Mercy Fellowship Sermons
by Mercy Fellowship
Welcome to the Mercy Fellowship Sermon Podcast. We are church serving Snohomish County in Washington State. Lead Pastor Christopher Rich.At Mercy Fellowship we are:Saved by Jesus' Work.Changed by Jesus' Grace.Living on Jesus' Mission. We exists to Make Disciples of Jesus Christ who Love God and Love People. Web: mrcy.lifeSocials: @mrcy.life
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Kingdom Come | Wk 7 | Thief in the Night | Matthew 24:36-25:13
Answering a different question. The beginning of Mathew 24, Jesus is answering, "when will the temple be destroyed and Jerusalem left desolate?" Here His language shifts and so does what he is addressing. In the remainder of Chapter 24 and 25 Jesus addresses His return in glory, the end of the…
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Kingdom Come | Wk 6 | Kingdom Inauguration | 24: 29-35
Here is where things really get tricky. There are distinct perspectives on the end times, depending on which you hold you'll see this text differently. There are three ways to handle the first three verses. 1. They are all talking about the second coming of Jesus and the end of history as we know...
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Kingdom Come | Wk 5 | Abomination of Desolation | Matthew 23-25
Jesus has painted a dark picture of what was to come for the world and even for the church. His people are not to be deceived, to endure, and keep proclaiming the gospel of certain triumph for those who Trust Jesus. The context of what Jesus teaches next matters for proper understanding. For...
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Kingdom Come | Wk 4 | The End is Coming | Matthew 24:3-14
Jesus has just been preaching in the temple. He ends the sermon with, "your house has been left desolate" and yet finished with hope; if they trusted Jesus. He then left the temple. Disciples want clarification and Jesus gives them robust teaching on more than they asked for.
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Kingdom Come | Wk 3 | Forsaken City & Forever City
Jesus is a preacher preaching His last sermon before going to the cross. While calling out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and Scribes, warning about their teaching, Jesus closes His sermon pronouncing woe to the whole city of Jerusalem and foretelling the destruction of the temple.
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Kingdom Come | Wk 2 | Seven Charges - One Verdict
Jesus aims His sights targeting the religious Pharisees and Scribes. Seven times Jesus pronounces Woe. This section is more lawsuit or legal indictment then a Sunday sermon. Woe is a comprehensive term, both a charge and a verdict. True evil has been committed and without a charge in condition...
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Kingdom Come | Wk 1 | Unbearable Preachers | Matt 23: 1-12
Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem created Holy disruption to produce pure devotion that led to unholy opposition. Jesus met each challenge with clarity and correction eventually leaving His opponents speechless. With the opposition temporarily silenced, Jesus turns His focus back to teaching the...
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Psalm Soundtrack for your soul | Through the storm | Psalm 91: 1-16
Guest preacher Kaleb goes over Psalm 91.
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Life is hard, God is Good | Psalm 40
Join us as Carl DeyArmin preaches from Psalm 40
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Path of Mercy | Psalm 25
This collection of divinely inspired songs was brought together into a rich anthology to help us have a realistic and artistic voice for understanding the complex relationship between God and His People. The collection is brought together for a purpose. For a people, both individual and...
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You Are With Me | Psalm 23
Today we welcomed Pastor Jared Lyda from All of Life Church in Post Fall, ID as our guest preacher.
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Spirit Led Discernment | Hebrews 5:13-14
Your conscience can either cooperate with the Holy Spirit or it will compete with the Holy Spirit. Guest Preacher, Pastor Bill Clem, talks on how to tune your conscience to be in tune with the Holy Spirit.
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Spirit Led Resolve | Acts 19:21-22
This Sunday we welcome guest preacher Jeff Pots from Hope community church.
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk7 | The Law of Love | Matthew 22:34-46
What is the greatest commandment? With the Herodians losing their debate about politics and the Sadducees silenced about their sad theology, the Pharisees come at Jesus again to test him. This time they get a lawyer to question Him about the Law of God.
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk6 | Sad Theology |Matthew 22:23-33
We are all theologians. We all have certain beliefs about God. Theology matters because what you know and believe about God impacts how you engage with the rest of the world. Good theology leads to flourishing, and bad theology leads to error at best or destruction at worst. However, when you get...
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk4 | Wedding Feast of the King | Matthew 22: 1-14
Jesus Continues his teaching in response to questions about his authority. Using a parable about a royal wedding feast, Jesus shows what a faithful response to the King's invitation looks like.
