Green Bay First

This week, Pastor Jake talks about Jesus' baptism and genealogy in Luke chapter 3. Since Jesus was sinless, He wasn't baptized by John to repent, be made new, or become righteous. Jesus is not just righteous, He's righteousness itself. He's righteous not because He did righteous things. Instead, righteous things are righteous because He does them. Jesus is Righteousness. So, He was baptized to show us what is righteous. Have you been baptized? If not, why?

And Luke includes in his gospel a genealogy of Jesus that goes all the way back to Adam. Isn't that strange? Isn't it obvious that Jesus is a descendant of Adam (because everyone is)? It's an interesting thing to include and it's not without meaning. Luke is making a point to tie Jesus back to Adam. The Apostle Paul does the same thing in Romans 5 -- Jesus and Adam are connected! Sin comes to humanity through Adam and brings with it death -- physical, spiritual, emotional death. But life, and fulfillment, and the defeat of sin comes through Christ! Have you ever felt like contentment, peace, joy, fulfillment are just out of reach? That they keep slipping through your fingers? Maybe it's because you're living life through Adam and not through Christ...

This message was given on February 1, 2015 by Pastor Jake Mills at Green Bay First.

In this message, Pastor Jake leads us in exploring Luke 3:15-20. John the Baptist is this amazing preacher who saw great success in his ministry, and yet he was a man full of humility who knew his unworthiness to do even the humblest of acts for Christ. Developing humility is extremely important in the life of the believer. In fact, your ability will only take you as far as your humility allows. And this idea of humility and unworthiness affects not only your interactions with others, but also the way you interact with God. And you’re going to need to know how to approach God if you’re going to make it to His return, because John had water to work with, but Jesus is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit!

This message was given on January 25th, 2015 by Pastor Jake Mills at Green Bay First.

In this message on Luke 3:1-14, we take a look at John the Baptist — the great “Preparer of the way” talked about in the book of Isaiah. He shows up in the wilderness preaching a message that would be hard for many of us to hear were it found in a church today. He calls his listeners “vipers”, insults their race, and says “you better repent!” But what does it mean to repent? Is it a one time thing that happens at salvation or something more? John the Baptist preached that we should bear the fruit of repentance. What does that look like?

This message was given on January 18th, 2015 by Pastor Jake Mills at Green Bay First.