Reformed Baptist Fellowship of Savannah

The church keeps a calendar. We mark time from a grave that would not stay shut, and we mark time toward a day that has a name. Scripture does not leave that day unnamed; it calls it the Day of the Lord—sometimes simply "the day" or "that day,". This lesson is not about calculating a date (Paul says we have no need of that kind of writing). It is about knowing what kind of day is coming and what kind of people we are supposed to be while we wait. Get the day wrong and we will get the waiting wrong—growing either frantic or dull. The New Testament will allow us neither. Come and listen to this study in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 as we learn how to wait for that day with clarity, hope, and holy urgency.

Grab your Bible and join us. We are listening to the first sermon preached in the New Testament church from Acts 2:14–36. Today we will hear Peter explains that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost fulfills God's promise to His people. The last days have begun. Jesus of Nazareth was attested by God with miracles, wonders, and signs. He was delivered up according to God's plan, crucified by wicked hands, raised from the dead, and exalted as Lord and Christ. Therefore—repent. Call on the name of the Lord and be saved.

Grab your Bible and join us as we finish up our study of the doctrine of God's Works of Providence. Today we will learn that this eternal reality assures us that all that God does is Holy, wise and powerfully preserving and governing all of His creation including man and his actions. God is good! God is in control!

Grab your Bible and join us from the Savannah Mission Bible Training Center. Tonight, using Hosea 4 as our foundational text we will discuss what is forbidden in the second commandment and God's reasoning for giving it to us. We will recognize that the entire world struggles with the sin of idolatry and even believers are capable and susceptible to turning our mind, bodies, and souls from the Creator and seeking things from the world that only God can give..

Grab your Bible and join us as we continue our look at 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 and finish up our summary Paul's comforting words to the Church regarding the blessed hope of Christ's return an the introduction of the Age to come.

On the day of Pentecost the risen Christ keeps His word: the Spirit comes from heaven with wind and fire, filling waiting disciples so they they may declare the mighty works of God in the languages of the nations gathered in Jerusalem. What Sinai once wrote on stone God now writes on hearts of flesh; what Babel scattered, God now commandeers for praise; Come hear how the Passover blood, Sinai's thunder, and Pentecost fire all run through the redemptive theme fulfilled in the death, resurrection, and exaltation of Jesus— Here the Church is empowered for her mission to present Jesus to a lost and dying world. Come and join us as we learn together.

God is good and God is in control! Nothing in your life is random or undetermined. Not the hard path you did not want, not the kindness you cannot explain, not the ordinary breath you take while reading this invitation. Join us from the Chatham Transition Ministries weekly Bible study as we asks the question — What are God's works of Providence? — and answers it in plain speech: God is most holy, wise, and powerful in preserving and governing all His creatures and all their actions. Come listen as we open the Scriptures and realize the difference between creation, God's eternal plan, and His present rule. Come join us as we contemplate the hard truths of biblical revelation where sinful hands and a holy purpose meet in God's eternal decree..

Whom we worship is settled by the first commandment. How we worship is settled by the second. God is not only jealous against false worship. He is jealous for true worship. He does not want our inventions, our fancies, our customs, or our images. Grab your Bible and join us from the Savannah Mission Bible Training Center as we learn that God wants what He has appointed in His Word, and His command in the second commandment is both a prohibition and a requirement. It tells us what we must not do, and it tells us what we must do. Do you know what He commands? Do you obey?

Today in our exposition of Acts 1:12-26 we see the Spirit-wrought oneness of God's people who, though many members, are joined as one body in mind, heart, purpose, and fellowship under Christ the Head. This unity is not mere external agreement but the inward harmony that flows from the power of the Holy Spirit expressed in shared faith, common prayer, and submission to the same Lord. Grab your Bible and join us in our continuing study of The Acts of The Apostles.

As we continue to study Paul's letter to the church at Thessalonica and spend a second week in chapter 4:13-18, we will see a common theme throughout Paul's and the Apostles writings and the teachings of Jesus Himself that we are called to live holy lives as we wait on the blessed hope of the church, that being the return of Christ and His introduction of the age to come.

Have you ever wondered why every one of us is a sinner—not merely because we sin, but because we were born that way? God appointed Adam as the covenant head of the human race. The covenant of works was made with him not only for himself but for all who would descend from him. When Adam willfully disobeyed, his guilt was imputed to us and a corrupted nature was conveyed to us. That is original sin: the guilt of Adam's first transgression and the inherited corruption of our whole nature. Death spread to all people because all sinned in Adam. This is not merely a dark doctrine. It is the necessary backdrop that makes the gospel shine. There is a last Adam. Where the first Adam's disobedience made many sinners, the obedience of Jesus Christ makes many righteous. Join us as we open Scripture together on Adam's covenant headship and original sin—and see why this truth drives us to the only Head who can save.

