Awakening With Nathanael Wolf

Welcome to Episode 036 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.      In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the process required for the "glorification" of the believer.   In this episode, you’ll discover: The journey of experiencing union with God is threefold, 1) salvation, 2) sanctification, and 3) glorification.  All three are like concurrent tides that flow at all times through every season of our Christian journey. Salvation is complete union with God, through the eternal and incarnate Son Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit. Sanctification is the application of the cross of Christ, along with Christ’s resurrection, though prayer and other means of grace, to the sinful structures that were built into our souls and bodies over a lifetime. Glorification is the complete experience of complete union with God throughout every facet of our being.  It is theosis (the deification of the believer).   Notable episode quotes: Although every sinful deed was fully washed away whe

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 035: The Process of Glorification   Welcome to Episode 035 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael begins a series on the process required for the "glorification" of the believer.     In this episode, you’ll discover: Glorification is the complete experience of complete and experiential union with God.  It is theosis, the "deification" of the believer. Glorification is the fulfillment in our lives of Jesus becoming the Word made flesh, the divine Son of God, so that we could be sons of God divine. Glorification, the complete experience of salvation in facet of our being, requires a process, that process is called sanctification.     Notable episode quotes: Sanctification is the application the cross of Christ, along with Christ’s resurrection, though prayer and other means of grace, to sinful structures built into our souls and bodies over a lifetime.   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the be

Welcome to Episode 034 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues to teach on the truly amazing meaning of salvation.   In this episode, you’ll discover: Salvation is complete and experiential union with God, through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit. Salvation is to be “in Christ”, which is essentially relational.  And, since Christ is a member of the Triune Godhead, to be in Christ necessitates participation in the Trinitarian life of God, which again is essentially relational, three persons-in-relation to one another. This not a form of pantheism (which says, “all things are God—and I am too”), but it is an expression of panentheism, the belief or doctrine that God is greater than the universe and includes and interpenetrates it (which says, “God is in me, I am in God, and God is in all created things”).   Notable episode quotes: “The Word of God was made man and he who was Son of God was made Son of Man united to the Word of God, in order t

  Welcome to Episode 033 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues to teach on the truly amazing meaning of salvation.   In this episode, you’ll discover: Salvation, as to it's very essence, is personal union with God. Since God is ultimately a personal being, salvational must be seen as personal union with a personal God. Salvation is relational, not to mean that it is a mere relationship, like an acquaintance with a neighbor or friend, but since in salvation we are born of God, it is being related at the level of our state of being, spiritual relatives of God, in a family existence by an act of generation, sons and daughters of the Most High, born of God's love for God's love.   Notable episode quotes: Salvation is to be “in Christ”, which is essentially relational.  And, since Christ is a member of the Triune Godhead, to be in Christ necessitates participation in the Trinitarian life of God, which again is essentially relational, three per

Welcome to Episode 032 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues to teach on the truly amazing meaning of salvation.     In this episode, you’ll discover: Salvation is so much more than we ever dared imagine—infinitely beyond what we ever thought or hoped it could be. Salvation is complete and experiential union with God, through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit. Salvation is not a pantheism, which says, “all things are God—and I am too”, but a panentheism, the belief or doctrine that God is greater than the universe and includes and interpenetrates it, which says, “ God is in me, I am in God, and God is in all created things”.     Notable episode quotes: "First, salvation is essentially personal union with God. If God is supremely a personal being, salvation must also be seen in relational terms: personal union with God."  - Simon Chan in "Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life."   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app:

Welcome to Episode 031 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael teaches on the truly amazing meaning of salvation.     In this episode, you’ll discover: Salvation is so much more than we ever dared imagine—infinitely beyond what we ever thought or hoped it could be. Salvation is complete and experiential union with God, through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit. Salvation is more than forgiveness of sins, more than an intellectual acceptance of Christ and His teachings, and more than going to heaven when we die. In salvation we are given union with God through Christ, a right and full relationship with the Holy Trinity, and the restoration of our full humanity.     Notable episode quotes: "According to (Mathias) Scheeben (1834-1888), the Christian sonship of which Scripture speaks, and which the Fathers expound, is not meant, he says, “by simple analogy or resemblance” with the eternal Sonship of the second Person of the Trinity, but in “literal truth”

Welcome to Episode 030 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael teaches on prayer that is love and love that is prayer.   In this episode, you’ll discover: How prayer "unselfs" us from the "false-self" or "shadow self". Mature prayer requires us to enter the realm of God instead of only trying to acquire something from it. What matters most in a relationship is not the function a person performs, but the person himself. Functions can be replaced, persons cannot.   Notable episode quotes: It is important to understand two aspects of growth in prayer. First, growth in prayer, unlike physical growth, cannot be clearly separated into stages, although it is possible to distinguish characteristics that belong to beginners and proficients. Second, growth in prayer seems to follow a pattern of development similar to growth in marriage. In the beginning prayer tends to be more vocal and petitionary. Like a young lover, the young Christian loves out of selfish

