Sovereign Grace Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
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In this sermon Pastor Jeff Massey explains from Scripture how the local church is to be organized and what it`s primary work is to be.
In this sermon, pastor Allen McCauley shows how Jesus casting out demons was not only a pronouncement of His power and authority, but also the ushering in of His Kingdom.
In this sermon Pastor Kevin Wilson makes observations and applications from Jesus calming the storm recorded in Matthew 8.
In this sermon, Pastor Kevin Wilson explains what Jesus meant when He taught that eternal life is possible only by entering through the narrow gate.
In this sermon Pastor Kevin Wilson teaches how God is ready, willing, and able to bless His people by faithfully answering their prayers that reflect His goodness and grace.
In this sermon, Pastor Allen McCauley explains why believers should be confident and not anxious about the future.
In this sermon, pastor Mark Landers explains the warning from Jesus about the dangers of hypocrisy in performing religious acts in public.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey concludes his brief exposition of the Lord`s Prayer recorded in the Gospel of Matthew.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey continues his exposition of the Lord`s prayer found in the Gospel of Matthew.
In this sermon pastor Jeff Massey explained how to understand what Jesus meant when teaching us to pray for our daily bread.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey continues his exposition of the Lord`s Prayer found in the Gospel of Matthew.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey provides a practical introduction to the Lord`s Prayer in Chapter 6 of the Gospel of Matthew.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains how the instructions by Jesus regarding public and private prayer is closely tied to true and false piety.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson explains how God`s people are to be salt and light in the earth in order to glorify God and not ourselves.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson shows from the Sermon on the Mount, what true love looks like and how true love is radically different from how the world defines it.
In this sermon pastor Allen McCauley explains how what Jesus says regarding oaths illustrates the Holiness of God and requires that we always approach God in thought or word with all humility and reverence.
In this sermon, pastor Allen McCauley explains how the sanctity of marriage is at the heart of what Jesus says regarding divorce.
In this sermon, pastor Mark Landers explains how what Jesus teaches about lust in Matthew 5:27-30 is connected with what comes in the following verses about marriage.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey provides an overview of the "Sermon on the Mount" and shows how it follows the overarching themes of "Kingdom, Fulfillment, and Mission" in the Gospel of Matthew.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson details different aspects of Christ`s earthly ministry, and shows how Jesus continues to do the same powerful and redemptive work today.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson discusses some of the implications of following Jesus, and what it means to be His disciple.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson considers the circumstances of the beginning of the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ and discusses how repentance is an integral part of the Christian life.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson examines Luke 8:26-39 to show what the appropriate response to Jesus Christ is, and what saving faith looks like in the life of the believer.
In this sermon, pastor Allen McCauley finishes the three-part examination of the Temptation of Jesus and discusses how Christ`s triumph over Satan in the wilderness, proved Christ to be the true Prophet, Priest, and King, worthy of all praise, worship, and adoration.
In this sermon, pastor Allen McCauley explains that just as Satan attempted to tempt Christ into not trusting God by calling into question God`s Word, so will he attempt to lead the believer in Christ astray in the same way.
In this sermon, pastor Allen McCauley explained how Jesus being led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, was a necessary part of the Lord fulfilling His gospel promise made in the garden, to crush the head of the serpent.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains how the baptism of Jesus marked the beginning of His earthly ministry.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains that when John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness it was proof that God was not done speaking, and that his message of repentance was preparing the way for Jesus Christ to usher in the Kingdom of God, in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains how the mystery of the Incarnation is something we should stand in awe of, rather than something we should rationalize or attempt to pry into.
In this sermon, pastor Mark Landers concludes his exposition of the genealogy of Jesus found in the Gospel of Matthew.
In this sermon, pastor Mark Landers continues his exposition of the genealogy in Matthew`s gospel, and further discusses how the Kingdom that Jesus ushered in was not expected.
In this sermon, pastor Mark Landers begins our exposition of the Gospel of Matthew and shows how even the genealogy demonstrates how the Messiah ushered in the Kingdom of God in an unexpected way.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey identifies the three major themes that we will see play out in Matthew`s Gospel: Kingdom, Fulfillment, and Mission.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains how the book of Malachi and the prophecy's contained in it, begin to be fulfilled with the earthly ministry of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This will become more and more clear as we begin our exposition of Matthew in January of 2025.
