Elevate City Church

In this message, Pastor Joey preaches about the already, not yet Kingdom of God.

One of our big goals for this series has been to try to shatter the understanding that heaven is just a place that we'll go to someday, up in the sky. What we're wanting to do is talk about this idea of the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of God.

Inaugurated eschatology -- articulates the already not yet kingdom of God. That the kingdom has come, but the kingdom is still coming, that the kingdom is started, it's established, but it's not finished.

In these three Illustrations -- Trains, Wars, & Thunderstorms, we understand what it means for the already, not yet of the Kingdom of God

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Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

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We are in a series of messages talking about what Jesus talked about most, and what Jesus talked about most was the kingdom of God.

The kingdom is everything in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John). It's prolific, redundant, explicit, everywhere, every thing the epicenter of the story.

More than anything else, this is Jesus' primary topic of conversation. It's his favorite thing to bring up and to talk about. And, one of the things that you'll find is that a significant part of this kingdom was pretty... weird.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

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Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

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What kind of king is Jesus?

What kind of king was He expected to be?

Throughout Scripture, the Kingdom of God has a lot of different names. At times it is called the Kingdom of Christ, or just the kingdom or the Kingdom of Christ and God, or the kingdom of his beloved son. The gospel writer Matthew refers to it as the Kingdom of heaven, the kingdom of heaven. Now this creates quite the problem for our modern 21st century ears, because when we see or hear the Kingdom of heaven, we immediately think this mysterious place in the sky that we will one day go to when we die.

And the challenge with that is that Jesus didn't come as much to get us into this mysterious place called heaven as he did come to bring heaven to earth, to bring his kingdom down, to bring his kingdom here. He prays this in the Lord's Prayer, what has been called the Lord's Prayer in Matthew chapter six, verse ten, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

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Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

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Many people's conception of the Christian gospel goes something like this... 2000 years ago, a man named Jesus came from heaven to earth. He lived a good life, performs miracles. But then he died on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. And then he was placed in a grave. Three days later, he got up out of that grave and he returned to heaven, where now he is waiting to someday come back again.

And if you believe that in your heart, then you too will get to go to this magical place called heaven when you die. And so pray this prayer. Believe it in your heart and you'll get to go to heaven when you die. Oh, and then p.s., P.S. if you've got like, time for it. Be kind to other people and like if it fits in your schedule, like go to church and eat all the chick fil A, you can and you know, like, don't watch rated our movies unless they're unless it's the passion of the Christ.

In this series and sermon we want to propose for you today that Christianity is infinitely better than just getting your ticket to heaven punched. Christianity is exponentially more thrilling and exciting and interesting and robust and relevant and practical and ever expanding and all encompassing than you could ever imagine.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

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https://www.elevatecc.church/home

Is there evidence of Jesus's resurrection?

Is there evidence that Jesus was the son of God?

In this Easter message, Pastor Joey McLaughlin preaches a powerful apologetic defense for the reality of the Easter story.

"For most people Easter is an energetic day full of pretty colors, gourmet lunches, fun festivities, family traditions, and a nice peppy religious service. But can I remind you that today it's real? That the resurrection is real?"

You cannot avoid the evidence of an empty grave.

The resurrection of Jesus confirms the identification of Jesus: Jesus is the son of God.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

Visit our website for more information about who we are as a church and how you can get involved.

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Church, if you are in Christ, you’ve been adopted into the family of God, and given a new identity, and that identity comes with a purpose, a mission for your life to know Jesus and make Him known. But there’s a problem, it’s that there is a real enemy and real forces that are opposed to that mission, doing everything that they can to wage war on our identity, and stop our cause.

What does true Biblical submission look like?

In one of the most controversial passages in scriptures -- Ephesians 5:21-6:9, We find the most comforting claims of who we are in Christ.

We discover how submission and headship in marriage and in the Church is a great gift for God's children. Because of this great gift, we can approach scriptures like these not with fear but with confidence in who God has created us to be.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

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Do you know your Destiny, your Disobedience, your Direction, and your Daily Decisions?

Your greatest destiny in life is to be an imitator of God.

To be children of light imitating our Heavenly Father.

A roadmap into understanding what it truly means to walk as Children of the Light is found in Ephesians 5:1-21.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

Visit our website for more information about who we are as a church and how you can get involved.

https://www.elevatecc.church/home

Everyone wants authenticity.

People search for it, culture encourages it, and the world is desperate for it.

So what does true authenticity look like? What is our truest, true self?

Is it just discovering our truest feelings? Or could authentic true identity exist outside of yourself?

Pastor Joey McLaughlin teaches through Ephesians 4 of what a biblical authentic christ-centered identity can look like.

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

Visit our website for more information about who we are as a church and how you can get involved.

https://www.elevatecc.church/home

You have been given a grace by God.

What is the grace you need to Walk OUT --

7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ

Ephesians 4:7-12

You need to walk out YOUR GRACE

What you need to Walk INTO --

13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Ephesians 4:13-14

The Power you must always Walk IN --

15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Ephesians 4:15-16

We need to always walk in the power of LOVE

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GIVE : We believe that generosity is golden. Freely we have received and so freely we give back to God. If you would like to give to support the work Jesus is doing here please visit: https://www.elevatecc.church/give.

Elevate City Church is a Jesus Over Everything Church that launched in the Atlanta Perimeter area on October 4th, 2020.

Jesus Over Everything.

Give us a follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatecity.church/

Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elevatecc.church

Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3H8BBrEFWxGKsTF8wPSvrn?si=epcQMMrmQIiTpeXEnyxMOQ

Podcast on itunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elevate-city-church/id1536637567

Visit our website for more information about who we are as a church and how you can get involved.

https://www.elevatecc.church/home