Citizens Church Sermons

Our Mission: Citizens of heaven Enjoy God. Love people. Make disciples. We are people saved through faith by grace, and that grace compels us to live out our mission to make disciples who are defined by life in Him.

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Citizens of Heaven

Our Mission: Citizens of heaven enjoy God, love people and make disciples.

Sep 14, 2020•50 min•Ep. 71

Psalm 23

Even though Psalm 23 is often read at funerals, its message applies to your life today. Jesus Christ will provide, lead, renew and pursue you all the days of your life. If you wander, He goes out to find and restore you, just as He did with David who wrote this psalm.

Sep 06, 2020•39 min•Ep. 70

Elders

What does the Bible have to say about the position of Elder? This Sunday, we'll spend some time examining our convictions as a Church and then present our two newest Elders to the congregation. Key Text: 1 Peter 5:1-5

Sep 01, 2020•25 min•Ep. 69

Colossians: Life in Christ

In this sermon, we wrap our series in the book of Colossians. Paul concludes this letter with a list of names. John MacArthur calls this section of Colossians “a verbal group photograph.” Who would be in your group photograph? If your church or small group wrote a letter, what would you want it to say about you in the personal closing (similar to Col. 4:7–17)? In 10 or 20 years, what do you want your involvement, relationships and ministry in the local church to be?

Aug 25, 2020•37 min•Ep. 68

A Beautiful Disruption

Summary: Christians are to be a beautiful disruption to the chaos of the world. According to Colossians 4:5 – 6, that beautiful disruption is marked by followers of Jesus walking in wisdom in the way they act and speak.

Aug 17, 2020•46 min•Ep. 67

A Surrendered Life

Summary: In our passage this week, Paul continues to give instructions regarding various relationships, this time focusing on masters. Masters are to treat their servants justly and fairly. To be clear, slavery in any form perverts God’s created, desired intention for human beings. According to the first page of the Bible, human beings are created in the image of God. Therefore, every person is equal in the sight of God (Galatians 3:28), and no person is to use his/her authority or position to m...

Aug 11, 2020•46 min•Ep. 66

A Gentle Presence

Husbands are to love their wives and not be harsh with them. Children are to obey their parents. Fathers are not to provoke their children. Both of the “do not” commands in this week’s passage are given to men, and in doing so, Paul stresses the importance of a man’s influence on his family. He is to love his family in a way that reflects the heart of God. God expects husbands and fathers to lead with gentleness.

Aug 03, 2020•41 min•Ep. 65

The Church on Mission

Our passage this week, Matthew 9:35 – 38, begins Jesus’ second discourse in which He instructs the disciples to pray for His harvest because the workers are few. Jesus’ expectation of His disciples in this passage is prayer. He commands them to pray before He sends them out to proclaim, “the kingdom of heaven has come near”

Jul 28, 2020•39 min•Ep. 64

Discipline and Delight

Summary: Paul has turned our attention from the spiritual family (3:1–17) to the physical, household family (3:18–4:1). Paul described how we change—we are to put off the old self and put on the new self—and now he addresses specific relationships and roles within a home. First, he addresses husbands and wives, and next, parents and children. Children are to obey their parents in everything. Why? For it pleases the Lord.

Jul 20, 2020•44 min•Ep. 63

Marriage and Flourishing

Summary: In our passage this week, Paul turns our attention from the spiritual family (3:1–17) to the physical, household family (3:18–4:1). Paul has described how we change — put off the old self and put on the new self — and now addresses specific relationships and roles within a home. Wives are to submit to their husbands. Husbands are to love their wives. Children are to obey their parents. Ephesians 5:22–6:9 is the longer exposition of these same household roles and their countercultural co...

Jul 13, 2020•49 min•Ep. 62

God Provides

Summary: The backstory to help our understanding of Genesis 22 is that God promised descendants to Abraham 25 years earlier (Genesis 12:7). For 25 years, Abraham waited. And in the waiting, Abraham turned his back on the land, lied to a king and devised his own plan; he slept with Hagar, his wife’s servant and had a son. Abraham made bad decisions, but he reversed his steps, repented and returned to God by building several altars. Perhaps the most important one is in our passage this week....

