Fusion Christian Church

Fusion Christian Church
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Welcome to the encouraging weekly podcast of Fusion Christian Church. Here you can listen to the latest message by Pastor Zac Elliott and the teaching team at Fusion. Fusion Christian Church is located in Temecula, Ca.

  1. Sep 27

    Second Chances - Part 3 - What To Do When The Storm Is Raging

    Have you ever read the story of Jonah? It's famous for second chances, but we often forget that Jonah wasn't the only character with a second chance. Come join us at Fusion Christian Church as we study the book of Jonah. In week 3, Pastor Zac talks about the storms of life and how we should respond to them. Ask yourself, am I the problem? Many of the storms we face in life are storms of our own making. So often we are the source of our own problems! Even if we aren't the source, we often help make our problems worse. If we want to navigate our storms, the first step is to acknowledge when we are the problem. If we have made the problem or made it worse, we must own that and repent of our mistakes. This was what Jonah needed to survive the storm he was in, and we need the same thing. Stop trusting in your own strength. Start trusting in Jesus. A second problem we tend to have when we are hit by storms is trying to fix them ourselves. Most of the time you will not have any more luck controlling your problems than controlling the weather. Some things are out of our control, and we need to trust in the one who has all control! This is most true of our biggest problem: sin. No amount of struggling on our part can weather the storm of sin. We need Jesus to step into the storm and bring us peace. Use your storm to point people to Jesus. Whether or not we have made it through our storms, the Christian has a duty to perform. The Christian's duty is to use our storms for evangelism. Sharing about how God has helped us through our trials is a fantastic way to point people to him. A personal testimony about how God has brought peace to your own storm can be a powerful witness to unbelievers. How has God brought you peace in your life?

  2. Sep 20

    Second Chances - Part 2 - The Door is Still Open

    Have you ever read the story of Jonah? It's famous for second chances, but we often forget that Jonah wasn't the only character with a second chance. Come join us at Fusion Christian Church as we study the book of Jonah. In week 2, Pastor Zac talks about Jonah's attempt to escape from God. Sin always has consequences. When Jonah ran from God, he probably hoped that there would not be any consequences. He probably hoped that God would choose someone else and leave him alone. God doesn't work like that. Instead, God sent a storm after Jonah to remind him that his sin had consequences. One aspect of this that we often forget is that there is really no such thing as a "private" sin. Our sin affects the people around us even if we cannot directly perceive how. Escaping reality doesn’t change reality. Often we try to avoid the consequences of our sin through a number of coping mechanisms and distractions. We might choose sleep, medication, alcohol, social media, video games, or any number of other "escapes." Ultimately, we cannot escape reality because reality is built on top of God himself. There is no way to evade reality just as there is no way to evade God. The best option is to reach out to God rather than to run from him. The door is still open. Until death, the door is always open for us to run back to God. He is always waiting for us to return to him, and he may be sending us constant messages to remind us of him. Jonah needed a storm to be sent to remind him to go back to God. Perhaps we need equally strong reminders in our own life. Either way, God is drawing us to himself, and once we have accepted the call we are to help draw others. God wants us to participate with him in the mission of spreading the gospel around the world. Will you take up that calling? Or will you try to escape the inescapable God?

  3. Sep 13

    Second Chances - Part 1 - It's Time To Run To Him

    Have you ever read the story of Jonah? It's famous for second chances, but we often forget that Jonah wasn't the only character with a second chance. Come join us at Fusion Christian Church as we study the book of Jonah. In week 1, Pastor Zac talks about the reasons we run from God and why we need to run to him instead. Is fear keeping you from running to God? One of the reasons Jonah ran from his mission is that he was afraid of the place God sent him. The Assyrians were dangerous people who oppressed the people of Judah and Israel with horrific cruelty. Jonah was rightly afraid of them, but fear should never keep God's people from doing what God says. Jonah knew he should follow God's command, but instead he tried to run away. Do you let fear control your decisions? Do you let fear keep you from God? It's time to turn toward God and trust him for the strength to move forward. We can run from God, but we can’t escape His presence. Whether we run from God out of fear or some other reason, it is ultimately pointless. God is everywhere, and there is nowhere we can go to escape from his sight. If we go to the ends of the earth, still God is there. There is no way to run from him, so it only makes sense to run toward him for his protection.  We can resist God, but we can’t defeat His purpose. God does not need us to accomplish his purposes. He has had his plans in place since before time began and we cannot change the outcome. Resisting God's plan and purpose is like struggling against the current in a mighty river. You will only succeed in exhausting yourself and the course of the river will remain unchanged. Wisdom is choosing to follow the course of God's plan, knowing that his perfect wisdom put that plan in place. It's time to stop running from God and trust in his plan!

