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Pastor Jamie continues our "Faith In Action" series this week. He shows that we need to look at all people the way God does...With Mercy!!! Check it out!

Pastor Jamie continues our "Faith In Action" series this week. He shows us what it truly means to be doers of the Word and not merely hearers. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie continues our "Faith In Action" series. This week he shows us how to battle temptation when we are going through trials and how to be prepared when we aren't going through trials. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie kicks off our "Faith in Action" series this week. He shows us how we should approach different trials in our lives. Are we going to turn to God in our trials, or are we going to turn to the world. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie preaches on the resurrection of Christ for Easter. Jesus was once dead and now He is alive. The same goes for us...We too were dead in our sin but because of Jesus we are now alive in Him. This changes everything. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie concludes our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week.

The story of the crucifixion is brutal. It's easy to read it and think of Jesus as a victim. This was Jesus' plan though, and he was in control from beginning to end.

In chapter 23 Luke tells us:

"while the sun's light failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!' And having said this he breathed his last."

Right up to the end of his life Jesus was obediently working for our salvation. He called loudly. That doesn't sound like somebody feebly succumbing to his injuries. That sounds like somebody who was still full of life, who could still fight. He didn't need to fight for his life though. He was there to fight for us. So he went for the knock out blow. Jesus got the checkmate against the enemy.

The enmity that the enemy had been sowing between God and humans ever since the garden was torn in two. No longer do we have to rely on complex rituals to allow one high priest to enter the presence of God on our behalf. Jesus, in a loud voice that shook the Earth, tore that curtain in two, because we would never need it again. He made himself the way to our heavenly father.

It doesn't matter if you're the powerful Pharisee on the road to Damascus or the lowly thief who thinks he deserves death on a cross. Whoever you are, if you believe in Jesus, then you are welcome to join him. You are welcome to commit your spirit to him, not just in death, but every day of your life.

Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week.

τετέλεσται

Tetelestai: "It is finished"

It can be really satisfying to finish something you've been working on. It's probably pretty rare to look back and think all your work went perfectly. Nothing could have gone better, there's no room for improvement or additions. This is what Jesus means though when he says it is finished. He knew humanity couldn't earn its way into heaven so he carried out a perfect plan:

He took human form while somehow remaining God

He lived a perfectly obedient life despite feeling every human temptation

He delivered himself into the hands of those he knew would condemn him

He accepted the false charges against him just as he accepted our sin which he had no part in

He allowed himself to die to take the punishment that we are all owed

He looked to the Father throughout all of this and for his faith he was risen from death

He ascended and took his seat next to the Father because his work is finished. It is finished.

Believe that this is what he did for you.
Obey his teachings because he knows better than we do.
Worship him in celebration of all he has done.

Find others to share this with, whether they've heard it before or not. We all need to be reminded of what has been done, and that it is finished.

Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week. He preaches on the statement Jesus said from the cross, "I thirst." He takes us back to the Psalms where David wrote this exact statement prophesying about Jesus and the cross. Check it out!

Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week. Check it out!

Jesus doesn't put on a happy face and pretend everything is OK. He's honest about how he feels. When he knows he is about to be betrayed, and what he is about to endure, in Matthew 26:38 he asks his friends:

“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.”

He isn't expecting his friends to fix his situation, he's about to lift his problems up to God in prayer. He's just being honest about how he feels, and his need for fellowship. Christianity isn't something we're meant to practice alone. Even the Christ was looking for support.

He stays honest with God too. God of course knows our mind so there's no point in trying to hide what we want as long as we can humble ourselves to submit to his good judgement. In verse 42 Jesus prays:

“My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Of course he doesn't want the wrath he's about to endure, but he wants to obey, and he wants to save his people. Obeying isn't always easy though, even- or maybe especially- for the Christ. In Matthew 27:46 Jesus cries out:

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

What a heartbreaking verse for believers. The Christ experiencing the separation from God so that we won't have to suffer that separation for eternity.

What a confusing verse for believers too. Jesus is God and this was all part of his plan. Ultimately this is why he took human form at all. Maybe it's the difference between "knowing the path" and "walking the path". None of us can truly comprehend what it means to be fully God but also fully human.

What we can see, is that even in his anguish, Jesus is confessing God's sovereignty. That can be scary if we really think about it. The idea that God deliberately put us in our difficult circumstances? We just saw Jesus wrestling with that. We also saw Jesus clinging to the knowledge that God is using him to work our salvation. What if God is using you to work a miracle?

In the face of sorrow and death we might not be able to entertain this possibility. So we need to remember to ask our brothers and sisters to keep watch and remind us to bring our circumstances to God. We need to be honest with him about what we're really feeling, so that we can accept that even when we'd like the cup to pass us by, we'd rather his will be done.

Pastor Jamie continues our "Seven Sayings From The Cross" series this week. Check it out!

"casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you" - 1 Peter 5:7

Jesus cares about what you care about. He wants to take away what worries you. He wants to carry that for you.

Pastor Jamie brought up this verse as evidence that Jesus isn't just for humanity generally, he's also here for you specifically.

Paul used this verse in his elder prayer at the 11am service as well, so really stop and chew on what Peter is trying to tell you. Jesus cares about you specifically and he wants you to give him what you're anxious about. He already knows what it is, you can't hide anything from him. He just wants you to release it over to him.

Just like we sang together in "Death was Arrested": Jesus wants us to know "we're free, free forever we're free".

Jesus wants you to be able to rejoice in what he did for you and help others to rejoice as well "Come join the song of all the redeemed"