Grab your Bible and join us from The Savannah Mission Bible Training Center as we continue to work through the Baptist Catechism. Tonight we take up Question 53 and the words "before Me" in the first commandment—words that mean God sees everything we do, even what we try to hide. We will look at a vision in which God shows His people putting other gods in His house: a public idol at the door, secret worship in the dark, misplaced grief given to a false hope, and worshipers turning their backs on Him. The point is simple and searching: no rival god stays hidden, the Lord notices and is displeased, and the good news is that Jesus stood before the Father in our place so we can come into the light and worship Him with a whole heart.

This week we continue Hope in Affliction with Part 2: Rescued and Delivered, from 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. Some in Thessalonica were grieving as if the dead in Christ would miss the Lord's coming. Paul says no. Jesus died and rose; God will bring them with Him. The Lord Himself will descend with a cry of command, the dead in Christ will rise first, and then we who are alive will be caught up together with them—and so we will always be with the Lord. Come be comforted, and come ready to comfort one another. Grab your Bible and join us as we look to the return of our Lord and Savior and the hope that reality brings us in our troubles.

In this sermon from Whitemarsh Island Baptist Church we continue setting the groundwork for our coming study of the Book of Acts. Before we enter those pages in detail, we open Hebrews 8 under the title The New and Better Promise. The Bible is one story with one Author and one promised Son: The old covenant (testament) was holy yet grew old and was labeled obsolete; the New Testament is established on better promises that are all Yes in Christ and His finished work. Will we take the new and better promise of Christ by faith, or will we cling to what God now calls obsolete? Come hear the Word.

Many of you remember the old Life Alert commercial. An elderly woman lies on the floor, unable to rise, and cries out, "I've fallen… and I can't get up!" That cry is not merely physical. It is the cry of every human heart after man's rebellion in Genesis 3. We have fallen—and left to ourselves we cannot get up. Grab your Bible and join us from the Chatham Transition Ministries weekly Bible study as we open the chapter that explains how that fall happened, why it still defines us, and why the only One who can lift us is the Seed of the woman who crushed the serpent's head. Listen carefully. The story of our ruin and the first promise of our recovery are both here.

Grab your Bible and join us from the Chatham Transition Ministries Tuesday night devotional. Using Romans 1:18-32, we'll see how easily we can deny God in daily life, neglect true worship, or give our hearts to lesser things. This study is both a mirror for our own hearts and an invitation to return to wholehearted allegiance to the God who has redeemed us in Christ. Join us as we are warned not to walk the forbidden path and rediscover pure worship for our good and God's glory.

Discover the breathtaking love story at the heart of Scripture: before the world began, the Father planned a people as a bride for His Son; the Son secured her through the cross; and the Spirit is now gathering her from every nation. Through the vivid picture of Abraham sending his servant to find Rebekah for Isaac, and Jesus' charge in Acts 1 that His followers, empowered by the Holy Spirit, will be His witnesses to the ends of the earth, this message reveals the unbreakable covenant, the church as Christ's beloved bride, and the sovereign drawing of God that assures our salvation and calls us into joyful participation. Come and listen as we explore this eternal plan—and find fresh confidence, humility, and purpose in the ongoing work of gathering the bride for the Son.

Join us for Hope in Affliction, Part 1: Sanctified in the Spirit as we study 1 Thessalonians 4:1–12 and discover that God's will is our sanctification. In this session we'll see how a young church under persecution is urged to keep growing in a life that pleases God—empowered by the Holy Spirit who both enables and intensifies holiness. Together we'll explore the call to sexual purity and self-control in holiness and honor, the charge to excel still more in brotherly love, and the quiet, industrious life that gives a compelling witness to outsiders while we wait for the Lord's return. Come sit in and be encouraged that holiness and love are simply the normal Christian life.

In this teaching from A Catechism On Christian Doctrine we start where the Bible begins: with God Himself, who freely willed to create us for His own good pleasure, to glorify Himself, and to give us the mandate to subdue the earth as obedient stewards. We will see that even the Fall and the plan of redemption were ordained so that the fullness of God's attributes—His justice and mercy, wrath and grace—might be displayed, and that every part of the Christian life, from election to daily living, finds its proper end in the praise of His glory. Come discover how this biblical doctrine reorients our ethics, suffering, vocation, and worship, calling us to live as those who are not our own but have been bought with a price.

