The Simple Truth

The God who brought water from a rock, parted the Red Sea, restored sight to the blind, made the lame walk, and raised the dead is the very same God who dwells within you in the form of the Holy Spirit. As Pastor Dion will remind you in today’s message, not only is He still working in us, but He’s still doing miracles. Unfortunately, we often lack the faith to even ask for His intervention, but when we start trusting in Him and believing He is capable, we will start to see amazing things happen.

Conquering habitual sins can be extremely challenging. It can seem impossible, in fact. When Satan sets his claws in you, he won’t let go easily. Even if he can’t have your soul, he loves to rob you of the joy and freedom that God has given you through Christ. As Pastor Dion will remind you in today’s message, you can’t defeat this cunning, relentless enemy on your own. You need the help of the Holy Spirit as well as the accountability and support of your brothers and sisters in the faith.

If you’ve studied the Bible for any length of time, you’ve likely noticed a pattern. From character to character, they all have something in common: they are normal, everyday sinners. Yet, God loves them, and He uses them to do great things. As Pastor Dion illustrates in the story of the adulterous woman and her confrontation with Jesus, God is gracious, but He doesn’t want you to stay in your sin. He forgives our sin and then proceeds to push us towards a righteous life that glorifies Him.

Your works cannot save you. You can live a horrible life of sin and rebellion against God, yet, in His incredible grace, He will save you on your deathbed if you genuinely repent. That isn’t a reason to put off this decision (that’s a risky game to play), but it does demonstrate the nature of His love. As Pastor Dion demonstrates with the story of the thief next to Christ on the cross, he was minutes from death, but Christ didn’t require anything of him but his faith, and he granted him access to the Kingdom.

Even children, who are the most innocent amongst us, are naturally sinful. From a very early age, they know how to lie, cheat, steal, and ultimately put themselves over others. We have Adam and Eve to thank for this. Their choice to trust their own judgment over God’s led to their fall, and that nature has been passed on to all of us from birth. As Pastor Dion will remind us in today’s message, even if you feel like you’re pretty good, you still fall short and desperately need a Redeemer.

God has invited you into His family. He went beyond simple compassion for you; He didn’t just feel bad for you. He loved you so much that He made a way for you to become a son or daughter alongside His son Jesus. As Pastor Dion continues to dive into the book of Galatians in today’s message, he will remind you of the extreme grace that has been extended to you. All you have to do is believe and accept it, and through Christ, you can be made righteous and find belonging in God’s house.

You have been born into sin. You can live by the law, keep every commandment to the best of your ability, yet in the end, it wouldn’t be enough. Your heart still holds sin, even if you are nearly perfect on the surface. The gap between you and the perfection of God is far too wide. There’s nothing you can do to cross it on your own. But, as Pastor Dion will lovingly remind you in today’s message, Christ has bridged that gap, and He invites all to cross through Him into intimacy with His Father.

Whenever we experience hatred or persecution for our faith, it can sometimes catch us off guard. Rather than remembering the spiritual battle at hand, we sometimes go off of instinct and forget the majority of what we've learned. As Pastor Dion will teach you in his message today, the most important thing we can do is remind ourselves that God wants to save that person, too. In his study, you'll learn that one of the common reasons many become so hostile is due to the spiritual conflict within themselves.

Perhaps one of the most unfortunate misconceptions regarding salvation is that it's a simple profession of faith and life goes on. Rather than an amazing life that's filled with adventure and growth, many think of salvation as a single event in life. However, as Pastor Dion will teach you in today's message, salvation is only the beginning to a life of abundance and joy. In his study, you'll learn how Jesus has every intention for you to continually grow in faith and proclaim His message abroad.

When a seed is planted, someone must come along to water it so that it can grow! Without water, it’ll stay in the soil and never be what it’s supposed to be. I feel like that’s what Christ wants us to think of when He calls us to community. You see, you need community to help you grow, and more importantly, you need Jesus to become the kind of person you’re supposed to be. Today, Pastor Dion says the church was made for your growth. The church is there, so you’re pushed to become more like Jesus!