That We May Know
Ephesians 1:15–23 | It's one thing to know doctrinal truths in the head, it's another thing to see them with our hearts. Coming out of the riches of the doctrine that is ours in Christ, Paul has a prayer for these believers. His prayer is that God would open the eyes of their heart so they will see these truths and in seeing these truths they would know three things with certainty.
Ephesians 1:15–23 | It's one thing to know doctrinal truths in the head, it's another thing to see them with our hearts. Coming out of the riches of the doctrine that is ours in Christ, Paul has a prayer for these believers. His prayer is that God would open the eyes of their heart so they will see these truths and in seeing these truths they would know three things with certainty.
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All God Has Done In Christ
Ephesians 1:1–14 | Blessed be God!
Life is about this. God is the center and source of everything. He is supreme over all, and He is worthy of us blessing or praising him with all of our beings. If we need some kindling to stoke our praise, let's walk through this wonderful, worshipful run-on sentence Paul begins Ephesians with and lets it lead our heart to cry out in praise to Bless God for all He is and all He has done.
Ephesians 1:1–14 | Blessed be God!
Life is about this. God is the center and source of everything. He is supreme over all, and He is worthy of us blessing or praising him with all of our beings. If we need some kindling to stoke our praise, let's walk through this wonderful, worshipful run-on sentence Paul begins Ephesians with and lets it lead our heart to cry out in praise to Bless God for all He is and all He has done.
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Godly Living During Godless Times
2 Timothy 3:10–4:5 | Living life as a Jesus follower is like trying to diet when no one else is. You are trying to eat right, meanwhile, your wife decides to pick up baking as a hobby. It's almost impossible to resist, therefore it requires the right discipline and encouragement to stay away from temptation. This week in 2 Timothy 3 and 4, we see Paul encouraging Timothy to live a Godly life during godless times. The hope is that we can be encouraged by this to stand for Jesus in times such as ours. By doing this, we will honor God and be the appropriate light to the world in which we are called.
2 Timothy 3:10–4:5 | Living life as a Jesus follower is like trying to diet when no one else is. You are trying to eat right, meanwhile, your wife decides to pick up baking as a hobby. It's almost impossible to resist, therefore it requires the right discipline and encouragement to stay away from temptation. This week in 2 Timothy 3 and 4, we see Paul encouraging Timothy to live a Godly life during godless times. The hope is that we can be encouraged by this to stand for Jesus in times such as ours. By doing this, we will honor God and be the appropriate light to the world in which we are called.
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Blessed are the Persecuted
Matthew 5:10-12 | The last message in our summer Beatitudes series.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven." Jesus bookends His Beatitudes message with reference to the kingdom of Heaven and encouraging His followers to "rejoice and be glad" when they face persecution. But what is persecution? How are we to respond and how can we respond with joy?
The goal of persecution is to silence the witness, but the Lord gives us power to overcome fear for His glory.
Matthew 5:10-12 | The last message in our summer Beatitudes series.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven." Jesus bookends His Beatitudes message with reference to the kingdom of Heaven and encouraging His followers to "rejoice and be glad" when they face persecution. But what is persecution? How are we to respond and how can we respond with joy?
The goal of persecution is to silence the witness, but the Lord gives us power to overcome fear for His glory.
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Peacemakers
Matthew 5:9 | When we live as peacemakers, we live true to our identity as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father who is the ultimate peacemaker. So how do we step into the character God is crafting in us to be people who make peace? And where do we need to be true to live out this identity in our lives right now?
Matthew 5:9 | When we live as peacemakers, we live true to our identity as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father who is the ultimate peacemaker. So how do we step into the character God is crafting in us to be people who make peace? And where do we need to be true to live out this identity in our lives right now?
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The Heart Wants What It Wants
Matthew 5:8 | "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
The sixth Beatitude statement from Jesus' Sermon on the mount.
Matthew 5:8 | "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
The sixth Beatitude statement from Jesus' Sermon on the mount.
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Blessed are the Merciful
Matthew 5:7 | "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
The fifth Beatitude statement from Jesus' Sermon on the mount. What does merciful mean and how can we cultivate a heart of mercy?
