Sermons

If you are a Christian you are called to let the light of Jesus shine through you into the darkness of this world. The Bible says as He is so we are in this world. We are called to represent Jesus to those around us. How do we do this? We represent Jesus when we choose to forgive those who have hurt and betrayed us. Second- we are not to judge others. Back out of the “judgment seat” and get into the “mercy seat”. Lastly, we are to love one another, especially those who seem least important. What the world needs is Jesus. God is calling us to reflect His Son in our attitude and conversations. As He is, so we are in this world! Let your light shine so that those around you will know that Jesus is alive!

Every Christian has room to grow in their relationship with God. A person’s capacity to know Jesus more is only restricted by their own business and inattention. In this sermon, Gary Wilkerson offers a reminder that nothing is so important that it should get in the way of a thriving relationship with God.

How willing are we to allow God to unfold His plan in our life? Those who will be deceived into taking the mark of the beast will be unsatisfied with the things of God, and develop a false value system. As a result they will bring to God less than He requires of them. But those who choose to live for the will of God are promised His peace and strength. God will take us into His protective hand and nothing will harm us. God knows those who are His and we are sealed in the almighty hands of God.

Jesus’ parable of the talents recorded in Matthew 25 highlights one of the ways that we can misunderstand God’s character. In this sermon, Gary Wilkerson takes a lighthearted look at how we sometimes end up with the wrong idea of who God is.

There is no deeper darkness than when sin and religion become friends. When we sit under the true preaching of God's Word and then embrace a lie, sin and religion become friends. It is that inner struggle that we all have to face from time to time when we come to a minimal understanding of the ways of God, and yet in our own heart we think we might know a better way than the one God has planned for us. There is incredible power in the deceptiveness of the human heart. God is calling us to be single focused and to agree with His truth so that our heart will not be veiled with the deceit of religion. When we turn, with all of our heart, to the Lord, the veil is lifted and our lives become a testimony of His goodness and power.

How is it possible for revival to come in such a Christ rejected nation? We as Christians have to make a choice to live in this world as a testimony of the keeping power of God. The cry of the church should be, “Lord, stretch forth you hand and heal through me. Use my life to bring healing and freedom to those who are lost.” What will revival look like? All people with a no name ministry will suddenly show up with the glory of God on them. Grandmothers who laid hold of the Cross will begin to speak to a younger generation. Young people like David in the Bible who will not cower under the pressure of this society will rise up with a cry that says, "is there not a cause?" There is coming a season when God will turn the people’s hearts back to Him and He will pour out His Spirit on all flesh.

How does our faith mature? We would like to think that faith can grow without difficulty and trials but faith can never grow unless we are tested. Faith can never mature until we are placed in desperate situations. Grown up faith is driven to the back side of the dessert and is challenged with hopelessness. Mature faith waits on God and receives Jesus' “no” as heartily as His “yes”. Can you trust Jesus even when He says “no”? That is grown up faith.

The world, and sometimes even the church, is saturated with compromise, sin and apathy. As morality is forgotten and the boundaries between right and wrong become obscured, believers are called to draw a clear line between evil and good.

If the Lord asked you if you trust Him what would your answer be? Have you believed the lie that your situation is too overwhelming to trust God? When you come to a place of impossibility don’t draw back in fear and unbelief. God is looking for a heart to trust Him. This message reminds us to look back at God's faithfulness in our lives. Remember that the same God who gave His life for us is the same God who promises to keep us. It is in these times of adversity that God is training us to trust Him. We will live under a canopy of His mercy all the days of our life. You can trust Jesus to love you and take away all your pain.

You might say you started your walk with the Lord with such optimism and all of a sudden you are fighting wars within and wars without. You know the battle is fierce and in and of yourself you have no power to get through your situation. The enemy will roar in your ear with the lie that your circumstance is greater than your God. This message encourages us that if Christ is in us we will never be overpowered by the voice or strategy of the devil. God will take you through before He takes you out. He will give you supernatural strength and your testimony will be Jesus took me through. Never give up because God is on your side!