Christ is Life Podcast

God's attribute of sovereignty means that He is the supreme ruler and authority.  Through His omniscience and wisdom, God has a plan and is all-powerful to carry out His plan.   "Sovereignty means principal, chief, supreme.  It speaks first of position (God is the chief Being in the universe), then of power (God is supreme in power in the universe). God has a plan, which is all-inclusive, which he...

God's attribute of omnipotence means He is all-powerful.  God declares His omnipotence through Scripture, and we see it in His actions.  God even shares His power with those who are in Christ and expresses His power through them to make Kingdom impact in this world. "God is all-powerful and able to do whatever He wills.  Since his will is limited by his nature, God can do everything that is in har...

Not only is God all-knowing, but He is also all-wise.  God is able to take all of the knowledge that He possess about everything actual and possible and make the best possible decision to bring about the best possible results, by the best possible means, for the most possible people for the longest possible time (Charles Ryrie). CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colo...

God is everywhere present in the totality of His essence.  You are never alone.  For the believer in Christ, you have access to all of God dwelling at the core of your being.  As you turn inward towards Him, you begin to experience His presence and the joy, strength, refuge, peace, and abundant life. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to...

God's attribute of goodness means that He is originally good, essentially good, infinitely good, eternally good, and immutably good.  Not only is God good, but He makes those who are in Christ good and expresses His goodness through 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/......

God is self-existent, eternal, and unchanging.  He is life itself and the source of all life.  God is not a created being.  He has always existed and is never inconsistent, growing, or developing.  You can live in a consistent relationship with Him where you’ll know what He’s like and how He’s always going to interact with you.  CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colo...

Former Colonial Hills' Pastor, Robert Carter, shares about life in Christ for the believer.  God loves you unconditionally.  You are completely forgiven for all sins of all time.  You have received the gift of eternal life.  Christ is in you, and you are in Christ. Jesus expresses His life through you to produce fruit and make eternal impact on others.

Fear, Worry, and Anxiety can cripple us.  We worry about our finances, relationships, career, health, and much more.  However, Paul teaches us in Philippians 4 to present those anxieties with thanksgiving to Jesus and to replace those thoughts with God's truths and that the peace of God will guard our hearts and minds in Chrit Jesus.  Philippians 4:6-8... 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in...

While technology can be used for good, it can also be a tool in the hands of Satan that is used to steal, kill, and destroy.  Understanding how Satan works behind the scenes can help us throw off everything that hinders and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus to experience our abundant life in Christ. Hebrews 12:1-3... Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw of...

Comparison is a tool of Satan used to rob us of our joy in Christ.  He convinces us to find our value and worth by comparing ourselves to others and then leaves us feeling either insecure and inferior or prideful and superior to them.  Either way, it leaves us stuck at a roadblock that can be difficult to move beyond in our lives. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.co...

Pornography and sex outside of a marriage relationship between a man and a woman can be a huge roadblock in many of our lives that keeps us from experiencing the abundant life of Christ.  However, our union with Christ provides everything we need to fight sexual immorality from a place of victory in Him. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Wan...

We all have a past, and for many of us those past mistakes can be a roadblock that keeps us from experiencing the abundant life we have in Christ.  In this message, we look at John 21, to see how Jesus led Peter around the roadblock of his past and how He can do the same thing in our life as well.  CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to D...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ brings believers into a resurrected life with Him.  We don't have to wait to experience eternal life, believers in Christ experience it now in this life.   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3) Sinc...

As Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the crowd was expecting Him to make their lives better by freeing them from Roman occupation, but Jesus came to do something even bigger than that.  Jesus came to establish peace between man and God by triumphing over sin through His finished work on the cross. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want...

On Jesus' road to the resurrection, Mary expresses one of the most humble and uninhibited acts of worship towards Jesus as He is prepared for His future burial.  Through this we learn how to worship and follow the Spirit's leading even if we are worried about what others might think or say about us in the process. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/i...

After Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, the religious leaders of His day plot to kill Him.  However, what they meant for evil, God was using for good.  God does the same thing in our lives too. 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...

Sometimes people refer to students as the "next generation" in the church, but in reality, our students are the church now!  Students become part of the church the moment they put their faith in Jesus, and it is important we value them as part of the church now while also pouring into them to become the next generation of leaders in the church. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to...

We all have enemies, but Jesus tells us to love them, do good to them, bless them, and pray for them.  The problem is that you and I can't do that.  The good news is that Jesus can and will do it through you as you make yourself available to Him. Luke 6:27-28... 27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those wh...

In Luke 6, Jesus gets approached by the "rule-police" (Pharisees), and Jesus basically teaches them that if rules are keeping you from loving people, then you've taken the rule too far.  As Jesus expresses His life through us today, He'll lead us away from being the rule-police and to show grace, mercy, and compassion to others. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colo...

What does the parable of the wineskin mean in Luke 5?  Jesus is saying that the new wine of the gospel must be placed in the new wineskin of grace, not into the old wineskins of law!  He did not come to mix the new covenant with the old covenant.  As Jesus expresses His life through us today, He will lead us to free others from the bondage of religion and to clearly teach new covenant, grace-based...

Jesus invested in messy people.  He ate and drank with sinners and tax collectors.  If Jesus expresses His life through us today, then we should expect Him to lead us to also invest in and be in relationship with the sinners and tax collectors of our day. Luke 5:31-32... 31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but si...

Before healing a paralytic brought to Him by some of his friends, Jesus declared, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."  If you've put your faith in Jesus for salvation, you have complete forgiveness in Him.  Now, He will use you to share the gospel with others so that He can declare to them the same thing as they respond to Him in faith. CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://ww...

What do we do if we feel invisible in this world?  How do we respond to those who feel invisible?  In Luke 5, Jesus comes across someone who probably felt invisible, untouchable, and like he was on the outside looking in.  Jesus noticed him, pulls him in for an embrace, and gives him a place to belong.  He'll do the same thing through us today as He expresses His life through us to reach those on...

In Luke 5, Simon Peter receives his calling.  Jesus called him to fish for people.  Jesus has a unique calling on your life which represents the way He will express His life through you as you! Luke 5:10... Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.”  CONNECT WITH US Are you new to Colonial Hills? Go to https://www.colonialhills.com/im-new/ Want to Discover L...

People often use the phrase, "Share the gospel, and if necessary, use words," but when you look at the way Jesus lived during His earthly ministry, He did use words!  He met people's needs and shared the good news of the Kingdom of God, and He will do the same through us as He expresses His life through His Church. Luke 4:43...But he said, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to th...