Welcome to the weekly podcast of The Image Church led by Pastor John Petrus. For more information visit www.theimagechurch.org or download the Image Church App. Romans 8:29 - "...predestined into the image of Christ."
From the beginning God has had an overarching plan of redemption, not just for humanity but for all of Creation. What is God's plan? And what part does the Church have in that plan?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
As shown by the Ephesians, often we may know the stories of the Bible, but don't know the why. Apostle Paul explained that all these Biblical writings point to Jesus. And that we are called, not to know the history or events of the Old Testament, but to follow Jesus.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
God has a purpose for the whole nation or community, but works through a calling of each individual. As much as we like to identify with an organization, brand or group, God works through an individual, one who has made a decision to allow God's work in their life.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
When we are contending for a miracle, God will often wage war against the idols that compete for our time, attention, devotion and trust. And when it doesn't make sense, we should refuse to match our theology of the goodness of God with what we can see in the natural.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Jesus calls us to a righteousness that surpasses that of the religious leaders. How does that look like, true righteousness? And what are some internal and external problems He warns us about?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
How is the issue of justice and judgement connected to the Kingdom of God that Jesus preached and demonstrated? And why are we called to judge those inside the church, but not those outside?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Before we judge others we are called to look at our own lives first. To strive to open our ears to listen and "step into their shoes" before opening our mouth to criticize someone. And ultimately, be led by mercy and grace, which are true expressions of God's glory.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
One of God's attributes is justice. But what does it mean that God is just? Why does God establish a judgement at the end of days? And how does that judgement relate to believers, who are already in Christ?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
What is the way to build an enduring and tough faith, a faith that will last? Well, what kind of foundation is it built on? And are you consistently maintaining and re-examining it?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
With what we are given we can either save it or spend it. It's important look at why are we saving, out of wisdom to utilize later or out of fear. And what risks are we willing to take to build with God? Are we stewarding His provision well?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The function of the Church is to establish the Kingdom of God. And God's Kingdom is in the here and now, established through our offering of ourselves as living sacrifices, going all in for His purpose.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
God calls us to surrender our will to His purpose and to present ourselves as a living sacrifice. What does that mean to be a living sacrifice? And why aren't we often willing to surrender to Him?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Being rooted in truth is a by-product of trusting God. But trust comes from understanding the character of God because once you understand who God is you can stand firmly in His Word.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Sometime we need to go back to the basics of our faith to figure out how to get out of our spiritual stagnation and grow in our relationship with God. And ask ourselves, "do we know who God is?", and "are we convinced of His overwhelming love towards us?"--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
We were created for connection, not transaction. And a true relationship with God produces a trust in Him, and leads to a surrendered life of obedience to Him, which leads to a life and peace in Jesus Christ.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
God's grace is for everyone. He is our Heavenly Father who shows up and works through people by His grace to express His care, kindness and love.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
God reigning through grace is what the Kingdom of God is. His grace begins with Him looking to pour out His love, and is always expressed through His presence. God's grace is always transformative, it doesn't leave you where it found you.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Jesus used the activity of a meal to teach about the Kingdom of God and it's values. He showed that the values of God's Kingdom are often counter to the values of this world. It includes the lowly and discarded, but excludes the self-absorbed and indifferent.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Some of the fathers of our community share about Fatherhood, how they have navigated it, what some of their happiest moments were, and what they would like their children to know about their heart as a father.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
We often come with our own narrative of what the Kingdom of God should look like, but God often does things differently than our reasonable and logical understanding of how things should be. And He doesn't dismiss the present need, but invites us to be part of the solution that He has planned.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The spiritual gifts that God gives us are manifestations of God's grace, given to us to build up the Body of Christ, the Church. All the gifts mentioned in the New Testament are only some of the gifts God may give us to serve each other and personally grow in the Lord.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
In the scripture, it shows that Jesus is the agent through whom all things are and the representation of God to humanity. According to the Gospels, Jesus showed what it looks like when God is king, teaching and articulating God's grace and love for everyone.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The kingdom of God, Jesus was announcing, was not a place in Heaven where God rules or an occasional divine intervention. Though it's not of this world, it's purpose is for this world exactly. It is a time when God is in charge of everything as He designed it from the beginning.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
A panel of mothers discuss how scripture guides their parenting, what they have learned about themselves and God, and the spiritual legacy them hope to leave for their children.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Jesus had many meals with different kinds of people during His ministry. Not every meal was a Communion, but every meal has the potential to be a Communion with Jesus. What does true Communion look like? Is He the host or just a guest at our meals?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The resurrection of Jesus isn't a wonderful ending to the story of Jesus and His crucifixion, but the beginning of something profoundly new. In the present time God is redeeming people, but when Christ comes back the second time, we will take part in God putting the rest of Creation right.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The truth of Christ's resurrection doesn't just bring redemption and hope to our lives individually, but also to the communities around us as a whole. And it doesn't just redeem us, but is the beginning of God's plan to restore all of Creation.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The scripture show that God is faithful to His promises and His people, evidenced by Jesus' entering into Jerusalem and the temple on Palm Sunday fulfilling God's promise through the prophets that He will return to the city and temple. But how do we position ourselves to receive and recognize the fulfillment of God's promises?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
In the book of Ephesians the Church is called the fullness of God who fills all in all. What does it look like for the Church to be used by God to fill the world with Him?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
God is faithful to fulfill His promises. But there are principles we must be aware of about the type of promises they are and how they are to come to pass.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
God has given us gifts for the common good, to be used within a gathering to minister to one another. And in that ministry, God through us wants to give someone a word that, by taking hold of and building on, will bring transformation in their life.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The Holy Spirit desires to overshadow us so that the Word of God takes root in us, and as a result what comes out of us is thanksgiving to God for everything in every situation.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
The Bible uses powerful metaphors to describe the Church, each revealing a unique aspect of our identity and purpose. And importantly, it's not just something you attend, it's a place you belong to.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Our God is a faithful God. He is faithful to His purpose, which He ultimately accomplished through Jesus Christ, to His people through the Holy Spirit's work in us, and faithful to His promises, the main one of which is His love for us.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Are we striving for unity in the church or just uniformity? God's Word calls us to be united through His Spirit. What are some of the ways God desires us to live out in unity?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
We are called to imitate Christ, especially in our love for each other. So what does that entail? How do we express Christ and His example to all God's people?--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Everybody has a personal story in the kingdom of God. It is a story of God‘s grace, which always includes us being servants/ministers in God's church! And as we uniquely grow and minister in His church, we are called to be united in Christ.--To hear more messages from The Image Church, subscribe to our podcast or YouTube channel. Also follow us on social media (Facebook and Instagram) or download our Image Church app in the App Store and Google Play Store to learn more about us and stay up to date.
Acts 26:27-29""King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.” Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?” Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”"Are we ready to present the good news? Are we ready to talk to those around us about Jesus? We may not have the opportunity to speak to presidents or kings like Paul does here in this chapter. But, we do have many opportunities to talk to our friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Our prayer today is that we would be a people who are prepared and ready to share our testimony and share about the hope we have in Christ to all those we encounter and allow the Holy Spirit to work through us.
Acts 25In this chapter we see Paul being accused of causing trouble and stirring up riots in the city. Paul provides a defense for himself, but ultimately trusts the Lord and is willing to die for Him if he is found guilty. Can you relate to Paul? Have you ever been accused of something you didn't do? We can get so caught up in seeking justice, that we lose sight of what's most important -- to trust God and know that He knows us, sees us and has purposes for us that are bigger than what we can understand. Our prayer today, is that we would step out together today and trust Him fully.
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