Come Sojourn with Us
This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
We would love to have you join us on our Christian sojourn if you are in the Belgrade, MT area. If you are not in area then join us by listening to our bi weekly free sermon podcast.
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When we talk about the work of Christ we can talk about Christ securing us, or Christ redeeming us, or Christ paying the debt so we can be righteous. However, is the work of Christ complete enough to save us until the end? How do we know that we will partake of Christ’s work making Christ’s work our work?
There is no doubt that one would not be saved apart from the grace of God. I think all Christians who have a grasp of Christianity would affirm the necessity of grace for our salvation. We know that we are those who need grace, but how much grace do we need? Is 90 percent enough or do we need more? Is our confidence in that we will not fall away because we love the Lord enough or is it because know that the Lord loves us enough?
We talked last time about the incarnation of Christ being something that is challenging for us to understand because it is a doctrine that is difficult to grasp. It does not make sense that the second person of the Trinity would take on flesh like our flesh. It does not make sense that He would submit to death and then be raised up again. Why all this drama? What is the purpose of Christ taking on the flesh and then dying? How does this have a meaningful impact right now instead of at the end of our 80 years of walking this earth?
When we think about the Reformed doctrine of salvation we could think that the doctrine is simply summarized as such, “Once saved always saved.” I have to confess that personally such a definition really bothers me. It makes salvation sound cheap in the sense that we just go along for the ride and there is no struggle. So, if this is not something I like then what can we put in the place of it? What is more, how can Reformed people be so sure that God will preserve sinners who naturally hate Him? How does the Spirit even work in Reformed theology?
Sometimes as church members in America we can think that life is about me living for the Lord. This is not necessarily a bad thing as we should all individually want to live for the Lord. This is a mindset that really robs Christians of a great and higher understanding of the church. So, what is the bigger picture of the church? How does the Holy Spirit bless the church moving us beyond just a radical individual understanding of His blessings?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
