Grace Vineyard Oceanside Podcast

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WHEN GOD BROKE THROUGH- How Christmas Changes Everything

1. Christmas came in the fullness of time

Galatians 4:4-7 ESV

2. Among the prophecies Christmas fulfills is the oldest prophecy of all

Genesis 3:15

3. If God is all-powerful, why is there even a battle?

Luke 10:18-20

4. Armor for crushing the serpents head

Ephesians 6:10-18

“enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus." -Acts 4:29-30

THE TOUCH THAT BRINGS LIFE w/RON OHST

Matthew 14:34-15:28 and Mark 6:53- 7:30

1. TOUCHING JESUS FOR LIFE-

Matthew 15:34 and Mark 6:53-56

2. JESUS CONFRONTS RELIGION THAT GETS IN THE WAY of LIFE-

Matthew 15:1-9 and Mark 7:1-12

-Matthew 15:1-9

-Philippians 2:14-16

-1 John 1:1-3

3. THE TOUCH THAT CLEANSES OUR HEARTS-

Matthew 10:10 and Mark 7:14-23

-1 John 1:9- 2:2 

4. THE TOUCH THAT CROSSES ALL HUMAN BOUNDARIES-

Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:24-30

-Matthew 15:21-22

-Matthew 15:23-26

-Matthew 15:27-28

The gospel of Jesus is the most inclusive offer on earth: Jew, gentitle male, female, rich, poor... all are invited to come in faith to Jesus and receive His abundant, eternal life!

THE GOODNESS of GOD in a WORLD of TURMOIL- w/JOEL INCORVAIA

The Bread of Heaven that Gives the Life of Heaven w/RON OHST

John 6:22-70

1- What it means to “believe in Jesus”

2- Receiving the life of heaven

John 6:22-29

3- Jesus is the bread of life that satisfies ultimate hunger

John 6:32-36  /  Philippians 4:12-13

4- Eating the Bread of Life

John 6:48-60  /  Jeremiah 15:16 

Colossians 2:2-3, 9-10 

2 For God's secret plan, now at last made known, is Christ himself.  3 In him lie hidden all the mighty, untapped treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

9 For in Christ there is all of God in a human body; 10 so you have everything when you have Christ, and you are filled with God through your union with Christ. He is the highest Ruler, with authority over every other power.

BREAKING BARRIERS and BUILDING BRIDGES in the KINGDOM of GOD- w/RON OHST

PEOPLE of the PRESENCE [Part 2] w/RON OHST

 “My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest…because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

 Exodus 33:14-17

 b. In The New Testament

Galations 3:2-5  /  Hebrews 6:4-5

Bibical Christianity is marked by the presence of God's Spirit, and it should be more than a theological position about the Holy Spirit's place in the Trinity; it should be an experienced reality.

2- Practical Steps

"Because the Holy Spirit is active in speaking to his people, to his Church, and to the world he loves all around us, our jobs as Christions is to give the Holy Spirit permission to more in our lives and gatherings. This is the first step in learning to live in the Spirit (Gal. 5:16-25)" -Vineyard, USA "Come Holy Spirit- living our lives guided by God's presence"

a. Having seen the Biblical desription of the life in the Spirit, pray for the dyanamic of the Spirit to be reality

1 Corinthians 14:1

b. Begin to consciously and intentionally look for signs of the Spirit among us and bless them ('stir up the gift" -Timothy 1:6-7)

c. Act on the quiet promptings of the Holy Spirit, maintaining humility and a teachable attitude (under-promise and