Christ is Life Podcast

After a great persecution broke out against the early church, Luke tells us that those who were scattered preached the word wherever they went.  Life in the Spirit means that He sends us out as the church and will work in us and through us to share the gospel with people in our various spheres of influence. Acts 8:4 - Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. CONNECT WITH...

The church is the body of Christ. Jesus, as the Head of the Church, works in us and through us to play certain roles in the body as a part of His Kingdom work.  He works with our natural gifts and the spiritual gifts we receive as we are born again into His body.  The apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 12, gives us a more in-depth look as to what that looks like as we depend upon Christ as our Source....

The Christmas story is about King Jesus becoming what we are so that we might become what He is (a son of God).  But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.   (Galatians 4:4-5) CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to D...

700 years before Jesus was born, Isaiah foretells of his birth that would be a gift of God. He says that He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. These names represent Jesus nature and character. For those who are in Christ, you are in union and can draw upon Jesus as your Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. CONNE...

Stephen becomes the first martyr in the early church after sharing his faith with the religious leaders of his day.  The Holy Spirit gives him the grace to face the suffering and even extend forgiveness to those stoning him to death.  As we think of Life in the Spirit today, He will empower us to forgive others and to share the gospel even in the face of persecution. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to...

In Acts 6, we begin to see normal church members empowered by the Holy Spirit and used in God's Kingdom work in the church and out in the world.  Life in the Spirit means that we as believers all have a role to play as He guides and empowers us to carry them out. Acts 6:8 - Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.  CONNECT WITH US Are yo...

Life in the Spirit means that He will lead and empower believers to rejoice in suffering and use it for a greater purpose.  In Acts 5:17-42, the apostles are flogged and counted it an honor to suffer in the same way Jesus suffered for us. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/....

Life in the Spirit looks like Him leading and empowering the church to meet the needs of those within the church family.  In the early church, we are told that there were no needy persons among them.  The Spirit wants to do the same thing through us today.   CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www...

After facing persecution, the early church prayed for boldness to continue speaking about Jesus and sharing the gospel.  Life in the Spirit is the same for us today.  As we pray, the Spirit will lead us to pray for boldness to share the gospel, regardless of the consequences. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ?...

Peter, emboldened by the Holy Spirit, declares before the powerful religious leaders of his day that no one can be saved except through the name of Jesus and that they can't help but speak about what they had seen and heard.  The religious leaders are astonished at the courage of these unschooled, ordinary men.  Life in the Spirit means that God can take ordinary people and do extraordinary things...

After Jesus heals a lame beggar through Peter, He uses Peter to share the gospel with the Jewish people in the temple.  If they will repent and turn to God through faith in Jesus, they will have their sins wiped out, times of refreshing will come, and they will share in the restoration of all things. Life in the Spirit means that He will use us to share the gospel with those who don't know Jesus....

In Acts 3, the Spirit compels Peter and John to notice a lame beggar and to offer him practical help and eternal hope.  Life in the Spirit will look the same for us in the church today. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/.../discover-life-in-christ/ Want to share a Prayer Re...

Life in the Spirit is not just an individual walk with the Lord but a shared life (koinonia) with other believers.  It's a life of living in community that is directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit.  This is what we see in Acts 2:42-47 in the early church, and it is the same thing the Spirit does in and through the church today. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.c...

Indwelt and empowered by the Holy Spirit, Peter delivers the first New Covenant sermon.  As a result, 3,000 people are forgiven of their sins, receive the Holy Spirit, and are added into the early church.  The same opportunity is given to anyone who will call on the name of the Lord. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in...

The sending of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 is one of the most important passages of Scripture and events in all of history.  God breathed new life into the disciples, filled them with His presence, and began to use them for His purposes.  He does the same thing with believers today. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Ch...

Sometimes we have to wait, but God is in the waiting.  In Acts 1:12-26, we see the disciples being of one mind and one accord, praying together, reading Scripture, and trusting Jesus while they wait on the Holy Spirit. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/.../discover-life-in-...

In Christ, you are complete.  You are lacking nothing.  When you begin to believe and order your life around what God says is true about you, it will change the way you live and experience the Christian life.  You will start living from Jesus instead of living for Jesus. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go t...

Jesus is still on mission today through the Holy Spirit in the lives of those in the Church.  As Jesus baptizes us in the Spirit, we are united to Him and to His body and empowered for mission to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:5 - For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:8 - But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit c...

What is the good life?  Is it the American Dream?  Is it found when we get to a certain point in life or through certain experiences we have?  Actually, Scripture tells us it is something very different!  The good life is found in a Person!  Jesus is the good Life, and as we experience Life in Him, He will lead us into life with other believers, and He will express His life through us in ways that...

God's attribute of faithfulness means that because he is the truth, everything he says and does is certain. God is faithful to Himself and His attributes, and He is faithful to you.  God is faithful to fulfill all of His promises without fail! CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhills....

The love of God is holy, sacrificial, gracious, eternal, unconditional, and unlimited.  As a believer, you have all of God's love, all of the time.  Receive His love, rest in His love, and give His love away as He leads and empowers you to do so. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Christ? Go to https://www.colonialhil...

72% of those who accept Christ do so before the age of 18.  This makes what we do to reach the next-generation so important!  We believe the Scriptures show us how there is a beautiful partnership between church ministry and the family to make disciples of our kids and students. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover LIFE in Chri...

Pride divides, but humility unifies.  When the church lives is humility and is like-minded, sharing the same love, and of one mind and one spirit, there is no limit to what Jesus can accomplish through us.  When selfish ambition and vain conceit rule the day, it divides the church and allows room for Satan to steal, kill, and destroy.   Sermon Passage: Philippians 2:1-4 CONNECT WITH US Are you new...

The justice of God encompasses both His righteousness and His judgment.  It's the attribute by which God acts in accordance with His perfect nature, upholding what is right and addressing what is wrong.  Because God is just, He cannot overlook sin.  He poured out His wrath on His Son as a propitiation for our sins.  He is just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:26) CONNE...

The holiness of God is a comprehensive term to denote all that God is in His transcendent majesty and infinite moral purity (Jerry Bridges).  As we receive God's salvation by faith in Jesus' finished work on the cross, we are made holy through our spiritual union with Him.  We can now act holy because we've been made holy. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhi...