Christ Community Church - Olathe Campus - SUNDAY MESSAGES

Fear God [Life Up in Smoke 07]

June 05, 2022 15:38 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MB

Jesus our Messiah, the one whom Isaiah declared as delighting in the fear of the Lord, has come to deliver us from all fears by delivering us from our sin. The fear of God frees us from all fears. And the only way we can properly fear God is by giving the fullness of our lives to Jesus, body, mind, and spirit. For when we do his life of perfection is credited to us and frees us from all fear of condemnation and judgment. Friends, there is much to fear in this life filled with smok...

Remember Your Creator [Life Up in Smoke 06]

May 29, 2022 15:33 - 31 minutes - 13.7 MB

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48896338 22.05.29

Justice Up In Smoke [Life Up In Smoke 05]

May 22, 2022 16:41 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MB

We all want justice but without the judge. We all want wrongs to be righted but without surrendering to righteousness. And what we end up getting is an endless cycle of violence, oppression, and unforgiveness. And it leads only to the clamoring for power in order to defeat our enemies. In a world where real meaningful justice work is stalled out and hijacked by polarizing conversations about justice, and where cancel culture is the justice tool of choice across the spectrum, we ne...

Wealth Up In Smoke [Life Up In Smoke 04]

May 15, 2022 16:28 - 30 minutes - 13.2 MB

The Bible teaches that God made a world of abundance. That if we look at the Garden, you and I were created for a world without lack, where we had everything we needed and more. And even though our world is now broken, and our attachments are now broken, we can still enjoy God’s gift with gratitude. This is the theme of these final verses. Eat, drink, and be merry. Enjoy your work. And enjoy His gifts. Instead of gratitude we think: I worked hard for that stuff! I earned it. I’m e...

Work Up In Smoke [Life Up In Smoke 03]

May 08, 2022 15:29 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MB

We know that our labor is not in vain because there is life beyond the sun. Because God has called a people unto himself from all peoples of the earth to establish the work of their hands no matter where they are or what they do. When our perspective and time horizon changes regarding our work, we are able to see that God is at work in and through our work. We are able to see that our work is not incidental, but rather it is integral to God’s work of restoring all things. How do...

Pleasure Up In Smoke [Life Up In Smoke 02]

May 01, 2022 15:28 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MB

Like all things created by God, our desires for pleasure possess the capabilities to lead us to the goodness of God AND to the evils of death, decay, and destruction. What the Holy Spirit is whispering to us through the words of Qoheleth is that pleasure can destroy us if it doesn’t direct us to our creator God and our redeeming king! But in order to hear this and see the goodness and wisdom within these words, we need to respond and take proper action. Pleasure can destroy us if i...

Life Up In Smoke [01]

April 24, 2022 15:29 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MB

If we are to hear the wisdom behind the woes in the book of Ecclesiastes, we need to understand the structure, nature, and purpose of the book. The reason why this is a deeply hopeful book is because it is one act in the entire play of God’s story of redemption and salvation. This is the power and beauty of reading the bible with the full story in mind. If life under the sun is all there is then all we have is smoke. But there is a subtle whisper of hope in Ecclesiastes which turns...

Easter Service 2022

April 17, 2022 14:35 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MB

The resurrection of Jesus is the proof of purchase for our sins. It proves that what Christ did on the cross actually accomplished our forgiveness. But it also illustrates the new kind of life that Jesus’ followers now live. A life that brings about healing, hope, and wholeness to our broken world. This is what we remember and celebrate! This is our hope! It is the hope that our sin and shame does not have to define us because it was put to death with Jesus. It is the hope that dea...

Three Witnesses [Word Made Flesh 15]

April 10, 2022 15:33 - 39 minutes - 17.5 MB

The irony of this trial is that Jesus has already said, He’s the judge. Not us. Even with all our efforts to put Jesus on trial. The real trial is you and me. And we are so guilty. Look at the evidence. Call in the witnesses. Every thought you’ve ever had, every word you’ve ever spoken, every broken desire you’ve ever felt. How long do you really think it’s going to take this Judge? The only One who is truly innocent. Was found guilty for you. He stood in your place. So that if yo...