Welcome to Episode 029 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael teaches on prayer that is love and love that is prayer.   In this episode, you’ll discover: Prayer is a love encounter in a relationship with God. Prayer is receiving love from God, it is loving God, it is loving God in yourself, it is loving God in others, and it is loving God in creation. If you are praying apart from love, than you trying to use prayer to self-appropriate the nature of God, or the kingdom-realm of God, for your own purposes.   Notable episode quotes: We don’t know God with our heads, but with out hearts.  Prayer is not head to heart communion, but heart to heart communion.  It is not our heads, but our hearts that have been given the capacity for fellowship with God.  The human heart does not possess the attribute of infinitude, only God is infinite, but we can partake of His infinitude in our hearts through love and grace.  Love will take us further into God than know

Welcome to Episode 028 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael teaches on prayer that is love and love that is prayer.   In this episode, you’ll discover: Prayer is taking your place in love. Prayer is receiving love from God, it is loving God, it is loving God in yourself, it is loving God in others, and it is loving God in creation. If you are praying apart from love, then you trying to use prayer to self-appropriate the nature of God, or the kingdom-realm of God, for your own purposes.   Notable episode quotes: “So often when we say, ‘I love you’ we say it with a huge ‘I’ and a little ‘you’.  We use love as a conjunction instead of it being verb implying action.  It’s no good just gazing out into open space hoping to see the Lord; instead we have to look closely at our neighbor, someone whom God has willed into existence, someone whom God has died for.  Everyone we meet has a right to exist, because he has value in himself, and we are not used to

Welcome to Episode 027 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a new series on revival.   In this episode, you’ll discover: How revival ruins us for the world and for "church as usual". Revival is not something done by the church. It is something done to the church. Revival is not something that man can produce, but only something that God can produce.   Notable episode quotes: "There is no paint by number revival kit. One cannot come up with the elements humanly, give a little clap of the hands, and "Poof!" produce a move of God. When we turn over to God all of our ingredients-our time, energy, our very selves-then many times He surprises us with a distinct tinct moving deep within our being and then through us out to others." -Rocky Grams, Awe in Argentina   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the best way to listen to the podcast.  Please download the Sent Ones Unlimited app at the Apple App Store or on

Welcome to Episode 026 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a new series on revival.   In this episode, you’ll discover: That in revival God's people reflects His glory. Accounts of signs, wonders, and miracles in new stirrings of revival in North America. That revival is something of the order that man cannot produce.   Notable episode quotes: "We Americans are very "fix-it" oriented. Give us a problem, lem, and we'll locate a person who can move onto the scene and make things happen. We'll find a how-to book or an expert who is the best in that particular field and then the situation will get resolved. We're trouble-shooters and go-getters. Need to cap an ocean-floor petroleum spill? We'll find a way. Need to find the sunken Titanic? We can do it. Want to have a nice icy treat on a summer day? An eleven-year-old developed the popsicle. Parking meters, the escalator, Kool-Aid, potato chips, blue jeans, Silly Putty, tractors, tors, bar

Welcome to Episode 025 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael begins a new series on revival.   In this episode, you’ll discover: That there is no revival apart from the glory of God. The connection between glory encounters and revival. A story from Nathanael's life of a recent encounter in the glory of God.   Notable episode quotes: "Revival is the glory of God and the goodness of God reflected in the lives of His people." -Alistair Petrie "Revival, simply explained, brings the people with unveiled faces before the almighty God who that we might reflect His glory.” -Alistair Petrie   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the best way to listen to the podcast.  Please download the Sent Ones Unlimited app at the Apple App Store or on Google Play (search using the words Sent Ones Unlimited) for the latest episodes as well as our blog posts, ministry schedule, and much more--all right on your smartphone.  Plus, our ap

Welcome to Episode 024 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: The chief aim and purpose of man is the glory of God and the enjoyment of His presence forever. Glory is what is shared between the members of the Godhead as they are face-to-face. Glory is participation in the trinitarian life of God.   Notable episode quotes: "We are brought into existence not to find eternal satisfaction in either ourselves, in creation, or in a career or vocation, but in the Glory of the One in whose image and likeness we have been fashioned." "Once we’ve discovered the “ever-before-now” and “ever-after-now” of God’s glory, salvation is infinitely more than any of us thought or hoped it could ever be.”   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the best way to listen to the podcast.  Please download the Sent Ones Unlimited app at t

