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Partakers of the Divine Glory
May 07, 2023 05:35 - 35.6 MBIn this first sermon of our 2 Peter series, we looked at Peter's call for persecuted Christians to find their strength in knowing God more deeply. Peter begins by reminding these Christians that God’s grace and peace are multiplied to them through knowing Him. This knowledge is more than knowing a lot about God; the Greek word Peter uses implies a full knowledge of God that can only come from a personal relationship with Jesus. Peter goes on to remind them that God gifts His divine power for...
Stand Firm in the True Grace of God
April 30, 2023 05:36 - 40.7 MBWith this sermon from 1 Peter 5:12-14, we finished our 1 Peter series by looking at how the Christians in Asia Minor were called to stand firm in the true grace of God in the midst of their suffering. Peter calls those who are weak and suffering to be strong by finding strength in what God is doing in them, not what they can do for themselves. Peter tells them that the strength to stand firm is possible because God is still working in their lives to restore, confirm, strengthen, and establis...
Humility in Suffering
April 23, 2023 05:37 - 37.3 MBIn this sermon from 1 Peter 5:6-11, we were reminded that we are not of this world. We were created for Eden, and God is faithfully redeeming us unto Himself. As we live in the tension of this world, awaiting the new Eden, Peter encourages us to humble ourselves under God's mighty hand and cast our anxiety on Him. This reminder helps us to not focus on the things of this world but on God's sovereign and caring nature. In verses 8-9, we are warned that Satan seeks to devour. We have an active...
Clothe Yourselves in Humility
April 16, 2023 05:38 - 38.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the heart-attitude and role of leadership in the local church. In 1 Peter 5:1-5, Peter calls the elders of the church to have a specific heart-attitude, that reflects the heart of Jesus, toward their role as church leaders. Peter reminds these leaders that their influence over the church doesn’t come from force or power, but from their own submission to Jesus as the ultimate Shepherd of His people. The church is then called to place themselves under the care of e...
Trusting Jesus
April 09, 2023 05:36 - 34.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Jesus’ closest followers kept their distance as He went to the cross. As Jesus died on the cross and cried out, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit,” we see just how much Jesus trusted His Father. In contrast, Luke 24 tells us that all of Jesus’ acquaintances, and the women who had followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching while He was interrogated, tortured, and crucified. They wanted to see what was happening to Him without putting the...
My House Shall Be a House of Prayer
April 02, 2023 05:36 - 37.8 MBIn this sermon from Luke 19, we looked at how Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a young donkey, fulfilling ancient prophesy and signaling to the Jews that their King had arrived to set them free. However, as soon as Jesus arrived, His intentions were misunderstood. The Jews thought Jesus was there to lead a revolt and set them free from the Romans and they were excited that God finally sent the King to bring political and religious freedom. Meanwhile, the Jewish leaders, the Pharisees, thought Je...
Entrust Your Soul to the Faithful Creator
March 26, 2023 05:38 - 38.3 MBIn this sermon from 1 Peter 4:12-19, we began by looking at God's declaration that those who are in Christ are His "beloved." Peter reminds us that God's love for us doesn't change just because we encounter suffering and hardship. This is important because Peter's encouragement to suffering Christians is to not be surprised or caught off-guard in suffering. Instead, Peter encourages us to rejoice in our suffering, knowing we are experiencing fellowship with Jesus. Peter ends this section on ...
Righteous Living
March 19, 2023 05:35 - 32.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Peter's call for us to follow the example of Jesus by living righteously in the midst of persecution. As believers, we are able to reject sin and suffer for righteousness because we have freedom in Jesus and our former life doesn't define us. This shift in the way we live may surprise people but Peter reminds us that we will all give account to God for our actions. What God calls us to is not like our former life; instead of living recklessly, we are called to be...
It's Better to Suffer for Good
March 12, 2023 05:35 - 42.9 MBIn this sermon, we looked at 1 Peter 3:8-22 where Peter sums up the instructions he has given to the believers exiled in Asia Minor. Peter tells them to have unity of mind in the things of Christ and other virtues that will help them support each other in the suffering they are experiencing in an unbelieving society. He instructs them not to repay evil to those who speak evil of them or insult them but to bless because they are blessed. Peter encourages these Christians by reminding them tha...
Honor One Another in Marriage
March 05, 2023 05:38 - 43.8 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the calling for Christians to honor one another in marriage, even in times of suffering and persecution. In 1 Peter 3:1-7, Peter writes to a group of Christians who have been exiled yet calls them to continue working toward a God-honoring marriage. Similar to Paul’s marriage instructions in Ephesians 5, Peter calls wives to submit to their husbands and for husbands to provide care for their wives. In addition to these instructions, Peter calls wives to see their ...