God’s Authority [Word Made Flesh 14]

April 03, 2022 15:34 - 34 minutes - 15.6 MB

The reason we take the words of Jesus seriously and ask the question “Who does Jesus say that he is?” is because we believe he holds the power of life and death. For there is no other power or authority that we know who has faced death, entered death, and defeated death than the Lord Jesus. As we gather this day, to submit the fullness of our lives to the fullness of who Jesus says he is, my invitation to you is to consider his claims, listen to his word, and enter the life he off...

Do You Want to Be Healed? [Word Made Flesh 13]

March 27, 2022 15:57 - 33 minutes - 15.7 MB

Jesus came to this man at the pool of Bethesda and offered him the opportunity to be made whole. Don’t settle for comfort when wholeness is what we want. Don’t settle for a clear conscience when forgiveness is what we need. And don’t settle for what Jesus offers when Jesus is what our hearts long for. This man claimed that he wanted to be healed, made whole. But he wasn’t willing to receive everything that being made whole entailed. Namely repenting and following Jesus. This man...

The Official's Son [Word Made Flesh 12]

March 20, 2022 16:58 - 35 minutes - 15.4 MB

You’ve taken your unfulfilled longings -- your grief and your desire. Whatever it is. And you’ve brought them to Jesus. You’ve asked Him to intervene. And whether or not He’s answered you in the way you wanted Him to. You’ve met Him. Now here we are. Every one of us. Somewhere between meeting Jesus. And the fulfillment of all of His promises to us. Every Christian is on that path. Between saying yes to Jesus. And our long way home. And you don’t know if your marriage will ever be...

The Samaritan Woman at the Well [Word Made Flesh 11]

March 13, 2022 15:19 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MB

Just like the Samaritan woman, you may feel overwhelmed by the weight of your sin. And just like her, while you might think that Jesus is holding your past over you he is tenderly saying that even this will not keep him from holding you. He is saying “I know everything you have ever done. I have seen you at your worst. And I am not leaving.” Why did Jesus have to pass through Samaria? Because his beloved was on the other side. Jesus went to Samaria so that this woman would meet hi...

John the Baptist [Word Made Flesh 10]

March 06, 2022 16:34 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MB

The only true and lasting way to wage war against the sins of comparing and complaining is to delight in and declare the truth of Jesus. The road sign on the path of repentance is not a Stop Sign but a U-Turn. It is not simply about ceasing from sin, but also seeking a better joy. I believe that so much of our despair, discontent, and disdain in life stems from a failure to delight in and declare the beauties of the better joys of Jesus. This is why the habits of encountering Jesu...

For God So Loved the World [Word Made Flesh 09]

February 27, 2022 16:35 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MB

We know the world is often a tragic and ugly place, but sometimes it’s hard for us to see because we don't know what to do with it and we don’t want to face it—in fact, we try to ignore or cover it up—but the world is often a dark place. A place that has so much potential for light and truth and goodness and beauty and life and joy—the world as it ought to be—but it has come to be characterized by darkness and lies and all sorts of evil and ugliness, death and tragedy. This is the w...

Nicodemus [Word Made Flesh 08]

February 20, 2022 16:40 - 34 minutes - 16 MB

We all know and feel the dissonance in our bodies and souls between who we are and who we long to be. And that’s because we know and feel the need to be born again of water and Spirit. And we know and feel that we must be born again because we must be born again. With a wide-open heart, pledge your full allegiance to King Jesus above all else and surrender to his good, true, and beautiful reign over your life. With wide open hands pursue your vocation, relationships, time, and reso...

The Temple [Word Made Flesh 07]

February 13, 2022 16:26 - 33 minutes - 15.1 MB

When we see Jesus, who is meek and mild, entering the temple as Jesus mean and wild, we must see him acting as such because of his unstoppable love for you and for me. For the zeal he has for you and for me and for all to know, see, behold, delight, and enter the holy presence of his father now and forever is what moves him to be so lovingly angry. There is so much that keeps us from coming to God. Our sins that destroy us, our religiosity that deludes us, our greed that spoils us...

