Grace Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Pastor John Koletas
Esther 4:10-14King James Version10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Psalm 19:8King James Version8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Luke 1:37-38King James Version37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Job 22:29King James Version29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
2 Timothy 3:10King James Version10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2 Timothy 1:7-8King James Version7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
2 Thessalonians 3:1010 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
2 Corinthians 6:17King James Version17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
Psalm 1:33 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Psalm 138:22 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Corinthians 4:55 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Psalm 12:6-7King James Version6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Genesis 18:1414 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Luke 14:16-2016 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
Ecclesiastes 3:44 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
August 10, 2025 SM
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
August 3, 2025 SM
Romans 5:1Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
April 27, 2025 SM
John 3:18He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
April 27, 2025 ABS
Revelation 14:6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
April 6, 2025 SM
Luke 1:1-21 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
April 6, 2025 ABS
Exodus 6:1-8Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land.2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord:3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.4 And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:7 And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
April 6, 2025 SM
2 Timothy 2:24-2524 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
April 6, 2025 ABS
2 Thessalonians 2:10-1210 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
March 30, 2025 SM
Mark 9:23-2423 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
March 30, 2025 ABS
Amos 3:1-31 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
March 23, 2025 SM
Galatians 3:10For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
March 23, 2025 ABS
Leviticus 25:10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
March 16, 2025 SM
Proverbs 27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
March 16, 2025 ABS
Psalm 68:6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
March 9, 2025 SM
Isaiah 62:4 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
March 2, 2025 SM
1 Peter 4:17 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
March 2, 2025 ABS
Ephesians 4:16 - From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
March 9, 2025 ABS
James 2:23 - And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
February 23, 2025 ABS
Eccl 9:8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
February 23, 2025 SM
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
February 16, 2025 SM
2 Samuel 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.
February 16, 2025 ABS
I Samuel 9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
February 9, 2025 ABS
Ecclesiastes 7:20 King James VersionFor there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
February 9, 2025 SM
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
February 2, 2025 ABS
Luke 14:12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
February 2, 2025 SM
James 4:14 King James VersionWhereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
January 26, 2024 SM
II Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
January 19, 2024 SM
Leviticus 25:10And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
January 12, 2024 SM
Romans 12:1-12I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
January 5, 2024 SM
John 1:10-1310 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
January 5, 2024 SM
Colossians 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
December 29, 2024 SM
Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
December 22, 2024 SM
Isaiah 9:6-76 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
December 15, 2024 SM
Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
December 8, 2024 SM
Job 28:28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
December 1, 2024 SM
Psalm 85:9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
November 24, 2024 SM
Psalm 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
November 17, 2024 SM
Ecclesiastes 12:13Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
November 10, 2024 SM
Isaiah 51:12-1312) I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; 13) And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
November 3, 2024 SM
Proverbs 29:The fear of man bringeth a snare: But whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
October 27, 2024 SM
Hebrews 11:6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
October 20, 2024 SM
Romans 14:1Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
October 13, 2024 SM
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
October 6, 2024 SM
Mark 9:23-24King James Version23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
September 15, 2024SM
Matthew 14:30-3230 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
September 8, 2024 SM
Nehemiah 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
August 26, 2024 SM
I Timothy 3:15But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
August 18, 2024 SM
Psalm 23The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
August 18, 2024 SM
Ecclesiastes 7:17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
August 18, 2024 SM
I John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
July 28, 2024SM
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
March 10, 2024SM
Matthew 7:1-5 (KJV)7 Judge not, that ye be not judged.2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
January 9, 2022 ABS
1 Thessalonians 4:17 (KJV)
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
January 9, 2022 SM
John 3:16 (KJV)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
January 2, 2022 ABS
Jeremiah 7:9(KJV)
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
January 2, 2022 SM
Hebrews 12:15 (KJV)
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
November 1, 2020 SM
Luke 7:5 (KJV)
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
October 11, 2020 SM
Isaiah 1:18 (KJV)
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
September 27, 2020 SM
Genesis 3:15 (KJV) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
September 6, 2020 SM
Matthew 24:12(KJV) And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
August 23, 2020 SM
James 4:14 (KJV) Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
August 9, 2020 SM
Acts 14:1-2 (KJV) 14 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
July 26, 2020 SM
John 15:22(KJV) If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
July 19, 2020 SM
I Timothy 4:1(KJV) Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
June 14, 2020 ABS
Deuteronomy 32:7 (KJV) Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
June 14, 2020 SM
Isaiah 9:16 (KJV) For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
June 7, 2020
Daniel 4:27 King James Version (KJV) “Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.”
