Elevate Community Church
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Exalting Christ in our World.
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The Fair Fight
November 10, 2019 04:40A fight or an argument can test our relationships, but if we put everything we have discussed to practice through this series, we will be able to navigate through those tumultuous times of life. Yet the struggle we will face is the pull of the old life and those old ways of doing things that do nothing for healthy relationships. The ways of the old life are self-serving, they are only focused on one’s own happiness. They are consumed with vanity and self-gratification. This I say therefore, a...
The Disciplined Tongue
November 03, 2019 05:13In application, after application, under the inspiration of the Spirit of God, James calls us to a different kind of life (See James 1:27). Wisdom governed life. (See James 1:5) This kind of life sees trials differently. (See James 1:2-3) This kind of life views lusts differently. (See James 1:14–15) This kind of life views people differently. (See James 2:8-9) This kind of life views its actions differently. (See James 2:18) And in connection to our series, we have seen a few times...
The Listening Ear
October 27, 2019 07:49The listening ear is vital to communication. Without it, there is no communication. When we do not listen, the information will not flow, causing unnecessary strife and harm to our relationships.
The Better Sacrifice
October 20, 2019 06:55You will find no more important book than the epistle to the Hebrews to see the divine connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament, or the Old Covenant and New Covenant. (See Hebrews 1:1-2) The purpose of this letter was to encourage Hebrew Christians who were tempted continuously to attach too much significance to the Jewish ceremonial observances. The keyword for this powerful epistle is “better”. It is used 13 times in 12 verses, and the focus was to show that the old cerem...
The Commitment to Sacrifice and Discipline
October 13, 2019 09:06In 1 Corinthians 9, we find Paul describing his status as an apostle and defending what he is entitled to as an apostle and minister of the Gospel. (See 1 Corinthians 9:1-2; 1 Corinthians 9:13-14) He had every right to request compensation from the Corinthians, yet for the sake of the Gospel and the growth of these young believers, Paul chose not to exercise this right. (See 1 Corinthians 9:15–16) This idea is building from what he communicated in chapter 8. Our conduct is to be guided not ...
The Communicating Heart
October 06, 2019 04:42In Matthew 12, we find Jesus is in Galilee following a tour in the region around Capernaum. He has just had another scuffle with the Pharisees about his disciples picking corn on the Sabbath and then also healing a man on the Sabbath. With their egos in tow, the Pharisees went away and had a little pow-wow about how they might ruin Jesus. Their hate is so strong that to them “ruin” meant to kill Him, as verse 14 would suggest: Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how t...
The Keys to Effective Conversations
September 29, 2019 08:23The Epistle of James (written shortly after the first bout of persecution, and probably the first New Testament book) is a practical and application-based book. James assumes we are familiar with fundamental Christian doctrine. He is like a wise counsellor with a client. A client, who knows what they need to do, but has hit a wall due to circumstances. All he does is point us to the door and challenges us to go through it. As we come to verse 19, we find him addressing a wall many of us have...
Prove God’s Perfect Will – Our Sanctification
September 22, 2019 06:49The term translated as “prove” in the secular sense carried the idea of testing metals. They proved the metals to show they were genuine. Now how are we to “prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”? How are we to show the genuineness of that “good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”? How are we to show that this is real? Paul states that it is done by being “transformed by the renewing” of our minds. The proving is done by our transformation. As we are transfo...
Practice the Ordinances
September 15, 2019 07:07Every city, state, and country in the world has built memorials to remember significant people or events. We have special days declared as public holidays to commemorate events or people. On 25 April every year, we stop and say how we will never forget the men and women who sacrificed all. We remember the spirit of the ANZAC. Throughout the Word of God, you will find what R. C. Sproul calls the “sacralization of space and time.”[i] Within the Old Testament, you will find special places and t...
Spiritual Culture Shock
September 08, 2019 07:11Becoming a child of God can be quite the culture shock. After living so much of one’s life within the physical world, you must now learn to live in the spiritual realm. The way of life is different, the people are different, how you relate to others is different, and how you communicate to others is different. In the physical world, you function simply through the five senses: sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell. Within this new spiritual world you find yourself in, you must learn to wal...
Father’s Day 2019
September 01, 2019 06:06God is a personal God, Who is giving and loving. God gave, Jesus obeyed, so that we could be saved.