Come and behold Him—the One and the Only—as we open the Baptist Catechism's Question 51 and our Bibles to hear what the first commandment requires of us: to know and acknowledge the only true God as our God, then to worship and glorify Him accordingly. This lesson traces four inseparable duties—knowing God personally and relationally, openly confessing Him as the living and true God with no rivals, claiming Him as our own in full and joyful surrender, and offering Him the total response of the redeemed heart in the ways He has appointed, by the Spirit, through Christ, privately, in the family, publicly, and in all of life. Do we truly know Him? Have we acknowledged Him resolutely as ours? And is loving submission the daily posture of our worship to this uniquely Holy God?

In this class we walk through the 1 Thessalonians 3 to see how affliction is part of the Christian's appointment, how a shepherd's heart carries deep concern for the flock, how the endurance of ordinary believers gives life to those who labor among them, and how the proper response is earnest prayer for increasing love and blameless holiness—always with the return of Christ in view. Join us as we learn to stand firm, love more deeply, and keep our eyes fixed on the coming of the Lord.

After walking with Jesus through the Gospels, we now stand at the threshold of Acts—Luke's deliberate bridge between what Jesus began to do and teach and what He continues to do through His people. In these opening verses the risen Lord prepares His disciples, promises the Holy Spirit, and gives the church its enduring mission: Spirit-empowered witnesses from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Join us as we lean into the prologue of Acts and discover how the same Jesus who ascended still works today—through the promised Spirit, supernatural power, and ordinary believers like us.

The First Commandment is no minor rule—it is the foundation of true religion and the dividing line between the living God and every counterfeit. This study of the Baptist Catechism Question 50 shows that every person already knows God exists and is without excuse for refusing Him. Scripture demands exclusive worship, yet idolatry has marked the human race—and even God's people—from the beginning. God judges this sin severely, and the commandment reaches our own hearts: What do we fear, love, trust, and serve most? Listen and be called back to the exclusive claim of the one true God.

Come discover the profound truth at the heart of who you are: God created us male and female, after His own image—in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness—with dominion over the creatures. This is no minor detail; it is the unshakable foundation for human dignity, the sanctity of every life, marriage and family, meaningful work, our accountability after the Fall, and the hope of redemption that restores that image through Christ. Join us as we open Scripture from Genesis onward, explore what it truly means to bear God's image (and what it does not), and face the searching question the older writers pressed: Have we come to terms with being made in His likeness—and will that change how we see every person, every calling, and the gospel itself?

Do You Do Well to Be Angry? (Jonah 4): Come hear how the prophet who experienced God's rescue from the depths and proclaimed a message that sparked an entire city's repentance ends up furious that the same mercy was shown to others—exposing the danger of self-centered anger that hardens into bitterness, while God's final, piercing question contrasts Jonah's self centered pity with the Lord's tender compassion for a great city of people inviting every listener who has received grace to examine their own heart and respond.

Come discover the heartbeat of authentic gospel ministry in 1 Thessalonians 2, where Paul reveals how true messengers share not only the life-changing word of God but their very selves—with pure motives, mother-like gentleness, fatherly encouragement, hard-working integrity, and deep affection that turns ordinary people into eternal joy and crown at Christ's return. This powerful lesson invites you to examine your own heart, embrace sacrificial relationships, and live a faith that is both bold and tender, so that those you serve become your glory in the presence of the Lord.

Today in our series on Basic Christian Doctrine we begin a new area of study discussing the works of God which are traditionally considered creation, providence, and redemption. Our catechism question is "What is the work of creation?" and we answer affirmatively that "The work of creation is God's making all things of nothing, by the word of His power, for Himself, in the space of six days, and all very good."

The Baptist Catechism catechism question 49 teaches us that we are bound to obedience—not by bare force, not by fear of punishment alone, and not by a cold legalism—but because of who God is and what He has done. Authority, covenant relationship, and redemption together create an unbreakable obligation of love and gratitude between God and His people.

Grab your Bible and join us as we continue our study in 1 Thessalonians. In Chapter 1, Paul gives heartfelt thanks to God for the Thessalonian believers, highlighting the clear marks of their genuine conversion: their work of faith, labor of love, and steadfast hope in the Lord Jesus Christ. He reminds them that the gospel did not come to them merely in words, but in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full conviction, so that they received the word in much affliction yet with the joy of the Holy Spirit, becoming imitators of Paul and of the Lord.