Welcome to Episode 023 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: What is the glory of God?  The glory of God is what is shared between the members of the Godhead as they are face-to-face. Glory is participation in the trinitarian life of God.   Notable episode quotes: "Our salvation proceeds from the glory of God and is ultimately consummated in the glory of God." "The chief aim and purpose of man is the glory of God and the enjoyment of His presence forever.”   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the best way to listen to the podcast.  Please download the Sent Ones Unlimited app at the Apple App Store or on Google Play (search using the words Sent Ones Unlimited) for the latest episodes as well as our blog posts, ministry schedule, and much more--all right on your smartphone.  Plus, our app has a Bible with

Welcome to Episode 022 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: What is the glory of God? How can it be described? The glory of God is the sharing of His love through the eternal and incarnate Son, Jesus Christ, in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. Throughout endless eons, the living, dynamic, three distinct persons of the Godhead, yet one in union, and one in nature, have been loving and delighting in one another, and now the Holy Spirit pours out the shared love of the Godhead in the heart of the believer.   Notable episode quotes: "All sorts of people are fond of repeating the Christian statement that ‘God is love’. But they seem not to notice that the words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons. Love is something that one person has for another person. If God was a single person, then before th

Welcome to Episode 021 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: All that the Father is the Son is, and all that the Son is the Spirit is, and all that the Spirit is He is in the Church. That we gain in the Holy Spirit more than we lost in the departure of Christ.   Notable episode quotes: "All sorts of people are fond of repeating the Christian statement that ‘God is love’. But they seem not to notice that the words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons. Love is something that one person has for another person. If God was a single person, then before the world was made, He was not love... (and that is) what Christians mean by the statement ‘God is love’. They believe that the living, dynamic activity of love has been going on in God forever and has created everything else. And that, by the way, is perhaps t

Welcome to Episode 020 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: That who the Holy Spirit is He is in the church. Seven vital truths about who the Holy Spirit is to you.   Notable episode quotes: That the self-same Spirit that had been given to the Son would be given to us. (Jn 14.16, 17B) That the Holy Spirit would be to us all that He had been to Jesus. (Jn 14.16, 18) That the Holy Spirit would be to us all that the Son had been to the disciples and more. (Jn 14.26) That the Holy Spirit would be in us as the Son had been with the disciples. (Jn 14.17) That we would gain in the Holy Spirit more than we lost in the departure of Christ. (Jn 14. 19, 20, 21, 23, 26; 15.26; 16.7, 8-11, 13-16) That the Holy Spirit would be the Other Self of the Christ (the Greek word is Paraclete) and through His indwelling the Christ would live in us. (Jn 14.17, 18

Welcome to Episode 019 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: That all of God’s attributes are in harmony with His other attributes. That because Jesus is humble, the Holy Spirit is humble. The necessity of humility in revival.   Notable episode quotes: The Athanasian Creed says, “Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost.”   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the best way to listen to the podcast.  Please download the Sent Ones Unlimited app at the Apple App Store or on Google Play (search using the words Sent Ones Unlimited) for the latest episodes as well as our blog posts, ministry schedule, and much more--all right on your smartphone.  Plus, our app has a Bible with fourteen English translations (including the Amplified Bible and The Message) and an audio Bible in the English

Welcome to Episode 018 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: Who the Holy Spirit is. That the Holy Spirit is ascribed the attributes of God in scripture. That who the Holy Spirit is, He is infinitely.   Notable episode quotes: The Athanasian Creed says, “Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Ghost.” The Holy Spirit is not only a Person, but He is a divine Person; and not only a divine Person, but He is God.   Download the Sent Ones Unlimited app: The Sent Ones Unlimited app is the best way to listen to the podcast.  Please download the Sent Ones Unlimited app at the Apple App Store or on Google Play (search using the words Sent Ones Unlimited) for the latest episodes as well as our blog posts, ministry schedule, and much more--all right on your smartphone.  Plus, our app has a Bible with fourteen English translatio

Welcome to Episode 017 of the “Awakening with Nathanael Wolf” podcast and radio broadcast.    In this episode, Nathanael continues a series on the person, work, and ministry of the Holy Spirit.   In this episode, you’ll discover: What the Holy Spirit is. Another mode of existence that is different than matter. Why spirit is a higher mode of existence.   Notable episode quotes: “He is a Person. Put that down in capital letters—that the Holy Spirit is not only a Being having another mode of existence, but He is Himself a Person, with all the qualities and powers of personality. He is not matter, but He is substance. The Holy Spirit is often thought of as a beneficent wind that blows across the Church. If you think of the Holy Spirit as being literally a wind, a breath, then you think of Him as nonpersonal and nonindividual. But the Holy Spirit has will and intelligence and feeling and knowledge and sympathy and ability to love and see and think and hear and speak and desire the same as any person has. You may