Matthew 5:7 | "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy."
The fifth Beatitude statement from Jesus' Sermon on the mount. What does merciful mean and how can we cultivate a heart of mercy?
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Hungering and Thirsting for Righteousness
Matthew 5:6 | As the Rolling Stones say, "I can't get no satisfaction..."
That one line summarizes so much of the human existence. What brings satisfaction in this world? And why does it seem so much of what we pursue in hopes of being satisfied actually leads us to be more dissatisfied? What if satisfaction is not found in pursuing satisfaction but in the pursuit of something else?
Jesus tells us the secret, so let's look at it together.
Matthew 5:6 | As the Rolling Stones say, "I can't get no satisfaction..."
That one line summarizes so much of the human existence. What brings satisfaction in this world? And why does it seem so much of what we pursue in hopes of being satisfied actually leads us to be more dissatisfied? What if satisfaction is not found in pursuing satisfaction but in the pursuit of something else?
Jesus tells us the secret, so let's look at it together.
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Blessed Are The Meek
Matthew 5:5 | What is meekness? It's actually kind of hard to pin that question down. It's increasingly hard when we swim upstream in a culture where meekness is often disregarded. So what is meekness? We have to get at it because the meek receive a beautiful inheritance. It's an inheritance we don't want to miss out on. So let's pursue an understanding of meekness and this inheritance Jesus promises will be theirs.
Matthew 5:5 | What is meekness? It's actually kind of hard to pin that question down. It's increasingly hard when we swim upstream in a culture where meekness is often disregarded. So what is meekness? We have to get at it because the meek receive a beautiful inheritance. It's an inheritance we don't want to miss out on. So let's pursue an understanding of meekness and this inheritance Jesus promises will be theirs.
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Fortunate are the Unfortunate
Matthew 5:4 | Consider for a moment those times in life when you feel alright –when you feel at peace. What are the conditions that cause that or allow for that?
Next, think about the times in your life when you don’t feel alright –when you don’t feel at peace. What’s gone wrong?
Now, for our final query, how much time do you spend trying to be in the first category and not the second? If you’re like most of us, you spend much of your waking energy trying to build a life that keeps you feeling alright and at peace. We want to be ok. We want to live at peace.
So imagine the shock and surprise you’d experience if Jesus walked up to you and turned that all around by saying, “Happy are those who experience deep sadness.” It’s counter-intuitive and it goes against everything we’re striving so hard for. How could it possibly be true?
Matthew 5:4 | Consider for a moment those times in life when you feel alright –when you feel at peace. What are the conditions that cause that or allow for that?
Next, think about the times in your life when you don’t feel alright –when you don’t feel at peace. What’s gone wrong?
Now, for our final query, how much time do you spend trying to be in the first category and not the second? If you’re like most of us, you spend much of your waking energy trying to build a life that keeps you feeling alright and at peace. We want to be ok. We want to live at peace.
So imagine the shock and surprise you’d experience if Jesus walked up to you and turned that all around by saying, “Happy are those who experience deep sadness.” It’s counter-intuitive and it goes against everything we’re striving so hard for. How could it possibly be true?
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Poor In Spirit
Matthew 5:1-3 | The Blessed Life
What is the blessed life? We will define what it means to be blessed based on the value system of the kingdom we identify with. So what kingdom do we identify with? And if it is the kingdom of God, we might be surprised to hear the very opening line of how Jesus characterizes who a blessed one is. There is major encouragement in what he says for those who know their deep spiritual poverty and need.
Matthew 5:1-3 | The Blessed Life
What is the blessed life? We will define what it means to be blessed based on the value system of the kingdom we identify with. So what kingdom do we identify with? And if it is the kingdom of God, we might be surprised to hear the very opening line of how Jesus characterizes who a blessed one is. There is major encouragement in what he says for those who know their deep spiritual poverty and need.
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Heaven On Earth
Revelation 21:1-27 | The greatest story ever told is the story of God’s desire to dwell with His people, and to redeem them from their sin. In Revelation 21, we learn the end of this epic story, the fullness of redemption. In the world we live in where headlines and hardships can weigh heavily upon us, getting our eyes to the end of time will provide us with the hope and motivation we need to press on as disciples of Jesus in a broken world.
