Rio Vista Church Sermons
675 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsFrom its base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Rio Vista Church serves to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. These are our weekly messages.
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The Story of the King Part 9
March 09, 2014 15:00 - 36 minutes - 14.5 MBThe Story of the King Part 9. From March 9th. Pastor Carter Brown.
The Story of the King Part 8
March 02, 2014 16:00 - 35 minutes - 14.4 MBAs the people searched for a king, God brought them Saul, the tall, handsome son of a wealthy family who certainly looked the part. But God isn’t looking for the tall or the handsome, God is looking for those who obey His word in the power of His spirit.
The Story of the King Part 7
February 23, 2014 16:00 - 35 minutes - 14.2 MBWhen you live for King Jesus, your life looks very different from those who don’t. We must examine our lives to make sure they ARE different and if they aren’t, to remove via repentance the gods we’ve placed on the throne, so Jesus can reign as king.
The Story of the King Part 6
February 16, 2014 16:00 - 57 minutes - 16.4 MBIt's a natural desire of fallen human beings to want to dethrone God and bring him down to our level, even as we elevate ourselves to his. Israel went through a long period of rejecting God, but the faithfulness of one man was used to restore them all.
The Story of the King Part 5
February 09, 2014 14:00 - 43 minutes - 17.6 MBThe story of how the Ark of God returns from exile shows us that we serve a King who is in control of absolutely everything. That fact should give us peace and make us thankful. It also should never make us doubt. Pastor Tom Hendrikse explains why.
The Story of the King Part 4
February 02, 2014 16:00 - 35 minutes - 14.1 MBThe story of the King continues with the Ark of God, his physical manifestation in the world, captured by the Philistines and taken into exile, a symbol of death. Its return, its resurrection, began on the third day. Our King brings us life out of death!
The Story of the King Part 3
January 26, 2014 16:00 - 35 minutes - 14.2 MBSamuel heard the voice of the Lord telling him what he should do, and then he obeyed that voice. Seems simple enough, right? The king speaks, you do what he says. We also serve a King who speaks. This week we study how to recognize his voice.
The Story of the King Part 2
January 19, 2014 16:00 - 30 minutes - 12.3 MBWhen you have a king, you serve the king. The story continues with the sons of Eli, who the scriptures tell us were worthless men. They stole from the Lord and committed sins in his temple. Have you brought your sins to King Jesus? Do you serve him?
The Story of the King Part 1
January 12, 2014 16:00 - 32 minutes - 13.1 MBAt the time of Samuel's birth, there was no king in Israel and "everyone did what was right in their own eyes" (the last verse in Judges tells us). We need King Jesus not only to save us from our sins, but to save us from ourselves.
Christmas as Mission Part 5
December 25, 2013 00:00 - 21 minutes - 8.73 MBWe conclude our series examining the mission of Jesus in his own words with the story of Jesus and a tax collector named Zacchaeus, where we see that the mission of Jesus was to seek out and to save those who are lost.
Christmas as Mission Part 4
December 22, 2013 16:00 - 27 minutes - 11.1 MBWe continue our series examining the mission of Jesus in his own words with a discussion of our enslavement to the law of God, and how the death of Jesus freed us from that, so we might live as sons and daughters of God, instead.
Christmas as Mission Part 3
December 15, 2013 16:00 - 35 minutes - 12.2 MBThe mission of Jesus in his own words continues with the message that he is the Light and has not come to judge the world, but to save it. Those who believe that are brought from darkness into the light. Transformed hearts leading to transformed lives.
Christmas as Mission Part 2
December 08, 2013 16:00 - 43 minutes - 14.8 MBOn his way up to Jerusalem, Jesus explained to his disciples what was about to happen. He was on his way to face suffering and death. It was his mission, one we share. We don't die physically, but we die to ourselves at the foot of the cross every day.
Christmas as Mission Part 1
December 01, 2013 14:00 - 33 minutes - 13.4 MBThe mission we're on is one of God's truth lived out and spoken out by us, in a world full of people who have trouble acknowledging that truth even exists. What do we value more than Jesus and the truth of his word that leads us to him and to life?
Our Refuge and Rest
November 24, 2013 16:00 - 40 minutes - 16.3 MBGod is our refuge and rest. A beautiful concept, a familiar statement, but do we truly believe it? David reveals in Psalm 62 why life necessitates this beautiful concept to be lived out, and challenges us to ask "What do we pour our heart out to?"
Wilderness Temptations
November 17, 2013 14:00 - 47 minutes - 16.3 MBJesus faced the devil’s greatest temptations, willingly suffered to sympathize with our tears, and pressed on through that suffering while refusing to let go of the faithful promises of God.
Blessing and Mission Part 6
November 10, 2013 16:00 - 36 minutes - 12.7 MBJesus concludes his Sermon on the Mount by prompting us to examine ourselves so we might be able to answer the question: Are we in, or are we out? Are we doing life together with him, or are we not? The answer is in the fruit.
