Generations Church Sermons

Episode Notes Worn-Out Knees:  As we realize all that God has done for us, we start to fall in love with Him. As He starts to reveal more of Himself to us it should cause us to fall on our knees in praise and worship to the point of worn-out knees.  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes FROM DEATH, TO LIFE IN CHRIST We are made alive in Christ as a new people (the church) who are distinct from the world yet remain in the world to do the work that God has created them for.  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY OVER SALVATION God’s Word speaks clearly about his sovereign role in our salvation. It is for us to learn and embrace, even if we can’t fully grasp it all at once.  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

MATURING ALONGSIDE OTHERS Paul closes up Galatians with a series of ways we can grow with one another in the church when we allow the Holy Spirit to transform our lives. Episode Notes For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes FREEDOM IN CHRIST Paul uses “freedom” to describe the overcoming power of the gospel. Anything else removes the power of the gospel and creates “slavery” in its place. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes MATURITY IN FAITH Today Paul calls the Galatian Church to go to the next step of faith. Maturing as a believer is not just intellectual or even behavioral, but transformational.  For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church . Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes A LIVING FAITH Our relationship with the gospel is faith. A living faith has 3 parts: knowledge (understanding), ascent (agreeing), trust (acting). Saving faith is a living faith. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes LEGALISM & MORALISM The Church struggles with two (wrong) human additions to the gospel: moralism (trying hard to please God) and legalism (managing faith by adding rules) For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes LETTERS FROM A PASTOR In Paul’s earliest writings (Galatians 50ad) he encourages young churches to know and understand the true gospel, and to keep it from being corrupted. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes THE LIVING JESUS Many versions of Jesus exist in tradition and culture, which are different than the living Savior in Scripture. When you meet the living Jesus everything changes. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes JESUS THE KING TELLS OF HIS KINGDOM Jesus answers Pilate before the crucifixion, saying clearly that (1) he is King, and (2) his Kingdom is not this world. This teaching needs to change our lives today. For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

Episode Notes WHY IS THE CHURCH TODAY NOT WHAT WE READ ABOUT? When we sit down and read about the church in the New Testament we all see disparities. What causes the differences and what should we do about it? For more information, please visit https://genfamily.church. Find out more at https://generations-church-sermons.pinecast.co

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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