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Judas betrayed Jesus. But we are not Judas. So what do we do will the account of that betrayal? Judas' betrayal does become an invitation for us to ask:
1) How have we been betrayed and what wounds are still open, maybe many years later, because of that betrayal?
2) What loved once have you betrayed that God may be calling you to go in humble repentance to?
3) How have you betrayed God?
Our hope is not to avoid betrayal in this life. But that Jesus, our God, has experienced betrayal. He knows your pain, your hurts, your sorrow. And he is best to the broken hearted.
The most true thing about you is not your sin, or who has betrayed you or even who you have betrayed. The most true thing about you is that you are loved by God.
Radical Hospitality is a command.
Radical Hospitality is an invitation to exceed expectations and surprise people with God's kindness.
Radical Hospitality is rooted in the work of Jesus who didn't just carry a bag an extra mile, but carried the cross to Calvary for us.
Building from Romans 12 and the picture of the church as one body, Pastor Steve explores our 4th core value: Ministry is a Team Sport.
Ministry as a Team Sport means:
1) Delegating
2) Developing people and providing opportunities
3) Everyone!
As Jesus washes the feet of his servants, we learn to serve like Jesus:
1) in love
2) in humility
3) in action
Learning to love the Lord your God will all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is a lifetime journey of the work of God in you to form you and mature you and shape you into the likeness of Jesus. These verses form the foundation for two of our values as a church: holistic transformation and beauty and brokenness. Holistic transformation anticipates the work of sanctification where our whole being is changed by the gospel at work in us. And beauty and brokenness calls us to see what is beautiful and what is broken in the world around us, in us, and in the people we interact with.
"Do not judge" in Matthew 7:1 does not... cannot... mean to never judge. To rightly judge is a heart posture.
When we recognize the great mercy we have received through Christ, two things happen:
1) We recognize how great is our sin of which we have been forgiven and
2) Our hearts soften to the needs and shortcomings of others, freeing us to move toward them in ways that are genuinely helpful, not merely reactive.
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.