First Love Ep. 43 - The Sheep Gate: Transition To Transformation

First Love Ep. 43 - The Sheep Gate: Transition To Transformation

Show Notes: In this episode, Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas launch their powerful new series on the 15 Gates of Jerusalem, beginning with the first gate—the Sheep Gate—as the essential transition into transformation. They teach on the vital difference between standing at the gate with information about Jesus and actually walking through Him into intimate, vulnerable relationship. Drawing from the historical and prophetic significance of the Sheep Gate, where sacrificial lambs entered near the Temple from the fields of Bethlehem, they reveal Jesus as the Lamb of God who calls believers to lay aside defensive “lion” natures, self-preservation, personal agendas, opinions, and character flaws. This transformative message explains why transition must precede transformation: every meaningful change requires passing through new thresholds as the survival brain is confronted with the call to surrender and become a living sacrifice. Grace always goes first—it is not what we offer God but receiving what He has already offered in the worthy Lamb. The cross is the door that moves us beyond religious performance, masks, and defense mechanisms into formation, trust, participation, identity change, and heart-level living. They call listeners to stop merely admiring the gate and instead walk through it, allowing the Holy Spirit to confront old nature and character so that first love can mature into full transformation with the One who is real, relevant, and relational. Hosts: Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas Topics Covered: The 15 Gates of Jerusalem Series Launch, The Sheep Gate – Transition to Transformation, Jesus the Lamb of God vs. the Lion Nature, Surrender & Living Sacrifice, Walking Through the Gate vs. Observing From Outside, Grace Precedes Transformation, Defense Mechanisms, Self-Preservation & Character Flaws, Thresholds & Neural Pathways for Change, Intimacy Through Entrance Not Information, From First Love to Mature Love & Christ Formation, Real Relevant and Relational Jesus Visit the church: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] ----------------------- About the program: “First Love” with Dr. Robyn and Dr. Nathan Kassas is a life-transforming broadcast that helps believers and seekers reclaim God’s story through healing, truth, and restoration. Each episode unpacks why it works, how it works, and the process to walk it out—making Him real, relevant, and relational, and returning hearts to Jesus as their first love Support the Show: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

First Love Ep. 42 - LIVE from Times Square

Show Notes: In this episode, Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas teach on the vital difference between knowing about God and Christianity versus truly knowing the real Jesus — and being fully known by Him. They explain why so many believers possess information about God yet lack the intimate relationship where Jesus touches the hidden, reserved places of the heart. Drawing from the humanity of Jesus who laid aside the full expression of His deity to walk as a man among us, and from Matthew 7:23 where He declares “I never knew you,” they reveal how the cross is not simply the forgiveness of sins but the door into a transformative journey — the first work of grace that opens the way to the second work of the Holy Spirit. This powerful teaching exposes the danger of living from religious information, performance, defense mechanisms, and masks instead of vulnerable, unfiltered relationship, and calls believers to stop merely admiring the door and instead walk through it into full transformation. They unpack how Jesus always initiates relationship, how true knowing produces formation, trust, participation, identity change, and heart living, and how God’s new mercies every morning — even neurologically offering 30,000 fresh chances daily through the brain’s rewiring — invite us into deeper maturity with the One who is real, relevant, and relational for New York City, America, and the world. Hosts: Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas Topics Covered: Intimacy With Jesus vs Knowing About Him, Matthew 7:23 “I Never Knew You”, Jesus the Door (Dalit), First Work of Grace vs Second Work of Grace, Come As You Are But Leave As I Am, Relationship vs Information and Religion, Defense Mechanisms and Masks, New Mercies Every Morning & Brain Rewiring, Jesus Initiates Relationship, Vertical and Horizontal Cross, Real Relevant and Relational Jesus for NYC and America, From First Love to Mature Transformation Visit the church: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] ----------------------- About the program: “First Love” with Dr. Robyn and Dr. Nathan Kassas is a life-transforming broadcast that helps believers and seekers reclaim God’s story through healing, truth, and restoration. Each episode unpacks why it works, how it works, and the process to walk it out—making Him real, relevant, and relational, and returning hearts to Jesus as their first love Support the Show: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

First Love Ep. 41 - Who Has Your Agreement: Jesus Or Yourself

Show Notes: In this episode, Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas teach on the kingdom principle of one accord. They explain why true agreement must begin with heaven first — not with personal understanding or selfish desires. Drawing from the humanity of Jesus, who laid aside the full expression of His deity to stay in perfect agreement with the Father’s will, they reveal how self-agreement creates dangerous neural pathways that strengthen wrong expectations, dull spiritual senses, and turn desires into idols. This powerful teaching exposes the misuse of Scripture (such as Matthew 18) and calls believers to stop trying to get God to agree with them and instead align with what heaven is saying. Hosts: Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas Topics Covered: One Accord, Agree First Then Understand, Kingdom vs Worldly Agreement, Jesus’ Humanity Agreeing with the Father, Self-Agreement & Neural Pathways, The Danger of “Touch and Go” Agreement, Misuse of Matthew 18, Agreeing with Heaven Not Creations, Heart Mouth and Mind in Congruence, Handling Scripture Legally, Lucifer’s Fall as a Warning, Paying the Price for Wrong Agreement Visit the church: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] ----------------------- About the program: “First Love” with Dr. Robyn and Dr. Nathan Kassas is a life-transforming broadcast that helps believers and seekers reclaim God’s story through healing, truth, and restoration. Each episode unpacks why it works, how it works, and the process to walk it out—making Him real, relevant, and relational, and returning hearts to Jesus as their first love Support the Show: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

First Love Ep. 40 - Jesus The Man: Real and Relevant Leads To Relational

Show Notes: In this episode, Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas teach that real and relevant connection with Jesus leads to authentic relationship through everyday conversation and listening—tuning our inner ear to the Holy Spirit’s constant flow, surrendering our opinions, and becoming a bending reed moved by His wind rather than competing with our own voice. Hosts: Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas Topics Covered: Real, Relevant & Relational, Everyday Communication & Conversation, Listening Before Speaking, Inner Ear & Holy Spirit Flow, Surrendering Opinions, Bending Reed, Conversational Narcissism, Jesus as the Man Building Relationship, Selective Attention Visit the church: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] ----------------------- About the program: “First Love” with Dr. Robyn and Dr. Nathan Kassas is a life-transforming broadcast that helps believers and seekers reclaim God’s story through healing, truth, and restoration. Each episode unpacks why it works, how it works, and the process to walk it out—making Him real, relevant, and relational, and returning hearts to Jesus as their first love Support the Show: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

First Love Ep. 39 - When Jesus Becomes Relevant: Grace That Changes

Show Notes: In this episode, Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas unpack the “Hour of Relevance,” showing how Jesus’ humanity connects to our everyday lives when His grace is received not merely as a cover for sin but as divine enablement that actively transforms our personality, character, and temperament—moving us from denial and license to genuine change, obedience, and Christlike formation. Hosts: Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas Topics Covered: Hour of Relevance, Grace as Divine Power for Change, Grace vs. License, Personality/Character/Temperament, Filtering & the Inner Ear, Holy Spirit as Net, Repentance & Transformation, Grace & Truth, Relevance Through Surrender Visit the church: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] ----------------------- About the program: “First Love” with Dr. Robyn and Dr. Nathan Kassas is a life-transforming broadcast that helps believers and seekers reclaim God’s story through healing, truth, and restoration. Each episode unpacks why it works, how it works, and the process to walk it out—making Him real, relevant, and relational, and returning hearts to Jesus as their first love Support the Show: https://www.torcc.org/ [https://www.torcc.org/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.