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Weekly Bible-based audio messages by Evangelist Frank King.
Biblical Moments with Frank King
Biblical Moments with Frank King
14 OCT 2024 · There seems to be an increased amount of concern about the end of the world these days. Much of that concern is being driven by current events, such as killer hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorism, tension between world leaders, etc. But those concerns about the end of the world are not being taken seriously by most. That is, the troubling things that are happening around the world are not causing people to come running to the church to accept Christ. By and large, just the opposite appears to be happening. In his second letter, Apostle Peter writes to the believers about the day of the Lord. This will be a horrific day marked by the second coming of Christ. About that day Peter writes, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up” (2 Peter 3:10, KJV). Peter wrote the believers to stir up their remembrance of the words of the prophets and the apostles about this day. He warned them that mockers would come in the last days mocking the message of the day of the Lord’s return. God inspired Peter to address this subject to refute the naysayers and to affirm the certainty of the day of the Lord. Of course, we have no idea when the second coming of Christ will take place. Neither do we know when the day of the preceding event we refer to as the rapture of the church will occur. Jesus says no one but God knows the day or the hour. That’s why it behooves us to live each day as if the Lord will return today.
7 OCT 2024 · Sometimes, God’s ways won’t make much sense to you. At times, His instructions or guidance to us will defy human logic. It’s like you’re adding 1 and 1 and you’re getting 3. A perfect example is recorded in the book of Genesis. After God had miraculously opened Sarah's womb to bless Abraham with a son at the age of 100, God tested Abraham. He told Abraham to offer young Isaac for a burnt offering. This made no sense to Abraham. Isaac was Abraham’s miracle baby. He was God’s answer to Abraham’s complaint that he did not have a son to be his heir. How could Isaac become Abraham’s heir and be a burnt offering at the same time? Nevertheless, Abraham obeyed the Lord. He had to believe that God knew what He was doing because Abraham surely didn’t know what God was up to. The same can be true about us. Sometimes, you may find yourself in a place in life where you can’t find any biblical reason why you are where you are in life. Remember that God’s ways are higher than ours. We don’t intuitively understand His ways. That’s one reason we must study His Word. It is our only source for understanding God’s ways. When what God is doing in your life makes no sense to you, your only way forward is to place your faith in Him. That’s what faith is all about—trusting God even when what’s happening in your life makes absolutely no sense to you. You have to believe that God knows how to make all things work together for your good—even when there seems to be no rhyme or reason to what’s happening in your life.
3 OCT 2024 · If you are a Christian, your prayers, when coupled with faith, are extremely powerful. You may not feel that way when you pray. You may feel less than perfect because you are. You may feel you don’t have it all together—because you don’t. In this episode, Frank King encourages Christians to believe more deeply in God’s ability to use imperfect people in extraordinary ways. Specifically, this episode focuses on the power of the prayer of faith to accomplish healing in the Christian church. In his epistle, James writes: “The prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much” (James 5:15-16, NASB). Based upon these verses, it was never God’s will to use only the apostles to minister healing to others—even during the apostolic age. God can and wants to use ordinary fellow Christians to pray for one another to minister healing. This is not a put down of medical doctors. God uses them to minister healing as well. But the biblical prescription for healing in the church is prayer coupled with faith. To encourage us to believe that God can use imperfect people in extraordinary ways, James cites an experience of Elijah the prophet. “He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months” (verse 17). Elijah was not perfect. He was a fallible human being just like the rest of us. But through the prayer of faith, he shut up the windows of heaven for 3-1/2 years.
23 SEP 2024 · Sad but true, today it is becoming increasingly harder for us to know the truth. Our politicians are more interested in getting elected than they are in being truthful. With artificial intelligence, we don’t know if what we are looking at or listening to is genuine or not. This episode addresses the importance of truth and its liberating power. Jesus says, “If you continue in My word…you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free” (John 8:32, NASB). The fact is that you can live in a free country and still be a servant or slave of some kind. For instance, you can be free physically but bound spiritually. Many people today are slaves to something or someone that they don’t have the power to break free from. And sometimes, this kind of bondage can be more difficult or even more cruel than physical bondage. We live in a world where there are many voices among us. All are anxious to give us their version of the truth. We have bloggers and podcasters and radio personalities and cable news, to name a few. All of these add their own political or cultural spin to the message they promote. But the Word of God trumps all of that. It is our only reliable source for the truth. But in his writings, Paul the apostle warns, “The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:3, NASB). That time is now upon us. For in the church today, our appetite for sound doctrine –which is rooted in the truth--has been weighed and found wanting.
16 SEP 2024 · Many people today feel overwhelmed by the heavy load of life. Some are exhausted from the constant struggle to keep their head above water. Many of them feel as though they are always a day late and a dollar short. Then there are those who live their life aimlessly. Every day, they find themselves going nowhere fast. So many people today find themselves in toxic relationships that take so much from them and give so little. The list goes on and on. It’s interesting that during Jesus’ public ministry, He addressed the subject of rest for the weary. That means it concerns Him. Needless to say, it’s not the Lord’s will for us to be overburdened by the load of life. But that’s where many people find themselves today. When Jesus extended His invitation to the weary, the religious leaders of His day were the Pharisees and the Sadducees. They had imposed countless and burdensome rules and regulations upon the Law of Moses that the people had to follow. The people were weary from following all these dos and don’ts and never being able to measure up. But Jesus came to proclaim the good news. He said, “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28, NASB). In this episode, Evangelist Frank King expounds on Jesus’ invitation to rest for the weary. He says the rest available through Christ is more than physical rest. It is rest for our soul. If you are weary today, if you feel overwhelmed by the load of life, why not accept Jesus’ invitation to experience rest for your soul?
