Inspirational messages from the Pulpit of Faith Christian Church and Pst. Nick Champlin (also Antonio DeArmas, Jesse Trimble and others)
Episodes
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
John 13:23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor (leaning on Jesus’ chest).
John 19:26 So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, look, here is your son!”
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Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 07, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
Sunday Dec 20, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 15, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Sunday Oct 25, 2020
Is. 59:19b When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up A STANDARD against him.
Satan has come into America like a flood.
Flood-Attacks differs from frontal attacks in that they spread everywhere, forcefully entering where they don’t belong, disrupting & destroying everything. They have the potential to sweep away everything and leave communities uninhabitable. Like a flooding river, bursting its levees and overflowing its banks, spirits of rebellion, perversion, and lying accusation are sweeping through our communities, schools, and governments, and rearranging the landscape of our society.
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Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
1Sam. 30:1-8 NOW WHEN David and his men came home to Ziklag on the third day, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South (the Negeb) and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire, And had taken the women and all who were there, both great and small, captive. They killed no one, but carried them off and went on their way. So David and his men came to the town, and behold, it was burned, and their wives and sons and daughters were taken captive. Then David and the men with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. David’s two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God. Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this band of raiders? Shall I overtake them? The Lord answered him, PURSE, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail RECOVER ALL.
When the eternal arch enemies of GOD raid His people’s communities, rob their possessions, and enslave their families, GOD has a plan for them to RECOVER ALL...PURSUE!
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Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
James 5:13-18 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises. Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years! Then, when he prayed again, the sky sent down rain and the earth began to yield its crops.
When everything else is weak you can have The STRENGTH Of PRAYER.
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Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Matt. 4:23 And Jesus went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news of the KINGDOM, and healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the people.
Luke 4:43 He said to them, I must preach the good news of the KINGDOM of GOD to the other cities [and towns] also, for I was sent for this purpose.
Luke 9:60 But Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the KINGDOM of GOD.”
What was Jesus’ message to the world?
- You must be Born-Again?
- Love One Another?
- Put GOD first?
- Treat others as yourself?
- Forgiveness?
- Heaven?
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
2Tim. 2:1-4 So you, my child, be STRONG in the GRACE that is in Christ Jesus. And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others also. (in other words, Make disciples who can make disciples.)
As I consider this verse against the backdrop of our present society I realize how much we’re beginning to have in common with the early Church. What a precise balance we must hold, walking through such a hostile world as Ambassadors of Christ, helping Hostiles become Disciples. We must thread the Dual Horizons of Judgment against sin and Mercy for sinners. SO HOW DO WE, amidst the rising lawlessness keep from being pushed by anger into Offense, or pulled by sympathy into Compromise. With each passing day it’s becoming more evident that only the narrow way of Jesus’ cross can prevent us from swerving over one cliff or the other. What does it take to stay on that path? It takes being Strong in Grace!
What is Grace?
- Permission to Come
- Power to Change
- GOD is Working Here!
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
Sunday Sep 20, 2020
2Cor. 5:20 We are AMBASSADORS for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God!
An Ambassador isn’t a Religious, but a Governmental Appointment. As Ambassadors of Christ, we’re not representing ourselves, or our own personal relationship with Him. But we are Representing the Government of His K’dom. In order to fulfill your call you must understand your Assignment.
Understanding Your Assignment...
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Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Sunday Sep 13, 2020
Matt. 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
When Christ came into the world He didn’t bring a Religion to earth, but a Government. Throughout His ministry, Jesus made it clear that His mission was to install the KOG in people’s hearts…
Lk. 8:1 Jesus preached the Good News of the KOG from town to town
Lk. 9:11 Jesus spoke with the multitudes about the KOG
Lk. 9:32 Don’t be afraid Little Flock, because your Heavenly Father is happy to give you the K’dom
Lk. 12:31 Jesus said, Seek 1st the KOG and everything else will be provided
Lk. 22:29 Jesus told His disciples, I confer upon you a K’dom, just as the Father has upon Me.
Jesus was announced as a King at His birth. And tried as a King at His crucifixion.
The KOG isn’t a religion, it’s a government.
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Sunday Sep 06, 2020
Sunday Sep 06, 2020
2Cor. 4:6-7 For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like FRAGILE CLAY JARS containing this GREAT TREASURE. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.
This picture of our lives as Fragile Jars of Clay containing the Perfect Eternal Light of Jesus is what’s known as a PARADOX.
A simple definition for Paradox would be: A great truth expressed in contradictory terms.