Water Into Wine [Word Made Flesh 06]

February 06, 2022 17:08 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MB

When the wine runs out we must turn to the one who brings the very best joy and the very best life. Instead of desperately scraping our fingers at the bottom of the wine barrel for more, we need to turn and see that the very best has arrived in Jesus. When we see that the very best joy and life has arrived in Jesus, then it is only natural and right and good for us to listen to the timeless words of his mother, “Do whatever he tells you!” Not from a place of religious obligation b...

The First Disciples [Word Made Flesh 05]

January 30, 2022 17:30 - 34 minutes - 15 MB

So whether we are a skeptic with objections, or a Christian trying to respond to someone with objections, often the best thing we can do is take these words to heart: come and see. We need to enter in first, and then invite others to enter in, to see how Jesus makes sense of it all. This is who we encounter when we meet Jesus for ourselves. The Lord of all of heaven and earth, come to dwell among us. The Son of Man, lifted up high on a cross. Risen and ascended to heaven and ruling...

The Lamb of God [Word Made Flesh 04]

January 23, 2022 16:45 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MB

Friends, you may not be asking the question “where is the lamb” in those words. But all of us are asking it in some way. “Where can I find hope? Where can I find meaning? Where can I find change? Where can I find rescue?” Without knowing it we are all asking “Where is the lamb” because we all know that we are not who we ought to be. That the world is not the way it ought to be. Is there anyone or anything that can be done to remedy our wounds, our shame, our guilt, and our pain? ...

The True Light [Word Made Flesh 03]

January 16, 2022 16:59 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MB

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48825729 22.01.16

The Word Became Flesh [Word Made Flesh 02]

January 09, 2022 16:53 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MB

When we behold and believe the fullness of the Word made flesh we come to find a way of living as his followers in this world. For in it we find the power to emulate the sympathetic and compassionate nature of God who drew near to social outcasts and sinners. Who came not simply declaring the good news of the kingdom but displaying it through his compassion and care for the needs of others. What this means is that the embodied nature of Christ as the incarnate word of God communic...

The Word Was God [Word Made Flesh 01]

January 02, 2022 17:48 - 33 minutes - 14.9 MB

If you are a follower of Jesus, my prayer is that you would more fully, faithfully, and fruitfully believe and behold Jesus as the Word of God. Be open to Jesus as the Word who speaks into every part of your life. If you are not a follower of Jesus yet, be open to the Word of God. Be open with your questions and doubts. But also be open to doubting your doubts and questioning your questions and the possibility that Jesus is the Word of God who has come to bring you out of darkness ...

Jehovah Raah: The Lord Our Shepherd [He Shall Be Called 05]

December 26, 2021 17:31 - 34 minutes - 15.1 MB

This abundant life that Jesus speaks of is the Psalm 23 kind of life. Feasting joy, free from danger. We can have a taste of this now, and will one day have it in full if we have Jesus as our Shepherd. This does not mean that we will never go through dark valleys or have Psalm 22-like experiences. But Psalm 23 shows us that on the other side of the valley of the shadow of death there is abundant life. Dark valleys will come. But right in the middle of our darkest valleys, our Shep...

Immanuel: The God With Us [He Shall Be Called 04]

December 19, 2021 18:15 - 32 minutes - 14.8 MB

The promise of the name Immanuel is validated and confirmed in the power of the name Jesus! The reason we know God is with us and that we are never alone is because he has come to us. So close in fact that he became our very nature in order to identify with us, suffer alongside us, and be the atoning sacrifice for us. Immanuel puts to death our fear of loneliness because in Christ God has come to be with us. He has drawn near. But Immanuel also puts to death our fear of shame bec...

El Roi: The God Who Sees [He Shall Be Called 03]

December 12, 2021 16:18 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MB

The powerful story of Christmas is that Jesus, who is the God who sees, has come into our world looking for us. And he sees us looking around looking for him. And he declares to us “There you are…I have been looking for you…I have come to see you…to be with you…to love you…to redeem you!” But he finds us turning our gaze away from him. He finds us distracted and looking past him as though he isn’t the one we are looking for. e. And he cries out all the more “I am here! I have com...