  4. Sep 6

    Now Showing - Part 6 - The God Who Is Holy

    What is God like? How does who he is impact what we do with our lives? In "Now Showing," we walk through some of the attritbutes of God and why they matter for our daily living. In Part 6, Pastor Zac teaches about God's holiness and what it means for our lives. What does it mean to be holy? God’s holiness means He is completely perfect, completely pure, and completely set apart from everything else. The holiness of God in some ways encapsulates all the ways that God is not like us. In some ways, all of God's unique attributes are simply small parts of his holiness. This is because every unique characteristic is another way for us to describe God as set apart. God’s holiness gives us a humble view of ourselves. One of the striking aspects of the scene described in Isaiah chapter 6 is the prophet's reaction to God's holiness. He does not think highly of himself or even try to defend any of his actions. Instead, Isaiah recognizes his own sin, curses himself, and proclaims that he is lost. In the presence of the Almighty there are no illusions about our place before him and the weight of our sin. God's holiness and glory overwhelm any creature and force us to recognize our position. God is holy and we are not. God’s holiness sets us apart from sin. The beauty of God's holiness is that he does not leave us in terror but invites us to be holy ourselves. The gods of other religions often shun mortals, but the true God allows us to reconcile with him. When we do that, God sets us apart from sin and remakes us into the image of his Son. God’s holiness sets us apart for His purpose. God makes us holy and he doesn't stop there. Instead, God makes us holy and then draws us into fulfilling his purpose. When we see the holy God, we know that we can never reach him by our own effort. Because of this, God saves us apart from our own effort, and only gives us something to strive for as a result of being saved. We are not saved by our good works, we are saved so that we might do good works by God's grace.

  5. Aug 23

    Now Showing - Part 4 - The Good Shepherd

    What is God like? How does who he is impact what we do with our lives? In "Now Showing," we walk through some of the attritbutes of God and why they matter for our daily living. In Part 4, Pastor Zac teaches about God the good shepherd. We keep trying to find another way in, but our goodness will never get us through the gate. Jesus protects his flock by keeping them in the sheep pen. Sometimes we don't like to do things God's way, and so we try to get into his blessings through another way. The truth is that we can only be part of God's flock if we enter through the gate. On top of that, we only enter into the gate by God's grace. No amount of effort on our own part will get us through that gate.  You don’t have to know WHERE He’s leading you if you know WHO is leading you. One of the beautiful things about following Jesus is that we don't have to know where we are going next. Because we know who is leading us and that he is good, we can trust that he will deliver us there safely. He has told us our final destination, so we don't need to know every step of the journey to trust the outcome. The Church isn't a building we attend; it's a flock we belong to. It bears repeating that the church is not primarily a building. The church is the people of God, his flock of sheep. When we become Christians we join that flock. It is important to also note that there is only one people of God. God has one sheep pen and one flock which holds sheep from every nation, tribe, and tongue. There are not multiple flocks, but one, and that flock has only one shepherd: Jesus Christ.

  6. Aug 16

    Now Showing - Part 3 - The God Who Provides

    What is God like? How does who he is impact what we do with our lives? In "Now Showing," we walk through some of the attritbutes of God and why they matter for our daily living. In Part 3, Pastor Zac teaches about the God who provides. God’s tests prove and purify your faith, preparing you for His provision. This truth is hard to believe until you experience it. The tests and trials we face are never enjoyable in the moment, but later we can appreciate the lessons learned. When God sends us a test, he always has reason for it. One of those reasons is the same for every trial: to purify our faith and draw us closer to God. Faith moves toward God’s provision. When we have faith it causes us to move to places where we receive God's provision. Choosing to put your faith in God does not mean sitting on your hands and letting God handle everything. Putting your faith in God means doing what God wants us to do and leaving the results up to God. Faith in God allows us to make decisions with confidence that God will provide help when we need it. God’s provision is found in the person we worship. The most crucial provision for the Christian is the provision of Jesus Christ as our savior. God provided his son for us as a sacrifice in order to save us. Without this, we would be lost forever. Even if God did nothing else for us, this would be enough to make him a good God worthy of our praise. Yet God does so much more for us every day through Jesus Christ. God’s provision may come at the last moment, but it’s never late. Sometimes it is difficult for us to trust God's timing. In our minds it always better to receive God's provision when we think we need it. However, God sees every variable and every detail. God knows when the best time to intervene is, and he will not intervene sooner. We must remind ourselves of this and learn to wait on the Lord.

