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Sermons from Simple Church in Oxford, AL.
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Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
God placed a call on Gideon's life. He had a chance to use the opportunity for God's glory but he ultimately chose to use God's calling on his life to his advantage.
God sees our heart. He knows our truest intentions regardless of what we portray to the world. Christ calls us to full surrender, so we can live with the hope eternity with Him provides.
Judges 6-8
Jameson Thacker
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
God’s grace is sufficient to cover all sin.
In the lineage of Christ, we see strife, discord, betrayal and sexual sin just in the life of Judah. There comes a moment in our lives when the invitation given by Christ to turn from ourselves and surrender to Him becomes something we have to face. A repentant heart will fully give over what it holds tightly to in order to completely trust in the grace Jesus provides.
Because of the death and resurrection, we are no longer controlled by sin. We are liberated through the mercy of the cross.
Genesis 38
Kenny Nix, Pastor
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
As we celebrate Easter Sunday in a way which feels unfamiliar to what we may be used to, the truth of the gospel has not changed. Listen as our pastor, Kenny Nix, walks us through a passage we may all be accustomed to hearing each year. This is more than a story. This is the truth of the power of God that raised Christ from death to life. It is this power that has spiritually raised every believer from death to life.
1 Chorinthians 15:21-27, John 19:7-11, John 2:18-22; Luke 23; Matthew 28
Kenny Nix, Pastor
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
Saturday Apr 11, 2020
In times of change and uncertainty, God shows us our ultimate need is Him. The only place we will truly find peace and rest for our heart is at the feet of Jesus in full surrender. There is freedom in relinquishing our illusions of control to the only One who is actually in control of all things. In times of distress, remember Christ ultimately uses those times to draw us to Himself if we allow our hearts to seek Him.
"But then I recall all you have done, O Lord;" Psalm 77:11
Luke 7:18-22; Psalm 77
Kenny Nix, Pastor
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Daily the disciples continue to learn more about Jesus and what He came to do during His earthly ministry. He was shaping their faith as they bore witness to the miracles He performed. Christ came to save the lost and He taught His disciples what it meant to truly deny themselves and follow Him. He wanted them to know the cost was high because of our sin, but the reward was eternal life with God.
Because of Christ's obedience to the cross and the power of God raising Him from death, we too can have eternal life with God. Our calling today as believers is the same as it was for the disciples: deny ourselves, follow Jesus and share the gospel until Christ returns.
Matthew 16; Psalm 51; Psalm 101
Kenny Nix, Pastor
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
During the time of Paul's ministry, he faced many challenges when trying to spread the gospel to unreached areas. We can follow his journey in scripture and see his focus never changed regardless of his circumstances. His mission was to preach the saving power of Jesus Christ and he was willing to lose his life on earth to spread this message. When he was in prison with Silas, they worshipped under the most detestable conditions. Everyone was listening. Everyone was impacted by the worship that filled the prison. The jailer, in what seemed the worst day of his life, became the day his soul met Christ.
Amid such uncertian times, the world is watching believers everywhere. When things seem bleak and desperate, the world will hear the believers in worship. Hope will be known to be more than a feeling or emotion. The Hope we come to know is a person. His name is Jesus and He is always aware of every situation, working all things for our good and His glory.
Acts 16; Psalm 66
Kenny Nix, Pastor
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
In a time of uncertainty and questions, we turn to God's word for comfort and guidance. We have not been given a spirit of fear and we will continue to trust the leadership of the Holy Spirit as we walk through the coming days.
"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
Jameson Thacker, Youth Pastor
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
The chosen twelve, Christ's disciples, were ordinary men who answered the call to follow Jesus. All of these men were sinful in nature, just like you and I. Many times during Jesus' ministry they witnessed the very power of God through Jesus and still sinned in ways we sometimes view as shocking. Jesus knew exactly what these men would do and say along the way, but still chose them to carry out a calling that would ultimately change the world through the power of the Holy Spirit.
In our own faith journey, we will not live without sin. The gift of the Holy Spirit is that sin no longer controls us. We are not bound by the sin that destroys; we are liberated through the power of Christ's death and resurrection. We can walk confidently knowing Jesus has equipped us with everything we need to carry out the calling He places on us, if we walk by faith in Him alone.
Matthew 16:13-23; John 11:14-16; John 20:24-28; Matthew 20:20
Ken Nix
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
As Paul and Silas preached the gospel, they faced opposition more often than not. When a slave girl who was possessed by an evil spirit was shouting who these men were, they cast the spirit from her. This freed the girl and she was no longer under the control of the spirit or her slave owners.
The truth of the gospel works in the same way for us today. Once we know the truth and have been impacted by the power of the Holy Spirit, we can walk in the freedom Christ died to give us. No longer enslaved to our sin, we are a light to the world that illuminates the faithfulness of God. The gospel is about God's perfect plan to redeem what is truly impossible to redeem outside of Him. It is only through Jesus Christ that we are reconciled to God and forgiven. The truth of Christ is the only hope we have of ever being truly free and the answer to whatever we face.
Acts 16:13-24
Kenny Nix, Pastor
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Now that Christ has come, we are no longer bound to the law. With our faith, we are coheirs with Jesus and pursuing a relationship with Him defines our life. The law of Moses emphasized how desperately we needed a savior. We are unable to live righteously without being made new by the Holy Spirit. Once we are new in Christ, we receive the full promise that God made to Abraham because we are His children.
Galatians 3:15-29
Jameson Thacker, Youth Pastor