Revelation 21:1-27 | The greatest story ever told is the story of God’s desire to dwell with His people, and to redeem them from their sin. In Revelation 21, we learn the end of this epic story, the fullness of redemption. In the world we live in where headlines and hardships can weigh heavily upon us, getting our eyes to the end of time will provide us with the hope and motivation we need to press on as disciples of Jesus in a broken world.
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A 4W Church
Acts 11:19-30 | We've talked about what 4W lives look like, but what does it look like when God gathers and unifies 4W lives to make up a 4W church? What characterizes a church like that? We look to the church at Antioch in the book of Acts to take our cues of what we can look like as we seek to faithfully live out God's calling of being a 4W church.
Acts 11:19-30 | We've talked about what 4W lives look like, but what does it look like when God gathers and unifies 4W lives to make up a 4W church? What characterizes a church like that? We look to the church at Antioch in the book of Acts to take our cues of what we can look like as we seek to faithfully live out God's calling of being a 4W church.
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Witness for Christ
Romans 10:13-17 | Our passage this week demands a response. All Bible passages do, but we feel the intensity of Paul's logic as he flows it out in Romans 10. How will people believe in what they have never heard? How will they hear unless someone tells them?
The answer: They won't.
But they must.
So we must go with the gospel.
Romans 10:13-17 | Our passage this week demands a response. All Bible passages do, but we feel the intensity of Paul's logic as he flows it out in Romans 10. How will people believe in what they have never heard? How will they hear unless someone tells them?
The answer: They won't.
But they must.
So we must go with the gospel.
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Working for Christ
1 Peter 4:7–11 | How did Jesus say that the world would know we are his disciples? By our love for one another. When we talk about working for Christ here at Redeemer we are talking about the stewardship of all God has given us to lovingly and sacrificially serve the body of Christ.
In 1 Peter 4, we come across a back-to-back-to-back list of one another's that can shape the way we work for Christ. What could happen if these 3 "one another's" took root in our hearts and shaped the way we lovingly and sacrificially serve the body?
1 Peter 4:7–11 | How did Jesus say that the world would know we are his disciples? By our love for one another. When we talk about working for Christ here at Redeemer we are talking about the stewardship of all God has given us to lovingly and sacrificially serve the body of Christ.
In 1 Peter 4, we come across a back-to-back-to-back list of one another's that can shape the way we work for Christ. What could happen if these 3 "one another's" took root in our hearts and shaped the way we lovingly and sacrificially serve the body?
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Abiding Walk
John 15:1–11 | Walking with Christ is the daily rhythm of abiding in Christ that leads to increasing Christlikeness. So what does this abiding look like? How do we walk in a way that abides? Thankfully Jesus invites us into the joy of an abiding walk with Him, and He teaches us what that abiding looks like. Let's gather around John 15 and let Him call us into a vibrant, abiding walk with Him.
Check out these Walk resources to dive deeper into what it looks like to walk with Christ.
John 15:1–11 | Walking with Christ is the daily rhythm of abiding in Christ that leads to increasing Christlikeness. So what does this abiding look like? How do we walk in a way that abides? Thankfully Jesus invites us into the joy of an abiding walk with Him, and He teaches us what that abiding looks like. Let's gather around John 15 and let Him call us into a vibrant, abiding walk with Him.
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Well-Going Worship
John 4:1–45 | Worship.
What is it? We all have this general sense, but then you go to define it and it can be hard to encapsulate in a string of words with a period at the end.
Followers of Jesus are worshippers of Jesus. We must have an understanding of what it means to worship him. Fortunately for us, Jesus met a worship-thirsty sinner at a well one day and convicted her of her wrong worship, taught her on right worship, and offered himself to her as the means and end of her worship.
And so we get the joy of letting Jesus meet our worship-thirsty hearts, convict us of any wrong worship, define what is right worship, and enjoy him as the source of the living water our hearts long for.
Check out these Worship resources to dive deeper into what it looks like to worship Christ.
John 4:1–45 | Worship.
What is it? We all have this general sense, but then you go to define it and it can be hard to encapsulate in a string of words with a period at the end.
