The Depth of the Gospel - Sermons - Matt Chandler - 8/29/21

1 Corinthians 15:1-6
You can grow up in church your entire life and never truly hear the gospel because receiving it and being transformed by its power requires God to move.
We exist to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ.

[@jam_young7]

Phew, this was a GOOD sermon. Thank You Lord 🙌

[@joshrmcgee]

The first 10 minutes of this sermon is the beginning of his book Explicit Gospel. That book changed my life in college.

[@jcstroble91]

Starting now thanks for the comment

[@ryanrios75]

Ima have to check it out

[@daviddada6872]

The book did the same for me when I read it 6 years ago!

[@joshrmcgee]

@@jcstroble91 A lot of the same themes in this series are in the book. It's a great read. Enjoy!

[@joshrmcgee]

@@ryanrios75 Definitely recommend it!

[@David-_-_-]

11:11 describes it completely. I walked away from Christianity in my 20s precisely because of this reason. It was given to me as a moral code and I had never had any tangible relationship with or experience of Jesus / Gods grace. I was brought back to the faith through receiving his grace when I had run my life off the rails and it changes everything.

[@rinihogewoning6528]

Hi David. Have you heard of American Gospel: Christ Alone? It's an amazing documentary that completely and accurately describes the Gospel. Matt Chandler is in it as well. It's life changing!

[@lovely_time1771]

Amazing teacher!!

[@jsamnz]

Not me bawling in my car on my lunch break 😃😭

[@JD-wk5dr]

Keep up the God work Matt.... absolutely love this beautiful, powerful message. Thank you!

[@samcoffey8251]

Just what i needed to hear all the best matt

[@jeremyburrey913]

Wow very powerful!

[@thejenkinsrealestateteamof2374]

11:00 - 12:05... whoa. This is what EVERYONE in the world needs to hear.

[@The300ZXGuru]

of course im a christian why because i do not walk according to the coarse of this world anymore!! The reason i know i am a christian is because the holy spirit changed me into a new creature therefore displaying the fruits of the spirit!! i never use to be kind or patience or long suffering but now i am because of the holy spirit in me. I can not do anything in and of my self but i need the power of the holy spirit to work through me. Therefore giving him all the glory for his work on the cross. Just remember that the gospel is the means by which you are saved. its the conduit the ladder that Jesus threw down to you in the pit. but to be truly saved GOD SENT THE SPIRIT TO TRANSFORM YOUR SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen?

[@mrit5653]

Thank you for fearlessly and boldly speaking the word of God.

[@edwardgeorge8232]

This man is preaching

[@katherineflaherty3564]

🙋‍♀️ I grew up in church but legit never heard the gospel until I was 27. It was a United Methodist church in western PA. So, a little bit different culture from the Bible belt. I was told the Old Testament is “just stories” and Jesus came from God to teach us about loving each other. I became an atheist in high school until I was 28.

[@DaihoanXbox]

Geez quality of video is so much better now than last time I watched. Last I watched was the first sermon of the Revelation series.

[@BrianDikasdaybyday]

Just what I needed. Praise you Lord 🙏🏾

[@alison2226]

he definitely stepped on a few toes while speaking these words, but i appreciate the tough love...the truth is hard to hear sometimes but it does set us free.

[@andrewgroves8611]

Amazing Matt incredible I pray I will live this out.

[@nidhinthomas7573]

Great word!

[@lukeharris6138]

✝️🙏

[@rinihogewoning6528]

"I am willing to offend with the Cross alone if it provides clarity for you that brings about real life" - Just amazing boldness and courage that God has placed in Matt Chandler. From what I read in scripture, all pastors should be preaching like this.

