"Your Old Nature & Your New Nature"
Genesis 33
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
March 15, 2026

Join us Easter Sunday at our new church building April 5th
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 33:1-4
- Genesis 33:12-20
- Your old nature & your new nature 
- Encounters with God will bear the fruit of transformation
- Jacob: “heel grabber”
   Israel: “God rules / prevails”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- Signs of a transformed Jacob:
    - He now goes ahead to meet Esau. New courage.
- Genesis 33:3
    - He humbles himself by bowing 7X. Surrendered humility.
- Genesis 33:3
- Sanctification (discipleship) doesn’t happen at one time, but over time.
- From Genesis 33-50, “Jacob” is used 45x and “Israel” is used 23x
- Signs of doubt and struggle for Jacob:
    - He ordered his people based on emotional priorities.
- Genesis 33:6-7
    - He insisted Esau receive his gifts
- Genesis 33:8-11
    - He settled short of where God called him
- Genesis 33:18
- Matthew 7:15-20
- If your name is Israel, how long are you going to live like your name is Jacob?
- Hebrews 5:11-14
- Philippians 2:12-13
- Ephesians 4:22-24
- Romans 12:2
- It only takes 1 day to obey God, but disobedience can delay you for years.

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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"Moving Forward by Faith"
Genesis 32
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
March 8, 2026

Join us Easter Sunday at our new church building April 5th
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 32:1-12
- Genesis 32:21-32
- Moving Forward by Faith
- To move forward by faith, you’ll have to face fear.
- What did Jacob have to fear?
    - He was stuck between Laban and Esau
    - 400 men reported with Esau
    - Is Esau still mad and wanting to kill him? (Gen 27:44-45)
    - Past sin catching up with him?
- Genesis 32:7-8
- Genesis 32:9-12
- When faced with fear, you can move forward with your own ideas or you can move forward with God, it’s your choice. 
- 2 Timothy 1:7
- To move forward by faith, you’ll have have to lose a fight.
- Genesis 32:21-23
- Genesis 32:24
- Jacob didn’t wrestle with God, God wrestled with Jacob.
- Genesis 32:24-25
- God didn’t break Jacob to destroy him, but to form him to greater faith and dependence on Him.
- Genesis 32:25-26
- When God comes to wrestle, you win when you realize you’ve lost.
- Matthew 16:25
- To move forward by faith, you’ll have a new name and a new walk.
- Genesis 32:27-28
- Israel: Sarah (rules/prevails) + el (God) = he rules with God
- Daniel is not “he judges God” but “God judges”
   Samuel is not “he heard God” but “God hears”
- Israel is not “he rules with God” but “God rules”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- Genesis 32:31

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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"When God Blesses Somebody Else"
Genesis 31
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
March 1, 2026

Join us Easter Sunday at our new church building April 5th
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 31:1-7
- Genesis 31:22-24
- Genesis 31:36-42
- Genesis 31:55
- When God Blesses Somebody Else
- Envy
- Genesis 31:1-2
- Envy is the sin of anger at the God-given gifts enjoyed by others.
- 5 Dangers of Envy
- Envy is an unsought, serious sin
- 1 Corinthians 3:3 (envy is worldly)
- James 3:13-16 (envy is demonic)
- Titus 3:3 (envy is fruit of your old nature before Christ)
- Matthew 27:17-18 ESV (envy put Jesus on the cross)
- Envy provides unlimited opportunity for sin
- 1 Samuel 18:6-9
- “It is so very easy a thing to be covetous, that no class of society is free from it.” Charles Spurgeon
- Envy turns allies into enemies.
- Genesis 31:4-7, 9
- “The rival moon is unable to share the sky with the sun for fear to discover itself to be the lesser light.” Greg Morse
- Envy makes false assumptions about yourself, others, and God.
- “God owes me what He has given them.”
- “God’s plan for their life is God’s plan for my life.”
- “God’s plans are mixed up, His choices are uninformed, and his goodness needs to be redistributed.” 
- Envy chokes you out of a godly life
- “Envy reverses the biblical ordering - ‘rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep’ (Rom 12:15), to , ‘weep at those who rejoice and rejoice over those who weep.’” Joe Rigney
- How to overcome envy:
- Gratitude
- 1 Corinthians 4:7
- James 1:17
- John 3:26-27
- Confession
- Pray for those you envy
- If you envy someone, it positions you against them. If you pray for someone, it positions you with them.
- Trust and delight in God
- Psalm 37:1-4


Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

STAY CONNECTED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oasischurchva/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/
Website: https://oasischurch.online

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

STAY CONNECTED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oasischurchva/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/
Website: https://oasischurch.online

"Broken People, Faithful God"
Genesis 29, 30
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Casey Steen
February 22, 2026

Join us at our new church building for Sunday services starting at 9am & 11am
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

STAY CONNECTED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oasischurchva/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/
Website: https://oasischurch.online

"Is this where it ends?"
Genesis 11:27-32
Guest Pastor Bishop Michael Grant is the pastor of Evangel Tabernacle in Old Harbour, Jamaica
February 15, 2026

Join us at our new church building for Sunday services starting at 9am & 11am
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 11:27-32
- Is this where it ends?

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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Website: https://oasischurch.online

"The Power of God’s Presence"
Genesis 28:10-22
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
February 8, 2026

Join us at our new church building for Sunday services starting at 9am & 11am
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 28:10-22
- The Power of God’s Presence
- God’s presence meets us where we are.
- Genesis 28:11-12
- “The God of Bethel is a God who does concern himself with the things of earth, not a God who shuts himself up in heaven, but God who hath a ladder fixed between heaven and earth.” Charles Spurgeon
  - God’s presence will meet us in tough places
  - God’s presence will meet us in mundane places
- Every generation needs an encounter with God’s presence.
- Genesis 28:13-15
- God’s presence moves us.
  - God’s presence moves us towards worship.
  - Genesis 28:16-18
  - God’s presence moves us forward patiently.
  - Genesis 28:20-22
- God says: I am the LORD, I will give you…, I am with you, I will not leave you
  Jacob says: If God be with me, in the way I am going, give me bread and clothes, so I can go back to my Father’s house
- God’s presence is available to you today through Jesus
- John 1:51
- John 14:6

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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Website: https://oasischurch.online

"The Danger of Righteous Pursuit"
Genesis 27:1-35
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
February 1, 2026

Join us at our new church building for Sunday services starting at 9am & 11am
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 27:1-35
- The Danger of Righteous Pursuit
- You don’t have to get to a righteous destination via a sinful route.
- Genesis 25:23
- Genesis 27:8-9
- Don’t simply pursue righteous things, pursue them in righteous ways. 
- Danger: Short cutting God’s principles in order to pursue God’s promises.
- Danger: Doing the wrong thing to get to the right place will often involve using God’s name the wrong way. 
- Genesis 27:20
- Matthew 4:5-6
- Matthew 4:8-9
- Zechariah 4:6
- If you get to a righteous destination via a sinful route, you will have consequences to pay.
- Genesis 27:41-45
- Galatians 6:7-8
- Man can be mocked, but God won’t be.
- God can and God will fulfill His Word in and through our lives despite our mistakes.
- Isaiah 40:8
- 2 Corinthians 1:20
- Acts 5:39
- Romans 6:1-2
- A believers ultimate confidence is not in their ability to accomplish God’s Word, but in God’s ability to do so despite themselves. 
- Galatians 3:3
- Zechariah 4:6

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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"The Dangers of Forfeiting Your Own Advantages"
Genesis 25:19-34
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
January 18, 2026


Join us February 1st for the GRAND OPENING of our new church building Sunday services start at 9am & 11am
7339 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville VA

