by Hales Swift | Dec 17, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 50: “He That Overcometh Shall Inherit All Things” Transcript The third and fourth verses from the end of the Book of Revelation are among the most frequently quoted in conversations between...
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by Hales Swift | Nov 25, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 46: “Rejoice with Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory” Transcript 1 Peter discusses Christ’s ministry to the spirits in prison in chapters 3:17-20 and 4:6. This first comes up in a larger discussion...
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by Hales Swift | Nov 18, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 44: “An High Priest of Good Things to Come” Transcript In Hebrews 9:14–17, the author described Christ as the mediator of the new testament. What does he mean by this? I will discuss this after...
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by Hales Swift | Nov 6, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 43: Jesus Christ, “the Author of Eternal Salvation” Transcript The author of Hebrews shares some powerful perspectives about what Christ did for us, what he suffered for us, and in doing so helps point out...
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by Hales Swift | Oct 28, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 42: “Be Thou an Example of the Believers” Transcript In 1 Timothy 3, Paul is writing to Timothy, a fellow Church leader, and one that Paul has mentored sharing council relating to calling of bishops and other...
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by Hales Swift | Oct 12, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 40: “I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me” Transcript In Colossians chapter 2, there are some passages that have the potential to be confusing because, as is often the case, Paul is...
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by Hales Swift | Oct 1, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 39: “For the Perfecting of the Saints” Transcript In Ephesians 5:3-8, Paul rebukes a number of activities that are unwholesome and impure. I will read these first in the King James Version and then read them...
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by Hales Swift | Sep 17, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 37: “God Loveth a Cheerful Giver” Transcript In the opening of 2 Corinthians 12, Paul makes a couple of remarks about his spiritual experiences because some have been questioning the adequacy of his...
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by Hales Swift | Sep 5, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 35: “God Is Not the Author of Confusion, but of Peace” Transcript In 1 Corinthians 14:39, Paul instructs the Corinthians Saints, “Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with...
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by Hales Swift | Aug 24, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 33: “Be Perfectly Joined Together” Transcript In 1 Corinthians 6, Paul addresses a problem which has crept up among the Corinthian Saints in which they are going to law with one another or, as we would say,...
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by Hales Swift | Dec 9, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 48: “Glory, and Power, Be unto … the Lamb for Ever” Transcript The Revelation of John is directed to seven churches (branches of the church) in Asia. They are listed as Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos,...
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by Hales Swift | Nov 18, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 45: “Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only” Transcript James 2 discusses the question of faith and works. There James makes the argument that if, by faith, one means mere intellectual or verbal assent...
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by Hales Swift | Nov 6, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 43: Jesus Christ, “the Author of Eternal Salvation” Transcript Sometimes the scriptures will use a particular idiom in an interesting way. In the case of the metaphor use of milk in the scriptures, part of...
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by Hales Swift | Oct 28, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 42: “Be Thou an Example of the Believers” Transcript In 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Paul comments on the role the scriptures have played in Timothy’s life and can play in ours as well. He says, beginning with...
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by Hales Swift | Oct 21, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 41: “Be Not Soon Shaken in Mind, or Be Troubled” Transcript In 1 Thessalonians 3, Paul has been worried for those to whom he has taught the gospel. Verse 4 and 5 4 For verily, when we were with you, we told...
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by Hales Swift | Oct 12, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 40: “I Can Do All Things through Christ Which Strengtheneth Me” Transcript In Philippians chapter 1, Paul is commenting on the effects that his status as a prisoner have had for the Church of Jesus Christ. It...
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by Hales Swift | Sep 26, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 38: “Walk in the Spirit” Transcript In the Book of Galatians, Paul argues passionately against those who are attempting to persuade the Galatian churches (those occupying a region probably including Iconium,...
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by Hales Swift | Sep 13, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 36: “Be Ye Reconciled to God” Transcript In 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, Paul relates some insights about our mortal and resurrected bodies. Beginning at verse 1, 1 For we know that if our earthly house of this...
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by Hales Swift | Aug 27, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 34: “Ye Are the Body of Christ” Transcript In Paul’s first extant letter to the Corinthians (he wrote an earlier letter which we don’t have), a prominent theme that emerges is the importance of...
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by Hales Swift | Aug 16, 2019 |
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Lesson 32: “Overcome Evil with Good” Transcript The ideas of fatherhood and sonship are used a few different ways in the scriptures, and it can be useful to have some idea which one we are dealing with in...
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