Sermons

Paul tells us in Romans that “as far as it depends on you, be at peace with everyone.” We don’t just keep the peace, letting things slide and staying silent. We make peace by actively giving people grace instead of what we think they deserve, by being the first to reconcile relationships, and loving difficult people.

This Easter, we think about how the resurrection of Jesus changes everything. Jesus had the greatest comeback – from death to life – and offers us the same resurrection power to sustain us, change us, and give us hope.

We were created to worship God. We must respond to God’s love through worship, let worship cost us something, and learn what a lifestyle of worship looks like.

A conquerer does the work and gets the reward. Someone more than a conquerer does no work, but still gets the reward because of relationship. We have a new identity because of Jesus, and that identity is victorious and secure.

Sin is a big deal. It separates, traps, confuses, and lies to us, ultimately leading us to places we don’t want to be. But we have hope that Jesus is greater, and gives us a new identity to overcome sin.

The difficult things we face happen for a purpose. We learn how to persevere, we learn how to trust our faith instead of our feelings, and we grow our hope during seasons of suffering.

When we put our faith and belief in Christ, His righteous becomes our identity. Righteous puts us in right standing with God, not of our own merit or works, and allows us to live righteous, transformed, and blessed lives.

Everything of significance in God’s kingdom is accessed by faith. Faith is simply trust and belief in the Gospel, and faith is the central point of our lives as Christians.

We have no excuse to live a life less than what Jesus paid for us to have. Because of the Gospel, we as Christians can no longer make excuses of why we aren’t living the way God has called us to live.