In this sermon pastor Jeff Massey explains how the Lord rebuked the people in Malachi`s day for worshiping Him in disingenuous ways, but promised that if they would simply return to Him, He would return to them. Nevertheless, the Lord will purify for Himself a people that will worship Him in Spirit and Truth.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff reminded our congregation about the great need for godly men and faithful leaders in the church today.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains how the Book of Malachi is fundamental in understanding the Gospel of Matthew. This is the first sermon in a series through Malachi that will serve as an introduction to the upcoming exposition of Matthew.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson concludes his series on evangelism by examining the life and ministry of the Apostle Paul.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson preaches the first of three messages where he teaches what true discipleship is, and how the church is fully dependent upon Christ to fulfill the great commission.
In this sermon, pastor Kevin Wilson explains the most important aspect of the great commission of the church.
In this sermon, pastor Jeff Massey explains how the people of God should pray earnestly for their leaders, so that they might be men fervently bound to obey their conscience in service to Christ.
In this week`s sermon, pastor Jeff Massey continues in our exposition through the Book of Hebrews. He teaches from the text, that when the people of God respond and obey the Word of God, it produces joy in lives of pastors and ministers.
In this sermon, Pastor Jeff Massey explains how Christians today are to offer spiritual sacrifices to God through their speech, actions, and relationships.
In this sermon Pastor Mark Landers explains what it means as Christians to go outside of the camp to worship Christ.
Paul's purpose is to change the understanding that Roman Christians have as to who is significant and who is not significant in the life of the church. All believers in Christ's church have a role to play and it is Christ who determines those roles. He does so by distributing spiritual gifts- gifts which are to be used for the benefit of the church.
Having begun to reform the Roman Christian's ideas on significance in the Christian society toward the use of spiritual gifts, Paul now turns to specific actions that undergird the use of these gifts. All these actions are rooted in the Old Testament command expressed as 'love your neighbor as yourself'. Paul's appeal is that a genuine love for other Christians results in specific expressions and results in sober thinking within the church.
Paul begins the conclusion of his letter to the Romans by laying out the most profound consequence of all his arguments - to worship God in -spirit and in truth-, we must become the holy objects of that worship. God's very presence with His people must lead to profound and comprehensive reformation of the mind, our relationships and indeed all aspects of our life.
Having carefully set forth in Romans, Chapter 11, the wise ways of God in his redemptive purposes for both Israel and the Gentiles, Paul offers a doxology of praise for the incomprehensibility of God's counsel. In this doxology of praise, Paul seems overwhelmed not only by the scope of God's saving plan but by the riches of the grace and mercy that God has displayed- Truly, there is none so wise, gracious, and merciful as God, and his ways and judgments are beyond our capacity to comprehend and to judge. Therefore, our solemn duties as His creatures and His children are to submit to Him in all things and to extend to Him glory forever.
Throughout this chapter, Paul has been explaining the reasons for Israel's failure to obtain what she should have been seeking by faith. Now in verses 25-32, Paul stresses that the mystery as to why Israel faltered has been revealed through the coming of the gospel. In the arrival of the glorious gospel, God has not only revealed that his redemptive purposes will stand, but that he will demonstrate mercy to all of his covenant people, both Israelites and Gentiles.
In this section of Romans 11, Paul offers us a greater and fuller perspective of God's purpose for calling the Gentiles to participate in the root and the fatness of God's gracious salvation. The fact that Gentiles have been called to participate in these privileges should not be a source of high-mindedness to them, but a perfect opportunity for them to express genuine gratitude for God's great goodness and to demonstrate true diligence in taking their participation in salvation seriously.
While the fall of Israel has been a source of great sorrow, Paul assures us that it has also been a source of great blessing for Christ's Church at large, and for the Gentiles in particular. Through the fall of Israel, the riches of grace have been manifested to the Gentiles, and through the diminishing of Israel, God's blessings upon the Gentiles have been displayed. Thus, God's purpose in provoking Israel to jealousy has been successful and the goal of reconciling all men, both Jews and Gentiles, with God has been furthered through the proclamation of the Gospel.
Given the disobedient and contrary ways of Israel, some were questioning whether God had rejected his people and had withdrawn his covenant promises to them through Abraham. However, in this section of Romans 11, Paul assures his readers that God had not rejected his people whom He foreknew. Rather, God in His wisdom had reserved for His own glory a remnant, chosen by sovereign grace, who would receive the grace of salvation. In fact, Paul was a member of that remnant and he humbly points to himself as proof that God is graciously fulfilling his promises through Christ.
