RRC Bible Study Podcast · Restoration Revival

Our Place of Appointment and Assignment.

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"Your title does not help anybody if that is not your assignment."

1. RRC Bible Study Podcast focuses on "our place of appointment and assignment" with Pastor Dennis Martin teaching from Scripture. 2. Pastor Dennis Martin serves as the speaker and church pastor, and his role matters because he frames the lesson as Bible study from Restoration Revival Church of God in Christ. 3. The episode asks what it means to know "my place" with God and whether appointment comes before assignment or assignment before place. 4. Martin says God can appoint someone to a place first, then reveal the assignment later, or reverse the order and give the assignment before the place. 5. He uses Genesis 50:19-20 to describe Joseph saying, "I am in the place of God," after his brothers meant evil against him. 6. Joseph's line, "but God meant it unto good," becomes Martin's example of God using hostile circumstances to position a person for purpose. 7. Martin links Joseph's placement to "to save much people alive," making the larger point that God's plan is bigger than personal offense. 8. He turns to Judges 7:20-21 and notes that Gideon's men stood "every man in his place" when they blew trumpets and broke pitchers. 9. He uses that scene to argue that ministry is not mainly about individual visibility but about being where God's plan requires. 10. Martin then moves to Genesis 26:2-6 and says God told Isaac, "go not down into Egypt," but "dwell in the land" he would show him. 11. He uses First Kings 17:2-3 and 8-9 to show Elijah first sent "by the brook Cherith" and later moved to Zarephath where a widow woman would sustain him. 12. Martin says Elijah's changing location shows that God can end one assignment, remove the ravens, and send a new sign with a widow woman. 13. He says some people leave before receiving their assignment and end up with "partial orders" instead of the whole instruction. 14. Acts 9 becomes his example for Ananias, who resists Saul of Tarsus because of reports that Saul had done "much evil" to the saints. 15. God answers Ananias by calling Saul "a chosen vessel" and saying Saul will bear God's name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. 16. Martin uses that exchange to warn against prejudging people by reputation when God may already have chosen them. 17. He quotes Jeremiah 3:15 to say pastors are given "to feed you with knowledge and understanding," and then says that growth is also the listener's responsibility. 18. The tone is direct, corrective, and scripture-heavy, with Martin repeating phrases like "place" and "assignment" for emphasis. 19. The format is a solo Bible teaching with long expository sections, personal testimony, and repeated biblical cross-references. 20. People interested in church leadership, calling, and biblical purpose would get the most from this episode, while listeners wanting light conversation may skip it.

As heard by us

A plainspoken call to accept God’s appointment and assignment.

Pastor Dennis Martin keeps the message on a steady line: know where God has placed a listener, and know what that person is meant to do there.

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If you need clarity about your place, this sermon keeps pressing into appointment and assignment.

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