Redeemer Christian Church In Amarillo

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 23)Romans 12:1-8// Worship is not less than our singing—but it is so much more than our singing. True worship touches every component of our life, and God has gifted each member of his body with different gifts to be used to that end. These gifts are not mutually exclusive, but they are interdependent. They overlap and connect as members of the human body connect and work together. What binds all these gifts together is, of course, how they point us to Christ, help us mature in Christ, and help us rest in Christ as our Lord!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 22)Romans 11:1-31// Israel matters because Jesus matters. Through Israel, God folded himself into humanity and lived among us. However, Jesus did not only come to us through Israel. He is the embodiment of the true and better Israel. He is the true seed of Abraham through which the nations will be blessed. He is the true Isaac who was offered as a sacrifice on the mountain. He is the true Jacob who was sent to claim a bride for himself. As Moses spoke the word of God, Jesus is the word of God. As David the shepherd was chosen to be king, Jesus is the good shepherd who is the King of all kings. Like Israel passed through the Red Sea, Jesus passed through the waters of baptism. Like Israel walked through the desert for forty years, Jesus was tempted in the desert for forty days yet without sinning. As Israel was composed of twelve tribes, Jesus called to himself twelve apostles who would make disciples of all nations. As Israel endured judgment for their sins in

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 21)Romans 9:30-10:21// God has a mission. He has launched a rescue operation to redeem and restore all that has been fractured and broken by the powers of sin and death. The people of God declaring the gospel of God is God's sovereignly appointed means through which his mission will go forth. The people of God are not called to be mere containers of the gospel; we are called to be conduits through which the power of the gospel flows. We are called not only to be beneficiaries of God's grace, but agents of that grace within the world around us. Participation in the mission of God is part of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 20)Romans 9:1-2// If we read Romans 9 honestly, it is a passage that should break us. It is a passage that is mean to stretch our minds and challenge the tidy categories in which we want to organize our ideas about God. Romans 9 is a difficult passage to understand, but even more, what Romans 9 is saying is difficult for us to receive when we understand exactly what it is saying. Nevertheless, we believe with conviction that all Scripture is inspired by Holy Spirit. We believe that what God reveals is truth that stands above all truth. We believe even more that his truth sets us free, and that honestly, humbly, and determinedly wrestling with the truth of Scripture leads us to the truth of God’s unfathomable goodness. Even in the hardest parts of the Bible, we do not rest in our own wisdom or understanding - we rest in the kindness of his character, trust in the perfection of his wisdom, and worship in light of the love God displays to us in the cross of Jesus

Summer of Psalms 2022 (Part 4)Psalm 51// David’s confession of his sin has driven him to ask God to deal with his sin. He asks God to be “cleansed" or "purged” of his sin, and the Hebrew word for purge literally means to “de-sin.” David doesn't want to just forget about his sin - he wants every mark of sin to be removed. He asks for his iniquity to be blotted out, as if to remove writing from a book, and he asks to be cleansed with "hyssop", the same plant the Lord prescribed for use in the Passover. David was confident of the forgiveness of the same God who confronted him with his sin, and the hope and confidence David had in the shadow of the Passover we can now have because of the finished work of the final Passover sacrifice, Jesus Christ!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous fi

Summer of Psalms 2022 (Part 3)Psalm 32// The secret to a joyful life is to know the forgiveness and love of God in Jesus Christ. Our sin promises to give us life and joy, but it robs us of these blessings and replaces them with groaning and decay. Instead of ruining our fun, confession and repentance frees us to thrive and flourish in the shelter of God's forgiving love. As David says, the blessed are not those with possessions, prestige, or protection; instead, "“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity"!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Summer of Psalms 2022 (Part 2)Psalm 69// Psalm 69 is a psalm of shame, and freedom God gives us from our shame. David is in a difficult situation, but despite the ongoing pain, he is able to find freedom in a future hope of the goodness of God. Even in the midst of our shame, God is rescuing you and will rescue you. If you’re humble, he’ll bring you gladness. If you are a seeker, he will revive your heart. If you are needy, the Lord hears you. If you are in prison, the Lord does not despise you. He doesn’t add to your shame. He doesn’t pile on; he has freed us from our shame through the cross of Jesus Christ!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Summer of Psalms 2022 (Part 1)Psalm 19// There are over a billion galaxies estimated in existence, and over 400 billion stars just in our galaxy alone. There are over 352 quintillion gallons of water in the ocean. Our bodies could receive energy in any number of ways, but the same God who created those billions of galaxies, billions of stars, and quintillion gallons of water created us to receive energy through enjoying the gift of food. Psalm 19 is a text that shows us that no matter where you go in this universe, all of creation is singing “who is like our God? He is the most important person in all existence, and no one else could even come close!”Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 19)Romans 8:31-39// Trust Jesus more than you trust your shame. Jesus died for our sin in our place. More than dying in our place, he rose from the grace, declaring victory over the powers of sin and death. More than rising from the grace, he ascended into heaven, where he rules and reigns! And there in heaven, where he is enthroned in glory and authority, stands interceding and praying for us. Allow his love to change you and wash over you. Rest in the truth that when he said, “It is finished,” he meant it. Remember: there is a difference between what you may feel and what is real. And this is what is real: there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. None!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift a