Think about it…
- We see the unseen
- We have Freedom in His Yoke
- We reign when we serve
- We’re lifted up when we humble ourselves
- We win by yielding
- Giving is getting
- Dying is living
- And the boundless Kingdom of Heaven lies within our finite souls
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
John 18:33-38 So Pilate went back into the governor’s residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Jesus replied, “Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”
Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”
Then Pilate said, “So you are a king!”
Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world—to testify to the TRUTH. Everyone who BELONGS to the TRUTH listens to my voice.”
Pilate asked, “What is TRUTH?”
The K’dom of Darkness and the K’dom of Light come Face-to-face in this remarkable encounter between Pontius Pilate and Jesus Christ. GOD brings Pilate, as the representative of all worldly kingdoms OF DARKNESS, into direct confrontation with His K’dom of LIGHT. Pilate thinks that he represents everything that is REAL and MEANINGFUL. He’s baffled at Jesus lack of effort to save Himself by taking refuge under his authority. He thinks Jesus is about to Lose Everything, and has no clue that Jesus is about to take over the world! By refusing to put Himself under the authority of the Kingdom of Darkness in order to be saved, Jesus both saves Himself and every human who will follow Him into the KOG!
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Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Matt. 16:15-19 Jesus said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and UPON THIS ROCK I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will GIVE YOU the KEYS of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
There is a Rock of Revelation that Hell cannot prevail against. Inside every Petros (a single life touched by GOD) there’s a PETRA, a massive spiritual Revelation of Christ the King and His K’dom.
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Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Matt. 6:10 (PRAY)…May your kingdom come, may your will be done ON EARTH as it is in heaven.
I want to develop the thought that Earth was created to be the home of the KOG.
FIRST let’s start with the fact that the physical world is eternal…
Psa. 78:69 the earth he has established forever.
Eccl. 1:4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
NEXT, consider that Mankind is a Hybrid creation; the Dust of Earth mixed with the Spirit of GOD. He is formed from the dust of Earth, designed in a physical body, to be at home in the physical world, and have Dominion over it.
Gen. 1:26-28 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may HAVE DOMINION…over all the earth…”
Psa. 115:16 The highest heaven belongs to the Lord, but he has given the earth to the descendants of Adam.
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Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Luke 17:20-21 Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst (is already among you).”
To properly understand Jesus’ answer you have to understand the Pharisees’ and their question…
Who were the Pharisees? They were the Rulers of Their Society.
The Pharisees had devised a complex network of rules that controlled family, business, speech, and thought. They began as a moral revolution and quickly morphed into the Ruling Class of an oppressive Nanny State. They had the power to classify you as a Saint or make you out to be a Devil. The people secretly hated them but they gave into their demands out of fear of being banded from society as an outcast or stoned to death. The Pharisees were the Architects and Enforcers of a highly refined System of Words that guaranteed moral superiority, but ultimately imprisoned the entire society.
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Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Matt. 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
THE KEY: Jesus is The Treasure and The Kingdom of GOD is The Field, the Environment of the K’dom. The one who found Jesus sold all to possess His K’dom; for to truly possess the blessings of the King you must live under the Authority of His Kingdom.
After preaching the Gospel in cities of the Roman Empire Paul is beaten by mobs and left for dead. But he recovers and tells the Christians that, “We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.” — Acts 14:22
Why does the Gospel of Jesus’ Love and Forgiveness draw persecution? Because Jesus is connecting people with the KOG, instead of endorsing the K’dom of the World.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Matt. 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
The Treasure is Jesus Christ and His Power to Restore Man’s Authority over the fallen world. History is the story of man’s search for the Authority he lost when he left the Truth of GOD for Satan’s lie. Jesus is The Treasure because He’s the fulfillment of that search.
Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you AUTHORITY to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
FINDING THE TREASURE is receiving the Gospel w/ Joy
THE FIELD is the Environment of Jesus’ Rule. Jesus calls it, The Kingdom of GOD and makes clear that the Treasure and the Field are INSEPARABLE!
BUYING THE FIELD is selling off your stock in the fallen world and relocating under Jesus AUTHORITY in The Kingdom of GOD. No Kingdom, No Overcoming Power.
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Matt. 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
The Treasure is Jesus Christ and His Authority over the fallen world the world.
The Field is The Kingdom of GOD, the Environment of Jesus.
SO the intent of Jesus’ message about the K’dom is to make clear that the Treasure and the Field are INSEPARABLE! It’s IMPOSSIBLE to have Jesus without selling off the world to relocate to His Kingdom. And further…
It’s IMPOSSIBLE to have His POWER without living under His AUTHORITY.
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Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Matt. 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
The Treasure is Jesus Christ, Eternal King, LORD and Savior of the world.
The Field is The Kingdom of GOD/Heaven.
SO the Heart of Jesus’ message is that the Treasure and the Field are INSEPARABLE! It is IMPOSSIBLE to have Jesus without selling off the world to possess His Kingdom.
