Pastor Matt's Podcasts

Romans Chapter 9 is referred to as the chapter on predestination.  But it is more than that.  Predestination is to be found throughout scripture in its entirety.  Here we see some very specific concepts that we can deal with today.  Although Paul left the Jews who rejected Christ but still preached to all Jews in the synagogues until they either accepted Him or rejected Him.  Election in this case is personal, not national (Israel).  This answers some questions that we all have today.

In this sermon, we read that God chose His people, and loved them.  The requirement of His people is that they obey His commands.  This is proof that they know God, and are truly saved. This has been attacked in the US today in exchange for humanistic "love".  Enjoy!

Our nation is divided, the only thing that can bring this nation together is God's word.  To become one nation under God, one law, one justice, one word, one message, we must align with God hand His word once again.

In this sermon, we study the meaning behind God foreknowing us, predestining us, calling us, justifying us and glorifying us.  All of this has meaning to our current time in life, not to the time when we are resurrected from the dead.  God saves us, and predestines us to be conformed to the image of Christ, that is a life-long and eternal committment.  Enjoy

With the recent protest against the Immigration Customs Enforcement, it has now entered the the inside of the church.  There were protesters that went into the Cities Church in St. Paul Minnesota, interuppted and disrupted.  As Christians, what is our response to be?  The Bible is very clear in each and every situation that arises, protesting in a house of God is no exception.

In this episode, we examine the inheritance of an adopted child of God.  Ultimately we won't have wings, sitting on a cloud while playing a harp.  Our inheritance is very different than that.  This word will encourage us all to embrace our place in the kingdom and every aspect of God's work in our lives.

In this episode, we discuss one of the benefits of being an adopted son of God, heirs and joint-heirs with Jesus.  This is the benefit of sharing in the sufferings of Christ.   Only through suffering can the Christian get the glory.

Christians are adopted into the family of God.  There is a family shift from living under the reign of sin and death to living under the reign of grace.  The Spirit of adoption is now on the life of the believer.  There are several marks of the believer that differentiate the son and the former life of the slave.

In this study we examine the power of the Holy Spirit which is given to every Christian at conversion.  It is this power that is given which grants the Christian the ability to battle the flesh, that which is left over from our old nature, Adam.  It is this Spirit which is of adoption into the family of God.

We now come to the center of the message of Romans.  Romans 8:1 says, "There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who[a] do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit."

In this sermon we examine the meaning and differences behind walking according to the flesh and walking according to the Spirit.