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Living Sacrifice: Devoted
3w ago00:35:15Tap to summarize“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” Deitrich Bonhoeffer. But it is in giving your life over to Christ that you truly come alive. “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Matthew 16:24. We are called to live as a living sacrifice, devoted to God. Priests would take an ox and slaughter it at the Temple. They called the ox “devoted to God.” Jesus calls us to be like that ox. Devoted to God. Surrendered to Him and separated from the world. We are not to be conformed by the world, compressed by the mold of contemporary values or the current thinking. Rather we are transformed by renewing our minds with the knowledge of God by His Word. The good news is that Jesus made himself the perfect sacrifice on our behalf. When we lay our lives down in trust and faith before Him, we find our true lives. We find ourselves fully alive in Jesus. Speaker: Mateen Elass
Transcribe →The People of God: The Awe and the Mystery
4w ago00:28:43Tap to summarizeIn various ways, we want to remove the mystery. We would prefer to have complete understanding of God and of salvation. But that is not the nature of God and our relationship with Him. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’ Isaiah 55:9. 'How great is God—beyond our understanding!' Job 36:26a. Sometimes our only place is to sit in the awe of the mystery, to recognize that God is way beyond our understanding. But He has made Himself known to us in Jesus Christ. He has made Himself known to His people. The people of God sit in awe and wonder and relish the mystery—it proves we are truly in relationship with God! If you understood everything about God, wouldn’t that make you greater than God? Sit in the awe and relish the mystery. Salvation belongs to the Lord. Speaker: Matt Holtzman
Transcribe →The People of God: The Story Is Not Over
Jul 1200:24:54Tap to summarizeDon’t walk out of the movie too early. The Death Star will be up and running, ready to take out another planet. The Nazi’s will have the Ark of the Covenant as a prize for Adolf Hitler. Voldemort will be standing over a defeated Harry Potter with an evil grin. But that’s not the end. Israel was not responding to the revelation of Jesus as the Messiah, but that’s not the end of the story entirely. God is the God who brings life out of death. There is much more story to come yet. Are their places in your life where you are stepping out of the movie too soon? God is still at work. If it isn’t right, it isn’t finished. Hang in there. Speaker: Greg Hartnett
Transcribe →The People of God: Happy the People
Jul 500:31:26Tap to summarizeOne central truth of this passage is that the future is not up for grabs. God is in control and will bring His plan to completion. No one is beyond God’s redemption, but pride and arrogance in our own abilities to “be God’s people” is a recipe for disaster. Where do you see warnings in the Church that Christians believe themselves to be more worthy of God’s blessings than others? Where are we in danger of “stumbling so as to fall”? Though present-day Israel remains largely secular or anti-gospel, God has promised that He will one day bring them to faith in their (and our) Messiah. How do you navigate the stormy waters concerning the relationship between Christians and Jews, especially in these days of increasing anti-Semitism? Speaker: Tim McConnell
Transcribe →The People of God: Who Shares the News?
Jun 2800:35:44Tap to summarizeEvangelism is the mission of the church. The Great Commission defines our mission. God has brought a people together, the church, to manifest his love and share his salvation. Who shares the news? We do. Who is sent? We are. Every person who comes to Christ is given a mission to share that good news with others. For we are witnesses of these things. Can the pastor offer a few ideas on how to approach this opportunity to share and bear witness to Jesus in our times? Speaker: Ellen Dawson
Transcribe →The People of God: Who Can Be Saved?
Jun 2100:35:58Tap to summarizeThe “Roman Road” offers a helpful way to explain the gospel, but our ultimate confidence is in the Holy Spirit, who guides and empowers believers. As followers of Christ, we are called to live out our faith and share the hope we have in Jesus. Above all, let us remain steadfast in prayer as we seek to follow Him faithfully. Speaker: Tim McConnell
Transcribe →The People of God: Christ Is For Everyone
Jun 1400:33:49Tap to summarizeThis is a good place to remember the “Roman Road.” (Romans 3:23; 5:8; 6:23; 8:1; 10:9). This is a way to remember what God has done through Jesus to bring us salvation, and a wonderful method of sharing the Gospel with others. These verses are absolutely defining for the people of God. If you believe in your heart and confess with your lips—that means taking the Gospel in and trusting Jesus, but also speaking to someone verbally—you are saved. Something happens when we speak what we believe. Speaker: Tim McConnell
Transcribe →The People of God: Other Sheep
Jun 700:39:10Tap to summarizeThese are verses we rely on to understand the sovereignty of God over salvation. Ultimately salvation belongs to the Lord, and God will save who he saves and we need to learn to be okay with that and not put ourselves in the judgment seat over God’s actions. In the Reformed Tradition this is the doctrine of predestination. Paul is not laying down a definite program, but encouraging us to broaden our view of God’s saving grace. What if? While we are quick to define and dismiss the “other,” Jesus said the other was part of the plan. 'I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.’ John 10:16 Speaker: Tim McConnell
Transcribe →The People of God: Children of the Promise
May 3100:28:35Tap to summarizeWho is the church? Who are the people of God? In Paul’s ministry he regularly confronted those who assumed the definition was racial. We are quick to divide along racial lines assuming that those like us are alike better than those who are not like us. But this is not the basis for defining the people of God. It has always been bigger than that. God’s salvation is way beyond racial lines. We are not primarily white, black, latino, asian, etc… We are defined as those who trust in the promises of God—that is, in Jesus. Speaker: Mateen Elass
Transcribe →What Are You Praying For?: Conquering Love
May 2400:32:37Tap to summarizeOn Pentecost, we are reminded that the Holy Spirit is within us. We are not just in a relationship with God, but God is inside of us and that means we are inside of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). How does that make the external threats appear to you, knowing that internal is the Spirit of the Living God? If God is for us, who can be against us? Pray for a full knowledge (intellectual and emotional) of the all-conquering love of Jesus you have within you and for you today. Speaker: Tim McConnell
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