Sermons from Harvest Bible Chapel

This Sunday, we are starting a new series which will take us through the Gospel of Mark. This week, as we study Mark 1:1-20, we will see the beginning of Christ’s earthly ministry and the message he proclaimed, which all believers are called to proclaim, the gospel.

Series: The Gospel of Mark

Patrice Charade

Message: My Beloved Son

Harvest Bible Chapel Alliston

Text: : Mark 1:1-20

October 20, 2024

If I want to know the real Jesus, I must…

…acknowledge his preeminence (v. 1-11)

Colossians 1:16-17

…receive his forgiveness (v. 12-13)

Hebrews 4:15

…know his message (v. 14-15)

The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

https://a.co/d/fLEsPwQ

Grill A Christian by Roger Carswell

https://a.co/d/223xQLC

…join his mission (v. 16-20)

Life is messy. Things happen that just don’t make sense. Emotions run high and things get said that ruin relationships. Friends and family members we love and trust do things that hurt us and we do the same to them. We do things that we know aren’t right, we lie and allow our perspective to dictate what we believe to be true. And that’s just scratching the surface of the complicated nature of our relationships! I didn’t even touch on the realities of politics domestic and abroad, international relations, or historical realities. Life. Is. Messy. It’s part of living in this world as broken and marred by sin as ours is. But thankfully, mercifully, and sovereignly, God’s Word reflects the brokenness of our world and cuts through it with truth we desperately need.

As we continue our look at the life of David in our series "The Great Exchange" we come to a passage of Scripture that is complicated to say the least. It’s high on the list of most hard-to-read, and gets to the heart of our brokenness, the complicated nature of life, the unfortunate reality of betrayal, and the devastatingly deplorable results of sin. But in the midst of the deep darkness of this story, the light of God’s sovereignty shines through, and gives us a hopeful confidence to cling to in the messiness of life. How ever your week has gone, whatever burden you’re carrying from the week behind, God has truth for us to cling to in our brokenness.

Series: The Great Exchange

Jordan Coros

Message 6- From Betrayal to Confidence - part 1

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: 1 Samuel 21:1-9; 22:6-23

October 20, 2024

I can be confident amid all the brokenness knowing…

1. Life: complicated (21:1-9; 22:6-8)

David and Ahimelech

https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/david-and-ahimelech

Was it wrong for David to eat the showbread in 1 Samuel 21:1–6?https://www.gotquestions.org/David-showbread.html

Human need must not be subjected to barren legalism.

Leon Morris

2. People: betray (22:9-19)

1 Samual 14

Acts 5:29

1 Samual 15:9

Matthew 24:10

Reproaches from those who have been intimate with us, and trusted by us, cut to the quick; and they are usually so well acquainted with our peculiar weaknesses that they know how to touch us where we are most sensitive, and to speak so as to do us most damage.

Charles Spurgeon, Treasury of David

Micah 7:5-7

3. God: redeems (22:20-23)

Ephesians 1:7

Galatians 1:4

Most of the time, we too don't know how the Lord will cause “all things [to] work together for good" (Rom. 8:28). Instead, as those who live by faith—faith in a good and

gracious Father, a loving Savior, and a comforting Spirit—we trust that he is good. And rather than seeking answers to all our questions, we seek instead to live in the light of Christ's cross, where good reigns eternal amidst the dark and evil chaos of the world he came to save.

Chad Bird, Limping with God: Jacob and the Old Testament Guide to Messy Discipleship

When kids are young, they often end up copying their parents in some of their ways or habits. Children will mimic how their parents talk or move without even knowing that they are doing it. When it comes to our walk with Christ, Paul expresses to us in this week’s text how we should “be imitators of God, as beloved children.”

Join us for the final message of our short series WALK this week where we will look at Ephesians 5:1-2 and consider being a church and being Christians who Walk In Love as imitators of God.

Series: WALK (Ephesians 4)

Patrice Charade

Message: 5 - Walk in love

Harvest Bible Chapel Alliston

Text: Ephesians 5:1-2

October 13, 2024

As a member of Harvest Alliston, I am called to imitate God as I… (v. 1a)

…know his love to me (v. 1b)

If God’s love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.

John Piper

Romans 8:35

All the best things in life start with him and his grace for the undeserving.

Ray Ortlund, To The Tenth Generation

Romans 3:23-24

…walk in love towards others (v. 2)

Facts about loving others

1) We love ourselves more than we love others.

Philippians 2:3

2) We confuse love with permissiveness.

Romans 12:9-10

3) We set our own terms and limits.

1 John 3:16-17

4) We cannot love in words alone.

1 John 3:18

5) Loving others is not an option

Matthew 22:37-39

You and I will inevitably muddle up our lives. In fact, we’ll do it multiple times over our lifetimes. We’ll make poor decisions, cave in to pressure, end up beset by circumstances, and even take matters into our own hands. And the whole thing will be muddled. Confusing. Bewildering. Unclear. It will be as if we’re covered in mud and unable to see our way clear. David got himself in such situations on multiple occasions. Last Sunday we looked at one such time in 1 Samuel 21:10-22:5, and our message this week in Psalm 34 is David’s song written about that incident. The theme is our gratitude to God knowing that he hears us in our muddleness, cares for us in our pain, teaches us in our ignorance, and makes promises to us about that day when all the mud is scraped off for good. It’s going to be a great Thanksgiving Sunday together.

Series: The Great Exchange

Todd Dugard

Message: 5 – From muddled to gratitude Part 2

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: Psalm 34

October 13, 2024

What if today we were grateful for everything?

Charlie Brown

When I inevitably muddle it up…

…I thank the Lord that he listens to me (34:1-3)

James 1:2–4

…I thank the Lord that he cares for me (34:4-7, 15-18)

I thank God because he cares enough to be my...

(1) Protector

(2) Deliverer

(3) Watchman

(4) Counselor

(5) Advocate

(6) Defender

(7) Physician

Christ is the master of my fate! Christ is the Captain of my soul!

"Invictus" Redeemed -Jon Bloom

https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/invictus-redeemed

…I thank the Lord that he teaches me (34:8-14)

In this life I can never say, ‘I have arrived; it is finished; look at me—I am holy.’

Francis Schaeffer, True Spirituality

Disciple says we are people who spend our lives being apprenticed to our master, Jesus Christ. We are in a growing-learning relationship, always. A disciple is a learner, not in the academic setting of a schoolroom, rather at the work site of a craftsman.

Eugene Peterson, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction

…I thank the Lord for his promises to me (34:19-22)

John 19:33

Praise psalms - express our orientation;

Lament psalms - express our disorientation;

Thanksgiving psalms - express our reorientation.

Walter Brueggemann

simul justus et peccator

both saint and sinner

Martin Luther

At some point in life, we all find ourselves becoming a bit muddled. For some, a lot muddled. We’re talking mixed up, disoriented, feeling like you’re in a fog. Nothing is coming together but all is confused. David faced a situation like that for many years prior to assuming the throne of Israel as her king. As he faced the muddleness of his life, the challenge assaulted his identity, his view of God’s sovereignty, and his interpretation of people and events around him. In 1 Samuel 21:10-22:5 we’ll see how God provides him with clarity to navigate through the mud (yes, that’s the word origin), and we find some hope for ourselves so that we can move from muddled to grateful in our own lives. We’ll look at the narrative this week and then David’s response to it all in song in Psalm 34 on Thanksgiving Sunday.

Series: The Great Exchange

Todd Dugard

Message: 4 – From muddled to gratitude Part 1

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: 1 Samuel 21:10-15; 22:1-5

October 6, 2024

When life is muddled, will I see God at work…

…in establishing my identity? (21:10-11)

Revelation 7:9–10

…in demonstrating his sovereignty? (21:12-13)

[The sovereignty of God] is [his] unstoppable power and authority over all things, including the human will, [all of which is] in accord with infinite wisdom, infinite justice, infinite mercy through Jesus Christ.

John Piper

The presence of hope in the invincible sovereignty of God drives out fear.

John Piper

When you go through a trial, the sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which you lay your head.

Charles Spurgeon

"What is the Sovereignty of God?"

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/what-is-the-sovereignty-of-god

Desiring God

…in orchestrating the outcomes? (21:14-15; 22:1-5

קָטֹן

qâṭân kaw-tone'

Isaiah 53:2b–3

John 1:46

John 7:52b

Matthew 13:55–56a

Philippians 2:5–8

1 Corinthians 1:26–29

1 Corinthians 1:30–31

2 Corinthians 12:9a

If given the option, would you ever go back to using dial-up internet? Not me. Or how about this, would you rather receive an old pair of smelly socks filled with holes, or a fresh new pair of socks? The answer (I hope) is obvious. Take the new socks! There always comes a time when the old needs to be replaced with the new and this is what we will see this week as we continue in Ephesians 4, and study verses 17-24. We will be challenged to put off the old and put on the new. Paul puts it this way, he says that we should no longer walk as we once did. In other words, our lives should be different, now that we are in Christ. So, replace the old walk, with a new walk. Join us as we see, from the Word, how we are being sanctified to become more like Christ and to live for him.

Series: WALK (Ephesians 4)

Patrice Charade
Message: Walk in newness

Harvest Bible Chapel ALLISTON
Text: Ephesians 4:17-24

Sept 29, 2024

When I choose to walk in Christ, I will…

…put off the old 17-19

…and put on the new

…receive the truth 20-21

…reorient my way 22a

…reshapes my heart 22b-23

…remodels my appearance 24

Some of us live our lives in prose. Others in poetry. There are logic people and lyric people. Those who are grounded and those who float through life on a song. That’s stereotyping a bit, but the general principle holds. That’s what’s beautiful about this current series on the life of David. One week we look at an episode from his life and the next we study the song he wrote about it. Having looked at the narrative last week, we turn to the song this week. In the ascription to Psalm 59, we read, “To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David, when Saul sent men to watch his house in order to kill him.” In the verses that follow, we see David’s heart. Not merely facts but deep emotion and spirit and will. As we look at this psalm on Sunday, we’ll see what the worship of God looks like as we navigate despairing situations in our lives. And we’ll cap off the service with the Lord’s Table and a little extra worship in song.

