Faith goes beyond just saying something. When someone has faith, they show it by their works. Preaching from Mark 2, Pastor Robert Fonseca shows us the power of faith—and most importantly the power of Jesus's works. We'll learn how we should respond to the claims of Jesus.

Notes

How do you respond to the power and authority of Jesus?

1. Find comfort in them
2. Help others find comfort in them
3. Do you doubt or deny them?

Sermon from June 6, 2021.

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We follow, or subscribe to, many things online, whether on social media or streaming services. But when we talk about following Jesus, it involves a lot more than passive watching.

In this message, Pastor Robert Fonseca teaches from Mark 1:24–48 and shows us what it means to follow Jesus and enter His kingdom.

Notes

 1. Requirements of citizenship in the Kingdom 

      a. Repentance

      b. Belief

      c. Discipleship

2. How do you respond to the Call to Enter the Kingdom

a. Will you receive the Lord’s call

b. Will you reject the Lord’s call?

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Message from May 23, 2021.

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Hope is something more than wishful thinking; it's confidence built on a solid foundation, and it's something that keeps us going. Beginning our series in the Gospel of Mark, Pastor Robert Fonseca explains why the emergence of John the Baptist and the arrival of Jesus gives us a foundation to hope.

We'll also learn what the "introductory" portion of this Gospel says about being restored to God.

Notes

The Promised Messiah:

• Is good news
• Was promised by the prophets.
• Is God incarnate
• Has come restore us back to God

How do we prepare ourselves for the promise of hope

• Repent of our sins
• Acknowledge that we cannot fulfill the law of God
• Accept the Messiah’s work of salvation

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Sermon from May 16, 2021.

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Although Mary, the mother of Jesus, seems like such an unrelatable figure in the Bible, she actually has much to teach us about motherhood and her journey of faith. Preaching from John 19, Pastor Jared Saavedra describes a singular event which shows us a lot regarding God's honor toward mothers.

Notes

• Mary Found Favor with God
• Mary was Completely Devoted to God
• Mary Experienced Great Suffering
• Jesus honored Mary
• Mary was Given a New Role
• Mary Became Part of the Early Church

“[Mary] finds her glory and her consummation not in the exceptional circumstance which raises her above the plane of all women (the motherhood of Jesus), but . . . that which she has in common with all believing women (her being a member of the church).” --Klass Schilder

Sermon from May 9, 2021.

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What is the key to living a life of infinite value? How do make sure we invest ourselves in eternal things? Preaching from Luke 8 and John 20, Pastor John Banman explains that recognizing Christ brings significance to our lives. He gives Mary Magdalene's life as an example for us as a life devoted to God's kingdom.

This sermon is from May 2, 2021.

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Not all of Jesus's disciples believed when they heard the story of His resurrection. Famously, "doubting" Thomas resisted the other disciples' accounts of His resurrection—until he had a personal encounter with Jesus. From John 20, Pastor Jared Saavedra explains how Thomas reached a point of faith and confession in the risen Lord.

Notes

The Lord’s Appearance 

1. Jesus Identifies Himself

2. Jesus Proves His Physical Resurrection

3. Jesus Shows the Cost of Our Sins

What Thomas Shows Us About Doubt

1. Even the Apostles Doubted

2. God Is Compassionate with Our Doubts

3. We Should Not Remain in Unbelief

“Chronic doubt is a sin that is not to be tolerated.” —C. H. Spurgeon

4. We Each Need to Experience the Resurrected Lord

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Sermon originally given April 25, 2021.

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Having denied Jesus, Peter probably experienced deep despair at what he had done. The resurrection, however, changed everything, and it changed Peter himself. Preaching from John 21, Pastor Robert Fonseca looks at the post-resurrection conversation between Jesus and Peter and emphasizes how Peter was reconciled, recommitted, and recommissioned.

Notes

1. Reconciliation to the Lord
2. 2 Cor. 5:18-19
3. John 6:44
4. 1 John 4:19
5. Rom 3:10-12
6. Recommitment to the Lord
7. Mark 14:29
8. Recommissioned by the Lord
9. 1 Peter 5:1-4
10. 2 Chr 16:7-9
11. When we encounter the resurrected Lord
12. We are reconciled to Him
13. We are recommitted to Him
14. We are recommissioned by Him

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This sermon is from April 18, 2021.

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Those whom Jesus met after His resurrection were completely changed people. In this episode, Pastor Robert Fonseca preaches on the encounter that Paul, a persecutor of the church, had with the risen Lord and how it utterly transformed his life.

Notes

Since you have encountered the resurrected Lord 

You are appointed to be a minister

You are appointed to be a witness

You will be helped by the Lord 

Sermon from April 11, 2021.

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Pastor Robert Fonseca delivers a Good Friday message and explains the institution of communion from Matthew 26.

This message was originally preached on

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Some might be familiar with evangelism in the form of large crowds or major events. But it takes place in more common areas of the Christian life. In this episode, Pastor Robert Fonseca preaches from Acts 1 and explains the role of evangelism to further the kingdom of God.

Notes

We are called to be witnesses for the Lord

1. With our lifestyle
2. With our words

We have the power/ability to be witnesses for the Lord

We are to be witnesses to all people

How do we witness to the world around us?

1. Practice
2. Pray
3. Prepare
4. Preach

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Sermon from 21 March, 2021.

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