In Jonah 3, the prophet who once fled God's command receives a second chance after repenting in the belly of the fish, then boldly proclaims a stark message of impending judgment to the violent city of Nineveh; the people—from the king to the least—believe God, turn from their evil ways in genuine repentance, and cry out for mercy, prompting the Lord to relent from the disaster He had announced. This holy pattern of the Word proclaimed, sinners turning, and God showing compassion reveals the heart of a merciful God who still calls us today to hear His Word, repent unto life, rest in the mercy found only in Christ, and carry that same message of warning and grace to others.

Join us as we begin our study of 1 Thessalonians—one of the earliest New Testament letters. Written by Paul to a young church in a bustling pagan city, it offers encouragement, correction, and hope to new believers facing pressure, questions about those who died before Christ's return, and the challenge of living holy lives. This short, five-chapter letter is packed with pastoral care and theological depth, revealing what early Christian life looked like just decades after the resurrection. Today, in this introduction we'll explore the author, historical setting, context, and major theological themes addressed in this lively letter..

Many of us know what it is to run from God and end up in dark places. The good news is that His providence still pursues, His appointed mercy still finds, and His grace can swallow us up before we are lost forever. Come open the Scriptures with us to Jonah chapter 2 and hear how the God who disciplines His children is the same God who rescues them by grace.

Grab your Bible and join us as we conclude our study of Paul's letter to the Galatians by recognizing that the "Israel of God" (Galatians 6:14-16) is the body of Christ, all who walk by the rule of the cross and new creation—believing Jews and Gentiles united in Christ by faith alone.

Grab your Bible and join us from Whitemarsh Island Baptist Church as we begin our study of the story of Jonah. This book is not just about being swallowed by a big fish. It's about an immeasurable God and a small-hearted servant. It's about the relentless grace that pursues us even when we run, and the missionary heart of God that will not let the world go unwarned. May the Holy Spirit awaken us from inwardness, repent of our coldness, and freshly commission us to fulfill the Great Commission. Come and listen to this sermon on Chapter 1—you won't want to miss it!

The story of Jonah is not just about being swallowed by a big fish. It's about an immeasurable God and a small-hearted servant. It's about the relentless grace that pursues us even when we run, and the missionary heart of God that will not let the world go unwarned. May the Holy Spirit awaken us from inwardness, repent of our coldness, and freshly commission us to fulfill the Great Commission. Come and listen to this sermon on Chapter 1—you won't want to miss it!

The Scriptures do not merely tell us that God loves. They reveal a special kind of love—covenantal, steadfast, loyal, and consistent across the whole canon. Our catechism question captures it beautifully: 'What do the Scriptures teach about the lovingkindness of God?' The answer: 'The Scriptures teach that it is consistent in His love, grace, and mercy.'"

In the final chapter of Galatians, Paul instructs the church on practical Christian living in light of the gospel of grace. Believers are called to gently restore those caught in sin while humbly watching themselves, to bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ, and to sow generously to the Spirit rather than to the flesh—knowing that in due time they will reap eternal life if they do not give up. Paul emphasizes supporting those who teach the Word and warns against self-deception, pride, and relying on outward religious performance. He concludes by boasting only in the cross of Christ, declaring that neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters, but "a new creation" does. Peace and mercy belong to all who walk by this rule—the Israel of God.

Today marks the conclusion of our extended journey through the earthly life and ministry of Jesus. But the story does not end here. In our final message from this series, we come to the risen Christ on the mountain in Galilee. Here we are reminded that those who have seen the Lord are now sent by the Lord. The One who appeared to His people now commissions them—and us—to go and serve in His footsteps

Grab your Bible and join us from the Savannah Mission Bible Training Center as we study the Baptist Catechism Question 48. The preface to the Ten Commandments ("I am the LORD your God who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery," Exodus 20:1-2) shows that grace always precedes and grounds obedience. The Exodus story— bondage, Passover lamb, Red Sea deliverance, wilderness journey, and law given at Sinai—is a living parable of salvation in Christ: the Passover points to Christ our sacrificed Lamb, the Red Sea to baptismal union with Him, the wilderness to our pilgrimage of dependence and sanctification, and Sinai to Pentecost where the Spirit writes the law on hearts of flesh. Redeemed from sin's bondage, we are called to grateful obedience—not to earn salvation, but as those bought with a price—living as thankful servants who having the blood of Christ applied walk by faith in the Spirit.