9 SEP 2024 · Every one of us who is a Christian has the Holy Spirit living inside us. How do we know that? Because, according to Romans 8:9, “If any man has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.” But the Holy Spirit was never meant to be dormant in our life as is the case with some believers; but alive, empowering our life. On the other hand, the Holy Spirit does not impose Himself upon us. But we must allow Him to be a relevant part of our life. This podcast episode focuses on the Holy Spirit speaking to us. Jesus taught His disciples that the Holy Spirit would do that very thing. “But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say,” Jesus said to them (Matthew 10:19, NASB). “For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you” (verse 20). But how many believers today really believe that? Evangelist Frank King argues that the idea of the Holy Spirit speaking to us is not far-fetched. Because when you pray to God and you seek an answer from Him, you are in effect expecting Him to communicate back to you. And He often does that through the Holy Spirit. The question is, how much of that kind of interaction with the Holy Spirit are we experiencing in our life. In this episode, Frank gives some practical guidance on how you can more effectively experience the Holy Spirit speaking to you.
26 AUG 2024 · Every true believer in Christ is a steward because God has committed resources into his care to advance the Kingdom. “It is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful” (1 Corinthians 4:2, KJV). The overall effectiveness of the Christian church at large is a function of the extent to which each believer exercises faithful stewardship with what God has placed into his or her care. The main means by which God accomplishes His will on earth is through His people. Accordingly, He gives us the resources we need to fulfill His purpose. God giving us what we need to be successful is one thing. But exercising faithful stewardship through those resources is another thing. A vital goal of every local church should be to equip and to challenge her members to be good stewards of the resources God has blessed them with. Some church members may regard that exhortation as meddling or getting into their business. But it’s the role of the church to equip and to challenge her members. Moreover, there is a limit to how much Christians can grow through church attendance and reading their Bible and prayer. To maximize their spiritual development, they must involve themselves in serving the Lord. We serve God through serving His people. He gives us resources to utilize for the sake of pouring into the lives of others. It is only when we faithfully do that that we are exercising faithful stewardship.
20 AUG 2024 · This episode zeros in on God’s ability to use the bad times in your life for your good. That’s why you must walk by faith and not by sight. Just because you are going through a tough time does not mean God is not doing something good in your life. We may be able to clearly see our current circumstances. But until they begin to unfold, we have no idea what God is doing about them. But we trust Him to be faithful, so we walk by faith. Young Joseph’s experience is a perfect example of God’s ability to use your bad for your good. His being sold by his brothers was a bad experience. Being sold as a slave in Egypt was a bad experience as well. Being lied on by his master’s wife and put in prison was a bad experience. In the natural, nothing suggested that God was doing anything good on Joseph’s behalf. But the truth is that God was up to something phenomenal in Joseph’s life. He was with Joseph even during those bad times. Ultimately, God exalted him to be the second most powerful man in all of Egypt. Joseph told his brothers 22 years after they sold him, “Do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life” (Genesis 45:5, NASB). God didn’t create the evil that occurred in Joseph’s life. But He allowed it, and He used it for Joseph’s good. In a similar way, God can use your bad for your good.
15 AUG 2024 · When we gather in the house of God and sing songs and pray and hear the Word of God, one of the main objectives is to create an environment of faith in the atmosphere. When faith is in the room, all things are possible. By contrast, unbelief limits—severely limits--what God can do in our life. In one instance, Jesus came to His own country and could do very little works there because of the people’s unbelief. Stressing the importance of an environment of faith may seem to be an insignificant point to some. That's because the Bible is sufficiently clear about the need for us to have faith in God. Yet, Jesus at times had to rebuke His disciples for their lack of faith. They were with Jesus, they saw His mighty works, and yet they struggled in the area of faith at times. It should be no mystery that the same can be true for Christians today. Church attendance is a good thing. Regularly reading the Bible is good. But these must be mixed with faith. Faith is the key to experiencing God’s presence and power. Jesus says all things are possible to Him that believes. No one who came to Him with a need and in faith failed to receive what he or she came for.
5 AUG 2024 · Embracing a lifestyle of humility goes against the grain of our society. In the world, the humble guy is the one who finishes last. He is the one who gets stepped on. To get ahead in this world, the thinking is that you have to be abrasive; toot your own horn, or step on other people. This episode underscores the blessing of humility. One day, the disciples asked Jesus, who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. To their surprise, Jesus called a little child and set him amidst them. “Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven,” Jesus said (Matthew 18:3, KJV). That incident speaks volumes about God’s view toward humility. Humility involves a lifestyle of submission to the will of God. Such a lifestyle can usher in the favor and blessings of the Lord like nothing else will or can. A Christian’s failure or refusal to walk humbly will cause him to miss out on God’s best for him. “God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6, NASB). Grace refers to God’s unmerited blessings and favor. We are saved by grace, but we need the grace of God in every aspect of our life. That’s why it behooves us to walk humbly before the Lord. It is the only means by which we can receive more grace. Duration 17:58
Weekly Bible-based audio messages by Evangelist Frank King.
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