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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Rocky High · Dec 3, 2024
Using Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane as a mirror to the failure in the Garden of Eden, Pastor Rocky shows that the Christian life is not about getting what we want from God but about surrendering our will to His. Where Adam and Eve grasped outside God's will and brought brokenness into the world, Jesus modeled the opposite — falling face down, praying for another way, yet ultimately rising to walk toward the very thing He dreaded. That same posture of surrender — praying for change, living in community, and trusting God's goodness even when circumstances are painful — is the path Jesus calls every follower to walk.
Pastor Daniel Goulding · Jun 3, 2024
In Matthew 5:27–29, Jesus pushes past the seventh commandment's prohibition on adultery to expose the deeper root: lust in the heart. Pastor Daniel argues that our porn-saturated culture has not ushered in freedom but bondage, because God designed us for genuine intimacy — not objectification. The solution is not willpower alone but a four-part response: admitting brokenness, fleeing sexual immorality, fighting for healthy intimacy, and waging war against the flesh by the Spirit. Ultimately, lasting change comes not from striving harder but from falling so deeply in love with God that the lesser gods lose their grip.