Show Notes: In this episode, Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas continue their series on the gates of Jerusalem from Nehemiah 3, finalizing the teaching on the Sheep Gate as the essential first conversation with God. They expose how believers often remove or skip these gates—just as Suleiman the Great did historically—because the Western gospel teaches that “all things have become new” instantly, allowing us to bypass the process. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 5:17, they clarify that we are not instantly “become new,” but are continually “becoming new” in quality as we live daily in Christ through the Lamb of God. The Sheep Gate reveals that entering God’s kingdom begins with sacrifice and allowing Jesus to come into us, not merely receiving Him from a distance; priesthood and true transformation start with the Lamb, not kingship or arrival. They show how this ongoing process of becoming restores hope and second chances, while warning that thinking we have already “arrived” causes us to stop needing relationship and stops our growth. This message calls listeners to stop skipping the conversations the Holy Spirit is highlighting and to walk through the Sheep Gate into the daily journey of becoming the finished work in Christ.

Hosts: Dr. Robyn Kassas and Dr. Nathan Kassas

Topics Covered: The Gates of Jerusalem Series (Nehemiah 3), The Sheep Gate – Conversation of Sacrifice, Becoming New vs. Become New (2 Corinthians 5:17), Walking Through the Gate vs. Standing Outside, Western Mindset of Skipping Process, Suleiman the Great & Removed Gates Parallel, Priesthood Begins with Sacrifice Not Kingship, Being “In Christ” Through the Lamb of God, The Ongoing Process of Transformation & Daily Becoming, Hope, Second Chances & Training for Reigning, Eden – Fellowship Restored Through Sacrifice, When We Think We’ve Arrived We Stop Growing, Living in the Finished Work, Ambassadors of Reconciliation, From First Love to Mature Love Through Process

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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