Do Good
February 26, 2023 05:35 - 40.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how 1 Peter 2:13-25 challenges the way we treat those who disagree with us or mistreat us. Peter writes to Christians who are being persecuted by the oppressive Roman government. After reminding them of their identity in Christ, Peter now calls them to submit to this pagan authority and to do good. While believers' citizenship is in heaven, we don’t have license to rebel and disobey our local government; Peter reminds us that human governments are put in place by...
Born Again into a New Identity
February 19, 2023 05:36 - 40.5 MBIn this sermon, we looked in 1 Peter 2:1-12 at Peter's calling for believers to put off their old identity, which is rooted in the flesh, in order to live according to their new identity, which is rooted in the Word of God. Peter tells these exiled believers that their suffering is a reflection of the suffering of Christ because He, too, was rejected by men, but chosen and precious to God. He reminds them that despite experiencing rejection by men, they have been born again into a new identi...
Set Your Hope on the Grace of Jesus
February 12, 2023 05:38 - 44.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked at 1 Peter 1:13-25 to see Peter's first commands for the Christians who were suffering persecution in Asia Minor. Building from the opening doxology in verses 3-9, Peter roots his instructions for the Church in what is already true about them: They have been born again into a living hope and an inheritance that is untouched by death, unstained by evil, and unimpaired by time. With this foundational truth in place, Peter first commands these believers to set their ho...
Rejoice in Your Salvation
February 05, 2023 05:36 - 42.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Peter's call to rejoice in the midst of suffering and persecution because of the living hope and eternal inheritance we have been given in Christ. In 1 Peter 1:3-9, Peter reminds believers that we have each been supernaturally regenerated as a new creation: the old has been buried with Christ and we have been born again to walk in new life. The same power that worked to raise Jesus from the dead is also working in us. This power is described as a “living hope” be...
Chosen Exiles
January 29, 2023 05:38 - 38.7 MBIn this first sermon of the 1 Peter series, we looked at how Peter opened his letter to the believers who were suffering from persecution in Asia Minor. In 1 Peter 1:1-2, we read that God sees His people who are suffering as chosen exiles. As believers, the suffering we encounter in the world is evidence that we are exiles living in a foreign land that is not, ultimately, our home. Even though we have earthly citizenship, we are now citizens of God’s Kingdom and will never truly be at home o...
Living the Mission in our Everyday Lives
January 22, 2023 05:38 - 40.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the calling for every believer to live out the ministry of reconciliation in our everyday lives. In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul calls the Church to be moved by the love of Jesus to give away to others what we have received from Him. Through the Gospel, Jesus first reconciled us to Himself, then to one another. This Biblical concept of reconciliation means to be completely restored to a place of favor. In Christ, we go from being enemies of God to receiving God’s undese...
Growing Together in Biblical Community
January 15, 2023 05:35 - 40.2 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how God designed mankind to thrive in life-giving relationship with Himself and others. Because of sin, shame entered the story and became a significant enemy to intimate relationship. The shame of Adam and Eve, reflecting the shame in our lives today, moved them away from one another and God. Instead of showing up after the Fall and telling the truth about their sins, the fear and embarrassment of being fully known convinced them that they needed to hide. In Col...
Gathering in Worship (2023)
January 08, 2023 05:35 - 47.3 MBWith this sermon, we started a series looking at the Vision of Solid Rock Church. This Vision comes from seeing how we were designed to gather with the saints of God in a regular routine to practice the rituals of worship. While the concepts of routine and ritual can be off-putting to the modern-day church goer, God designed this to happen in a way that gives life and leads to a flourishing relationship with Christ. In Hebrews 10, we see how God has called us into covenant relationship throu...
The Nearness of God
January 01, 2023 05:37 - 28 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the prophet Elijah's experience in 1 Kings 19. Elijah fled from Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab, after she swore an oath to kill him. He was frightened, discouraged, and exhausted—a situation we find ourselves in all too often. In the midst of Elijah's anguish, God ministered to him by giving him food, water, and an opportunity for rest. Elijah then went to Mount Horeb, called the Mountain of God, where God asked a simple but profound question: "What are you doing...
The Loving Groom
December 18, 2022 05:38 - 31.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how the baby born in a stable will return as a groom who returns for His bride on their wedding day. At His first Advent, Jesus paid with His blood to purchase us as His bride and to ratify the covenant relationship between us and God. In Revelation 19:6-9, we see that not only has Jesus paid the price for us, He has also done everything required to prepare us to be presented in radiant splendor to Himself. We don't have to make ourselves righteous or prepare our...
