Obey GCsquared - Sermon Recap

Matt. 22:35-40; 28:18-20

Big Idea: A simple church is a spiritual family with Jesus in their midst as their king.

From: "Obey GC^2"

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• A simple church is a spiritual family with Jesus in their midst as their king. 
• Disciples are called to take Jesus from our zip code to the ends of the earth till there's no place left.
• If we wanna be a church of disciples, it starts with each of us individually being a disciple.
• You must be in God's word so you can hear what he says so you can know what he wants you to do. 

 









What are your New Year's resolutions for 2015? 

We hope one of them will be joining Redeemer as we read through the Bible together in 2015. This plan has readings on the weekdays, with the weekends off for a break or catch-up. Here are two ways you can join us:

The low-tech way: Download and print off this PDF reading plan and stick it in your Bible: http://media.ccvonline.com/docs/1YearBible/online_plan-nodates.pdf

The high-tech way: (1) download the YouVersion Bible app (https://www.bible.com/app) and then (2) start the CCV plan (https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/48-ccv-the-bible-in-one-year)

God With Us: God's Glory and Your Joy - Sermon Recap

Philippians 2:1-11

Big Idea: God's glory and your joy are inextricably woven together. You cannot achieve one without the other.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/GiBQL

• God's glory and your joy are inextricably woven together. 
• When we pursue God's glory, he is glorified and we experience joy. 
• "There is no joy outside of knowing Jesus and serving him." - Karen Watson

Friday Funny: Horus Ruins Christmas

Horus crashes a Christmas morning service, and things don't work out quite the way he had hoped...

Horus Ruins Christmas


...and even if you're not familiar with all of these popular internet conspiracies explaining away the story of Jesus, the video is so well done that it's funny in it's own right.

From the video's creators:

Hey, did you know that the life of Jesus was stolen from the Egyptian God Horus?

Oh, you know stuff about Horus? Well, I mean it was stolen from Mithras.

Oh, you know stuff about Mithras too? Well, whatever pagan god you've never heard of is the one that the life of Jesus is stolen from.

God With Us: A Selfless Savior for a Selfie World - Sermon Recap

Philippians 2:3-11

Big Idea: Christmas is all about God coming to be a servant to us so that we can become servants like him.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/FVzrg

• Underneath every sin is an over-inflated view of self and a diminished view of God and the people around you. 
• Each of your "small sins" is simply a really big sin in seed form laying down roots.
• At Christmas, Jesus came with a heart turned out to a people whose hearts were all turned in on self.

God With Us: Our Obligation To The Unreached - Sermon Recap

Romans 1:1-17

Big Idea: We must give sacrificially. We must go willingly.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/FygMQ

• Our ownership of the gospel creates an obligation with the gospel. Because we own it, we owe it. 
• The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time. - Carl F. H. Henry
• What is it going to take to make the concept of unreached people groups totally unacceptable to us? 

"Our Obligation to the Unreached" by David Platt


And the children's book he mentioned in the message: 

Keeping Holiday

by Starr Meade 

Link: http://amzn.com/1433501422

God With Us: Because He Came, We Go - Sermon Recap

Philippians

Big Idea: Jesus sent us to take the gospel from our zip code to the ends of the earth until there's no place left.

From: "God With Us"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/Fbuk4

•  Jesus sent us to take the gospel from our zip code to the ends of the earth until there's no place left. 
• Pray for faith to believe what God says.
• Pray for obedience to do what God asks.
• Pray for boldness to keep going even when it's hard.
• There's a difference between seeing what the Bible says and believing what the Bible says. 

 And a new song we introduced this week for the new series:
God With Us - All Sons and Daughters

Truth On Fire: Eternity : Sermon Recap

Revelation 21:1-8

Big Idea: Heaven is better than you imagine.

From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference:

• When Jesus returns, he will "lay death in her grave". 
• The satisfaction of heaven can begin in this life today. 
• Where there is no God, there is no good. 

