The Field Church

What are you most excited about: this life or the next?

One of the clearest indicators of your spiritual perspective is what you are living for.

Many people say:
“I don’t want to leave this life.”
“I still have so much I want to do.”
“I’m not ready for it to end.”

But the gospel transforms the way we think about life and death.

The Christian doesn’t despise life. He simply treasures Christ more. Paul said, “to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

Why?

Because death is not the end for the believer.
It is the doorway into the presence of Christ.

Jesus repeatedly teaches that His kingdom turns worldly thinking upside down:
The one who seeks to gain his life will lose it.
The one who loses his life for Christ’s sake will find it.

A gospel-centered heart is not clinging desperately to this world. It is longing for the day when faith becomes sight.

The Christian’s greatest hope is not a better version of this life.

It is future glory with Christ.
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From The Field Church Sermons
The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ pt. 2 | Philippians 3:1-21
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You didn’t come to Christ for religion.
You came for Christ.

Remember the gospel?

Remember the joy you had when you first understood that your sins were forgiven?

The gospel of grace is not something we move beyond.
It is the refreshing, satisfying, nourishing, strengthening stream that sustains us as we walk through the desert of this life.

This is what once captivated your heart.
This is what gave you purpose.

What gave you courage.
What freed you from shame.
What motivated you to run the race.

The forgiveness of God. The grace of God.
The person of Christ.

And yet, if we’re not careful, we can lose sight of Him.

Not by abandoning Christianity altogether, but by becoming preoccupied with everything surrounding Christ while forgetting Christ Himself.

The focus of Christianity is not ministry.
It’s not theology. It’s not church activity.

The focus of Christianity is a Person.
Jesus Christ.

If your joy has faded, don’t look for something new.
Look again at Christ.

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From The Field Church Sermons
The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ pt. 1 | Philippians 3:1-21
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You can have Christianity around you… and still lose sight of Christ.

One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a believer is not abandoning Christianity completely…
but losing sight of Christ within Christianity.

You can become distracted by routine.
Busy with life. Focused on everything except the One your soul actually needs.

And when that happens, your strength begins to fade.
Your motivation weakens.
Your effectiveness dries up.

That’s why Scripture repeatedly calls us back to joy in Christ.

Because God is protecting your Christianity by refocusing your heart on the treasure you already have.

Joy in Christ is not optional.
It is fuel for endurance.
Fuel for faithfulness.
Fuel for spiritual life.

You have Him.
And if you Him, you have everything.

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From The Field Church Sermons
The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ pt. 1 | Philippians 3:1-21

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Hell is not a joke, a metaphor, or a scare tactic.

Hell is real.

Jesus spoke about it plainly because He loved people enough to warn them.

Scripture describes it as eternal punishment, conscious torment, darkness, fire, and the unrelenting wrath of God against sin.

And contrary to what many say today —God is not absent from hell.

Revelation 14 says those under judgment are tormented “in the presence of the Lamb.”

The justice of Christ is fully present there.

This is why sin is not small.
This is why unbelief is not harmless.
This is why repentance matters.

Every excuse, every justification, every dismissal of God will one day collapse under the weight of reality.

And this warning is not given out of hatred.
It is given out of love.

Because no one should want to face the eternal wrath of God when Christ has made a way for sinners to be forgiven.

Turn to Him while there is still time.

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From The Field Church Sermons
The Meaning of True Discipleship | Matthew 10:24-39
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