Ultimate Outcomes is a non-profit organization founded on the fruit of the 30-plus years Pastor Richard Elwell and his wife Marty spent in church ministry, developing sermons and Bible studies that would help their congregants discern and apply God’s truth. Richard was a firm believer that the outcomes in our lives result from what ideas we believe and follow.
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To know what good is, is to be able to make distinctions. Everything is confusing in life if we can't make distinctions. God, wants to make sure that his dear children, his spiritual children don't make life's most fundamental mistake and confuse who the true God is with idols. Is knowing who the true God is, life's most fundamental distinction? Support the show
Have you ever wondered whether Jesus is truly present today, not just a figure from history, but someone you can actually know and experience right now? In this message from 1 John 5:20, we explore what John means when he says the Son of God "has come" and why the original Greek puts that verb in the present tense. Jesus didn't come and leave. He came to stay. Through this passage, we discover two…
What is the right response when you see, one of your fellow Christians messing up what's the right thing to do when you see, a brother or sister in Christ that's, doing something wrong or something sinful? What is the most valuable and the most loving thing that we can do to help out a brother or a sister who's falling into moral failure? What exactly does God want us to do? What should we do?…
What is your experience with God like? How have you experienced him and what is your experience with him, like? Is our experience with God, and relating to God more like relating to a theoretical idea? Or is our experience with God actually, touching the eternal? Do we really have, an experiential knowledge of God, or do we just have ideas about him in the abstract? Support the show
Has everything that you've put your faith in is everything that you have believed in actually, turned out to be true in your life? Has everything that we have put our faith in turned out to be, reliable? What happens to us, when we believe in what turns out to be a lie? What happens to us when we believe what turns out to be true? Is what we put our faith in a determiner of the condition, or…
Why do we love? And where does our ability to love actually come from? In this message from 1 John 4:19–21, we discover that all love begins with God. His love is not merely an example for us to follow, it is the very foundation of reality and the source of every act of goodness. Because God first loved us, we are able to love Him and love others. This sermon explores how God’s preceding love…
Fear is something everyone experiences... but what if God’s love is the answer to overcoming it? In this message from 1 John 4:13–18, we explore the relationship between fear and love and discover how the gospel transforms our perspective on both. While the fear of God can be the beginning of wisdom, it is not meant to be the end of our journey. Through the cross of Jesus Christ, God provides…
Why did God send His Son into the world? What was His ultimate purpose in such a costly act of love? In this message from 1 John 4:7–12, we explore one of the most profound truths in Scripture: God is love. More than an emotion, biblical love is goodness in action, God continually working for the benefit of His creation. This sermon reveals that God's love reaches its intended purpose when it…
How do we know what's true in a world filled with competing voices, opinions, and spiritual claims? In this message from 1 John 4:1–6, we explore the biblical call to “test the spirits” and develop spiritual discernment. The sermon emphasizes that our lives are shaped by the ideas we believe, making spiritual truth more important than ever. Using Jesus Christ as the ultimate standard of truth, we…
What is love, really? In this message from 1 John 3:16–24, we explore the biblical definition of love and discover that love is far more than a feeling or emotion. According to Scripture, love is sacrificial action. Looking to the cross of Jesus Christ as the ultimate example, this sermon challenges us to move beyond words and affection toward selfless service that benefits others, even when it…