John Chapter Thirteen: Glorification in Servitude With Brenda Gray

2025 November 16th Streaming

The Apostle John and his younger brother James were called “The sons of thunder,” likely because of their fiery temperament.

Early in Jesus’ ministry, John wanted to call down fire from heaven to destroy a Samaritan village that rejected Jesus.

John was passionate, sometimes reckless but he was deeply devoted to Jesus and the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

But something happened to John over the years walking with Jesus. The hot-teered young fisherman was transformed into the “Apostle of Love”. He became known as the disciple Jesus loved, not because Jesus loved him more than the others, but because John understood and received that love in a way that changed everything about him.

John 13 is one of the most intimate and Spiritually rich chapters in the Gospel of John.

It marks a major transition in Jesus’ ministry—from His public teaching to His private preparation of the disciples for His death and their future mission.

The chapter reveals Jesus’ humility, love, and foreknowledge, paving the way for His sacrificial death and resurrection, in which He and the Father would be glorified.

I trust the Father that through His Spirit, He will continue to reveal Himself to us as “Father” and who we are to Him as His “Spiritual Son”.

 

True Humility through Self-Emptying – John Chapter 13 with Dwight Davis, Th.M.

2025 November 9th Streaming

Jesus had a final Passover Supper with His disciples in the Upper Room. He discussed and taught them some final things to prepare them for their future ministry after His death, resurrection, and ascension. He shared the example of washing their feet to demonstrate an example to His humility and self-emptying (Gk: kenosis) with a self-sacrificing mind with AGAPE LOVE ever LIVING and GIVING to and for others.

While the disciples had been with Jesus for over 3 years, there were still many things IN THE SPIRIT that they had not fully experienced! Let’s face the fact, the disciples were still LIVING and OPERATING in their ORIGINAL FLESH IDENTITY much of the time. They could follow Jesus in the natural mind, but were limited on FULLY RECEIVING and MAINTAINING ALL SPIRIT REVELATION AND TRUTH!

Let us look at John Chapter 13 and review the insight that John the Apostle has declared to us, as well as some other related texts and verses out of James, First Peter, and Paul. These should help bring us additional confirmation of THE FATHER being ETERNAL AGAPE LOVE and what HE DESIRES FOR US TO MORE FULLY KNOW AND UNDERSTAND AS HIS SPIRITUAL SONS!

Intro ” The Upper Room Discourse” John Chaps 13 To 17 with David Kenebrew, Th.D.

2025 November 2nd Streaming

This week we will begin our Introduction to the gospel of John chapters 13,14,15,16, and 17 which are identifying as the “Upper Room Discourse.”   Each week we will delve into each chapter of the discourse to see the depth of Jesus’ final discussion with his disciples.  Many believe and are taught that the “Upper Room Discourse” refers specifically to the “Lord’s Supper.”  These five chapters go much deeper than just the action of washing the feet of others or eating lamb with bread and drinking wine which religion has made into an “ordinance of the faith.” This is just one of the many practices and commands Jesus gave to his disciples. As with many things in man-made religion, they see the splinter and blind to the beam! The Spiritual depth Jesus is communicating in this discourse is far greater than just having a meal together.  Of course the last supper has its place in Jesus’ journey to the cross. But in this discourse, he delivers several Spiritual revelations and insights that carry a much greater weigh into the purpose, intent, and plan of God the Father.

What do we know about the timing and place concerning this particular supper and discourse that followed? This  meal was established by God while Israel was captivity in Egypt. It was the final act of God through Moses for the release of His people Israel before He brought them out of bondage.  It was the beginning of the Passover feast.  This was last meal Israel would eat in their captivity in Egypt!   Sadly, many are stuck with this one aspect of the discourse center around this last meal Jesus ate!  This discourse with the disciples would go for several hours and well into the evening!  It was the beginning of a very long night for Jesus!  Let’s talk about it…

1st Jhn Chap Five: The Power of Overcoming Is Absolute While Deliverance is Imputed! with David Kenebrew, Th.D.

2025 October 26th Streaming

This week we conclude our teaching in the epistle of First John with chapter five. In this epistle John has established several important factors for the Spiritually birthed Sons of God. Here are some of the spiritual insights John provided throughout the epistle of First John, repeating them again and again.

