The Open Gate Church Podcast

In this week's episode we will be looking at the strategies the evil one uses to separate us from God, but how, as in all things, our deliverance comes from putting our trust in God, and God alone.  Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

In this episode we welcome the Rev. David Fuller preaching on the different reactions we may have to the gospel message of Jesus as Lord. What will we choose? Derision, delay or decision? Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

In this episode we will be looking at how the word temptation is also translated as test or trial and how there is similarity but also a subtle difference between the two. "A test is something to prove a person's character, and in the process , improve it. A temptation is meant to entice a person to sin, to bring a person down in some way. " - Darryl Johnson God tests us, the devil...

We continue to look at the 5th Petition of The Lord's Prayer: And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  This week we will be focusing again on the importance of the second part of the petition that we extend the forgiveness God shows us to others. We also discuss how and why this is not just for their sake but is a benefit, mercy, and blessing to us as it brings us heal...

In this episode, we will be looking at our need for our Father's forgiveness along with our assurance that He forgives us. (This is the gospel!) However, we will focus on how this petition has two parts, the incredible challenge of being called to forgive those who have hurt us, but how this call is more for our own benefit than for theirs. Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @th...

In this episode we look at the 4th petition in The Lord's Prayer: Give us today our daily bread. We focus on what this actually means, and how it is a much broader prayer than we may think at first.  Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

In this episode we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.  Jesus didn't die as a martyr for a cause. He was never in the wrong place at the wrong time. His death was not the result of a series of unfortunate events nor was it an unavoidable tragedy. He was never at the mercy of anyone. No one took his life from him. He laid it down of his own accord and he did it for a purpose in accordance wit...

In this episode we reflect on Good Friday, when Jesus voluntarily went to the cross to redeem us from our sins. He wasn't a victim, but our loving Saviour and victorious King.  Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

In this episode we welcome the Reverend Doctor Rod Ellis. We look at the greeting, "Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest." This is the wonderful greeting to Jesus by the crowd and what we've come to call Palm Sunday. It's packed with meaning. And what does Hosanna mean? It could mean a number of things, but it come...

In this episode we turn to the 3rd Petition of The Lord's Prayer: "Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven..." We look at how we can presume to know the will of God (as we find it outlined in the 10 commandments, learn its fullness from the whole scripture, and see culminated in Christ) and how it really is a simple call to love God and love our neighbours, but also a call to...

As we come to the 2nd petition from The Lord's Prayer: "Your Kingdom come...", we look at how this is a prayer for the, "already, not-yet": at how God's Kingdom, which is foreshadowed in the Old Testament, was founded in Christ's incarnation, established with his ascension, advances with the fulfilling of the Great Commission, and will be complete when Christ del...

In this episode, we continue our look at The Lord's Prayer focusing on the first petition, "Hallow be your name" and how God's name is hallowed through his mighty works and in us. Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

In this episode we begin a new series on the Lord's Prayer, looking first at 'The Address': "Our Father in heaven" and focusing on the fatherhood of God, our status as children of God (and heirs), and the kingdom of heaven. Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

In this episode, we look at the last Beatitude: "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.&...

In this episode, we look at the 7th Beatitude: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." In a world characterized by conflict, rivalry and selfish ambition, a keeper of the peace is rare. A peacemaker still rarer. God is the supreme peacemaker, and His children share the characteristics of their Father. Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theop...

This episode s looking at the 6th Beatitude: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God." We look at how the pure in heart are the poor in spirit. Those who have recognized their spiritual bankruptcy and approached Jesus in humility and have been made righteous because of His mercy and will now follow and walk with Him. This is a call to a life of integrity. Pureness of heart...

This episode looks at the 5th Beatitude: "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." Jesus teaches in the Beatitudes, the true transformation of a person starts somewhere. In that place of depravity, desolation, despair, recognizing the God-sized void in our life. That place of spiritual poverty. That place of recognizing that we are not worthy to our calling. As Christ&apo...

This episode focuses on the 4th Beatitude: "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled." Those who crave righteousness recognize that none of us can pursue righteousness and make ourselves righteous, but if we pursue Jesus, we are made righteous by Him. They recognize that what they crave is a relationship with Jesus. They shall be satisfied by res...

In this episode, we'll be looking at Jesus' 3rd Beatitude: "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." We'll be looking at how those who are meek reflect the character of Jesus Himself: The meek are strong because they rest in the arms of God. The meek are wise because they look at life through the eyes of God. The meek can stand firmly because they are anchor...

This episode looks at the 2nd Beatitude:  "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted."  -Matthew 5:4 This Beatitude teaches that there is ultimate comfort for those who grieve the loss of loved ones in the hope offered through Christ but also that those who mourn includes those that recognize their spiritual bankruptcy without Jesus; they will be comforted by turning to Him...

This episode begins our new series on the Beatitudes from Matthew 5: 3-12, looking at Jesus' powerful kickoff to His first public address, teaching on discipleship in God's kingdom in an everyday world: living right-side-up in an upside-down world.  In this episode, Pastor Jonathan speaks about the first Beatitude: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven...

In this episode we're looking at the 10th Commandment: "You shall not covet." We will observe how often we desire other things instead of God, that by breaking the 10th commandment we break the first (and all of them). We should instead seek first the kingdom of God and worship Christ the King who has set us free from bondage to our inevitable sin. Connect with Us! www.opengatechurc...

This episode is looking at the 9th Commandment: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour."  - Exodus 20:16 Keeping the ninth commandment helps us to become like Christ because by practicing love and truthfulness in speech we grow in self restraint, in kindness and in honesty so that we can love God more fully and we can come to know him with the mind that's free of d...

In this episode, Pastor Andrew Hewlett tackles the challenging 8th Commandment: "You shall not steal." Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatechurch Instagram: @theopengatechurch

This episode looks at the 7th Commandment: "You shall not commit adultery." We focus on how adultery harms our family, friends, church and community and takes us away from God's intended plans for our lives. We can, however, entrust ourselves to God to enable us to stay faithful to Him, to our spouses and to one another. Connect with Us! www.opengatechurch.ca Facebook: @theopengatec...