Generations Church Sermons

Episode Notes Acts Community - Acts 2:1–47 THE EARLY CHURCH The early churches begun by Jesus’s disciples had some very common themes that we need today: one theme is Christian Community. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE GOSPEL IS THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS Jesus promised the resurrection, and proved it by rising from the dead. He showed himself to his disciples and commissioned them to tell others. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE GOSPEL REQUIRES DEATH Death began with Adam, and continued through all the Old Testament. All of this has been pointing to one single event: Jesus’s death on a cross. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes The Gospel is Christ’s Power The Gospel is Christ’s victory alive in us by the Holy Spirit. it is not us living in our strength. Jesus isn’t just an example, but the very power of God in us. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE GOSPEL IS CHRIST’S SACRIFICE Jesus teaches through the Passover meal that he is the sacrifice giving us life and removing our sin. Communion is the sacrament that reminds us of this. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE GOSPEL TRANSFORMS OUR HEARTS Jesus taught a gospel of inner transformation resulting in relationship with God. Inner change is valued over appearances, as appearances can be misleading. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE GOSPEL IS DEATH BRINGING LIFE Jesus proclaims his death and resurrection repeatedly before it happens. Jesus also shows how the gospel impacts us, our dying to ourselves brings true life. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS: THE TRUTH OF GOD Every culture, community, and church, have embedded ways of doing things. Jesus confronts our traditions because he is the truth of God in human flesh. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS OUR SHEPHERD Jesus provides care, protection, nourishment, and rest, for us. As we rush often through life, Jesus makes sure that we slow down and get all that we need.   For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS THE HEALER Jesus healed people, delivered the oppressed, and raised to life those who died. If Jesus answered your greatest prayers today, what would be your response?  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS AND THE KINGDOM PARABLES Jesus told relatable stories about The Kingdom’s purpose and mission, teaching that when the gospel transforms a person they will pass it on to others. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS THE TEACHER Jesus was first and foremost a teacher, sent with the message of a loving Father, to a wayward and broken humanity. Teaching was the primary ministry of Jesus. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS THE MESSENGER Mark’s Gospel presents Jesus as the Messenger of God who has come to bring God’s completed message to humanity. Jesus brings us good news of salvation. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes IMAGINE YOU WERE CHOSEN What goes through your mind if you think about God choosing you specifically for an important role like this? Fear? Excitement? Unworthiness? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS: BORN IN HUMAN FLESH The birth of Christ is about God becoming flesh and blood so that all humanity can be restored to God. For more information, visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS: CREATOR, ETERNAL, GOD. Jesus is far more than a baby in a manger, or a man on a cross. Eternal, with no beginning or end, He is the God of Creation, come to save us from our sin. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes REFORMED & REFORMING A Reformation slogan (1500s) “ Semper Reformanda! ” means always reforming.  Change requires constant focus because we fall backwards into sin so easily. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes WHEN THE TASK IS DONE As the wall is completed, a change occurs. The people don’t want to lose what God has returned. What have we learned that should change us as a church? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes What is required to rebuild God's word For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes OPPOSITION As God’s people do the work God called them to they encounter opposition both from others and themselves. We can expect challenges as we follow Jesus “For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church .” Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Our calling Jesus calls the Church (us) to be His Witness in the world. We not only respond by being the people He calls us to be, but by doing the work He calls us to do. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Matthew 9:35–38 When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find...

Episode Notes TRANSFORMATION What would it require to see major transformation sweep through Generations Church? Is it even possible? Do we even want to see change like that? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes PRIORITIES What we truly value is evident in how we live and raise our families. Is being godly, raising a godly family, and being used by God, a value in our lives? Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes OVERCOMING OUR OWN SIN God exiled Israel for their idolatry, and then used idolatry in Babylon to test them again. How might God use our sin to test us in future times? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co