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Citizens Church Sermons
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Our Mission: Citizens of heaven Enjoy God. Love people. Make disciples. We are people saved through faith by grace, and that grace compels us to live out our mission to make disciples who are defined by life in Him.
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The Victory of Faith
2w ago00:35:53Tap to summarizeThere’s a battle for control in the world, but the victory has already been won by Jesus Christ. And yet sometimes we lose where we are in the story, and we feel discouraged by suffering and sin. But John reminds us in his letter, how the Christian has indeed overcome, because in Christ, victory lies in our faith. Scripture: 1 John 5:1–12
Transcribe →Perfect Love
3w ago00:30:29Tap to summarizeJohn is reminding us again that it’s not our commandment keeping that justifies us, it’s the saving work of Christ and the transformation that God brings in his children. Because God is holy and righteous, so too is his love. And as children of God, we can only love because He first loved us. Scripture: 1 John 4:17–19
Transcribe →Good News for Lukewarm Christians
4w ago00:38:06Tap to summarizeThis passage in Revelation is a warning for the lukewarm Christian—the Christian who can know the gospel, and live for Jesus but does so moderately, and worse, not realize their mediocrity. Because we can get lost with being comfortable in our faith. God doesn’t require his church to be perfect, but the cure to lukewarmness is the gospel of Jesus Christ.Scripture: Revelation 3:14–22Guest Preacher: Ajay Thomas
Transcribe →The Cross Shaped People of God
Apr 2000:33:58Tap to summarizeWe can only reflect what we have received, therefore in Christ, we are able to love one another because he first loved us. And so through Christ’s cross shaped love, we become a cross shaped people. Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12
Transcribe →Discernment
Apr 1300:34:29Tap to summarizeWe are being formed by everything we take in. We need discernment to test the ways we might be deceived by false teaching, and the ways we might be distracted from the gospel. Scripture: 1 John 4:1–6
Transcribe →Living Hope
Apr 500:20:32Tap to summarizeLiving hope isn’t based on a feeling, it’s based on the Living God. For the Christian, death does not get the last word, because in Christ we have an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading—a living hope. Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3–4
Transcribe →Confident Christians
Mar 2900:37:14Tap to summarizeThis passage highlights the stark difference between our own accusing heart and God’s voice of grace. When the heart convicts, that can be a sign of life, but in Christ, our hearts shouldn’t condemn us anymore. The way to deal with your condemning heart is to humble it in front of the throne of God, with confidence in his character and heart. Scripture: 1 John 3:19-24
Transcribe →The Family of Love
Mar 2200:39:03Tap to summarizeBeing part of God’s family causes us to live differently. We never fully arrive this side of glory, but we are being slowly shaped to look more like Jesus. To be part of the family of God means to be changed by God’s values. God said love one another, so as children of God, we aim to live and love like Jesus. Scripture: 1 John 3:10–18
Transcribe →Already But Not Yet Children of God
Mar 1500:41:30Tap to summarizeThis passage really gets at the heart of our identity as God’s children, and what it means to be transformed by Jesus over time. Between the first coming of Christ and His resurrection, and the second coming that is to come with the resurrection of the Saints, we are in the already not yet, lawless, yet still children of God by God’s grace. Scripture: 1 John 2:28–3:10
Transcribe →Truth & Discernment
Mar 800:40:16Tap to summarizeWe are living in a time where it can be hard to know what is real and true? John writes to Christians to give them confidence in the reality of Christ and help them discern how to hold on to the truth. Scripture: 1 John 2:18–27
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