Garrard Street church of Christ Sermons Podcast

Jay Noble shares a message based on the book of James today.

The kingdom of God is at hand and the humble souls who become a part of that kingdom will be persecuted because of Jesus (Mt. 5:1-12). But those happy souls will be effective even in the face of persecution.

In the "Beattitudes," Jesus announced the arrival of the kingdom of God, and by deduction that He was the Messiah. But instead of language describing an attack on Rome, He announced that His followers would be attacked. This would be a different sort of kingdom.

In the sermon on the mountain, Jesus announces the kingdom and who shall receive it!

This begins a series from Jesus' sermon on the mount. Before we learn how we should fill our lives according to what He said, let us learn from what He did.

What does it mean to be transformed into the likeness of Jesus? It means to empty yourself of self and then fill that void with Jesus.

Jerry shares a message from Romans 8 today

During our time on this earth God wants to radically transform us into the likeness of Jesus. What things stop that process?

The radical transformation of a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly sometimes gets aborted. (The interference of parasitic wasps is particularly disturbing!) Similarly, the transformation of Christians can also be aborted.

A cocoon must be a miserable place to be, and the struggle to escape is difficult. But the struggle is necessary for the butterfly to develop its wings and gain strength. So too with Christians.