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 18)Romans 8:18-30// Our flesh will die. We deeply feel that reality. The pain of aging, the persistent weight of chronic illness, the dreaded diagnosis that casts a dark shadow over the future—all of these speak to the truth of bodies that are yearning for redemption. But death is not the end of the story. Rather than seeing our bodily suffering as a source of persistent annoyance, anxiety, and dread, the word of God is inviting us to see our bodily suffering as a universal sign that points toward something profoundly true: our bodies are not longing for just a better quality of life, our bodies are longing for the glory of resurrection. For with those whom the Spirit has given eyes to see Jesus for who he is, the suffering of Christ speaks to the hope that all our suffering will come to an end and the beginning of never-ending glory!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 17)Romans 8:12-17Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Acts 1:1-9// In our moments of wondering where God is, or how much easier life would be if Jesus were physically right in front us, Jesus himself tells us that he has gone away so that the Helper, the Holy Spirit, will come and bring the presence and power of God to his people. We do not have to travel across the world to encounter God, nor create the "right" conditions in our own effort to discern God's presence, because the Holy Spirit dwells in the hearts of every single Christian!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Psalm 110:1-4// The ascension of Jesus Christ to the right hand of the Father can often be an overlooked “extra” of the Good News. Our salvation has been accomplished by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave - what does his ascension have to do with my salvation today? In celebrating the ascension of Jesus Christ, we are celebrating the fact that Jesus Christ is actively mediating and interceding on our behalf to God the Father every moment of every day. In this present moment, Jesus continues to make intercession for his people, because Jesus is just as committed to our salvation right this very moment as he was when he was dying on the cross for us! Nothing can separate us from the love of God and the advocacy of our risen Lord!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial ass

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 16)Romans 8:1-11// All of us feel vulnerable. All of us face crushing insecurities. All of us have felt like failures, and have felt the self-defeating power of shame. But we must never forgot that there is a crucial difference between what we feel - and what is real. When we feel like a failure, or hopeless, or that you're unworthy or unlovable, we must remember that this is only what we feel - what is real is that "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). Where there was once condemnation, now, there is justification. Where there was there was once bondage; now, there is freedom. Where there was once impossibility with the flesh; now, there is now triumph in Christ who came in the flesh and the possibility of new life in the Spirit!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit red

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 15)Romans 7:7-25// Sin is not a friend who desires for you to have fun. Sin is a tyrant that wants to claim dominion over you and lead you into captivity and death. Sin is a judo-master and an expert in reverse psychology, seizing the law of God that was meant to protect us against evil and instead uses it to provoke us toward evil. Though the law of God is good and holy, we cannot save ourselves from sin through our imperfect obedience, but because Christ is the one who fulfilled the law to perfection and was not deceived into sin, the dominion of sin and death has been broken! And although Christ’s victory over sin does not mean the process of our sanctification will be easy, it does mean that the end of our sanctification is certain, and we can look forward to the day when sin is destroyed forever!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Vis

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 14)Romans 7:1-6// In the light of the Gospel, we understand that the law of God in the Old Testament can be a wonderful guide, but it can never be a Savior. The law expose our radical inability to merit righteousness through our good works, but it also points us to Jesus Christ, who alone is righteous and true. The law testifies to the Lamb, who was slain to take away the sins of the world, and to a true and better High Priest who intercedes for us. The Gospel is not the law - it is not meant to inspire us to be better people, but transforms us into new people not by our work, but by Christ's!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 13)Romans 6:12-23// A famous songwriter once wrote "Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord / But you're gonna have to serve somebody.” Two thousand years prior, the Apostle Paul asks his readers: which somebody will you serve? Will you serve sin, your former enslaver and abuser that only leads toward death and bondage? Or will you embrace true freedom and liberty by submitting to Christ's Lordship? In Part 13 of our Romans series, Pastor David explains that in our own strength, we could not free ourselves from the tyranny of sin, but at the Cross, Christ has defeated the powers of sin and death. It is his grace that saved us, and it is grace that will sanctify us!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 12)Romans 6:1-11// For Christians, baptism is not just a religious ritual. Baptism is a visible, tangible means by which we witness and experience the grace of Christ. Baptism is a gift through which the Holy Spirit ministers to us and publicly declares our participation in Christ through faith. Baptism is a sacrament that tells and retells the story of the gospel; it is a declaration of freedom that we are no longer under the dominion of sin. In baptism, we renounce the powers of death and darkness and we pledge our allegiance to live for Christ. For these reasons, baptism is to be not only cherished, valued, and observed—it should be remembered, moment after moment and day after day. Remember you baptism. Remember all that it means. Remember its power!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (B-Side)Genesis 3:8-19; 24// Adam and Jesus are contrasted in several ways in the book of Romans. For every good thing that Adam did, Jesus has done better. For every bad thing that Adam did, Jesus has done the opposite - where sin entered the world through one man's sin, grace has abounded all the more through Jesus' obedience! In this B-Side of our Romans series, Aaron Reyes explains how we do not have to hide behind the flimsy fig or palm leaves of our self-righteousness, because Jesus Christ has exposed our sinfulness in order to save us from our sins by his sacrifice on the cross!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!

Romans: The Power & Glory of the Gospel (Part 11)Romans 5:12-21// Romans 5 shows us how Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection are not only impactful and life-changing on an individual level. Rather, what Jesus has accomplished is cosmic in nature—it has shifted the course of human history and reshaped the very fabric of creation. In Part 11 of our Romans series, Pastor David Ritchie explains how one day the true King will return, the light of redemption will shine, and God’s blessings will flow “Far As the Curse is Found"!Our mission is to declare the gospel of Jesus Christ with our words and display the gospel of Jesus Christ with our lives to our neighbors and to the nations. Visit redeemerchristianchurch.com/give and join in our mission through your generous financial assistance - every gift and donation we receive goes to this goal!