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 25:19-34
- The Dangers of Forfeiting Your Own Advantages
- Genesis 25:21
- Genesis 25:22-23
- ESAU:
    - “hairy / rough”
    - A man of the woods
    - Preferred by his father, Isaac
    - Worldly, flesh, no spiritual desire
- JACOB:
    - “Heel / one who grasps”
    - A man of the home
    - Preferred by his mother, Rebekah
    - Chosen by God, divine promise (Romans 8)
- Birthright:
    - A double portion of property / wealth (material)
    - Head of family line, patriarch 
    - Spiritual head of family, priests 
- Beware of your tendency to be like Esau
- Hebrews 12:14-17
- Those who follow Esau:
    - Are in a spiritual line without a spiritual desire
    - Have a celebratory emphasis on inferior things 
      - Genesis 25:28
    - Allow their flesh to blind them of realities
      - Genesis 25:32a
    - Make natural excuses for spiritual circumstances
      - Genesis 25:31-33
- Esau forfeits spiritual things for material things
- Esau forfeits eternal things for temporary things
- Genesis 25:34
- Ephesians 1:3 

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/
Website: https://oasischurch.online

"Finishing by Faith"
Genesis 25:1-11
The Book of Genesis Series - In The Beginning, God
Pastor Nate Clarke
January 11, 2026


WE'RE MOVING! Starting February 1st our Sunday morning services will be at our new permanent church home at 7339 Atlee Road in Mechanicsville VA. Join us for our GRAND OPENING services at 9am and 11am.

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8

Have you heard the news about the FUTURE of Oasis Church?
https://www.oasischurch.online/future


SERMON NOTES:
- Genesis 25:1-11
- Finishing by Faith
- Every season is different, but God remains involved and faithful through them all.
- “Let us be alert to the season in which we are living. It is the season of blessed hope, calling for us to cut our ties with the world and build ourselves on the One who will soon appear.” AW Tozer
- God’s story began before us, and will continue after us.
- John 8:58
- Genesis 25:11
- Your story will end, but God’s story doesn’t.
- In light of, or in spite of your story thus far, you can live by faith today and finish well.
- Hebrews 11:8-9
- Genesis 25:7-8
- Hebrews 11:13a
- What does it mean to die in the faith?
- To be doing Kingdom work that you know you won’t finish
- Hebrews 11:13b
- To long for your home country 
- Hebrews 11:14-16
- The Christian Way —C.S. Lewis

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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Website: https://oasischurch.online

"Sacred Things"
2 Samuel 6:3-7
Pastor Nate Clarke
January 4, 2025

WE'RE MOVING! Starting February 1st our Sunday morning services will be at our new permanent church home at 7339 Atlee Road in Mechanicsville VA. Join us for our GRAND OPENING services at 9am and 11am.

How should Christians respond to wickedness in the world? https://youtu.be/2OJUIM9YRwA

Virginia's proposed Constitutional amendments on Abortion & Marriage - How to VOTE BIBLICALLY: https://youtu.be/Y8z8xTFsOn8

Have you heard the news about the FUTURE of Oasis Church?
https://www.oasischurch.online/future


SERMON NOTES:
- SACRED THINGS
- Do not treat sacred things as though they are common
- 2 Samuel 6:6-7
- You’ll mismanage and miss the fullness of sacred things if you see them as common things.
- Why do sacred things get treated as common?
  1. We get our orders from the world, not from God
  - 2 Samuel 6:3a
  - 2. We become so familiar with them
- The gathering of the church is sacred
- 1 Corinthians 12:15-20
- What happens at the gathered church?
  1. Encouragement from the body
  - Hebrews 10:24-25
  2. Praise & Worship
  - Hebrews 13:15
  3. The preaching of God’s Word
  4. The giving of tithes and offerings
  5. The teaching of the next generation
  - Psalm 145:3-4
  6. The prayers of the righteous
  - James 5:15-16
- Your salvation is sacred
- Ephesians 2:4-5 
- Psalm 51:12
- “Preach the gospel to yourself every day because every day you forget the gospel.” Martin Luther

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

STAY CONNECTED
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oasischurchva/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/
Website: https://oasischurch.online