Eagle Ridge Church of God Sermons

7/5/26 Sermon Audio

Route 66: Summer Road Trip Week 4: Absolutely, Talk to Strangers! Luke 24:13-35 NLT   The people who should recognize Jesus often don’t!   Luke 24:21 NLT    Do you recognize Jesus’ voice and actions today?    Luke 24:25-27 NLT    He spoke truth about Himself through scripture .   How did Jesus speak to you through scripture while you were on this trip?   Luke 24:30-31 NLT   The Spirit reveals Trut...

Route 66 Summer Road Trip Week 3: The Journey Back from Exile Ezra 1:1-3 NLT Exile: Forced removal from one’s home or country. The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one’s country or home. Jeremiah 25:11 & 29:10 NLT Ezra 1:1-5 , 7:6-7 NLT; 7:25 NLT Nehemiah 2:1-6 NLT Returning from exile includes: o Returning to worship. o Returning to the Word. o Returning to community. If you a...

Route 66 Summer Road Trip Week 2: Naaman: On the Road to Humility   For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” Luke 14:11 NLT You can choose “to be humbled” or choose “to humble yourself”. Jesus repeatedly told us and showed us why and how to demonstrate humility. John 13:14-15 NLT; 2 Kings 5:2-3 NLT She demonstrated humility through her chara...

Route 66 Summer Road Trips Week 1: A Step of Faith "Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you." Acts 7:3 NLT The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 8: Where Commitment is Visible Hebrews 13:1-6 ESV Our commitment to Jesus as superior, period becomes visible in the day-to-day. Verses one through 6 demonstrate that true Christian commitment involves living out commitment to Christ in the nitty gritty of daily living beds and bankrolls cannot be separated from theology. This is where the reality of our relationshi...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 7: Faithful Endurance Hebrews 12:1-4 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith… Faithful endurance can only be achieved by focusing on Jesus looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him… 1. Focusing on Jesus begins by anticipating Joy Romans 8:18-23 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our...

Jesus is Superior, Period Week 6: What is a Faithful Life Is a faithful life just perpetual risk? Hebrews 11:1 ESV Misconception 1: Faith means if we really, really wish for something, God will provide it. Misconception 2: Faith is trusting that adherence to His law will get you what you want. Misconception 3: Faith is leaping blindly into the dark unknown. Achieving Faith with Active Trust: Abel...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 5: Finding Lasting Confidence   Hebrews 9:26b-28, 10:10-14, 10:19-25, 10:22   Confident that Jesus is my “once for all” I can and must…Move closer to God without fear of guilt or insecurity concerning his love. Hebrews 10:35, 10:38b-39, 10:32-33   Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.    Confident that Jesus i...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 4: This Doesn’t Feel Like Love   Three things need to happen before we go any further!   1.   Confront (Hebrews 5:11-6:3)   2.   Prophetic Warning (Hebrews 6:1-4) 3.   Reasons for hope (Hebrews 6:9-12)   About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. Hebrews 5:11   Step 1: Confront They are consuming but not produci...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 3: Confession and rest Hebrews 3:1-6   Don’t wander from your confession .  Confession is a public statement of belief and intention.   Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our  confession , Hebrews 3:1    Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 2: Messenger and Message “To whom or what should we listen in order to find out what to believe and how to order our lives?” Christian Theology, Erickson, The NIV Application Commentary Hebrews, George H. Guthrie, 339-40.   “Many see any spiritual encounter, regardless of its nature or message, as communicating truth, and even some professing to be followers of Chri...

Jesus is Superior, Period. Week 1:  Jesus’ credentials Hebrews 1:1-3     Why was this written?    Hebrews 2:1 & 3, 4:14 &  6:1   Jesus is God’s one and only Son. Jesus was God’s agent in creating the world.   1 Corinthians 8:6 NLT He is God’s presence up close and personal.   Colossians 1:15 He keeps things moving in the right direction . He is one with the father waiting to return  Hebrew...

Resurrection Sunday   1 Corinthians 15:1-9   “Euangelion”= Good News or Gospel   This is Good News !   Luke 4:18   This is Good News… Only if I take a sober look at your life.    This is Good News… Because it has answers for 2 issue, I don’t have answersfor .   I am what I am I can be nothing more . No one survives this . 1 Corinthians 15:52-57; Romans 3:23   This is Good News… But only if you are...

