Today, those of us blessed to live in America enjoy the freedoms that many other nations don’t. Those freedoms weren’t cheap. They were paid with the blood, sweat, and tears of countless men and women. These freedoms that we enjoy today, such as freedom of religion and speech, weren’t free. They had to be bought at a high price. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he shares the somber story of a veteran who gave up his freedoms for ours in his video, Why Christians Should Celebrate Veterans Day: Ernest Albert “Andy” Andrews Jr.
Why Christians Should Celebrate Veterans Day
Ernest Albert “Andy” Andrews Jr.
Andy is one of millions of young men who gave up their prime years to fight for this country. He was drafted right out of High School and sent overseas to fight a war he didn’t start. He watched his friends get killed in front of him, as well as witnessed countless other soldiers die all around him. He did all of this for one reason: freedom.
Freedom is never free. It always costs an extremely high price; usually, it costs the life of another.
12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:12-13
We, Christians, should all celebrate Veterans Day and thank God for the freedoms we have today because of their sacrifice.
May God bless each and every veteran. Thank you for your service.
Today is Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity, intended to bring awareness and remember the unborn lives that have been silenced before their time. This now begs the question, when does life begin? Is Abortion always a sin, or does it matter when the abortion took place? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through the Scriptures for answers in her video, Does The Bible Say When Life Begins?
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your hand they are delivered. 3 Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. 4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. 6 “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. 7 And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.”
Genesis 9:1-7
4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:4-5
11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
On the night Jesus was betrayed, He instituted a new ordinance. The ordinance of the LORD’s Supper, also known as Communion. This ordinance is something that Paul told us to keep until the LORD’s coming because it’s proclaiming His death until He returns. But do we honestly understand what Communion is and what it means when we partake in it? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the answer in her video, What is Communion?
Matthew 26:26-29 Mark 14:22-25 Luke 22:19-23 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Romans 6:3-11 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 John 13:21-30 1 Corinthians 11:27-32 1 Corinthians 15:50-57
What is Communion?
The Institution of Communion
26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.”
Matthew 26:26-29
22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25 Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
Mark 14:22-25
19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. 21 But behold, the hand of him who betrays me is with me on the table. 22 For the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” 23 And they began to question one another, which of them it could be who was going to do this.
Luke 22:19-23
The Purpose of The LORD’s Supper (Communion)
23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. 27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died. 31 But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Jesus made many bold statements, some of which we still don’t fully understand. One in particular is when Jesus was under attack by the Jews. Jesus stated that Abraham not only saw His day but was glad when he did. Abraham died more than a thousand years before Jesus came to the earth, so how could he see Jesus’ day? Join Rev. Kenny Yates as he searches through Scripture for the answer in his video, How Did Abraham See Jesus’ Day?
John 8:52-59 Genesis 22:1-2 John 3:16 Galatians 4:23-31 2 Chronicles 3:1 1 Chronicles 21:22 1 Chronicles 21:24 Hebrews 13:11-12 Genesis 22:8 Genesis 22:9 John 19:16-17 John 10:17-18 Hebrews 11:17-19 Genesis 22:18
Jesus and Abraham
How Did Abraham See Jesus’ Day?
48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. 50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and He is the judge. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ 55 But you have not known Him. I know Him. If I were to say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know Him and I keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”59 So they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.
For six days, God created all of creation, and then, on the seventh day, God rested. God instituted this seventh day as holy and called it the Sabbath day. We Christians don’t go to church and worship on the Sabbath day; we worship on Sunday. Does that mean that Christians who worship on Sunday are breaking the Sabbath day and, therefore, living outside the will and command of God? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture for the Truth in her video, Understanding The Sabbath Day.
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Exodus 20:8-11
16 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. 20 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— 21 “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” 22 (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? 23 These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
The belief that God is made up of three separate persons (The Trinity Doctrine) with one mind, heart, and desire is the foundation of Christianity. This belief that Jesus is God is the very reason He was crucified and His followers attacked and persecuted. 2,000 years later, the divinity of the LORD Jesus Christ is still being questioned, debated, and discussed not just in the world but the Church. How can we say that Jesus saves us and call on His name for salvation, yet claim He was not God incarnate? This one statement alone is blasphemy if the divinity of Christ is from the Spirit of Error. Join ArieRashelle as she guides us through Scripture, pointing out multiple statements claiming the divinity of Jesus Christ in her video, Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God.
