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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 17, 2023
True humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less — and it is proven by whether you trust God. Both arrogant pride (I know better than God) and insecure pride (I can't do what God asks because I'm not qualified) are forms of self-centeredness that lead to disobedience. The story of David and Goliath shows that God does not ask us to be qualified; He asks us to be obedient, to take what He has given us, and to get into the fight He has called us to — trusting that where He guides, He will provide.
Pastor Bill Bush · Jun 5, 2022
The name Yahweh — 'I AM WHO I AM' — is God's eternal, formal name, declaring that He alone has always existed, always exists, and always will exist. This same God, revealed fully in Jesus (whose name means 'Yahweh saves'), created us for both relationship and purposeful mission. Just as He called a doubting, guilt-ridden Moses to go and promised to go with him, He calls every believer today. The sermon's central claim is that every 'I can't' we raise is answered by who He is: because He is, we can.