When God Invites the Unlikely
Amen Podcast
Alex Wilson
5 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
From a house church in Kauai, Hawaii, Pastor Alex Wilson unpacks 1 Corinthians 1:26 and the powerful parable of the Wedding Feast. Through engaging storytelling and biblical insight, he explores what it means to truly consider our calling as Christians. This thought-provoking message challenges us to examine our spiritual pride, remember where we came from, and embrace the transformative invitation God extends to all of us. Whether you're a long-time believer or simply curious about faith, this sermon offers fresh perspective on humility, human dignity, and our relationship with God. Part of an ongoing series through Corinthians.
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| 0:00.0 | When we met Jesus, we were in a bad place. |
| 0:05.5 | When God came and saved you, you were in a bad place. |
| 0:10.9 | You were looking at bad things. |
| 0:12.5 | You were thinking about bad things. |
| 0:14.3 | You were spending your time doing bad stuff. |
| 0:17.4 | You were weighed down and enslaved to bad things. You weren't living the wisest. |
| 0:25.1 | You had no power to save yourself. And then lastly, you know, if we had to look at your |
| 0:30.9 | family's track record, the sins that you were committing were just sins your fathers and your |
| 0:35.7 | fathers before them had been committing. So he's saying, not many of you come from a good place, yet you're still invited. |
| 0:44.4 | Welcome back to House Church. My name is Alex Wilson. And the sermon that you're about to hear |
| 0:48.0 | is a sermon that was given Sunday morning at House Church in our garage in Kauai, Hawaii. |
| 0:53.2 | We post it here because we pray that it would |
| 0:55.5 | encourage you in your ongoing spiritual development in your local church. We pray that you're a part |
| 1:02.1 | of a community that is spurring you on to follow Jesus and that this would just be an extra |
| 1:07.8 | pat on the back to help you grow even closer to God and grow in your love for him. |
| 1:12.7 | And if you love these messages and they help you, please go to amenpodcast.com to support this podcast and this ministry. |
| 1:20.6 | Amen. Well, we're going to be in Corinthians chapter one. |
| 1:24.3 | We're in a Corinthians series and it's been going good and we're still in chapter one and we're not really |
| 1:29.4 | in a hurry |
| 1:29.8 | we just want to take it slow and kind of learn as much |
| 1:33.5 | as we can learn from this and so today |
| 1:35.6 | actually we're just going to do one verse it's |
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