Sermons - Freedom Baptist Church

We must understand that Jesus is merciful and full of grace.

Too often in life we view things from an earthly perspective instead of viewing things the way God wants us to see them. We must understand the brevity of life, and the eternality of God's Word.

Paul is giving instructions to young Timothy concerning the church. In verses 12-17, we will be reminded of the ministry , mercy, and majesty of Christ. Our focus in this message will be on verse 12. We must have a heart of gratitude.

When a person accepts Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, things are to be different. We must understand things are truly to be different after salvation.

Paul is instructing Timothy to ensure sound doctrine is taught in the church. Judaizers have crept in telling Gentile Christians that they must keep the law in order to be a Christian. While these legalists were abusing the law, Paul reminds Timothy and us that the law is good when used lawfully. We must understand how to use the law lawfully.

We must understand why Jesus came to earth.

The slightest deviation in course can lead to disaster for a ship or airplane. So it is with our lives, we must be diligent to continue to die to self and live in Christ daily. We must not swerve from the truth.

What does it mean to be redeemed? We must realize that we must be redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.

In Philippians 3:29, Paul tells us, "For our conversation is in heaven, from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ." The word conversation in this verse has the idea of citizenship. We as Christians are pilgrims here on earth. Our true citizenship is in Heaven. Although we have never yet seen our homeland, we are still none the less citizens of there and are to conduct ourselves as such here in Earth. We must learn to live as a citizens of Heaven.

As Paul continues to instruct young Timothy on ensuring sound doctrine in the church, he talks about love. Love is a misunderstood word today. I have heard it said and have repeated many times, "It not only matter that you have the right position, but also the right disposition." You may have the right position on issues, but if you do not demonstrate love with your position, you will be very abrasive. We must have both the right position and disposition.

Peter gives us five exhortations in this passage that will keep us from fashioning ourselves after the world. We must follow these exhortations so we do not fashion ourselves after the world.

Paul immediately dives in, addressing the false doctrines creeping into the church and the responsibility of Timothy to stop and correct theses issues. The false doctrines have created mass confusion today. There has always been false teachers and false doctrines trying to creep in and destroy the church. In this message, we will examine Paul gives three safeguards to overcome false doctrine. We must only follow the pure doctrine of the Word of God.

Peter now encourages the believers to whom he is writing to have a complete faith in the revealed Word of God. He does this by reminding them that the Old Testament Prophets wrote much of their prophecy without having a true understanding of what they were writing. They searched to understand things regarding their Messiah, but could not understand. Now that Christ has come, we have an understanding of how He provides salvation, and we understand His sufferings and coming return to set up His kingdom. We must understand that we must trust the revealed Word of God.

We must understand the purpose of this book to better understand its content.

The recipients of Paul's letter are like us in that they had not seen Jesus Christ. Yet, although we have not seen Him, He is our all in all, and there are three truth we can glean from this passage. We must understand what we have in Jesus Christ.

Elijah has prayed that it will not rain. He was taken care of by the ravens at the Brook Cherith. He then was provided for by a widow. After much time he went back to Ahab and challenges the prophets of Baal. He has a great victory as God send fire from Heaven and he kills the false prophets. We must understand that we must continue to follow God.

Trials will come in the life of the believer, how a believer handles the trial will determine if they grow closer to God or become angry and bitter against God. We must handle trials according to God's Word.

Sin is destructive and not only affects the sinner, but also those around. In this passage, the church at Corinth was rejoicing in not dealing with a sin in the church, but showing their tolerance of it. The same is happening all around today. We must remember we serve a holy God who has called us to a life of separation from sin. As a church, we are to hold one another accountable. Paul uses the illustration of leaven or yeast. When you make bread, you use a little yeast, yet the entire dough rises; so , it is with sin, a little sin. After a while we no longer view sin the same, but rather become accepting of it. We must realize a little leaven will leaven the whole lump.

God still deserves our praise no matter the circumstances. God has never mad a mistake, and He knows the situation His children are in. As Christians, the praises of God should always be on our lips no matter what. We must understand God's mercy to His children.

This introduction message will help us understand the book properly.

As we go through life, we often forget to praise the Lord for Who He is. We must learn to praise the Lord for His unsearchable ways and amazing grace.

This introduction message will help us understand the book properly.

Paul is giving his final that you to the Philippians for the gift they sent. He was encouraged by the fact that they had sent it to him and were participating in his ministry. We must learn to do all thing for God's glory.

We often hear that we are to be Disciples of Christ, but not often enough are we told how to follow Him. Jesus Himself gives us instruction on being true disciples, and we will focus on His instruction. What kind of disciple are you? Are you curious? Are you convinced, or are you committed? We must determine to be a committed follower of Jesus Christ.

Paul is giving his final that you to the Philippians for the gift they sent. He was encouraged by the fact that they had sent it to him and were participating in his ministry. We must learn to do all thing for God's glory.

Jesus stopped at the home of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus numerous times. In the passage, we have recorded for us one of those visits. We must learn to invest time with the Savior.

People are interesting to listen to sometimes. Some never seem content. If it is raining they want sunshine. If the sun is out we need rain. It is too hot in summer, and too cold in winter. People long for vacation, and then want to go back to work after a few days off . Many are never satisfied. Paul tells us that we as Christians ought to be different. We are to be content no matter where or what God has planned for us. We must learn to be content.

The third chapter of John begins with a man named Nicodemus coming to Jesus by night. As we study in this message, we will understand his purpose for coming to Jesus. What is salvation? How can one be sure of salvation? We need to realize we must be born again.

