Today, Pastor Matt discusses Jesus, the Risen and Ascended Lord over ALL! One of the First and Best blessings that he has Mastered for us as our King and Representative is that He sent to His believing subjects His Spirit. By the Gift of the King the recipients of the Kings Gift become Gifts themselves, not merely gifted. (Ephesians 3:1-13)
Today, Pastor Matt talks about the reign of Jesus, our ascended King. Jesus is Alive and Ruling Ephesians chapters 1-3 teach us of the Ascended Lord’s reign (Ephesians chapters 1-3)
Ephesians 1 gives us a point of entry, for the uninitiated, to usher in new thinking about the Ascension of Jesus Christ. The Ascension is not just a random event that comes and goes, in and then out of history as an interesting and unexplainable event. It is the intentional product set out from before the creation, and still in play with consequences for us here and now. Here we take a 50,000 foot flyover view of the sweep of…
Today Pastor Matt explores the 40 day period between Jesus’ resurrection from the dead and His ascension, 40 days later. Resurrection Sunday and the Ascension 40 days later are the two “bookends” of the physical, bodily Appearances of the Resurrected Jesus to His disciples In John 20 we see the initial conditions of Jesus’ appearances Many of the directives of our Lord during His appearances have to do with sharing the message and spreading the Word of Jesus and all…
Looking forward to Resurrection Day this coming Sunday, Pastor Matt today explores a number of aspects of Hebrews chapters 8 & 9. These chapters speak to the Anointed Life of Christ, His Death as Sacrifice, and His Resurrection as an Accomplishment Jesus’ Royal Ascension as Service The Gift of Salvation Hebrews describes the Better Promises and the Better Covenant that make the way for us into God’s presence once again And they describe the benefit of the advantage given to…
In this program, Pastor Matt & Virgil Evans discuss the Ascension of Christ. Aspects of Christ taking his rightful place A crowning point in history (Acts 1:1-11, Matthew 28, Genesis 1:26)
Pastor Matt & Virgil Evans discuss the Ascension of Jesus. The Ascension of Jesus was an essential element of the divine circle comprised of creation, birth, death, resurrection, ascension & return, all designed for the redemption of a fallen, sinful world. (Scriptures cited during this program include: Heb.1:1, End of Luke, Beginning of Acts, Psa. 2 & 110, John, Dan. 7, Rev.4&5, Eph. 4, John 17:5, John 17:17-22, 1 Sam 8:7, Rom 5:8, Rom 8, Matt 28, Heb. 2:5, Acts 2,…