Hardwired with Jeff Wickwire

The Bible teaches us that when Jesus died, the great curtain separating the Holy of Holies from the rest of the temple was torn in two. This curtain was a physical representation of the barrier that had gone up between man and God, thanks to the darkness of sin. But Pastor Jeff teaches us today that not only was Jesus able to pass through that barrier to commune with His Father, He was also able to destroy that barrier for all mankind. We have free access to the Father’s presence, thanks to Jesus!

God opens and closes a lot of doors! I’m sure we’ve all experienced this in life, where we get opportunities that can only be explained by God, or we’re taken out of situations or relationships that can only be explained by God’s protection! In today’s message, Pastor Jeff will remind you of the most important door…the door of salvation! If you’ve walked through that door, then you know there is nothing and no one else that matters! Jesus is everything, because He gave us everything!

Consistency, endurance, and faithfulness are all godly actions that we need more of! In today’s message, Pastor Jeff will compare the Christian life to a marathon. We’re not to walk, and we’re not to sprint and then stop; we’re to treat it as a LONG run to the Father! Your goal is Jesus, and to get to Him, you need to stay on the narrow path; stay consistent in your obedience! Endure the hardships of this life, all through the power and strength of the Holy Spirit working in and through you!

We can all admit that America is not perfect, and it’s in desperate need of change. Just like Sardis, we’re struggling with our morals, with idol worship, with our own disobedience to God. There is no use or reason to pretend that one side has all the answers or that one side is right; as a nation, America has failed. In today’s message, Pastor Jeff doesn’t want to bash America, but bring some much-needed light to reality… WE NEED JESUS!!! Your families, your neighbors, and your nation need Jesus!!!

Don’t we see the redefining of obvious truths in our world? People walk around thinking they’re different genders or that they’re a literal animal. The truth that God made each and every one of us just as He designed goes out the window so quickly. This spirit of Jezebel is so evident and influential still in today’s society; it continues to encourage the discarding of morals. In today’s message, Pastor Jeff will encourage you to love those people, despite their confusion, and to speak the truth over them! 

This spirit of Jezebel is still something that affects people, churches, and communities. Jezebel has this hatred, this ability to manipulate and seduce, and to encourage other people into sexual sin. Jezebel taught that you can live in sexual sin, and God is okay with that.  Obviously, we know that is not true, and yet SO many people still struggle with this. In today’s message, Pastor Jeff will remind you of God’s truth and what HE says about sexual immorality…We are to FLEE FROM IT! 

Forgiving and forgetting are usually two different things. Forgiveness is something that you have to actively do, but forgetting can take weeks, months, or even years before that transgression is wiped from your memory. Well, in today’s message, Pastor Jeff reminds us that the Lord chooses to forget our sin! When we accept Jesus’ gift of forgiveness, our slates are wiped clean! We no longer have to bear the guilt of what we have done. What a great burden to have lifted from our souls! 

It’s easy to get bored by the details in the Bible. Most of us probably don’t exactly remember the name of David’s great-great-grandfather, or how tall Noah’s Ark was. But Pastor Jeff reminds us today that those details are in Scripture for a reason. In the case of the Tabernacle, God wanted the dimensions and layout of that building to be very specific because it was meant to be a physical representation of Heaven on Earth. There is always a reason behind the small details in God’s Word!

What does being the salt and light mean to you? How are you personally being salty, being different than those you work with? How are you being the light of Jesus when conversations turn to arguments or gossip? In today’s message, Pastor Jeff teaches that our little areas of compromise have allowed people to look down on the church and dismiss it. People never get the chance to hear God’s truth because God’s people are getting in the way. Set aside your own intentions, and allow God to keep you salty!

There is no such truth that you can have the best of both worlds; that you can happily live on the fence, with one foot in Christianity and one foot in the world. It just won’t work out, because there is a serious moral conflict between what the world deems as acceptable and what Jesus commands is unhealthy. In today’s message, Pastor Jeff will teach that the doctrine of Balaam is still working in our current society today. So beware, and be centered on Christ and Christ ALONE!!!