Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is 1 Timothy 3:14-16 and in it Paul writes under the inspiration of the Spirit to young Timothy whom he has discipled. In these few verses Paul reveals the purpose of the gathering of believers in Jesus. As believers in Jesus live and regularly gather together we must remember that we belong God. We are His household. It’s not about us, but all about His glory. Also we must remember that we gather to be immersed in the truth and grow in God’s grace. Finally, we remember that we gather to proclaim and declare the gospel that we would live it in our every day lives. In a world full of all sorts of distraction and things that pull us away from God the prayer is that we will remember God’s design for His Church. May you be encouraged and blessed as you listen. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Ephesians 1:7-14 and in it we read of God’s glorious grace that is extended to those who belong to Him through faith in Christ. It’s hard for us to fathom, but the depths of God’s kindness and grace towards His children is far beyond our full comprehension. Not only has the Lord redeemed us from slavery to sin through the shed blood of Jesus, but He has also revealed to us the truth of the gospel and sealed us as His own with the Holy Spirit. Our prayer is that as we reflect on the wonder of His grace that we would be filled with gratitude and praise to our great God. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Malachi 4:4-6 and in it we find a call to live in light of the future coming of Jesus. Throughout the book of Malachi God has been exposing the sin of the people and calling them to repentance. In chapter 4 we find that there will be a great Day of the Lord where judgment will be handed out to the wicked and mercy extended to the righteous. In light of this future day, which we believe is the coming of Jesus to earth, there is a way we who belong to the Lord ought to live. To rightly live in view of Christ’s coming we should remember the Word, live the Word, and regularly look the future coming of the Word made flesh. We pray this sermon will encourage and bless you in the faith. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Malachi 4:1-3 and in it we find God’s final warning to the people of Malachi’s day. Through the prophet Malachi God has declared His love for His people and corrected them in the midst of their wanderings and rebellion. As we dive into this final chapter we find God’s final warning - the Day of the Lord is coming. On this day there will be horrible judgement upon the wicked, but wonderful mercy for the righteous. For some it is a day of great terror, for others it will be a day of great rejoicing. As we ponder this great day, the hope is that we are in the camp of the righteous. The only way for anyone to be in this camp is to believe on the person and work of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin and new life. In Jesus we can have hope when God brings this great day. We pray this sermon will encourage and challenge you in the faith. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Malachi 3:16-18 and in it we find God addressing those who have faithfully walked with Him. The days of Malachi aren’t too unlike our present day, where there are those don’t belong to the Lord living alongside those who do. As God addresses those who’ve been faithful to Him in our text we find three truths for God’s people. God’s people rightly fear God, they are heard by God as they cry out to Him, and they are those who are God’s treasured possession. The only way for us to belong to the Lord is by God’s grace through faith in the person and work of Christ. When one is adopted into the family of God there is the blessing of salvation, security, and sanctification. We pray this sermon blesses and encourages you in the Lord. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. This Sunday we take a break from the book of Malachi to take some time to reflect on Hebrews 12:1-2. In this text Christians are encouraged to press on in their walk with the Lord and endure. Just like an athlete must persevere in competition, so to believers in Jesus must persevere in this life. Jesus promised us in John 16:33 that hardship will come our way, so how can we be effective in enduring? The answer is that we must look to Jesus, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross in order to redeem and forgive guilty sinners like us! As we live out our Christian lives we must abide in Jesus to find joy, peace, and strength in all the ups and downs we face. We pray this sermon will bring you the encouragement you need to keep pressing on in Him. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Malachi 3:13-15 and in it we find the people of God entrenched in legalistic hearts and words that are harsh. Rather than repenting of their sin, the people accuse God of blessing the wicked and forgetting them. In their minds, they’ve followed the Lord only to not get the favor they were after. The reality though is that the people have completely missed the heart of God. Whatever obedience they had engaged in, in the past, was not because they loved God and wanted more of Him, but rather because they wanted the stuff God could give them. As we ponder this text we must come to the realization that too often our hearts fall into the trap of legalism. We don’t want God, we just want the stuff He can give. When we find this is our reality, the only remedy is to run to Jesus, who is our righteousness. The One who reconciles us to God and forgives our sin. Jesus is the only One who will bring to us true and lasting joy. We pray this sermon blesses those who hear. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Malachi 3:6-12 and in it we encounter God’s kindness extended to a people who have wandered and rebelled. Although God has blessed the people of Israel with much, their response has been to remain stingy and shortchange God on tithes and offerings. But even so, God still offers them forgiveness if only they will repent and obey. This same principle is true for you and I today. Although we have a tendency to wander from the Lord, His grace is only a turn of repentance away. Our prayer must be that God would open up our eyes to our failings, our false gods, and our arrogance that we might turn back to Him with a heart fully devoted to His glory alone. God’s grace should fuel our obedience and devotion. We pray this sermon will challenge you to walk rightly before the Lord. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this week is Malachi 2:17-3:5 and in it we find the people of Israel making accusations that God is unjust. In response to these complaints God promises to send the Messenger of the Covenant, who we know to be Jesus Christ. When Jesus comes He will vindicate God’s name through purification and judgment. As we ponder our text in light of it’s context and who we are, we should be those who are actively examining the condition of our hearts. Have we complained against our Creator? Have we accused the God of justice of being unjust? Have we walked in wickedness that deserves divine judgement? If after reflection we find that we are guilty in any one of these areas then we’ve come to understand what the Word of God declared long ago - that we all sin and fall short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). The good news is that when we find ourselves guilty there is the opportunity for full pardon. Jesus, the Messenger of the Covenant, came to live a perfect life and suffer and die on the cross in the place of guilty sinners, that those who believe would be fully forgiven and justified in His sight. We pray this sermon would encourage and challenge you to look to Jesus. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]

Sunday’s sermon from the Community Evangelical Free Church in Soap Lake, WA. Our text for this Sunday is Malachi 2:10-16. In this passage of Scripture we find God exposing the sin of unfaithfulness beginning with the priests and extending to the people. The lesson we learn is that faithless leaders produce faithless followers. As we ponder the unfaithfulness of those addressed in Malachi 2, we must ask ourselves where have been unfaithful to the Lord. Have we been faithless to our brothers and sister in Christ by mistreating them? Have we been faithless to God’s clear commands? Have we been faithless in our marriage? Wherever we’ve found ourselves walking in unfaithfulness there is only one answer and it is not to just pull ourselves up by our boot straps and do better. The only answer to our unfaithfulness is the Faithful One, Jesus Christ. He is the one who took on flesh, lived in perfect righteousness, bore our sin, was dead, buried, and rose on the third day that through faith those who believe would be new creations in Him, totally forgiven of sin and growing in His likeness. We pray as you listen to this sermon that you’d be encouraged to look to Jesus, our only hope in life and death. If you have any questions or comments you can contact us at [email protected]