This is the Permanent, Unchangeable, Non-negotiable FACT of the KOG, that it’s impossible to possess the TREASURE without relocating to The FIELD.
So, what is The KOG? And how do we live in it?
Read the rest of this entry »Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Matt. 13:44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
The Treasure is Jesus Christ, Eternal King, LORD and Savior of the world.
The Field is The Kingdom of GOD/Heaven.
SO the Heart of Jesus’ message is that the Treasure and the Field are INSEPARABLE! It is IMPOSSIBLE to have Jesus without selling off the world to possess His Kingdom.
In other words, you can NOT possess the TREASURE of The Savior without relocating to The KINGDOM. THIS is the Permanent, Unchangeable, Non-negotiable FACT of the KOG. You either sellout to it or reject it. There’s NO MIDDLE GROUND…No Time-share Plan.
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Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Matt. 5:29 (KJV) And if your right eye OFFENDS you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.
Matt. 5:29 (AMP) If your right eye serves as a TRAP TO ENSNARE YOU or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be cast into hell.
Offense / Offend –
skan´-dal-on — “scandal” a stick trap (bent sapling), i.e. snare—a thing that offends, a stumbling block.
Satan’s Trap works through the part of you that reaches for the bait. If it’s an eye or hand, Jesus said cut it off before it drags you to Hell. But what if it’s your attitude or thought that’s reaching to engage with something you don’t like or disagree with, that offends you? In today’s culture of Victimization, Fault-finding, and Strife masquerading as Advocacy, people with Offended Attitudes are considered social heroes. But Jesus says they’re just prisoners of offense. And Jesus said, when it’s your Attitude that becomes stuck in The Trap of Offense, (just like the eye or hand) drop the issue before it enslaves you. In fact, an offended attitude is the most damaging to your life because it enslaves Your Heart, which is the part of you through which faith and love must flow.
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Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Mk. 1:40-41 And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean. And being moved with pity and sympathy, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am WILLING; be made clean!
Jesus didn’t come so we’d know that GOD was able. He came so we’d know GOD is WILLING! The revelation of GOD never stops at His Abilities.
Jesus IS GOD WILLING!!
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Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
JUSTICE is at the heart of America’s founding and what it stands for. From our beginning lives have been stressed, given, and taken, in the effort to secure JUSTICE. It’s a huge topic involving a cross-section of Religion, Ethics, Philosophy, & Law. And there are several subsets of the application of Justice, the most common of which are:
- Distributive Justice—Fairness in Economics
- Procedural Justice—Fairness in Process
- Restorative Justice—Fairness in Restitution
- Retributive Justice—Fairness in Punishment
Since the murder of George Floyd, and all the protests, violence, and destruction that followed in response, we have heard endless commentary and accusation in an effort to explain what Justice is, and who’s at fault when it fails. But GOD has expressed an underlying context in which JUSTICE, in all it’s forms and applications, must be understood for it to be the blessing to society He has intended for us. Here is His commentary on JUSTICE, why it fails, and how it’s restored…
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Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
"God is our REFUGE and STRENGTH, an ever-present help in times of trouble." —Ps 46:1
THIS is a time of trouble…when Coronavirus has cast a long shadow of sickness, fear, and disruption over the whole world. Without elaborating on the bad news, we can simply say...
- Sickness is stalking populations,
- Fear is shutting down commerce and raiding the stock market
- Jobs and Industries are at risk
But there’s Good News in times of trouble...
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Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
"We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long." —Psa. 74:9
The absence of their signs was evidence Israel had drifted from GOD, lost His favor & Presence, and their unique identity among the nations. But hundreds of years later the promised Messiah came. And after the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit entered the world, and the NT Church was born with the supernatural Signs of GOD’s Presence flowing out from within it.
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Sunday Feb 16, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
"We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long." —Psa. 74:9
Psalm 74 is a cry for the loss of Israel’s supernatural SIGNS of GOD’s Presence. The absence of their signs was evidence they had drifted away from GOD, and lost His favor, and unique identity among the nations. But hundreds of years later the promised Messiah came. And after the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit entered the world, and the NT Church was born with the supernatural Signs of GOD’s Presence flowing out from within it.
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Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Sunday Jan 26, 2020
"We do not see OUR SIGNS; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long." —Psa. 74:9
Psalm 74 cries out in agony over Israel’s loss of its SIGNS that Indicated God’s favor was with them. The absence of their signs was evidence that Israel had drifted away from GOD, losing His favor, and their unique identity among the nations. Hundreds of years later the promised Messiah came. And upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ the NT Church entered the world with the supernatural Signs of GOD’s Presence, not just accompanying it, but within it.
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