Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Sermon Podcast

In this world, we shall have tribulation. It is a guarantee in this world of life under the sun. However, despite all the tribulation, trouble, and calamity that are inevitable in this world, we can still have peace in Jesus Christ. We can also have good cheer and great joy by placing our minds on […]

The kingdom of God is not determined by physical location, not lo here or even lo there, but the kingdom is a spiritual kingdom that can rise up in many circumstances we might not expect. We consider some examples from the book of Acts and church history where we see the kingdom of God rising […]

2025 Fellowship Meeting. Lic. Braden Rogers considers the danger and escalation of rebellion that stemmed from Korah. From 1 to 3 to 250 to 14 thousand to the whole congregation, the rebellion of sin draws others in and escalates very quickly. In spite of our nature of rebellion, God is still very gracious to bless […]

2025 Fellowship Meeting. Elder Tim McCool takes us through the gospel according to Isaiah in chapter 53. Specifically, Jesus Christ took upon himself the penalty and intercession for all of his children. Because of Christ's work of intercession, our penalty of sin has been washed away by Christ's blood.

2025 Fellowship Meeting. Elder Ben Shettles makes us consider introspectively if there might be some areas in our lives where we might still kiss Jesus Christ in fellowship, but act in a way that is deceptive and not in alignment with loving Christ. Judas did something similar with his deceptive kiss to Jesus, but never […]

2025 Fellowship Meeting. Elder Jerry Wise encourages God's people to grow in the fruit of the Spirit. To continue to grow from the first fruit of the Spirit of love, but to continue to progress and mature in our discipleship to bear the furtherance of the fruit of the Spirit as well – peace, joy, […]

Maintaining unity in the body of Christ, among the Lord's lively stones, is a fragile and challenging endeavor. As we are each attempting to walk worthy of our individual vocation, how do we walk worthy in unity as a church body? We must unify under the common banner of Christ, of one Lord, one faith, […]

Based on all the spiritual blessings that we have been given in Christ – election, predestination, adoption, redemption, regeneration, and reconciliation – how should we walk in our lives? We should walk worthy of the holy calling, the vocation that the Lord has called us to in the new birth. We are given very specific […]

With God all things are possible. There is nothing too hard for the Lord. God is able to do exceeding abundantly above even the highest capacity that we can even ask or think. May we never dilute or diminish the powerful movement and manifestation of God's power in the lives of his people. When we […]

Even though Jesus Christ was going away, he told the disciples it was expedient, even advantageous for him to go away, because he would send the Holy Comforter, the Spirit of truth to come unto them. The Holy Spirit reproves and rebukes this world of sin, righteousness and judgment. The Spirit of truth guides us […]

The desire for the Lord and the prayer for pastors after God's heart is for the church to be strengthened with might (power) in their inner man. Ultimately our inner spiritual health is of the utmost priority for the church. Our outer man will perish, became weary and faint, but the power of Christ can […]

It is inevitable for the disciple of Christ in this world that we will have some degree of persecution in our life – ranging from reviling all the way up to martyrdom. We should not be surprised when this happens because if the world hated Jesus Christ our Lord, we should expect the world will […]

God is actively looking and seeking out those whose heart is perfect, loyal, and at peace with him to show himself strong on their behalf. We consider together where can we find the heart of God? We find the heart of God, in Christ, in his word, in his house, and among his pastors. We […]

As we set our goals for a new year, our greatest pursuit should be to fall in love more fervently with Jesus Christ. If our hearts or minds have become cold or complacent, we need to pray for God to renew our love of Christ with all our heart, soul, and mind. We need to […]

Paul was chosen and called as the primary apostle of the Gentiles. Despite his burden for his kindred among the Jews, Paul sacrificed for the Gentiles and the hope of the gospel. He viewed himself as less than the least of all the saints of God. He showed the example that humility is the first […]

The Lord has chosen out his people and ordained them to bring forth much fruit for God's glory. The primary fruit we bring forth is loving one another. We were chosen by God to love one another. We are called to love one another the same way that Christ has loved us and God is […]

As we consider the birth of Christ this month, we should meditate on the beautiful prophetic titles taken by Christ – Emanuel, Wonderful, Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.

