Jesus Is The Light Of The World

Jesus Is The Light Of The World

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 8:12-30
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night and stumbled around in the dark? Maybe you tripped over something someone didn’t put away. We’ve all had an experience similar to this where we trip, harm or injure ourselves on something we didn’t see. The Bible tells us that because of sin, we’re all walking around in spiritual darkness, unable to avoid things that cause us harm.

In this message, we’re going to see that Jesus is the light of the world! Jesus illuminates our spiritual lives so that we can clearly see where we walk and stand.

Jesus Forgives

Jesus Forgives

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 8:1-11
Have you ever been caught red handed, doing something you know you should not be doing? Or maybe you've been caught in a lie you told? Whatever the case, it's hard to top the woman we find in John 8. This lady was caught in the very act of adultery! If the shame alone wasn't bad enough, in Jesus' day, adultery was a capital crime. The penalty was death!

This week we’re resuming our sermon series in John’s Gospel with this story of sex, sin, shame, condemnation, grace and forgiveness. We’re going to see that Jesus forgives.

Make Disciples

Make Disciples

Pastor Matt Bell

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God is doing His work in us through His Spirit. We can't do it on our own! We are constantly being transformed into the image of God. He gives us the ability to keep His Word. He makes us into His disciples, becoming more like Christ each day.

Preach The Gospel

Preach The Gospel

Pastor Matt Bell

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Jesus commands us to preach the Gospel and make disciples. This is what we believe Destiny Church is called to do. This is the assignment that Jesus has given us. This is the assignment for which he has empowered us (Acts 1:8). And this is the assignment that we, in God's grace, seek to accomplish everyday of our lives.

Darkness Doesn't Exist

Darkness Doesn't Exist

Philip Tolman

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Our guest speaker this week is one of our missions ambassadors, Philip Tolman! Philip has been serving in missions since 1980. He and his wife Lucy are currently working in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. They have evangelized and started churches where no evangelical church had previously been. They have planted a total of 8 churches, including a Bible school.

The Faithfulness of God

The Faithfulness of God

Nathan Thompson

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This week, Nathan Thompson, one of our missions ambassadors to Mexico, brought an encouraging word! Throughout the years, Nathan explains how he has seen the faithfulness of God in his everyday life. Whatever situation you are in, God is able! If He has been faithful to you in the past, he will be faithful today! Hold on to Him! He is faithful!

Stewardship

Stewardship

Pastor Matt Bell

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In this message, Pastor Matt challenged us with how we are stewarding the resources that God has given us. The 3 main areas that God asks us to multiply are our Time, Talent & Treasure. Are we wasting these things or are we using them to have eternal impact? How can we better steward these resources?

God's Word

God's Word

Pastor Matt Bell

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In this message, Pastor Matt addresses some crucial questions about the Word of God:
1. Is the Bible the Word of God?
2. Where did the Bible come from?
3. Who wrote the New Testament?
4. Can new Scripture be written today?
5. How do we interpret the Bible?
6. Are we to obey all the commands of Scripture?
7. Why was the Bible written?

Luke 24:44-45
Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

A Biblical Picture Of Marriage

A Biblical Picture Of Marriage

Pastor Matt Bell

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Genesis 1 & John 8
The union of marriage began in Genesis 1 in the Garden. God decided to make man in "our image." He made them male and female. Because God instituted marriage in the beginning, He is the only one who can define it. We must submit to the Biblical authority of what God says about this important topic.

The Father's Blessing

The Father's Blessing

Ted Thevaos

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John 1
We have an epidemic in our culture of fatherlessness. On this Father's Day, we celebrate those men who lead their family in a Godly manner. A Father is the single greatest influence in the life of a child. As men we are to use our influence to bless our children - they are a gift from the Lord!

Church Membership

Church Membership

Pastor Matt Bell

Matthew 16 & Ephesians 5
In this message, Pastor Matt talks about membership at Destiny Church. He went over 4 different areas of the Destiny Church Membership Covenant:

1. I will protect the unity of my church.
2. I will share the responsibility of my church.
3. I will serve the ministry of my church.
4. I will support the testimony of my church.

Revive The Dream - Kingsley Armstrong

Revive The Dream

Kingsley Armstrong

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Genesis 48
When God gives you a dream, He doesn't give up on the dream. You might have been 5 years old when God called you, but He is still calling you today. He didn't change his mind or get discouraged by the circumstances. He's still the same God that called you way back when. Don't re-negotiate the call that God has on your life - your call is still the same today!

