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Tony Evans' Podcast

A Lesson in Faith, Part 2

Tony Evans' Podcast

Tony Evans

Religion & Spirituality

4.78.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Parents give responsibilities to their children based on their maturity — and in a similar way, God often does the same for us. In this message, Dr. Tony Evans takes a look at how Jesus challenges His followers to consider not just the desire for spiritual growth but their capacity to receive it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

A lot of people say, I'm waiting on God. When God's answer is, I'm waiting on you.

0:04.6

Dr. Tony Evans says we may be the ones blocking our own miracles.

0:09.0

We all need miracles, but are you giving God something to work with?

0:13.0

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans. Parents will give responsibilities to

0:24.9

their children based on their maturity, and in a similar way, God does the same for us. Today,

0:30.7

Dr. Evans takes a look at how Jesus challenges his followers to consider not just the desire for

0:36.4

spiritual growth, but their capacity to receive it.

0:39.9

Let's join him in the first chapter of the Gospel of John. We have this miracle of the wedding

0:46.1

at Canaan, and the mother of Jesus was there, and Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding.

0:53.1

This was a joyful occasion, and the wine had run out.

0:57.8

The mother of Jesus says to him in verse 3,

1:00.0

they have no wine.

1:01.6

It ran out.

1:02.7

So why don't we use this wedding as an opportunity

1:05.0

for you to reveal your deity?

1:08.4

He says, my hour has not come. This is not the time and the place to manifest my

1:16.9

supernatural activity. However, I will solve the problem. I just won't advertise me when I do it.

1:25.9

His mother said to the servants, whatever, and there's a great lesson here, whatever he says to you, do it.

1:34.3

Now this is the lesson that we must all learn and grow to learn.

1:43.1

God often doesn't explain himself in advance of our action.

1:50.0

He tells us what to do,

1:52.4

but he doesn't always explain how he's going to do

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