Elder Paul Blair considers the statements from Jesus Christ about why he came into this world. Christ came into this world to save his people from their sins. He came to fulfill the law, not to destroy. He came to send judgment in the world. He came to bring division and a sword to have […]

The Lord gives us a picture of the church as the house of God. The house of God is built on the chief cornerstone Jesus Christ and the foundation of the scriptures written by the apostles and prophets. The house is built up of lively stones unified together by the Holy Spirit. And then, inside […]

Jesus Christ is the True Vine and his children are his branches. The Lord planted his vineyard to bring forth much fruit for his glory. The only way we can do anything or bring forth any fruit is by abiding in Christ. We abide in Christ by abiding in his word, by abiding in love, […]

Adam's sin in the garden plunged mankind into a broken relationship with God with no ability to reconcile ourselves back to the Lord. Jesus Christ came to reconcile us back to fellowship with God by his death on the cross. Now, the veil of the temple has been opened up by Christ to where we […]

We consider another picture of regeneration in Eph. 2, the work of God in the soul as a new creation. When Christ comes to inhabit our soul in regeneration, we are remade into a new creature – old things are passed away and behold all things are made new. Our nature as a new spiritual […]

In response to the troubled hearts of the disciples as Jesus was going away, Jesus Christ promised that he would send another Comforter, the Holy Spirit, unto his people. The God of all comfort sends the Holy Comforter unto his people to comfort, encourage, and strengthen our troubled hearts.

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder Ben Cordes reminds us of an overlooked cornerstone of the church – forgiveness. The original disciples thought that God had to give them more faith to be obedient to Jesus' command to forgive so freely, but instead, we are required to forgive and if we do forgive, at our best, we […]

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder John Morgan Owens exhorts the church to not live in the supposed good old days and diminish God's blessings today. We should be thankful for God's blessings today and expect the Lord will bless the church even more in the future than any blessings we have seen in the past, if […]

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder Ben Cordes points us towards the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our tribulation. One primary way that the Lod comforts us is through our brethren, through fellowship of the saints, like Paul was comforted and refreshed by the coming of Titus. We need to be prepared to […]

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder John Morgan Owens lifts our gaze and revives our hope to lay hold on the hope that is an anchor to our soul. When we view the brokenness of this world, we need to have a renewed vision of hope to be reminded this world is not our home and we […]

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder John Morgan Owens reminds of the somewhat uncomfortable truth that before God we are as dead dogs. No one would ever expect a dead dog to come unto them, and God does not expect us as dead dogs to come unto him to receive life. For those dogs that have received […]

2024 Annual Meeting. Elder Ben Cordes considers Christ's perfect fulfillment of the ten commandments, particularly the fulfillment of the Sabbath. Christ finished the work of salvation, and then rested from his work, sitting down in satisfaction of what he had accomplished. Now, we need to enter into our Sabbath rest by resting in Christ's finished […]

Jesus Christ is the only way to the Father, the only way to heaven. Most of Christians would say that the gospel is the only way to heaven, or belief, baptism or a good life is the way to heaven, in addition to Jesus. Instead, Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, with no […]

We are saved to heaven by grace alone, but it is “through faith” that we have greater access to the fullness of the grace in which we already stand. Faith is the doorway through which we have access into the grace that Christ has given us. Let us lay hold on eternal life and feel […]

In the midst of our fallen condition by nature, God intervened to show his mercy and grace to undeserving sinners. God's children were not quickened by any works that we perform, let man should boast. But we were quickened by the unmerited favor and grace of God. Then, it is through faith that we are […]

Trouble is inevitable in the world around us but it can be a great challenge sometimes to not let our hearts be troubled by the external trouble. Jesus gives us some remedies to keep our hearts free of this world's trouble. We need to have faith in Christ, believe and trust Him. We need to […]

The first and most basic principle in our eternal salvation from sins is that we were dead in trespasses and sins. We had no life or ability to do anything that would be accepted before God to gain eternal life. God's original law in the garden of Eden was that sin would result in death […]