The Victorious Warrior
December 11, 2022 05:38 - 32.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how the second coming of Jesus gives us hope in the midst of a world that seems broken and full of injustice. 1 Corinthians 15 and Revelation 19 illustrate how Jesus is predicted to return as a victorious warrior who conquers His enemies and establishes the Kingdom of God on Earth. This is the same Jesus whose first Advent led Him to suffer, die, and resurrect from the dead. Through His resurrection, Jesus secured victory over His enemies and gave us hope that we...
The Righteous Judge
December 04, 2022 05:39 - 35.2 MBIn this Advent series, we are looking at the differences between the first and second coming of Jesus. In His first Advent, He came as a humble servant, fulfilling prophesies of the Messiah who would come to Earth to suffer and die to heal His people from sin and suffering. When He returns, He will come as a battle-ready groom, prepared to rescue His bride from His enemies and reign as a victorious King. In the first sermon of this series, we looked at how Jesus will return as a judge to se...
Fasting in Worship
November 27, 2022 05:38 - 39.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how fasting is deeply connected to worship. In the Old Testament, fasting was closely related to grieving or repentance of sin. In the New Testament, fasting became a spiritual discipline or pathway that leads to a deeper, more personal relationship with the One who created and redeems us. Fasting allows us to slow down and be more present and aware of our needs as well as how we have replaced God with idols of the heart. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, God ...
Worship in Serving
November 20, 2022 05:38 - 37.2 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the connection between serving God and worshipping God. The book of Malachi opens with God referring to Himself as a father and Israel as His son. In verses 3:13-18, God confronts Israel's vanity in serving. The people had ceased to serve God out of their love for Him and had, instead, come to a place of complacency and contempt in which they were going through the motions of worship while their hearts were bitter and rebellious. God reminds Israel that He hasn't...
Worship in Fellowship - Part 2: Everything in Common
November 13, 2022 05:39 - 32.8 MBIn this sermon, we continued to look at God’s design for His Church and how our fellowship with one another is connected to our worship. In the New Testament, God uses the Greek word "koinonia" to describe the community within the Church. The koinonia is a community of close mutual relationships, in which people share possessions and partner in living the mission of Jesus in everyday life. In Acts 2, the believers experienced the overwhelming love of Jesus in a way that compelled them to eag...
Worship in Fellowship - Part 1: Community
November 06, 2022 05:38 - 40.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the connection between our love for God and our love for others. In 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Paul gives the church six commands, starting with the command to rejoice or worship. The next five commands guide us in our relationships with one another. In the Bible, God continually compares our fellowship with Him to our fellowship with one another, saying that we can't claim to have fellowship with Him if we aren't living in fellowship with one another; our relations...
Worship in Gratitude
October 30, 2022 05:39 - 34.7 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Colossians 3:12-17 to see how we can cultivate a lifestyle of worship through gratitude. Paul calls us to put on and wear the attributes of Christ on a daily basis. Additionally, he encourages us to allow the peace of Christ to rule over our hearts with thankfulness and to let the Word of God dwell in us richly so that everything we say and do gives thanks to the Father. This genuine thankfulness connects us to Christ and compels us to a lifestyle of worship.
Worship in Prayer
October 23, 2022 05:38 - 37.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the role of prayer in our worship. We read Matthew 6:7-13 to see Jesus' instruction on how to pray and Mark 14:32-36 to see His example of prayer. We also looked in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 at how Paul modeled this same prayer in his own life. Through these passages, we see that prayer is not only about getting God to change something external in our lives but also about asking the Father to align something internal in our hearts. Whether or not we get what we're as...
Worship and the Word of God
October 16, 2022 05:39 - 42.2 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the role of the Word of God in worship. The Word of God reminds us of who God is and what God has done. It leads us to salvation and restored relationship with Him. With our relationship with God restored, we are able to see God for who He is and reflect on His goodness and kindness towards us which evokes reverence, gratitude and love in our hearts towards God. Worship happens when we take those inward affections and display them in our outward actions toward Go...
Worship is...
October 09, 2022 05:39 - 40.8 MBIn the first sermon of our "Worship is…" series, we studied what a heart of worship looks like and where it comes from. Worship happens when our love for God aligns with our right thoughts about God and is expressed in our obedient actions toward God. When the Lord gives us His presence, it exposes our neediness and we either run and hide or turn toward Him. When we take our neediness to the Lord and cry out for help, He responds with kindness, filling our hearts with gratitude, love, and wo...