[@jorgeborrero8862]

Acts 26:22 To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.” Luke 24:26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory? Zechariah 13:7 “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me,” declares the Lord of hosts. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones. Zechariah 11:7 So I became the shepherd of the flock doomed to be slaughtered by the sheep traders. And I took two staffs, one I named Favor, the other I named Union. And I tended the sheep. Zechariah 11:10 And I took my staff Favor, and I broke it, annulling the covenant that I had made with all the peoples. So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord. Then I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” And they weighed out as my wages thirty pieces of silver. John 10:11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. Isaiah 59:15-21 Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him. He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head; he put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and wrapped himself in zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, so will he repay, wrath to his adversaries, repayment to his enemies; to the coastlands he will render repayment. So they shall fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come like a rushing stream, which the wind of the Lord drives. “And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord. “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children's offspring,” says the Lord, “from this time forth and forevermore.”

[@dylanmilks]

Thank you pastor Matt. This was the stirring that I needed today.

[@yolisabeauchamp1088]

Been a "christian" my entire life and I only understood what the gospel was 2 years ago when I was 27... yikes. So really I've only been a christian for two years

[@ronaldpettifurd5957]

I can't tell you how much I relate. I went to church my whole life. I got saved when I was 7, but I did not truly understand the amazingness of the gospel, and certainly did not understand the freedom of it, until I was 30, 2 years ago, just like you. God bless you greatly my sister!

[@mitchellc4]

The gospel is the gospel of the kingdom! Jesus is going to return and set up the kingdom of God ON THE EARTH! God’s government ON THE EARTH! The Messiah died for his people! God resurrected the Messiah! The Messiah will resurrect his people at his coming! The destiny of the Messiah and his people is to be ON THE EARTH! The renewed restored earth! God also dwelling with them! Rev 21 Matt 24 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. Jesus said the Father is the only true God! John 17 3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

[@dwnufc82]

'To be 99% known is to be completely unknown.' 36min

[@KRashad]

Usually, I wait until the end to submit my like-but 12:19 in, 'like,like,like,like,like,like,like,like,like".

[@imcat-holic10]

10:00 are you a christian? 11:10 Experience the True Grace & Mercy of Jesus Christ more than a moral code. To Receive The Mercy of God is to be forever changed in your soul, to never turn away from The Gospel of Jesus Christ. 1Corinthians 15:1-6. What it means to be a christian. 16:34 Sin entered the cosmos and this is how we respond. See Romans 1. Sin loves the creation more than The Creator Himself. 34:30 Victory over sin... 43:50 Pleading with you...

[@imcat-holic10]

Have you Surrendered to The Lord of Lords and King of Kings. Am i behaving violently towards sin (our own)? Bless Your Name, Give us courage to humble ourselves before You.

[@hrossaman]

Whatever works is credited to "The Gospel Works" and whatever doesn't is credited to "You're not doing it right." Isn't this true?

[@truth0204]

Go further. Not tracking with you. The Gospel "works" because it's true. I am guilty of sin. Jesus, the Lamb of the world, died. Jesus, who was guiltless, took the wrath of a Holy God against my rebellion against God. He rose again and ascended back to his rightful position defeating death for all who believe. There is nothing I could do right to fix my previous position. Isn't this true?

[@hrossaman]

@@truth0204 I mean 'works' like transforms someone's life appropriately. When their life isn't transformed, it's always the person that's blamed and not the Gospel.....

[@alexandradoe2088]

Thank you!! As someone who experienced the “gospel of grace” and lived it for 35 years, praying, asking God for forgiveness of my “sins” strength to follow, etc, and then be told, when I deconstruct, “you’re not doing it right,” is repugnant and ignorant in the extreme. Guess I just didn’t get saved hard enough🤷🏼‍♀️

[@btvolley1]

@@alexandradoe2088 whoever told you "you're not doing it right" did not understand the gospel themselves. It's not something you "do". It's an inward change God does in you. It sounds like you were walking with God, why did you give up??

[@thebrianliu]

Amen, really good sermon! And for the Christian who wants to hear more biblical sermons, my newest sermon titled "Why Is A Christian Life So Difficult Sometimes" is worth your time.

