Chestnut Mountain Church

In this fifteenth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Brandon and Chase look back on Pastor Jared's message from Revelation 3 about the Church of Sardis and how it relates to today as we near the end of 2020. With everything that has happened in 2020, there are still things to be remembered about this year. We need to remember who God is and what He has done for us. We need to keep His Word. We al...

As we near the end of the year, there are things to be forgotten in 2020 but there are things to be remembered in 2020. In Revelation 3, Jesus is saying, "wake up" to the church in Sardis because they are dead. Jesus reminds them to remember what they've received and heard, keep it, and repent. As we lean into the future and what we're going towards, it's not enough to say that...

In this fourteenth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on our Pastor Brian's message from Isaiah 9:6 because we need to be reminded who our God is. His name shall be Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. This is a beautiful picture of who our God is. The government will rest upon His shoulders and there will be no end to His rule. What a beautif...

Jesus didn’t appear and didn’t arrive the way that people thought the Messiah should look and arrive. When we hear of the birth of Jesus being mentioned, this was to give hope to the nation of Israel that Emmanuel, hope, is coming. The fact that He is coming again should give hope to you and I. There’s coming a day when the Messiah will rule overall. In Him, there is no disappointment, no chaos, a...

In this thirteenth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on our Send Sunday where we went as a church to deliver Christmas present boxes into our community to over 360 babies, children, and teenagers. We believe that Jesus came to us to seek and save the lost. He came to us and that's why we go. When we go, we take the message of Jesus to the people we go to. We choose to love first...

As we celebrate Send Sunday where we went as a church to deliver Christmas present boxes to over 360 babies, children, and teenagers in our community, we look at why we go. We go because He came to us. We are taking the breath of God to people. It brings change. Once we realize that we are a carrier of a life changing element, this should be what compels each of us to go. The reason that we go is...

In this twelfth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on our message in from Isaiah 7 in the first part of our Christmas series. God doesn't waste words and when He told Isaiah to tell that Immanuel was coming was intentional. Immanuel means God with us. Immanuel is a reminder and the security for the believer to live our lives confidently that God is with us. If God is with us, wha...

Christmas is the story of hope. Christmas is all about hope coming to this world. In Isaiah 7, the people of Israel were in the peak of their oppression. In today's world, we are in a similar situation as the people of Israel were. It seems that we are in the peak of our oppression. Through Isaiah, God tells His people to take care and be calm because Immanuel is coming. In Israel's darkes...

In this eleventh episode of Let's Go, Pastor Brandon and Chase look back on our message in 1 John 5:21 and how we must keep and guard ourselves from idols as Christians. Satan is sneaky in what he does. The enemy doesn't want our idols to be obvious so we don't realize it. An idol can be a good gift from God, but it is once it takes priority over our relationship with Christ that it be...

In 1 John 5, John reminds believers to guard themselves from idols. When we rest in who Jesus is, this is when we find joy, peace, and contentment. We cannot get sucked back in by what we’ve been delivered from. When we realize who we are in Christ, we understand that what we have is worth protecting. Satan’s goal is not to get you to worship him; Satan’s goal is to simply cloud and distract your...

In this tenth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared and Pastor Brandon look back on our message in 1 John 5:18-20 and how we fight our battles as Christians. We fight our battles by trusting in the fact of who God is. When we fight in truth, specifically in worship, we get to put truth to music. Worship your way through the battle. Whether its through music, prayer, or whatever you do, worship wit...

In 1 John 5, John reminds believers about us knowing that we are of God. If we are of God, then the enemy cannot touch us. If we have trusted Jesus as our Savior, then we can declare 1 John 5:19. We can have confidence in knowing that what Jesus did was enough. What we need to be thankful for is that we eternity is set as a believer. There's nothing that can take that away as a follower of Chr...

In this ninth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on our message in 1 John 5:13-15 and how it is possible to know and be secure in your salvation. How does God want us to know that we are saved? We need to realize that it's all about Jesus and that gives us security. Rest in Jesus and what He did on the cross. Do you know Jesus? This is the most important thing to know in your lif...

In 1 John 5, John reminds believers that we can have confidence in knowing our salvation. John wants us to know that we can know. It's not what we do that qualifies our faith but it is who we place our faith in that qualifies it. God wants us to know that we are saved. God wants us to know that we can be saved and rest fully in that. May our prayer be from Mark 9:21-27, "God, I believe but...

In this eighth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared and Chase look back on our message in 1 John 5:6-12 looking at the power of our testimony. Our testimony is this: that God gave us eternal life and this life is in His Son. This changes everything. It's important to take this truth with you everywhere you go and share it. We are called as believers to go and share the gospel until everyone a...

In 1 John 5, John reminds believers to remember that the testimony of God is greater than the testimony of men. This is the testimony that God gave His Son for us and because of that we can have eternal life. Every time we do anything we are being led by the testimony that Jesus is God and He is our Lord and Savior. This testimony is personal and portable. It is distinctly yours and no one can tak...

In this seventh episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on the final message in our We Are The Church series. When our obedience is combined with God's power, lives are changed. As a church, we strive to be a city on a hill that shines a light that others may see Jesus. We don't want to just leave a legacy but we want to leave opportunity. Will we leave an opportunity for our chil...

As we conclude our We Are The Church series, we look back on and celebrate the 128 years of history at Chestnut Mountain Church. We see, as followers of Christ, the importance of not just leaving a legacy but leaving an opportunity for our children and our children's children to saturate the world with the Good News. We must let go of what God is trusting us with and give it back to Him. This...

In this sixth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on Pastor Brian's message about our fourth pillar at CMC of sending disciples for Christ. Let's consider seating capacity versus our sending capacity. Every time we meet we need to focus on sending and looking at our sending capacity. We are to be sending disciples for Christ because the Great Commission is to GO. Sending disci...

Sending disciples for Christ is the very way that we saturate the world with the Good News. Sending disciples for Christ is a lifestyle. We are being sent every day. God is giving each of us a platform and all our platforms look different. We are called to saturate the world with the Good News no matter what our platform looks like. If you know the Good News, you've got to tell it. Listen to t...

In this fifth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on Pastor Brian's message about our third pillar at CMC of making disciples of Christ. If we have truly experienced the grace of Jesus, how selfish are we not to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. The reason we make disciples is because we are disciples. Discipleship is inviting someone else to follow you as you follow Jesus. The...

A disciple is one that accepts and assists in spreading the very thing that they accepted. If you've received Jesus as your Savior, then walk with Him. In being a disciple, if you've accepted it, then spread it. The reason that we saturate the world the Good News is because we are disciples. The reason we make disciples is because we are disciples. There's nothing more selfish than not...

In this fourth episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on Pastor Brian's message about our second pillar at CMC of being established on Christ. Are we established on Christ? Are we rooted and built up in Him? What are you rooted in? Romans 8 tells us that when we are established on Christ there is nothing that can separate us. We can be rooted and established on Christ by gathering, g...

Being found in Christ is where it all starts. However, salvation is not the end; it's just the beginning. Salvation is the launching pad into a surrendered life. Not only must we be found in Christ but we have to walk in our faith too. When we are found in and established on Christ, we are stable and securely in position. We have to be rooted in Christ. When we are firmly rooted in Him, we are...

In this third episode of Let's Go, Pastor Jared looks back on Pastor Brian's message about our first pillar at CMC of being found in Christ. Our hope is not found in a church. Our hope is found in Jesus. When we are found in Christ, everything else springs from that. In order to saturate the world with the Good News, we have to first recognize it as Good News. Is the gospel Good News to yo...