Jesus Christ set the standard of a new commandment of love for his children that we should love each other the same way that Christ has loved us. The way that the true disciples of Christ are identified in this world are by the way we love one another in the church of the Lord. […]

It is a great mystery that we can never fully comprehend this side of heaven, Christ in you the hope of glory. The power of Christ resides inside of us, but also works in and through us. Our challenge on a daily basis is to allow the power of Christ to walk in and through […]

The Apostle Paul shows a pastor's heart of prayer for the sheep. The pastor, as the undershepherd of the Lord's sheep, is charged with the spiritual health of the church he is called to serve. The pastor is called to pray for the sheep to grow in knowledge of Jesus Christ, for the eyes of […]

If we follow the example of Jesus Christ in humbling ourselves to bown down and wash the saints' feet, we have been promised blessed happiness by the Lord. What is vitally important is maintaining a humble posture of the heart to follow Christ in being a servant of others, rather than being served by other […]

For the child of God that has heard the gospel of their salvation, when they believe and trust in the Lord, there is a special sealing of the Holy Spirit of promise in their heart. Instead of conviction and burden and yoke of bondage, the gospel provides peace, liberty, and comfort through the powerful effects […]

There have been many children of God that have not had access and knowledge to the fullness of God's will in choosing, predestinating, and redeeming his people from their sins. Now, in the New Testament kingdom, God has fully revealed his will for us to know what he has done for us, that we would […]

Adam's breaking of the law plunged all of mankind into condemnation under penalty of the law of sin and death. We were all cast into captivity and bondage to death. Christ came to redeem us from the bondage of death and liberated us from that captivity by his own death and shedding of his blood. […]

We can certainly learn from the example of the zealous Greeks who came to Jerusalem seeking to see Jesus Christ. They made the sacrifice to seek Jesus, whereas other chief rulers did not confess Christ publicly because they loved the praise of men, more than the praise of God. When we lose our life in […]

Why did God elect and predestinate his people? So that his children would praise and glorify God for his grace. We were created for the purpose of the glory of God. Even if God gave us no providential blessings, just election and predestination and salvation are worthy of us glorifying God all the time for […]

God has predetermined that his children would be legally adopted into the family of the Lord. We consider the Roman law of adoption to glean the spiritual lessons that the Ephesians would have received from hearing adoption. God's children can never be removed from his family, and when the Lord returns he shall complete the […]

When considering predestination, it is helpful to view things through the eyes and perspective of Jesus Christ. When Christ chose to love his bride, the church, before the world began, he saw his bride in her final, perfect state at the marriage supper of the Lamb, holy and without blemish before him in love. There […]

In Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem five days before the passover, we see the Son of God entering meekly into the city on a donkey. We first learn the importance of simple acts of obedience by the owner of that donkey, giving up his animal for the Lord had need of him. Then, we see […]

As we turn our hearts towards glorification and the resurrection, we see the vision of Christ of his bride before the world began. Christ saw his bride in her ultimate perfection even before the foundation of the world, even through there was a lot that had to happen for that bride to be in perfection […]

We consider the example of Mary who just before Jesus' death anointed his body for the burying with an immeasurably valuable ointment. Mary chose that good part down at the feet of Jesus that would not be taken away from her. She did what she could – she gave the Lord the best she had […]

While the doctrine of election is much disparaged in Christianity today, we consider together the beautiful truth of God's unconditionally choosing a people to save before the foundation of the world. When we see the totally depraved condition man was in by nature, dead corpses, dead babies, and broken vessels, our only response should be […]

In the beginning verses of Ephesians – as well as the beginning of many New Testament epistles – we find the first and pinnacle spiritual blessing we have in Christ, which is election. Election has been pushed to the backburner in Christianity today and has been overlooked by telling people that it doesn't apply to […]

From the resurrection of Lazarus, we see a real-life example to teach the spiritual lesson of regeneration and then subsequent conversion and discipleship. Jesus did not ask the dead man to come unto him, but Lazarus was quickened and drawn forth out of the grave solely by the voice of the Son of God. However, […]