One Church High Point - Sermons

In this message from our Guess Who? series, Boris Salgado, One Church’s Young Adult Director, asks a simple but searching question: Do I want to look like Jesus?

Teaching from Ephesians 2:8–10, Boris reminds us that salvation is a gift of grace—we don’t earn our identity or God’s approval. We are His masterpiece, made new in Christ and created for a purpose.

Through Scripture and personal testimony, Boris explores how the Holy Spirit transforms the way we see ourselves, frees us from the labels and approval of others, and calls us to faithful service so others can see the goodness of God. What would it look like to surrender, trust God’s work in you, and let your life point people to Jesus?

What does it look like when our identity in Christ actually shapes the way we think, speak, and act?

In this message, Pastor John unpacks Colossians 3, showing how seeking the things above and putting on Christ‑like love transforms everyday decisions. Listen to discover practical steps for letting the peace of Christ rule your heart and living out your faith in every word and deed.

How does belonging to God change the way we live?

Through 1 Peter 2:9–10, Pastor John explores how our identity in Christ gives us a people, a place, and a purpose. This message invites us to stop comparing, recognize the gifts God has placed in us, and faithfully make Him known through our everyday lives.

What happens when we let God define who we are?

Drawing from Matthew 4:1-11, Pastor Vanessa explores how Jesus’ temptations reveal three identity traps: performance, possessions, and the opinions of others. Before Jesus began His ministry, the Father had already declared His love for Him. This message challenges us to examine what defines our worth, recognize the lies we have believed, and bring those thoughts under the authority of God’s Word. Our identity in Christ frees us to serve because we are loved, rather than striving to prove we are enough.

What does love look like when it moves beyond words?

Drawing from 1 John 3:16-18, Pastor John Williams shows how Jesus defines love through sacrifice and calls us to make that love visible. Love pays attention, challenges our assumptions, keeps its heart open, and moves toward the specific people God places in front of us. Because Jesus loved us first, we can love others not only with words, but through action and truth.

What changes when Christ’s love becomes the force that drives us?

Through 2 Corinthians 5:14–20, Pastor John explores how the love of Christ transforms what we live for, how we see others, who we are, and the mission we carry into our city.

What has God entrusted to you, and are you tending it faithfully?

In “What Are You Keeping?” Elder Krystal Talley challenges us to recognize the people, places, gifts, and responsibilities God has assigned to our care. Through the lives of Adam, Cain, Nehemiah, Moses, and Peter, we see that God has uniquely equipped each of us to guard, cultivate, and multiply what He has placed in our hands.

It’s time to stop comparing assignments, listen for the Father’s voice, and faithfully tend the space He has given us.

What is your life actually being shaped by?

Pastor Vanessa teaches from Luke 9 and Philippians 3 about living a cruciform, or cross-shaped, life. This message challenges us to examine whether Jesus truly sits at the center of our time, priorities, comfort, and ambitions. Following Christ means daily self-denial, surrender, and a willingness to obey even when it costs us. Yet the cross is not the end of the story. The cruciform life is also resurrection-powered, as Jesus gives us Himself and forms us to treasure Him above everything else.

How do we live faithfully when God’s kingdom is already here, but not yet fully revealed?

Pastor John Williams closes the summer Kingdom of Heaven series by reminding us that the kingdom has come because the King has come, and that it is still coming in fullness. This message calls us to live ready, not by predicting timelines, but through repentance, faithful obedience, and gospel witness. As we wait for Christ’s return, we are invited to bring every area of life under His authority and make the King known wherever God has placed us.

What changes when you begin living today in light of what God has promised for eternity?

Pastor John Williams teaches from 1 Corinthians 15 about the hope of resurrection and the inheritance secured for those who belong to Christ. This message reminds us that kingdom people know what cannot last, trust God’s promise of complete transformation, and live today in light of tomorrow. Because God is faithful to finish what He has begun, we can remain steadfast, surrender what is temporary, and faithfully abound in the work of the Lord.