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Harbor City Church Sermons
Hosted by Harbor City Church San Diego, CA · EN
Weekly sermon podcasts from Pastor Omar Ortiz and guest appearances from our elders and distinguished colleagues.
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Do Not Harden Your Hearts
2w ago00:32:57Tap to summarizeSeries Title: The Superiority of JesusSeries Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?Passages: Hebrews 3:7-19Speaker: Omar OrtizUnbelief and Sin can erode our confidence in the Lord. Using the story of the wilderness wanderings in the Old Testament, the pastor encourages us to be on guard against both. Instead, we are told to hold firmly onto Jesus as we navigate the difficulties of life.
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Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus
3w ago00:31:20Tap to summarizeSeries Title: The Superiority of JesusSeries Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?Passages: Hebrews 3:1-6Speaker: Omar OrtizThe pastor now turns his attention to his second major argument in the sermon. Moses and Joshua are important biblical figures who deserve their proper honor, but the congregation needs to fix their thoughts on Jesus, who is the apostle and high priest of our faith.
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The Spirit of Jesus
4w ago00:26:49Tap to summarizeSeries Title: The Superiority of JesusSeries Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?Passages: Hebrews 2:1-4Speaker: Omar OrtizOn this Pentecost Sunday, we will look at both Acts 2 and the book of Hebrews to see how the Spirit of Christ speaks to us and fills us with his power and presence. Power and presence that allow us to live as a royal priesthood.
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Fully Human in Every Way
May 1700:25:34Tap to summarizeSeries Title: The Superiority of JesusSeries Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?Passages: Hebrews 2:10-18Speaker: Omar OrtizJesus is fully God. Jesus became fully human. The pastor who wrote Hebrews underlines this again so that we can understand the help Jesus offers us in the gospel: freedom from the fear of death and freedom from the penalty of sin.
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Crowned With Glory and Honor
May 1100:27:04Tap to summarizeSeries Title: The Superiority of JesusSeries Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?Passages: Hebrews 2:5-9Speaker: Omar OrtizIn this week’s message, we continue to see the supremacy of Jesus over the angels. Jesus is crowned with glory and honor because he humbled himself and became lower than the angels by taking on human flesh.
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Superior to the Angels
May 400:30:27Tap to summarizeSeries Title: The Superiority of JesusSeries Summary: The book of Hebrews begins with the audacious claim: Jesus is God’s last word. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the one who brings together all of the voices of the Old Testament. Jesus is God’s last word because he is the divine Son - God himself speaking to us. With this claim comes a question: Are we listening?Passages: Hebrews 1:5-2:4Speaker: Omar OrtizIn this week’s sermon, we begin exploring the first of four comparisons that the pastor makes in his sermon. Jesus is superior to the angels. Jewish tradition taught that angels delivered the word of God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. Since Jesus is superior to the angels, this means that the message he brings is superior to the message they brought. If Israel was warned not to ignore the words given to Moses, how much more should we pay careful attention to the word given to us by Jesus?
Transcribe →A Glorious Vocation
Apr 2600:37:17Tap to summarizeContrasting and comparing our current world to the Narnia world, Geoff shares the similarities and explains that as sons (and daughters) of God, we have a vocation given us by God himself. After hearing a different yet insightful perspective of the passage, we can better understand what our vocation is and reveal in the glory that was given to Jesus, and now to us.Passage: Roman 8:15-21Guest Speaker: Geoff Hsu
Transcribe →Confirmed Identity, An Ongoing Mission, and Jesus's Merciful Example
Apr 1300:31:12Tap to summarizeIn this week’s sermon, Pastor Scott Cauble is preaching about the faith of the disciples in the days after the resurrection. Scott is a chaplain in the US Navy. Speaker: Scott Cauble
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Healing our Sorrows
Apr 600:29:43Tap to summarizeSeries Title: Holy WeekSeries Summary: Over the Lenten season, we focused our attention on Lament. As we come to Holy Week, our attention shifts to hope. On Palm Sunday, we will see how praise and lament collide as Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, revealing himself as the prophet who not only laments but acts to bring an end to all laments. On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate how the risen Christ meets us in our sorrow, as we see him meet two disciples traveling on a road toward the town of Emmaus. There, we get a glimpse of a future where lament is healed, and God wipes away every tear.Passages: Luke 24:13-35Speaker: Omar OrtizOn the Road to Emmaus, the sorrow of two disciples is transformed. Their hearts were “burning” as they met the resurrected Jesus. The resurrection offers the promise that all that we lament will be healed when we draw near to Jesus, and Jesus draws near to us.
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A King Who Weeps
Mar 2900:24:00Tap to summarizeSeries Title: Holy WeekSeries Summary: Over the Lenten season, we focused our attention on Lament. As we come to Holy Week, our attention shifts to hope. On Palm Sunday, we will see how praise and lament collide as Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, revealing himself as the prophet who not only laments but acts to bring an end to all laments. On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate how the risen Christ meets us in our sorrow, as we see him meet two disciples traveling on a road toward the town of Emmaus. There, we get a glimpse of a future where lament is healed, and God wipes away every tear.Passages: Luke 19:28-44Speaker: Omar OrtizAs Jesus rides into Jerusalem that crowds are shouting praises. They do not, however, fully grasp who he is and why he is coming into the city. As a result, Jesus laments over the city. Jeremiah lamented after Jerusalem's destruction by the Babylonians. Jesus laments before its destruction by the Romans. Jesus is the prophet greater than Jeremiah. He not only laments over us, but he has the power to do something that will end our laments.
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