Luke 4:21).
On that first day of His public ministry, Jesus proclaims that He is the fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy - that He is the Messiah who has come to bring the spiritual and social liberation promised in the passage. This is a bold and revolutionary claim, especially in His hometown. As the account unfolds, the people’s reaction turns from amazement to rage, leading them to attempt to throw Jesus off a cliff. However, Jesus miraculously walks through the crowd unharmed and leaves Nazareth. This event is significant as it marks the beginning of Jesus' public ministry and sets the tone for His mission: to bring spiritual, physical, and social liberation. Jesus’ reading and declaration align His mission with the messianic prophecy, emphasizing he is not just a teacher or prophet but is the long-awaited Messiah who inaugurates God's kingdom of the ultimate spiritual Jubilee - spiritual liberation and the arrival of God's kingdom, bringing freedom, healing, and renewal to all people. The Jubilee of Jesus Christ for individuals AND society as a whole is available to all today! As you can tell from the title and the podcast genesis, the topics covered in the future will be an eclectic and engaging look at stories and topics that inspire you and advance the peace of Christ in your life. and in the lives around you!
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 12 minutes
- Episodes
- 559
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Riding the High Horse?
A proud and arrogant heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. It is an absolute fact, that in the spiritual real, that coming events cast their shadows before them. When individuals have ridden the hi…
The Bread Wars of London!
It’s crazy to see how our entire structure of food is under assault from every direction, EVERY DIRECTION…from the genetic tampering, formula altering, ingredient manipulation, vocabulary reassignmen…
Are You a Good Existentialist?
Christianity is a relationship with Jesus Christ and not religious practices. If we are trying to approach God through zealous religion apart from an eternity transforming relationship with Jesus Chr…
6 Helps to Keep Our Hearts!
A deeper dive into six aspects to consider as we seek to keep our hearts with God: 1.We need to take a frequent inventory of the condition of the heart, 2.A sense of shame over sin, that results in a…
Double Down!
The greatest difficulty in conversion, is to win the heart to God; and the greatest difficulty after conversion, is to keep the heart with God. In Proverbs 4:23 we are given the exhortation to "Keep …
Give the Spirit His Due!
Against the backdrop of the gross outpouring of evil in our country, there are signs of the Holy Spirit of God beginning to move in a major repulsion of the evil. In Nehemiah 9, the nation of Israel …
Hold on to Your Heart Part 2
When Providence frowns upon us, and blasts our outward comforts, then we need to look to our heart to keep it with all diligence from expressing discontent against God, or fainting under his hand ; f…
Hold on to Your Heart!
Settle this great truth in your heart—that no trouble happens to the Church but by the permission of the Church's God; and he permits nothing out of which he will not ultimately bring much good to hi…
Dr. Price I Presume!
I have Red-green color blindness, which is the most common variety of color deficiency in humans. I can't see shades of red and green the same way as people with normal color perception do. Because o…
Heart-Sins
A word of caution regarding an old problem...Jesus's warning found in Matthew 7:1-5. The public domain writings of puritan author John Flavel, puritan atuthor form the 1600s, on the Treatise of the …
Hope, Courage, Confidence in 2023
Y2K, 9/11/ the Gulf War, The Pandemic...the beginning of a constant tumultuous life being the norm in America. The capture of the world's mind toward tension and disaster. Fear, terror, war, pandemi…
Ministerialy Speaking
I started serving in Christian ministry in the summer of 1977. Over the years I have spent a lot of time in hospitals, caring for the sick and the dying. In addition to the conversations with the sic…
Enjoying Mental Comfort in 2023!
This podcast episode is an adaption of the writings of puritan author Richard Stibbes, from his open source/public domain material, “Works, Volume Three. Today’s podcast starts on page 213, “A Breat…
“Jane, stop this crazy thing!!!”
Rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck died on January 10, 2023, in East Sussex, United Kingdom at the age of 78 from bacterial meningitis. David Crosby, famous tenor voice, song writer, and member of the ro…
A Hodge-Podge of Encouragement for 2023!
Empowering Encouragement Now segments are based in part on C.H. Spurgeon's Morning & Evening Devotions. This episode is an amalgamation of several days of devotions, with snippets that really speak t…
Rockin' It Old School!
Some have worked hard to disrupt the use of the sinner’s prayer in leading people to salvation in Jesus by leveling charges against its use, claim it’s not in the Bible, and it can become formulaic, …
The Synchromesh Transmission
We take for granted that all things mesh and work fluidly together…they don’t. With the grace of God absent, to borrow a line from the song “Midnight Blue” by Melissa Manchester, “even the simple thi…
The Trinity of Purification
Philippians 3:14, “I press on toward the goal.” As we enter this new year, puritan author Thomas Watson challenges us to build Holy lives on the truths of knowing Jesus Christ & the certainty of our …
How to Flourish In 2023!
The Lesson of the Inexhaustible Jar. This podcast is adapted from the public domain sermon by Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Inexhaustible Barrel, which he delivered on Sun…
God-The Best Father!
Matthew 7:11 Puritan author John Bradford points us to the scripture, self evaluation, and a powerful prayer in order to recalibrate our brains on the truth that our Heavenly Father gives us an immen…