The Word Became Fresh

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, Jesus’ confrontation with the religious leaders reaches its breaking point. They lash out with insults, calling Him a Samaritan and accusing Him of being demon-possessed. But Jesus doesn’t trade insult for insult — He speaks truth with unshakable calm: "I honor My Fa...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, Jesus exposes the spiritual heart of His opponents. They boast in Abraham, but their actions betray another lineage. He says, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came from God." Instead, their rejection reveals their true allegiance — "Y...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, Jesus continues His conversation with those who claim to believe in Him — but whose hearts reveal otherwise. They insist, "Abraham is our father." But Jesus replies, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did." (John...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we return to the temple courts as Jesus continues His confrontation with those who claim to believe in Him. Last time, we heard Him say, "If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (Joh...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, Jesus turns from the skeptical crowd to those who have believed in Him — and He draws a dividing line that runs straight through the heart of every person. He says, "If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth w...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we return to the temple courts for Part 2 of Jesus’ stunning declaration in John 8. The religious leaders still don’t understand where He has come from or where He is going. They question, they argue, and they scoff — but Jesus speaks with divine clarity: "When...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, Jesus sharpens the warning He began in the temple courts: "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin." The religious leaders scoff, unable to understand. Yet Jesus makes it plain — unless they believe that He is who He claims to be...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we continue with Jesus’ declaration, "I am the light of the world." But this time, the focus sharpens: Jesus warns of the danger of dying in sin if we do not believe that He is who He claims to be — the great "I Am." The religious leaders remain b...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we move from the tension of stones in the temple courts to one of the greatest declarations in all of Scripture. Standing in the midst of the Feast of Tabernacles — a celebration filled with light — Jesus proclaims: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me wi...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we return to the temple courts where a woman, caught in adultery, has been dragged before Jesus. The accusers are gathered, stones in hand, certain they have finally trapped Him. They demand justice. They demand a verdict. And with chilling self-righteousness, they p...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we step into one of the most dramatic encounters in the Gospels — the story of the woman caught in adultery. The scribes and Pharisees drag her before Jesus, publicly shamed, guilty under the Law, and cornered by those who want to trap Him. It is a scene of humiliati...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we come to the close of John 7. The crowds have heard Jesus’ invitation, the guards have been shaken by His words, and the Pharisees are more determined than ever to resist Him. The chapter ends not with belief, but with division. As Pastor Sebastian unpacks this pas...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we step into one of the most dramatic moments in John’s Gospel. It’s the last and greatest day of the Feast of Tabernacles. The water-pouring ritual has just ended. The priests and people stand in anticipation. And in that climactic silence, Jesus stands and cries ou...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we return to the temple courts in John 7:25–36, where Jesus’ words continue to cut through the fog of confusion and the hostility of unbelief. The crowd thinks they have Him figured out. The religious leaders are still plotting His death. But Jesus presses deeper—dec...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we enter a moment of escalating tension in John 7:25–36. The crowds are divided. The religious leaders are plotting. And Jesus—calmly, authoritatively—declares truths that no one expects and few can accept. They think they know who He is. They think they know where H...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we continue in the temple courts as Jesus boldly challenges the religious leaders and the crowds—cutting through confusion, hypocrisy, and superficial judgment. His words reveal the difference between knowing Scripture and truly knowing God. Between legalism and lord...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we enter the temple courts of Jerusalem—right in the middle of the Feast of Booths. After remaining hidden, Jesus suddenly appears and begins teaching—and what follows is nothing short of astonishing. The religious leaders are stunned. The crowds are confused. And th...

Welcome everyone to the Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Sebastian Petz, Pastor of the Word Church LA. Today, Sebastian continues his teaching series through the Gospel of John who writes his Gospel about Jesus so that everyone who reads it might believe that Jesus is the Son of God and have life in his name. Now, here's Sebastian with a new message in Jesus reveals himself as...

Welcome back to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we wrap up the first movement of John 7, where Jesus’ identity is whispered about, debated, and distorted. His brothers mock Him. The crowds are divided. The leaders are scheming. But through it all, Jesus remains on mission—unmoved by pressure, unshaken by popu...

Welcome back to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we open a new chapter in the Gospel of John—in chapter 7—where Jesus, once again, finds Himself misunderstood by those closest to Him. As the Feast of Booths approaches, His own brothers mock Him, the religious leaders plot to kill Him, and the crowds whisper in...

Welcome back to The Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. In today’s episode, we continue with the second half of Jesus’ hard teaching in John 6:60–71—a passage where many disciples turn back and no longer walk with Him. Pastor Sebastian unpacks the sobering reality behind spiritual deconstruction: that it’s often not about seeking truth,...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Pastor Sebastian Petz from The WORD Church LA. We’re nearing the end of the Bread of Life discourse in John 6—a turning point moment where many walk away from Jesus. In today’s message, Pastor Sebastian walks us through verses 60–71, where the crowds grumble, the disciples wrestle, and Jesus makes one of His most soul-searching stat...

Welcome to The Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Sebastian Petz, Pastor of The Word Church LA. In this episode, we continue in John 6:49–59, where Jesus makes one of His most provocative claims yet: that eternal life comes through feeding on His flesh and drinking His blood. What does He mean? And why did this offend so many of His followers? Pastor Sebastian takes us deep into the...

Welcome everyone to The Word Became Fresh , the Bible-teaching ministry of Sebastian Petz, Pastor of the Word Church LA. In John 6, the crowds want full stomachs—Jesus offers them eternal life. In today’s message, we step deeper into one of the most misunderstood moments in the Gospels, as Jesus says, "Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life." What did He mean? Why...

Welcome everyone to the Word Became Fresh, the Bible-teaching ministry of Sebastian Petz, Pastor of the Word Church LA. What does it mean when Jesus says, "I am the Bread of Life"? In this message from John 6:32–48, Pastor Sebastian continues exploring Jesus’ bold claim to be the Bread of Life—exposing the crowd’s unbelief and highlighting the Father’s sovereign grace in drawing sinners...