The Village Church - Sermons

When we embrace the way of Jesus—embodying His beatitudes and working them out in our lives—we should expect persecution. "Beatitude people" run counter to the world's ways, and opposition will come. Just as it was for the prophets, so it will be for the Christian.

Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-persecuted/

When conflict arises, we either shrink deep into our shells or lash out quills first. We then mistake any temporary cessation of hostility as peace. But true peace only arrives through Jesus Christ. Through Him, we can lay aside the disposable title of “peacekeeper” in exchange for “peacemaker.”

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Culturally and spiritually, as a means to adapt and survive, we harden our external selves and hide away the intimate and unsightly parts of our lives. But Christ loves us too much to leave us there. He is the way to a pure heart.

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As those who have received an inconceivable mercy, we seek to mirror Christ in the pouring out of mercy to others. We move towards others’ brokenness, pain, and debt, making it our own. Mercy is costly. Mercy multiplies. Mercy matters.

Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-merciful/

Admiring a menu does not satisfy our hunger. While spiritual interest tends to remain theoretical, spiritual hunger draws us toward Jesus in actual dependence. As those hungry and thirsty, we desire for God to make right what we cannot on our own.

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We often associate “meekness” with “weakness.” But Christ is the picture of the Beatitudes and the image of the invisible God. Christ described Himself as “gentle and lowly.” He had perfect strength under perfect control. May we become like Jesus in His humility.

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We tend to treat our sorrow as something to be silenced and others’ grief as a threat to our comfort. If we numb ourselves from the pain of life, we have not saved ourselves from grief, but robbed ourselves of true joy. Jesus has a better way for us.

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The Christian life is not us moving up and to the right, but rather a series of peaks and valleys, ever progressing us forward on the long journey home to God. The first beatitude in Scripture is the doorway to the kingdom. We do not enter by any other way than moral bankruptcy. We enter with nothing, knowing Christ is our everything.

Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/the-poor-in-spirit/

At the pace we run, it is easy to pass by and forget all that our God is doing around the world and right here in Flower Mound, Texas. We bless God for the forgiveness of sins, the healing of diseases, the redemption of stories, and the hearing and answering of our prayers!

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Whether rich or poor, sick or healthy, well-to-do or the lowest social class—where there were people, the heart of Jesus was there. Wherever there was human life, Jesus approached those towns, villages, and alleys of destitution with the visceral, overwhelming love of a brother.

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The gospel, with all its good news, revelations, and illumination, is not simply the door we walk through—it is the whole house. For the believer, it is where we spend the entirety of our days on this side of salvation. In the majority of moments where the gospel is preached in the Bible, the audience is believers. We, too, need the constant reminder of all that has been accomplished through our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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We must not be like those who have received the gospel but don't want to be inconvenienced with suffering or costly discipleship—resistant to obedience. We embrace discipline knowing it rarely feels like a burden when we are in love.

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We often look to others and their giftings and compare them to the ways God has wired us. We question our purpose and wonder if this is all there is. But the body can only function with a diverse variety of parts. God uniquely wired each of us, and the more complacent we are in our giftings, the more boring the Christian life becomes.

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Jesus makes the invisible God visible. He ranks above all creation, and no one is like Him. All things have been created through Christ and for Christ. He sustains us and holds it all together. He has you in His hands.

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While the world offers disintegration, Jesus Christ provides soul-level integration. So we look to Him, and we labor to see Him rightly. We behold Christ in His glory, seeking to grow more like Him and to gather together those who need Him.

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We belong to a vast, intricate web of discipleship. Today, we walk in faith because other believers were faithful in their day to disciple others. So we too press on, growing in maturity and grace while carrying on the legacy of discipling others.

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The kingdom of God does not advance through programs, but people. The priority and the focus of the Church today is to make disciples of Jesus. There is a litany of good and right things in the world to take part in and give our attention to, but the primary role of the follower of Jesus is to make more followers of Jesus.

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The body without water cannot perform. It cannot take the spontaneous extra mile. It cannot care for others. It turns inward. Likewise, our spiritual bodies cannot serve people when we are not connected to the source of Life, our God. You cannot drink from an empty well. Abide in Him, replenish, and then pour out the overflow to those around you.

Watch the video here: https://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/love-people-weekend-service/

God created the world and everything in it, and on the seventh day He rested. In the law given to Moses, God set aside the seventh day as holy, a day for His people not to provide for themselves, but to worship and delight in God Himself, their provider. It serves as a reminder that life is more than producing and to rejoice in God and His works.

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Creature to the Creator, the only thing we contribute is our need. We cannot earn the love of God. His grace is the unmerited favor we receive in Christ Jesus. It is the free affection of God.

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