Not only are we called to confess and believe the gospel, but we are also called to preach it. And yet, there can be no preaching of the gospel and no conversions among sinners unless men are called and sent by God to proclaim it. Thus, in our commitment to God's message and God's means for salvation, we should pray to the Lord of the Harvest for faithful men to preach the gospel and for opportunities in God's providence for sinners to hear it and believe it.
Although, as believers, we have been released from the condemnation of the law, we still have a relationship with the law as a standard of righteousness and as a rule of life. Furthermore, because of the presence of remaining sin within us, we still struggle when it comes to maintaining our obedience to the law. In this portion of Scripture, Paul begins to describe the believer's struggle and he helps to see our need for the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Now that we, as believers, are in a state of grace, our relationship to the law of God has radically changed. Whereas we once stood condemned under the law, we are now freed or released from the condemnation and the curse of the law. Furthermore, now that we are united to Jesus Christ, we possess His imputed righteousness, which perfectly fulfilled the demands of the law. Thus, we are no longer at odds with the law of God, but we are eager to obey it through the powerful working of the Spirit within us.
Though we were once slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, we have been freed from sin through the power of God. This freedom in Christ not only enables us to put off sin but to yield our own members in the eager pursuit of righteousness as obedient slaves of God. May God, through His grace, help us to pursue that spiritual fruit that accompanies true sanctification in the Spirit.
Given that we are now spiritually united to Christ by faith, we are freed from the dominion of sin, and we are alive unto God through the Holy Spirit. This new life that we now possess enables us to -put off sin- and to yield our own members as instruments of righteousness. However, putting off sin in our lives requires that we use the right offensive and defense strategies to resist sin and to present our members to God for his righteous ends. In this text, the apostle Paul reveals what these spiritual strategies are and why they can only be exercised under the influence of God's Spirit.
Before we were justified freely by the grace of God, we were slaves to sin and subject to its demands. However, through the sanctifying and sustaining power of the Holy Spirit, who indwells us, we are no longer slaves to sin, and we can now walk in newness of life. Yet, walking in newness of life can only be accomplished practically speaking by recognizing that our old self was crucified with Christ and that we are to reckon ourselves dead to sin and alive unto God.
As Christians, we have received the sustaining grace of God in abundance. However, our reception of this grace is not a license for us to continue in sin. Rather, this grace empowers us to walk in newness of life. One way we testify to the power of this grace operating in our lives is through our baptism. Baptism is a powerful testimony to what has transpired in the lives of those who have been transformed by the Gospel and who now walk obediently in the power of the Spirit.
Paul tells us in this passage that God had a purpose in allowing sin, and after death, to spread from Adam to all men and women. That purpose was to spread His grace in the same way, from a perfect man and his one righteous act to all those desperately in need due to their sin.
We don't have to improve ourselves to the point that God will accept us. It is while we are deep in our rebellion against God as unbelievers, that God's own Son died because of our trespasses. It is amazing and unexpected that God is willing to act to save His enemies. Our hope of salvation then rests on how much greater God's embrace of use will be, after He has made us His people.
Paul, having finished giving us every reason why God is to be blessed in our hearts and worship, now turns to the practical outgrowth of his doxology. His first point is that Christians are to walk worthy of the calling of God. While our minds normally assume that Paul speaks of our personal holiness, it is corporate peace and solidarity that Paul has in mind. We best show our calling as saints when we demonstrate our love and unity.
The God of Abraham raised Jesus from the dead. Jesus is our Lord, the very Jehovah of Abraham. God Incarnate was delivered up, as described by the Suffering Servant prophecy of Isaiah, as one bearing sins -but in place of the wicked- and one making many nations right with God -by virtue of the fact that the Incarnate God could not remain dead, but had to be alive-. If we are in union with Christ, his death pays the penalty for our sin and his current life shows that God's righteousness can be imputed to us.
This psalm clearly portrays the unlimited power of God. Because God rules and reigns that we are able to rejoice. This sermon shifts our focus away from our lack of control over the circumstances of this life and orients our hope in God's ability to carry out His perfect designs.
Paul is showing that Abraham is a model of the type of faith we need in order to get the righteousness of God. In the first half of the chapter, Paul shows that righteousness comes by Abraham's faith, not works. Now in the second half, Paul shows that it is not the content of the promise that was made, rather Abraham had faith in the one promising, one who could make what was dead -Abraham's body, Sarah's womb, a sacrificed Isaac- alive.