Followers of Jesus are worshippers of Jesus. We must have an understanding of what it means to worship him. Fortunately for us, Jesus met a worship-thirsty sinner at a well one day and convicted her of her wrong worship, taught her on right worship, and offered himself to her as the means and end of her worship.
And so we get the joy of letting Jesus meet our worship-thirsty hearts, convict us of any wrong worship, define what is right worship, and enjoy him as the source of the living water our hearts long for.
Check out these Worship resources to dive deeper into what it looks like to worship Christ.
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All Consuming Love
Matthew 22:34–40 | We know we are to love God. And we know that we are to love him with a wholehearted love. We strive toward this as we grow in our walk with Jesus day by day, that we would love God more today than we did yesterday. That our love for him is deepened more next week than it was this week.
To be a disciple of Jesus is to be falling more and more into a wholehearted love of God.
Here at Redeemer, our whole mission is to glorify God by making disciples. We say that disciples of Jesus worship Christ, walk with Christ, work for Christ, and witness for Christ. These 4 W's are more than core values for our church or catchy slogans to paint on walls. These 4 W's define what a life of wholehearted love and devotion for God looks like. So this Sunday we begin our series called "The 4W Life" to seek to become the wholehearted, all-in, fully devoted lovers of God and people that Jesus calls us to be.
Matthew 22:34–40 | We know we are to love God. And we know that we are to love him with a wholehearted love. We strive toward this as we grow in our walk with Jesus day by day, that we would love God more today than we did yesterday. That our love for him is deepened more next week than it was this week.
To be a disciple of Jesus is to be falling more and more into a wholehearted love of God.
Here at Redeemer, our whole mission is to glorify God by making disciples. We say that disciples of Jesus worship Christ, walk with Christ, work for Christ, and witness for Christ. These 4 W's are more than core values for our church or catchy slogans to paint on walls. These 4 W's define what a life of wholehearted love and devotion for God looks like. So this Sunday we begin our series called "The 4W Life" to seek to become the wholehearted, all-in, fully devoted lovers of God and people that Jesus calls us to be.
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Response to a Risen Savior
Matthew 28:1–20 | Jesus is alive!
So what should that mean? If Jesus is truly alive, and if every heart is to worship him as a resurrected savior, what kind of responses should we have to this fact? Maybe more strongly, what response does a resurrected Christ demand from us?
In Matthew's gospel, we get clear direction as to what the response should be to the resurrected Christ. As we gather to celebrate Resurrection Sunday, let's be equipped to live out the responses a resurrected Christ demands of us.
Matthew 28:1–20 | Jesus is alive!
So what should that mean? If Jesus is truly alive, and if every heart is to worship him as a resurrected savior, what kind of responses should we have to this fact? Maybe more strongly, what response does a resurrected Christ demand from us?
In Matthew's gospel, we get clear direction as to what the response should be to the resurrected Christ. As we gather to celebrate Resurrection Sunday, let's be equipped to live out the responses a resurrected Christ demands of us.
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The Providence of God
Genesis 41:1–50:26 | As Jacob comes face-to-face with his brothers, what will his reaction be? I mean these are the guys who sold him and sent him on a 13-year journey as a household servant and prison sufferer. If you were coming face-to-face with people who led you into over a decade worth of pain and heartache, what would you say? What would you do?
Joseph's response is shocking. Really shocking. What we see from him is the response of someone who was able to maintain a soft heart through many decades of pain. How did he do that?
It has to do with his understanding of the providence of God. What did he understand? What do we need to understand so we too can preserve soft hearts through life's pain?
Genesis 41:1–50:26 | As Jacob comes face-to-face with his brothers, what will his reaction be? I mean these are the guys who sold him and sent him on a 13-year journey as a household servant and prison sufferer. If you were coming face-to-face with people who led you into over a decade worth of pain and heartache, what would you say? What would you do?
Joseph's response is shocking. Really shocking. What we see from him is the response of someone who was able to maintain a soft heart through many decades of pain. How did he do that?
It has to do with his understanding of the providence of God. What did he understand? What do we need to understand so we too can preserve soft hearts through life's pain?
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