Orchard Community Church Sunday Morning Messages

The Seventh Word: Into Your Hands 

Mark 11:1-11, Luke 23:46

Palm Sunday was the one day the crowds embraced Jesus as the Messiah. Within a week, they’d call for His crucifixion, exposing our sinful and inconsistent human nature. With this word, Jesus experienced the peace of fully entrusting Himself to God. This was at the heart of His ministry: teaching us how to place our lives in God’s hands. Yet, despite our best intentions, we s...

The Sixth Word: It is Finished

John 19:28-30, John 4:34, Colossians 1:13-14, Romans 3:25

With this word, knowing death is imminent, Jesus indicates that upon His death, His work on the cross will be accomplished, atonement will have been made for our sin, and our redemption secured.

The Seven Last Words of Jesus

If you had been a part of the crowd on the day Jesus died, you would have heard him make seven astounding statements. They ar...

The Fifth Word: I Thirst 

John 19:28-29, Psalm 22:15, Psalm 69:21, Psalm 42:2, John 4:10, 7:37-38

Gist: With this word, Jesus fulfilled the prophecy of scripture as He expressed a desire for a drink to quench his physical thirst, but at the same time, He also pointed to a deeper need. In scripture, Jesus presented himself as “living water,” and here he reminds us of our own need for a savior and of the fact that we are all spirituall...

The Fourth Word: Forsaken

Mark 15:33-34, Psalm 22:1-2, 22-24, Hebrews 4:15, Romans 8:38-39

On the cross, Jesus died the death of an unrepentant sinner and thus experienced the separation from God that sin brings. With this word, He expresses the despair of abandonment, and yet these carefully chosen words also point to the hope we have in God, even in the worst moments of life.

The Seven Last Words of Jesus

If you had been a part ...

The Third Word: Behold

John 19:26-27, Exodus 20:12, Matthew 12:46-50

With this word, Jesus lifts up the importance of family, but also the fact that by faith, believers have a spiritual bond of family, emphasizing the importance of community and care for one another.

The Seven Last Words of Jesus

If you had been a part of the crowd on the day Jesus died, you would have heard him make seven astounding statements. They are remarkabl...

The Second Word: In Paradise

Luke 23:32, 39-43, Luke 19:10, 1 Timothy 1:15

With this word, Jesus offers assurance that salvation is open to all who put their faith in Him.

The Seven Last Words of Jesus

If you had been a part of the crowd on the day Jesus died, you would have heard him make seven astounding statements. They are remarkable words, not only due to His distress, but because of the deep meaning they convey. For over a t...

The First Word: Forgive Them

Luke 23:33-34, Psalm 22:18, I John 1:9 

With this word, by asking God to forgive those who were taking His life, Jesus made it clear one last time, in a powerful way, that God forgives even the worst sins.

The Seven Last Words of Jesus

If you had been a part of the crowd on the day Jesus died, you would have heard him make seven astounding statements. They are remarkable words, not only due to His dist...

Restored

Genesis 1: 31, Genesis 3:6-11, Isaiah 59:2, Romans 5:10, Romans 5:1

Jesus died on the cross to restore our broken relationship with God. 

The Cross

In the ancient world, the cross was a symbol of shame, death, and defeat. Among the Jewish people, anyone who died on a cross was considered cursed by God, and the Romans viewed those who were crucified with contempt. This is why the Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:23, ...

 Victory 

Romans 5:12, Romans 6:16, Romans 6:23, Colossians 2:14-15, Hebrews 2:14-15, 1 Corinthians 15: 54b-56

Jesus died on the cross to defeat the powers of evil: sin, death, and Satan, freeing us from our bondage to them and restoring our life-giving relationship with God.

The Cross

In the ancient world, the cross was a symbol of shame, death, and defeat. Among the Jewish people, anyone who died on a cross was considered cursed...

Amazing Love 

John 15:13, 1 John 4:10, Romans 5:8, 1 Peter 1:18–19

Jesus laid down his life for us on the cross to demonstrate and magnify God’s love for us. 

The Cross

In the ancient world, the cross was a symbol of shame, death, and defeat. Among the Jewish people, anyone who died on a cross was considered cursed by God, and the Romans viewed those who were crucified with contempt. This is why the Apostle Paul writes in 1 Corint...

Satisfaction

Deuteronomy 32:4, Romans 3:23, Romans 2:8, Romans 5:9, Romans 3:25-26

Jesus died on the cross to bring atonement for our sin by satisfying God’s justice and wrath against us.

The Cross

In the ancient world, the cross was a symbol of shame, death, and defeat. Among the Jewish people, anyone who died on a cross was considered cursed by God, and the Romans viewed those who were crucified with contempt. This is why the Ap...

The Great Substitution

John 10:11, 15, 17-18, Romans 3:23, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 2:24 Romans 6:4-6

Jesus died on the cross in our place, substituting his righteous life for our sinful lives, making atonement for our sin, and bringing us grace.

The Cross

In the ancient world, the cross was a symbol of shame, death, and defeat. Among the Jewish people, anyone who died on a cross was considered cursed by God, and the Romans viewed t...

Behold: The Gift God Wants

Matthew 2:1-12, Galatians 2:20 

The Magi were foreigners from far away, yet God called them to come and behold Jesus’ birth. This was a sign that God wants everyone and that the gospel would one day go global.  The Magi brought gifts to Jesus as signs of their faith, but the greatest gift they gave Him was their lives.  Jesus wants us and calls us to give Him our lives as well. 

Behold

To “behold” is to ...

Behold: Love (Joseph) 

Matthew 1:18-25, 1 John 4:10

An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream with the news that he would have a son, the messiah, who would help us to see and understand the gift of God’s love in new and deeper ways.

Behold

To “behold” is to pay special attention to something, to look deeply at it so as to notice the depth and detail beyond what you might simply see on the surface.  The Advent and Christmas seasons a...

Behold: Peace (Shepherds) 

Luke 2:8-15, Philippians 4:6-7

An angel appeared to the shepherds with the news that Jesus the Messiah had been born, who would help us to receive and understand the gift of God’s peace in new and deeper ways.

Behold

To “behold” is to pay special attention to something, to look deeply at it so as to notice the depth and detail beyond what you might simply see on the surface.  The Advent and Christmas seasons ...

Behold: Hope

Luke 1:26-38, Hebrews 6:19

An angel appeared to Mary with the news that she would bear a child, Jesus the Messiah, who would help us to see and understand the gift of God’s hope in new and deeper ways.

Behold

To “behold” is to pay special attention to something, to look deeply at it so as to notice the depth and detail beyond what you might simply see on the surface.  The Advent and Christmas seasons are a time to beh...

Shifting Our Heart: Practicing Generosity

Mark 12:41-44

To embrace stewardship as a lifestyle, we need to shift our hearts and this will require that we begin to practice generosity. 

Shift

Moving to Stewardship as a Lifestyle

God’s word doesn’t just call us to give some of what we have (our time, talent, and treasures) from time to time.  It calls us to something deeper, to stewardship.  True Biblical stewardship is understanding ...

Shifting our Attitude: Embracing Gratitude 

Luke 17:11-19

To embrace stewardship as a lifestyle, we need to shift our attitude and this will require that we embrace gratitude.

Shift

God’s word doesn’t just call us to give some of what we have (our time, talent, and treasures) from time to time.  It calls us to something deeper, to stewardship.  True Biblical stewardship is understanding that all we have is a gift from God; therefo...