Delight in Grace

Hebrews 8 says this new covenant has better promises than the first. Just what are those promises?

Hebrews 8 speaks of the new covenant that has been forged through Christ’s blood payment.  How is this covenant different from the first covenant that God made with His people?

In Revelation 5:6 John saw that in the midst of the throne of God stood a Lamb as though it had been slain.  That Lamb is Jesus.   He went to the cross so He could bring us with Him into the presence of God.  Even now, Jesus, our High Priest, stands in the presence of the Father and speaks on our behalf, having taken the punishment for our every sin.  In today’s message, Pastor Rich pulls from Heb...

In Revelation 5:6 John saw that in the midst of the throne of God stood a Lamb as though it had been slain.  That Lamb is Jesus.   He went to the cross so He could bring us with Him into the presence of God.  Even now, Jesus, our High Priest, stands in the presence of the Father and speaks on our behalf, having taken the punishment for our every sin.  In today’s message, Pastor Rich pulls from Heb...

In Revelation 5:6 John saw that in the midst of the throne of God stood a Lamb as though it had been slain.  That Lamb is Jesus.   He went to the cross so He could bring us with Him into the presence of God.  Even now, Jesus, our High Priest, stands in the presence of the Father and speaks on our behalf, having taken the punishment for our every sin.  In today’s message, Pastor Rich pulls from Heb...

Jesus Christ intercedes for me in the presence of the Father to guarantee the promise based on his redemptive sacrifice. As Charitie Bancroft penned in a poem that is now a well-known Hymn: Before the throne of God above, I have a strong and perfect plea, A great High Priest whose name is Love Who ever lives and pleads for me. Because the sinless Savior died, my sinful soul is counted free; For Go...

What is the function of a priest? What does it mean that Jesus Christ is our high priest? These are questions Pastor Rich answers from today’s text in Hebrews 7:20-28. Jesus guarantees that those who are in him are acceptable to God. This is vital to us because our ultimate objective is to draw near to God. So it makes sense that Jesus would be the one to say, “no one comes to the Father but by me...

We who are “in Christ” can seize the hope set before us. This hope is the opposite of despair. Instead, we can patiently endure, looking toward our anticipated destination which is God himself who has drawn us to himself.  In the rescue boat of Christ, we may get splashed by the sea of unrighteousness, but we are guaranteed safe arrival, and are ultimately unaffected by the splash. This is a stron...

Today, Pastor Rich interviews Chris Wittlinger the director of Grace Counseling Ministry. Grace Bible Church's counseling ministry provides biblical counseling and support for those who are struggling with common yet burdensome life challenges. Listen in as Christ shares about the soul care that is happening in the Grace Counseling Ministry, and about how you can find help in your own walk thr...

Romans 1:18 informs us that the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men But the good news is that the Creator looks to our Self-focused land of doom in the sea of unrighteousness, and He makes a promise of rescue. The only rescue we have from the coming tsunami of God’s holy wrath is in God himself. Jesus Christ is our rescue boat who takes to the Father. As peo...

If God is not the answer to the basic questions of life – the questions of origin, meaning, purpose and destiny – then you’ve affirmed yourself as the greatest and most important reality with nothing to live for but yourself.  That disposition leaves you with one destination – despair. Romans 1:18 informs us that the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men In th...

Genuine faith does not remain alone and hidden.  It produces evidence of itself the more it matures.  Today Pastor Rich looks at how a mature faith in Christ will manifest itself, both out front and behind the scenes.  Rich speaks from today's text, Hebrews 6:9-12.

In Revelation 5:6 John saw that in the midst of the throne of God stood a Lamb as though it had been slain.  That Lamb is Jesus.   He went to the cross so He could bring us with Him into the presence of God.  Even now, Jesus, our High Priest, stands in the presence of the Father and speaks on our behalf, having taken the punishment for our every sin.  In today’s message, Pastor Rich pulls from Heb...

Genuine faith does not remain alone and hidden.

If you are merely associated with Christ you will be frustrated and fall away from Him. You must surrender to Christ to move on to complete faith in Him. Investigation is not enough.  God calls us to immerse ourselves fully.

If you are merely associated with Christ you will be frustrated and fall away from Him. You must surrender to Christ to move on to complete faith in Him.

If you are merely associated with Christ you will be frustrated and fall away from Him.

Pastor Rich shares from the text what that maturity in Christ looks like, pointing out that Bible knowledge, intelligence, and how long someone has been saved don’t lead to maturity in and of themselves.

As long as you abandon Christ, you abandon all hope because He alone is the only one who can reconcile you to God.

Pastor Rich shares from the text what that maturity in Christ looks like, pointing out that Bible knowledge, intelligence, and how long someone has been saved don’t lead to maturity in and of themselves.  Let’s listen to this message titled On to Maturity.

Pastor Rich shares from the text what that maturity in Christ looks like, pointing out that Bible knowledge, intelligence, and how long someone has been saved don’t lead to maturity in and of themselves.

Solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” God birthed us into His family with the expectation that we would grow up.

In Hebrews 5:11-14, the author calls believers to maturity. He says, “Though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God.

Jesus is our perfect High Priest, one of us, but without the gruesome stain of sin. Fully God and fully man. Our great Mediator. Today, Pastor Rich looks into Jesus’ role as our High Priest from Hebrews 5:1-10

Because of Christ, we gain access to a relationship with the great and holy God.