Series: The Great Exchange

Todd Dugard

Message: 3 – From despair to worship Part 2

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: Psalm 59

Sept 29, 2024

Life is hard, and the Scriptures give us voice to come to our God boldly and openly to express our pain, frustration, despair, and even anger.

David G. Barker

I will worship God in the midst of despair with…

…an unashamed plea for help (v. 1-2)

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access.

Timothy Keller

Hebrews 4:16

…an unburdened conscience (v. 3-5)

The voyage through every psalm is incomplete until it harbours in Christ. He is always the destination, as well as the origin and way.

Chad Bird

Hebrews 10:10

…a full grasp of the enemy (v. 6-7, 14-15)

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

…a complete confidence in his plan (v. 8-13)

If you wake up feeling fragile, remember that God is not, and then trust him to be everything you need today.

Desiring God

…a full-throated song of praise (v. 16-17)

Each of us contributes to society in a specific way, and some are more skilled in certain areas then others. That’s normal. For example, if you put a guitar in my hands, you will be sorry you did so. It’s not something I have learned or practiced so it wouldn’t sound very good. It is best for me (and for everyone else) if I stick with something I know and am good at. This Sunday, we are continuing our series in Ephesians 4 where we see that each believer is called to ministry and to serve in a specific way. And “when each part is working properly” (Ephesians 4:16), it builds up the church to the glory of God. Join us this Sunday as we see how Christ equips each of us to fulfill the mission and serve within the church.

Series: WALK (Ephesians 4)

Patrice Charade
Message: Walk in truth

Harvest Bible Chapel ALLISTON
Text: Ephesians 4:7-16

Sept 22, 2024

We'll experience the grace of Christ at Harvest Alliston…

…when he raises up leaders 7-11

…who equip us to serve 12

…to bring us all to maturity in himself 13-16

There are a ton of reasons why people walk away from God or, as some say, “lose their faith.” Very often it is related to difficulties and trials that they face which end up being too strong for them to bear. In such cases, some people despair and crack under the pressure and may even blame God for their circumstances. The fact that all of us likely know someone like this punctuates the point that we need to have our theology worked out before we face deep waters. We need to be prepared knowing that for a believer, it is possible to go from despairing of life to the worship of God. As we look at 1 Samuel 16:14 to 19:17 on Sunday, we’ll see David in a precarious situation that threatened to shipwreck his relationship with God. The narrative will help us see that we can indeed trust his perfect plan. This message will also prepare us for a look at Psalm 59 next Sunday where David writes a song about the experiences we’ll look at this week.

Series: The Great Exchange

Todd Dugard

Message: 2 – From despair to worship: Part 1

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: 1 Samuel 16:14-19:17

Sept 22, 2024

To go from despairing of life to the worship of God I must…

…accept that “bad” things happen to “good” people (19:1a)

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and he volunteered.

R. C. Sproul

…surround myself with faithful friends (19:1b-7)

Matthew 10:36–37

Biblical friendship exists when two or more people, bound together by a common faith in Jesus Christ, pursue him and his kingdom with intentionality and vulnerability. Rather than serving as an end in itself, biblical friendship serves primarily to bring glory to Christ, who brought us into friendship with the Father. It is indispensable to the work of the gospel in the earth, and an essential element of what God created us for.

Jonathan Holmes, The Company We Keep

…acknowledge the sovereignty of God (19:8-10)

Under divine providence everything ultimately was attributed to him; why not say he did it in the first place?

Walter Kaiser, Hard Sayings of the Bible

God brough redemption and forgiveness to anyone who would believe. It goes against all the normative patterns that we follow like power and strength are better than weakness, winning is better than losing, big is better than small, health is better than sickness, comfortable living is better than suffering, to gain is better than to suffer sacrifice and loss...The message that we proclaim, the message of the gospel, is based in a complete reversal of power and conquest. The cross of Jesus Christ, a symbol of death and shame and weakness and suffering, stands at the heart of our faith.

David Barker

Isaiah 53:10a

Romans 8:18

Romans 8:28

…trust his perfect plan (19:11-17)

Psalm 59:9

Group projects don’t usually go well if we try to do it all ourselves. They are intended to be done in groups to share the load while using every involved individual’s greatest strengths so that it yields the best possible result. In fact, when you think about it, there isn’t much in life that we can successfully do on our own. So, as God leads us through the launch of this new church, are we going to be all in, “striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,” as Philippians 1:27 instructs us? That is the only way this new church can have any kind of positive impact for Christ, and this town desperately needs it. This Sunday, we’re starting a 5-week series through Ephesians chapter 4, titled “WALK.” As we look at Ephesians 4:1-6, we’ll be challenged to see what kind of church and people we should be in light of who God is and the mission he has set for us as followers of Jesus.

Series: WALK - Ephesians 4

Patrice Charade
Message: Walk in unity

Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: Ephesians 4:1-6

September 15, 2024

If Harvest Alliston is to walk worthy of Christ as a church, each of us must…

…hear the call of God (v. 1)

…embody the heart of God (v. 2-3)

…reflect the oneness of God (v. 4-6)