Netcast Church Podcast

<p>People don't need to hear our explanations, our excuses or our rebuttals. They don't need to hear our voice, they need to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ. And his voice is only heard through us.</p>

<p>We are a people that doesn't do well without explanations. We want explanations, we need explanations and we thrive off of explanations. And not just any explanations, but we need "GOOD" explanations. The problem with Christianity; if we're honest, is that so much of it is unexplainable.</p>

<p>If every religion, society and generation has known a right way of living, then why has no society has been able to do it? Because we're slaves. We think we are free but we are only free to choose what we will allow to enslave us.</p>

<p>Jesus says that it is necessary for the world to have its eyes enlightened to who he is, in order to experience life the way it was intended to be experienced.</p>

<p>All throughout the evangelical community, people feel the need to deem themselves worthy of Christ. As if more knowledge of Jesus, or good deeds for Jesus, or good church attendance to worship Jesus makes someone more worthy than what is granted in the gospel. The truth is, the only thing that makes us worthy of Christ, is the realization that we are unworthy of Him. That's why it is called grace!!</p>

<p>For us to effectively fulfill all that Christ is calling us to fulfill, we first have to be empowered by God the Holy Spirit. To do anything apart from the Holy Spirit, is to do nothing at all. Therefore, in order to be a church empowered for ministry, we have got to be people that pursue God the Holy Spirit.</p>

<p>There is no evidence in scripture that God has empowered "YOU" to live the Christian life. Rather, God desires to live the Christian life through you as you yield to His Spirit that has made his home inside you.</p>

<p>The Spirit of God, gifts and empowers the Church of God, to continue the ministry of the Son of God, all for the Glory of God. Therefore Christians are empowered, equipped and expected to serve God through the power God provides in the Spirit.</p>

<p>If we are commanded in scripture to be filled with the Spirit; then "What does it mean to be full of the Holy Spirit and how does someone become full of the Holy Spirit?"</p>

<p>If the primary role of the Holy Spirit is to "Communicate" with you personally, outside of reading His inspired words, how can we hear from Him?</p>

<p>Many of us, when we look at our lives and churches we don't see much that is "Super" or "Natural". Much of our lives and churches are instead, "Mediocre and Planned." And worse of all, we tend to be pretty content with that. But this is not how life was meant to be lived.</p>

<p>How do we know the truth about who Jesus really was behind all of the opinions and claims that others have made about him?</p>

<p>As Jesus would gather large crowds, he would often raise the bar of commitment to really separate His true disciples from his in-sincere followers.</p>

<p>If life is like dew on the ground, here one moment and gone the next, than what do we do? How do we establish a legacy?</p>

<p>What Christ did in dying on the cross is the central element of the Christian faith. In 1 Corinthians chapter 1, God tells us that the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but that God uses that foolishness to shame the wise. If something so central to our faith is foolishness to those who are perishing, Should we seek to alleviate the foolishness or should we embrace it?</p>

<p>Jesus tells us in John 6:27 "not to labor for food that will perish, but rather to labor for food that will last for eternity." So, what does it look like to labor for non-perishable food by starving our flesh and feeding our Spirit?</p>

<p>The clearest way we are able to see whether or not Jesus is our everything, is by observing how we act when Jesus is our only-thing. When all else fails and all you have is Jesus; what is your response? Is He enough?</p>

<p>What does it look like for a local body of believers to live in genuine community with one another?</p>

<p>Every Christian should be partnered with a local church. To not do so is to go directly against what the scriptures call us to.</p>

<p>What does a Gospel-Centered Worshipful Community look like? What did "Community" look like in the scriptures? What should it look like today? Acts 2:42-47 paints us a picture of Community in the Early Church. In this passage we learn that the Faith Community we see established by Christ himself, had some distinctive characteristics. The Church, from its birth, has been: devoted to the scriptures (v.42), Spirit-powered (v.43), unselfish in nature (vv. 44-45), unified as a body (v.46), and attractive to those outside the community (v.47). We as a community of faith must have these characteristics as a foundation for all we do.</p>

<p>The world doesn't need another organization with a slick marketing plan. The world needs to encounter more followers of Jesus who are full of faith and expectant to see God move powerfully. Church plants won't change the world, but worshipping communities will. Hear more about the kind of worshippers who shake the foundations of their nation!</p>

<p>Both the leadership of a local church and the body of the local church, have the same responsibility to the local church. We are called to generously give our Time, Talent and Treasure in order to advance God's kingdom.</p>

<p>The responsibility of church leadership is to feed, lead and protect the flock while also exercising oversight of the local church. By doing this well, the local church can become an equipping center that sends out local missionaries.</p>

<p>Netcast Church exists to bring glory to Jesus by cultivating gospel-centered worshipful communities. So, what are gospel-centered worshipful communities and how do we cultivate them?</p>

<p>Everything that God does, he does for His glorious name. Therefore as believers, we exist to bring glory to God by exalting Jesus. But how?</p>