May 24, 2020
Psalm 51:5 King James Version (KJV) 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
May 24, 2020
Deuteronomy 23:21-23 King James Version (KJV) 21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
May 17, 2020
James 4:14 King James Version (KJV) For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
May 10, 2020
Exodus 20:12 King James Version (KJV) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
May 3, 2020
2 Thessalonians 2:11 K (KJV) And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
April 26, 2020
Ecclesiastes 7:29 (KJV) Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
April 19, 2020
Ephesians 6:12 King James Version (KJV) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
April 5, 2020
Revelation 3:1-5 (KJV) 3 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
April 5, 2020
Matthew 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
Matthew 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
Matthew 26: 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
March 29, 2020
Matthew 20:15 (KJV) Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
March 15, 2020
1 Corinthians 10:1-4 (KJV) 10 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
March 1, 2020 (ABS)
Ephesians 5:24-26 (KJV) 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
March 1, 2020 (ABS)
Ephesians 5:24-26 (KJV) 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
February 23, 2020 (ABS)
John 1:1 (KJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
February 16, 2020 (SM)
Matthew 5:48 (KJV) Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
February 16, 2020 (ABS)
Matthew 5:48 (KJV) Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
February 9, 2020 (SM)
Psalm 103 (KJV) 1Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
February 2, 2020 (SM)
Psalm 4:1 (KJV) Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
January 26, 2020 (SM)
Matthew 12:35( KJV) A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
January 12, 2020 (SM)
John 14:1 (KJV) Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
January 12, 2020 (SM)
Acts 20:25-31 (KJV)
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
January 5, 2020 (SM)
Jeremiah 17:9 (KJV)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
December 29, 2019 (SM)
Hosea 10:2 (KJV)
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
December8, 2019 (SM)
John 1:12 , Revelation 3:20 (KJV)
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
November 24, 2019 (SM)
Genesis 22:2 (KJV) And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
November 17, 2019 (SM)
Genesis 2:7 (KJV) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
November 10, 2019 (SM)
Matthew 7:7 (KJV) 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
November 3, 2019 (SM)
Matthew 7:7 (KJV) 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
October 27, 2019 (SM)
Matthew 7:7 (KJV) 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
October 20, 2019 (SM)
Ephesians 4:14-15 (KJV) That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
October 13, 2019 (SM)
Exodus 20:16 (KJV) 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
October 6, 2019 (SM)
Exodus 20:16 (KJV) 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
September 29, 2019 (SM)
Exodus 20:16 (KJV) 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
September 22, 2019 (SM)
Matthew 4:4 (KJV) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
September 15, 2019 (SM)
2 Peter 1:19 (KJV) 19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
September 9, 2019 (SM)
2 Timothy 2:24-26 (KJV) 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
September 1, 2019 (SM)
Galatians 6:3 (KJV) For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
August 25, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Lamentations 1:12
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
August 18, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): I Cor 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
August 11, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Psalm 38:5
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
August 4, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
July 28, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
July 21, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Proverbs 13:10
Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
July 14, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Proverbs 16:5
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
July 7, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): John 5:17-18
17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
June 30, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
June 23, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
June 1, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): I Kings 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
June 6, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Luke 10:20 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
May 19, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
May 19, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Galatians 5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
May 19, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Eccl 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
May 12, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Genesis 2:18-23 18 And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man
May 5, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): 2 Corinthians 7:10
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
April 21, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV):Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
April 21, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 14:6 - - He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/04.21.19ABS_Anti-Catholicism.mp3
April 21, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV):1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/04.21.19SM_One.mp3
April 14, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): Amos 5:21 - - I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/04.14.19ABS_God_Hates_Palm_Sunday_Easter_and_Christmas.mp3
April 14, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV):1 Corinthians 8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/04.14.19SM_Evil-Affected_Thinking(Repentance_Part6).mp3
April 7, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 3:3-4 3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? 4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
April 7, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): John 6:28-29 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
