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We sometimes wrongly assume the celestial realms to be vastly empty. But is it a stretch to imagine that the most beautiful cities on earth are but a dim intimation of vast and glorious cities in the celestial realm? MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1161_Celestial_Cities_Prepared_for_Us.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Even though we will visit our friends, loved ones, and even our enemies following the snatching away—with a view toward their spiritual enlightenment—each one must confront their own personal reticence to give any sort of a crap about God. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1160_Angst_and_Regret_to_Precede_the_Enlightenment_of_Your_Friends_and_Enemies.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

When God is racist, it's not a sin. Having said that, the gospel to Israel is racist.

When it comes to marketing death as life, you can't outdo the Satanic Advertising Geniuses of Christianity for packaging eternal torture and death as the way, the truth, and the life. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1158_What_Do_Lobsters_Coke_Cuba_and_Christianity_Have_in_Common.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Many of us have speculated over the years about whether or not we will be aware of the imminence of the snatching away. Up until this point, I haven't seen anything in Scripture suggesting one way or another. But then God brought to my attention a verse suggesting that the answer may be yes. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1157_Will_We_Be_Made_Aware_That_the_Snatching_Away_is_Imminent.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

"The Allegory" is an excerpt from my book, "How to Be Free From Sin While Smoking a Cigarette." How in the world are we supposed to "walk worthily" (Ephesians 4:1) of a calling that is so high? Here's how. Thanks to Rodney Paris who took the original video and enhanced it with video for a new and even more impactful viewing experience. How to be Free From Sin While Smoking a Cigarette: http://www.martinzender.com/books/smoking_enlarged.htm MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1156_The_Allegory.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

They say that if you have one or two good friends in this life, you're doing good. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1155_Mary_Martha_and_Lazarus.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Once a person realizes that the Lord purposely limited His gospel and His outreach while He was on earth, the door is open for Paul and the NEW gospel of the GLORIFIED Christ. Here is a classic "Two Gospel" message, suitable for sharing. The First idiot in Heaven: http://martinzender.com/books/first_idiot_enlarged.htm Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Are God's greatest gifts supposed to be sitting in a museum? Zenderville Blog: https://zenderville.blogspot.com/ MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1153_God_Loves_Extravagant_Waste.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

When we think of "two representative men," the first to men we think of are Adam and Christ. But there are two OTHER representative men in Scripture God uses as object lessons for the purpose of saving us much trouble and angst. MZ/IB Archive - Faith Series - The Invisible Walk: https://youtu.be/PAzGb6-DNlY MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1152_The_Two_OTHER_Representative_Men.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Here is the most amazing miracle in Scripture, second to none. What if we were sons of the God Who can make such things happen? Oh, wait. We are. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1151_The_Most_Spectacular_Miracle_on_Record.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In the Mosaic system humanity approached God with presents. In grace, God approaches humanity with a Present that cannot be denied. What contrast. John Adams prepares to meet King George III: https://youtu.be/IXqlyRZ861U MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1150_The_Shocking_Difference_Between_the_Tabernacle_System_and_Grace.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

It seems so counter-intuitive that a dying man could conquer death. Wouldn't such a One be considered, instead, a victim of death? The difference between our Lord and every other man is that He became Sin (2 Corinthians 5:21). What is the effect of Sin? We need only look to the Garden of Eden. When Adam sinned, He brought mortality to the race. Thus, the result of sin is death. Because death is so closely associated with sin, I contend to you that not only did our Lord become Sin, but He also became Death, that is, the dying process covered Him (tormented Him) more than any other man. In the law of leprosy (Leviticus 13), when the disease buds upon a man's flesh, that man is considered unclean and is separated from the community. When the leprosy buds to its extremity, however, and covers the ENTIRE man, then that man is declared by the priest to be CLEAN. How could this possibly be? Because the disease has exhausted itself and can do no more harm. On the cross, our Lord became as the leprous man in that death assaulted Him and covered Him completely in a way that no human had ever experienced it. (God passed over the full sin-effect [death; Romans 3:25) in past generations because no human in history up to that point could bear the FULL effect of Sin, that is, the full terrors of mortality.) Satan unleashed every agony that death could hold upon Christ. Thus, subsequent to the attack upon Him, death could do no more. Satan bet everything on this. As long as Jesus Christ stayed dead, then Satan's plan to engage every weapon upon Him would have been successful. All of us would then die and stay dead. But we know what happened. After three days, our Lord rose from the dead. Thus, not even EVERYTHING DEATH COULD DO, could hold Him in its grasp. When Jesus Christ rose from the dead, therefore, death could do no more. It had lost its sting. We still die, yes, but death holds no more terrors and no more sting because it exhausted its power upon the only Man able to bear it. And He did this FOR OUR SAKES. Thus is demonstrated the righteousness of God, and the love of God. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1149_How_Could_a_Dying_Man_Conquer_Death.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In the book of Romans, Paul spends 1:18 through 3:20 detailing the handicaps of humanity in ever attaining the righteousness of God. A corner is turned in 3:21 with the announcement of the solution. To demonstrate His love for creation, God commits His own Son to the death state, raising Him three days later, to conquer death once for all. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1148_Nothing_Frightened_Christ_More.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In the 32nd Psalm, David had no idea what he was saying when he wrote, "Happy the man to whom the Lord by no means shall be reckoning depravity." He had to have read it after he wrote it and said, "What the hell is THAT?" because there was no teaching in Israel, no thought that even entered the Jewish mind concerning sin not even being reckoned. The Israelite tabernacle system, instituted by God, DEALT with sin. Without the reckoning of sin, there would be no need for a propitiatory shelter. God put that sentence on ice for 1,000 years. If you don't care for that analogy, you might want to think of mothballs. Paul finds that sentence 1,000 years later (thaws the ice, brings it up from the mothballs) and uses it as a springboard (and a witness) in his teaching on justification by faith. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1147_David_Shocks_Paul_1,000_Years_Later.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Is there a fine line between those who would condemn you for doing things they imagine to be a sin and those who would, themselves, be sorrowed if they did what you did? No. The line is clear. And Paul draws it in Romans chapter 14. It is important to know the difference between these two types of people. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1146_How_to_Stay_Free_Without_Offending_Fellow_Believers.mp3

