Sermon
How to Change
Harris Creek Baptist Church
Speaker: John Elmore
June 8, 2026 · 40 min
Identity in ChristJesus / ChristologyIdolatrySanctificationGenesis 32:22–32Genesis 32:24–281 Corinthians 6:9–11
Summary
Through Jacob's wrestling encounter with Jesus in Genesis 32, the preacher demonstrates how Christ pursues sinners to demand surrender, transform identity from deceiver to Israel, and make His redemptive work—not human achievement—the believer's testimony.
Highlights
An idol will give you what you want because it's you that it wants.
Christ wants your surrender to set you free, not to control you but to free you.
Jesus saves sinners and he has no grandchildren. Every single person has to make a decision.