Hardwired with Jeff Wickwire

How do you react when you meet a fellow believer who has a different viewpoint from you? Most denominations within the Church have more in common than you might realize. Pastor Jeff reminds you that it isn’t worth the effort to get into petty fights with your fellow believers about minor issues of doctrine or theology. The body of Christ needs to present a unified front against a world lost in sin. The world needs to see the light that is present when the Church is united against evil.

What do you see when you look in a mirror? The image you see isn’t a real object, but it is a reflection of the environment around it. And just like a mirror, your life is a reflection of God’s work within you! So, Pastor Jeff wants to ask you some simple questions today: Are you a good reflection of the Lord? Are you representing Him well to the world around you? Pastor Jeff will show you Paul’s three commandments in the book of Ephesians that guide you to become that better reflection.

In the book of Revelation, Jesus says that He is knocking at the door of your heart, waiting for you to let Him in. And in today’s message, Pastor Jeff teaches you that God will work in your life only if you let Him in. All throughout history, you can find examples of God working in the lives of people, and turning them into vessels of His Glory, but He first requires the person to let Him in. Will you answer the Lord when He calls to you, or will you keep your heart shut and miss out on His plans for you?

There are some people who are born with the unique gift of a photographic memory. In the most extreme of cases, they can even memorize pages of information with just a short glance. But what Pastor Jeff wants you to realize today is that you can memorize every single verse of Scripture, every single description of God’s character, and still not really know Him. Intellectual pursuit can only get you so far, you need to have a personal relationship with Jesus in order to be truly saved.

What you believe about God is just as important as believing in Him to begin with! If you only think of Him as a vengeful and wrathful God, you probably won’t have a very good relationship with Him. But Pastor Jeff reminds you today to focus in on what Scripture says about God’s character. He is a father who loves His children, the shepherd who leaves 99 to go after the one, and a God who gave His own Son to redeem the debt of your sin. If that’s not a God worth entrusting with your life, who is?

Do you consider yourself to be someone who is easily offended? Well, being a Christian is going to be a difficult challenge if that is the case. Pastor Jeff shows you today how Jesus wants you not to be easily offended, and to instead react with grace and love towards those who persecute you. Don’t allow yourself to be steamrolled by someone making credible threats against you, but when you show that you aren’t afraid to be called names because of your faith, those insults will just slide off your back.

Are you ever worried about blaspheming the Holy Spirit? About committing the unforgivable sin? Well, Pastor Jeff encourages you that by listening to this program today, you are, in fact, innocent of blasphemy! The Pharisees were guilty of blasphemy because they knew that Jesus fulfilled all of the signs of the Messiah, and yet they chose to accuse him of working under the power of Satan. They were looking the Son of God right in the face and called him a demon. Blasphemy requires intention.

Many game shows will offer their contestants the chance to give up all of their winnings for the chance to win a mystery prize. The contestants don’t know for sure if the mystery prize is worth the risk, but many choose to go after the mystery prize anyway. Pastor Jeff teaches you today that following Jesus is way better than a game show! Your human mind is unable to comprehend the wonders of His Glory, but you can know for certain that they are far greater than anything you can gain on this Earth.

You can’t force a church to be healthy. Even in a small congregation, there are too many factors at play for someone to just decide that the church is healthy now. Instead, it takes a dedicated effort from every member to grow in their faith and to commit themselves to deeper fellowship with each other. But Pastor Jeff reminds you that when a church becomes spiritually healthy, the presence of God becomes unmistakable! Every bit of effort is worth it when it comes to building strong faith communities.

Peace is a valuable commodity in today’s world. There is conflict everywhere you look, and there is almost always an excuse for people to get into fights with each other. So when Pastor Jeff says today that Jesus is your peace, he means that the Lord surpasses every barrier that mankind tries to use to divide. Racial tensions, national identities, political ideologies, all of these earthly constructs crumble into dust in the presence of Jesus. All of mankind is united in its need for a Savior.