Stand Strong in the Power of Christ
October 02, 2022 05:38 - 40.6 MBIn our last sermon of the Ephesians series, we looked at Paul's final charge for believers to stand strong in the gifts that Jesus has given them. This exhortation reminds us that the devil seeks to steal, kill, and destroy us through his evil schemes. Our defense against these schemes is to put on the whole armor of God, given to us as Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, His Spirit, and His Word. When we put on this armor, we stand firm in the very same strength that raised Jesus from the d...
Image Bearing in Work
September 25, 2022 05:39 - 43.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how God is restoring His people as image bearers in the way we work and lead others. In Ephesians 6:5-9, Paul calls those who are in Christ to engage in work in a way that reflects His image. We do this by following instructions and going about our work willingly and wholeheartedly, whether or not anyone is watching, always looking for opportunities to do the will of God. When we engage in work this way, we can see our efforts as a gift to our employer, trusting ...
Image Bearing in the Family
September 18, 2022 05:39 - 45.2 MBIn this sermon, we looked at God's call for parents and children to bear His image in the home through the way they interact with one another. God calls children who are in Christ to honor their parents by speaking respectfully, listening to and following their instruction, and expressing gratitude for their care. When children honor their parents, we get a glimpse of the honor that we are all called to display toward God. Parents are to instruct and correct their children in a way that nour...
Image Bearing in Marriage
September 11, 2022 05:38 - 45.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how we are called to bear the image of God in marriage. In Ephesians 5:22-31, Paul turns his attention to marriage as he calls husbands and wives to a specific role in reflecting the image of the Gospel. Wives are to submit to their husbands in a way that bears the image of the Church submitting to and honoring Christ. Husbands are to sacrificially love their wives in a way that bears the image of Christ loving His bride, the Church, by willingly laying down His ...
Be Imitators of God
September 04, 2022 05:39 - 37.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Ephesians 5:1-21 to see Paul's description of what it looks like to imitate God as those who are being transformed by the Gospel. Paul uses the metaphor of walking in the light, instead of the darkness, as a picture of the transformative process for those who are in Christ. In Him, we are being transformed back into image bearers of God. In this section of Ephesians, Paul specifically addresses how our words are connected to what's in our hearts and calls the Chu...
Put on Your New Self
August 28, 2022 05:38 - 37 MBIn this sermon, we continued looking in Ephesians 4, where Paul tells the church in Ephesus to put off the old self, from before they heard the Gospel and knew the Lord, and to put on the new self, which is theirs in Christ Jesus. Beginning in verse 25, Paul gives practical advice about how to conduct ourselves as we live everyday life in Christ. When we put on this new self and truly live as His, we honor God and maintain the unity of the Spirit.
Put Off Your Old Self
August 21, 2022 05:39 - 47.4 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Paul's reminder to the Christians in Ephesus to no longer walk as their old selves before they heard the Gospel and learned about Jesus. In Ephesians 4:17-25, Paul teaches us that at the core of the old self is a darkened heart that has become calloused and can no longer feel pain, grief, guilt, or conviction. He also warns that once our hearts become darkened and calloused, we give ourselves over to moral riot. Paul reminds the Ephesians that they are no longer ...
Called by Grace to Serve: Part 2
August 14, 2022 05:39 - 38.1 MBIn this sermon, we continued to look at the gifts of grace Jesus has given to the Church in order to build up the Church and maintain unity. Jesus has called spiritual leaders to equip the members of the Church for ministry so that they may minister to one another in truth and love. Every believer has been equipped and entrusted with a spiritual gift of grace to serve the other members of the Church. When each part is working according to God's design, the Church grows into full maturity, be...
Called by Grace to Serve: Part 1
August 07, 2022 05:39 - 44.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how God has given the Church everything it needs to maintain the unity Christ provided. In Ephesians 4:7-12, Paul says that God has given leaders to the church as gifts of grace in order to equip all of the members to fulfill their calling in ministry, thereby leading the whole Church to spiritual growth and unity in Christ.
Walk in Unity
July 31, 2022 05:39 - 41 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Ephesians 4:1-6, where Paul's letter to the church in Ephesus shifts focus. While chapters one through three focus on God's redemptive work of grace and our identity in Christ, this passage begins to focus on how we walk. This walk refers to how we live and conduct ourselves according to the wonderful mercy and calling of God. Paul calls believers to walk in a manner worthy of this calling and says we are to act in humility, gentleness, and patience with one anot...
