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This Business Called The Rapture (By Rob Case)

LFCC's own Bible Teacher Rob Case speaks this week on the controversial, theologically thick and heavy topic of the rapture of the Church. This topic is one that is completely supernatural in nature, and it is to precede the coming Day of the Lord, which is in turn linked to the judgments and prophecies addressed by prophets such as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and many others. How does the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit play such a vital role in understanding the background dynamics at work behind such a concept? Find out this and much more as Rob Case explains "This Business Called The Rapture".

A Savior Has Been Born (Luke 2:1-16)

When you look around you, you see that the world is broken by sin and death. Everywhere you look there are bad things happening, damage being done by people, turmoil everywhere, and every time you turn on the news, it is always LOADED with bad news. With Christ, God brought good news in a world filled with bad news. The purpose of Jesus is to bring love, purpose, and meaning to life, bringing joy to a person's life. Jesus is also the only source to being redeemed to God through him. The name Jesus means "God is salvation". God brings salvation, and it is by the many eyewitness accounts who were there (this is a historical account) that we have this event to celebrate, as the mission God had in mind was all for you, in grace and in mercy, to being something new and something that would generate life, joy, and peace, in a world sick and afflicted with bad news.

Call Him Jesus (Luke 1:26-38)

What's in a name? Every name has a meaning behind it. When the Angel appeared before Mary, and shared with her the role God had in store for her, he said that she was to give her child the name "Jesus". The name Jesus means salvation. Even Jesus changed the name of Simon to Peter. Why is that? Because he wanted to change Peter's purpose. In this message, Pastor Troy Billow shares the significance of the name Jesus, and also shares what his name means as well.

Living Faith's Christmas Candlelight Service 2023

A celebration of the birth of Jesus in Word and Song.

The True Light (John 1:6-14)

When light is shown, darkness cannot overcome it. Jesus not only dispels spiritual darkness, but He dispels fears as well. Christ is a supernatural light that works on your heart, life, and soul. Jesus wants to come into your heart and life to change you, and the only way that He can change you is if you are born of God. In this message, Pastor Troy Billow not only explains how Jesus is the light of the world (John 8:2), but how that light gets brighter the longer you walk with Him.

People of the Cross (Galatians 6:11-18)

In the final part of Paul's letter to the Galatians, Paul addresses addresses religious people who do good works to put on a show.There is a difference between putting on a show and doing what Christ enables people to do. Paul says the only thing worthy of boasting about is the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, which we are justified by (if we put our faith in Him). In response, our "good works" become an expression of genuine gratitude and thankfulness. That thankfulness translates into loyalty, and out of that loyalty, we are motivated to serve.

What Are You Planting (Galatians 6:6-10)

Continuing on the battle between the spirit and the flesh, Paul challenges people to acknowledge that "God is not mocked." In other words, He can't just be "blown off". What you sow, you will also reap. If you sow to the Spirit you will reap the fruits of the Spirit. If you sow to the flesh, you will reap corruption. In this message, Pastor Troy Billow challenges you to ask yourself where you are in light of this dynamic. What are you planting in your own field?

Bear One Another's Burdens (Galatians 6:1-5)

What does it mean to "practice" sin? Throughout our struggle between the flesh and the Spirit, this struggle brings about burdens that we as believers face every day in some way. In Romans 7, Paul is empathizing to those he is preaching to by sharing his experience with that struggle, so he shares a way to have grace towards people who are on the mend, and are being restored in their walk with the Lord. In this message, which is a follow-up to the previous one, Pastor Troy expounds on what it means to bear one another's burdens while dealing with your own struggles as you are a work in being on the mend yourself.

Walk In The Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26)

The mindset of the disciples, after Christ left them to be at the right hand of the Father, was "you're leaving us with this scary commission to do what you did? What will become of us?" Before Jesus left, He told them that he was going to send a "helper, the Spirit of Truth who Comes from the Father" (John 15:26-27). That Spirit will help the disciples do what they cannot do in the flesh, and the same goes for us believers today. This will be a struggle as common pursuits within human nature like sexual immorality, hardness of heart, and initiating conflict with others who get in our way, are ways of the flesh, and ways of the Spirit restrain the other, in pursuit of radiating love, peace, patience, gentleness, and an abundance of other things that make us more like Christ in action. By walking in the Spirit, we are no longer under the Law, but are walking in "Agape" love, a love that is self sacrificing, serving, and gracious to other people, as Paul and Pastor Troy Billow expound on in this message.

Voice of the Martyr (Acts 7:51-60)

This week we commemorate the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church with a video, and a message about Stephen, the first known Christian martyr. Stephen was one of the first leaders of the church. Filled with the Holy Spirit, he was convicted to bring people the message of salvation through Jesus Christ. Steven condemns his stiff-necked, Jewish brothers for being so flesh-filled in their hearts and ears, and for resisting the Holy Spirit. The flesh filled heart is "cut away" when you allow the Word of God to inform you and change you. They were so flesh filled and resistant to the Spirit, that they stoned Stephen and in the process of stoning him, as his body was failing, he saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and remained joyful beyond the point where his body failed. What does that mean to us today? Resistance remains, however our life and our overall purpose is about getting ready to meet Jesus Christ.

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