You're Called To Stand Out | Chad Veach

Zoe Church LA

Chad Veach

Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this message, Pastor Chad Veach launches the series “Better and Brighter,” teaching from Matthew 5 that followers of Jesus are called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. Christians aren’t meant to live for themselves, but to live on mission — helping people who are far from God encounter His love and grace. Pastor Chad emphasizes that the heart of the gospel is rescue. God didn’t send Jesus to condemn the world but to save it. Through stories like the lost sheep and the lost coin, he reminds us that being lost does not remove someone’s value — it only changes their location. God relentlessly pursues people who are far from Him because they still belong to Him. The message challenges believers to stop living small, self-centered lives and instead join God’s rescue mission. Ordinary people carry an extraordinary message — the gospel of Jesus. When Christians live boldly and share their faith, they become the salt and light that can make their cities, communities, and workplaces better and brighter.

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0:00.0	Hey, what's going on, everybody?
0:01.2	Thank you so much for listening to this week's message from Zoe Church.
0:05.3	We are in a series right now called Better and Brighter, the heart of God towards humanity.
0:11.6	And we are going to jump in in just a moment to the book of Josea, chapter three.
0:16.2	Turn there in your Bible, if you have one, or go there in your cell phone, Josea chapter 3.
0:21.5	I want to, before we get into the word, thank everybody that gives to and through Zoe Church.
0:26.6	We were able to serve our city yesterday through I Love My City, feeding people and clothing people,
0:32.2	all thanks to your generosity.
0:34.5	If you'd like to give, go to our website and you can give there.
0:37.4	But let's jump
0:38.3	into this week's message called He Bought Me Back. Amen and amen. All right, open your Bible.
0:45.3	Go there to the book of Josea chapter number three. We started last Sunday a brand new series called
0:53.3	Better and Brighter.
0:57.0	And I like this, all of this comes to us
0:59.0	from Matthew chapter 5 where Jesus tells us,
1:03.0	he tells the church, he tells Jesus' followers,
1:07.0	that you are the light of the world.
1:10.0	He says, you are the salt of the earth.
1:13.4	And I just like this idea because salt makes things better
1:17.6	and light makes things brighter.
1:21.5	And I just believe that because of your faith,
1:24.7	because of the way that you live your life,
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