{"id":454,"date":"2026-03-28T06:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/?p=454"},"modified":"2026-03-28T06:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:05:50","slug":"matthew-program-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"Matthew (Program #45)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-right: 10px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bible_light.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/>Matthew (Program #45) &#8211; The Pathway to Glory (3)<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever had the experience of giving yourself fully to the Lord or renewing your consecration to Him, only to have that active devotion followed by the most difficult outward experiences imaginable? \u00a0 To our nature mind, this makes no sense; if we give ourselves so completely to follow Him, we would think that He would then take care of all our outward problems.\u00a0 But in the spiritual realm, often the more genuinely we offer ourselves to Christ, the more difficult our outward situation becomes.\u00a0 Why this apparently irony?\u00a0\u00a0 We will find out today.\u00a0\u00a0 Please don&#8217;t miss this life study program.\u00a0 As we come once again to consider the pathway to glory from the gospel of Matthew.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Matthew (Program #45)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-03-28T06:05:50-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Matthew (Program #45) - The Pathway to Glory (3)\r\n\r\nHave you ever had the experience of giving yourself fully to the Lord or renewing your consecration to Him, only to have that active devotion followed by the most difficult outward experiences imagi...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_45.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"14.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_133\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_45.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('133','http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_45.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_45.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?powerpress_pinw=454-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lsmradio.com\/audio\/mp3-files\/Matthew\/Matt_45.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Matt_45.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Religion--Spirituality-Podcas\/Bible-Study-Radio-p959109\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/biblestudyradio.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew (Program #45) &#8211; The Pathway to Glory (3) Have you ever had the experience of giving yourself fully to the Lord or renewing your consecration to Him, only to have that active devotion followed by the most difficult outward experiences imaginable? 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