We must not only learn how to live, but also apply what you know and be a doer of the Word.

In this message, Jesus disciples came to Him after He has prayed and asked, "Lord, teach us to pray." We must pray.

Your heart is full of what your thoughts are dwelling on. If we meditate on something long enough, you will act it out in our lives. We must maintain the right thoughts in order to have right actions.

We must be a Christian that takes action.

Your heart is full of what your thoughts are dwelling on. If we meditate on something long enough, you will act it out in our lives. We must maintain the right thoughts in order to have right actions.

We are goin to examine the conversion of the Apostle Paul. When Paul was saved his life immediately changed. He now is serving the very Jesus whom he was trying to destroy. Paul asks this important question. What wilt thou have ,e t do Lord? Let us consider that question in the light of missions. We must ask God, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?"

If you want to find out how a man's heart really is listen to what he says. Some people you talk to immediately start talking about sports. You can see much about a person's heart by the activities in which they participate. Paul in continuing with exhortations to the Philippians, and the exhortations in these verses deal with our heart. We must have a right heart in order to have the right actions.

Many times a Christian will have a proper position on the Word of God, but their disposition is terrible. We need to stand for truth, and in defense of the Bible. Our position for the truth of God's Word is important, but so is our attitude and disposition. Paul begins chapter four with several exhortations. We must have both the proper position and disposition.

After Paul tell s The Philippians that we are running a race in the Christian life, he now focuses on good examples versus the enemies of the cross. We need to have discernment with whom we follow, and examine if they are truly a Godly example. The enemies of the cross will slip in and try to deceive. Paul has already identified the Judiazers that we trying to teach that you must be circumcised in order to have salvation. You and I must have discernment with people.

Jesus had just fed the five thousand, and now He is sending the disciples to the other side. They obeyed, but they ran into a storm along the way. Jesus wants us to trust Him. We must take steps of faith, realizing that He will be faithful to His Word.

The Greeks enjoyed many games. Several of these were boxing, discus throwing, and racing. The Christians at Philippi receiving this letter from Paul would have been familiar with the foot races. Paul uses the race to make his point in this passage. The race was set in the stadium. Just as today the runners had to run a specific course and follow the rules so they would not be be disqualified in the race. There was a reward at the end of the race, and each runner was striving from the victory. We must run the race of the Christian life.

We must focus on God and not the circumstances and be willing to face the giants of today.

In the previous message, we examined the false confidence in the flesh, and we saw how Paul had a large list of things that he trusted before he was saved. Paul said they are all loss to him. In this message, Paul now explains why they are considered a loss to him. We must strive to know Jesus Christ.

In this message, we are going to look at a man who was never a father but made a choice from which we all can learn. The principles we are going to study are for all but are essential from fathers to apply. We must choose to be consistent in our worship of God.

The false teachers that we learned about the last time were putting their confidence in the the flesh. They thought that they could ear their way to Heaven by the works of the flesh. Today many still think that they can get to Heaven by doing the right things. In this passage, aul gives us a list of things in his life that he was putting his trust in before he was saved. We must not put our confidence in the flesh.

In this message, we will examine the choice of King Saul and the choice that placed opinion of man over obedience to God. We must understand that God wants obedience.

False teachers were trying to creep into the church at Philippi just as they do today. Judiazers were teaching that one must be circumcised and keep the law in order to be saved. In this chapter, Paul is giving warning to the Philippians to beware of these Judiazers. we must b on the alert for false teachers.

In Genesis 3 we are given the account of the fall of man. We will examine this account and focus on teh choice and consequences of that choice. Life is choices, choices have consequences, make right choices. We must understand that your decisions have consequences.

We all have a reputation and others expect us to act a certain way. Character is the qualities that make you who you are. Paul writes to the Philippians about two men that he considers men of character. Je plants to send both of these me to Philippi, but writes about them to the Philippians. We must live a life of consistent Christian character.

As we conclude the book of Habakkuk this morning, we will notice Habakkuk now has a complete different outlook on the situation. When we take our eyes off the circumstances and the temporary things of this world and focus rather on God and the eternal, it is amazing how our perspective changes. We must focus on God and not the thing of this world.

Paul continues to use the example of the humility and obedience of Christ to encourage the Philippians to do likewise. In this passage, Paul reminds us that we are the sons of God. That means there is a certain way that we are to act so as not to disgrace the Lord's name. We must live as a son of God.

Habakkuk looks at the Nation of Judah continuing in wickedness and not repenting and turning to God. He is troubled by what he sees and cries to God. God then tells Habakkuk of impending judgment on Judah, and Habakkuk is astonished that God was going to use the Chaldeans to judge His people. God chose to reveal to Habakkuk that someday the Chaldeans would also be judged for their wickedness. Too often in life, we look at the prosperity of the wicked and become envious, or we question why God does not destroy the wicked and allows violence to continue. We ask the same question as Habakkuk of why do you use such people? Remember God is in control, and all will stand before him in judgment. We must learn to trust God in all things.

Do you do things differently when you are around other Christians? Or are you consistent, knowing that God sis always watching? After Paul tells the Philippians about the exalted name of Christ, and that every knee will bow to Him, He now tells them that they need to continue to obey the Lord and work out their salvation. Paul is giving a reminder that it does not matter who is watching, God knows all that you do, and each of us must given an account of our lives. He further tells the Philippians that it is God who does the work in you and not yourselves. We must allow God to work through us.