Citizens of Heaven Church: Recent Episodes
Citizens of Heaven Church
Citizens of Heaven Church exists to display and declare the glory of God as disciples of Jesus Christ, proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ to all nations and equipping them to reflect Jesus by loving God, loving others, and seeking the good of the city of Chattanooga.
The call to hospitality is just a call to open our hearts and our lives to others as Jesus has opened His heart and His life to us.
The difference between being an enemy of God and a child of God comes down to whether you've recieved the love of God.
Plant yourself firmly under God's kingship in every season of life, because His kingdom is true and His kingdom will endure forever.
For those who believe, the reality of who Jesus is will dramatically impact what you do and how you pray about it.
Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us where we will, one day, live in the fullness of His presence.
Jesus' act of washing the disciples feet reveals who God is and displays our new standard of living.
God's message of reconciliation removes our fear and offers us life in the place of death.
Jesus is calling us to draw close to the cross to be immersed, changed, and covered by the grace and truth of God.
How will you respond to the King's arrival? Will you follow Jesus into true life or will you choose to worship a false version of Him that will leave you unsatisfied?
If we recognize Jesus as supremely valuable, we will worship Him in ways that do not make sense and the world won't get it.
We declare the Kingdom of God, we display the Kingdom of God, and we discern in light of the Kingdom of God.
If you claim to be a part of Jesus' flock, do you actually listen to and obey His voice?
God's Word offers us the opportunity to lament deeply & yet not lose sight of the hope that we have in Christ.
God's people are called to trust God & are guided by His Word in their experience and expression of anger.
How we respond to God's grace reveals whether or not we have genuinely received it and can rightfully claim to be His people.
Salvation belongs to the Lord and a correct response to His grace should be humble gratitude.
How we respond to God's grace reveals whether or not we have genuinely received it and can, thus, rightfully claim to be His people.
As the Light of the world, Jesus illuminates our darkness and reveals Himself as God's Promised Messiah.
Because Jesus is God, He alone has the authority to offer sinners forgiveness in the place of condemnation.
Jesus Christ invites everyone to come to Him as the only source of life so how will you respond?
To reject the words of Jesus is to reject the Messiah that we are all ultimately looking for.
Jesus is the Bread of Life and in order for us to truly receive Him, we must trust Him in spite of confusion.
Jesus is the Bread of Life and our motivation for seeking after Him determines whether or not we'll truly receive Him.
God's story of redemption will conclude with His return and perfect reunion with His people.
God has tasked His bride with proclaiming the Gospel and equipping the saints for the work of ministry.
God has given His people a new heart & spirit for the sake of His glory and the good of the nations.
From the very beginning, God has called out a people to be a reflection of His presence and a conduit of His blessing.
As we start the year, we are beginning a series on missiology and our place within the mission of God. Today we look at creation & glory, decreation & the fall, and recreation & redemption.
In this standalone message, we see that Jesus invites the weary to lay down the burden of their sin in order to receive true rest & true life in Him.
When we experience the glory of God, we experience fear which is then replaced by peace because of Jesus. Then, when we experience Jesus we have to respond and the best response is to worship and enjoy Him.
The historical events surrounding Jesus's birth give us confidence to follow Him as the one true King who alone is worthy of our hope and devotion.
Because the Promised Messiah has come, God's people have been called to eternally significant labor.
The final message of the final prophet of Judaism is to believe in and follow the Christ.
John the Baptist serves as both a witness to Jesus' divinity & a practical example for His people.
God is more loving, more caring, and more compassionate than we can possibly imagine, and He sovereignly uses any and all events to accomplish His eternal plan to redeem us and restore us into His image.
True love involves an active and selfless choice that starts with our redemption and leads to our restoration as God's people.
God invites us to humbly take refuge in the extravagance of His grace and calls us to extend it lavishly to others.
Follow God even when it seems like He's against you because He is sovereign, He is faithful, and He is worthy of trust.
God's Word offers us an alternative way of life that naturally roots us in His love and satisfies our souls.
Regardless of circumstance, God's people are called to entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.
God's people are called to entrust themselves to God as they anticipate the return of the King.
The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to the world's greatest problem is the Gospel.
Disciples of Jesus are called to rejoice in present suffering as they anticipate future glory.
Disciples of Jesus are called to live intentionally and biblically, knowing that the end is near.
Disciples of Jesus are called to walk in Jesus' example knowing that He has authority over all things.
Regardless of response, Christ followers are called to do what is good and pursue the peace of God.
As Christians, we are called to submit to unjust suffering, but have been granted strength to endure by trusting in Jesus who also suffered unjustly on our behalf.
As strangers and exiles, God's people have been called to conduct themselves honorably in the world around them.
As God's chosen people, we are called to grow into our new identity as God's temple and kingdom of priests.
Our new family identity, given through the blood of the Lamb, calls us to hope & holiness as we navigate life in exile.
New Family Identity, Given Through The Grace Of God, Calls Us To Holy Living As We Walk Through The Wilderness Of Life
Through Faith In The Gospel Disciples Of Jesus Are Able To Rejoice & Grow In The Midst Of Suffering
Through the gospel, we have inherited everything necessary to endure and grow in the midst of suffering.
Even in our promiscuity & unfaithfulness, God pursues us and offers us the hope of redemption.
Through the practice of communion, God's people are called to remember the Gospel, repent of sin, and celebrate hope.
Through the Gospel, we are transformed by God's grace so that we are no longer identified by our union with sin and death but are now identified and unified with Jesus Christ.
As a church, we are joined together to reflect that which we've gained access to through Christ's death and resurrection: the presence and glory of God.
God's chosen people are called to grow into their new identity as God's temple and kingdom of priests.
Jesus's church is built upon the confession and acceptance of His life, death, and resurrection. t
The peace of God allows citizens of heaven to stand firm and rejoice in the Lord regardless of circumstance.
The Gospel requires us to abandon confidence in the flesh to embrace confidence in Christ.
Bright lights glow with infused radiance, contrast perversity, and celebrate faithfulness.
When we reflect on who Jesus is and what He has done, we are compelled to think as Jesus thought and relinquish our rights in order to live for the good of others and for the glory of Christ.