How Can We See Revival in the Valley? -- Matthew 9:35-38 - Dr. Rich Danson

Don't Throw Away Your Confidence -- Hebrews 10:31-38 - Pastor Rick Soto

Don't Throw Away Your Confidence - Pastor Rick Soto SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: Primary: Hebrews 10:31-38 Supporting: Genesis 35:5, 2 Chronicles 17:9, Acts 5:11, Matthew 3:15, John 1:38, John 3, John 5:6, John 5:47 MESSAGE SUMMARY: Finishing out Hebrews 10, Pastor Rick builds the case that true confidence in God is inseparable from the fear of the Lord. Using free climber Alex Honnold as an illustration, he reframes fear not as terror but as the highest form of respect, the kind that produces unstoppable people. Drawing on three Old Testament examples where the fear of the Lord fell on surrounding nations, he shows that this posture toward God is a power key for the church. The heart of the message lands on three principles of confidence: knowing who you are, accepting who you are, and being who you are, illustrated through both Jesus and John the Baptist at the Jordan. The message closes with Jesus asking four questions that anchor faith and draw people to himself. MAJOR THEMES: * Fear of the Lord as reverence, respect, and awe rather than terror * Confidence rooted in the fear of the Lord, not in self-reliance * Three principles of godly confidence: knowing, accepting, and being who you are * Endurance as a product of confidence in where you are going * Faith as the normal operating mode of every human life * Jesus walking in your heart the same way he once walked in Galilee   Most people think confidence and fear are opposites. In Hebrews 10, they are the same thing. In this message, Pastor Rick Soto finishes out Hebrews 10 with a teaching on what it actually means to fear the Lord, and why that fear is the foundation of genuine, unshakeable confidence. Using free climber Alex Honnold as a window into what it looks like to respect something greater than yourself, Pastor Rick shows how this posture toward God produces people who are, as the text puts it, absolutely unstoppable. Three principles anchor the message: knowing who you are, accepting who you are, and being who you are. Jesus and John the Baptist at the Jordan River become a masterclass in all three. The sermon closes with four questions Jesus asks in the Gospels that he is still asking today. This is part three from Hebrews 10. Start with Draw Near and Lines Not to Cross for the full arc. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com.

Lines Not to Cross - Pastor Rick Soto

Lines Not to Cross - Pastor Rick Soto Primary: Hebrews 10:26-29 Supporting: 2 Timothy 2:15, Philippians 1:21, Galatians 2:20, Matthew 4:19, Matthew 14:22, Revelation 2:4, Luke 7:41-48, Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 3:7, Hebrews 5:11, Hebrews 6, Hebrews 12:15 MESSAGE SUMMARY: Part two of the sacred space series, following directly from Hebrews 10:19-25. Pastor Rick turns to the warnings in Hebrews 10:26-29, making the case that God draws lines not to restrict but to protect. The passage addresses three specific acts of rejection: trampling underfoot the Son of God, profaning the blood of the covenant, and outraging the Spirit of grace, a Trinitarian rejection of the gospel that the text calls apostasy. Pastor Rick is careful to clarify this is not primarily about moral sin but about heart posture, whether Christ remains your first love. Drawing on the church at Ephesus, Peter walking on water, and the woman who loved much, the consistent pastoral answer is a single phrase: eyes on me. MAJOR THEMES: * God's warnings are acts of love, not condemnation * Apostasy as a Trinitarian rejection of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit * Heart posture over moral performance, first love as the real issue * "Eyes on me" as the antidote to drift, doubt, and rebellion * The power of God versus the power of man * Following Christ versus following your own heart, way, or rules * The kingdom of God clashing with the kingdom of man SHOW NOTES: There are lines in life you do not cross. God put them there for your good. In part two from Hebrews 10, Pastor Rick Soto preaches from verses 26 through 29, taking on the serious warnings woven throughout the book of Hebrews. The text is direct: deliberately trampling underfoot the Son of God, dismissing the blood of the covenant, and outraging the Spirit of grace are not things to take lightly. But this passage is not primarily about a list of moral failures. It goes deeper. Jesus' concern for the church at Ephesus was not their doctrine or their deeds. It was that they had left their first love. That is what is on the table here. The answer is simple and consistent: eyes on me. Whatever you are facing, whatever line you have been tempted to cross, God is calling you back to himself, back to the place of his power, his grace, and his presence. This is a part two message. Listen to last week's episode first for the full foundation. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com.

The Power of Sacred Space - Pastor Rick Soto

The Power Of Sacred Space - Pastor Rick Soto - Hebrews 10:19-25 The cross doesn't just forgive you. It gives you access. In this message, Pastor Rick Soto unpacks Hebrews 10:19-25 to show that the invitation of the gospel goes further than the removal of sin. Through the blood of Jesus and his role as great high priest, you are now welcomed into a sacred space with God, a place of healing, identity, hope, and strength. Drawing from the "let us" outline in Hebrews 10, Pastor Rick walks through three anchors for the Christian life: draw near, hold fast, and stir one another up. He speaks directly to the growing loss of hope in younger generations and calls the church to actively cultivate real hope together, not wishful thinking, but a confident trust in the promises and presence of God. This message closes with a pastoral call to vulnerability and prayer. If you need hope, this one is for you. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com.

Once for All -- Hebrews 10:1-18 - Jeff Clay

Once for All -- Hebrews 10:1-18 - Jeff Clay The old sacrificial system was never meant to save anyone. It was meant to teach. Every animal brought to the altar was a reminder of sin, and a pointer toward the one sacrifice that would actually settle the debt once and for all. In Hebrews 10, Jeff Clay shows how the author builds an airtight case for the supremacy of Christ as the perfect high priest. He traces a remarkable pre-incarnate conversation between Jesus and the Father, drawn from Psalm 40 a thousand years before the cross, in which Jesus says with eagerness and joy: here I am, I have come to do your will. The priests in the old system never sat down. There were no chairs in the tabernacle because the work was never finished. Jesus sat down at the right hand of God. It is done. This is part of our ongoing series through the book of Hebrews. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com.

How Can We See Revival in the Valley? -- Matthew 9:35-38 - Dr. Rich Danson

How Can We See Revival in the Valley? -- Matthew 9:35-38 - Dr. Rich Danson Revival does not start with an event. It starts with a heartbeat. In Matthew 9, Jesus looked at the crowds and was moved with compassion, and that compassion is exactly where Dr. Rich Danson begins this message on what it would take to see genuine revival in the Santa Ynez Valley. Drawing on his own conversion during the Calvary Chapel revival in South Orange County, a conversation with a Superior Court judge sentencing 136 people a day, and the promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14, Dr. Danson makes a personal and urgent case. The harvest is plentiful. The laborers are few. And the church is the answer, if the church is willing to get clean, get praying, and get out into the world as ambassadors for Christ. For more information and service times, visit ranchchurch.com.