Amazing Grace Community Church

But I Have This One Thing Against You

Jesus said to the Church in Thyatira, ".. you are full of good works and great compassion.. excellent!.."  but, there is a thing I have against you.  Listen in to find out what that was.

Examine our hearts today to discern whether we are a sponge or a scrubby.

Scripture:  Revelation 2:18-29

Wisdom from the King

Ecclesiasties 8 and 9

Lessons from the Wilderness

The Spirit, God, led the Son into the wilderness to be tempted. Right after the baptism. Why? Why then?   To prove that the Son was sinless and thus a qualified Savior.

Job was also tested, but he sinned.  Jesus can do what humans can't do. 

When we are tempted we will often fail. Is this failure? Not if we are abiding in Christ. Not if we confess it and clear the slate. But if we let temptation germinate into sin that goes unconfessed, we are putting a barrier between us and God.  We know it, God knows it.

Be ready with these answers to temptation... {listen in}

Matthew 4, Deuteronomy 8, Job 1

Be Fruit not Fuel

John the Baptist's message was to repent. Repentance was a needed step in preparing for the Lamb of God. The “change of the mind produces a change of the way.”

Matthew 3

In Christ Alone

In this day and age can we answer the question, “What is the truth?”  Where do we go to find all of our answers? I know you are tempted to say, Google, or Wikipedia, or Siri, but that is wrong.  :)   Life’s answers are found in only one place, a Person.

Colossians 2

Thriving in the Kingdom of Heaven

Life is full of choices. The greatest choice is what kingdom you are going to live in. What if I think I can successfully live in both the world and the Kingdom simultaneously?  How do we live in the kingdom and not the world?  “Pastor, it sounds like you’re saying we should isolate from the world?”

You cannot be a kingdom person enmeshed in the world and expect God to work miracles through you.

Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3:1-9, 10-17; Matthew 10:7; 13:10; Luke 14:26; Colossians 1:13; 2 Peter 2:7,8; James 1:27, 4:4; Titus 2:12; 2 Peter 1:4; 2:20; 1 John 2:15-17

In the Game or on the Bench?

James writes his letter because…he is encouraging us to live out our faith, be a doer not just a hearer. James was Jesus’ brother and by this time he was a leader of the church in Jerusalem.

There was and is a social conflict between the rich and the poor, and a spiritual conflict between factions in the church. James is rebuking his church, and by extension, us, for their worldliness, and is challenging them to seek divine wisdom in working out their faith.

James 5:7-12

God of the Living

Would you now, realizing you are immortal, look at life differently?  How so?

Isn’t this the real question here?  It matters how we live.  It matters what we believe. It matters whom we believe in.  We shouldn’t abuse grace or Christian liberty. But true grace and liberty  produces freedom. A holy freedom.

One of the reasons the founders thought the knowledge of God was so important was because they believed what the Bible says — that He will one day hold us all accountable. That view impacts how we live.

We are to be holy, sanctified.  If we are, we will love like Jesus. A holy love. An agape love. A love that is empowered by grace, not law.

Luke 20:27-40

A Kingdom That Can’t Be Shaken

The second of two messages looking into the teaching of Hebrews 12 and 13. These two chapters speak to Believers on how to conduct their lives, not to be led astray by diverse/strange teachings, to hold the marriage bed as holy, and much more.

The kingdoms of the world are temporary, to be thrown down when their purpose is accomplished. Don't get too attached. You have received a kingdom that can't be shaken.

Part 2 of Hebrews 12 and 13

Hebrews 12

The first of two messages looking into the teaching of Hebrews 12 and 13. These two chapters speak to Believers on how to conduct their lives, to not grow weary, and to be encouraged. Reference to the heroes of the faith in Chapter 11 and Jesus Himself are proffered.