Rescued
The story of redemption!
The Habit of Sin
February 10, 2019 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
Sometimes, as believers, we develop habits of sin. We tell ourselves all kinds of lies about how we aren’t addicted or we don’t have a real big problem. We try to cover up our sin, hoping it eventually goes away. To win the battle against the habit of sin, we need to know who we are in Christ. To break the power of the enemy over our lives, we need to know the Truth (Jesus) and that knowledge of Truth is the doorway to freedom.
From Death To Life
January 27, 2019 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
The Bubonic Plague began in China in about 1334; from there it spread throughout the world. Sixty million people died. But there is a greater epidemic; a plague far worse that has come to the human race. According to a 2018 census the earth’s population is 7.63 billion people. The epidemic of sin and death has affected every one of them and those yet to be born. As far as God is concerned, there are only two kinds of people in the world. You’re either in Jesus or you’re in Adam. Being in Adam is the default position. All that you need to do is to be born, and you are born in Adam, and immediately you’re under condemnation. We had no choice in that but we do have a choice as to whether or not we are going to stay in Adam or whether we are going to have a new leader–and king. And that is King Jesus.
Hopelessness
January 20, 2019 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
Statistics Canada reported that suicide remains the second leading cause of death for young people ages 15 to 34. Jesus came to deliver us from hopelessness. Regardless of our circumstances, as Christians, we have hope because God is for us. We have access to His presence and peace. In His presence is fullness of joy, and what the enemy meant for evil, God is going to bring good out of it.
Saving Faith
January 13, 2019 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
Sometimes false faith looks much like “saving faith” outwardly. You look at the two and it’s difficult to tell the difference. That’s the way faith is. There is only one faith that saves — faith in Jesus Christ and all other faith might look outwardly to be the same but they lead to eternal death. This message will look at two characteristics of saving faith found in Romans 4.
Guilt
December 2, 2018 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
One of the most amazing strategies for handling guilt today is: Some of the things we all used to think were vices are now being promoted as virtues. Today, things like greed (marrying for money), infidelity (Life is short, have an affair) and narcissism (looking out for number 1) are promoted as virtues to be sought after in our new enlightened way of thinking. So for many, they attempt to solve their guilt problem by turning vices into virtues. For some, substance abuse becomes their coping mechanism. While others keep themselves and their minds busy with all kinds of activities which enables them to suppress their feelings of guilt.
Self Redemption
November 25, 2018 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
The purpose of the Apostle Paul giving this discourse on the condition of the human heart is to help us understand how amazing God’s grace really is. “Amazing grace; how sweet the sound that saved a nice, kind person like me?” No, a “wretch” like me! I want this message about sin and our sinful condition to be hope-giving and life-producing. There’s something deeply satisfying about someone who knows you at your worst (flaws and all) and still says, “I love you, and I know a way that you can be set right with God and right with others.”
Self Deception Part 2
November 11, 2018 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
This is why we all need to be saved. We’ve fallen short of God’s glory. We need to hear this today because we think of sin as an offense against man, not God. Evil is when man is hurt, not when God is dishonored. Evil is when I am abused, not when God is dishonored. Evil is when I am threatened, not when God is dishonored. We need to hear the Apostle Paul’s unrelenting witness in Romans to the God-centered understanding of sin and righteousness. Sin is an offense against God. As believers, when we sin, we not only defile ourselves and others, but we also dishonor God.
Self Deception
November 4, 2018 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
In Romans, chapter one, the Apostle Paul focuses on the heart of the unbeliever and lists about 22 different sins. But in chapter two, Paul focuses his attention on the hearts of the religious people, the Jewish people of his day. He looks at the tendency for the religious (even Christians) to clearly see the sins of others while not being willing to acknowledge and deal with their own sins.
Believing a Lie
October 21, 2018 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
Today is your day to break the lies over your life and experience true freedom. Today is the day to be filled to overflowing with the presence and power of Jesus. Your past is not more powerful than the power of God to change your present condition and your future destiny. What was done to you (or even what you have done) is not greater than God’s transforming power. You can be set free! You can be rescued!
Heaven's Rescue
October 14, 2018 • Pastor Larry Hasmatali
One of the things that differentiates Christianity from other world religions is that Christianity focuses on what God has already done for us through Jesus Christ while most other religions focus on what God expects of us and what we must do to get His love and favor. Jesus has come to us with a rescue mission, and the book that best explains all of this is the book of Romans in the New Testament.