Chestnut Mountain Church

When the world is watching us as followers of Christ, there should be enough evidence to prove that we are guilty of being a Christian. In 1 Corinthians 4, Paul reminds the Corinthians that as followers of Christ we have been called to be servants and stewards. Being servants and stewards is evidence of us being Christians. We are the under rower and God is the captain of our ship. When we hear th...

In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul tells the Corinthians it has to be all about Jesus Christ. It's all about God and what He is doing. We all have a role in building the Kingdom of God. However, we must be careful with what we build with. What materials are we using to build on the foundation of Jesus Christ in the Church, our local church, and our own individual lives? When tough seasons come, this is...

We never thought our Easter Sunday would look like this as we are celebrating Easter in our homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even on Easter, we cannot get too caught up in the tradition. We have to remember what Easter is about. In 1 Corinthians 2, Paul tells the Corinthians that he is just going to share God's story. God sent Jesus to die on the cross to pay our sin debt so we wouldn't...

Everywhere we look there is division! Division is the first thing Paul addresses in 1 Corinthians, but Paul also always references Jesus. It's important that the Church remembers that the only thing that matters in the Church is Jesus Christ! That's what it's all about and that's what it always need to be about. When the mission and the vision of the Church is anything other than J...

In 2 Peter 3, Peter reminds that victory is not a prediction; it's a promise! We have to focus on what's coming and what is coming is the day of the Lord! We have to stop listening to the predictions and we have to focus on the promise. We must have faith in the promise. Don't let the chaos and the circumstances distract you. What does the day of the Lord mean to you? Is it a victory?...

In 2 Peter 2, Peter warns against false teachers. We must be growing n our knowledge fo God so we can identify what is not true. We are in a season of uncertainty and we want answers and peace. The enemy wants to take advantage of our search of truth and answers. The enemy's number one tool is deception. We must keep focused, connected, and moving. God is preparing us for one of the biggest re...

In 2 Peter 1, Peter emphasizes the importance of knowing God and pointing the world to the knowledge of God. Peter is not concerned about whether is was remembered or not, but he is concerned that the world is pointed to the knowledge of God. As believers, we grow in the knowledge of God by reading and being in His Word that He has given to us. If there is no Word, there is no growth. If you'r...

In 1 Peter 5, Peter tells his readers that they must humble themselves and that they can cast all their cares/anxieties on God because He cares for them. The same applies to us as Christians; we must set aside our pride and humble ourselves. We cannot attempt to do things only God can do. Admitting we can't do it is the first step in humility. Do we trust God enough for Him to tear up our mess...

In Peter 4, Peter begins with punches to the face begging for people to stop sinning. It's time that saved people start acting like saved people and quit acting like lost people. Our salvation is not a license to sin. As Peter continues to write, not only does he reveal the need to stop sinning but he also reveals how we as believers must stay together and stay the course. Listen to this full...

We live in a world where we're being watched. How we act should show the world what we believe and why we believe it. If we don't understand why we believe what we believe, it will be easy to give it up when things get difficult. In 1 Peter 3, Peter writes what we, as a Christians, are to do when suffering comes. Even in the midst of suffering, as Christians, we have a hope. This hope isn&...

In 1 Peter 2, Peter writes that Christ left behind an example and a purpose for us. God placed Jesus as His Cornerstone to build His spiritual House on. As followers of Christ, we are living stones and are on display as a brick on the Cornerstone. There is a lost world watching us as Christ followers. Does your brick bring beauty to the God's House or does your brick look like it doesn't b...

In 1 Peter 1, Peter writes to the ones he is writing to not to be discouraged for the trials and persecution they are seeing. Instead, they should be praising God because they have a living hope. In 1 Peter 1, Peter reveals God's Promises, the Reality of Life, and the Challenge Moving Forward. God's promises that we have a living hope through His Son, Jesus. The reality of life when the fi...

