"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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"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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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OasisChurchRVA/
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

"At Your Word"
Luke 5:1-11
Kyle Van Dyke serves as an elder at Oasis Church
December 28, 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.

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:
- At Your Word
- Luke 5:1-11 (NIV)
- Verse 1 – Hunger for the Word of God
- Verse 2 – Washing nets
- Verse 3 – Jesus gets in Simon’s boat
- Verse 4 and 5 – Jesus’ command and Simon’s reluctant response
- Verse 6 and 7 – Jesus fills the nets
- Jesus does not ask us for our skills but to surrender to his commands.
- Verse 8 – Simon’s realization
- Isaiah 6:1-8 (NIV)
- Verse 9 – Astonishment
- Verse 10 – Jesus’ invitation
- Verse 11 – True discipleship
- True discipleship is not leaving because you have nothing but leaving even when you have everything.
- Psalm 19:7-11 (NIV)

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

"Prepare your Worship"
Matthew 2:1-12
Advent Series
Pastor Nate Clarke
December 21, 2025

Christmas Eve Candlelight service is Wednesday, December 24th at 4:30pm

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:
- Matthew 2:1-12
- Prepare Your Worship
- King Herod (this is the first response to Jesus)
- Matthew 2:2-3
- King Herod: open hatred and hostility toward God
- A hostile heart toward God has their misconceived lordship and realities threatened by God’s ultimate truth and Lordship.
- Acts 9:1-5
- Priest & Scribes (this is the second response to Jesus)
- Matthew 2:4-5
- Priest & Scribes: Indifference towards God; maintained religious respectability
- An indifferent heart toward God can often answer about God, but is not concerned about answering to God.
- The wise men (this is the third response to Jesus)
- Matthew 2:1, 9-10
- Wise men: hungry & worshipful hearts
- A hungry heart will look to see God. Those who see God will worship God. Those who worship God will bring their best to Him.
- Gold: kingship, royalty, authority
- “Before he mounts the throne, friends bring him presents, and his enemies compass his death.” Charles Spurgeon
- Frankincense: God with us, divinity (Exodus 30:34-38)
- Hebrews 4:14-15
- Myrrh: death, suffering savior (John 19:39)
- Isaiah 53:4-7
- Is your worship more of a reflection of you or a reflection of who Jesus is?

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

"Prepare your Schedule"
Luke 2:5-7; Luke 3:3-6
Advent Series
Pastor Nate Clarke
December 14, 2025

Christmas Eve Candlelight service is Wednesday, December 24th at 4:30pm

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:
- Luke 2:5-7
- Luke 3:3-6
- Prepare Your Schedule
- “If the devil cannot make you bad, he will make you busy.” Corrie Boom
- Galatians 5:22-23
- “Busy is not godly. Busyness can be an ego trip; it can be showing off. We want to appear indispensable.” Elisabeth Elliot
- “Beware of the barrenness of a busy life.” Oswald Chambers
- Busy:
   - frantic
   - reactive
   - hurried
- Mark 5:22-34
- Full:
   - Intentional
   - Prepared
   - Selective
- “We must allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Luke 10:38-42
- Luke 2:5-7
- Luke 3:4
- Luke 3:5-6
- God will find a place to reveal Himself. Will He find it in your life or have to go elsewhere?

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

"Prepare your Heart"
Luke 2:15-18; - Mark 3:7-12
Advent Series
Pastor Nate Clarke
December 7, 2025


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:
- Luke 2:15-18
- Mark 3:7-12
- Advent: Prepare Your Heart
- Advent: ‘arrival’ or ‘appearance’
- Advent: a season of preparation to remember the first coming of Jesus, his birth in Bethlehem, and the future return of Jesus, his promised return as king.
- Jesus was drawing people to himself then, and Jesus is drawing people to himself now.
- Luke 2:15
- Mark 3:8
- Mark 3:10
- Matthew 8:27 (NLT)
- Mark 3:9
- Jesus does the drawing and Jesus does the saving, but he invites his disciples into the facilitating.
- Jesus doesn’t just hear the confession of our mouth, but he knows the motive of our heart.
- Mark 3:11
- Mark 5:2, 7
- Just because a true thing is being said doesn’t mean a pure thing is being done.
- Matthew 16:15-16
- Demon’s confession:
      - It was factual, but their life was unfruitful 
      - Acknowledged Jesus’ authority, yet sought to rebel against it
      - They knew who Jesus was, and they didn’t want him.
- James 2:19
- Peter’s confession:
      - Formed by the Spirit and spoken out of friendship
      - Spoken in faith and trust, not in fear
      - Sought to submit to and honor the authority of Jesus, not rebel against it
- Mark 3:12
- Matthew 15:8
- 2 Chronicles 16:9a
- Matthew 16:17-18
- The question is not just do you say, “JESUS IS LORD” but do you say it as a rebel who has to or as a child who chooses to?
- Matthew 7:21
- Romans 10:9-10

