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Hope is Here // 5 What do you want? - Joel Virgo // Matthew 20:17-34 by Emmanuel

In the new season of Live lunch we are joined with Yohaan Philip, Matt Carvel and Christine Liddiard, discussing Christianity and culture, from our new teaching series ‘Hope is Here’. We also spoke about the Clear Vision conference, and discussed insights on themes such as identity, gender, and sexuality. Find the talks here: https://www.resources.one/talks Listen to last Sunday's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mDd4eKrdLU Helping people find their way back to God. #weareemmanuel weareemmanuel.com

Hope is Here // 4 The Temple Tax - Matt Carvel // Matthew 17:24-27 by Emmanuel

In the new season of Live lunch we are joined with Yohaan Philip, Matt Carvel and Christine Liddiard, discussing our latest sermon ‘Jesus and the Children’ from our new teaching series ‘Hope is Here’.

Hope is Here // 3 Jesus and the Children - Matt Carvel // Matthew 19:13-15 by Emmanuel

In the new season of Live lunch we are joined with Yohaan Philip, Matt Carvel and Tobi Ford-Western, discussing our latest sermon ‘Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon’ from our new teaching series ‘Hope is Here’. Resources mentioned: Listen to last Sunday's sermon: https://youtu.be/udhX9wJDs9Y Chapters: 00:00 - What Is Live Lunch? 00:44 - Today's lunch 00:54 - Introduction 03:22 - Sunday Sermon Recap 06:42 - Demonic Experiences in India 09:36 - Are Westerners Arrogant? 011:54 - Demonic in the West 15:43 - What is Spiritual Warfare? 16:26 - How To Break Free From Spiritual Warfare 17:30 - Identifying Signs of Demonic Oppression 19:36 - Can Christians Experience Demonic Oppression? 23:54 - Generational Perspectives to the Demonic 27:32 - Manifesting 34:50 - Closing Comments

Jesus chooses this moment of chaos to bring some teaching to the father and the disciples, rebuking them for their lack of faith. At the time the boy’s healing would have felt much more pressing but for Jesus, healing people under dark oppression is easy. He was much more concerned by the doubt that persisted in the hearts of the disciples.

In the new season of Livelunch we are joined with Yohaan Philip, Matt Carvel and Christine Liddiard, discussing our latest sermon ‘The Transfiguration’ from our new teaching series ‘Hope is Here’. Resources mentioned: Listen to last Sunday's sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3wCl9gxrs

Jesus is the revelation of the living God, we can get to know the Father through the Son and this is how He communicates with us… but we must listen!

Stephen Dawson - Begin with Prayer // Colossians 1:9-14 by Emmanuel

The Advent Series 3 // Knowing God - Tobi Ford-Western // John 1:14-18 by Emmanuel

The Advent Series 2 // Receiving God - Stephen Dawson // John 1:10-13 by Emmanuel

The Advent Series 1 // Seeing God - George Benson // John 1:1-18 by Emmanuel

Paul instructs the Philippians ‘rejoice in the Lord always’. This is one of his greatest concerns - that they would experience the joy of the Lord. This can be hard to hear when we walk through difficult seasons.

Paul wants all christians to grow in our understanding and application of grace. We are often taught that grace means that our sins are forgiven and we don’t have to work for our salvation. But, Paul says ‘I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.’ He is showing us that perseverance does not mean working FOR our salvation, it means working OUT our salvation.

Joy Has A Name // 9 Riches In Christ - Stephen Dawson // Philippians 4:10-20 by Emmanuel

As alien as the context and content of this passage may seem to contemporary hearers - even Christians - Paul is referring to a very familiar universal trait: the human proneness to self-reliance. Explain it in any which way you will (sin, instinct, evolutionary behaviour, etc.) but human beings seem inherently self-focused and will do anything they need to do to survive and work for their own self-interest. We must come empty-handed to Christ, and the more we have in life the more we might be tempted to trust in it instead of trusting in Christ.

The way that God works in our hearts to grow and mature us often involves pain and suffering. It is not often that progress comes from a context of comfort. Paul describes Timothy and Epaphroditus as a slave and a soldier, implying that they have experienced pain. Here Paul is wanting to encourage the Philippians to look at mature Christians who display Christ-likeness in order to learn from them.

‘Work out your own salvation’ can be a confusing sentiment for the grace-filled Christian. ‘Fear and trembling’ don’t sound too fun either! What does Paul mean? Isn’t he leading us on the path of joy?

A common question that people ask about Christianity is, why, if God is real, does He not make His existence more obvious to us. We ask this question because we want things to be simple and straightforward. However, we see in the bible that God chooses to reveal Himself on His own terms, through Jesus.