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In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul says that "we are ambassadors." Powered by the gospel, we as a church represent the interests, purposes, and priorities of God to our community. And how? Through our 4 part strategy:
Connect. Belong. Thrive. Celebrate.
Our new series, Foundations, begins with a look at 5 foundational truths of the church from Matthew 16:13-20.
1) Jesus is the Christ
2) The truth of Jesus is revealed by the Father
3) Jesus builds his church (not us)
4) The church is on the offensive and
5) The church has authority here on the earth
For the first Christmas event for New Creation Church, Pastor Steve speaks on The Light Has Come. Light reveals, light warms, and light gives life.
Jesus, the true light, reveals both our need for God and reveals God.
Jesus, the true light, warms our hearts to the work of God in us.
Jesus, the true light, gives us life by the giving of his own life for us.
The last week of our Advent series, Light in the Dark. We look at the ultimate end of the themes of light and dark in the Bible in Revelation 21 where we see that:
Jesus, the Light of the world, reveals the glory of God.
Jesus, the Light of the world, shines forever, dispersing all darkness.
Jesus, the Light of the world, is also the Lamb who brings us with him into the New Creation.
The darkness over the face of the deep at Creation and the felt pitch darkness of the plate in Egypt both dim in comparison to the darkest moment in history - as Jesus was crucified. As Jesus hung on that cross, hope was fading. As Jesus died, it seemed as if hope died with him. But at the darkest moment, the light of Christ breaks in.
The plague of darkness was God's judgment upon Pharaoh and Egypt, but it also points us to the ultimate judgment, Hell, which Matthew refers to as the outer darkness. But just as Egypt was in darkness for 3 days, so also was Jesus in the outer darkness of the tomb for 3 days. But then he walked viciously from that tomb and invited us into his marvelous light.
It is the same God who spoke light into the dark at Creation who stepped into the darkness of our world as its light. Pastor Steve begins a new series "Light in the Dark" exploring the themes of light and dark throughout the whole of the Scriptures starting with a comparison of Genesis 1 and John 1.
Guest speaker, Pastor Scott, reminds us from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 that God is with us, God is in us, and God is for us.
Guest preaching at Chapel for Calvary Chapel Bible College, Pastor Steve calls us to live for, long for, and labor for the New Creation.
After generations in slavery to Egypt and then 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, Israel was finally entering into the Promised Land. In Joshua 4, God gives a command: to take stones and create a monument to remember the character and work of God. In this message, Pastor Steve starts a new tradition for New Creation Church to stop each year and remember the faithfulness of God.
In this message from John 11 where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, we see:
1) Jesus does the unexpected
2) Jesus demonstrates his humanity
3) Jesus displays his divinity
John 9 is more than the healing of a blind guy. It's a lifetime of discovery and growth in understanding in who Jesus is compressed into one single day. The man born blind grows:
from seeing Jesus as a man
to a prophet
to clinging to his testimony when others attack his faith
to identifying himself as a disciple
to grasping that Jesus is from God
to "Lord I believe"
The Pharisees were using the woman as a pawn in their plot to trap Jesus. But John 8:1-11 is not the story of Jesus caught in a trap, but of Jesus taking both the sin and shame of this woman upon himself. When all eyes were on her and she was the center of attention, Jesus became the center of attention and all eyes were on him. What an incredible act of compassion, gentleness and kindness from Jesus!
But the story gets better still for it is at the cross where our story meets the story of this woman. On the cross, justice is satisfied as sin in punished by death. And on the cross, mercy is exalted as that death is taken by Jesus, not us.
It is on the cross, as Psalm 85:10 summarizes, "where mercy and justice meet, where righteousness and peace kiss." Mercy and justice meet for us eternally and perfectly through his finished work on the cross!
In this message from John 4:46:5:18, we see:
2 men
2 settings
2 needs
2 healings and
3 responses - faith, indifference and hostility.
As Jesus asked the invalid, "Do you want to be healed?"
When the Samaritan woman encounters Jesus at Jacob's well in John 4:1-45, we learn 6 things:
1) Jesus ordained the encounter
2) Jesus is greater than Jacob because he is the God of Jacob
3) Jesus is the Living Water
4) Jesus sees her
5) Jesus is the Messiah
6) Jesus receives all who come to him in faith