As Christians, we are exhorted to -hold steadfast- to those things that we have most surely heard and believed. However, the key to remaining steadfast is not focusing more on ourselves, but on Jesus Christ, who perfectly demonstrated as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, what steadfastness to God and the truth looks like.
Abraham was justified by faith alone, before he did any good works. Abraham serves as an example for both Jews and Gentiles, as to how to be justified before God. All people who would be justified before God must be justified by a faith like Abraham, without any regard to religious works or efforts to please God.
As Christians, we are exhorted to -hold steadfast- to those things that we have most surely heard and believed. However, the key to remaining steadfast is not focusing more on ourselves, but on Jesus Christ, who perfectly demonstrated as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, what steadfastness to God and the truth looks like.
God's people live for the things of God not things of the world. This theme is communicated by four truths- 1- We must not trust in money or the things of the world- 2- If our hearts are full of desire for money and the things of the world, we cannot really see the things of God- 3- As Christians, we must serve God- 4- We must not worry, but instead trust God completely to provide for us.
The theme is this part of the Bible is that God saves people in order to make them faithful members of local churches. In these verses, we learn three things God does to establish the first, local, New Testament church. First, God makes people Christians by the preaching of the Gospel. Second, God makes Christians members of local churches. And third, God teaches people to live as the church, the spiritual body of Christ.
The central theme of the sermon today is that a Christian lives a brand new life. As we look at this part of the Bible, we discover three major points that Jesus makes. First, you must be born again to belong to God. Second, only the Holy Spirit can make you born again. And third, if you are born again, you will live a new life.
The final defense of the Jews against Paul was that they bore the sign of God's love on their bodies in circumcision. Paul reveals that it wasn't the help they expected. Rather, once the law is broken, the sign of God's blessing becomes a sign of condemnation. It turns out the ultimate good work isn't enough.
What a church believes and teaches doctrinally is the bedrock upon which that church stands or falls. The Apostle Paul addresses the greatest need among the Romans is to be established in the Gospel of Christ. Under the pastoral obligation to the Gentiles, being commissioned by Christ Himself, Paul undertakes this task by writing this Letter to all the saints in Rome.
As the salutation of Romans, Paul elaborates on the glory of Christ in the gospel- promised in the Old Testament, witnessed in the incarnation of the Son of God, and forever exalted in glory as the resurrected King. The Scriptures are no mere record of past events, but express the purpose and plan of God to redeem His people for His glory.
We must apply the fact that we are in union with Christ to the societal relationships in our lives - especially how our place in society can reflect on the Gospel and in making disciples. As a result, act like a slave to Christ- serving Him heartily. At the same time be busy in prayer and with all your relationships, reflecting the love of Christ.
By God's design, He has sent His Son Jesus-Christ to serve in the mediatorial work of High Priest forever. Today we are going to see four reasons why you need a High Priest and how Scripture testifies that Jesus is the better covenant mediator we need.
Our union with Christ is the foundation for unity between believers in the church. Safeguard the unity of the church by doing the works of mortification and sanctification. Be motivated in these works by love for other believers in your church, in order to bring about the peace of Christ.
This passage points us to spiritual realities. What we can see with our eyes and what we experience in this life is real - the danger and difficulty of life should never be discounted or belittled. But if we do not see with eyes of faith, having our understanding enlightened by the Spirit, then we are only grasping part of reality. This sermon reminds us of the reality of God's powerful protection over His church especially in times when the church comes under attack.
With his resurrection, Christ put the greatest all powers and authorities to shame. As a result, we are liberated from the religious demands and activities that man has created.
The gospel of the grace of God rests exclusively in the person and work of Jesus Christ and is not dependent upon our works. The gospel of Jesus Christ saves sinners and fuels Christian worship and living.
Paul is laying a foundation in the rulership of Christ to correct some problems in the churches of Colossae. As we endeavor to plant a church in Bonham, we must remain rooted in the founder and perfecter of our faith.
How important is it to have proper views of God - to really know God as He is- In John 17-3, Jesus tells us that it is more than doctrine that is at stake. Our very salvation - having eternal life - hinges on a proper knowing of God, which can only be given to us through Jesus Christ His Son.
Part 2 of Membership of the Universal Church and Local Churches from the London Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 26, Parts 1 - 2.
Part 1 of Membership of the Universal Church and Local Churches, from the London Baptist Confession of Faith, Chapter 26, Parts 1 - 2.