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God always keeps his promises.

The book of Zechariah, written around 500 years before Christ, prophesied that the messiah would enter into Jerusalem on a donkey, being hailed as king. That’s exactly what happened to Jesus on Palm Sunday.

The Old Testament promised the coming of a messiah, a king who would restore the world to what it’s meant to be. It prophesied that this messiah would be born in Bethlehem, to a virgin, from the line of David. Jesus fulfilled every one of those prophecies.

When Jesus was crucified, he wasn’t merely a victim on the cross. He was the king who was ruling from the cross.

Good Friday is named as such because the king, Jesus, died to ransom us into his kingdom.

The eternal son of God became a man and entered into the brokenness of this world.

God is with you. -When you can’t pay the rent... -When you can’t get the job...  -When you can't get over the breakup... -Mental health challenges... -Tired of being alone... -Grieving loss... -Physical pain or illness... He is with you in it all.

The Scriptures have stood the test of time. The Scriptures aren’t meant to entertain but to transform. The Scriptures don’t present a fictional, feel-good story, but the one true story of the world that can bring meaning to our lives.

God’s mercy will sustain you to the end.

We believe in a God who enters into the most difficult situations and makes something beautiful out of them.

Mission requires courage to keep going in the face of fear.

Jesus is: ...the greater prophet who reveals God to us. ...the true priest who reconciles us to God. ...the ultimate king who rules on God's behalf.

Jesus builds his church through community.

Paul didn't do Christianity by himself nor did he do mission alone.

Acts 18 is not just the story of Paul planting a church. It’s the story of how Jesus builds his church.

"For just as the body is one and has many members... so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit." — 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

The church was not planted by Paul alone. It was a community of disciples who were experiencing Christ and witnessing to Christ.

The church in Corinth was built by the simple, proclaimed message of Christ. So that's what we will do in Los Angeles as well—build Jesus' church by the word.

If you want to know what humanity is supposed to look like, look at Jesus.

Paul didn’t poke holes in cultural narratives, whether a political ideology or the myth of self-fulfillment. He offered a more compelling narrative—the story of God transforming this broken world into his beautiful kingdom by grace. We need to do the same.