1. John presented the work and person of the God the Father

2. John declared that Jesus Christ is Son of God, (more than 10 times)

3. John reveals Light (Phos) as a person, God the Father

4. John confirms that all believers/Sons should love one another because of the Spirit they have

5. John reveals that Love is a person, and that person is God the Father (as He is so are they as Sons)

6. John defines Spiritual Identity comes the Spirit God the Father has given to each Son

Throughout this wonderful epistle John has set before them all that it means to be a Spiritual Son of the Father. And that their new identity is confirmed by love for one another. In chapter five he will bring this first epistle to a close. As we will see in chapter five today, he will restate some of the key factors and details from chapters one to four. Let’s talk about it…

1 Jhn Chap 5 – Spiritual Identity is Protected in the Seed With Brenda Gray

2025 October 19th Streaming

We are living in a time when people are just trying to survive! Whether it be a job, economic disparities, social injustice, or a marriage that is on the brink of collapse, people are hanging on with every ounce of human strength just to maintain a sense of “keeping it together.” The illusion of there being a moral compass in societies has been unmasked.

2 Timothy 3:1-4 says,

1.But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 2. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy 3. unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, 4. traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5. having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these.   

In the Church the idea of being “saved” or “born-again” has been so diluted and muddied with subjective ideas of man-made religion to such a large degree, that it has left many in the Church disillusioned and confused while trying to “wade” through the woes and cares of the world.

In a time where it appears that the world is spinning out of control, including the Church with it, these powerful words from John bring comfort and peace to the one who “knows” that they are the Spiritual Son of God.

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may “know” that you have eternal life.” 1 John 5: 13

I trust the Father that, “…The eyes of “our” heart “will” be enlightened, so that “we” may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints 19 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength. (Ephesians 1: 18,19) as we continue our discussion in the final chapter of John’s first epistle.

 

Eternal Spiritual Birth That Overcomes – I Jhn Chap 5 with Dwight Davis, Th.M.

2025 October 12th Streaming

John discusses the OVERCOMING AGAPE LOVE of THE FATHER. As a BIRTHED SON – THE SPIRITUAL SON OF THE FATHER, out of THE DIVINE NATURE (II Peter 1:4), we have received THE FATHER’S OVERCOMING POWER to overcome the world, the flesh, and even the devil.

These are some important and strategic things that we need to fully discuss along with THE SPIRITUAL REVELATION that we SHOULD FULLY KNOW (Gk: epiginosko). Prayerfully, we can grasp the TOTAL REALIZATION that only THE FATHER can provide us as we move through THE PROCESS of SPIRITUAL SONSHIP. Perhaps, this may also ENCOURAGE and ENABLE US to make ALL our decisions as SPIRITUAL DECISIONS in our NEW SPIRITUAL SON IDENTITY! This can become a driving force to ENABLE us to LIVE and WALK faithfully in OBEDIENCE to THE FATHER in FULL FELLOWSHIP!

Let us look at I John 5:1-21 and review the insight that John the Apostle has declared to us, as well as some other related texts and verses. This should help bring us additional confirmation of THE FATHER being ETERNAL AGAPE LOVE and what ALL WE HAVE RECEIVED from HIM through our SPIRIT BIRTHING!

As He Is As Love, So Are We By Spiritual Birth with David Kenebrew, Th.D.

2025 October 5th Streaming

We conclude our teaching on First John chapter four this week.  In chapter four John continues to build on the foundation he laid in the previous chapters – his foundation is “Love.”  John is known as the apostle of “Love.”  In this chapter he guides readers into the true and exact identity of Love! Up until now the word “Love” has not truly been defined.  In chapter four we see “Love” is not just a word written and spoken in various languages and tongues and is more than the Greek word “agapein the biblical text.  Love is a person! Love as a specific person who is absolute and unchangeable!  Love is Eternal and is outside of time, space, and matter! Love cannot be understood, controlled, or known by anything or anyone created by Love! God is Love!  Because Love is God! And this person as Love MUST be revealed!  Love is Spirit! Jesus said;

Jhn 4:24 God (Love) is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

Paul said this,

1Co 2:9-11 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God (Love) has prepared for those who love him”– these things Love has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of Love. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of Love except the Spirit of Love. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from Love, that we might understand the things freely given us by Love.

Everyone born into this world has a deep need to be loved put there by Love Himself.  This need to be loved is imbued into the very fabric of identity in humankind!   From birth to death everyone hungers and thirsts for love.  So, what’s the problem?

Sister Brenda said this in her message last week.

“Due to mis-information, dis-information and mal-information, emotional temperatures are rising among groups of people based on political affiliations, geographical origins, ethnicity, and culture identities which has created an atmosphere of fear, hate and distrust. Sadly, as a result, many men and women, and Spiritual Sons in the Church hearts have “waxed” cold.”

Mathew 24: 11- 12 says,

And many false prophets shall be raised up, and deceive many.  And because anxiety shall increase, the love of many shall be cooled.

