Sermons from Grace City Church Hawaii Unknown

A tribute video to God's glory over Grace City's 16-year history.

At its core, the reason the Church exists is to display God’s glory. All that we do as a church has the primary goal to glorify God. This two-part series explores what it means for the gathered church, and for the scattered church, to fulfill its purpose to put God’s glory on display.

"Grace. City. Church." is a two-part series that unpacks the beautiful purpose of God's Church, as we process Grace City's merge with Harbor West. Understanding this purpose guides what we do as a church that gathers on Sundays, and as a church that scatters to our various callings and vocations during the week.

The Great Commission can sound intimidating because we don’t see ourselves as disciple-makers who baptize and teach. Isn’t that for the professionals anyway? This message unpacks the big story of the Bible and what compelled the first disciples to share the good news of God’s Kingdom, and how we too share in this mission to tell the good news and to compel others to follow Jesus.

Was all that Jesus declared and demonstrated about the Kingdom of God true, or was it a pipe dream? Will evil, and pain, and suffering really be purged from our existence, especially when evil and corruption seem to get the last word? This sermon looks at how we walk the tension between the fear that evil wins, and the joy that all the risen Christ said and did is true.

How does the Kingdom of God change your life? If we’re honest, our lives don’t seem to change much. Of course, there are significant life-events such as the birth of a child, marriage, moving, a new job, retirement, etc. But apart from these one-time events, life tends to drift into daily and mundane routines. So what is this change brought on by the Kingdom of God? This sermon unpacks one significant change that affects our entire lives.