Mercy Culture Church
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If you would like to learn more about our culture, how you connect with God, get plugged into community and begin your journey to encountering God daily, MC Connect is your next step!
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Welcome to Mercy Culture Church!
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We are so excited you're here.
Text NEW to 59090 so we can connect with you.
For everyone that texts NEW, we will donate $10 to The Justice Reform, an organization that is answering the cry for justice by bringing reformation from city to city.
Learn more: thejusticereform.com
It's not too late to join us in our corporate fast, January 8-28, 2024!
Make sure to pause and ask the Lord about how to prepare for this fast, what to name your fast, and what to fast!
Text 21DAY to 59090 or visit mercyculture.com/21-day-fast for a daily bible reading plan, recommended sermons, and more!
Make sure to pause and ask the Lord about how to prepare for this fast, what to name your fast, and what to fast!
Text 21DAY to 59090 or visit mercyculture.com/21-day-fast for a daily bible reading plan, recommended sermons, and more!
Who is excited for Vision Sunday?!
Come hear all about how we are partnering with the word of Reformation this year, and how you can be a part of it.
Join us for either of our corporate encounters at 9AM + 11:30AM next Sunday, January 28!
Come hear all about how we are partnering with the word of Reformation this year, and how you can be a part of it.
Join us for either of our corporate encounters at 9AM + 11:30AM next Sunday, January 28!
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HOLINESS | COME IN
We simply want to be like Jesus—holy, set apart unto God, and fully surrendered to the Refiner’s fire. We know the closer we get to Him, the more we become like Him. Holiness is found in the presence of God. Our heart’s cry is this: “Make me like You, Jesus! Make me holy!”
Romans 6:19, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Hebrews 12:14, Revelations 4:8, 2 Timothy 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
We simply want to be like Jesus—holy, set apart unto God, and fully surrendered to the Refiner’s fire. We know the closer we get to Him, the more we become like Him. Holiness is found in the presence of God. Our heart’s cry is this: “Make me like You, Jesus! Make me holy!”
Romans 6:19, 1 Peter 1:15-16, Hebrews 12:14, Revelations 4:8, 2 Timothy 1:9, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
Revelation 4:8
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8 And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
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1 Peter 1:13-16
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13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
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Hagios = sacred, holy
Original Word: ἅγιος, ία, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hagios
Phonetic Spelling: (hag'-ee-os)
Definition: sacred, holy
Usage: set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.
Original Word: ἅγιος, ία, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: hagios
Phonetic Spelling: (hag'-ee-os)
Definition: sacred, holy
Usage: set apart by (or for) God, holy, sacred.
There is a WAR against Holiness right now in America!
The demise of America will be our nation fully turning to unholiness!
The demise of America will be our nation fully turning to unholiness!
Conform in the dictionary = comply with rules or laws, behave socially acceptable
Conform in the Bible = to become or be like, or of the same form
Indicating an inner change of nature, working into the outward life "fashioned according to”
Conform in the Bible = to become or be like, or of the same form
Indicating an inner change of nature, working into the outward life "fashioned according to”
When we conform to culture, we become the culture!
When we conform to unholy ways, we put on the form of unholiness!
When we conform to unholy ways, we put on the form of unholiness!
2 Thessalonians 2:13-15
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13 But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
14 To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
14 To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
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Unholiness is brainwashing Americans into a depraved mind!
Romans 1:18-27
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18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.
19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
19 For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.
20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.
25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
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Romans 1:28-32
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28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
31 They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.
32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
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depraved mind = adokimos: failing to pass the test, a counterfeit, a castaway, rejected, reprobate.
Process of Spiritual Warfare to make you UNHOLY
-> CONFORM to unholiness
-> DESIRE fleshly passions
-> DEPRAVED mind
-> REJECTION from God
-> CONFORM to unholiness
-> DESIRE fleshly passions
-> DEPRAVED mind
-> REJECTION from God
Hebrews 12:14-17
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14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
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Hebrews 12:14-17
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14 Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
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Genesis 12:2-3
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2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you. ”
3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you. ”
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Genesis 26:2-5
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2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
3 Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.
4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
5 because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
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Profane = bebélos: Godless, permitted to be trodden, by implication unhallowed, godless person, worldly
Fornicator = pornos: sexually immoral, man who prostitutes himself, engaging in sexual immorality
Fornicator = pornos: sexually immoral, man who prostitutes himself, engaging in sexual immorality
Romans 9:8-13
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8 So it is not the children of the flesh who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as offspring.
9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
10 Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
12 not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
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1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
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1 Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
2 For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
3 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;
4 each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5 not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
8 Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
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Philippians 3:18-21
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18 For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
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The devil and our flesh are waging war against holiness!
Romans 6:19-22
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19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
20 For when you were slaves to sin, you were free of obligation to righteousness.
21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
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Because of the weakness of your flesh, you have a choice to make:
Entertain the cries of your flesh and allow it to lead you
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Strengthen your spirit, making your flesh follow
Entertain the cries of your flesh and allow it to lead you
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Strengthen your spirit, making your flesh follow
Matthew 4:1-4
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1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
3 The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
3 The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
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3 Powers God Surrounds Us With
1. His Holy Word, the Holy Bible
1. His Holy Word, the Holy Bible
Ephesians 5:25-27
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25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
26 to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
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3 Powers God Surrounds Us With
2. His Holy Son, Jesus
2. His Holy Son, Jesus
2 Timothy 1:8-9
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8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
9 He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
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3 Powers God Surrounds Us With
3. His Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost
3. His Holy Spirit, the Holy Ghost
Titus 3:3-7
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3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
5 He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
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These HOLY powers empower us to answer the call to Holiness!
It’s by His mercy that we can be made holy!
It’s by His mercy that we can be made holy!
1 Peter 2:9-10
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9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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1 Peter 1:13-16
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13 Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
14 As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.
15 But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
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Reformation must start in us - personally first!
Are your desires led by your flesh or by the Spirit?
Are your desires and actions UNHOLY or HOLY?
Are your desires led by your flesh or by the Spirit?
Are your desires and actions UNHOLY or HOLY?
Romans 12:1-2
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1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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