Grace Community Church of Rock Valley, IA

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September 8It Was Always About ChristBut we find that whatever self-righteousness we've gathered to ourselves, whatever ...
09/08/2026

September 8

It Was Always About Christ

But we find that whatever self-righteousness we've gathered to ourselves, whatever confidence in our own righteousness we gather to ourselves, our Lord is going to kill it. What did he say here in his prayer? In verse eight, those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs. And the greatest idol we have, and the most stubborn idol that I'm aware of, is self-righteousness in the sight of God. Of thinking that I have done something that [causes] God to look on me with favor and bestow some blessing on me… Those are idols. God's grace does not come to us because we're good and it doesn't leave us because we're bad.

God counted out one fish. And that fish, that one and only fish, swallowed up Jonah, and to Jonah it looked like the end of all things, but it was his deliverance. It was his salvation.

How sweet to know that none of my salvation has to do with me. God has done whatsoever He pleased. I have no idea why, but He was pleased to save me. I didn't give Him a reason to do it, and therefore I cannot do anything that will give Him a reason to quit. It was never about me. It was always about Christ. Thank God for that.

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September 7That's All They Ever Talk About, ChristIf you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that y...
09/08/2026

September 7

That's All They Ever Talk About, Christ

If you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear the name. … Christians did not invent the name Christian. Unbelievers did. It was first used in the city of Antioch. And though eventually it became a term of derision, it was originally just a term that the unbelievers in Antioch came up with to describe the people of this new religion who'd showed up in their town. … What these unbelievers were testifying about this new group of people, this new religion, was that they're all together taken up with somebody they call the Christ.

Oh, I do hope that if we were the only believers in Christ in this city, and we were surrounded by idolaters who didn't know anything about the Lord Jesus Christ, and they saw us and listened to what we talked about when we talked about spiritual things, … and they said, all right, they must be Christians. That's all they ever talk about, Christ. I'd say, well, thank you very much.

A lady who did not particularly care for Brother Scott Richardson's preaching told him, said, I've been here a lot of times, and I've never heard you preach about anything but Christ. He said, well, thank you. I appreciate that. She meant it as an insult. He took it as a compliment. Another person told him, you make an idol out of Jesus Christ. Yes, we do. … He is our idol. He is our image of God. And before him, we fall down in worship. Don't be ashamed to bear that name.

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09/06/2026

Title: God Is Our Refuge
Speaker: Eric Van Beek
Date: September 6, 2026
Bible: Psalm 46:1-2

The sermon explores the theological depth of God as a refuge, moving beyond familiar scripture to address the ultimate danger of divine judgment. By contrasting Psalm 46 with Nahum, it establishes that while creation may shake under God's wrath, believers find safety in His character rather than circumstances. The central message resolves the tension between God's holiness and mercy through the atoning work of Christ on the cross. Jesus absorbs the full punishment for sin, allowing God to remain just while justifying the ungodly. Consequently, those in Christ face no condemnation and possess an immovable security that transcends earthly turmoil and death. www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/96261955195473

September 6Christ Is All That's NecessaryNow, Paul is giving exhortations here, a series of them based upon the gospel t...
09/06/2026

September 6

Christ Is All That's Necessary

Now, Paul is giving exhortations here, a series of them based upon the gospel that he has been declaring throughout this letter to the Colossians, a gospel that consists of two main points. First of all, that Jesus is the Christ, meaning that he is the prophet, priest, and king of God's people. And secondly, that Christ is all. That the man who has Him has all he needs for life and godliness. He has everything that it takes to get from his condition as a sinner under the wrath of God unto one who has been received, accepted, approved of, justified, and given all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ. Christ is all that's necessary. Nothing more is required.

… Now we have noted on several occasions that there is no such thing as a member of the body of Christ who does not have a grace from God in order to enable them to be of help to the body of Christ. Just as within our bodies there are no useless parts, there are no useless parts in the body of Christ. Some serve the church by speaking. Others serve the church in the things that they do … Whatever you do, whatever you do in ministry, in service to God's people, whether it be by the word involving teaching, preaching, words of encouragement that we give to one another, words of correction, whatever, whatever we do in word or in deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.

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September 5He Came Unto His OwnNow, if we take him here as a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, and certainly he is a pic...
09/06/2026

September 5

He Came Unto His Own

Now, if we take him here as a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, and certainly he is a picture of that because who else better fulfills the name my God is salvation than the Lord Jesus. But it reminds me of that scripture in the Gospel of John. He came unto his own and his own did not receive him. And you know that's pretty much the same with the church. As the church goes out declaring this wonderful message, the very people they come from won't have anything to do with them, at least not with regard to that message.

But here's a rather notable rejection. Before he's even given an opportunity to speak, he's made fun of. He's mocked and jeered. Now this should teach us that in this world, as the Lord said, we're going to have trouble. We should not expect that as proclaimers of the gospel of God that we are going to be well received and patted on the back and people say what a good fellow he is. Normally, the more they know about the message you believe, the less respect they have for you.

… If someone makes fun of me as a preacher of the gospel, it's not me they're making fun of … To mock anyone because they profess the God and Savior of the Scriptures, it is to mock their God and Savior, not just to mock them.

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Job 19:23–29 23 “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! ...
09/06/2026

Job 19:23–29

23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 “That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 “As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
26 “Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
27 Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!
28 “If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
29 “Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know there is judgment.”

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Rock Valley, IA
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