Genesis 1:1 Isaiah 44:24-25 Genesis 1:1 Exodus 20:3 Deuteronomy 10:17 Psalms 82:1 Genesis 1:26-27 Colossians 1:15-20 Hebrews 6:19-20 Hebrews 1:1-4 1 John 2:22 John 1:29 Acts 8:32-35 Revelation 17:14 John 1 Revelation 19:13-16 Psalms 136:1-3 Matthew 22:37 Deuteronomy 6:5 Matthew 22:44 Psalms 110:1 1 Samuel 8:7 Isaiah 44:6 Isaiah 48:12 Revelation 1:8 Revelation 21:5-7 Revelation 22:12-13 John 10:11-18 Psalms 23:1 Zechariah 11:17 Jeremiah 23:1 Matthew 22:41-46 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 Matthew 1:23 Philippians 2:5-11 Matthew 1:1-17 Psalms 89:35-37 Acts 2:29-31 Revelation 5:5 Revelation 22:16 Philippians 2:10-11 Isaiah 45:23
Five Biblical Statements That Claim Jesus Is God
The Trinity Doctrine In The Bible
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:19-20
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:6
22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around Him and said to Him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.30 I and the Father are one.” 31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered Him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If He called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— 36 do you say of Him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me; 38 but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again they sought to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands.
Only one day a year is dedicated to remembering our fallen soldiers that gave their lives for our freedom. Many of us don’t even realize or truly grasp what we get this one day a year off for. Others of us aren’t 100% positive we, the Church (Christians/Disciples of Christ), should be honoring and commemorating this day at all. So, where does that leave us? Join ArieRashelle as she opens our eyes to the importance of this day, especially for Christians, in her video Why Memorial Day Should Be Important For Christians.
John 15:13
Why Memorial Day Should Be Important For Christians
The Greatest Act of Love
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.14 You are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, He may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
Throughout the years, we can see a subtle decline in the strength of the Church. In the previous ages of the Church, there were miracles, signs, wonders, and healings. The gifts and fruit of the Spirit weren’t just evident; they were understood. But as time passes and society ‘progresses,’ we seem to regress as a Church. We’re no longer able to even see our prayers answered, much less see the power of God working in our lives. What does that mean for us? Is there no more power from God left for this generation of the Church? Are we programmed and intended to be weaker than previous generations of the Church? Are the gifts of the Spirit no longer working in our lives today? Are they just not meant for us? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture to find some answers in her video, The Fruit of The Spirit vs. The Gifts of The Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 Matthew 7:15-20 John 15:1-17 John 13:34-35 1 Corinthians 13:13 1 Corinthians 13:8 Lamentations 3:22-24 Psalms 107:1 1 John 4:7-12 Matthew 25:31-46 Luke 12:8-9 Ephesians 2:8-9 Ephesians 1:13-14 Ephesians 4:30 Acts 2:17-21 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 1 Peter 4:10-11 2 Timothy 1:5-7 John 11:17-27 John 3 1 Peter 5:8 1 Peter 5:7 Matthew 25:14-30 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Timothy 4:14-16 Matthew 10:40-42 1 Thessalonians 5:12-21 Matthew 25:1-13 2 Timothy 3:1-7
The Holy Spirit
The Fruit of The Spirit
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
The Gifts of The Spirit
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as He wills.
Paul tells us to wield the Sword of the Spirit with all prayer and supplication, but what’s the difference? Does it matter if we know the difference between prayer and supplication? If prayer is asking or petitioning God, then is supplication asking God on behalf of other people? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture in order to fully understand the difference between prayer and supplication in her video, The Armor of God Pt. 4: What is Supplication?
Ephesians 6:17-20 Luke 22:39-44 Daniel 9 Numbers 23:19 Psalms 62:2 Psalms 94:22 Exodus 32:9-14 Genesis 6:6-8 1 Chronicles 21:13-17 Matthew 26:50-54 Genesis 41:32 Revelation 3:10 Revelation 3:15-16 James 4:4-8 James 5:16 (KJV) Proverbs 27:17 Ecclesiastes 4:12 Matthew 17:1 Matthew 26:37 Matthew 6:12 1 Peter 2:24 John 14:27 Matthew 6:11 Matthew 6:25-34 James 1:5 Isaiah 40:29-31
The Armor of God
What is Supplication?
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
Prayer is a basic foundation in Christianity. We pray in order to commune with God and get to know Him better, but what if there is more to prayer? Many of us are confused on how to pray, and so we avoid it as much as possible, especially around other people. Why? What’s so special about prayer that makes us nervous or makes us want to avoid it altogether? What does it mean to pray? Join ArieRashelle as she searches through Scripture in order to find the answer to our question and more in her video, The Armor of God Pt. 3: What is Prayer?
Ephesians 6:17-20 Matthew 21:12-17 John 2:13-22 Hebrews 11:37-38 Revelation 6:12-17 John 10:1-21 Jeremiah 7:8-15 John 1:1-18 Revelation 19:10 James 4:1-8 Matthew 6:25-34 James 1:2-8 Matthew 7:24-27 Luke 6:46-49 Matthew 7:7-11 James 4:4-9 John 15:13-16 Psalms 37:3-5 Romans 12:2 2 Corinthians 3:18 Ezekiel 11:19-20 Ezekiel 36:26 1 Corinthians 3:17
The Armor of God
What is Prayer?
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. 16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
