SJCC Online Worship 9:30am; Unchained; Pressing On

This message explores how true, unchained joy is rooted not in our achievements, status, or spiritual performance, but in what we receive through Christ. Using the image of a passport, the sermon challenges believers to examine where their identity and citizenship truly lie, whether in self-effort or in the grace of Christ. Paul’s testimony reframes all personal accomplishments as loss compared to the surpassing worth of knowing Jesus, calling us to embrace righteousness by faith and a deeper relationship with Him. This joy then compels us forward, pressing on with purpose, leaving behind past failures and successes alike, and living as citizens of heaven with confident hope in Christ’s return and transformation.