Jarek Berga - December 28th 2025

Grace is a fire already burning—your role is not to earn it, but to draw near.

On the final Sunday of 2025, Jarek pauses our journey through Matthew to bring a timely word from Romans 4, helping us understand how anyone—respectable or suspicious—finds their place in God’s family. Using the image of a beach bonfire, Jarek shows how God’s grace is not something we start or sustain, but something we are invited to step toward. The warmth, visibility, and transformation all depend on proximity—not performance.

Walking through the lives of Abraham and David, this message reveals three gospel realities: God’s desire is to welcome the ungodly, God’s design is faith rather than self-reliance, and the Father’s delight is a family that makes room for one another. Abraham trusted a promise he could not see. David stopped hiding and told the truth. Both discovered that righteousness is credited as a gift, not a wage.

This sermon challenges both the openly broken and the quietly respectable to drop their coverings—achievement, morality, image management—and step into the light of grace. As God welcomes us freely, we are called to welcome others the same way, scooting closer to the fire and making space at the table. The gospel is not about earning a seat, but receiving one—and then inviting others to join us in the warmth of God’s love.

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