Rocky Creek Baptist Church

Disciples in the Workplace - A disciple can never clock out of Kingdom work. Even in the workplace, Christian bosses and workers must display a different level of intentionality and productivity for the sake of discipleship.

A tangible evidence of a maturing disciple is the loving way he or she treats other disciples. The church should be a display of the unity that God’s presence provides among all believers.

While the place of heaven is our destination, the way of heaven should be our pursuit. As disciples, we are to put to death the deeds of this world and to put on the new self as we seek the things above.

The Apostle Paul saw three dangerous heresies present in the church at Colossae and we experience them today. Biblical discipleship is sufficient and doesn’t need any alteration.

Disciples in the Home - Authentic discipleship moves from the church and should eventually change the home. Disciples obey God’s commands for how families are to treat one another particularly in the relationship between husband and wife and between parent and child.

Disciples Have Deep Roots - Satan will use deceitful doctrine to distract disciples from being established in the faith. Disciples must be rooted in Christ and established in biblical doctrine to persevere.

Disciples Don't Quit Until They Reach Maturity - The goal of the Church is to present every disciple as complete in Christ. Working with the power God provides, we are to disciple one another with the goal of spiritual maturity.

Not only were we created through Jesus, but we were also created for Jesus. As he holds all things together, even our spiritual growth is kept from shifting when it is placed in his hands.

Fully Pleasing to God - As the gospel transforms us from the domain of darkness into saints standing in the light, our lives are meant to be fully pleasing to God. Disciples strive to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.

Paul recognized the Colossian church as a group of disciples who had been changed and yet were still being changed by the gospel. As disciples, the gospel should be continually bearing fruit and increasing within us and through us.

Samuel remembered God’s faithfulness in the past to help him go forward. As individuals and as a church, it is important to celebrate his activity in the previous year as we anticipate his work in the coming year.

Herod felt threatened when his throne was challenged by Jesus’ birth. There is only room for one king on the throne of your life, and you cannot experience peace until Jesus sits upon it.

The Book of Revelation reveals a different perspective that happened at the birth of Jesus.  While the enemy comes to bring chaos, Jesus has come and will come again to bring peace.

Joseph thought he had been betrayed by Mary and yet surrendered his personal feelings to obey God’s commands.  In our relationships, we must submit to God’s Word to experience God’s peace.

When the angels announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, they told them that peace on earth had come.  As we look around us, how do we reconcile this supposed peace with the state of the world?

The Word: All Things New (Rev 21:1-8) - What once was broken will be made right again. Jesus is making all things new.

Priests could never sit down in worship because sacrifices would always need to be offered. Once Jesus offered himself, he sat down at the right hand of God for the task was finished once and for all.

In Paul’s description of the Church, he explained that Jesus’ cross broke down sinful, ethnic boundaries we established. How are we to combat racism within the Body of Christ?

Learning biblical information does not guarantee biblical transformation. We must learn how to apply the Word of God into our lives.

As the Holy Spirit empowered the disciples, the early church was born. This body of believers met together day by day and saw God do amazing acts in their midst.