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk5 | King & Country | Matthew 22:15-22
If Jesus is not only a King, but THE King of Kings, then how individuals and nations collectively respond matter. If we desire Jesus as our savior, then we must also pledge allegiance to Him as our King. Other figures can command our respect, obedience, and affection. However, it is King Jesus…
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Through the fire | 1 Peter 4: 12-19
“The central figure in all the Bible, Jesus Christ is a man of sorrows who knows suffering…. When you are suffering my hope is not that you get all the answers to your questions, but that you meet Jesus in your suffering." We were honored to have our friend Pastor Loren Anderson from The…
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk3 | Jesus Rejected | Matthew 21: 33-46
Parables are simple stories used to tell significant truths. Jesus continues to engage with the gathered leaders and crowds to reenforce where all authority rest and where all honor is due.
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk2 | Jesus' Authority | Matthew 21: 23-32
Holy Disruption brings unholy opposition. Jesus arrived and aggressively cleaned out the temple of money changers and pigeon dealers restoring it to a house of prayer and place of healing. People who benefit from oppression do not respond well to the status quo being overturned. Jesus returns to...
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Kingdom Rejected | Wk 1 | Jesus Disrupts | Matthew 21:12-22
Jesus brings Holy Disruption to prepare (and renew) a place for Pure Devotion. Jesus has triumphally arrived in the city of Jerusalem with fanfare from many who have great expectations of what He will accomplish. While intentionally entering with clear messianic symbolism, Jesus is not there to...
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Acts | The Story Continues
Guest Preacher Carl DeyArmin gives us the good news from Acts 16: The Gospel is for Everyone & The Gospel can Transform Anyone.
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Kingdom Values | Wk5 | Jesus & Position | Matthew 20:17-34
We all desire glory and believe self promotion is the best path to achieve what we want. Jesus consistently shows the values in His Kingdom are different. In God's Kingdom the path to glory is not self promotion but selfless sacrifice. There is a crown ahead but there is a cross first.
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Kingdom Values | Wk4 | Generous Jesus | Matthew 20:1-16
The disciples who left everything, want to know "what about us? What is our reward?" Jesus assures them there are great eternal rewards for those who follow him, it will all be worth it. Here Jesus teaches them with a parable about his great generosity to those who follow him.
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Kingdom Values | Wk3 | Jesus & Wealth | Matthew 19:16-30
We value material possession and comfort, so we find our worth in our wealth. Jesus cares about our spiritual poverty and where we find our ultimate security. We will never be saved by our possessions, when they consume us sometimes we need to be saved from our possession.
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Finding the Heart
Guest Pastor Caleb Smith of Saint Church in Lake Stevens shares about how our first priority as a Christian is to love God well. When we love God well, we produce good fruit for the world around us to enjoy and be pointed to Jesus through.
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Kingdom Values | Wk 2 | Jesus & Children | Matthew 19:13-15
As the journey to Jerusalem continues anticipation and excitement around Jesus grows. Crowds of people are forming around Jesus looking for hope and healing for themselves and their loved ones. In desire for power and significance it can be easy to focus on who and what society values most. In...
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Kingdom Values | Wk 1 | Jesus & Marriage | Matthew 19:1-12
Finishing a formal time of teaching and training Jesus and his disciples are on the move from Galilee to Jerusalem and ultimately the cross. While remaining on mission, Jesus engages with questions around the significant personal and family relationship, marriage.
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Risen Hope | Easter 2026
Our hope is in Jesus. He is Alive! So we today we don’t morn, we celebrate Resurrection Sunday!
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Palm Sunday | Jesus Arrives | Matthew 21:1-11
We are given a gift in the church calendar of Holy Week to resettle. This week we join with Christians around the world celebrating Palm Sunday. This is week of contemplation, remembering AND resting in what has been accomplished. We need hope, empathy, and Leadership. Not a distant King ,but one...
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 8 | Jesus Disciplines & Jesus Forgives | Matthew 18:15-35
Jesus is a good shepherd who pursues his lost sheep and brings them back to the fold. Jesus then shifts to training disciples how we are to engage with our brothers and sisters when we have found them in sin, especially when they have sinned against us. A gospel community will be defined by how...
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 7 | Jesus' Values | Matthew 17:24-18:13
Jesus is the King of His Kingdom | After displayed His identity as King, Jesus continues His mission of establishing His kingdom. Kingdoms are defined by their king, and kings determine what their kingdoms will value. Jesus is constantly teaching his followers what it means to be in his kingdom…
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 6 | Faithful Jesus | Matthew 17:14-23
Jesus and the three disciples have come down from the mountain where Jesus’ glory was revealed. The retreat is over; the revelation has been experienced. It is now time to get back to the mission. What do they encounter? A chaotic crowd has gathered around the disciples including scribes present....