We often ask the question as to why we should read or even study the Bible. We should study the Bible because it is the Word of God and God wants us to know Him. The Bible is not just another book, but it is the Word of God. His Word remains forever. God gave us His Word for relationship not for religion. God wants to be in a relationship with us. He wants to walk with us. Walk with Him and be clo...

The Bible says that everything we have and see is all God's. In order to get our hearts right around the idea of generosity, we must first understand that everything is God's. In Luke 19, we see the colt owners give all they had because the Lord was in need of it. By giving up their colt, they were paving the way for Jesus to make his entry into Jerusalem. Their giving was contagious as th...

The Bible commands us as Christians to go and share the Gospel with others. As followers of Christ, we only go when and where God leads. God put Hosea in the middle of a no way situation when God told Hosea to go and marry Gomer. Even in the midst of Gomer rejecting Hosea, God tells Hosea to continue to pursue her. This is the way God treats us as well in His endless pursuit of us. We go where God...

When Daniel was faced with entering the lion's den, his response was to run to his group of people. They prayed together and they stood together. When Shadrach, Eschach, and Abednego refused to bow and worship the King Nebuchadnezzar's gods or golden image, they were faced with entering the fiery furnace together. However, they went as a group. This group of three prayed together, stood to...

Religion can be defined as the regular activity that you perform around your belief. Religion has caught a bad connotation in Christianity because we can tend to focus on the activity of the religion rather than the belief behind the religion. However, we as Christians should strive to be more religious because Christianity is activity produced by a relationship with Jesus. Christianity starts and...

In 2020, we have a No Way vision where we want to see God do the impossible. When God begins to give direction, we will have to say no way. While being obedient will come with obstacles, we must not allow our 'buts' (our excuses) to get in the way of our obedience to God. God wants us to see the impossibilities because He shows us who He is in the midst of impossibility. Listen to this ful...

At Christmas, we often empty our pockets to show others how much we care, but Jesus emptied Himself to show us how much He loves and cares for us. He took on the likeness of man, but it all started with a baby born in a manger. While Jesus did not give up His deity, He took off His robe of glory to put on the robe of flesh to take on the likeness of men. God left His glory in the form of a baby to...

When the angel appeared to the shepherds during Jesus' birth, the shepherds were told that "for you a Savior has been born" along with the sign that God had given to know that Jesus was the child. The King of kings didn't enter into this world the way a normal could would. The way Jesus arrived was simple. Don't forget the simplicity of the Christmas story. Don't forget the...

On December 8, 2019, we celebrated our 2nd annual Send Sunday where we sent out our church to feed over 2500 people in our community. We were sent to love first because He first loved us. Loving and serving others is our way of saying thank you to our Savior. We must continue to see people the way God sees them for He has called us to love and serve one another. Listen to this full sermon about lo...

No matter how impossible or ignorant it may seem, when we are obedient God shows His power. As Christians, we too often get too comfortable and check cruise control too soon in our lives. However, when God speaks, we must obey even if it's seems impossible and that there is no way. We have to be okay with not understanding every detail or outcome of what God has called us to. When God appeared...

In this week of Thanksgiving, we see how Paul declared "but thanks be to God" despite what he faced and went through. He declared this because he knew the promises of God and knew he would see the victory if he remained obedient. As believers, we must know that God is calling us to be a part of His victory parade. We must spread the fragrance of victory wherever we go in a lost and dying w...

As Habakkuk 3 concludes, we see Habakkuk declaring that he will worship God through this battle. Habakkuk settles that everything will not always turn out the way he wants and even if it doesn't turn out the way he wants he will still worship God for who He is. What started out as a journey filled with question marks in Habakkuk 1 ends with a big exclamation mark in Habakkuk 3. Throughout Haba...

As Habakkuk's prayer continues in Habakkuk 3, we see Habakkuk declaring his faith and trust in God. Even if Habakkuk doesn't understand what God is doing or what He will do next, Habakkuk declares that he will trust God. We see Habakkuk move from asking why to declaring who. As believers, we must understand that faith supersedes understanding and is about trusting. When you know God, you c...