{"id":3483,"date":"2017-01-23T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2017-01-23T15:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:40:48","slug":"audio-for-sunday-january-22-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"AUDIO for Sunday &#8211; January 22, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lion-is-a-Lamb-front-cover.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3484 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lion-is-a-Lamb-front-cover.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lion-is-a-Lamb-front-cover.png 748w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lion-is-a-Lamb-front-cover-262x300.png 262w, http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Lion-is-a-Lamb-front-cover-624x716.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Is salvation simple or complicated?<\/b><\/span><b> <\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">Something is <b>simple<\/b> if it is easily understood; plain, basic; uncomplicated in form, nature, or design; straightforward.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">Something is <b>complicated<\/b> if it is intricate, complex, involved, convoluted; hard to understand or untangle; difficult to analyze.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>So is salvation simple or complicated?<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">In an online article on the BBC(1), religion is explained \u201cas a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe \u2026 and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">Reference dot com(3)\u00a0estimates that there were 4,200 different religions in the world as of 2014. So if we accept those statistics, then there are at least 4,200 voices addressing the subject of salvation or religion. That seems very complicated to me. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">And we wouldn\u2019t want to leave out our philosophers, some of whom, according to the American Philosophical Association(2)\u00a0take on challenges such as reconciling \u201cour apparently special epistemic relationship to our own beliefs with a broadly naturalistic epistemology\u201d and dealing with \u201cissues in epistemology and the philosophy of mind regarding belief.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">On top of all of that we have over 7 billion people on the planet who by default\u2014according to Proverbs 14:12 and 16:25\u2014view the world in the way that seems right to them. So we have the voices of thousands of religions and philosophies, and billions of opinions addressing the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>This multitude of voices could be terribly overwhelming, <\/b>enough so to even cause a person to wonder how he or she could know anything at all for sure. Who am I? Why am I here? How do I fit in the grand scheme of things? <b>So very complicated.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Unless \u2026 unless we listen to God, one voice, God\u2019s voice.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s2\">The complexity of life on the planet melts away when we listen to God in his holy word, the Bible. <b>God identifies our problem. Yes, problem as in singular, as in one\u2014our sin.<\/b> Having accurately identified our problem, God provides the solution. Salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">REVELATION MESSAGE 13 &#8211; The Lion Is a Lamb<br \/>\nRevelation 5<\/span><\/h3>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3483-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%2013%20-%20The%20Lion%20Is%20a%20Lamb%20-%20Revelation%205%20-%20ffc%20-%20dave%20scott%20-%20012217%20AM.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%2013%20-%20The%20Lion%20Is%20a%20Lamb%20-%20Revelation%205%20-%20ffc%20-%20dave%20scott%20-%20012217%20AM.mp3\">http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/REVELATION%20MESSAGE%2013%20-%20The%20Lion%20Is%20a%20Lamb%20-%20Revelation%205%20-%20ffc%20-%20dave%20scott%20-%20012217%20AM.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\">____________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><strong>MP3 for DOWNLOAD:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/REVELATION MESSAGE 13 - The Lion Is a Lamb - Revelation 5 - ffc - dave scott - 012217 AM.mp3\">REVELATION MESSAGE 13 &#8211; The Lion Is a Lamb &#8211; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithfellowship.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/REVELATION MESSAGE 13 - The Lion Is a Lamb - Revelation 5 - ffc - dave scott - 012217 AM.mp3\">Revelation 5 &#8211; ffc &#8211; 012217 AM<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">References<\/span>: (1) http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/, (2) http:\/\/blog.apaonline.org\/about-us\/, (3) https:\/\/www.reference.com\/world-view\/many-religions-world-8f3af083e8592895<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is salvation simple or complicated? Something is simple if it is easily understood; plain, basic; uncomplicated in form, nature, or design; straightforward. Something is complicated if it is intricate, complex, involved, convoluted; hard to understand or untangle; difficult to analyze. So is salvation simple or complicated? 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