Blessing and Mission Part 5
November 03, 2013 14:00 - 37 minutes - 12.8 MBWhen Jesus famously said that we should not judge others lest we be judged ourselves, what did he mean? When he said ask and it will be given to you, did he mean we’ll get ANYTHING we ask for? Tom Hendrikse answers that, and more, in this week’s message.
Blessing and Mission Part 4
October 27, 2013 15:00 - 35 minutes - 12.2 MBAt Rio, we define your "treasure" as your time, your talents, and your money. In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us that treasure is that which directs our hearts. Where we invest our treasure is where our hearts will be.
Blessing and Mission Part 3
October 20, 2013 15:00 - 38 minutes - 15.4 MBJesus cautions against practicing righteousness to gain the approval of men. The blessed life, which is a life lived in relationship with him, seeks the approval of God. If you seek man's approval, you may get it, but that's all the reward you'll have.
Blessing and Mission Part 2
October 13, 2013 15:00 - 44 minutes - 15.3 MBJesus teaches in his Sermon on the Mount about the kingdom of heaven, which can only be found through faith in him. It exists in the hearts of his people right now, we don't have to wait until we die to live in it.
Blessing and Mission Part 1
October 06, 2013 15:00 - 39 minutes - 13.6 MBIn the Beatitudes, Jesus describes the blessed life. That begins in a relationship with Him. Tom Hendrikse reveals how each Beatitude is another facet of the blessed life that we find in Jesus.
Life is Mission Part 35
September 29, 2013 15:00 - 42 minutes - 14.5 MBTom Hendrikse reflects on the anticlimactic way the story ends for the Apostle Paul. Because, Paul's story wasn't about Paul, and our stories aren't about us. If we're living a life in mission, the story that’s being told THROUGH us is the story of Jesus!
Life is Mission Part 34
September 22, 2013 15:00 - 38 minutes - 13.2 MBThe life Jesus lived on earth was one marked by sacrifice, self-denial, and suffering. Tom Hendrikse reveals that pattern in the story of Paul’s journey to Rome to stand trial before Ceasar and explains that we will have it in our lives also.
Life is Mission Part 33
September 08, 2013 15:00 - 34 minutes - 13.7 MBThe life lived in mission is a life of separations. We separate ourselves from everything we would cling to in this world, to live the life that God has planned for us, in light of the life that is to come.
Life is Mission Part 32
September 01, 2013 15:00 - 37 minutes - 15 MBA life lived in mission is one where every part of it belongs to God and follows the pattern of the life of Jesus. Even when we are waiting for deliverance, we have to know it will come, because this life is not the only life there is.
Life is Mission Part 31
August 25, 2013 15:00 - 38 minutes - 13.2 MBThe life in mission is one in which the gospel is demonstrated through our lives, how we care for one another and how we care for the weakest among us. But sometimes, we’re called to speak this gospel out loud, to share it in words with others.
Life is Mission Part 30
August 18, 2013 15:00 - 45 minutes - 13.1 MBLife in mission is living as one who has been set free. Freedom comes from the gospel and is real even if our present circumstances say otherwise. Tom Hendrikse challenges us to take the gospel and its mercies to a world that desperately needs to be free.
Life is Mission Part 29
August 11, 2013 15:00 - 37 minutes - 14.9 MBThe Apostle Paul, on his way to Jerusalem, stopped in a city about 30 miles from Ephesus. There he called the elders from the church at Ephesus to come meet him, and he gave them what amounts to his last will and testament.
Life is Mission Part 28
August 04, 2013 15:00 - 28 minutes - 11.5 MBWe are called to lay down our lives after the fashion of Jesus, to do what he did. To take his message and gospel mercies to the world. That mission requires us to forsake our idols, to turn away from those things that we, in truth, have turned to.
Life is Mission Part 27
July 28, 2013 15:00 - 37 minutes - 12.9 MBWhat do you need to know in order to be saved? How does God prove himself and show that his message of salvation is true? Tom Hendrikse takes up the question of the difference between John’s baptism and the baptism of Jesus, and signs and miracles.
Life is Mission Part 26
July 21, 2013 15:00 - 30 minutes - 12.2 MBThe apostle Paul worked to change the ancient city of Corinth from the inside out, by transforming its people. And that's how we can change our own city, by living the mission every day, in everything we do -- including our jobs.
Life is Mission Part 25
July 14, 2013 15:00 - 40 minutes - 14 MBTo restore the peace of God and bring his order to a world of chaos, you begin with this: You must know God and have a relationship with him. Matt Lomenick brings a message about Paul in the city of Athens and the sermon on Mars Hill to illustrate this.
