Westside Church of Christ: Bakersfield
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God is good, all the time. But his goodness tends to shine the brightest against the backdrop of the broken human condition. In Exodus 33-34, God promises Moses that all his goodness would pass in front of him. We see from this encounter that God's goodness is demonstrated through his willingness to love, protect, and forgive his people -- as well as hold guilty people accountable.
The first thing the angels tell the shepherd about the birth of Jesus is that he is the Savior, Lord and Messiah. God has a long history of sending the right person, at the right time, to bless and rescue his people. Jesus is the savior we all desperately need!
Despite the claims that people make, Jesus is the one true King of the World.
Jesus is the perfect priest who offered the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world. This Christmas, let's celebrate the way Jesus serves as a compassionate and faithful mediator between God and God's people!
Welcome to our online worship service with Westside Church of Christ! We'd love to connect with your further and find out how we can pray for you and get you plugged into one of the small groups or ministry opportunities at Westside. So please fill out our in-touch form here: https://westsidelife.org/in-touch This month Christmas message series is called "What Child is This?" We'll be exploring five of the ways the Bible describes the identity of Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King, Savior, and Shepherd. Each of those descriptions tells us something important about who Jesus is and the role he plays in our lives.
Jesus was a prophet, sent by God, to share God's word with the world. Prophets in the Bible had a special calling to deliver a specific message that God had prepared for the people, and they proved God was with them by performing powerful deeds. But Jesus wasn't just any prophet -- he was the fulfillment of an ancient promise that God gave Israel: one day, he would send another prophet like Moses.
Welcome to our online worship service with Westside Church of Christ! We'd love to connect with your further and find out how we can pray for you and get you plugged into one of the small groups or ministry opportunities at Westside. So please fill out our in-touch form here: https://westsidelife.org/in-touch This month Christmas message series is called "What Child is This?" We'll be exploring five of the ways the Bible describes the identity of Jesus: Prophet, Priest, King, Savior, and Shepherd. Each of those descriptions tells us something important about who Jesus is and the role he plays in our lives.
Welcome to our online worship service with Westside Church of Christ! We'd love to connect with your further and find out how we can pray for you and get you plugged into one of the small groups or ministry opportunities at Westside. So please fill out our in-touch form here: https://westsidelife.org/in-touch This month our sermon series is "Not of this World" based on the book of 1 Peter. Today our message comes from 1 Peter 4. The main idea is that Christians are called to embrace the way of the cross by persevering in humility, love, and godly living.
Christians are called to embrace the way of the cross by persevering in humility, love, and godly living.
1 Peter 3 helps us understand how God is at work through our times of suffering and sorrow.
1 Peter chapter 2 says a lot about our identity, but the key point is that our home is in Heaven because our identity is in Christ,
Welcome to our online worship service with Westside Church of Christ! We'd love to connect with your further and find out how we can pray for you and get you plugged into one of the small groups or ministry opportunities at Westside. So please fill out our in-touch form here: https://westsidelife.org/in-touch This month our sermon series is "Not of this World" based on the book of 1 Peter. Today our message comes from 1 Peter 2, which talks a lot about our true identity in Jesus. God wants us to know that our home is in Heaven because our identity is in Christ.
Welcome to our online worship service with Westside Church of Christ! We'd love to connect with your further and find out how we can pray for you and get you plugged into one of the small groups or ministry opportunities at Westside. So please fill out our in-touch form here: https://westsidelife.org/in-touch This month our new sermon series is "Not of this World" based on the book of 1 Peter. Today we begin with 1 Peter chapter 1, which celebrates all of the blessings we've received from God before moving into some teaching on how to live a godly life. The key point is that our obedience to Jesus isn't a way of earning God's grace... it's a grateful response to the grace we've already been given.
The book of 1 Peter has a lot of practical wisdom on how to honor God in the midst of adversity. Peter was writing during a time when it was neither easy nor popular to follow Jesus as Lord -- much like today. A lot of his letter centers around understanding our true identity in Christ, living godly lives, and understanding that suffering is an inevitable part of following Jesus. But before Peter is ready to start telling us what we need to do, he begins his letter by reminding us what God has already done. The opening chapter focuses a lot on the blessings we have in Christ, and how our obedience to Jesus is a grateful response to the gifts God has already given us.
Welcome to our online worship service with Westside Church of Christ! We'd love to connect with your further and find out how we can pray for you and get you plugged into one of the small groups or ministry opportunities at Westside. So please fill out our in-touch form here: https://westsidelife.org/in-touch This month our sermon series is "Faith Over Fear," based on 2 Timothy 1:7. God has given us a spirit of power, love and self-discipline--not a spirit of fear! We're exploring stories from the Bible that show different people rising to the occasion at key moments, all while showing the power, love and self-discipline that 2 Timothy talks about. Today's message focuses on the story of Peter and John preaching the Gospel message despite being thrown in prison repeatedly.
Peter and John make the bold decision to keep preaching about Jesus, even after being thrown in prison because of it. Their story gives us a great example of choosing faith over fear when God opens the door of opportunity to share Jesus with others.
There's a lot of judgment scenes in the book of Revelation. How should we make sense of those? Is God an angry tyrant bent on punishing people he doesn't like? Or is there a healthier view of him that makes sense in the grand scheme of Scripture? Perhaps the better reading is to view God as a loving father who is disciplining his children so that they will turn away from evil and turn to God instead.
Adam shares an inspiring message about the way our relationships with one another allow us to encourage others to become more like Jesus.
Welcome to today's livestream worship service with Westside Church of Christ! Let us know how you and your family are doing in the comments! God bless you.
Revelation 6-7 describes a multitude of faithful Christians who remained steadfast in their commitment to Jesus even when it cost them their lives. Their example should inspire us to live bold and courageous lives of faith and to trust in God's goodness, no matter what.
