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. 1d ago

    Hocus Pocus

    Hocus Pocus is a stand alone sermon from Fusion Christian Church that addresses witchcraft and the occult. This sermon both clarifies biblical teaching and warns about engaging in these spiritual practices. Are you seeking what God can give you in places God has forbidden? The bible explicitly condemns and forbids us from engaging in the dark practices of witchcraft, the occult, necromancy, etc. One of the primary motivations for people who seek out these practices is power. Sometimes they want to use that power to help others, sometimes only to help themselves. Whether or not they desire power for selfish gain is irrelevant, because the power itself comes from a dangerous and forbidden source. No matter what reason you might have to go to the occult, the answer is not good enough. God knows better than we do, and he has forbidden it. You cannot give God first place while giving every other voice equal authority. God is not one authority among many, he is the ultimate authority. Everything is beneath him, and he knows who submits to his authority and who does not. One of the issues with witchcraft and the occult is that they seek gain through powers that are in rebellion to God. When we seek out these dark practices, we are siding with the rebels and rejecting God's authority. God's light does not coexist with darkness. We cannot pretend to honor God while also engaging in darkness. Turn only to Jesus for true power and guidance. Do not be deceived: there is some power in the occult, that is what makes it tempting. However, that power pales in comparison to the power of God. God wants us to recognize that he is the ultimate source of power and truth and guidance. There is nothing else that even comes close. Turn to Jesus Christ, the one true God.

  2. Oct 18

    Second Chances - Part 6 - New Chances but the Same Old Me

    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 6, Pastor Zac teaches about changing our attitude so we don't squander our second chances. Examine your attitude toward God. In the story of Jonah, Jonah had the same bad attitude at the end of the story as he had in the beginning. He knew that God was merciful, but he didn't want God to show mercy to Ninevah. Because of this, he was angry and bitter toward God for sending him there and for not punishing the city. When he should have done some self-reflection, Jonah instead chose resentment. Trust His goodness, even when He doesn’t do what you want. Often God chooses to act in ways that baffle us. We cannot expect to understand his plans, but we can always trust in his goodness. God has demonstrated his perfect love and kindness to us over and over again. This means that even when he confuses us with his actions, we can trust that he is going to make things work together for good. Examine your love for people. Jonah's anger toward God at the end of his book reveals his attitude toward the people he was called to serve. God had to remind Jonah that there were thousands of people in Ninevah that needed to hear his message. However, Jonah was filled with so much hatred toward Ninevah that when God did not destroy it, Jonah wished he was dead. We must always examine our love for others and realign it with God's love. The way you serve shows how much you love. Jonah demonstrated that he did not care for the Assyrians in Ninevah by doing the bare minimum. He spent as little time as possible and used as few words as possible because he ultimately hated them. His lack of love became evident through his lack of service. We all have a tendency to think and act like Jonah. The question is, will we continue to act like Jonah? or will we change our attitude and make the most of our second chances?

  3. Oct 11

    Second Chances - Part 5 - The God of Second Chances

    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 5, Pastor Matt teaches about the great revival in Ninevah and how God used Jonah to make it happen. We have the God that doesn’t disqualify us because of our past. Jonah failed God when he rebelled and ran away to Joppa. Despite that, God was able to use him. If people needed to be perfect for God to use us, God would have to do everything! Instead, God delights in using his people to accomplish his purposes. Like a parent who lets their toddler help with chores even when they struggle, so too does God allow us to help him. We have the God that can use the bare minimum. It seems as though Jonah put minimal effort into his message to the Ninevites. All we have recorded in scripture is about eight words, but God used those eight words to start the greatest revival in the whole bible. What was probably a city of millions all repented and turned toward God. We have the God that desires faith and repentance, not works and performance. Even though we see works and performance from people in scripture all the time, those works should always be our fruit, not our root. What that means is our salvation is rooted in faith and repentance so that it can produce good works as fruit. If we try to invert that and root our salvation in our own works, we will fail. We have the God who sees our hearts and who hears our cries. God is waiting patiently for people to repent. That means when we do repent, God always hears our cries. He knows our hearts and he knows if we are genuine or not. To those who offer genuine repentance, God offers genuine healing. What is stopping you from repenting in your own life? If something is keeping you from turning to God, know that God is waiting with open arms for you to set that aside.

  4. Oct 4

    Second Chances - Part 4 - There's Light At The End Of The Tunnel

    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 4, Pastor Zac preaches about hope in dark places. Jonah turned away from God. Jonah was swallowed by a big fish, but this wasn't some accident or act of unfairness. God sent the fish because Jonah had turned his back on him. Often we choose to blame God for our problems instead of recognizing the role we played in causing them. Jonah's own actions got him where he was, and God sent the fish as a wake up call! It was time for Jonah to repent. If you want to move toward the light, start praying in the dark. At his lowest point, Jonah did the only thing left for him to do: he prayed. Jonah cried out to God and expressed sorrow over his actions. Jonah repented from trying to run away and confessed his sin to God. When we are in the darkest places of our own lives, we should cry out to God too. Maybe our problems are our own fault, maybe they aren't, either way God is the way out. Jonah could not save himself. Neither can we. It would be hard to imagine a situation more desperate than Jonah's in the belly of the fish. Jonah had no hope of escape and no hope of rescue from any human. Similarly, apart from Christ we are desperately lost and have no way of saving ourselves. If we want to be rescued from our sin, like Jonah we must repent and turn to God. Salvation comes from the Lord. This should be the cry of our lives: that salvation comes from the Lord. It starts with expressing our first faith in Jesus and making that initial act of repentance, but it doesn't end there. After that, we must continue to live a lifestyle of repentance, always turning back to God when we stumble or sin. Christians should lead lives of humility, where we always remember that God is our salvation and no one else.

  5. 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?

  6. 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?

  7. 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!

  8. 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.

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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
    407
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