Scott Goodwill
The Gift of Tongues, Acts 2
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 28 2010)
Series: Spiritual Gifts and the Church
The tongues given in Acts 2 were known syntactical languages spoken by Jews who attended the feast of Pentecost. They were spoken miraculously and therefore those languages were not able to be duplicated by human means. The tongues were spoken instantaneously without copying sounds they had heard before or had attempted to learn. The gift of tongues in 1 Corinthians 12-14 is the same as the tongues spoken at Pentecost for the language of both passages is the same and there is no indication that something different is happening. There is no reason to believe there is a difference in the tongues of the two passages unless you are trying to defend an experience by reading an experience into the text of Scripture.
Encouraging Yourself in the Lord Your God
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 28 2010)
Series: A Fresh Vision of God
In a time when he was greatly distressed, David encouraged himself in the Lord. Knowing who God is, what He has done, and what He promises to do, will equip us to do the same.
The Spiritual Gift of Tongues
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 21 2010)
Series: Spiritual Gifts and the Church
1 Corinthians 14 reveals the biblical nature, the biblical purpose, and the biblical practice of the gift of tongues.
The Longsuffering of God
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 21 2010)
Series: A Fresh Vision of God
Once we understand what God's longsuffering is and why it is needed, our thoughts should be often drawn to this aspects of God's character. God's longsuffering should result in a thankfulness and praise toward him, but also an altered life toward others.
A Merciful God
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 14 2010)
Series: A Fresh Vision of God
God is merciful and acts mercifully. Knowing, understanding, and remembering this characteristic of God, will should cause us to erupt in praise and thanksgiving, it should alter our approach to God and condition our treatment of others.
Knowing God vs. Just Knowing About Him
by Scott Goodwill (Feb 7 2010)
Series: A Fresh Vision of God
It is crucial that we know the difference between knowing facts about God and knowing Him. We can fool ourselves that it is enough to know about God. We can become very skilled at gathering information but never truly believing the information we have accumulated.
Success & Prosperity
by Scott Goodwill (Jul 26 2009)
The world's view of success and prosperity is vastly different from God's. We need to shape our perspective on success and prosperity so that we seek God's desired outcome and know how to achieve it in a biblical way.
Joy in Believing
by Scott Goodwill (Jul 19 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
There is a joy which far surpasses any joy this world could ever offer. It is not fleeting, and is even present in the midst of hardship. This joy is our strength, it sustains me. This joy steadies me from the pressures and wildly fluctuating world around me. This joy enables me to endure as I run the race before me. This joy is mine, only in believing.
The Joy Set Before Us
by Scott Goodwill (Jul 12 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
God sets a joy before us, a joy found only in Him. This joy is within our grasp, we can have it. We no longer need to live for the fleeting, unsatisfying, unfulfilling pleasures and joys of this world. This joy is not dependent on a musical style or someone making you feel good about yourself. It is genuine, God-given joy.
Count It All Joy
by Scott Goodwill (Jul 5 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
We will all face trials. When a Christian is faced with a trial, he is instructed to bring to his thoughts the truth about who God is, what He has promised, and what He says He will do with that trial. When a Christian deliberately leads this knowledge before his mind and thinks on it, he will find his attitude turned to joy.
Let Your Moderation Be Known
by Scott Goodwill (Jun 28 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
We are commanded to express our joy in the Lord regardless of our circumstances and in every circumstance of life. I am also told to let my moderation be known. A Christian is to be "even-keeled", not swinging wildly between exhuberance and discouragement. Even when things change all around me, a Christian can have a sense of "evenness" about him, because his joy is not found in the changing circumstances but in God Himself.
As Sorrowful, Yet Always Rejoicing
by Scott Goodwill (Jun 14 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
The Apostle Paul, and others in the New Testament testify of a joy in the midst of situations and circumstances that are not usually thought of as "joyful."
The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength
by Scott Goodwill (Jun 7 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
In the midst of mourning and grief, Nehemiah instructed God's people to stop weeping and begin rejoicing in the Lord because "it is your strength." Our joy in the Lord will overcome and overwhelm any sorrow and brokenness in our life.
The Joy of Abiding in Christ
by Scott Goodwill (May 31 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
The Christian's life is not meant to be barren or joyless. The Christians duty is to abide in Christ and a fruit of that abiding is joy.
The Joy of a Christian's Life
by Scott Goodwill (May 3 2009)
Series: The Joy of a Christian's Life
The Christian's life is meant to be a joyful life. Do you have that joy? Is a large portion of your Christian life lived in a joyless condition? What will bring me that joy?
The Resurrection, Thomas, and the Skeptical Mind
by Scott Goodwill (Apr 12 2009)
Thomas, being sceptical of Jesus' resurrection, is invited by Jesus to do what Thomas himself said would be necessary before He believed. There are many today who, like Thomas, are sceptical of the witnesses to the resurrected body of Christ. Can they be convinced without seeing for themselves?