In Matthew 12:46-50 Christ’s family comes to see him, however, they come doubting. When told that his family wants to see him, Christ explains that his true family are those who do the will of his Father in heaven are his true family. This is the blessing of the gospel: that though there be many who turn away, those who come to Christ are adopted into the family of God with Christ himself as their elder brother who came to bring many sons to glory.

Pastor Grasso explains the relationship between adoption, justification, sanctification, and regeneration, showing that adoption is God’s declaration of sonship.  Then, Pastor Grasso explains some of the privileges that belong to all of those who are sons by adoption.

In Hebrews 7:11-19 the author shows how Christ is better than the Levites as the priest after the order of Melchizedek. The author shows that the promise of a new priest after the order of Melchizedek shows that the first priesthood had weaknesses. He then shows that Christ is the priest after the order of Melchizedek as the one who serves forever according to the power of indestructible life, thus able to save those enslaved to death.

In Matthew 12:43-45 Christ describes a person who has a demon leave him. The demon leaves the person and goes through the wilderness before returning to the man where he finds everything cleaned but empty. He then takes seven demons worse than himself and inhabits the man again. Such is the state of the man who reforms his life without the power of Christ. Eventually he finds himself in a worse position than where he started.

NCOPC Guest Sermon

NCOPC Guest Sermon

Pastor Grasso addresses the similarities and differences between justification and sanctification and shows the danger of collapsing the two.

NCOPC Guest Sermon

NCOPC Guest Sermon

NCOPC Guest Sermon