Pastor Matt's Podcasts

In this second part of the series, "Silencing the Enemy", we examine those who are most susceptible to listening to the enemy.  

Satan bombards Christians with noise.  One of our greatest tasks is to worship God and drown out the noise of the enemy.  This sermon defines the nature of the Christian's responsibility to do just that.

The Children of Israel were saved from Egypt in order that they may worship God.  The Tabernacle was built with beautiful furniture, but regardless of how beautiful it was, the tabernacle itself was not to be worshipped.  We need to hear that same caution today.  We cannot worship the ministry, we must worship Christ alone.

In this sermon, we discuss how God finances His kingdom through the vocation of His people.  Building the church is not the same thing as building the kingdom.  The church helped in building the foundation of Western civilization; however, when the church began emphasizing evangelizing individuals rather than the nations, they handed off many of the kingdom responsibilities fo the State. 

In this sermon, we examine the privelege of serving the King and His kingdom.  God gives us the opportunity to serve Him with our free-will offering, but He also gives us the opportunity to serve Him with the skills we put on.  All of this advances the Kingdom of God for His glory.

In this episode we take a look at the reflection of God's glory that came from Moses when he came down the mountain with the new tablets of the covenant. The people were terrified witht he glory that shone from his face, but he kept his face uncovered until he delivered the word of God.  Only then did he cover it.  What does this mean to us?  What is the demand on Christians who have the glory of...

In this episode, we review the renewal of the covenant and will examine three of the four foundational pillars of a covenant/constitution.  What are these three essential pillars and how are they also to be found in our own United States Constitution?  This explains some of these aspects.

In God's abundant grace and mercy, He forgave Israel their sin of idolatry; however, there were still consequences.  God still wouldn't abide with them in camp.  In addition, although He would still allow them to go into the promised land, He had a very stern warning, they were not to commit idolatry with the gods of the pagan occupants of the land.   This is a stern warning to us.  Before we say...

The story of Lazarus is well known; however, what isn't as well known is the purpose of the death of Lazarus.  Jesus had a specific purpose for his death and his resurrection, but the Jews had a very different purpose for his death.  This difference is still with us today, we see it at almost every funeral.

When Moses didn't know how God would bring them into the Promised Land without His presence, Moses asked God to show him His ways.  After God explained His ways, it was still confusing, so Moses asked God to show him His glory.  All of this amounted to the same thing, God said to Moses to follow the Angel (Preincarnate Jesus).  In the New Testament, Jesus said the same thing, "Follow Me."

The modern concept of revival is not the biblical approach to revival and revivals of the past.  This section of scripture reveals how God humiliates His people in order to turn them to repentance and prayer.  It is a move of God to turn from their wicked ways that promotes true, godly revival.  

Moses was the mediator of the covenant.  His goal was to help Israel to the Promised Land.  He interceded for Israel when they created the gold calf to worship, but he was not able to give his own life for the lives of these idolaters.  He didn't have a sinless life, like Jesus.   We too are called to be covenant mediators, but we are not called to be the savior to anyone else.  There is only one...

Aaron catered to the demands of the people, settingup a democracy in effect.  The people demanded he create an idol for them when Moses took too long getting the commandments of God from Sinai.  However, when Moses came down, he took moral authority, had the moral courage to demand that the idol be destroyed.  We need men of moral courage, who speak with moral authority in the name of God today, r...

When Moses gets the tablets of the covenant, this should be an exciting time for Israel; however, when Moses delays coming down and because the children of Israel are a stiff-necked people, they demand Aaron make for them a god that they could worship.  They couldn't wait for God's word, God's instructions, it was taking longer than what they thought, so they created their own idol. We have God's...

In this sermon, we explore the biblical understanding of taxes, Holy Spirit inspired work, and of the Sabbath rest.  God defines, directs and controls each of these areas.  If we give them over to the State, we not only put the State before God, but we are enslaved to it. 

The garments of the high priest speaks volumes of the work of Jesus Christ.

The tabernacle itself speaks volumes of the work of Jesus.

The Ark of the Covenant was the throne of God for the Hebrews.  The throne of God was in His palace, called the Tabernacle.  What we examine in scripture today is the power of the throne of God as the Hebews had to take the Ark into the land of Canaan.  God spelled out very specific instructions for His dwelling place, His people are to do exactly what He commands and not get creative in the build...

In this sermon, we examine the ratification of the covenant, the blood covenant, anfd to he affirmation of the people committing to obeying the covenant.

Before the Hebrews went into the Promised Land, they recieved the Ten Commandments, the Case Laws, and the special instructions to work, rest, celebrate and follow Jesus.  All of this is what we read both in the Old and New Testaments. 

In dealing with the laws of the covenant nation, it is important ot understand how God's law dealt with those who were not Hebrew.  There would be many strangers croming in or passing through the land of Canaan.  There were four typse of people that the Bible called "strangers".  Not all were the same. Each type was to bre treated differently.  In the United States, we too must differentiate betwe...

There are many issues that Christians get asked about, but are either not knowledgeable enough too answer, or simply are too weak in their faith to give the biblical answer.  One of these issues is God's design for the death penalty.  This sermon will give both encouragement and a biblical knowledge base in order to answer these questions.

God's laws are a reflection of His own character, when we obey the moral principle of His laws, we are exemplifying His character.  The case laws found in Exodus are laws that have at their very root, one or more of the Ten Commandments.  If we are ever to be a godly nation once again, we must rediscover the moral principles of God's laws once again. 

Before going through the Case Laws found in Exodus 21-23, it is important to understand why we are to study these laws.  In this sermon we get a proper perspective of God's law as a reflection of His character.  If you want to know Jesus more and more, then it is imperitave that we read, study, and meditate upon His word more and more. 

In this study, we examine the implications of the children of Israel's desire to stand afar off from God afrter He gave the Ten Commandments to Moses.  There are two distince fears people have of God, one is healthy and the other is not.