Redemption Calvary Podcast

There are going to be topics you disagree with other believers on as you mature in your faith. But, oftentimes it's not always even a spiritual issue. Colors of carpets, pews vs chairs, how big of a worship team is, and whether or not to have coffee at church are all things that have been argued, about and still are. Today, Pastor Cody's going to remind you to remember to treat others with grace and show the love of God that's in you when there's disagreement. Christians are meant to build each other up and encourage each other.

When you're saved, there's a celebration in Heaven that you have an eternal home with Jesus! But too often, that's where people stop growing in their relationship with God. As Pastor Cody's going to show you today, there's a whole world of lost people out there that need the same hope you do. As you mature in your faith, more responsibility is placed on you, and one of those is telling others about Jesus as you keep growing in Him yourself. It's not news meant to be kept to yourself; it's to be spread to everyone!

Responsibilities get more and more abundant as you get older and more mature. As you get older, more is expected of you. Today, Pastor Cody is going to draw the parallels between the responsibilities of growing up in life to the responsibilities of growing in your spiritual life. It's not enough to come to Jesus and never keep growing. That kind of faith is dead faith. God wants you to always be drawing closer to Him, and as you mature in your faith, more is expected of you, just like in life in general.

Have you submitted to the Lordship of Christ... It's a question everyone has a personal responsibility to answer. Today, Pastor Cody is going to show you how it's so much more important for anyone in any kind of leadership role to answer that question for themselves. It's for their own good, and for the sake of being able to lead all of the people under them rightly according to God's Word, too. And no matter what position you're in, it's always your responsibility to pray for others to do the same.

Pastors and other spiritual leaders are consistently held to living out God's Word more strictly than others. And anyone in leadership must live according to God's Word to properly lead anyone under their authority. But, when you look at government leadership today, do you see humility in following God's Word? As you'll see today with Pastor Cody, just as much as leaders are to live how God wants them to, everyone under them should also be praying for those leaders so they CAN lead adequately.

What does it mean to be “good?” Biblically, it means to be pleasing to God. So then, how do we be good? In today’s message, Pastor Cody talks about how we need to know what pleases God. So that we can try to be pleasing to God. What we shouldn't, though, try and reshape what “good” actually means so that we can claim we are. God has spoken as to what is good and what is not. If we try to reshape those definitions, we defy the words of God himself!

Pastor Cody speaks about the different types of love in today's message. The most difficult to understand is “agape.” It means to love unconditionally. The only one who can truly love unconditionally is God himself! But we should try to live that way too! We should extend; to everyone the same love that Christ showed us! We might not always be able to do that. But that doesn’t mean it’s a worthless effort, and it doesn’t mean we should try to change what agape means!

Have you ever found yourself misusing your gifts and talents? What does that mean exactly? Pastor Cody gives an example of a church setting in today's message. Someone misusing their gifts in the Church can cause a lot of undue stress and confusion. And outright refusing to use their gifts can cause unnecessary complications and delays. And that doesn’t mean that a person isn’t contributing to their church; it just means they aren’t using the gifts God gave them!

Have you noticed the ‘quote unquote’ recent trend of people trying to make themselves look as good as humanly or even as inhumanly as possible? It’s become awful with the rise of social media and the ability to gain attention by any means necessary. It always traces back to the secular idea that one’s self is the most critical aspect of life! In today’s message, Pastor Cody speaks about using our God-given gifts to help others instead of allowing ourselves or making ourselves look better!

How many things are demanding your attention – even right now?! So often, we come short of finding God's will in our lives because we allow our days to be occupied by other things. Even as you listen, you probably have an ongoing list of a multitude of arrangements that need your sole attention. Today, Pastor Cody reminds us that when we submit to God's will, our priorities align with the one that already has life figured out and He's ready to de-clutter the piles of junk in your life.