FCC Young Adults Sermons

This message addresses how followers of Jesus can process a week filled with tragedy, violence, and confusion. While culture spins stories and social media fuels division, Scripture reminds us that we are living in a spiritual battle far deeper than politics or headlines. The enemy is actively working to blind, divide, and derail—but Jesus remains victorious, sovereign, and present. In this sermon...

September 8, 2025 Stewarding our time is a vital part of our calling, and key to all other areas of Stewardship.  Time cannot be stored up or saved or earned - it can only be invested.  How are you investing yours? Scripture: Luke 12:15-46 Luke 19:41-44 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

We all face moments when identity struggles, unmet expectations, and anxiety seem unshakable—even after we’ve tried every “Christian” answer we know. The problem isn’t that Scripture isn’t enough; it’s that we sometimes use it like a band-aid instead of seeing the deeper truth it points to. In Exodus 3–4, God meets Moses in his insecurity, not by inflating his ego, but by shifting his focus from h...

We live in an image-driven world, where the fear of truly being known leads people into isolation. In contrast, scripture encourages us to embrace truth and live in reality as it actually is. How do we put this into practice? Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:4-22 Romans 2:17-21 James 5:16 Romans 5:6-8

This week, we will be going over Romans 4:1-12, to better understand what Paul is saying in his thorough presentation of God's gospel in Christ Jesus. Paul describes Abraham's righteousness as not stemming from the works of the law (as the law hadn't been given to Israel at that point), but through belief in God (obedience, love, faith and trust). This would have been unfamiliar to...

The promises of God are true and real, often times we want them in our own time, when we think they should happen. How do you handle yourself when the promises don't happen when you think they should. We need to take encouragement from waiting on God's timing. Scripture: Romans 4:13-25 Genesis 12:3 Ephesians 2: 8-9 Galatians 5:22 Genesis 17:5 Hebrews 11: 8-19

In a world where we're constantly trying to prove ourselves—morally, spiritually, even socially—Romans 3:19-31 offers good news: we can stop striving and start trusting. This passage confronts the futility of earning righteousness through the law and reveals the heart of the gospel—God makes us right with Him not through our performance, but through faith in Jesus. Whether you feel burdened b...

In Romans 3:21-30 Paul says God's righteousness has been revealed. Jesus Christ has been put forward as the new mercy seat, establishing the sacred, tabernacling presence of God on planet earth once again and empowering the formation of a just community. This is no arbitrary venting of wrath - this is the restoration of the human vocation so that God's purposes can be fulfilled... and th...

On a spectrum of legalism to "cheap grace", Paul calls out both camps and calls the Church of Rome (and us) to a higher standard. Scripture: Romans 3:1-20 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

The right action done with the wrong intent, is in fact the wrong action. God desires for His people to be holy in all of life. Paul condemns the Jews for being people who said one thing and then did another, and did not practice what they preached. Instead, God desires that His people's words, thoughts, heart, and actions are aligned and that his people are transparent, even when they don&ap...

We have all sinned, we all fall under God and we can't look down on anyone else. Those who follow the law are condemned by the law that they can't keep, those who follow their own standards fail their own standards. Yet, we are judged by the perfect Lord Jesus Christ and this also offers hope. Scripture: Romans 3:23, Romans 2:1-16 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya E...

May 12, 2025 What happens when humanity trades the truth of God for a lie? Romans 1 paints a sobering picture of what it means when God gives people over to the desires of their own hearts. In a world full of idols shaped in our own image, we're reminded that God's wrath is not impulsive anger—but the righteous response to our willful rebellion. This message will challenge what you think...

Paul begins by thanking God for the Roman believers, whose faith was so vibrant it was known throughout the world—reminding us that gratitude and prayer must be the foundation of all Christian relationships and ministry. He emphasizes his deep desire to visit and encourage them, reflecting the mutual strengthening that comes through Christian fellowship and the shared pursuit of spiritual growth....

So often we skip the greeting but what is Paul trying to tell us? Why is the greeting important? Scripture: Romans 1:1-7 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

Contrary to popular understandings, Romans is not Paul's systematic theology. Instead, Paul is encouraging a troubled community in Rome to welcome one another as Jesus has welcomed them, and in so doing they will display his gospel, which he defends as the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. Scripture: Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria...

April 7, 2025 Habakuk ends with one profound realization: to survive the life of exile, we must not let the raging chaos and conflict undermine our ability to focus on what is central. Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19 Exodus 19:5-6 Deut 4:5-8 Habakuk 1:1-4 2Kings 17:9-11 Luke 13:31-32

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:1-15 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-20 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-5 1 Kings 19:11 -12 James 1:19 Isaiah 40:31 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

March 3, 2025 Scripture: Habakkuk 1:5-11 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccyadmin@fccsantamaria.org Website- fccsantamaria.org

In this intro to Habakkuk, we dive into the story of Judah's decline and the prophet Habakkuk's cry for justice. Habakkuk sees a world filled with violence and corruption, and his doubts about God's silence reflect the struggles many of us face when our experiences don't match what we know about God's promises. Is doubt a sign of weak faith? Or an opportunity for God to pr...

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February 3, 2025 Many think of "discipleship" as learning, like in-depth Bible study reserved for serious, "committed" Christians. But discipleship is about maturing as human beings called to imitate Jesus. But how do we do that? It's more than you think  Scripture: John 5:39-40 John 13:31-38 John 21:1-19 Resources: FaceBook- FCC Young Adults Instagram- @fccya Email- fccya...

Culture convinces us that to welcome someone means to "entertain" - to have the well arranged house, the right food, the mood lighting, the perfect music and vibe. In contrast, Jesus shows in the story of Zacchaeus that by leading from a place of humility and weakness we make space for the weakness of others. And it is in a moment of honest vulnerability and being seen and loved in their...