So, what’s the issue or problem?  More to come!  Let’s talk about it…

1 Jhn Chap Four: The Father’s Love Revealed in His Children With Brenda Gray

2025 September 28th Streaming

 

Last week our dear brother Dwight Davis presented us with the message titled “The Father Who is Eternal Agape Love.”

We are living in an hour where fear has gripped the hearts and minds of men and women throughout the world, as well as many Spiritual Sons in the Body of Christ. Fear has blinded these Spiritual Sons to the realization that “The Father is Eternal Agape Love,” and has inhibited their ability in living out of the Agape love birthed in them.

With the arrival of AI and ChatGPT on the internet, some are questioning what information is true and what is false. While some accept everything that they see and hear as truth.

Due to mis-information, dis-information and mal-information, emotional temperatures are rising among groups of people based on political affiliations, geographical origins, ethnicity and culture identities which has created an atmosphere of fear, hate and distrust.

Sadly, as a result, many men and women, and Spiritual Sons in the Church hearts have “waxed” cold.

Mathew 24: 7- 12 says,

  1. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8. All these are but the beginning of the birth pains. 9. Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake. 10. And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11. And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12. And because lawlessness will be increased, the agape/ love of many will grow cold.

“Love” is one of the most misunderstood and misused Spiritual Truths taught in the Church, man-made religion and the secular world.

Because many in the body of Christ do not understand Spiritual birth, they continue to fall prey to the deception and illusion that bearing the title of being a “Christian” makes them “standout” in the world versus being a Spiritual Son who is light/phōs in the world through which the good works of God the Father are seen. (Matthew 5:14-16)

As we continue our discussion in 1 John chapter four, I trust the Father that the move the Spirit will create cognitive dissonance in people moving them from the “comforts of illusion” in man-made religion into the Spiritual reality of Sonship.

 

The Father Who is Eternal Life – I John Chapter 4 with Dwight Davis, Th.M.

2025 September 21st Streaming

John discusses the AGAPE LOVE of THE FATHER. THE FATHER as a PERSON IS AGAPE LOVE! As a BIRTHED SON – THE SPIRITUAL SON OF THE FATHER, out of THE DIVINE NATURE (II Peter 1:4) we have received ABSOLUTE ATTRIBUTES from THE FATHER. We now have ABSOLUTE ATTRIBUTES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS, AGAPE LOVE, LIGHT (Gk: phos), THE TRUTH, and GRACE.

These are some important and strategic things that we need to fully discuss along with THE SPIRITUAL REVELATION that we SHOULD FULLY KNOW (Gk: epiginosko). Prayerfully, we can grasp the TOTAL REALIZATION that only THE FATHER can provide us as we move through THE PROCESS of SPIRITUAL SONSHIP. Perhaps, this may also ENCOURAGE and ENABLE US to make ALL our decisions as SPIRITUAL DECISIONS in our NEW SPIRITUAL SON IDENTITY! This can become a driving force to ENABLE us to LIVE and WALK faithfully in OBEDIENCE to THE FATHER!

So, let us look at I John 4:1-21 and review the insight that John the Apostle has declared to us, as well as some other related texts and verses. This should help bring us additional confirmation of THE FATHER being ETERNAL AGAPE LOVE and what WE HAVE RECEIVED through our SPIRIT BIRTHING!

1 Jhn Chap 3: Now Comes Love, The Seed, And The Son – Part -2 with David Kenebrew, Th.D.

2025 September 14th Streaming

We will conclude our message on First John chapter three. One of the most important points covered in part one of this chapter is in verses nine and ten. And, although verses 1 through 8 are just as important, yet they are not as misunderstood as verses 9 and 10. Let’s review the previous references for these two verses.

These next verses are even today very misunderstood in the body of Christ, the Church and in the church of man-made religion.

9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

The cause for this misunderstanding is simple, many just don’t know or understand the power of cross and the meaning of Spiritual birth. John has already covered Jesus’ work on the cross and the Father’s receiving His death for the sin and sins for all of humankind. His death gave the Father the right to give as many as receive His Seed (which is Christ) Spiritual birth to become the Sons of God! His death gave mankind access to receive Spiritual birth and become Sons of God, the Father! This answer is in the power of the cross and of the Seed!

1Pe 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.

Jhn 1:1, 12-13 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Jhn 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
The Seed itself is person is Christ, the Son of God the Father! The Father’s Seed contains Eternal Life and all the Righteousness of the Father’s Divine Nature (2Pet 1:4).

Leaving these two verses John leads us into verse 11 which is the foundation for the rest of chapter 3. So, let’s talk about it…