[@laurenhackett990]

Why be violent against your sin when you can meet your flaws with compassion and look deeply to understand why they exist. Christian culture does not need more violent rhetoric. Let us pray for compassion towards the taliban, not suffering for them.

[@frankpaladino4607]

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[@kalamaybury415]

I think I don't fit in to Christianity. Jesus loves me and I him but I dont belong with his creations.

[@alexasmith108]

It me Tommy 3th

[@zackattack366]

This is what people are all worked up about...?

[@alexandradoe2088]

Yeah Matt, my deconstruction was sssooo sexy and not a nerve wracking experience at all. Guess I just didn’t get saved hard enough🤷🏼‍♀️ But you win either way-if I’m saved it’s all god’s work. If I walk away from that salvation I didn’t experience god the right way. Well, who’s fault is it that I didn’t experience him correctly. The onus is on your god, not me.

[@astonthomas6953]

Sorry for what you had to go through. Came here to look for a comment like this and to let you know you’re not alone. Matt came off as a reductive douche with that comment about deconstruction. It’s not “sexy” at all. It can be miserable at times. Hope you’re well.

[@DS-uo5ie]

Let me suggest an excellent book,” Twisted Scripture,” by Andrew Farley!

[@andrewgroves8611]

@Tejano37 brother I can smell that religious spirit on you all the way over here. I felt convicted after watching this sermon am I supposed to leave wishing I was never born? I'm sorry if that's the God you serve he sounds terrible. Praise God that he started a good work in me and he is faithful to see it to completion. I know without his grace and pruning I would never make it into his kingdom.

[@AJ-qi5tm]

I’ve come to realise the sin of my own whiteness and this is the essential thing I must repent of. It is not enough to be “not-racist “ we need to pursue racial justice at all costs

[@james35813]

While I agree with the sentiment that being "not-racist" isn't enough to live up to God's calling, Whiteness isn't a sin. We're all called to fight racial injustice and injustice of every other kind.

[@christelleilmet3601]

@@james35813 agreed bc white ppl can’t experience racism so the last part of your statement makes it seems like calling out white privilege in itself is a racial injustice or maybe I’m just doing the most

[@davidchupp4460]

@@christelleilmet3601 that’s a lie that white people can’t be discriminated by by minorities. Racism works two ways.

[@trevino37]

interesting ending with an invitation to come to christ with no mention of sin, repentance and bieng lost without Christ. Half the Gospel was presented. He left out the why and pirpose of the Gospel.

[@servicioskydcr7635]

Did you even watch the whole video? I couldn't believe you made that comment if you did.

[@trevino37]

@@servicioskydcr7635 i heard a good portion of the beginning and a good portion towards the end, to realize this is not Gospel. His message is filled more on personal stories, that is apparent, that he preaches a social Gospel to make it more relevant to his listeners. At the end, he does not discuss sin, lost, nor any of the major components of the Gospel. His approach is that of Joel Olsteen were he does not cross the line in offending anyone or telling anyone they stand condemned without Christ. Nor does his ending even address repentance and sin. This pastor’s name is listed on the New Apostolic Reformation-NAR- of false teachers along with TDJakes, Joyce Myers, Benny Hinn snd all false teachers and preachers. Let me know if you want to see that list. Don’t be deceived! He does not preach scripture but a social gospel which is no gospel at all. I hope this pastor. reads my comments concerning his preaching and searches for the truth I am speaking about.

[@hannahlarson1066]

