- Oct 13, 2024A Healthy Church Part 1 (Acts 9:31)
Oct 13, 2024A Healthy Church Part 1 (Acts 9:31)By: Pastor ChambersSeries: Sunday MorningActs 9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.When we are first introduced to Saul in the New Testament, he is the ringleader of the persecution of the church. But one day, he met Jesus, and that changed everything. He stopped persecuting Christians and started preaching the gospel.After Saul’s conversion, the believers enjoyed a season of less persecution. But while they were resting, they were still very active. Acts 9:31 says, “Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.”This verse describes four characteristics of a spiritually healthy church: Edification, Sanctification, Consolation, and Multiplication. We can also say that these traits will be found in the life of a spiritually healthy Christian since the character of the church is a reflection of the character of its members. The church will only be as healthy as the members who make up the church. Therefore, we must each be growing spiritually and walking with God.
- Oct 13, 2024Perfect Peace (Special Music)
- Oct 6, 2024A Burden For Missions
- Oct 6, 2024Jesus Our Sacrificial Lamb
- Sep 22, 2024Light Living
Sep 22, 2024Light LivingBy: David RiffelSeries: Sunday Evening
Salt And Light Living
Matthew 5-7 records for us the greatest sermon ever preached, the sermon of our Savior. We call it the sermon on the mount and Jesus is speaking to his followers on the characteristics of the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. He starts by describing the character they ought to have in what we call the Beatitudes. When we have these attitudes, we become a living testimony of God’s work in our lives.
Jesus illustrates this in his sermon by using two common objects: salt and light. These symbols of salt and light refer to the enriching and preserving influence that we as believers are to have on the world around us by showing and sharing Jesus Christ. Salt speaks of our character as believers, that inward work of God in us. Light speaks of our conduct, that outward work as God works through us, that others may see our good works and glorify our Father, Who is in heaven.
Salt and light give us illumination and instruction in our daily lives as Kingdom citizens in a sinful world. God has left us here for a purpose. His desire for each of us as his children is for us to be a positive spiritual influence on the world around us for the glory of God.
- Sep 22, 2024Salt Living (Matthew 5)
Sep 22, 2024Salt Living (Matthew 5)By: David RiffelSeries: Sunday MorningMatthew 5-7 records for us the greatest sermon ever preached, the sermon of our Savior. We call it the sermon on the mount and Jesus is speaking to his followers on the characteristics of the citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven. He starts by describing the character they ought to have in what we call the Beatitudes. When we have these attitudes, we become a living testimony of God’s work in our lives.Jesus illustrates this in his sermon by using two common objects: salt and light. These symbols of salt and light refer to the enriching and preserving influence that we as believers are to have on the world around us by showing and sharing Jesus Christ. Salt speaks of our character as believers, that inward work of God in us. Light speaks of our conduct, that outward work as God works through us, that others may see our good works and glorify our Father, Who is in heaven.Salt and light give us illumination and instruction in our daily lives as Kingdom citizens in a sinful world. God has left us here for a purpose. His desire for each of us as his children is for us to be a positive spiritual influence on the world around us for the glory of God.
- Sep 15, 2024A Tale of Two Sons (Matthew 21:28-32)
Sep 15, 2024A Tale of Two Sons (Matthew 21:28-32)By: Pastor ChambersSeries: Sunday MorningIt is incredible how people born to the same parents and raised in the same home can turn out completely opposite. Sometimes, they do not even resemble one another in appearance; other times, they look similar, but their personalities are polar opposites. The differences between even close relatives are often by God’s design to display His glory through the diversity of His creation.But not all differences are good. When one person makes right choices, and another does not, their lives will look very different. Even more importantly, our choices impact eternity. Sometimes, the difference between people is literally the difference between heaven and hell.In Matthew 21:28-32, Jesus told a parable about two sons who were polar opposites. There were those among Jesus’ audience who thought they were better than others because they gave a good impression of being righteous, but their religion was lip service. They did not obey God from their hearts, and so they were still lost in their sins. They needed to understand that it makes little difference what you say, but it makes all the difference what you do. It is not enough to give the impression that you are right. You must repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved from your sin and death in hell.