Palm Sunday: Triumphal Entry?   It becomes clear that Jesus isn’t what they expected …And that’s why they didn’t recognize him for who he was.     Zechariah 9:9 1 Kings 1:38-39   Who didn’t recognize Jesus for who he was . The Romans The crowd   Luke 19:36-38   The Pharisees   Luke 19:39-40   Creation will recognize what people miss .  Romans 8:21-23 & 14:10-12   Those who recognize Jesus prai...

Seeing the Unseen: Reaching the Lost Week 3 If you are following Jesus you can see what others cannot. John 3:3 You can see the Kingdom of God; His restoring work is happening all around us. Matthew 6:33 Seeing means I can join Jesus in His work. Matthew 13:17 Listen and respond Listen to and respond to God. Acts 8:26 NIV As he obeyed , the Spirit continued to lead. Acts 8: 27-29 NIV Listen and re...

Seeing the Unseen: The Suffering Week 2   After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.” Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again , you cannot see the Kingdom of God.” John 3:2-3   If you are following Jesus, you can see what others cannot.  John...

Seeing the Unseen: The Persecuted Church Week 1 John 3:2-3 If you are following Jesus , you can see what others cannot. Matthew 6:32-34 You can see The Kingdom of God, His restoring work happening all around us. Matthew 13:16-17 Seeing means I can join Jesus in his work. Matthew 25:44-46 Seeing the persecuted Church. 1. The persecuted for Christ are already blessed . Matthew 5:10-12 2. They teach...

Soul Food Week 8: Recipes for Living Generously: Giving and Telling The Story    “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so thateveryone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16NLT   We are set free to experience generous character… 1.      Because we know we have been graciously adopted and made heirs. Romans 8:15-17 NLT   2.    Because we...

Recipes for Generosity  John 3:16; Proverbs 14:31 NLT   1. Practicing Gratitude   Feed your Soul & Develop a Character of Generosity Practice Gratitude Psalm 22:1-10 Psalm it ! 2. Practicing Forgiveness Luke 23:34 NLT Practice Forgiveness: Forgive in advance. Forgive them again. Try Praying... Out of obedience to God I am choosing to forgive this person for the fact they did to me. And whateve...

Soul Food Week 6: Recipes for Staying Grounded Prayer & Fasting Psalm 40, Psalm 18:2   How do I approach prayer properly?  As if God is already close , I just need to reconnect.  Psalm 116:9 , Psalm 16:11  Begin with humble gratitude  Jonah 4:6  Turn off noise , both externally and internally.   Kings 19:9-13, Psalm 46:10  Imagine then focus on what is real , you in Jesus’ story Matthew 6:7-13...

Soul Food: A Recipe for Grounding Week 5 Psalm 40 Grounding only occurs when what I am resting on is solid. Psalm 18:2 Solid ground is found only through trusting in Jesus . Matthew 7:24-29 Being grounded in Jesus comes primarily through scripture . 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Scripture can’t ground us in Jesus unless we approach it properly. …As a story of transformation . …God coming close to us"But...

Soul Food Series- Week 4 A Recipe for a Slow Life: Sabbath & Hospitality Sabbath Genesis 1:31-2:3 “Very simply, God was delighting. God beheld everything He had made, and it was good. The first Sabbath was an act of celebration.” -Brandon Cook, Learning to Live and Love Like Jesus, pg. 211 Exodus 20:8 & 11 Sabbath is a command . Matthew 12:11-12; Luke 6:3-5 Sabbath is for us ! Mark 2:27 “S...

Soul Food: A Recipe for a Slow Life Week 3 “The Slow Life is quite simply, the cornerstone of spiritual life and the foundation for all other spiritual practices. It creates space for us to see and connect with God. That allows Him to do the work of transforming us.” Brandon Cook, Learning to Live and Love Like Jesus, pg. 160 "We must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from our lives." Dallas Wi...

Soul Food Week 2: A Recipe for Dealing with Reality    “When a man is driven to acts of obedience by the dread of God’s wrath revealed in the law and not drawn to them by the belief of His love revealed in the gospel; when he fears God because of His power and justice, and not because of His goodness; when he regards God more as an avenging Judge, than as a compassionate Friend and Father; and whe...