A few of my notes on this sermon and a couple time-markers for the beginning of some topics relevant to what you mentioned... 😊 13 minute mark- original creation of God is good, for His glory, and for the joy of His people 16 minute mark- our response is sin, brokenness, distrust of God/believing the lie that we know more than God, choosing creation over the Creator, failing to acknowledge Him 19 minute mark- God’s response time our response is not to just evaporate us, but rather is patient with us. He lavishes long-suffering love on and towards us. He moves toward us. 1 Cor. 6:9-11- We’re all guilty, stuck, unable to get out of our own mess. BUT GOD! He washed us. Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures. (1 Cor. 15:3) But have you surrendered your life to God? Fruit from a life trusting in Christ’s finished work. 26 minute mark- The Gospel is not simply a door, but the whole house. “The Gospel in which we now stand” Even as followers of Christ, we still need reminded of the Gospel- we can have freedom from sin because of the finished work of Christ. We surrender and trust Him. Our need of Christ does not cease with our believing. In His righteousness alone can we rest. Believing that I’ve been set free from my sinful nature. Romans 6:1 True belief in the Gospel leads to Radical following, call into holiness, release into battle... Romans 6:1-4 how can we who died to sin live in it anymore? The old man is *dead*. Be violent against your sin. Make war against it. That’s not your primary identity. You are a child of God! Sin is not your master. Ongoing ethic of confession and repentance... Sin- That’s the kind of stuff that will murder you- so you put it to death. Choke out the space in which he (the enemy) plays. Washed, sanctified, justified. The perfection of the finished work of Jesus Christ. If there is no hatred in your heart towards your sin, you’re not a Christian. The Gospel is a call to “come and die”. Hating sin not merely because of its consequences but because it is an offense against God and not who you are- evidence of the Spirit inside of you. Do you believe it and are you following Him? Don’t let the enemy hold you captive. He’s defeated. Also, he did end the message with a invitation to Christ, in context of that meaning a life surrendered to Him, laying down and putting to death our sin, and following hard after Him in community. Hope this helps and encourages you in your walk with the Lord! I’d definitely recommend like the other person who replied to listen to a whole sermon before making claims on what they did or didn’t say. The Gospel is a beautiful thing and not something to miss out on. 😊

[@trevino37]

@@hannahlarson1066 Nope, I rewatched the video again and during the part where Matt Chander discuss and describes our respond to G-d, (Romans 1) he pacified every thing to cleaverly curcumvent in using scriptural terms that may be offensive such as sin, adultery, homosecuality, the wrath of G-d, we beome fools, lust, and the rest found in Romans 1 18-32 which is the scripture he was refering to. Yet, if he was referring to Romans 1, how is it that not one of these words came up as in scripture to describe us? this is 16:30 on th video Romans 1: 28-32 - 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [l]sexual immorality, wickedness, [m]covetousness, [n]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 [o]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, [p]unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. It;s amazing how Matt Chandler can think he is preaching the Gospel, discuss Romans 1 yet cleverly circumvent using any of the term scripture uses to describe us. In other worsd, Matt Chandler lies to his listeners by not accusing anyone of the very thing the bible describes us before coming to Christ. he pcified the actual status and made ti look not that bad. Matt Chandler is another Joel Olsteen clearly seen in his preaching.

[@trevino37]

@@hannahlarson1066 In addition, he describe our attitude as saying in 16:59 minutes into the video " ah I really dont want G-d but like his stuff" ??? No where in scripture does it sat that we dont like G-d but like his stuff...we are in emnity with G-d, against G-d and hate all that he has to offer in the state of our unregenerated life. Matt chandler curcumvented this fact and pacified it with his unbiblical comment of "ah I really dont want G-d but like his stuf" . He address that we choose the created over the creator, he also stated that the second response to G-d is that we think we are smarter then G-d and continues to quote Romans 1 but conveniently omits all the other harsh description of the unregenerated man because its too offensive. He then descripes how depraved we are in nature by giving him no credit for all the good and blame him for anything bad (video time 19"15-22). That is crazy, With all the negative things that bible scribed us in Romans 1, he chooses things that are not offensive to say. We are worst off then what he portrayed. I cant even continue to listen to him preach on how passive he has made our depraved state of being as a unregenerated sinner. if you want to feel good and think Matt Chandler is a gospel preacher, you are slo deceived. He is another Joel Osteen and wanting not to offend anyone and pacifies sin and the wrath og G-d which he does not even say such words....... Goe Speak to Matt Chandler and tell him his need to start preaching truth...