Satisfied In Christ

We’re back! Except not, because we’ve been here. We’ve just been quiet for awhile. Listen in as we catch up on church, life and all the things that are going on behind the scenes of this last year.

We realize that to believe in Jesus Christ is to be a citizen of the Kingdom of God which puts us in the crosshairs of the world. Understanding that from the beginning of our Christian walk is crucial. To be a Kingdom citizen is to be saved from sin so that we would be saved to Jesus. This means we will live differently and be treated differently as followers of Christ living in a kingdom that is not our own.

this weeks discussion is about what it looks like to live as a citizen of the Kingdom of God. The source text is Matthew 5:5-8

As we walk through the Beatitudes, we see our need for dependence upon God and dependence on the gospel. Following Christ, we love the things He loves and hates the things He hates - that is why we mourn. With so many things vying for our attention in this world, the Sermon on the Mount reminds us where our true identity is as citizens of God’s Kingdom. As we look at the beatitudes, we see that they don’t describe how one becomes a citizen of God’s kingdom, but rather how one lives as a citizen (or disciple) in God’s Kingdom.

How is gospel transformation, the process of overcoming sin and by His grace, being made more like Jesus, accomplished in and through us? Looking at the fruit in our lives, we trace it back to the root, the heart, in order to identify the sin in our hearts and experience true change through the gospel of Christ.

Resources:

Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt

A Gospel Primer by Milton Vincent

Future Grace by John Piper

A Theology of Biblical Counseling by Heath Lambert

How People Change by Timothy Lane & Paul David Tripp

Suffering - what an exciting topic!

In this time of COVID and the varied reopening of states, businesses and churches, what should we base our decision to gather with the church upon? Listen in as Bobby and Nick weigh in on the gathering of the church, how that is played out in scripture and how those same principles affect us today.

2020 has been an unprecedented year for all of us. In January 2020, none of us would have guessed that we would be facing a worldwide pandemic We have all faced changes in our lives as we seek to live well for the Lord during this time. Today, Bobby & Nick are wrestling through and speaking honestly about what the challenges of COVID have revealed in their hearts as individuals as well as the overall view of the church and its response to COVID.

Welcome back to ‘Satisfied in Christ’! We are excited to kick off season 2 with you. Since it’s been such a long break, we wanted to take an episode and remind ourselves the importance of being satisfied in Christ. Join us as we dive into God’s word.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Satisfied in Christ Podcast! We are glad you are here!

We will be diving in the Beatitudes found in the Sermon on the Mount in the book of Matthew. This episode serves as a broad overview of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter 5-7. In the upcoming weeks we will be narrowing our focus onto the 9 Beatitudes in Matthew 5:2-11.