Jehovah Sabaoth: The Lord of Hosts [He Shall Be Called 02]

December 05, 2021 16:29 - 32 minutes - 15 MB

As the Lord of Hosts, God is working in our world and fighting for us by bringing order to the chaos in us and around us. He actively guards, protects, and fights for his good creation. He does so by sending a son. Friends, we all have battles, challenges, and threats in our lives. But we must never lose sight of the truth that we also have a God who is our Lord of Hosts who fights for us, stands for us, defends us, and protects us. As we look upon our nativity sets and reflect on...

El Elyon: The God Most High [He Shall Be Called 01]

November 28, 2021 16:22 - 31 minutes - 13.7 MB

Sermon Notes: https://www.bible.com/events/48801496 21.11.28

Our Timeless Mission

November 21, 2021 17:07 - 34 minutes - 15 MB

If you are a follower of Jesus, you are here today because somebody in your life was obedient to Jesus’ command to make disciples. What a gift that is. Church, may we offer that same gift to others. We do not merely exist for ourselves and for those inside these walls. We exist for the complete and holistic flourishing of our neighbors and for those who do not know Jesus yet. This is who Jesus has called us to be and what he has called us to do. It is his unchanging mission for o...

Loving People from All Places

November 21, 2021 13:28 - 41 minutes - 18.1 MB

21.11.14

Faith & Money [Real Faith 06]

November 07, 2021 17:03 - 39 minutes - 17.8 MB

We give generously because we have generously been given so much from God. When we receive and rejoice in the depth of God’s grace toward us in richly blessing us with his son whom he sent to die for our sins, our response of giving generously is not one of obligation but adoration. It is a delight and joy to give and live generously because we are responding to the joy and generosity of our loving Father. There are no two ways about it. James is very clear. If God doesn’t manage o...

Fatih & Money [Real Faith 06]

November 07, 2021 17:03 - 17.8 MB

We give generously because we have generously been given so much from God. When we receive and rejoice in the depth of God’s grace toward us in richly blessing us with his son whom he sent to die for our sins, our response of giving generously is not one of obligation but adoration. It is a delight and joy to give and live generously because we are responding to the joy and generosity of our loving Father. There are no two ways about it. James is very clear. If God doesn’t manage o...

Faith & Plans [Real Faith 06]

October 31, 2021 15:20 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MB

Boastful arrogance has no air to breathe in a room filled with gratitude toward God. The less grateful we are to God, even for the small things, the more blind we will be to his goodness and presence, and more boastful and arrogant we can become. Real faith is prepared for what we can’t control...which is a lot of stuff. But are we a people who cling to Jesus tighter than our own plans? Or are we deceived by the illusion and delusion of our own control? The reason we can be ok not...

Faith & Desires [Real Faith 05]

October 24, 2021 15:24 - 28 minutes - 12.8 MB

Lament is a way of getting what we want in line with what God wants. Because lament adopts God’s view of a broken situation so that it can begin to be made whole. It begins to develop within us a distaste for certain things so that we will turn away from them. It begins to reshape our wants and develop a taste within us for what God wants. I don’t know exactly what it is you need to turn from. It’s probably not all the same for all of us. But as we humble ourselves and turn to God,...

Faith & Words [Real Faith 04]

October 17, 2021 16:04 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MB

Learning to listen and thinking before we speak can help train our tongues, but it cannot save our souls. These practices only address symptoms and surface level issues. They will not and indeed cannot remedy the source from which our words set things on hellish fire. Real faith changes how we speak. Real faith shapes and forms our words. Only because real faith comes from the one who is the word of God. Our only hope of being rescued from the fires of hell within us and that awai...

Faith & Works [Real Faith 03]

October 10, 2021 15:24 - 35 minutes - 15.8 MB

God’s radical grace toward us is what compels us to respond to him with a real faith that really works. Our works are not what move God toward us. Our works are not what convince God to accept us. Our works are not what persuade God to forgive us. God doesn’t need our works in order to rescue us from sin and death, because the work of Christ on the cross for us was fully sufficient for that. But that doesn’t mean God isn’t interested in our works. Who will be served, forgiven,...