Jul 06, 2020•36 min•Ep. 61

Dwell

Summary: The peace of Christ rules. The word of Christ dwells. Both are to make their home in us and be at the center of our relationships and corporate worship. Why? So that we do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. Scripture: Colossians 3:16-17

Jun 30, 2020•40 min•Ep. 60

Christ's Peace

Summary: After exhorting us to put on love, Paul addresses peaceful relationships in the one body of Christ, which is an objective peace that Jesus secured at the cross. The context of verse 15 is both individual and corporate: peace with God is the basis for peaceful relationships with others.

Jun 22, 2020•35 min•Ep. 59

Blessings in Christ

This passage marks a pivotal point in redemptive history as God begins to establish a covenant people for Himself. The advancing of God's kingdom is evident in His setting Abraham apart and promising descendants as numerous as the stars. Thousands of years after this covenant is made, Jesus Christ, the true Seed of Abraham, will bring salvation to the world. Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4

Jun 16, 2020•20 min•Ep. 58

Count it All Joy

In our passage this week (James 1:2-4), James reminds us that we can respond to conflict and trials differently. The World — and indeed our own flesh — has convinced us that trials are something to avoid or escape as quickly as possible, but James says that trials are to be embraced because God is doing His most profound work in our lives during our darkest days. He is transforming us into the image of Christ through our suffering. We can respond to trials with a kingdom mindset and experience j...

Jun 09, 2020•28 min•Ep. 57

Forgiveness

This week, we will see that forgiveness is a response to sin, requires repentance and reveals the heart of God — to the one who sinned and to the one who was sinned against.

Jun 02, 2020•44 min•Ep. 56

Put On Love

Summary: In Colossians 3:12-14 we are instructed to “put off” sin and “put on” the character of Jesus. We are to live out the practices of the new self, putting on love, above all. Christians are to have a distinct love for one another, which is a call for relational endurance as we bear with one another.

May 24, 2020•34 min•Ep. 55

A True Hope

In 1 Corinthians 15:12–20, Paul argues that without the Resurrection there would be no hope. The gospel would be a futile and empty message, and Christians should be pitied. But because Christ has been raised, all that we proclaim of the gospel is true!

May 18, 2020•32 min•Ep. 54

Put on Christ

Because you have been raised with Christ, put sin to death. Because you are God’s chosen, holy, dearly loved ones, put on His character. Christ has set you free from sin and your old self! Therefore, set your mind on Him, and put off sin and get rid of vices. We are now to “put on” virtues that match our new self which God is conforming to the image of His Son.

May 11, 2020•37 min•Ep. 53

Problem Of The Heart

As followers of Jesus we are loved by Him and become like Him through relationship with Him. Colossians 3:5-11 tells us that becoming like Jesus means putting to death the things in our hearts that keep us from loving God and loving others.

May 04, 2020•40 min•Ep. 52

Seek Jesus

Key Text: Colossians 3:1-2 Summary: The love of God in Christ meets us where we are without condition and saves us in our sin and rebellion. That love changes us by forming us into the likeness of Jesus. Colossians 3:1-2 tells us how that change happens by directing our hearts and minds towards relationship with Jesus.

Apr 27, 2020•39 min•Ep. 51

Transformed by Christ

Key Text: Colossians 3:1-4 Summary: The good news of the gospel is not just that we are saved by Jesus, but also we are empowered to become like him. Colossians chapter 3 highlights how all believers change, living under the reign of the risen Jesus. Verses 1-4 answer the question of why this change matters.

Apr 20, 2020•36 min•Ep. 50

Raised With Christ

Summary: Colossians 3:1-4 tells us that Jesus' resurrection is not simply a historical event, but personally changes the life of every believer. As Christians our lives are now oriented around the risen Jesus which forever changes our past, present and future.

Apr 14, 2020•38 min•Ep. 49

Loved In Christ

Colossians 2:16-23 tells us that because of Jesus we are loved by God. Every Christian is confronted with lies that lead us to doubt what God says, but because we are in Christ we do not have to earn or prove God’s love for us.

Apr 06, 2020•39 min•Ep. 48

Wisdom and Peace

Philippians 4:4-9 names two promises of peace that mark the life of the Christian especially in times of crisis. This week we see that it’s through wisdom that we experience the presence of the God of peace. When we think God’s thoughts we learn to see Him at work in every circumstance.

Mar 30, 2020•34 min•Ep. 47

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