Life At The Ridge

Jesus is the firstborn of the dead. What does that mean? How does His resurrection change how we live and what we can expect in our future resurrection?

Has Jesus lost His place of honor in your life? Is He the King that we proclaim Him to be? The truth is Jesus is the King and He is over all.

How has your faith in Jesus Christ affected the way you live? If you were to give your faith a check-up how is it doing? Is your faith growing or become stagnant?

Is Jesus supreme? Is Jesus first in your life? Often in our lives, Christ is marginalized. He often isn’t first: usually it's our family, our careers, hobby and other interests that push Jesus to the side. In vs 15-19 of chapter 1 Paul gives us a beautiful poem of who Jesus is and how He is above all, before all, and is over all. It causes us to place our focus on Jesus. Paul gives us reasons why Christ should be first in our lives and in the entire world. He talks about how special Christ is and why he must be first.

Pauls prayer in chapter one is summed up in vs 13-14 with two great blessings to those who know Christ; You have been delivered from darkness and you have forgiveness through the redemption of Jesus Christ. Are these blessings a reality in your life? Do you know Jesus?

What is the will of God? How can we know how to live a life that is worthy and well pleasing of God? Our lives must be conformed to the Gospel and allow the Gospel to shape our lives.

What is the use of Gods law? Why do we have it? Is it still relevant for us today? This is the second message from our Elder Series out of I Timothy.

Has your life been shaped by the Gospel? Paul's words to the believers at Colosse remind them of their faith in Christ and how the Gospel has changed them. What does a Gospel shaped life look like? This is the second part to the message Gospel Shaped Christianity.

Has your life been shaped by the Gospel? Paul's words to the believers at Colosse remind them of their faith in Christ and how the Gospel has changed them. What does a Gospel shaped life look like?

Do you see Jesus clearly? What things in your life or in this world have caused you not to see Jesus clearly? The book of Colossians was written to a group of Christians that were facing the pressures of the culture that caused them to be tempted to give in to the world, Paul wants them to have a clear view of Christ and how to walk with Him. Paul's words to the believers at this church were "Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ" Colossians 1:28

This is the first of many messages out of the book of I Timothy. The Elders will be teaching through this book the first Sunday of every month. In this message we learn about Paul's commission to Timothy and what he wanted him to do.

How are we doing with loving one another and practicing forgiveness towards each other? The church at Sardis was told by Jesus..."You have the appearance of being alive, but you are dead..." Revelation 3:1-3 As followers of Jesus we need to remember the importance of love and forgiveness in the body of Christ.

Do we desire truth? The church at Sardis had an appearance of being alive but really they were dead. Do we have an appearance of desiring truth?, walking in truth? or obeying truth? What is truth?

How is your listening? Many of us say we hear, but are we listening? It's important to listen to the truthfulness of God's Word, what He says and act in obedience to His Word. The message that Jesus gave the church at Sardis was you have the appearance of being alive but you are dead… How well do you think they were listening?

Jesus' words to the corpse church at Sardis is "...you have an appearance of being alive, but you are dead....strengthen what remains and is about to die" Rev 3:1-2. What spiritual aspects of your Christian life need strengthening? Has your worship for God become stagnant or non existent? Why? and how can we overcome this?

As we begin the new year, what's important as a follower Christ? In the letter to the church in Sardis Jesus has these words to say "‘...I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2 Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent..." (Revelation 3:1-3) Join us for the month of January as we look at some important Biblical truths that we have received, heard and strengthen those truths that remain.

How was it that the Jews missed Messiahs coming? They were looking for someone else. The prophecy found in Zechariah gives us a great understanding of who Jesus is and what we should expect at His coming.

Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek. So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but rather, ‘This man said, I am King of the Jews.’” Pilate answered, “What I have written I have written.” John 19:19-22 Is He the King? How do we know? If He is the King what does His crucifixion mean?

God's Word tells us about Jesus who was not only the King of the Jews but He is the eternal King whose kingdom is not of this world. Have you beheld the King?

When the wisemen came to Jerusalem to seek the Messiah, what did they find? Jesus was born "King of the Jews" yet Herod and all of Jerusalem didn't seem to care and were troubled by this news of the wisemen seeking the Messiah. What is your response to the birth of Christ?