Clear Water Presbyterian Church

This week Rev Luis Garcia from Iglesia Presbiteriana Corpus Christi joins Clear Water Presbyterian Church to preach from Psalm 8.

Giving up everything to follow Jesus is the right price. We must follow him in life, in death, and onward to the Kingdom.

Jesus is the Messiah gives you sight by a healing touch, through the preaching of His plainly spoken word and this is the only way you may receive sight. To receive such sight you must first understand how blind you are. Receiving sight then requires you to state clearly who Jesus is. Receiving sight will mean repentance from seeing the Jesus you want to see.

To understand the danger of a lack of spiritual insight, you must understand why Jesus will not give the Pharisees a sign, what the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod is, and what hope remains for the unseeing and unhearing disciples.

Jesus satisfies because he is compassionate, more powerful than you understand, and feeds the nations, so keep coming to Him.

Jesus is risen, so worship Him without sinful fear. Jesus is reigning, so worship him with godly fear and joy. Jesus is still redeeming, so worship him by going and telling the world of his redemption.

Why should anyone give thanks to God at all? It is because He shows his goodness and his love by saving those who trust in Him. Our response must be to give thanks by remembering His saving character, by reenacting/rehearsing His story of salvation, and by continuing to ask for His saving with real expectation that He will.

Defilement is not something that happens because of what goes into your stomach, but rather on account of what comes out of your heart. But Jesus Christ in declaring all foods clean declares that even you and I can be made clean.

Reject externalism. Reject values, authorities, and traditions that you give loyalty to over God's Word. Instead embrace true religion which is knowing Jesus Christ.

Jesus reveals the God you need by going to Him Himself in prayer. Jesus reveals that He is the God you need. Jesus reveals the God you need, saving you by a touch. Recognize and believe upon Him.

Because Christ’s victory is guaranteed by his resurrection, we should accept any cost for Christ’s mission, any cost for repentance, and any earthly cost to share in his resurrection.

Jesus’ mission can’t be stopped even: Not by those who should be the first to believe, but only advanced by the imperfect. This means you must reject the unbelief that resides in you and embrace Jesus Christ in faith and repentance.

Jesus is the Lord of Life who is able to resurrects the dead, is kind, and is happy to be the God of Hopeless Causes. He is worthy of faith that costs you everything, so you can and must have costly faith.

Because Jesus is the Merciful Lord who is able to do much for you, beg to see His power displayed in the darkest places, beg to have Jesus no matter what He threatens in your life, and beg Him to go with you as you declare what he’s done for you.

Because Jesus does what only God could, we should boldly entrust ourselves to him. This kind of faith/entrusting looks like staking our entire lives upon the one who commands the wind and the waves.

Because Jesus is the Christ who has come to reveal resurrection or ruin for man, you must devote your life to love for and joy in Christ. This devoted life of love and joy is supplied by the Holy Spirit. This devoted life also takes on the mark of patience. Finally, this love and joy creates a person ready to die and resurrect with their Savior.

It is because God keeps every promise that we can praise Him by knowing and remembering and by having confident faith while we wait for those promises to become sight.

The salvation that Jesus’ birth brings is so significant that we must glorify him no matter our circumstances. Magnify God, not your circumstances.

we must… Becuaase Jesus' Kingdom has been made present, we must enter it by listening to his message, wait for its coming, and hope in its advancement.

We must not assume that we are already on Christ’s side, but instead must seek to be “with” Christ in all our lives, trusting Him to rescue us.

We come to Jesus who makes a new people by leaving behind our agendas, by coming to be with Him, and by going out to preach the Gospel on account of Him.