Grace and Faith Series…

Christianity 301 is a series focused on the two main topics of Grace and Faith. Developing a biblical view of what became available to us as Believers in Jesus Christ!

• Post 100 – Faith is the key to the overcoming life!August 4, 2020
  Someone recently asked me, “How do you know that it is the Lord speaking to you?” This is a question that is common to all Believers in Jesus Christ. To answer that question, let’s establish some fundamental truths.
• Post 99 – When God whispers in your ear! Part 2July 21, 2020
  Today’s message is a continuation of our last post entitled, “When God whispers in your ear.” The Holy Spirit of God can speak through the Logos Word found in the Bible and the Rhema Word when the Lord speaks to your mind when you need direction or facing a decision.  
• Post 98 – When God whispers in your ear!July 6, 2020
  When Jesus whispers in your ear… Part 1 I am sure you are familiar with the Gospel of John, chapter 10. Jesus makes it clear that those who belong to Him hear His voice. He is the Good Shepherd, and we are His sheep. His sheep not only hear His voice, but they recognize His… Read more: Post 98 – When God whispers in your ear!
• Post 97 – Exchanging what you can’t keep for what you can’t lose!June 23, 2020
  Missionary Jim Elliot who was martyred at age 29 in 1956 said, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”  Exchanging the natural life of the flesh for the supernatural life of the Spirit!  Giving up the life controlled by the flesh in order to accept the… Read more: Post 97 – Exchanging what you can’t keep for what you can’t lose!
• Post 96 – Courage is for a moment; Regret is for a lifetime!June 8, 2020
  What I mean by taking a risk! Risk as in “did I really hear from God?” Risk as in “when I don’t get what I wanted!” My testimonies: The Christian Crier. Leaving teaching to go full time in the ministry. We walk by faith not human logic… 2 Corinthians 5:7 We have been transferred from… Read more: Post 96 – Courage is for a moment; Regret is for a lifetime!
• Post 95 – A life lived in fear is a life half-lived!May 25, 2020
  God’s grace can break bondages, but God’s grace cannot make decisions for you. So many people are waiting for God to do what God has told them to do! God’s grace makes it available, but it is our decision to take it. James 4:7-8 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and… Read more: Post 95 – A life lived in fear is a life half-lived!
• Post 94 – The Power of Decision.May 11, 2020
  My last two posts had to do with “taking every thought captive,” a reference to 2 Corinthians 10:5. I said that the scriptures tell us that God has not given us a spirit of fear (timidity), but of love, power, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Romans 8:14, “For as many as are led… Read more: Post 94 – The Power of Decision.
• Post 93 – Taking Every Thought Captive, Part 2.April 26, 2020
  Post 93 “Taking Every Thought Captive” / Don’t lose hope! Part 2 I am continuing from our last post entitled “Taking every thought captive.” Last time we said that with all that is going on in the world today that we must resist falling into fear. Fear takes our focus off of the Lord and… Read more: Post 93 – Taking Every Thought Captive, Part 2.
• Post 92 – Taking Every Thought Captive!, Part 1April 13, 2020
  The Bible says that we will experience “wars, famines and pestilence” in this life.  What we are experiencing with the COVID-19 virus or Coronavirus is simply part of the fallen nature of the world, and in this case, it has affected the entire earth! Is this the beginning of the end? The quick answer is no!… Read more: Post 92 – Taking Every Thought Captive!, Part 1
• Post 91 The Great Exchange – Riches for Poverty.March 30, 2020
  The Great Exchange – Riches for Poverty Jesus took our poverty that we might have eternal riches; “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Before we get into riches… Read more: Post 91 The Great Exchange – Riches for Poverty.
• Post 90 – The Great Exchange: Physical Healing for Sickness!March 17, 2020
  The Great Exchange: Physical Healing for Sickness The Great Exchange is what Jesus purchased for us on the Cross of Calvary; the Great Exchange represents the major blessing or benefit of the New Covenant. The exchange is a trade, in that Jesus took something from us and then gave us something far, far better. Today… Read more: Post 90 – The Great Exchange: Physical Healing for Sickness!
• Post 89 The Great Exchange: Healing for Sickness!March 3, 2020
  Jesus took our sickness that we might have healing; “Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed” (1 Pet 2:24; see also Isa 53:5). We know, from Revelations 21, that when we get to… Read more: Post 89 The Great Exchange: Healing for Sickness!
• Post 88 – The Great Exchange: Peace for Confusion and Turmoil! Part 2February 25, 2020
  The message for today is God’s peace, Part Two. Jesus took our turmoil and confusion and gave us His peace; Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John… Read more: Post 88 – The Great Exchange: Peace for Confusion and Turmoil! Part 2
• Post 87 The Great Exchange- Peace for Confusion and Turmoil?February 18, 2020
  The Great Exchange: Peace for Confusion and Turmoil! We have been examining the Great Exchange. Those things that Jesus gave to us in place of those things He has taken from us. The subject for today is God’s peace. Jesus took our turmoil and confusion and gave us His peace; Jesus said, “Peace I leave… Read more: Post 87 The Great Exchange- Peace for Confusion and Turmoil?
