Mariposa Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Mariposa Baptist Church
The Church’s greatest ability to demonstrate God’s power is afforded them in suffering. Pray for strength for that time!
Baptist Catechism Q&A#21:
Q: Into what condition did the fall bring mankind?
A: The fall brought mankind into a condition of sin and misery.
Memory Passage: Ephesians 2:1-3
The gift of God’s grace is granted to believers with a purpose that will often be met with opposition. Believers are to faithfully proclaim the gospel trusting in the power of God to transfer hearts. When difficulty comes, His Word is sufficient for the eternal preservation of His servants who pursue standing on the truth, seeking the salvation of undeserving sinners, and displaying the glory of God among the people.
How do we determine how to apply obeying God or Men? Article by Ben Purves about Small Pox: https://founders.org/author/ben-purves/
God’s power is on display in His church to establish a distinct people. We are not called to attract the world to us, but to be a peculiar people set apart from the world. God will move through His ordinary means to accomplish His purposes through His ordinary people.
Man’s original Declaration of Independence was signed in Genesis 3. The fruit of this independence was felt immediately and subsequently throughout history, even to this day.
We are called together on purpose. If we are to pursue a faithful biblical church, we will do so 1)With One Community 2) With One Heart 3) With One Passion & 4) With One Voice.
The Wonders of God always point to the Word of God! Healing is never the goal of Faith. God’s wonders seek to Exalt Jesus and Expose the true object of faith. Faith in Christ is rooted in the Knowledge of the Gospel and leads to serving the glory of God.
Luke provides an initial glimpse of the birth of the church.
The foundational elements:
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Doctrine
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Biblical Fellowship
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Remembrance of the Gospel
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Prayer
Baptist Catechism #17 Questions: Did our first parents continue in the glad obedience for which they were created? Answer: No, but desiring to be like God, our first parents forsook the obedience of faith, ate of the forbidden tree, sinned against God, and fell from the innocence in which they were created.
When we hear the Word of God preached, we must all ask the question, “What shall I do?"
Peter gives a Scriptural defense of the events of Pentecost and provides hope that God will decisively act during these last days to save a people for Himself.
While the Message of the Gospel is powerful to save, the Messenger and the Means are significant factors to which believers are responsible to consider as they seek to proclaim the truth of God’s Word.
The Law of God unveils the desperate state of human depravity pointing us to our desperate need for rescue. God’s perfect plan of rescue in Christ grants us a new desire to live for His glory by the power of the indwelling Spirit.
From the beginning, God’s promise to Abraham had Christ as the ultimate goal. The Law never replaced or changed the promise and was always a temporary guide. Faith in God’s promise has and always will be the only means to gain a right relationship with God.