Catechism Question 47: What is the sum of the Ten Commandments?, teaches us that the sum of moral law is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Tonight we learn that love is the badge of the true disciple. We are encouraged to walk in love by the power of the One who first loved us.

In Galatians 5:16-26 Paul teaches that true Christian freedom and holy living come not by law-keeping or human effort (the flesh), but by walking in step with the Holy Spirit. The flesh and Spirit are in constant conflict. The works of the flesh—sexual immorality, idolatry, hatred, strife, jealousy, anger, envy, drunkenness, and the like—exclude one from God's kingdom. Those led by the Spirit are no longer under the law's condemnation and instead produce its fruit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Since we belong to Christ, we have crucified the flesh with its passions. Therefore, let us keep in step with the Spirit—rejecting conceit, provocation, and envy—so that gospel-empowered love and service flow naturally from union with Christ, not legalistic striving.

John 21 is one of the final chapters in that grand story. As we will see, it is a purposeful epilogue that beautifully sums up the life and ministry of Christ the Good Shepherd. Here the risen Lord prepares His disciples—and through them, the church in every age—to be obedient servants, fishers of men, and shepherds of His flock.

We some time today to review a lesson from our Monday night Bible study through Romans with the Chatham Transition Ministry Tuesday class. The discussion works through Romans 5:12-21 and covers the federal headship of Adam in the Covenant of Works and the headship of Jesus Christ in the Covenant of Grace. Are you in Adam or Christ?

In Galatians 5:1-15, the Apostle Paul passionately urges the Galatian believers to stand firm in the true freedom Christ has purchased for them and to reject any return to the yoke of slavery under the law. He warns that submitting to any form of legalistic works-righteousness severs one from Christ and obligates a person to keep the entire law — a path that cannot justify. Paul declares that in Christ Jesus the only thing that matters is faith working through love. This freedom is not an excuse for license or fleshly indulgence, but an opportunity to serve one another through love, which fulfills the whole law in the command to "love your neighbor as yourself."

Luke 24:13-49 is one of the New Testament's most vivid and theologically rich resurrection accounts. Set on the very day of the resurrection, it bridges the empty tomb and the church's mission. Through dramatic irony, patient exposition of Scripture, physical proofs, and table fellowship, the risen Jesus transforms two discouraged disciples into joyful witnesses. The passage highlights three core truths: the Old Testament finds its fulfillment in the Messiah's suffering and glory; the resurrection is bodily and tangible; and the Lord commissions His people as Spirit-empowered witnesses. This encounter reassures us that God's plan is sovereign, Scripture is utterly reliable, and the risen Christ still meets His people in Word and fellowship.

The Scriptures teach that God is absolutely holy, just, righteous, and morally self-consistent. In today's class we will work through 1 Peter 1:13-25 and find that God is Holy and He calls His people to reflect His life, light, and truth in word, thought, and deed.

Grab your Bible and join us from the Whitemarsh Island Baptist Adult Sunday school class as we continue our study of the Apostles Paul's letter To Galatians. Today we seek to understand Paul's allegory of Hagar and Sarah, embrace our identity as free children of promise through faith in Christ, and reject any form of legalism.

As we come to the other side of the grave and the resurrection of our Lord and Savior in our study of His life through a harmony of the Gospels, our text (John 20) presents compelling evidence for His resurrection, beginning with the empty tomb discovered by Mary Magdalene and culminating in appearances that confirm faith. This chapter blesses those who believe without seeing and states the Gospel's purpose: these signs are written to foster faith in Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God, leading to life in his name.

We all know the phrase "the elephant in the room." It means a massive, obvious issue that everyone sees but no one wants to talk about because it's uncomfortable, controversial, or challenging. Today, we talk about the biggest "elephant in the room" in all of Christianity — one that many believers and churches try to step around: God's eternal purpose and sovereign control over all things.

In Galatians 4:1-20, Paul employs the analogy of a minor heir who lives like a slave under guardians and stewards until he reaches maturity. This illustrates how believers were once in bondage under the law and the elemental principles of the world. God sent forth His Son—born of a woman, born under the law—to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because we are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying "Abba, Father!" We are therefore no longer slaves but full heirs.

Jesus is risen—He is risen indeed! This is not just an Easter slogan, but the very heart of the Gospel. In Matthew 28, we witness the unstoppable truth of the empty tomb colliding with desperate lies meant to cover it up. Will we respond like the devoted women that found the empty tomb—with godly fear, great joy, worship, and bold witness? Or will we settle for the world's comforting deceptions and buy into the lie at the cost of truth?