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Pastor Matt does a deep dive into how the wisdom and character of God is revealed in The Gospel of Christ. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to transform...

Through just six verses in chapter 3 of Ephesians, Bro Jason teaches us to look beyond our sufferings to the kingship of Jesus Christ and live for Him. Outline of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to...

Today, Pastor Matt brings home the message of where our real citizenship is documented and who our real family is. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to t...

Pastor Matt mines these eight verses for the truth of the Gospel, and unity of the body that is in Christ. Saved by Christ alone. Breakdown of Ephesians; Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. Go...

Today, Pastor Matt teaches us about good works being the fruit of salvation. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 ** 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to transformation 4:17- 6:9 5. God call...

Today Pastor Matt teaches from Ephesians 2 and explains the true source of our salvation. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to transformation 4:17- 6:9 5...

This morning, Pastor Matt journeys through Ephesians 2:1-3 pulling out the truths of moving from sin to salvation. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to t...

In today's teaching Pastor Matt leads us into The Supremacy of Christ. The Breakdown of Ephesians; Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to transformation 4:17- 6:9 5. God calls us...

Today Pastor Matt teaches on Knowledge. Not normal knowledge, but deep relational knowledge the "Secret Sauce" in our relationship with The Living Christ, as we continue in our Beliefs portion of Ephesians. Outline of Ephesians Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those belief...

Today Pastor Matt drills down to show that Salvation is of God and our inheritance is in God, both for His glory and praise. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God cal...

God's gracious work of election, adoption, and redemption leads us to bless Him. Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to transformation 4:17- 6:9 5. God calls us to stand empowered...

Today Pastor Matt shows us God's gracious salvation work leads us to bless Him. Breakdown of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to transformation 4:17- 6:9 5. God call...

Pastor Matt shares with us how we are called to grace by God. God continues to seek us even after we fail many times. Overview of Ephesians: Beliefs (what God has done in Christ); 1:1-3:21 • In Christ: 1. God saves by Grace; 1:1 - 2:10 2. God reconciles by the cross; 2:11 - 3:21 Behavior (living out those beliefs); 4:1 - 6:24 • Because of Christ: 3. God calls us to unity; 4:1-16 4. God calls us to...

Pastor Matt prepares us for an in depth study of The Book of Ephesians. He shares how the book breaks down then reads Paul's letter to Ephesus.

This morning Pastor Matt shows us when Jesus touches us and His righteousness is transferred to us, we ought to show gratitude in all we say and do.

Pastor Matt takes these five verses and shows us what Godly worship looks like. Gratitude is the foundation of our Biblical worship. Raise a shout and give a blast, that is joyful singing. Sing with all your heart, soul, mind and strength with a heart of gratitude that comes from the knowledge of what God has done for us. Our very lives should reflect our worship of God. When we sing our praises i...

Today, continuing in Habakkuk, Pastor Matt drives home the idea that when hardships and wickedness confuse, live by faith in your sovereign God. Habakkuk asks God “How can you let wicked Babylon over run us?”. He states that he knows God is eternal and pure. He knows that Babylon is evil. God responds to Habakkuk by telling Habakkuk to trust Him. God tells Habakkuk to trust Him even when he can’t...

Pastor Matt begins a new teaching in the Book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk saw many things that were very wrong in his society and questioned why God wasn’t stepping in. Sometimes we might wonder the exact same things in our society today. God responded that He is already working on the issues, outside of Habakkuk's expectations and plans and for his own good. God’s sovereignty shows up in uncomfortable...

Today Pastor Matt shares with us what James has to say about prayer.  Prayer is how we tell God that we need him. In closing his letter, James exhorts us to pray in ALL circumstances. When times are tough, when we are weak, and to pray praises when things are wonderful and we are full of cheer. To pray because our prayers matter, and we should pray for those who live in sin. God answers ALL prayer...

Today Brother Jason teaches us about patience and suffering. In this passage of James he tells us as we go through our suffering to not give up, don’t lash out or share our misery with others, and to guard our tongues. It is a tall order because it is our base nature to lash out at others because “misery loves company”. Through the nature The Spirit gives us, we can become patient or steadfast in...

Today Pastor Matt brings the message from James 4:11-17. We need to let God be God in every area of our lives. Truth is, He IS God over our lives. We can submit to Him or we can kick at the goads, our choice. Submission is good. He shows us that we arrogantly step into Gods place when we presume to arrogantly judge and presume to arrogantly plan. We must only judge according to God’s perfect word,...

Pastor Matt pulls firm truths for all of us out of James Chapter 4 this morning. James is showing us how our hearts, when driven by our flesh, will lead us to personal and spiritual conflict, and has negative impacts on our prayer. The way forward is through submitting to Christ with honest repentance. There we will find Grace. When we get to the end of our selves, Jesus is at the door knocking wa...

Today’s teaching is on wisdom. Pastor Matt shows us wisdom is intellect and behavior. Wisdom can be from above, or wisdom can be worldly from below. God’s wisdom is revealed to those who are converted and fear The Lord. Those who search through God’s word and pray for wisdom, and those who yield to Christ. Fearing The Lord is the realization that we are accountable to The Lord for all we do and sa...

This morning, Pastor Matt journeys through James chapter 3 to show us the power of our tongue. It has the power to tear people down, or to share The Gospel to bring them to salvation. Our tongues share with everyone the condition of our hearts. What comes out of our mouths confesses The Lord, or our worldly desires. We cannot tame our tongues, only Jesus can, through our justification and sanctifi...

In today’s meeting, Pastor Matt teaches us how a verse or passage can be incorrectly interpreted and appear at odds with other scripture when pulled out by it’s self. However when we let the Bible interpret it’s self, the passage is congruent with all scripture. Today we heard James talk about faith and works. We know salvation is from Christ alone, but our works should reflect Christ’s light that...