Today, Pastor Matt describes the only Super Hero, Par Excellence the world has ever know, and will ever know: JESUS!! Jesus is the One and Only Ultimate Hero of the Bible He alone is ultimately faithful and has finished the work When compared to anyone else we see that even the most favored of Bible characters is failed or flawed Elijah is a popular and well liked character of the Bible And Elijah did many great things but he is…
In today’s program, Pastor Matt responds to a question posed to him recently. In so doing he explains that it is supremely Jesus who brings order out of chaos. Jesus is the only Ultimate Hero who can bring order out of chaos He brings Life out of death He is the Author and Perfecter of our Salvation Through the covenant which He accomplished WE have Eternal Life and Purpose. Chaos and death can both be Mastered and have been in…
Today, Pastor Matt explores the related concepts of Privilege, and that of being a Knucklehead. The Bible ultimately has One and only One Hero in its pages — the One God who reveals Himself Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Jesus used His immense Privilege to bless others So-called Biblical heroes, like us, often mis-use their God-given Privilege, and thus demonstrate that they are actually Knuckleheads This one God will show us how to not only not fail at life but…
Today, Pastor Matt discusses what it means to be a New Creature in Christ. New Creation works its way out of your mind and into your actions This does not take away our emotions but rather it sanctifies them and makes them servant to the purposes of God — including but not limited to our anger Illustration was made of Numbers 25:1-13 and the ”anger” of Eph. 4:26 is shown to be a quality found in God in 1 Kings…
In the Christian Covenant Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all equally important as our One Triune God. But it is the Holy Spirit that is our most immediate connection. It is He who dwells within us and He who enables us We are covenant members who can build for the Kingdom expressly because of Him our Helper: the Holy Spirit
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…
Pastor Matt discusses God’s intent for his people, and the mission to which he has sent us. Specific focus is on the Apostle Paul’s conversion experience as recorded in Acts 9. In Acts 9 we see that the Risen Lord – even after He has ascended and assumed the Throne – still wants our loving committed obedience in taking the Gospel out to a lost world in need of Grace and Mercy. (Acts 9)
Today, Pastor Matt talks about Jesus’ miraculous resurrection from the dead. He is not only alive, but repeatedly demonstrates this remarkable fact to His disciples. Thomas finally witnesses the risen Jesus himself, and confesses himself that Jesus is indeed Lord, and God. (John 20; Genesis 2:7; Psalm 35)