Rio Vista Church Sermons

Our Advent series on five of the 'I Am' statements of Jesus concludes with 'I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.' From John chapter 14. Probably the most iconic statement of Jesus and also the one most argued with, He claims to be THE way!

Our Advent series on five of the 'I Am' statements of Jesus continues with 'I Am the Light of the World.' From John chapter 8. How does the Bible portray light? What does it mean for Jesus to declare Himself to be 'the Light?' Find out here!

Our Advent series on five of the 'I Am' statements of Jesus continues with 'I Am the Door.' From John chapter 10, Jesus declares Himself to be the door and the good shepherd. This message will help you understand and appreciate those word pictures.

Our Advent series on the 'I Am' statements of Jesus continues with 'I Am the Bread of Life.' Physical bread is the daily sustainer of life and spiritual bread is the eternal source and sustainer of life everlasting.

Our Advent Series on five of the I Am statements of Jesus. Jesus proclaimed Himself, His very person, to be the source of life and the only answer to the brokenness and corruption of this world.

Jesus deserved the splendor of the Transfiguration, but he endured the agony of the Cross...so that we, who deserve the agony of the Cross, could inherit the eternal splendor of the Transfiguration!

Our series on leveraging your life for Jesus concludes with a story from 2 Kings about the siege of Samaria. Sometimes God allows his people to be enslaved by another master, so they might see that true freedom comes in slavery to him, and repent.

Our series on leveraging your life for Jesus continues with the subject of your time and talents. God has placed us all into a different role within the body of Christ, and given us the specific talents he wants us to have - AND use for him!

Our series on leveraging your life for Jesus continues with what is probably the most sensitive subject the church can discuss - your treasure. Your money and your possessions. God gave them to you as an INVESTMENT, he wants you to manage them for him!

From Luke 9, Jesus tells those who truly desire to follow him what they do. Deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow him. What does that mean? Probably NOT what you think it does.

Real Faith Lives for God and not for Money. Our series from the book of James concludes. When you plan how to run and use your business, finances, money, and for that matter, life - do you take God into account?

When you love, you do what is difficult willingly. Your sufferings of obedience will be a small price to pay, as knowledge of the one you serve makes your labors into pleasures. Paul says we are to follow Christ in this way.

Real faith calls us to repentance. Our series from James continues as we look today as his call to action. We have seen what our lives should look like because of our faith. If God is calling you to come back to Him, James says repent and return!

Real faith lives according to a different kind of wisdom, and produces a very different kind of fruit. Our series from James continues as we look at the difference between the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the world.

Authentic faith shows up not only in how we live but also in how we speak. The words that we use and how we use them reveals what is going on in our hearts. If your tongue is never tamed at all, James says your faith cannot be real.

What is the relationship between faith and works? If we are saved by faith alone, why does God command us to do good works? What ARE good works, anyway? Tom Hendrikse answers these questions as part of our series from the book of James.

From 1 John chapter 3. We examine the connection between Love and Obedience. Jesus not only saved us FROM sin, He saved us TO obedience. The love of God is transformational, and it ALWAYS transforms.

From James chapter 2. Since we are new creations by God Himself, we must live that way and see things through the eyes of faith, including the poor and helpless among us. Real Faith Expresses Itself in Practical and Loving Acts of Mercy Toward the Poor.

Our series from the book of James continues. This week James delivers the sobering message that real Christians don't just LISTEN TO God's Word, they also DO it!

A series of messages from the book of James. This week we begin where James does, considering the question of suffering. James offers his message: Don't waste your suffering!

Series conclusion. What practices and disciplines can we employ to deepen and intensify our faith relationship to Christ, the connection through which his power will flow to us?

The daily pursuit of holiness is done as an act of worship in response to the gospel. But HOW is it done? By what power can it be accomplished? From Romans 11:34 - 12:1, and Galatians 2:20.

As believers in Jesus, we need to wake up every single day and resolve to pursue a life of even more radical obedience to the perfectly holy law of God than we did the day before. This week, Tom answers the question of WHY we do this.

Conclusion to our two part series on serving. Serving others restores the shalom (peace) of God that He originally planned for this world. And you cannot find that peace apart from the community of God's people.

Ministry Operations Pastor Matt Lomenick begins a two-part series on the topic of God's Word and Serving. Healthy, biblical, and uniquely Christian service begins with a response to who God is and what He's done.