Truth On Fire: The Bible : Sermon Recap

2 Timothy 3:10-17

Big Idea: The Bible Speaks for God.

From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference:

• God exhaled his word so we could inhale it. 
• The Bible is important in order that we might know Christ and grow in Christ. 

Truth On Fire: Holy Spirit : Sermon Recap

Various Passages

Big Idea: The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person who enables us to do God's work in God's way for God's glory.

From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: 

http://www.samstorms.com/all-articles/post/the-person-of-the-holy-spirit

Truth On Fire: Eternal Security : Sermon Recap

John 10:22-30

Big Idea: If you are in Christ now, you are in Christ forever.

From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/DLywf

•  A transaction with Jesus in the past that has no ongoing expression in our lives was a false transaction. - John Piper
• You can't have Jesus as your shepherd unless you have him as your Lord. 
• Good works is not a necessary component for our salvation, but it is a necessary result of our salvation. 
• Our eternal security rests in God's hold on us, not in our hold on God.

Truth On Fire: Salvation : Sermon Recap

Various Passages

Big Idea: I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20 ESV)

From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/DtSUo

• Every human on earth must choose their representative: it will either be Adam or it will be Christ. 
• In Christ we are completely forgiven.
• In Christ we have access to God.
• In Christ we are free from accusation. 
• In Christ we are dead to sin and alive to God.
• In Christ we have the power to obey God.
• I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

Truth on Fire: Jesus : Sermon Recap

John 1:1-18

Big Idea: Jesus' deity and humanity give us our identity.
From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/D3YqG

• Jesus was treated as if he had lived the life we lived so that we can be treated as if we had lived the life he lived.
• When we take communion we are reminded of both the divinity and humanity of Christ: God became breakable for us. 
• For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:5

Truth On Fire: Man : Sermon Recap

Various Texts

Big Idea: You were created by God, in his image, for his glory.

From: "Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire"

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Here are some highlights from the message. If you share any of these on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) please use this link as a reference: http://ow.ly/CHugP

• We are made to represent God. Sin distorts the image of God in us but Jesus came to restore the image of God in us. 
• When ever we move God from the center and move ourselves into the center, that's sin. 
•  The implications that we are made in God's image: You are important to God. Everything that you do is important. Everyone you meet is important. 

New song we introduced this week:

All I Have Is Christ - The Summit Church

Friday Funny: The angriest cat in the world

If looks could kill…it would be foolish of you to scroll through this post. If on the other hand you love peering into the eyes of unmitigated scorn, carry on.

This is Garfi, the angriest cat in the world: 













 

Truth On Fire: God : Sermon Recap

Gen. 1-3; Exodus 3:13-15; 34:6-9
Big Idea: God is interested in an accurate understanding of him that leads to a response of praise, adoration and worship towards him.

From: Theology & Doxology: Truth On Fire

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• All theology should lead to doxology or we've missed the point. 
• Doxology without theology is idolatry. 
• When you face a struggle, first look at the cross, then look at the problem.
• All theology, rightly grasped, leads the mind and the heart to doxology. The story of God is about the glory of God. - John Piper

Theology and Doxology - shai linne

Essentials: Your Story : Sermon Recap

John 9:1-41

Big Idea: When you tell your story, tell His story

From: "Essentials For Every Disciple"

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• When you tell your story, tell His story. 
• Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. (John 9:3 ESV) 
• He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” (John 9:25 ESV)

Friday Funny: 20 people having a worse day than you

Having a bad day? Chin up, friend. It could be worse. It could be a lot worse…

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Oh, and don’t worry about this last one too much. She’s wasn’t left at the altar. She’s having a rough time, for sure, but it’s her new husband snapping the picture. She just might have had a bit too much to drink.

I’m sure they laugh about it by now.

Essentials: Bible : Sermon Recap

Psalm 19

Big Idea: The Word of God enables us to know God and experience his joy.

From: "Essentials For Every Disciple"

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Here is the Bible plan Lee mentioned in his sermon yesterday. Comment below if you're going to start using it!
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