• Post 86 The Great Exchange: Authority for Weakness.February 12, 2020
  Over the last number of weeks, I have been looking at something called the Great Exchange. The Great Exchange represents a transaction that took place through Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. As a result of the New Covenant ushered in by Jesus, our Lord, there are specific weaknesses that Jesus took upon Himself in exchange… Read more: Post 86 The Great Exchange: Authority for Weakness.
• Post 85 The Great Exchange: Power for Weakness, Part-2February 4, 2020
  I am going to pick up from my last message on The Great Exchange: Power for Weakness! Last time we examined Acts 1:9, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
• Post 84 The Great Exchange: Power for Weakness!January 29, 2020
  As we continue to examine the concept of the Great Exchange we will look at the following exchange: Jesus took our weakness and gave us His strength; “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to… Read more: Post 84 The Great Exchange: Power for Weakness!
• Post 83 The Great Exchange: A Home for Homelessness!January 21, 2020
  Introduction In this episode, we will examine another “exchange” accomplished at the Cross of Calvary. Jesus took our lost and homeless condition and gave us an eternal home. This truth is based upon the verse in John 14:2, where Jesus said, “In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have… Read more: Post 83 The Great Exchange: A Home for Homelessness!
• Post 82 The Great Exchange – Heaven for Hell!January 15, 2020
  As we continue to examine what was purchased for us by Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary, let me remind you that we can look at what Jesus accomplished as an “exchange.” You will recall that a covenant requires an exchange of assets and liabilities. In the New Covenant, of which Jesus is a… Read more: Post 82 The Great Exchange – Heaven for Hell!
• Post 81 The Great Exchange: Life for Death!January 7, 2020
  As a result of the holidays, it has been two weeks since my last post. Let me take a moment to review where we are in this series on Grace and Faith. Grace and Faith God’s grace is all about what He has given us as a free gift if only we would by faith… Read more: Post 81 The Great Exchange: Life for Death!
• Post 80 – The Great Exchange: Sin and ForgivenessDecember 16, 2019
  Hello and welcome back to Pastor Vic’s Nuggets of Truth. Today we’ll be picking up where we left off last time. Remember, we talked about the fact that God is a covenant-making and covenant-keeping God. God always keeps His promises, In Isaiah 55:11 God states, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My… Read more: Post 80 – The Great Exchange: Sin and Forgiveness
• Post 79 – The Covenant and Trust.December 11, 2019
  The Lord is a covenant-making and covenant-keeping God. The Bible, Old and New Testament, are records of the two major covenants in the Bible. The Covenant of the Law and the Covenant of Grace. Keep in mind that the conditions of a covenant are called Promises.
• Post 78 – The Covenant and the Exchange.December 4, 2019
  A Covenant Exchange As we have learned, a blood covenant is the most binding of all the covenants. A blood covenant also involves an exchange that takes place between the two parties of the covenant or the covenant-heads. This exchange results in “oneness,” with the two parties of the covenant becoming one entity.
• Post 77 The Covenant and The Blood.November 20, 2019
  Before we look at the Great Exchange that took place as a result of the scourging, crucifixion, resurrection and the appearance of the risen Jesus Christ I’d like to make a couple of issues clearer. The importance of the Old Testament The importance of the Old Testament which is about the Covenant of the Law.… Read more: Post 77 The Covenant and The Blood.
• Post 76 The Old vs. The New! Part 2November 12, 2019
  The New Covenant is a Better Covenant The book of Hebrews was written to Jewish believers in Jerusalem. Hebrews was written at about AD 65; Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70. Jerusalem and the Levitical system were being done away with. The purpose of the book of Hebrews was to demonstrate that everything the Jews trusted… Read more: Post 76 The Old vs. The New! Part 2
• Post 75 The Old vs. The New!November 6, 2019
  As Christians or followers of Christ, our goal is to become mature disciples of Christ.  This means that you need to know why you believe what you believe. There is no way around it, to become a mature Christian, reaping the blessings of God, you need to know what the Bible says. You cannot be a… Read more: Post 75 The Old vs. The New!
• Post 74 Seeking the KingdomOctober 30, 2019
  Seek Truth. In my last message, I tried to focus on the importance of the truth about God. It should be obvious if you are not working or operating in truth you will go astray. It would be like having a defective compass, you would never get to where you want to go. God can… Read more: Post 74 Seeking the Kingdom
• Post 73 Is What You Know True?October 23, 2019
  Welcome to a new series in Pastor Vic’s Nuggets of Truth. I am calling this series “Living the Supernatural Life: A Journey into Grace and Faith” or simply Christianity 301. While our focus in this series will be on God’s Grace and His truth, we need to look at some important issues beforehand.   Many Voices In Christianity,… Read more: Post 73 Is What You Know True?