March 24, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): John 1:12-13 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
March 31, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): 2 Corinthians 10:7 - Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? if any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
March 24, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): Luke 24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
March 24, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Mark 1:14-15 14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03.24.19%20SM_Repentance_Part3.mp3
March 17, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): 2 Timothy 2:24-26 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
March 10, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): 2 Timothy 2:24-26 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03.17.19SM_Repentance_Part2.mp3
March 10, 2019 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
March 10, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Matthew 3:1-2 3 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
March 3, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03.03.19SM_No_Excuse.mp3
February 24, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Isaiah 9:16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/02.24.19SM_Blacks_Are_Cursed.mp3
February 17, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Matthew 27:25 - Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/02.17.19SM_Jews_Are_Cursed.mp3
February 10, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): I Corinthians 1:18-31
18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/02_10_10_Greeks_Are_Cursed.mp3
February 3, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Psalm 97:10
Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/02.03.19SM_A_Love,_Hate_Relationship.mp3
January 27, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): I Peter 2:1-3
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/01.27.19SM_Babes_In_Christ.mp3
January 20, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): II Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/01.20.19SM_Survival_of_the_Weakest.mp3
January 13, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Exodus 32:26
Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/01.13.19SM_Whose_Side_Are_You_On.mp3
January 6, 2019 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/01.06.19SM_What_I_Have_Learned_From_Splitting_Wood.mp3
December 30, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Psalm 38:18
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/12.30.18SM_Being_Sorry.mp3
November 25, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): 1 Timothy 6:13-16
13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/11.25.18SM_Immortality.mp3
November 18, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): 1 Corinthians 12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/11.18.18SM_The_Church_Body.mp3
July 1, 2018 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/07.22.18ABS_Baptism_in_the_Bible.mp3
July 8, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Psalm 51:12
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/07.08.18SM_The_Joy_of_Thy_Salvation.mp3
July 1, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Nehemiah 12:43
43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/07.01.18SM_The_Joy_of_Church.mp3
June 24, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Genesis 16:9
And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Sermon: http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/06.24.18SM_Return.mp3
June 17, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): John 15:11
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
June 10, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): I Peter 1:6-9
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Sermon Archive: http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/06.10.18SM_The_Joy_of_Salvation.mp3
March 18, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 8:28 - And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
March 18, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Romans 12:9 - Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
March 11, 2018 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Jude 21 -- Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
March 4, 2018 Adult Bible Study
Bible Text(KJV):1 Timothy 4:1 - Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
March 4, 2018
Bible Text (KJV): 1 John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03.04.18SM_God_is_Love.mp3
February 25, 2018
Bible Text(KJV): Ecclesiastes 7:8 - Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
February 18, 2018
Bible Text (KJV): Psalm 119:165
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
February 11, 2018
Bible Text (KJV):Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
February 4, 2018
Bible Text (KJV):Nehemiah 8:9-12
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
January 28, 2018
Bible Text (KJV): 1 Corinthians 15:1-4
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
January 28, 2018
Bible Text (KJV): 2 Corinthians 1:15-20
15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
January 21, 2018
Bible Text (KJV):Matthew 6:5-8
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
January 14, 2018
Bible Text (KJV): John 6:35-37,45:
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
January 7, 2018
Bible Text (KJV): Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
June 9, 2013 (ABS)
Bible Text (KJV): 2 Peter 3:9 - The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/06_09_13_ABS_Repentance.mp3
July 9, 2006 (SE)
Bible Text (KJV): Philippians 2:20 - For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.
September 12, 2001
The day after 9/11
Deuteronomy 32:24 (KJV) They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
1 Thessalonians 5:3 (KJV) For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
March 4, 2001 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Proverbs 24:16 - For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03_04_01SM_Do_Not_Quit.mp3
March 15, 1998 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): John 13:21 - When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03.15.98SM_Troubled_In_Spirit.mp3
March 8, 1998 (SM)
Bible Text (KJV): Ruth 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03_08_98SM_Come_Back_Home.mp3
March 14, 1993 (SM)
Text Verse: 1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV) Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
http://gbctroyny.com/audiofiles/03.14.93SM_Seven_Things_I_Would_Die_For.mp3