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A Journey Into Captivity - A Study of Galatians: Sanctification

On Sunday, Tyler continued our study of Galatians by focusing on Sanctification following Galatians 5:16-23. Paul explains that the Holy Spirit is present to guide us and produce fruit in our lives as we depend on Him. We must trust in the Holy Spirit for guidance, since following our heart can let us down.

 

How can we tune into the voice of Holy Spirit so that He will be our guide?

A Journey Into Captivity - A Study of Galatians: Liberation

In this message, Tyler continues our study of Galatians with the topic of liberation. Not only has the Holy Spirit freed us from the Law, He also guides us into the new law; the law of other-focused love. We are warned to not chain ourselves or others back to the old law (Legalism) and also to not selfishly indulge in our freedom found in Christ (Antinomianism). Which extreme do you tend to lean? How can you fix your eyes on your new identity in Christ as a freed prisoner as well as someone who submits to the Spirit?

A Journey Into Captivity - A Study of Galatians: Adoption

Tyler continued our Galatians series this weekend, focusing on the topic of Adoption. He reminded us that we are all trapped in the slavery of sin with orphan hearts. But, God wants to restore our hearts and break the chains of bondage. He has already paid the debt and set us free. So, will you remind yourself of your identity today? That you are already adopted by the Most High, the One who claims, protects, nurtures, and parents you. You are no longer a slave but God’s own child. Galatians 4:4-7; Galatians 3:26-29

A Journey Into Captivity – A Study Of Galatians: Justification

Tyler continues in our series “A Journey Into Captivity – A Study of Galatians” focusing on Justification.

Are you living in an awareness of God’s grace?

We are all guilty of sin and deserving of punishment. We try to justify ourselves but find that we can’t. But we have been justified through faith in Christ. And through faith, Jesus’ perfect righteousness is credited to us. What’s true of Jesus (his crucifixion and resurrection) becomes true of us. Salvation is received, not achieved. We don’t have to prove we’re not bad… we’ve been pardoned. We don’t have to prove we’re special… we’ve been declared righteous. We don’t need to earn peer affirmation… we’ve been given a family.

It’s all GRACE!

We know that a person is justified not by the works of law but through faith in Jesus Christ. – Galatians 2:16

A Journey Into Captivity - Galatians: Revelation

In this message, Terrence Turman continues in our study of the Book of Galatians, focusing on "Revelation". A revelation is the idea of removing a veil to see things clearly. In Galatians, we hear from Paul, a man who experiences a personal unveiling, allowing him to see Jesus as his savior. Paul went from persecuting the Church to proclaiming the sovereignty of Jesus. Seeing Jesus clearly changes everything, allows us to submit to His will, and produces a life of transformation. “Where do you see God pointing and revealing himself to you?”

 

A Journey Into Captivity - Galatians Study

Tyler kicked off the first Sunday of January with a bible study weekend walking through Galatians.

The goal is to better understand the historical circumstances underneath all the doctrine. It turns the book into real life, not just telling you what’s going on, but giving you the story beneath the story.

This letter from Paul to Galatia is a specific vision for a new creation community. He says it's a multi-ethnic, no jew, no gentile, slave or free, male or female. It’s a multiethnic, nonprejudicial, family-like community that's prioritizing faith in Jesus and learning to follow the spirit. Living in the freedom of love, that's safeguarding the integrity of the true gospel, and that is sharing it with everyone, no matter their country, color, class, or culture. Over the next 11 weeks, we’ll spend 9 weeks journeying through the book of Galatians and we hope you’ll join us!

Finding Peace In An Anxious World – Self-Denial Over Self-Fulfillment

On New Year’s Eve, we concluded our “Finding Peace in an Anxious World” series. Tyler emphasized the significance of self-denial over self-fulfillment.

Many of us are trapped in the pursuit of worldly self-fulfillment, but Jesus calls us to deny ourselves and follow Him. God’s way is the best, and without it, our lives will be incomplete. It’s extraordinary to entrust yourself into the hands of God, who created us, knows us better than ourselves, loves us more than we love ourselves, and wants to guide us toward freedom and prosperity. However, we must let go of our old ways of living to experience this new life, which starts with baptism.

We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. – Romans 6:4

Christmas at Northeast 2023

What an incredible weekend of Christmas services celebrating the birth of Jesus!

If you’re seeking for someone to heal your heart, guide a lost soul home, or point the way to the path of peace. Jesus can. He is the way, the truth, and the life.

Jesus, and Him alone, is all you need this Christmas. His goodness is endless, it’s eternal. And we pray you find HOPE in him.

“Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.” – Luke 1:78-79

Finding Peace in an Anxious World - Doctrine over Desire

This weekend, we continued our series Finding Peace in an Anxious World, where Tyler focused on Doctrine > Desire.

 

What does this exactly mean? You will find more peace when you allow God to direct your life and you will find more anxiety when you allow your desires to direct your life. But it’s your choice.

 

Jesus can lead you to your innermost desires because He will lead you to the way of the cross. And it’s the cross-shaped love of Jesus that sets you free. We don’t have to figure out life on our own. He invites you today to choose His way over your way, just like he did the disciples 2,000 years ago – one step at a time. Just “come and see”.

Finding Peace in an Anxious World - Local Presence over Omnipresence

We are in week 4 of the series Finding Peace in an Anxious World, and Tyler focuses his message on Local Presence over Omnipresence. Omnipresent - “always present”. God is always present everywhere all the time. God alone is… Omnipresent (all-present), Omnipotent (all-powerful), Omniscient (all-knowing). While Christmas is supposed to be about incarnation (God becoming human), we make it about excarnation (humans becoming God). Rather than focusing on our local presence, we strive for God’s omnipresence. Simply, there are things we cannot do, expectations we cannot meet, goals we cannot achieve, sins we cannot erase, wounds we cannot heal, shame we cannot remove, guilt we cannot forgive… and an enemy we cannot defeat on our own. But God can. Jesus has, and he's inviting you. He’s inviting you to accept that victory and join the army. It’s the ultimate admission that you're not God, that you're not omnipresent, you're not omnipotent, you're not omniscient. It's asking God to do for you what you can’t do for yourself.