Sermons

A Season of Joy

Given by David Johnson
April 19, 2025

Having kept God's Spring Holy Days, we looked back at the price that was paid to deliver us from sin. We can now move forward in joy, regardless of what we may face knowing that Christ has made God's plan sure.

Sanctified by the Truth

Given by Jim Haeffele
April 19, 2025

Sanctification begins with the belief in the Truth. God's Holy Spirit sanctifies us and we must then act on that truth to change our lives and walk according to God's way of life.

Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Given by David Gatley
April 19, 2025

James 1:13-14 tells us that God does not tempt us but that we are tempted by our own desires. And the model prayer in Matthew 6 tells us to pray for God's help to avoid temptation. What additional steps can we take to steer clear of temptation and sin?

The Gift of a Fresh Start

Given by Pat Sinon
April 19, 2025

On the Last Day of Unleavened Bread, tradition commemorates Israel's Red Sea crossing, symbolizing baptism and a fresh start (1 Corinthians 10:1-4). This event highlights leaving sin behind and embracing renewal through Christ. Exodus 14 recounts Israel's miraculous escape, paralleling our spiritual deliverance and ultimate victory over sin and Satan. Luke 15's parables—the Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, and Prodigal Son—illustrate...

Continue in Sincerity and Truth

Given by Zach Smith
April 19, 2025

Paul instructs us to keep the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. What about when the feast ends? This message looks at the interconnected nature of sincerity and truth and why we need their combined function in our lifelong spiritual transformation.

Manna, The Bread of Life

Given by Randal Salyer
April 19, 2025

We ought not to allow ourselves to descend into complaining and discontentment whereby we might despise the gift that God is giving us. But instead, remember that you and I have been delivered from the bondage of sin and have been made able to walk in newness of life, and that we are being offered our own promised land.

The Sin of Betrayal

Given by Mike Moore
April 19, 2025

Betrayal is one of the most grievous sins a person can commit; it was the sin that propelled the events of the Passover, leading to the death of Jesus Christ. Betrayal is a matter of life and death!

Lessons From Bread

Given by Ken Treybig
April 19, 2025

God says eating unleavened "bread of affliction" was to remind Israel of when they were freed from captivity and left Egypt. Let’s talk about bread today—leavened bread and unleavened bread, looking at some properties of physical bread and some unique features of yeast. What spiritual lessons can we see?

Lord, Help Us To Be Real

Given by David Jackson
April 19, 2025

Are you living and dealing with your circumstances realistically and growing according to God’s vision of you, or are you hiding behind a façade of Christianity and living according to the world’s vision of you? Jephthah’s life is not a direct parallel to yours or mine, but as we examine his life, we can learn many...

Forgiveness Is Freedom

Given by Scott Hammer
April 19, 2025

To be forgiven become a forgiver. How much forgiveness is required? Seven dangers of unforgiveness. Forgiveness isn't fair. Actionable ways to deal with forgiveness issues. Forgiveness is Freedom.

Put Off the Old and Put on The New

Given by Bruce Rivers
April 19, 2025

A message on one aspect of the meaning of this Feast Day using the illustration of putting off the "old man" and putting on the "new." What does that mean for us as we go forward from here today.

The Hope of Rescue

Given by Chris Moen
April 19, 2025

This Unleavened Bread sermon is about the deliverance of God's people anciently, today and in the future, and what are the conditions for such rescues. Because of sin, God had to temporarily postpone His plan to make Ancient Israel a holy nation to be admired and imitated by all other nations. God still has that covenant to fulfil when Christ...

Living by Sincerity & Truth Throughout the Year

Given by Neil Hart
April 19, 2025

According to Romans 8:28, we are called according to God's purpose. What is His purpose for us? Rev 5:8 reveals that we are to be kings and priests - but how do we get there from here? It all begins with the meaning of the Days of Unleavened Bread - learning to live in sincerity and truth.

Why Is It So Difficult To Remove Sin From Our Lives?

Given by Rick Avent
April 19, 2025

God through Malachi states eight "Truths." He then prophesies how that many will reject these truths with eight accusatory questions to God. These eight questions should have been directed to themselves, not God, especially leading up to the days of Unleavened Bread. A basic difficulty to removing sin from our lives? Self-denial that we even need to.

Leavened and Unleavened

Given by Roydon Morgan
April 19, 2025

God wants us to live effectively and profitably and enjoyably in terms of our relationship with Him. He doesn't want us to live in constant fear of Him in the human sense, and in order to live that way, we need to be unleavened.