Follow the King

The risen Messiah isn't looking for perfect followers, but is looking to perfect His followers through His loving, faithful work and the power of His Spirit.

Jesus never came to return the glory of God to the temple of Jerusalem. Jesus came to reveal that He was the temple of God—and as the Son of David to build a new temple, the church, as the means of unleashing the glory of God to the world.

Jesus clearly revealed Himself as the Messiah during the final days of His life. The crowds followed, the praises shouted, and the worship lifted—but the people were looking for their Messiah to save them from Rome and establish the kingdom of Israel. They missed their Messiah—and so do we when we look for Jesus to be who we want Him to be and do what we want Him to do.

Through the ultra-dysfunctional family of Joseph, we are presented with one of the clearest pictures of the Gospel. God's grace was greater than their failures—and God's grace is greater than our failures, too!

Pastor Mike Nichols shares from Psalm 78.

By submitting to the Father, Jesus displays the glory of God, fulfills the Word of God, provides a way to God through the forgiveness of sin, and invites others to experience the glory of God and the love of God. 

The covenant love of Christ is transforming love. But covenant love does not say, “I will love you when you change to my desires.” Instead, covenant love says, “With the love of Christ, I will love you in order to bring about the change Christ desires.”

Jeff Keaton, president of Renewanation delivers a powerful message sharing six reasons we must give our children and grandchildren a Biblical worldview.

In the sinless Eden environment of Creation, there was no command to love. In the sinless Eden environment of eternity, there will be no command to love. In a world wrecked with sin, however, we are commanded to love God and others—because sin leads us to love ourselves. Yet, Jesus seeks to restore the intimacy and fellowship of Eden until we are no longer commanded to love—we freely offer the covenant love of God!

Our Highlighting the Home series begins with the covenant of marriage. Marriage is not meant to be conditional, but covenantal—because our marriages are meant to both bring Eden to our families and to display the incredible covenantal love that Jesus to our spouse, our children, and the onlooking world.