The Kingdom of God is so contrary to the kingdoms of this world that His Kingdom may as well be upside down. No better do we see this in scripture than in the Beatitudes. But contrary to popular belief, the Beatitudes are not a list of behaviors to mimic but Christ’s invitation into experiencing His supernatural Kingdom through and only by a transformative relationship with Holy Spirit.

Pastor Antonette goes through some of the beatitudes in this part of her series, The Upside-down Kingdom. When we read the beatitudes in Matthew 5, we see a lot of God blessing people who are going through tough times. He is always near to the broken-hearted. He is close to the grieving. Listen as Pastor Antonette helps us understand better the nearness and love of God.

The Kingdom of God looks opposite to what we see with our physical eyes.

Let's take "victims" for example. We have all been victimized but that is an event. Being a victim is taking on an identity in the event of what happened to us instead of what Jesus did FOR us.

Jesus doesn't speak to us like victims! He speaks to us as victors!

We have been made victorious because of what Jesus did.

In this message, Pastor Lee sits down with Pastor Austin to share what he has learned through years of helping hurting people. They discuss how to walk through loss, the most commonly asked question after the death of a loved one, how different generations process grief, and the ways that we can help those who are hurting.

In John 16, Jesus says he will send the Holy Spirit to "guide you into all truth." What happens when someone other than the Holy Spirit becomes the guide for the church? In this message, Pastor Austin tells the story of the church in Germany under the guidance of the Fuhrer, and how the church today can learn from this dark moment in history.

Humans were made to be God's image-bearing representatives in the world. Everybody wants to rule, because we were made to rule. But when we seek to exercise our rule apart from God, we become tyrants. In this message, Pastor Austin tells the story of two kings. One is a tyrant. One is a savior. And they both go by the same title: King of Kings.

In Part One of this series, we discussed in First Corinthians chapter fourteen the purpose of private tongues and public tongues. In Part Two, we looked at our spirit and the hearers and gained understanding. In this the final in part three, we talked about order and procedure in church in the use of these gifts. We also brought clarity to a few scriptures in this chapter on why Paul wrote which could be a controversial topic of women in leadership.

In this second part of our study from I Corinthians the fourteenth chapter, we gave greater clarity discussing two points:

1) The spirit part of us versus the Holy Spirit and the public gathering of the church.

2) What is the hearers or the congregants part in the use of the gifts of the Spirit?

This is the first part of a three part series on the First Corinthians chapter Fourteen writing from Paul to the Church in Corinth. This series will cover all of the scriptures in a "line upon line" "verse upon verse" teaching of an entire chapter.

The Word of God is seed and our hearts are ground. If you openly receive God's Word, your heart is good ground. But, if you let your heart grow hard, you won't bear fruit and could miss your harvest. What are you letting take root in your life?