BTE Ministries

10/14/2022

"Paul said there is a diversity of ministries but there is one and the same Spirit that works all the ministries. So there is only one Spirit that ministers through various functions within the body of Christ. There are different functions, but one Spirit. And those functions are recognized, but not for the purpose of promoting a person to prominence." -- Pastor Bill

Listen to this week's study in Matthew 23:1-12, The Practices of Jewish Leadership here:

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10/07/2022

"All the time Jesus is presenting Himself as being God on the throne. Once He established that through their own words by asking them questions about the Scriptures, they were not able to answer Him a word after that. From that day forward they did not bother to question Him any longer." -- Pastor Bill

Listen to this week's study in Matthew 22:41-46, The Problem of David's Son here:

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09/23/2022

"When God's Spirit enters a person that person is cleansed and purified and sealed. They experience a new birth and they receive a new inner nature. Additionally, the Holy Spirit begins the process of renewing their mind, transforming it to be sensitive to the things of Christ. See, salvation is not just a matter of belief, but the need to become a new creation. An actual spiritual birth must take place." -- Pastor Bill

Listen to this week's study in Matthew 22:34-40, The Principles of Salvation Part 2 here:

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09/16/2022

"Love is not a fruit of man, nor is it produced by an effort of man. A type of love is, a human love is. But the spiritual love that comes from God is produced by God's Spirit. Love is a fruit of the Spirit the New Testament tells us. God's work is not produced by human effort. It is strictly by the Spirit of God, who has been given to a person." -- Pastor Bill Klein

Listen to this week's NEW study in Matthew 22:34-40 The Principles of Salvation Part 1 ~ The Promise of Love here:

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06/03/2022

"This is not psychology. This is pointing out that once Christ dwells in your spirit, the ψυχή (psuchē) is now the arena. All of life is taking place in the arena. And the battle is for the attention of the mind. Do I choose to get obsessed with this thing that is knocking on my door? Or do I choose to entrust it to the Lord and let Him take care of it. I must keep my arena clean and clear so that I can seek and receive and interact with the things of Christ."

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06/03/2022

"This one word actually means the coming necessary food. The food that is already on its way. The provision of God for the necessessities of today. How does this fit into our prayer request? Give to us today our coming necessary food. The necessary food that is already being sent by God. What we are praying here - it is not really a request for God to provide our food for us, it is a confession acknowledging two things. That the Father provide our food. And that His provision is already on its way while I am praying."

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05/27/2022

"Religion is forcing Christianity. Religion is psychologically practicing what is in the Bible. Biblical Christianity is spiritual, it is not psychological, and it is centered around the Spirit of God in and through man. But, as Paul said at the end of Romans chapter 14, if it is not done by the Spirit of God it is sin. Cut and dry. Black and white. The way it is."

"We don't talk about salvation anymore. We don't hear the salvation message anymore. There is a different gospel being preached. It is psychology. It is the practice of the Bible with a person's mind that they use on themselves. It does not involve the Spirit of God whatsoever. The spiritual gospel message is being lost. And the humanistic, human-centered, self-centered gospel is being preached."

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02/05/2022

"Now Christianity is not psychology. It is not the power of positive thinking. It is not practicing certain psychological principles. But a relationship with the Lord so personal that we have interaction with Him in our minds. Paul taught once I have received Christ all of life takes place in the arena of my psyche (ψυχή, psuchē)."

Listen to this week's featured study in Philippians 2:19-24 Part 4 here:

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02/02/2022

"The prayer that God hears is the prayer that comes from the Holy Spirit, not from human beings. Because I have received Christ I have His Spirit in me. And that Holy Spirit in me is constantly interceding to the Father on my behalf all the time. Interceding and praying according to God's design and plan. Also, because I have a relationship with the living God, under the influence of the Holy Spirit I get to participate in the expression of my submission to God's will and plan."

Listen to this week's Matthew study from the archives here:

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01/28/2022

"We are not talking about going to a Bible study because God's Spirit could not be in it; it could not be a ministry of God's Spirit to people's hearts and minds; it could not be changing and transforming and healing people in their minds. We can be involved in a setting where we are studying the Bible like it is a textbook. If God's Spirit is not in it, if God's Spirit is not making it alive, if God's Spirit is not speaking to us, then it is a vain, empty, activity. Period. There is only one thing necessary, sitting at the feet of Jesus and hearing His Word."

Listen to this week's featured study in Philippians 2:19-24 Part 3 here:

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01/26/2022

"To go in the name of Christ means to go representing His authority and purpose in every situation. When you pray 'in the name of Jesus' you are asking something be done for His purposes and His authority. It is not a magic formula. It is an act of submission."

Listen to this week's featured Matthew study here:

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01/26/2022

"People in the natural human condition are not able to search out or investigate the things of the Lord. The Holy Spirit must reveal the spiritual things of the Lord. Only through His Spirit are believers able to perceive the wisdom of the Lord in life."
Read this week's Greek Concept article on νοῦς (nous) part 4 here:

People in the natural human condition are not able to search out or investigate the things of the Lord. The Holy Spirit must reveal the spiritual things of the Lord. Only through His Spirit are believers able to perceive the wisdom of the Lord in life. ...