Sermon Archives

John 15:4-5

I love tomatoes! I eat one every day, and I like all varieties, but my favorite might be "ripened on the vine" tomatoes. They cost a little more, which may be a rip off, because the improved taste may just be in my head. Let's assume "vine ripened" fruit (tomatoes are a fruit because they have seeds) are better, which leads me to another kind of fruit. We are talking today about Spiritual fruit and the kind of fruit every Christian should have in their lives. It too ripens on the vine. Let's read about it.

Numbers 11: 1-10

Today we see a lot of discontented spirits in people, made known through a lot of griping and complaining! Discontentment in our heart comes out of our mouths, because the heart is where our words originate. We don't need to clean up our mouths, but we must allow God to clean up our hearts. If we don't, then we learn from God's people in the book of Numbers that this does not please God. In fact, it makes Him angry, and he may send us a little disciplinary fireball of judgment our way. None of us will want that to happen.

Luke 10: 25-37

Some of you will remember the Blockbuster Video Stores and how irritating it was to rent a movie and have to stop and rewind it to the beginning because the previous renter did not rewind before they returned the tape. So, Blockbuster started printing a slogan which read: "BE KIND-REWIND." As for us today, there is not a lot of kindness being displayed, but since "kindness" is a fruit of the Spirit, it should be true of a Christ follower! Today we will look at a great example of this kind of kindness.

I Samuel 7: 1-4

Our nation was built upon a Biblical foundation, but I think we would all agree that we have drifted away from our Biblical moorings. Our country is not in a good place today and seems to keep heading in the wrong direction. So, if Jesus is not coming back soon, we need a Holy Spirit led revival in the land. However, God will not touch the white house, or the state house, or the schoolhouse, until He touches the church house. If this revival is going to come, it must start with us- the church of Jesus Christ!

John 8:1-11

Today we are blessed to have Monica Gonzalez, from Pregnancy Resource Center of Grand Prairie, share with us their great ministry here in our city! Our support of this ministry speaks to our churches' staunch prolife position, but it also speaks to our equal compassionate toward young women who find themselves in trouble. We like their slogan: "GRACE OVER JUDGMENT", so the message today will center on a story that exemplifies our Lord's amazing grace toward all of us struggling sinners.

I Peter 1:6-9

Jesus told His followers to "...render to Caesar the things that are Caesars." We must pay our taxes, but we should expect our government to receive and disperse our tax dollars honestly and fairly. Yet, in 2013 the IRS ADMITTED they targeted conservative groups, churches and ministry organizations and intentionally slow walked their applications for tax exempt status for months and even years. Some may consider this a mild form of persecution to the church in America, but I believe it is a harbinger of the persecution that is about to be unleashed on the church in America! However, the faithful remnant will cling together, and Jesus will be watching over us and we will not only survive but thrive!!!

Luke 22: 1-6

On March 15th, in the year 44 B.C., Julius Caesar spoke to the Senate, although his wife and a soothsayer warned him not to. Soon after taking his seat, he was encircled by a group of assassins who pulled out knives from under their togas and stabbed him 23 times. One of the leaders of the assassins was a friend of Caesar's named Marcus Brutus, which prompted Caesar to say with his dying breath, "You too Brutus?" So, Brutus went down in history as someone who betrayed a friend and stabbed him in the back. Today's message is about another friend who betrayed a friend. Let's see what we can learn from his story.

Mark 15: 33-34

Robin Williams was an outrageously funny comedian, but while he was making everyone else laugh, he was suffering from severe depression and anxiety. At the age of 63, he took his own life. One person described Mr. Williams as "..the loneliest man on a lonely planet"! Loneliness is one of the most miserable emotions anyone can experience. But today I want us to think about the loneliest moment, that anybody, at any time has ever experienced. The moment the Son of God became sin for us, and God the Father had to temporarily turn His back on God the Son. Let us contemplate what our Savior went through on the cross.

1 CHRONICLES 29:11

At the turn of the 20th century, a man named William Ernest Henly wrote a poem entitled "Invictus" and the last two lines read like this: "i am the master of my fate; the captain of my soul." I could not think that, much less say it and I sure wouldn't put in in writing, because I know if I am steering the USS Randy, I would be careening off ice burgs and mines, and being shipwrecked on the rocks. So, we must trust the sovereign King of the universe to pilot our ship.

Ezekiel 3:16-21

During the Super Bowl last week, we saw the Chiefs drive down and kick a game tying field goal with 3 seconds to go in the game to send into overtime. You could sense a heightened urgency form the Chiefs after the two-minute warning, which is not unusual in a football game. Teams know after the two-minute warning that time is short, it's "do or die", the season on the line- let's go!! What's the point? Well, God has metaphorically stopped His prophetic clock, as a two-minute warning so we can have time to "get right and get ready."

Philippians 1:21-26

We recently attended the services of Good Shepherd Baptist Church to celebrate their 15th anniversary along with Pastor Will. As I went around to greet the people, I said, "It's good to see you." The first three responded with, "It's good to be seen." But, the fourth person responded, "It's better to be seen than viewed," which I took to mean it is better to be alive than dead. I am not sure the Apostle Paul would necessarily agree with that point of view. Allow me to explain why I say that.

Mark 14:3-9

Christians differ in their opinion about "how" we should worship God, and some get bent out of shape with those who differ. Hymns? Praise songs? A blend of the two? People get caught up with the details and mechanics of worship and lose sight of the true focus of worship - that is completely about Jesus! Only Him! He is the only one who is worthy of our worship. Today's message looks at a great example of a lady who knew how to make Jesus the focal point of her worship. What she did is so noteworthy, Jesus wanted her to be remembered wherever the gospel is preached.

Matthew 6: 5-8

As we say goodbye to 2023 and look forward to 2024, I want to share a "key" to having a better year in 2024. I know we all are crazy busy these days, and some may say you are too busy to pray. Actually we are too busy not to pray. We all have the same 168 hours per week, and the fact is, if we are passionate about something, we will find the time. Because we were put on this Earth to have a personal relationship with our Creator, spending significant time in His presence in prayer every day is the most important thing we can do each day. Everything else should pale by comparison. So, let us be challenged today to commit to "putting knees on the floor in '24!"

South Park Baptist Church