The Good Fight: Guarding The Faith - Mission Viejo Christian Church

The Greatest Assurance of All

December 10, 2023 • Pastor Mike Maiolo • Jude 24–25, Psalm 19, Psalm 59

We all face battles. Celebrating life’s victories can be incredibly exciting, but when we have opportunity to celebrate God in His victory for rescuing us – it is much more meaningful. When we fall or think we may fall from faith, God gives us a battle cry for holding the victory.

The Call to Faithful Living

December 3, 2023 • Pastor Mike Maiolo • Jude 20–23

How do we strengthen ourselves for the battle for holding up the Truth in a culture where that is not clearly defined? God has given us some clear directives on how to build up our faith and walk with the Lord in this little letter of Jude.

The Call to Discernment

November 26, 2023 • Pastor Mike Maiolo • Jude 16–19

People are fascinated by what the Bible describes as the ‘last times.’ What will happen? What will it be like? How will people respond? Jude reminds us that it will be a time when scoffers follow their own desires. The results of that mindset are predictably ugly, but Jude also presents the only ultimate antidote to the flaws and failures of the human heart.

Deceptive Nature of False Teachers

November 19, 2023 • Pastor Scott Kilpatrick • Jude 12–15

There are consequences to rejecting truth. Jude provides several images that describe what happens in the lives of those who break with the truth. And he forces us to ask, “What parts of my life resemble those images?” “Where have I lost hold of truth so that I ended up here?”

Rebellious Behavior

November 12, 2023 • Pastor Zach Fox • Jude 5–11

If you’ve ever had a rebellious child or been a rebellious child, you know that one of the consequences of rebellion is that it destroys a relationship. God deeply desires a relationship with us, yet we still battle through the temptations of our rebellious sin. Although we are not perfect, how do we know if we are living as a true follower of Christ or have become a hypocrite? Although no church is perfect, how do we know when a church is truly serving Jesus or has lost its way?

The Faithful Fight

November 5, 2023 • Pastor Mike Maiolo • Matthew 4:1–11, Jude 1–4

Just because something sounds good doesn’t make it truth. Society will teach whatever “YOU” want to believe about God can be your truth, and whatever “I” want to believe about God is my truth. So what is truth, and how do we communicate that truth to others with gentleness and respect?