God’s people are justified in Christ, and then

When something happens to us, our common response is, “What is God doing in this?” This is not sinful to ask. But this is not getting to the point. But the question should be is “Who are You, God?” This taps into the main powerline of the whole Bible. Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon from May 29, 2022, to learn more.

Jesus faced opposition with common sense and rationality. That is what the world has—what we constantly face. We are told that we become worthy by accepting whatever the whim of rationality is today. But the most important question is not what man thinks about us, but what does God think about us? Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon from May 22, 2022.

Christians are not inherently rebellious. We were designed to live under, and in submission to, God. When Adam and Eve chose not to remain under God’s authority is when they sinned. Humans were never designed to live utterly free. There is no such thing a absolute freedom. God appoints rulers over us and we are to pray for them and follow them. But what do we do when our rulers act against God? Listen to this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on May 15, 2022, to learn more.

There is a moral element to naivety. We are usually naïve because in our pride, we know that there are realities that we know to be true, but we just don’t want to think about it anymore. We can’t imagine the world being that way, so in our pride we decide—as though we are God—that, of course, the world is this way and not this way. Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on May 8, 2022.

Jesus gave the people a choice. Either follow others to your destruction, for follow your King to everlasting life. Which to you choose. Listen to learn more in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on May, 1, 2022.

Jesus was laser focused on one thing—the mission of God—that the nation could hear the word of God, could be taught in the word, and pray to Him. Therefore, by definition, this put Him at odds with the elites. By nature, Christians are not rebellious, but we are for the Father’s glory among the nations, which, by definition, will put us in conflict with the elites of this world. Listen to learn more in the episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on April 24, 22.

Christianity rests on three central events in time and space in the life of one real man, Jesus; crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. Listen to learn more from this powerful Easter sermon from 2022 by Pastor Jed.

The point is not to look at ourselves because all you’re looking at is yourself. The point is to look out from ourselves, to the promise of the reward that is coming. Listen to learn more of God’s excessive grace in this episode from Pastor Jed’s sermon on April 10, 2022

We see Jesus interact with prostitutes, tax collectors, blind men, sick women—the down and out. And every time, we see Jesus touching them, welcoming them. Not just to affirm them in that state and say, “The fact that you are down and out means you are noble in and you are righteous because you are down and out.” He doesn’t do that. He crossed the boundary and touches them to call them out of that life—that sin. Listen to this episode to hear more from Pastor Jed in this sermon from April 3, 2022.