Faith & Favorites [Real Faith 02]

October 03, 2021 16:03 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MB

Remember: mercy triumphed over judgment in your life. If you are a Jesus follower; if you are here because you believe God himself came to earth to live, die, and rise again because of you, then mercy triumphed over judgment in your life. If that is true, where does your mercy need to triumph over judgment for someone else? Who do you not want to serve. Not want to forgive. Not want to acknowledge. Not want to love. Because it’s hard. Or uncomfortable. Or inconvenient. I’m not tal...

Real Faith [Real Faith 01]

September 26, 2021 15:24 - 33 minutes - 14.6 MB

As you look back on the hard seasons of your life you know that you wouldn’t relive them. But you also know you wouldn’t exchange them. Because you know that God has formed you and forged you into the person of real faith that you are today as a result of it. Some of us here are smack dab in the middle of a trial. While I don’t know what you are going through or how God is specifically using your trials to refine you, I do know this. If our God who is the giver of all good gifts an...

Intercessor [The Story of the Spirit 06]

September 19, 2021 16:56 - 31 minutes - 13.8 MB

When all I can do is groan out to God. The mess is too big. The future is too hard. The pain is too deep. Sometimes we groan because we don’t know what to say. Sometimes we groan because words just aren’t enough. The Spirit hears our groans. He joins with us in our groaning. He steps into the place of confusion, doubt, or fear. We’re His children! Isn’t that what a good parent would do? He adds His groans to ours. But here’s the difference. While our groans are weak. His groans a...

Cultivator [The Story of the Spirit 05]

September 12, 2021 15:31 - 32 minutes - 14.4 MB

SERMON NOTES: https://www.bible.com/events/48755401 Walking in the Spirit requires active effort, not passivity. The metaphor of walking implies that we are on a journey every day that requires us to apply the freedom of the Spirit to every aspect of our existence. When you get up in the morning, do your job, watch tv, and lie down. We are to walk in the Spirit every moment, day after day, year after year. As we do this, the Spirit leads us. As we come to know the Scriptures more ...

Gift Giver [The Story of the Spirit 04]

September 05, 2021 16:09 - 32 minutes - 14.5 MB

SERMON NOTES: https://www.bible.com/events/48755401 The Spirit gives gifts to be given away, and we would be remiss if we failed to see his gifts as resources for our mission on Monday. Can you imagine the Holy Spirit giving you gifts, empowering your abilities, and then saying, “but these are only for when you’re at church on Sunday, or midweek on Wednesday, or bible study on Thursday. They aren’t at work when you’re at work, or when you’re parenting, or when you’re at school?” ...

Helper [The Story of the Spirit 03]

August 29, 2021 18:10 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

SERMON NOTES: https://bible.com/events/48755401 I get that I need friends. Of course, I don’t want to be alone. But why this Friend? I’ve got my people. Of course, we need human friends. It is often our human friends -- our church family -- where we experience God’s presence together. But they will never be enough. We will never be enough. Our longings are too big for any person or people to fulfill. Even our best friends disappoint us. And even if they don’t. They will eventu...

02 - New Life-Giver

August 23, 2021 20:33 - 47.5 MB

Maybe you are a pile of bones convinced there is no hope. Maybe you are a breathless body convinced you’re alive. Maybe you are with us today convinced that you hear the rattling of bones, the rushing of wind, and the voice of Jesus calling you to life. We cannot revive or resuscitate ourselves. New life is only possible through the Spirit who reveals to us this beautiful news. The good news of Jesus is not simply that we are forgiven. It is no less than that. What we find in Jesus ...

New Life-Giver [The Story of the Spirit 02]

August 23, 2021 20:33 - 27 minutes - 47.5 MB

SERMON NOTES: https://bible.com/events/48749019 Maybe you are a pile of bones convinced there is no hope. Maybe you are a breathless body convinced you’re alive. Maybe you are with us today convinced that you hear the rattling of bones, the rushing of wind, and the voice of Jesus calling you to life. We cannot revive or resuscitate ourselves. New life is only possible through the Spirit who reveals to us this beautiful news. The good news of Jesus is not simply that we are forgiven...

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