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 5 | Jesus Only | Matthew 17: 1-13
In Chapter 16 Jesus has been teaching His disciples about His identity as “the Christ, the Son of the Living God” and He will build His church that will be victorious. Yet, He has to go to Jerusalem, suffer at the hands of the religious elite, be killed, AND rise again. Those who follow him will...
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 4 | Dying Like Jesus
Jesus’ ministry and teaching make a significant shift as He reveals more details about the specifics of His mission of salvation for His people. He intentionally focuses on private instruction of His closest disciples than large public sermons. Jesus’ path will include pain and death. Likewise…
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 3 | Jesus Builds | Matthew 16:13-20
Jesus teaches, heals, performs miracles, revealing Himself to the world. Jesus has been meeting opposition from the Pharisees and Sadducees, specifically about His divine identity. Despite intense and organized opposition, Jesus’ Kingdom continues to advance. While Jesus spends little effort...
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Kingdom Revealed | Wk 2 | Opposition Revealed | Matthew 16:1-12
Jesus constantly faces great opposition from multiple fronts. His teaching challenges arbitrary man-made laws. His identity confronts the reality we are not God. Both upset those who want to remain the hero of their own stories and reject Jesus as the Messiah. Jesus rebukes His disingenuous...
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Kingdom Revealed | Week 1 | Defining Defilement | Matthew 15: 1-20
Jesus teaches, Jesus heals, Jesus performs miracles, but above all Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lord, in all that He says and does He is revealing Himself to the world. Jesus is also savior of His people; he will consistently point his people to the height of his mission, the cross....
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Part 3 | Our Identity, Mission, and Practice
Today as we close this series out, we are going to simply attempt to answer the questions “who are we?” and “Why do we exist?” “What do we do?” both individually and collectively as a church. We are saved by Jesus' work, changed by Jesus' grace, and living on Jesus' mission. Mercy Fellowship…
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Part 2 | Fellowship is...
What does” Fellowship” mean? Fellowship – Def. association of common interest. Weak. Greek is Koinonia - Rich word. It refers to a participation and communion with God and His people sharing, contributing for a common purpose. A "Fellowship" is a group of people brought together for a purpose. In...
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Part I | Mercy is…
At Mercy Fellowship we are Saved by Jesus’ Work, Changed by Jesus’ Grace , and Living on Jesus’s Mission. We want to be rooted in our identity & scripture, not reactionary to current events or culture. In the Bible, the concept of "Mercy" is not getting the just consequence we have earned as a...
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Resolved to Run | Hebrews 12: 1-13
We are not a satisfied people. We know we’re not the best version of ourselves. We want more. We want to be different that we currently are. We are driven by our desires. Our deepest desires will always overcome our efforts of self-discipline. So we need to be Resolved. To be Resolved is to…
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Advent Week 4 | Joy
We experience joy, and enjoyment when we respond to things outside of us. Yet a definition of joy only being a response is bit incomplete because we will just keep pursuing the next thing that brings us pleasure and we’ll always run away from pain as fast as we can. A life lived this way will…
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Advent Week 3 | Peace
Peace (Shalom/Eirene) is more than the absence of conflict. It is completeness, wholeness. A state in which there is more than nothing clearly wrong but everything being completely right. We instinctively know the difference, even if naively we like to hope when there is no conflict there is…
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Advent Week 2 | Love
Advent Week 2 | Love | Guest speaker Carl DeyArmin shares how God's affection for us is proved by His actions towards us.
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Psalms | Soundtrack for our Souls | Psalm 73 | Moved By Glory
Asaph answers comparison and cynicism with praise and worship.
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Divided Kingdom | Week 7 | Sinking Without Jesus
There was not much time for the disciples to savor and celebrate the miraculous feeding of the thousands. Mission meets people in the wilderness and then continues to advance even in a storm.
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Welcome to the Mercy Fellowship Sermon Podcast. We are church serving Snohomish County in Washington State. Lead Pastor Christopher Rich.At Mercy Fellowship we are:Saved by Jesus' Work.Changed by Jesus' Grace.Living on Jesus' Mission. We exists to Make Disciples of Jesus Christ who Love God and Love People. Web: mrcy.lifeSocials: @mrcy.life
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