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

"Childlike, Not Childish"
Mathew 18:1-4
Guest Pastor Casey Steen
November 30, 2025


Pastor Casey's previous message at Oasis: https://youtu.be/HeB-D4F-lys

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

Why we tithe: https://youtu.be/GEBQV8j2e7U

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

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

Should Christians pay attention to POLITICS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak82aD16r04


SERMON NOTES:
- Mark 12:30
- Childlike, Not Childish
- Hebrews 11:6 “without faith it is impossible to please God.”
- Mathew 18:1-4
- Luke 18:17
- The kingdom of God is not built on achievement—it’s received through astonishment.
- 1. ChildLIKE Faith is full of Wonder and Awe, it’s not unresponsive and apathetic. 
- Exodus 15:11
- Hebrews 12:28-29
- Psalm 139:14
- Self Reflection: Have I lost my sense of Wonder and Awe?
- 2. ChildLIKE Faith is full of Faith and Trust, not disbelief and suspicion.
- Hebrews 11:1
- Hebrews 11:6
- Currency of heaven 
- Matthew 9:29
- Matthew 15:28
- Mark 11:22-24
- Matthew 9:22
- “…because the more you understand of the character of God, the more utterly inconsistent with rational thought it would be that God would ever deceive you, because His track record is perfectly consistent.” —R.C. Sproul
- Self Reflection: Where can I trust God more and have greater faith?
- 3: ChildLIKE Faith is full of Humility and Gratitude, not selfishness and entitlement.
- “When we have conquered ourselves, we have conquered all” —Charles Spurgeon
- Because self-love turns everything inward.
  But biblical love is outward.
- 1 Corinthians 13:5
- Luke 18:9–14
- James 4:6
- Matthew 23:12
- Proverbs 16:18
- Childlike faith is not childish faith. Being ChildLIKE resonates with and embraces the neediness, dependency, and smallness of those who understand their place in the kingdom of God. ChildISH simply put, is one who refuses to grow up and thinks everything is about THEM.
- Self Reflection: What areas of my life have I become selfish and entitled?  

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

"Money Test"
Luke 16:1-15
Pastor Nate Clarke
November 23, 2025

Why we tithe: https://youtu.be/GEBQV8j2e7U

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

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

Should Christians pay attention to POLITICS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak82aD16r04

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


SERMON NOTES:
- Luke 16:1-15
- Money Test
- Are you prepared to give an account?
- Luke 16:1-2
- Are you working for temporal or eternal impact?
- Luke 16:8-9
- Based on how you handle worldly wealth, are you qualified to handle true riches?
- Luke 16:10-12
- Worldly Wealth: very little
   Eternal things: True riches
- What master are you serving?
- Luke 16:13
- Both masters
   - demand your ultimate trust
   - shape your decision making
   - claim your heart
- Money promises what only God can give: safety, comfort, power, happiness, freedom.
- If God is your master, money is a tool. If money is your master, God becomes a tool.
- When God looks at your heart, what does he see?
- Luke 16:14-15

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

"Kingdom Generosity"
2 Corinthians 8; 9
Pastor Nate Clarke
November 16, 2025


Why we tithe: https://youtu.be/GEBQV8j2e7U

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

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

Should Christians pay attention to POLITICS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak82aD16r04

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


SERMON NOTES:
- 2 Corinthians 8:1-12
- 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
- Kingdom Generosity
- Kingdom generosity is primarily about surrendering yourself to God and secondarily about surrendering your finances.
- 2 Corinthians 8:5
- 2 Corinthians 8:19b
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
- 2 Corinthians 8:9
- Kingdom generosity is primarily about service and worship to God and secondarily a financial transaction.
- Words used by Paul to describe giving:
    - Grace (8:1)
    - Privilege (8:4)
    - Service (8:4, 18)
    - Act of grace (8:6)
    - Thanks to God (9:12)
- Kingdom generosity is first the desire to give, then the act of giving.
- 2 Corinthians 8:4, 8, 10
- 2 Corinthians 8:11-12
- Kingdom generosity should be ambitious
- 2 Corinthians 8:7
- Kingdom generosity should be regular 
- 1 Corinthians 16:2
- Kingdom generosity should be planned
- 1 Corinthians 16:2
- Kingdom giving should be proportional 
- 1 Corinthians 16:2
- “Rich men owe God a large tribute and poor men have no reason to be ashamed if what they give is small.” Calvin
- Kingdom giving should be private 
- Matthew 6:2-3
- Everywhere you see God moving, behind it you will find a group of people funding it. 

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