Crouch Mesa Community Church

09/05/2026

We’re continuing our journey through the Gospel of John this Sunday at Crouch Mesa Community Church.

John continually brings us back to one question: Who is Jesus, and what will we do with Him?

If you’re looking for a church, have questions about God, or simply want to grow in your understanding of His Word, we’d love to have you join us.

Come as you are. All are welcome.

08/29/2026

The Gospel of John – Part 28 - Equal With God

In John 5, Jesus heals a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years. You would think everyone would rejoice—but instead, the religious leaders became furious.

Why? Because Jesus challenged their authority. The Sabbath controversy was only the catalyst. The real issue was Jesus Himself.

John 5:18 tells us that they sought to kill Him because He called God His Father, “making himself equal with God.”

The religious heart wants rules it can measure, standards it can control, and verdicts it can pronounce. And that same Pharisee-like tendency can exist within every one of us.

Sometimes we justify ourselves because we think we have done well enough. Other times we condemn ourselves because we know we have failed. But in both cases, we are still trying to sit in the judge’s seat.

Jesus did not come to negotiate with our self-righteousness. He came with divine authority.
If Jesus is equal with God, then His verdict over our lives carries more authority than our own.
The question is not simply, “How well have I kept the rules?”

The real question is: Will I surrender to the authority of Christ?

John 5:15–23

Why did the Jewish religious leaders want Jesus dead?John 5:18 gi...

08/16/2026

The Gospel of John – Part 25: Where Real Nourishment Comes From

We spend so much of life focused on natural things—food, money, health, family, responsibilities, and trying to keep everything together.

But in John 4, Jesus teaches us that there is a deeper source of strength.

Nicodemus thought about natural birth.
The woman at the well thought about natural water.
The disciples thought about natural food.

But Jesus kept pointing them beyond the natural to spiritual life.

Jesus said:

“My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” — John 4:34

Natural thinking says, “I must focus on myself so that I can sustain myself.”

Faith says, “I will focus upon God and trust Him to sustain me.”

God has given us many good things to enjoy, but those things were never meant to become the source of our peace, identity, strength, or purpose.

As we trust God, walk with Him, and faithfully do what He places before us, He will sustain us.

We are responsible for obedience, and we can leave the results in His hands.

In John 4, the disciples were thinking about food, but Jesus was te...

08/16/2026

The Gospel of John – Part 24: Everyone Has a History

Every one of us has a history.

Some parts are filled with good memories and victories. Other parts carry pain, regret, failure, rejection, and things we wish had happened differently.

In John 4, Samaria had a history. The woman at the well had a history. Yet none of that stopped Jesus from coming near.

Jesus knew everything about this woman before He ever spoke to her. He knew what had happened to her, what she had done, and what others may have done to her—and He still offered her living water.

Jesus did not reveal her past to keep her trapped in it. He revealed that He knew her completely so that she could begin to recognize who He was.

Our history may explain where we are, but it cannot give us life.

Your history is not your Savior. Jesus is.

“He knew her history, but He offered her grace in the present.”

📖 John 4:1–29

Samaria had a history. The woman at the well had a history. We all ...

08/16/2026

The Gospel of John – Part 23 | A Word From The Lord

“Is there any word from the LORD?” — Jeremiah 37:17

That was the desperate question King Zedekiah asked Jeremiah while Jerusalem was surrounded and everything seemed to be falling apart.

It is still a question we ask today.

When life becomes overwhelming, when there are too many problems, too many pressures, too many questions, and not enough answers — is there any word from the LORD?

Yes, there is.

John tells us that Jesus came from above and “speaketh the words of God.”

In a world filled with competing voices — the voice of culture, fear, religion, politics, our emotions, and our own understanding — we need to lift our eyes above it all and listen to Jesus.

The world is already perishing, but God did not abandon us. He sent His Son to save us.

The final message of John chapter 3 is wonderfully simple:

Believe and live.

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life…” — John 3:36

King Zedekiah once asked Jeremiah a desperate question: “Is there a...

07/12/2026

Last week at Crouch Mesa Community Church, we continued in The Gospel of John – Part 21 with a message titled “Wrought in God.”

Jesus came on the ultimate rescue mission to save a perishing world. Those who have trusted in Christ have been rescued, but we are still living in a world filled with trials, sorrow, and suffering.

Yet our suffering is not meaningless. God is working in His people, even in the storm. He is forming endurance, producing hope, strengthening our faith, and teaching us to depend on Him more deeply.

The promise is not that we will always feel strong. The promise is that His grace is sufficient when we are weak.

God is not only interested in what suffering produces after it is over. He cares for His children while they are in it.

In this message, we looked at John 3:21 and the phrase “wrought in ...

06/29/2026

This morning at Crouch Mesa Community Church, we continued our study in the Gospel of John with Part 20: Saved, But Still in the Storm.

John 3:16 reminds us that God loved a perishing world and sent His Son to rescue us. But salvation does not mean we are exempt from suffering. Christ has rescued us from the sinking ship, but we have not yet reached the final harbor.

The believer can be eternally secure and still presently suffering.

Paul reminds us in 2 Corinthians 4 that our affliction is not meaningless, and it does not get the final word. We endure by looking beyond what is seen to the eternal realities God has promised us in Christ.

Faith does not deny what is seen. Faith refuses to be ruled by what is seen.

To the suffering believer: Paul is not saying, “Stop crying.” He is saying, “Do not stop looking.”

The Gospel of John – Part 20Saved, But Still in the StormIn this...

06/29/2026

The Gospel of John – Part 19 - Eternal Life

John 3:16 gives us the whole rescue mission of salvation in one verse.

God loved. God gave. Christ came. We believe. We are rescued. We live.

Salvation is more than escaping judgment one day. It is God rescuing us completely: from sin’s penalty, from sin’s power, and one day from sin’s presence.

Jesus did not come merely to extend human life. He came to give us His life.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

If God gave His Son to save you, He will not abandon you now.

In this message, we continue through John 3:16–18 and look at the g...

06/16/2026

This week at Crouch Mesa Community Church, we continued in John chapter 3 with Part 18 — Believe And Live.

Jesus told Nicodemus that the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. Humanity was already bitten by sin, already perishing, and already in need of a Savior.

John 3:16 shows us why God would do such a thing:

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…”

God did not wait for the world to clean itself up before He loved it. He saved it in order to cleanse it, redeem it, and make it new.

Jesus did not come to condemn a neutral world. He came to save a world that was already condemned.

Believe and live.

All are welcome. Come as you are.

In John 3:16–21, Jesus continues His conversation with Nicodemus an...

06/16/2026

This week in our Gospel of John series, we looked at Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus in John 3:13–15.

Jesus points Nicodemus back to Numbers 21, where Israel was bitten by fiery serpents in the wilderness. God provided one way for them to live: look at what He had lifted up.

Jesus then reveals that this Old Testament picture was pointing to Him.

Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, the Son of Man had to be lifted up on the cross, so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

The message is simple but powerful: Look and live.

Salvation is not found in repairing ourselves, fixing ourselves, or proving ourselves. It is found in looking by faith to Christ, the One God lifted up for us.

For the sinner, look to Christ and receive eternal life.
For the weary believer, keep looking to Christ and walk by faith.

The Gospel of John – Part 17
Look And Live
John 3:13–15

In Part 17 of our Gospel of John series, we continue looking at Jes...