Life is Mission Part 24
July 07, 2013 15:00 - 56 minutes - 13 MBOn this Independence Day Weekend, Sam Kastensmidt delivers the message that the gospel and the church is the only hope of a nation.
Life is Mission Part 23
June 30, 2013 15:00 - 35 minutes - 14.2 MBTo accomplish anything great, you must sacrifice. There is nothing more worthy of our sacrifice than the mission. God sacrificed his own son and while he may not call us to make a sacrifice like that, he WILL require sacrifice from us at some point.
Life is Mission Part 22
June 23, 2013 15:00 - 34 minutes - 14 MBLife is Mission means ALL OF LIFE. The problem is our desire to compartmentalize our lives and offer God the pieces we think he should have, keeping the rest for ourselves and keeping God out. This week Tom shows us that even our FAILURES are mission.
Faithful Parents
June 16, 2013 13:00 - 28 minutes - 11.4 MBIf we're honest, being a parent is equal parts awesome and terrifying. In this message, Pastor Tom Hendrikse poses the question "What are you raising your children to be? A great doctor, lawyer, or athlete? Or a great follower of Jesus Christ?"
Life is Mission Part 21
June 09, 2013 15:00 - 41 minutes - 14.1 MBThe council of elders in the first church decided that the church stood for FREEDOM. Freedom from religious law, yes, but Tom Hendrikse tells us we stand for freedom TO something as well — the freedom to live in mission, giving our lives to Jesus.
Life is Mission Part 20
June 02, 2013 15:00 - 41 minutes - 11.8 MBWhat do most of the people in your world have in common? They need God! There's a big difference between the gods of this world, that leave you empty, and Jesus, who came to us because he loved us and now will fill an empty life full with his love.
Life is Mission Part 19
May 26, 2013 15:00 - 32 minutes - 12.9 MBWe have a habit of focusing on the small, singular events in our lives while missing the bigger principle of which they are a part. A life in mission calls us to look at the big picture and to embrace what God is doing.
Life is Mission Part 18
May 19, 2013 15:00 - 30 minutes - 12.4 MBWhen God tells us to let go of something, we know what the RIGHT answer is. We also know what our REAL answer will be. Pastor Tom Hendrikse tells us how we can realign ourselves with God’s will, so that these two answers become one and the same.
Influencing Children for the Kingdom of God (Mother's Day 2013)
May 12, 2013 13:00 - 32 minutes - 13.1 MBThe children we are raising today are the future of the church and the future of the kingdom. Not JUST mothers, but every Christian can influence children and thus help build the kingdom of God!
Life is Mission Part 17
May 05, 2013 15:00 - 31 minutes - 12.6 MBA life in mission reproduces the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. The first part of Acts 12 tells us the story of the murder of James and the arrest of Peter. It is packed with imagery that identifies with Jesus.
Life is Mission Part 16
April 28, 2013 15:00 - 40 minutes - 13.9 MBOne of the things life in mission requires is the encouragement of the Holy Spirit. Some comes directly as God’s Spirit interacts with our own, some comes through the influence of mature Christians like Barnabas. Have you found your "Barnabas?"
Life is Mission Part 15
April 21, 2013 15:00 - 31 minutes - 12.7 MBGod is not the author of discrimination. Despite that, ancient Israel had rules preventing them from even entering the home of a Gentile. When God told Peter to go preach the gospel to Cornelius, the walls of discrimination were about to come down.
Life is Mission Part 14
April 14, 2013 15:00 - 32 minutes - 13.1 MBWhat is the purpose God has for this mission? It’s to bring life! But what about healing? Does God bring healing? What does it mean when God does not heal? Tough questions, but Pastor Tom Hendrikse takes them on in this moving message from Acts chapter 9.
Life is Mission Part 13
April 07, 2013 15:00 - 38 minutes - 13.2 MBBefore he was Paul the Apostle, Saul was a persecutor of the church. The church feared him, yet God chose Saul to be a part of his mission. Are there people who we think do not deserve to hear the gospel? And how does American culture play into this?
Life is Mission Part 12
March 31, 2013 13:00 - 32 minutes - 13.2 MBPhilip was an apostle and evangelist God used to send the gospel to Ethiopia. He meets an Ethiopian court official who was also a eunuch and had suffered much discrimination to worship in Jerusalem. God brings life out of death in this Easter message!
Life is Mission Part 11
March 24, 2013 15:00 - 42 minutes - 12.2 MBThe mission is to be witnesses to the risen Christ. God allowed persecution to bring suffering on the church in Jerusalem, which scattered them to where Jesus had said they should go. God sometimes uses suffering in our lives, how can we not waste it?
Life is Mission Part 10
March 17, 2013 13:00 - 45 minutes - 13.1 MBStephen, the first martyr after the ascension of Christ, was stoned to death. Why? Because the message he preached challenged their way of life. Christ always does that. What is he challenging in you, and what are you having to kill to avoid changing?