Sermons on Jesus (Page 2)
Let’s Talk, Part 7: Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Let’s Talk, Part 7: Lord, Teach Us to Pray What I’m about to teach you today is as practical as it can be, because it comes out of Matthew chapter 6. It’s literally Jesus’ extremely practical way of saying: You want to really change your life? You’ve heard it said, “Go to church!” But I’m going to tell you—you need to sit there and spend some real time with the almighty God of the universe. And you can do that…
Let’s Talk, Part 6: Prayer — Talking to God
Let’s Talk, Part 6: Prayer — Talking to God Prayer, essentially, in very, very simple terms, is talking to God. It’s not magical words that are spoken. It’s not laid out [as a] formula of how to accomplish something. It’s really, in its simplistic version, a conversation with God; it’s relating to God. Download the PDF above to follow along with notes.
Let’s Talk, Part 3: Let’s Talk About Radical Truth
Let’s Talk, Part 3: Let’s Talk About Radical Truth Ultimately, in order to accomplish any of this — any of the perfect living, any of the commitment to radical truth telling, any commitment to faithfulness — we must be a people who stand firm in our faith in Jesus Christ. We must stand firm in our trust in His promises. We must stand firm in the gospel message. We must stand firm in the knowledge of scripture. We must stand…
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 4
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 4: God Invites Us to Join Him Jesus invites us to join Him now, taking this gospel, this Good News, so that it can be passed on to others. … We are [God’s] image bearers; we are also the bearers of Good News. It is really our responsibility to carry the Good News. Download the PDF above to follow along with notes.
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 3
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 3: God Won God is truly all in, in order to bring us back to life. … This was God’s plan from the very beginning. It’s not a back-up plan! … God created it holy. Man quickly messed it up, but literally the day that mankind said, ‘I’m rebelling and falling away from You,’ God said, ‘MY plan is to rescue you personally.’ He won at the resurrection. And now we get…
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 2
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 2: God Engaged The principle of the Good News that I arrive at is this: God engages us at our point of brokenness. The Good News is, God says, ‘I want to work with you. I want [you] to find wholeness and help and healing’ — and He can, and does, make broken lives whole again. … God says, this world is disrupted and I am the only One who can make…
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 1
What’s So Good About the Good News? Part 1: God Noticed Humility. Trust. Faith. That’s what makes the Good News good news. God notices. Be humble before God, trust Him, and let your faith supplant your fear and panic. Download the PDF above to follow along with notes.
Fulfilled, Part 5: The Book of Immanuel — God With Us
“They were panicking. They were in fear and insecurity. They were looking for help and a rescuer. … God says, ‘I’m going to fulfill my promises, much as I did with Abraham, with Moses, and in the time of King David. We’re not done yet. Stand with God!’ And how is it going to happen? When will this rescue take place? Look for the sign. The sign is a virgin … that young woman will bear a child, and that…
Fulfilled, Part 3: Son of Man
If you don’t grasp [Jesus as the Son of Man], live that, and let it seep into your soul, you will miss the power of the fulfillment of God’s design, that the utter dominion and authority, and power and structure is completely and totally found in this Jesus. — Pastor Billy Arnold
Fulfilled, Part 2: The Suffering Servant Fulfilled
Christ, even while he was alive on this earth, taught those earliest disciples: “I am not a mistake out of thin air. I’m not just an appearance for this time being. God has been planning this all along, and Isaiah the Prophet spoke of it: I am the answer to not only the enemy at the gates of the Roman Empire, but I am here to answer the enemy at the gates of your soul. I am the fulfillment of…
Fulfilled, Part 1: The Anointed One Identified
As a preacher, [Jesus] is going to promise God’s presence. (This is from the perspective of Isaiah.) As the Messiah, he’s going to reinstate God’s righteousness in the world. And as a servant, he’s going to deal with the problem of sin. Now, Isaiah doesn’t understand how he’s going to do all of that yet, but he knows this is going to happen, that he’s got a promise — that’s what [Isaiah] is saying in this particular passage of scripture.…
Giving Thanks in Everything
It’s really easy for us, as Christians, to fall into that mindset that the world has, that is based on circumstances. We spend entire periods of our life waiting for circumstances to change so that we can be happy again. . . . When your heart and your mindset is set on waiting for your circumstances to change, it should lead you to ask at some point: What really, truly, is my hope in? In good circumstances, or in Jesus?…
The Outward Focused Church, Part 6: GIC Commitment Service
Billy Arnold is nothing. He’s just the holder of a key. But it’s an incredible key. It’s an unbelievable key that unlocks the truth of people’s lives, that allows the prisoners to be set free. [Jesus] says, “I’m going to give [the key] to the church.” And who’s the church? We are. … Jesus handed the message of himself over to the church body; and therefore, the church body, every one of us, learns how to say, “How does God…
LAUNCH, Part 3: The Ideal Church
God has not changed his idea about the community of faith; we will be challenged on every front to be that community, that makes a difference to bring the gospel to the world. — Billy Arnold
LAUNCH: The Beginning of the Church (Part 1)
“Missions is not a program. It’s a purpose. It’s why we exist. … You and I won’t physically be here forever. I get that. But we are commissioned as a church body to say, are we ready to fulfill what God has called this church to do, or not? Are we ready to bring the power of the gospel to a broken world?” — Billy Arnold
Citizens, Part 2: The Mindset of Citizens (Matt Kieswether)
“Have you sought unity with other believers by seeking the mind of Christ — by seeking the heart of God on these issues — to try and discern what his will is for us? And in doing that, have you found other believers doing the same thing, and found unity with them? … Are you actively looking to humble yourself by serving others, just as Christ has done for us?” — Matt Kieswether
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