Home: The Gospel Narrative of Belonging
Every human heart carries a restlessness that comfort, community, and achievement never quite cure. Genesis shows us why: we were made for perfect shalom with God, with one another, and with creation, and sin shattered all of it. But the Bible does not leave us there. Across five sermons, Scripture traces the remarkable story of a God who pursues His exiled people through covenant promise, through Jesus becoming the ultimate outsider cast beyond the city gates, and through the church as a foretaste of what is still to come. Revelation 21 brings the journey home, unveiling a renewed creation where God dwells with His people and every longing is finally, fully met.
That ache for home you cannot name points to something real: you were made for perfect rest with God, and Jesus is bringing you there.
Sin entered the world and brought restlessness, broken relationships, and exile from God. Yet through Christ, the old is passing away and a new creation is breaking in.
God has always promised His people a place to belong, a people to be part of, and His presence to dwell with them. Through Jesus, that home has begun to take shape in the church.
Jesus became the ultimate exile so we could find our way home. Knowing this transforms how we live as joyful strangers in a world that was never meant to be our final destination.
What keeps you going through life's hardest moments? The promise of a restored creation where God dwells with His people transforms how we face today's struggles.