Idaho Grace Sermon Podcast

Listen as Matt Ritchey continues our series through Revelation.

What if I’ve already cheated on God?  Admit your need.  Confess.  The consequences of concealment are far greater than the consequences of confession.  Just come clean.  We can be forgiven AND free in Christ.  Pray for help.  Trust God’s promise.  Move forward in faith. And, above all, look forward to the wedding! 

May we be marked by faithfulness to Christ and His cause.  Today, we suffer.  Tomorrow, we celebrate! 

As the end gets closer, the day gets darker.  As the day gets darker, the saints shine brighter.  As the saints shine brighter, the world sees clearer. Satan is real, powerful, and deceptive.  But he is eternally doomed and can be overcome! 

When an alarm goes off in the middle of the night, you can’t just ignore it.  It’s meant to wake you up.  It’s meant to warn you.  It’s meant to keep you from dying.  What we are going read about the trumpets is important.  It’s a description of what is going to happen to the ungodly because of their persecution of the saints, their rebellion, and their idolatry.  However, I don’t want you to miss this: it’s a description of justice (victory for the saints), but today, it’s also a warning for those who are living in rebellion.

No more death.  No more suffering.  No more pain.  One day, we will see Heaven.  One day, we will see Jesus.  One day, we won’t ever ask the why question again. 

It’s a hope anchored by the resurrection.  Erase the resurrection, you’ve lost all that is promised in God’s Word.  Embrace the resurrection, you have access to a hope that is unshaken.  We rejoice in the defeat of death and the hope of glory.  Graves turned into gardens. But, it’s a hope known only by the Christian.  Do you have this hope today? 

You need to know basics about who we are as a church and how we interpret certain passages.  However, we’re not going to divide with other churches if their services look different than ours.  Churches should be very similar in belief, but may have different expressions of what they believe.

We continue our series in 1st Corinthians and Keith shares about how to make the church great again.

God is always a God of restoration.  What does this mean to me? I love how James 4:6-8 spells it out:  But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.