  7. Aug 9

    Now Showing - Part 2 - The Omni-God

    What is God like? How does who he is impact what we do with our lives? In "Now Showing," we walk through some of the attritbutes of God and why they matter for our daily living. In Part 2, Pastor Matt teaches about God's power, presence, and knowledge. Omniscience - God Knows Everything. God possesses perfect, complete knowledge of all things—past, present, future, actual, and possible. Because of this, he knows exactly what is happening in our minds and hearts at any moment. Nothing is invisible to him. While this can be a terrifying realization if we are not right with God, it can also be a comfort. If we reject God, his perfect knowledge means he knows all our wrongdoing. However if we have accepted Christ as our Lord then his perfect knowledge means he is able to comfort us perfectly. He knows our struggles and can help us through them. Omnipresence - God Is Present Everywhere. God is fully present everywhere; there is no place in creation where God is absent. As with the last attribute, this can be a terror or a comfort depending on your perspective. If we reject God, his inescapable presence is cause for trembling and fear. For Christians, his ever-present guidance is a delight. God is always near to us and able to help us in times of trouble. Because of this, we can trust him with our fears. Omnipotence - God Is All-Powerful. God possesses unlimited power and is able to accomplish everything consistent with His nature and will. As has been a consistent theme, this too is either terrible or magnificent news depending on our relationship to God. Those who rebel against God rightly fear punishment, knowing that God has the power to administer it. Those who trust in God rightly rely on his strength to defend and uphold us in our weakness. Because God is Omni, submit your life to Him. These three attributes reveal an incredible binary between those who follow God and those who reject him. On one hand, the one who rejects God knows God's reach is inescapable, that he sees all sin, and that he can punish that sin. The Christian, on the other hand, rests safely in the knowledge that those infinite attributes are on his side. God's power, presence, and knowledge are a comfort, not a curse to the one who trust in God. Will you place your trust in God today?

  8. Aug 2

    Now Showing - Part 1 - The Unchanging God

    What is God like? How does who he is impact what we do with our lives? In "Now Showing," we walk through some of the attritbutes of God and why they matter for our daily living. In Part 1, Pastor Matt explains how God's eternal, unchanging nature makes him worthy of our hope and trust. God reveals his nature to us. A fundamental tenet of Christian belief is that God has revealed himself to us both through scripture and through nature. Because God upholds the universe by his power, his fingerprints are all over it. Through the marks he as left we can discover many truths about him. We can broadly separate the attributes of God into two categories: communicable and incommunicable. The communicable attributes are attributes reflected, in finite measure, in humans who bear God's image. The incommunicable attributes belong uniquely to God and he does not share them with any of his creatures. God is Eternal. The eternality of God means he has no beginning or end. Some people ask the question "Who created God?" but this is a nonsense question because God had no beginning. The bible is clear that God has no beginning or end and therefore stands before all things. God is Immutable. Immutability means that God does not change. The unchanging nature of God is essential for Christian belief because it means God is always faithful and always keeps his promises. The Christian who understands this can take courage and hope from it. We live with eternal hope. An eternal God has eternal promises. Knowing that God is eternal and unchanging gives the Christian confidence in the hope we have. We know that God will keep his promises and complete our salvation. He will keep us secure and deliver us from evil. The promises of God offered to us in Christ Jesus are guaranteed to be fulfilled. Take heart and trust in God's promises!

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Welcome to the encouraging weekly podcast of Fusion Christian Church. Here you can listen to the latest message by Pastor Zac Elliott and the teaching team at Fusion. Fusion Christian Church is located in Temecula, Ca.

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  • Creator
    Fusion Christian Church
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    403
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    © 2026 Fusion Christian Church