Paul says that whether we are living or dying, we live or die to the Lord (Romans 14:8)–and all things in-between. How much easier is it to please 1 rather than 101. The Lord is far more gracious than any human being we know, and He is the only One we really need to please. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1145_it's_Easier_to_Please_the_Lord_Than_Your_Aunt_Mary.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Those who are overly-careful (scared, actually) about displeasing Christ, rarely walk in the glorious freedom obtained for them BY Christ. Those who gladly wander the corridors of spiritual and personal liberation please their Liberator, for they demonstrate, by their walk, that they grasp what He did and trust Him to love and keep them. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1144_Exploring_Your_Freedom_in_Christ_Results_From_Trusting_Christ.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

How astounding for an ex-Pharisee (Paul) to say in 1 Corinthians 10:23, "All is allowed me." Yes, he did add "but not all is expedient"—but still. The freedom we have in Christ is so pronounced and unusual that few are so bold as to explore and actually enjoy it. It's not for a lack of God's invitation, or of Paul's double use of the magic word: "For freedom Christ frees you" in Galatians 5:1. Not everyone is fearless enough to test the new territory, and to these two groups of people (the fearless and the careful) Paul addresses the truths of Romans chapter 14. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1143_Just_How_Many_Things_ARE_We_Allowed_to_Do.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

Some people are more squeamish and careful than others about what they can and can't do "in the Lord." Paul tells us that the strong in faith ought not scorn the weak in faith, yet the weak in faith (these are the ones with all the qualms) ought not judge the strong. All is to be done in love. So here is how we ought to treat one another in the body of Christ, where there are both the strong and weak of faith. MZ/IB Archive - Celestial Series - Evangelism: Inspiration in Movies: https://youtu.be/MpYjg-5uDdQ MP3: Some people are more squeamish and careful than others about what they can and can't do "in the Lord." Paul tells us that the strong in faith ought not scorn the weak in faith, yet the weak in faith (these are the ones with all the qualms) ought not judge the strong. All is to be done in love. So here is how we ought to treat one another in the body of Christ, where there are both the strong and weak of faith. MZ/IB Archive - Celestial Series - Evangelism: Inspiration in Movies: https://youtu.be/MpYjg-5uDdQ Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

God is not yet "All in all," and if we attempt to live this FUTURE truth prematurely, we will not only run afoul of God's PRESENT operations, but will expose ourselves to spiritual and—possibly–physical harm. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1141_Inclusion_is_Out_of_God's_Timing.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

The book of Hebrews speak of those who are expatriates on the earth—strangers in a strange land—who are looking for a city whose builder and maker is God. I can relate. MZ/IB Archive - Believers Series - Toronto Talk #3 - Messenger of Light, Dispensers of Righteousness: https://youtu.be/DxCfAPNoUSQ MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1140_Living_With_a_Homeless_Mentality.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

When our Lord read from the scroll of Isaiah in Nazareth, He rolled up the scroll in the middle of a sentence in the original text. Why? MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1139_The_2000_Year_Comma.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

In Matthew 24:34, our Lord said that His generation would not pass away until all the signs preceding His return to Israel would be fulfilled. But unless one is crazy (that is, a Preterist), it is clear that these things have not happened yet. So what did Jesus mean by, "THIS generation shall not pass away?" Was He talking about another generation besides the one He was speaking to? Then how could He have said, "this"? Isn't it obvious to everyone what the word "this" means? What is a generation anyway? Isn't it the general lifespan of a human being? Are the crazy Preterists correct in saying that the kingdom of God came ALLEGORICALLY in 70 AD? One thing all these expositors and hypothesizers have in common: they are all arguing about a mistranslation. That's right. Jesus never did say, "This generation SHALL not pass away." What He actually DID say will open up a magnificent secret concerning the kingdom of the heavens that few have seen. MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1138_This_Generation_SHALL_Not_Pass_Away.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com

What if Paul's thirteen letters were excised from the Word of God? If the books of the Bible were placed inside a spring-loaded bookcase, then the book of Acts would snap up against the book of Hebrews and we would have one smooth revelation to Israel. Paul's Gospel: https://www.youtube.com/@paulsgospel250/videos MZ/IB Archive - Believers Series - Toronto Talk #3 - Messenger of Light, Dispensers of Righteousness: https://youtu.be/DxCfAPNoUSQ MP3: http://martinzender.com/MZTV/MZTV1137_If_Paul's_Letters_Were_Removed_From_Scripture.mp3 Martin's homepage: https://www.martinzender.com