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The official sermon audio podcast of Genesis Church, located in Eureka, MO.

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Jesus Has a Better Word

Many of those who grew up in church will remember being involved in Bible Drill. Bible Drill was a program using competition to help kids learn to find stuff in the Bible. The teacher would say, "Ready, draw swords!" and kids would raise their Bibles to get ready to search. Then the leader would bark out a passage and say, "Go!" and the race was on. As a pre-adolescent boy, it felt kind of cool to hear the call to arms, but also a bit bizarre that our response was to raise a book in readiness to find a passage. At first look, the Bible appears to be just like every other book, filled with information and stories on pages. Yet, as any long time reader knows, the Bible is something different---it is alive, active, cutting. The reason is that this book is inspired; it is the very Word of God. To be honest, we don't read it---it reads us, exposes our need, and points us to Jesus, who is the true author behind every word.

56 min
NOV 4

Jesus Is the Better Sabbath

Most of us could use a good nap. The problem with life is that it is so difficult to ever really rest. We believe the universe depends on us, and if we stop for a minute it will all fall in. Religion is the spiritualization of this, picking up the weight of salvation and trying to carry our load. But the call of the Gospel is to enter rest, to cease from works, and to enter the land of promise. The Sabbath was a day set aside to slow down from the busyness of work, to rest, gather at a table, and worship with God's people. These rhythms are important, yet the author of Hebrews also shows us that the Sabbath rest was a pointer looking to Jesus, who is our true Sabbath. And while there are great benefits to taking a day off and clearing our calendar for worship, family time, and rest, the True and Better Sabbath is found in Jesus, the only real place where we can rest, stop earning, and enjoy the land of promise.

55 min
OCT 27

Jesus Is the Better Exodus

It would be devastating to hear your doctor tell you that your heart is damaged beyond repair, the result of years or ignoring signs and warnings. Worse than that is to develop a spiritually hardened heart that gradually moves farther and farther away from the kindness of God and the grace found among His people. Under Moses, the Hebrews were rescued by God from slavery in Egypt and brought to Yahweh and into a covenant. Yet, they quickly abandoned the Lord, falling into sin and failing to believe His promises. This section recalls the horrible story of God's people found in Exodus and Numbers, when a whole generation of Hebrews died in the wilderness, missing out on the hope of the Promised Land. While God was still faithful, keeping His promises to their children, the first generation who crossed the Red Sea missed it because of their ungratefulness, idolatry, and unbelief. This is a warning for everyone who once looked to Jesus but turned away, developing a hardened heart. Jesus provided a better Exodus because His redemption is even greater than the rescue from slavery in Egypt under Pharoah. And the promises of rest and peace from the Gospel are far better than those found in the Old Testament. Yet, there is a clear warning to protect ourselves from spiritual heart disease.

58 min
OCT 20

Jesus Is Better Than Moses

For the First Century Jew, Moses was the foundation for their faith and their greatest hero. He was a prophet and spokesman for God who gave Israel the Torah (first 5 books of the Bible). He was their deliverer who led them out of Egypt and through the Red Sea. And he was the leader that took them to the Promised Land. For Jewish people, the life, work, and theology of Moses was the foundation for their whole identity as a people. The Jews who were following Jesus were accused of leaving Moses to embrace a different rescuer and, therefore, a different religion. As a result they were being persecuted. But the author of Hebrews shows us that Moses was just a brick in the wall, a servant in the house. Jesus is actually the builder of the whole house that is Israel, and is the ultimate apostle and high priest. More important, to rightly understand Moses is to realize that his life, ministry, and writings were pointing forward to Jesus who is worthy of more glory than Moses. Today this is a reminder to be careful about our influences. We often have received our philosophy, values, and even identity from influential people. Whether we have been shaped by ancient philosophers, celebrities, or politicians and political pundits, the call of this passage is to consider Jesus, who is the Apostle and High Priest of our faith and confession. For those who know Him and hold fast to their hope, they will discover a better identity and a sure world view.

58 min
OCT 14

Jesus Is a Better Humanity

This One who is the ruler of all, for a little while was made lower than the angels, put on flesh, suffered and tasted death. The One for whom and by whom all things exist lived the perfect life then died our death and through His suffering brought many sons to glory. The glorious miracle of the incarnation is in view in this text, and for these people, the man Jesus was someone they had seen, heard, known. Yet, this individual in human history destroyed the power of death and the devil on our behalf, standing as every human being's Representative and High Priest.

42 min
OCT 7

Jesus Is a Better Savior

There is nothing more dangerous on water than a ship that is drifting in a current, caught up in the surf without any real focus on where it is going. We never drift toward anything positive. The second chapter of Hebrews begins with a warning, one that all of us our need to hear. Speaking in language used to describe ships coming in to port, the author reminds followers of Jesus to pay massive, major attention to the Gospel message, because we are so prone to drift. The message we received from Jesus and continue to proclaim is a message filled with grace, hope, justice, and love. It is the message of a great salvation. Yet, we also need to hear the warning about neglecting this message. Most people don't just wake up one day far from Christ and His mission. Rather, as C. S. Lewis stated in The Screwtape Letters, "The safest road to Hell is the gradual one, the one with a gentle slope."

1h 1m
SEP 30

Jesus Is Better Than Angels

In the movie, Angels in the Outfield, the climactic scene shows an aging pitcher who is convinced by a kid to believe that he can rise to the occasion in a ballgame because he has an angel with him. Of course, this is one of many movies with angels as the invisible heroes (or destroyers). These movies work because people are interested in angels, in spirits, in the unseen. But are they real? Truth is that the Bible teaches us that there are real spiritual beings with incredible power, unseen by our eyes yet present in the world. The Biblical picture is not quite like the images from Hollywood, yet they do exist and are active in the world. Furthermore, one of their roles is to serve those who know Jesus. But, we should not seek angels or worship them, rather, we should seek the One whom angels worship. Hebrews tells us of the superiority of Jesus over angels as they are nothing more than servants of God who fulfill His purpose, but Jesus is the Divine Son whom the angels worship and over whom Jesus rules.

55 min
SEP 23

Jesus Is the Better Revelation

Hebrews opens with an incredible declaration: the God who exists has chosen to make Himself known; He is a God who speaks and reveals Himself. We are not left alone to guess or figure out our own spirituality. We have a God who has condescended to make Himself known so that we can have a relationship with Him. Furthermore, this God speaks in many different ways, to and through many different people. Yet, the author of Hebrews reminds us that the clearest forms of God's revelation are through the prophets who wrote the Scriptures and His sending of Jesus, His own Son, into the world. Jesus is full revelation of the God who came among us. It is He who created the universe, owns everything, and is the sacrifice for our sin. So, in reality Jesus is also the point of all revelation and the central theme for everything in the Bible. This sermon will point to a Jesus-centered hermeneutic as the goal for the study of all Scripture.

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The official sermon audio podcast of Genesis Church, located in Eureka, MO.

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Genesis Church
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2006 - 2024
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