Jesus Causes Division

Jesus Causes Division

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 7:25-52
As we conclude John 7, we see that people are still struggling to answer the question “Who is Jesus?” Jesus broke all the molds. He didn’t fit into everyone’s preconceived ideas of who a Messiah should be, what a Messiah would do and the message a Messiah would teach. In fact, a sharp division arises because of the people’s differing opinions about Jesus.

Still to this day, all around the world people are divided over Jesus. In fact, many heresies and false doctrines have arisen over this very point. It’s imperative that we carefully examine what the Bible says about Jesus and formulate our beliefs on Scripture, so that we too are not deceived or led into error.

Jesus Teaches In The Temple

Jesus Teaches In The Temple

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 7:1-24
Many people today are confused about Jesus. Some people think of him as a great moral teacher, spreading a message of love and peace. Others think of him as a great prophet, who taught about God. Yet others still dismiss him altogether as an imaginary character who never existed.

But what we’re going to see in this passage is that this is not a new debate. From the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry, the issue of “Who is Jesus?” was a hot topic, much as it is today. For the next two weeks we’re going to see this story unfold and people divide over who they believe Jesus to be.

We as Christians hold to the truth that Jesus is divine. We believe that Jesus is God revealing himself to us in the flesh. Our future is secure because God has revealed to our hearts the truth about Jesus and we have responded in faith!

Jesus Is The Bread Of Life

Jesus Is The Bread Of Life

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 6:22-71
As we continue our sermon series in John’s Gospel, we’re going to see that Jesus is the bread of life and that He alone can satisfy the longings of our soul.

Many times, even as Christians, we seek to satisfy ourselves with the material things of life and not the spiritual. All through John’s Gospel, Jesus uses examples in the material world to teach us spiritual truths. But He always spurs us on to not fall into the trap of finding our worth in the material things of this life. 

Those who were following Jesus wanted a material king for a physical kingdom. That’s not why Jesus came. His kingdom is not of this world. When the multitudes began to realize that Jesus wasn’t who they wanted Him to be, almost all of them forsook Him. Unfortunately, only a handful of disciples were left after hearing this “difficult” teaching. May we be a people whose lives demonstrate to the world that we are true followers Jesus Christ!

Jesus Feeds The 5,000

Jesus Feeds The 5,000

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 6:1-21
In this passage, we’re going to see Jesus perform one of His greatest miracles. Jesus is going to miraculously feed a multitude, which many estimate was about twenty thousand people!

The scripture says that they all ate until they had their fill. They ate, until they could eat no more. But even this large multitude did not exhaust the abundant provisions that Jesus had supplied. There were twelve baskets of food leftover! In this we see that when we come to Jesus hungry, we leave satisfied. In this we see that Jesus supplies in abundance and that He is not constrained by our lack!

The Bible Is All About Jesus

The Bible Is All About Jesus

Pastor Matt Bell

John 5:30-47
As we continue our sermon series through the Gospel of John, Jesus is going to teach that the Bible is all about Him. All of the Old Testament points to the arrival of Jesus, the atoning work He did on the cross and the eternal life we have through faith in Him. The New Testament teaches us how we live, as His church, in the light of what Jesus has done. Many people misinterpret Scripture because they do not understand this central truth: The Bible Is All About Jesus!

Jesus Is Equal With God

Jesus Is Equal With God

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 5:9-29
As we continue our sermon sermon series through the Gospel of John, we’re going to see that Jesus is equal with God. When Jesus makes this claim, the Pharisees reject Jesus and begin plotting to kill Him.

Jesus goes on to teach that “Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father” and that whoever doesn’t have faith in Him will come into judgement. Many people struggle with the exclusive claims of Christ, but the truth is, He is the only way to be reconciled to God.

Jesus Heals

Jesus Heals

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 4:43-5:9

In this message, we’re going to see that Jesus has the power to heal!

Jesus has the power to heal spiritually, setting us free from sin and restoring our relationship with God; emotionally, redeeming our past and giving us a testimony to share with others; and physically, injecting the power of God into our bodies that we might be made whole. Believe God in faith for your healing today!

Jesus Saves

Jesus Saves

Pastor Matt Bell

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John 4:1-45

In this message, we see one of Jesus’ most famous conversations. He stops to interact with a women drawing water from a well.

In all of Scripture, this woman is only mentioned this one time. We know very little about her. We don’t even learn her name! But one thing we know for certain, after she met Jesus, she was never the same. And so it is with all of us. Once we’ve tasted of the living water that Jesus offers, we are forever changed!