Gospel Life Sermons

In the Old Testament, Israel is portrayed as a fruitless vine, a metaphor that Jesus changes by Himself becoming the Vine. As the ultimate source of life, Jesus ensures that those connected to Him will bear fruit. This fruit manifests as love, joy, and a profound understanding of and submission to the Father, permeating all aspects of life from relationships to emotions. Fruitfulness originates fr...

The word ‘love’ is used in our culture to describe our attitude toward a wide variety of things. We love our family, we love a spouse, we love food, we love sports, we love traveling, and we certainly love our pets. With so many loves, it’s no wonder that we have a difficult time understanding what Jesus means when he invites us to ‘abide in his love’. Join us as we read John 15:9-13 to learn what...

True life, love, and joy stem from The True Vine, Christ Jesus. Though Christ and His Spirit, God intends to bear fruit in the hearts and lives of His believers.

John 15 is a call and a command to stop living life in our own strength. Jesus knows that apart from Him we can do nothing, so He is helping His disciples by telling them, to abide in Him! If they do and if His Word is abiding in them, then they can ask whatever they wish and it will be done for them. Jesus is telling us how we can bear much fruit, have fullness of joy and live for the glory of Go...

Is the Holy Spirit a feeling, a force, a ghost, or a genie? There are many misunderstandings and misrepresentations of the Holy Spirit in our culture and if you’ve ever felt confused as to the ministry of the Holy Spirit you are not alone! Thankfully, Jesus clearly introduces us to the Holy Spirit in John 14:15-31 and we learn that the Spirit preserves our faith and protects our unity by teaching...

If your road is different than what you expected, if it includes more difficulty and pain and loss and confusion than what you thought would be in store, take heart! Jesus tells us that the path ahead is the same as the path you first started on - it’s the path of faith where life is found! This passage invites us to place our faith in a specific Savior who promises to do very specific things and...

In this passage Peter will ask 2 ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ that all believers have. Jesus, where are you going? Jesus, why can’t I follow you now? Jesus’ answers reveal our need to be obedient in our waiting to be with Him in heaven, and also to be rest assured that our salvation is sealed with Jesus even in the midst of our failures!

We are commanded to love one another the way that Jesus loved us. To love those inside the church with a selfless, sacrificial and forgiving type of love. We are told that the world will know that we are truly followers of Jesus if we do love one another. Praise God that where we fail, Christ succeeded on our behalf and that we remain in His love even when we fail and fall short of loving others!

Judas is cast as the ultimate villain in story of Jesus’ journey to the cross, but have you ever wondered what caused him to betray the Son of God? The gospel accounts invite us to examine Judas’ journey to this moment and as we do, we’ll discover that Judas’ path isn’t that different from our own. However, there is hope. Because Jesus Christ rose from the grave, the shame of our sin can be covere...

Many of us have heard about Jesus washing his disciple’s feet but this story can feel pretty removed from our context and leave us uncertain as to how we might apply this in our everyday lives. Thankfully, feet washing in John 13:1-20 is about so much more than the disciples getting a pedicure. Jesus washes his disciple’s feet as a picture of his love, a promise of his cross, and an invitation for...

At Gospel Life, Biblical Soul Care exists to help people understand their sin and suffering Biblically by applying the good news of Jesus Christ to their lives by faith. We invite you to hear the vision for what Biblical Soul Care looks like for our church family and to discover the gospel motivation of 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 that makes this all possible through Jesus!

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. That light is the promised Son of God and He will shine His light into the darkness, as He becomes flesh and dwells among His people. And He will defeat the darkness and bring eternal life, by dying for His people.

It’s the final curtain call on Jesus’ public ministry and from this point forward He will only speak with his disciples, his accusers, and His Father. As he retreats to walk the lonely road to the cross, John wants us to understand why Israel chosen to crucify rather than believe God’s Son and he wants us to see that our unbelief isn’t a problem with our eyes or our eyes. Instead, unbelief is alwa...

Jesus, The Light of the world, is on His way to the cross. He knows the weight of sin that He must carry and the wrath of God He must endure. Even though His soul is troubled, He longs to bring glory to His Father. The time to defeat darkness is now and it will take Him being lifted up on a cross and dying! The light shines into the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.

Right after Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem, Jesus makes it crystal clear to His disciples that His glory will demand his death – and that the Father will use his death to bring the most glory to Christ and many into His kingdom. However, this passage also shows us that the road to the cross is required for each of us as well. If we love our life, we’ll lose it...but if we lose our life for Chris...

John 12 places us 6 days before the Passover Feast and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Pharisees want to murder Jesus. Not only this, but we learn in the passage that Judas has decided to betray Jesus and hand him over to death. However, as the heat turns up on Jesus, John presents us with an alternative response: worship. In this story, we witness Mary treasure, adore, and anoint Jesus...

God will accomplish all of His purposes and nothing or no one can ever stop His plans. Jesus is moving towards the last week of His earthly ministry and is in complete control of all that will happen to Him; for His glory and the good of His people. We see in these verses that God's purposes are always so much bigger and better than our plans.

The story of Lazarus invites us to join Mary and Martha on the pathway of mourning but it certainly doesn’t leave us there. In John 11:38-44, we learn that Jesus always keeps his promises when puts his power on display for all those that would believe! Jesus drives back death, reverses sin’s curse, and commands Lazarus to wake up and walk free in the power of the resurrection! Thankfully, this res...

When we lose someone we love and are filled with grief and sorrow, sometimes we get angry with God and wonder why He did not heal our loved one. We usually believe that true love shows up for us in our greatest hour of need and helps us. Jesus shows us in this text, that true love (His love) does show up, but not always to sustain physical life. His main goal is to display His Glory, so that we mi...

Jesus saves His people through His Word and when we’ve saved we are safe, secure, and satisfied in Christ. However, Jesus invites those that haven’t believed His words to consider his works – to examine them, to understand them, and to see that they validate His claim to be the Savior of the World. Ultimately, life comes to those that receive Jesus’ words and believe Jesus’ works and we invite you...

The Good Shepherd provides everything His sheep need to flourish and follow Him. He gives them His presence, His peace, His protection, His provision and His promises. No matter how many times His sheep wander away, He always goes after them and brings them back home. His goodness and mercy chases them down all the days of their life. And because of His sacrifice for them on the cross, they will b...

Jesus is the Good Shepherd that pursues, protects, and provides for His beloved sheep. He calls us, he goes before us, he takes us to good pasture, and he guards us from all spiritual harm. He even lays his own life down for us giving us forgiveness, freedom, and the promise of eternal abundant life through Him. At the end of the day, Jesus is our Good Shepherd and we’ve got nothing to fear when w...