As a new year dawns, Deacon John Lotter reviews what the Bible has to say about time.
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In Matthew 12:43-50, Jesus reveals how our lives must be filled by him and the identity of his true family.
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People talk much about ‘peace’ at Christmas, about ending war, but it all seems to be empty
words without effect. Where can the peace of Christmas be found?
Pastor Tom takes us across the Old Testament to gather together some of the prophetic pieces that point to Jesus as the promised Messiah, the Branch of David.
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Pastor Tom follows up the previous week's sermon in Genesis by taking us into Romans and 1 Corinthians, examining how Jesus Christ has come to bring us to our better end.
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Pastor Tom takes into Genesis 2 and 3 to locate the origin of ‘the problem’ of this world, clearing the way for appreciating the significance of Christ’s advent.
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Pastor Tom takes us to Psalm 138 to learn from David why we should be giving thanks and praise to God.
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The Pharisees press Jesus for more signs, to prove his identity as Messiah. Pastor Tom helps us consider the ways in which we similarly clamor for more signs rather than responding with faith to what has been revealed.
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In Matthew 12:22-37, the Pharisees call the work of the Holy Spirit in Jesus's ministry demonic. In doing this, Jesus says they both commit blasphemy and make themselves enemies of the Kingdom of God.
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With people plotting against his life, we would expect Jesus to get body guards and raise an army to secure the deliverance expected of a Messiah. Yet he does none of that, and in process fulfills prophetic expectations for the Messiah.
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Confronted by the Pharisees, Jesus reveals that he is the Lord of the Sabbath - a status that underscores his divine identity and mission and which highlights the lasting rest he has come to offer mankind.
Pastor Tom underscores the need to bring the Gospel to every nation and introduces Jeff Walsh, the ACGC Director of International Missions, who shares the work of Advent Christian denomination on this front.
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In Matthew 11:25-30, Jesus offers further testimony about his identity and invites those who are weary and burdened trade their yoke in for the one he offers which brings rest.
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In Matthew 11:20-24, Jesus explains why woeful judgment awaits the people of Chorazin, Bethaisda, and Capernaum.
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In Matthew 11:1-19, Jesus begins revealing the places that he and and John the Baptist hold in God’s plan of redemption and the stature that we gain as members of his Kingdom.
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Josh Hicks takes us into the book of Daniel to examine how God turned the heart of a Babylonian king to Him.
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Do you fear the right things? Do you love the right things? When it comes to following Jesus, it's often our mistaken fears and disordered loves that undermine our service in God's rescue mission for humanity. Pastor Tom takes us the words of Jesus in Matthew 10:24-42.
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Pastor Tom shares RCC’s vision for making disciples. The audio from this morning pairs well with this page explaining our discipleship process. Alternatively, you can watch the video version here.
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RCC cancelled their in-person gathering due to Hurricane Henri and so Pastor Tom took us into John 6 to consider the response of the 12 disciples to Jesus’s “hard teaching”.
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"Who are you to say I need Jesus?" It's a question demanding proof of authority. Yet the Christian claims no authority of her own - like the first disciples, we simply go as messengers of Christ, telling what we have been told. It's Jesus who first claims that we need him, that he has the salvation we've all been looking for. And he's not just a bunch of talk - his proof of authority is his power. And that power visibly reaches into the present in the lives and work of Christians today. The best Christian messengers evidence that power in every aspect of their lives.
Pastor Tom guides us in examining Matthew's account of Jesus's first commission to his 12 disciples to go town to town with the good news that God's Kingdom has come near to us.
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