Sermon Archives

Ephesians 5:11-17

We took a walking tour through the French Quarter once upon a time, and the guide pointed out high, protective walls around many of the houses. Embedded in the top of the walls were shards of glass to serve as a deterrent to intruders. Later, I read a description of a cat walking on top of that wall. The cat stepped very carefully

raising one paw and gingerly placing it down into a safe spot and then again with the next paw. We as Christians also need to be careful in our "walk." The Bible in referring to our "walk" is talking about the way we live our Christian life.

Ephesians 4:25-30

In the short story, "Clothes Make the Man," Tango and two other robbers plan to rob a home. Tango, being dressed as a decoy policeman, actual takes on the role. The point of the story being, "Clothes Make the Man." Our message today makes the point that the man inside chooses what to put on the outside. In other words, I want to give a fourfold description of a new man in Christ! We are told to take the off the "rags" of the old self and put on the" royal riches" of the new self.

II Chronicles 7:11-1430

Isaiah the prophet once prayed that God would "...rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence"! That is my prayer today! "God would you please show up in a big way today! Bring revival to our people. I ask that your Holy Spirit would fall upon our church. and that your presence would be so apparent that it will change all of us from the inside out. In Jesus name, Amen" Will you join me in that prayer as we fellowship around God's Word?

Luke 12:35-40

Some of you may remember playing "HIde n' Seek" as a child. A game where a one person would count to one hundred, and the other kids would run and hide. Then the counter would yell "Ready or Not here I come!" The counter would try and find the hiders before they could return safely to base. Great fun! Today's message is about our Lord's second coming to Earth, and on that day, some people will be ready and some will not be ready. Nevertheless, Ready or Not here He comes! Are you ready?

Ezra 9:1-8

After 70 years of Babylonian captivity, God used Cyrus of Persia to allow the people of God to return to Jerusalem. The return occurred in three phases. Phase one was the initial return led by Zerubbabel with permission to rebuild the Temple. Phase two was led by Ezra; the main point is how he led the people of God to experience “SPIRITUAL REVIVAL. Phase three was when Nehemiah led a group back to rebuild the wall around the city. Our focus is on Phase two and the emphasis on “SPIRITUAL REVIVAL.”

Colossians 2:9-10

God has designed an infrastructure for society, and more particularly for the family, which involves people being in positions of Spiritual authority over us. We call them “Spiritual Headships”! Why? Because God is a God of order and organization, and He knows someone must be at the top of the organizational chart, or there will be chaos. Yet, today we see a pervasive “spirit of rebellion” against authority in our country, and it is silently eating away at God’s intended structure for our families and our society..

Matthew 28: 1-8

Today we remember a man from history who made some outrageous claims! Things like, “He was the Son of God,” “He lived a sinless life;” He died on a cross for “other“ people. And the most outlandish claim was that “He was raised back to life from the dead.” As one theologian said, “Anyone who makes claims like that is either a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord He claimed to be! We believe the latter because of what we are celebrating today! But the question is: How are we going to respond to this man of history?

Mark 2:13-17

Everyone knows of Billy Graham, and that his signature invitation song was “Just As I Am”. But what you might not know is that the lyrics were written by an invalid lady in England who wanted to serve God but did not know how with her handicap. So when she asked her minister about this, he said, “Just come to Him as you are”. Well the rest is history. Now we know this is our Lord’s attitude toward lost sinners, but I wonder if that is the attitude of the church today. Let’s talk about this today.

Mark 7:14-23

There is a principle we all need to understand and apply to our lives, which I will call it the “root to fruit” growth principle. A tree’s roots must grow downward and deep, before it will see any fruit grow upward. A fruit tree may go years without any visible fruit, but what we don’t see is the root system growing and developing so that it can grow fruit! Likewise, in our Christian life, we must have our roots growing deep in our relationship with Jesus before we can expect to see our church grow and bear fruit!

South Park Baptist Church