Running To Win - 25 Minute Edition

What does the Bible say about good versus evil? Since the original sin in the Garden of Eden, Satan has tried to blot out the seed of God’s promised Redeemer. In this message, we’ll study three instances throughout Scripture where Satan has clashed with God. As we assess the far-reaching consequences of our fall, we also learn that God, from the beginning, had in mind a way to redeem us.     Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

One key difference between God and Satan is that God always speaks truth, while Satan always lies. Once Adam and Eve believed the lie and rebelled against God, there was nothing they could do. All of us since birth have been contaminated with sin. But God offers the hope of deliverance even in the destructive aftermath of sin. What’s the truth that can deliver us?    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Lies can be appealing when we don’t believe the consequences are dangerous. Satan deceived Adam and Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, with catastrophic results. Because of this tendency to rebel against God, people have created many false religions. In this message, we catch a glimpse into how Satan’s mind operates, thinks, and strategizes to catch us in his traps. False religions can seem appealing until God’s truth exposes their deadly lies.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Every one of us belongs to one kingdom or another. Since Satan’s infamous start in the Garden of Eden, he’s been blinding the minds of unbelievers and targeting believers through lies and intimidation. In this message, we’ll discover five limitations from God that guarantee the devil’s doom. How does God deal with Satan’s rebellion—and ours?  Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

You have an unseen adversary. He’s called the devil, the prince of darkness—with weapons of lies and deceit. He was a prominent angel in God’s creation whose role was to deliver the praise of the angelic choir to God. What caused his fall from this prestigious position? In this message, you’ll study Lucifer’s five “I wills,” spoken in pride. You can stand firm against spiritual attack by understanding God’s sovereignty over Satan.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Have you ever wondered if you possess saving faith? Faith in Christ is the non-negotiable factor that transfers people from darkness to light and changes their destiny from hell to heaven. In the conclusion to this series of messages, Pastor Lutzer makes it personal from his parent’s journey as well as his own story of lacking assurance of salvation. Are the results of saving faith at work in your own life?    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Why do genuine Christians sometimes still have doubts? There are those who should be free from doubting their salvation, but there are also those who should examine if they are in the faith. In this message, you’ll identify five reasons people doubt their salvation. When you understand why you have doubts about your salvation, you can overcome them through faith in Christ alone. Take a good look at your doubts today and don’t brush them aside.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

The accusations you hear don’t have to have the last word. God’s love for you isn’t fickle. In the courtroom of guilt and shame, Christians can stand confidently against their accuser, Satan. The defending attorney, Jesus, is your Advocate. In this message, you’ll deepen your assurance of salvation based on three pillars from Scripture. When you’re uncertain of your standing with God, don’t speak for yourself—look to Jesus.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

What are you building your life upon—in this life and the next? Some believe you can’t be sure of your eternal destiny. But this is the certainty you need to make all the trials of life bearable, even meaningful. In this message, you’ll build three pillars on the bedrock doctrine of eternal security. From Romans 8, you’ll see how your security doesn’t lie in anything you do, but in God. You can count on it.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

The day someone is born again looks different for everyone, but your natural spiritual condition is hopeless without God. Whatever stage you’re in spiritually—the midnight of confusion, the twilight of conviction, or the sunshine of confession—it’s God who grants new life. In this message, you’ll conclude an exploration of the characteristics of regeneration. Your testimony of being born again will bring glory to God.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

No amount of effort will take you an inch in heaven’s direction. It takes a work of God to bring you to eternal life. Jesus told Nicodemus, a religious leader, that you must be “born again” to see the kingdom of God. In this message, you’ll look at the first of three characteristics of regeneration. God does a miracle within you so that you are reborn as a member of the heavenly family.   Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Your regrets feel like an irreparable, muddy mess. Sin colors everything. It’ll take an intervention from God to make it right. In this message, you’ll identify the qualities of the righteousness in Christ that assure you of your standing with God. This unchangeable, permanent, and infinite righteousness is based on the believer’s union with Christ. There’s cleansing, like a blanket of white snow, for those who finally give up self-righteousness and believe in Him alone.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

How can you know that you’re right with God? Jesus, the only sinless human, became sin to bring you to God. In this message, you’ll explore the truth a 16th-century German monk, Martin Luther, found so vital: righteousness that comes only by faith. You’ll discover five characteristics of the righteousness of God in 2 Corinthians that will bless your soul and take you all the way to heaven when you believe on Jesus.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

For people bent on working for everything in their life, God’s grace is very difficult to accept. Two kinds of people struggle with this: 1. those who feel they’re too unworthy because of their great sin and 2. those who feel they have a good shot at heaven because of their religious deeds. In this message, you’ll apply the characteristics of God’s grace to your life. Whether you tend towards despair or pride, no one earns God’s favor based on their merit.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Most Christians know the hymn “Amazing Grace” – even non-believers know it. Yet so few of us truly understand why grace is so amazing. Let’s begin looking at the 5 characteristics of God’s saving grace in Ephesians 2. Though no one is worthy, God gives this gift freely to those who believe on His Son. God’s grace is more than sufficient to save not only a “good” person, but the most wicked and vilest of sinners. Now that’s amazing!   Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

How do you avoid self-deception in your relationship with God? Many try to gain heaven through their own efforts. They think that if their good deeds outweigh their bad, they’ll make it. Let’s take another look at those who are shocked they won’t enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You’ll hear three explanations ofhow anyone could be self-deceived. You’re invited to come to the only One qualified to save you: Jesus.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Sincerity is great, but it’s not enough, especially when it comes to this all-important matter: the salvation of your soul. In this message, you’ll identify three false paths on the broad way that many people go: the paths of achieving good things, finding God mystically in yourself, or trusting sacramental rituals. But in Matthew 7, Jesus makes an astounding contrast between the false paths and the true path to God.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Are you striving to accomplish a dream that seems impossible? Much of the anxiety can dissolve when you realize that God directs all things towards an appointed end in His world. If you are God’s child, you can trust His providence. In this message, you’ll explore the scope of God’s providence in Joseph’s life, so you’re equipped to remain joyful, committed, and free from anxiety. God’s providence reminds you of His purposes at work in your troubled past, for your future, and even in evil.    Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Does reconciliation feel impossible after your dreams have been crushed by relational sin? The story of Joseph in Egypt is very dramatic—a former slave rises to power only to judge the brothers who sold him into slavery years before. God’s gracious plan was unfolding to save two nations. In this message, let’s sketch the portrait of Joseph’s final visit with his brothers. Once you step into true reconciliation, you begin to dream with God again.   Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)

Have you ever thought, “Where does God factor in all my unfulfilled dreams?” You’re not alone. Joseph’s dream seemed destroyed—until the day he sees his brothers for the first time since they sold him into slavery. In this message, you’ll begin to sketch three portraits of Joseph’s painful encounters with his brothers. You’ll see how a divinely-directed famine brought Joseph and his brothers together—physically and relationally. No matter what you’ve been through, God is still with you, and He has bigger dreams for you than you could ever imagine.   Click here to listen (Duration 25:02)