Strengthened in Christ's Love
July 24, 2022 05:39 - 30.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Ephesians 3:14-21 when Paul tells the Ephesians that he prays for God to strengthen them spiritually and grant them understanding of Christ's love. Having already revealed the mystery of the Gospel, in which God ordained Jews and Gentiles to be co-heirs in Christ, Paul knows that this unity will require strength through the Holy Spirit and a foundation in Christ's love. As we are strengthened by the Holy Spirit and truly comprehend His love, our lives become more...
The Mystery of the Gospel (2022)
July 17, 2022 05:39 - 35.5 MBIn this sermon, we looked at Paul's insight into the mystery of the Gospel. In Ephesians 2, Paul explained that Jesus broke down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility between the Jews and the Gentiles, uniting them as one. In Ephesians 3, Paul says that the Gospel is made visible in that the Gentiles are now fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promises of God. Through God's love toward the Jews and Gentiles alike, the mystery of the Gospel is displayed in the i...
The Cornerstone
July 10, 2022 05:39 - 38.1 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Jesus is the cornerstone who holds all things together. In Ephesians 2:18-22, Paul points to the Trinity as an example and reminder to the Church that we are brought together in unity as members of God's household and citizens of His Kingdom, built upon the truth of Scripture. As the members of God's household trust Jesus in faith, He gives us access to the Father through the Spirit, draws us close to Himself, and binds us to one another in Christian communit...
The Purpose of Freedom
July 03, 2022 05:39 - 31.1 MBAs we celebrate independence and freedom in our nation, it's an important time to reflect on the true, enduring freedom we have in Christ. Jesus' completed work on the cross, His resurrection, and Him imminent return provide us with eternal freedom from sin and death. However, we can be tempted to misuse this freedom, taking advantage of grace and turning to the sin we've been freed from or burdening ourselves with rules and moralism to prove our worth or even viewing our individual freedoms...
The Gospel of Peace (2022)
June 26, 2022 05:39 - 45.6 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the powerful and practical implications of the Gospel for those who are in Christ. In Ephesians 2:11-17, Paul commands the church to remember who they used to be and the hopelessness of their state before they were in Christ. He reminds the Christians in Ephesus that they were spiritual gentiles, born into separation from God and hostility toward one another. Paul emphasizes that Jesus is our peace and only through Him are we reconciled to God and each other.
Made Alive (2022)
June 19, 2022 05:39 - 39.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how the Gospel leads to a transformed life in Christ. In Ephesians 2:1-10, Paul reminds the Ephesians that we have a fallen human nature and that God, rich in mercy, love, and kindness, has redeemed us from sons of disobedience to sons of God by making us alive in Christ and adopting us into in His Kingdom. The core truths of the Gospel declare that: (1) All humans are needy and incapable of redeeming themselves, (2) God is merciful, loving, and kind, (3) When we...
Praying to the Glorious Father
June 12, 2022 05:39 - 35.3 MBIn this sermon, we looked at how Paul expresses his gratitude to God for the Ephesian believers. Their faith and their service to one another brings Paul joy that he “do[es] not cease to give thanks” to God on their behalf. We also looked at how Paul prays for them to grow in their knowledge of God and in their awareness of all they have in Christ—who is over all things.
Spiritual Blessings in Christ
June 05, 2022 05:39 - 28.9 MBIn the first sermon of our Ephesians: The Mystery of the Gospel series, we looked at one of the key phrases in the book of Ephesians: "in Christ." These words occur over 35 times and communicate the core of the Christian faith. In Ephesians 1:1-14, Paul describes the spiritual blessings we receive because we are in Christ. This passage reveals the incredible grace and salvation that God has so richly lavished upon us and prompts us to give God the praise He rightfully deserves.
Slow to Anger, Abounding in Love
May 29, 2022 05:39 - 36.5 MBIn this final sermon of the Jonah series, we looked at the heart of God. In this series, we've seen how Jonah's pursuit of comfort led to disobedience and his disobedience trapped him in hopelessness. Jonah repeatedly found himself in situations where he was so desperate and without hope of saving himself that he believed death was his only escape. Through Jonah, we see how God sovereignly and miraculously works in the smallest details of our stories to invite us to repent and find mercy and...
The Grace and Compassion of God
May 22, 2022 05:38 - 29.9 MBIn this sermon, we looked at the grace and compassion of God, first for Jonah, then for the people of Nineveh. When God called Jonah to go preach a message of repentance, Jonah went the opposite direction. Through a series of events, including having his life preserved in the belly of a big fish, God showed grace and "came to Jonah a second time." This time, Jonah was obedient to what God called him to do and preached to the Ninevites about repentance. When the Ninevites showed true repentan...