Highland Gospel Mission

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Romans 12 this week as Pastor Jim Richmond preaches. What does it mean to be a living sacrifice? Before Christ, the head of each household would offer a spotless lamb to the priest on the day of atonement to be sacrificed. This lamb would often be raised specifically for this purpose. As Christians, we are called to be...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Joshua 24 today. Towards the end of Joshua's life, the Israelites were very unfaithful, and without a strong, faithful leader to keep them accountable, Joshua didn't have a lot of hope for them staying faithful (and he was right). We are no different than the Israelites, following after our own strengths in life...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 4 today. Believers, how are you living your life today? Are you just living similar to how the world is, only focusing on yourself, or are you living with a purpose? If God called you for something, and you're not doing what He asked, then you're just wasting your time. This week, I want to encourage y...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 1 Peter 4 today. To what extent have you been hospitable lately? People used to prepare for visitors to come over and welcome them with open arms. Today most people dread getting a knock on their door, and have become very trustworthy of others. But how does this benefit the kingdom? If we only keep to ourselves instead...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 2 Corinthians 3 and 4 today. What is it that allows the Church to function? Faithful individuals. A lot of Christians fear being persecuted, and tend to cave under the pressures of the world. But Jesus said we will be persecuted if we live the life Jesus did. We all have a responsibility to be active in ministry, and th...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Colossians 1 today. The church today would not exist without individuals who were willing to serve the Lord and do so gladly. But people often give their time, minds, and hearts to other things in life, and fail to give them to God. Jesus Christ deserves our heart, mind, and dedication, and we can never find anything th...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Matthew 6 today. When we do things, who is it that primarily benefits? Most often we do things just for ourselves, even things that are considered selfless. Giving to the poor, donating your time and talent, or even praying should be done from a position of humility, otherwise Jesus doesn't get exalted. Our reward i...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Matthew 10 today. On a daily basis, we fight a battle between the flesh and the spirit. Being a Christian today is becoming less and less popular, and in some circumstances, there are real life consequences. Your relationship with Jesus may cost you friends, a job, your reputation, or in some areas of the world, your li...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 1 Corinthians 4 today. What does it mean to be a steward? A steward is someone who takes care of something through acts of service. We have been called to be stewards of Christ while we wait to meet Him face to face. And when we do, either God will say “you are forgiven”, or He will say “well done, my good and faithful...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Galatians 5 this week. Christ has given us freedom from sin, but the purpose of that freedom is for the benefit of others. If we are only focusing on ourselves, then who is benefiting?  We live in a world that is self-serving, being enslaved to our desires. But through Christ, we are truly free to live a life that can b...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in several passages this morning as Pastor Doug preaches again this morning. The Bible tells us that we should pray so that we may receive. But why don’t we always get what we pray for? There may be several reasons. It could be that you don’t ask to begin with, you may be praying with the wrong intention, or perhaps God ha...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in several passages this morning as Pastor Doug preaches again this morning. Continuing with last week’s message, the Church has a responsibility. Statistically, only 20% of the people in the church are working with their spiritual gifts. If your heart is only functioning at 20%, it won’t last very long. It’s only by God’s...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in several passages this morning as Pastor Doug preaches. Why is the church struggling? Jesus warned Peter and the other apostles that it would be a rough start once He left for Heaven. Many would take off and scatter under fear of persecution. But others, including Peter, stood faithful to the great commission so that the...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Galatians 1 today. This week, Pastor Keith was out this week, and so I, Zac Link, have a message for you instead. The way we live our lives presents a living Gospel. I’ve Identified 3 types of Christians that present a false Gospel to the world. The extremist, the bystander, and the compromiser. Each one damages the Gos...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in John 6 today. After Jesus had fed over 5,000 men using a boy's lunch, some of His disciples only had food in their mind. Jesus' point wasn't to be fed physically, but spiritually. This is why they were really confused when Jesus started talking about eating His body and drinking His blood. Jesus wasn't a...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will continue in Mark 4 today. Last week we talked about sowing seeds for the purpose of people hearing the Gospel. The result of sowing those seeds changes lives, sparks movements, and builds up the church. But it the farmer doesn't sow those seeds, how can he expect a harvest? Are you expecting a harvest by sowing seeds, or...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Mark 4 today. In this chapter, Jesus gives the parable of the sower and the seed. Our success depends on where we sow the seeds. Too often, we sow our seeds in the safe walls of the church, and barely yield anything. Jesus wants us to sow further than that, because that will yield much more, even if it's only 30 fol...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will continue in Mark 3 today. After choosing his disciples, the Pharisees were trying to discredit Jesus by saying that He has a demon. But Jesus quickly retorted that Satan doesn't cast himself out. What Jesus does is through the power of God, and because of that, each of us has a purpose for His plan. Your exact purpose mig...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Mark 3 today with a quick recap of last week. Is it really that hard to do good to people? The Pharisees were making a big deal about Jesus healing on the sabbath (which was completely lawful), because it violated their set of rules. Since when is it wrong to do good to others? This world is cold, and the last thing it...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will finish up Mark 2 today. The Pharisees were famous for taking the Law that God gave to Moses and the Israelites, and turning it into something that God never intended. One example is when the Pharisees (who weren’t fair, you see), hassled the apostles for picking grain on the Sabbath because they were hungry. God didn’t give u...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We continue in Mark 1 today as well as chapter 2. Jesus stirred up quite a bit of controversy in His ministry. The Pharisees were looking for a Messiah that would enforce rules, overthrow governments, and cast judgment. Jesus did the opposite by healing the sick, forgiving sin, hanging out with the lowest of low, and breaking traditi...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Mark 1 today. This Gospel was unique in that it was written by a boy that was closely associated with the apostles years later. Because of this, chapter 1 is filled with several quick stories. One of the first stories after his baptism is that of Jesus being tempted in the wilderness. God allowed this so that He could p...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Galatians 6 today. For you long time listeners, this will be a familiar passage, but it's an important one. Why should we do good to one another? If everyone just keeps to themselves, they might be fine, but then there's no relationship and the body of Christ becomes weak. This is why we are to bear one another&...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Luke 16 and 17 today. What is a stumbling block? For Christians, a stumbling block is something that builds barriers between Jesus and others. If we are selfishly motivated, we become stumbling blocks. In order to not become a stumbling block, we must stop living for ourselves and start living for Him by forgiving other...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 today. God has given us each one or more spiritual gifts. Each of these gifts has a purpose, and are often misunderstood. Gifts are for the purpose of reaching the lost and discipling the saved. Just as each body part has a different purpose for supporting the rest of the body, so do our individu...