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Elevation Community Church's Weekly Sermon

Elevation Community Church's Weekly Sermon

By: Elevation Community Church
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  • The Cup | Psalm 75

    The Cup | Psalm 75
    Aug 7 2025
    Finding Hope in Suffering: Lessons from Psalm 75 explores how to maintain faith during life's darkest moments. This powerful message unpacks how Asaph responded to national catastrophe with thanksgiving rather than despair, teaching us to focus on God's nearness and past faithfulness even when circumstances seem hopeless. Discover God's promises about justice and suffering, including His appointed time for judgment and His active role in steadying the world even as it totters. Learn why God's timing for justice differs from our expectations and how His apparent slowness may actually be divine mercy. The message contrasts God's response to pride versus humility, offering encouragement to those who humble themselves before Him. Through the powerful biblical imagery of God's cup of wrath—which Jesus willingly drank on our behalf—find assurance that suffering has meaning, justice will prevail, and believers will ultimately be exalted in Christ's righteousness. This timely teaching offers practical applications for maintaining hope during trials, practicing thanksgiving in suffering, embracing humility, evaluating worldly pursuits, and trusting God's perfect timing. Perfect for anyone experiencing hardship, questioning God's goodness, or seeking biblical perspective on suffering, pain, hope, faith, justice, mercy, humility, and the redemptive work of Christ.
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    50 mins
  • Communion with Christ or Dinner with Demons | 1 Cor. 10:14-22

    Communion with Christ or Dinner with Demons | 1 Cor. 10:14-22
    Aug 4 2025
    Understanding Spiritual Communion: The Deeper Meaning Behind WorshipExplore the profound spiritual realities behind communion and worship practices as revealed in 1 Corinthians 10:14-22. Discover why Paul urgently warns believers to flee from idolatry and understand what actually happens when we participate in communion.This teaching examines the concept of 'koinonia' (spiritual participation) and how communion creates a genuine spiritual connection with Christ—not just a symbolic remembrance. Learn about the three main views of communion: transubstantiation, memorialism, and spiritual presence, and why understanding the spiritual significance matters for your faith journey.The message also reveals how communion unites believers as one body and why it was never intended to be a private practice. More importantly, discover the spiritual dangers of participating in practices connected to other spiritual entities, whether ancient pagan rituals or modern equivalents like occult activities, certain entertainment choices, or practices rooted in other religions.This teaching challenges believers to examine where they might be trying to serve two masters and identifies modern forms of idolatry that compete for our devotion—success, money, relationships, and more. Paul's warning is clear: we cannot drink from the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons.Perfect for those seeking to deepen their understanding of worship, spiritual warfare, communion, Christian unity, biblical teaching, spiritual discernment, idolatry in modern life, and practical faith application. This message will help you examine your heart, identify competing devotions, and choose more intentionally whom you will serve in your daily life.
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    51 mins
  • Warnings From the Wilderness | 1 Cor. 10:1-13

    Warnings From the Wilderness | 1 Cor. 10:1-13
    Jul 24 2025
    Learning from Israel's Mistakes: A Cautionary Tale for ChristiansDiscover how the ancient Israelites' failures provide crucial spiritual lessons for modern believers. This powerful message explores how those who received God's blessings still faced judgment when they rebelled against Him—a timeless warning for Christians today.The teaching draws fascinating parallels between historical military disasters (Napoleon and Hitler's Russian invasions) and spiritual failures, illustrating how ignoring past mistakes leads to repeating them. Learn how Paul used Israel's wilderness journey to warn the Corinthian church about four specific sins: idolatry, sexual immorality, testing Christ, and grumbling.This biblical exploration reveals how the Israelites experienced spiritual privileges similar to Christian baptism and communion, yet most never reached the Promised Land due to their disobedience. The message challenges believers to examine areas where they might be taking God's grace for granted while continuing in sin.Key topics include:- Biblical warnings against spiritual complacency- The danger of small spiritual compromises- How idolatry and sexual immorality remain threats to modern Christians- The connection between grumbling and church division- God's faithfulness in providing escape from temptation- Finding victory over sin through ChristPerfect for anyone struggling with temptation, feeling spiritually complacent, or wanting to understand how Old Testament examples apply to New Testament living. This teaching balances sobering warnings with the hope of God's faithfulness, reminding us that Jesus has already conquered sin and empowers believers to overcome.Biblical foundation: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Numbers 25:9, Exodus 32Keywords: spiritual warfare, overcoming temptation, biblical warnings, Christian living, spiritual growth, 1 Corinthians study, Paul's teachings, idolatry today, sexual purity, church unity, God's faithfulness, Christian discipleship
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    54 mins
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