Generations Church

Last week the Gospel put who you used to be in the past tense: "such were some of you." This week Paul will not let redeemed ("washed") people treat the body like rental equipment. Your body is a member of Christ, a temple of the Holy Spirit, and bought with a price. Grace does not hand the deed back so you can rent it out. Freedom that crawls back onto the auction block is not freedom. It is amnesia. Who owns the deed?

How dare a church take a family fight downtown? From 1 Corinthians 6:1–11 (NASB 1977), this sermon confronts believers who sue one another before unbelievers, the shame of having no wise man to judge in the house, and the old life of sexual immorality, idolatry, greed, and slander that will not inherit the kingdom—then preaches the finished gospel: such were some of you, but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. Stop setting a plate for a life Christ already buried; live on this side of the period.

When an ember is pulled from the fire on a cool Georgia night, it quickly fades from orange to gray—just as our souls cool when we try to follow Jesus in isolation. In this message from Acts 2:42–47 (with Hebrews 10:24–25 and Galatians 6:10), we see how the Spirit formed the first believers into a devoted, generous family who shared teaching, life, resources, and a witness that drew others to Christ. The same Lord is still building His people that way at Generations Church, and the primary place that “house to house” life happens is in small groups—come see why you were never meant to burn alone.

When life’s circumstances press in, it is easy to take our eyes off the Lord who created and rules all things and to forget that He remains fully in control. In Acts 17:24–27 the Apostle Paul declares God’s sovereignty over every nation and moment, and the book of Esther shows that same invisible hand of providence working through Mordecai, Esther, King Ahasuerus, and even Haman to accomplish His purpose. Come and be reminded to trust the Lord’s perfect plan and His faithful involvement in every detail of our lives.

Have you been told that “turn the other cheek” means staying silent, taking the slap, and calling it humility? This message from Matthew 5:38–42 shows that Jesus is not calling His people to passivity or victimhood, but to a third way—courageous, Christlike dignity that refuses both retaliation and the role of the inferior. Watch as we recover what the slap, the cloak, and the extra mile actually mean: active resistance that asserts your worth as a child of God without answering evil with evil.