Relentless Church

What does it truly mean to follow Jesus?  In this message, we dive into the moment when two disciples of John the Baptist encounter Jesus and ask Him a question that cuts to the heart of true discipleship: 'Where are you staying?' That single question reveals everything. They were not asking for His address. They were asking to go where He goes, to abide where He abides, to remain in His presence continuously; a message about what it means to be a true disciple of the Lord.

What if the greatest obstacle to our freedom is not the sin itself, but our agreement with it? This message takes us deep into John chapter 1, where John the Baptist makes a declaration that reframes everything we thought we knew about the Christian life. When he points to Jesus and says the Lamb of God takes away the sin of the world, the word 'takes' is present tense, not future. The work is not coming. It is done. From there, we explore one of the most liberating ideas in scripture: that sin holds power in our lives not because it is stronger than God, but because we keep agreeing with something that has already been defeated. The finished work of the Lamb is the conquering agent, and our role is not to fight sin through willpower or religious effort, but to shift our agreement toward the reality that Christ has already secured. This is not passive faith. It is the most active thing we can do, choosing to speak and live in alignment with what is already true in the heavenly realm, even when our circumstances have not yet caught up. If we are ready to stop managing sin and start agreeing with the One who conquered it, this message will challenge and ignite us in ways we did not expect.

What if the life of faith was never meant to be a waiting game, but an active, transforming journey happening right now? Drawing on John the Baptist's encounter with the religious leaders of his day, we see a powerful contrast between those who sought the fulfillment of prophecy and those who sought the God behind the prophecy. John's identity was not wrapped up in titles or systems. It was entirely absorbed in pointing to Jesus. That kind of singular focus is the invitation extended to us as well. We are not called to wait for transformation to arrive from the outside. We are called to be voices in the wilderness, people who carry a different sound, a sound that tells the world not how broken it is, but how valued and known it is by the God who made it.

What if the very thing we have been searching for has been standing right in front of us the whole time? In John chapter 1, we find religious leaders interrogating John the Baptist, demanding to know by what authority he baptizes. They are laser-focused on identifying the coming Messiah through prophecy and procedure, yet they are completely blind to the fact that Jesus himself is standing in the crowd among them. This moment is more than a historical footnote. It is a mirror held up to our own spiritual lives. How often do we become so consumed with chasing the fulfillment of a promise that we lose sight of the Promise-Giver himself? The central lesson here is both simple and profound: when we seek Jesus first, the things that were spoken over us, freedom from addiction, restoration of family, breakthrough from financial hardship, follow naturally. We are not called to pursue the prophecy. We are called to pursue the one the prophecy is about, trusting that everything else will align in his presence.

This teaching from John 1 challenges us to reconsider the very foundation of who we are. When we receive Him, we are not becoming something new so much as being restored to something we already were. This reframing of redemption moves us away from a faith built on guilt and toward one built on identity. The sin nature is real, but it is not us -- it is something we deal with, not something we are. And when we begin to see ourselves through that lens, the way we live, the way we respond to hardship, and the way we treat others starts to shift in ways that no amount of rule-following ever could produce!

In part 2 of this teaching series, Pastor Kyle teaches on the "who" of the light of the world, Jesus, and how we are to reflect His illumination that redeems all things. God is the source of light that reveals truth and the design/pattern of which we are to live our lives!

In Week 1 of our new teaching series, Receiving Jesus - A Study in John, Pastor Kyle highlights that God is the Word that we exist, move, and breath in. God's ways and character should be mirrored in us in every way!

Ryan Houtz brings a message encouraging the church to step up in obedience, step out in faith, and to step into a deeper relationship with the Lord as we answer the calling of God in every step of life.

What if the greatest shift in our faith journey is not about waiting for God to show up, but learning to receive that He is already here? When we truly embrace that God is with us now, everything changes, from how we handle conflict and hardship to how we steward our resources and engage with the world around us. This is what it means to be reidentified in Christ.

In Part 3 of this teaching, we learn that we are brought into this world from union with God and we are to conform to that union rather than the patterns of this world; a union that set us apart for God's purpose in each and every one of us!