- Sep 1, 2024Burden For Believers
- Sep 1, 2024Not Good Enough (Mark 10:17)
Sep 1, 2024Not Good Enough (Mark 10:17)By: Pastor ChambersSeries: Sunday MorningMany people imagine that getting to heaven is simply a matter of ensuring your good works outweigh your bad. If you try to be kind and avoid any enormous sins like murder or robbing a bank, then you are good enough to go to heaven when you die. All false religions teach this concept in one form or another.According to this thinking, sin and good works are like plusses and minuses in your bank account. As long as you keep your balance in the positive and do not overdraft your good works account, you are fine. But the Bible teaches something entirely different. The Bible says that our good works cannot save us and our righteous deeds are worse than worthless. They are like filthy rags fit only for the garbage.One day, Jesus encountered a young man who wanted to know how to have eternal life. He was a rich, educated, religious man who thought he was pretty good, maybe even good enough to get to heaven. And if he wasn’t, he certainly wasn’t far from it. Jesus knew what was in the man’s heart, and, in a brief conversation, He revealed a truth that our eternity hinges on: we are not good enough. There is only One who is truly good, and that One is God. The only way that we can be saved from eternal death in hell and receive eternal life is to admit that we are not good enough and trust in Jesus for our salvation.
- Sep 1, 2024I Am Standing At The Crossroads (Special Music)
Sep 1, 2024I Am Standing At The Crossroads (Special Music)By: Special MusicSeries: Special Music"I Am Standing At The Crossroads" by The Stephen Riffel Family.
- Sep 1, 2024The God Of Peace (Special Music)
Sep 1, 2024The God Of Peace (Special Music)By: Special MusicSeries: Sunday Morning"The God Of Peace" Philadelphia Baptist Church Choir
- Aug 25, 2024Listen Up (Malachi 3)
- Aug 25, 2024Why Church? For God’s Glory (Ephesians 3:21)
Aug 25, 2024Why Church? For God’s Glory (Ephesians 3:21)By: Pastor ChambersSeries: Sunday Morning1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” We exist to bring glory to God and have been commanded to glorify God intentionally. So, it only makes sense that a primary purpose of the church is to glorify God. The church belongs to God the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He began the church and bought the church, and the church is His bride and body. He deserves to be glorified in and through the church, and we should be happy to take part in the glorification of God in the church.Sadly, churches have all too often mutated into institutions that glorify man. People remember “flagship” ministries for the men who lead them more than for the work of God done in them. The problem has been perpetuated by the Satanic philosophy that man must increase for God to increase. But John said, “He (Jesus) must increase, but I must decrease.” (John 3:30) Many people despise the day of small things as inferior and undesirable. We must correct our thinking. We should belong to the church and be accountable to the church for the glory of God alone. We should encourage and edify each other for the glory of God. We should insist that the church preach and teach the truth and proclaim the gospel to the lost for the glory of God. God and God alone should get glory in the church. He is the One who has all power. He is the One who has saved us and works in us to change us to be more and more like Christ. He is the One who deserves glory in the church now and forever.
- Aug 11, 2024Why Loosing Everything Is The Best Thing (Philippians 3:7)
Aug 11, 2024Why Loosing Everything Is The Best Thing (Philippians 3:7)By: Pastor ChambersSeries: Sunday Evening
- Aug 11, 2024Why Church? For Growth (I Corinthians 13:11)
Aug 11, 2024Why Church? For Growth (I Corinthians 13:11)By: Pastor ChambersSeries: Sunday MorningGrowing up is an odd thing. We spend much of our time as children trying to act like grown-ups, and then some grown-ups spend a lot of their time acting like kids. The difference between children and adults is maturity. However, we do not expect adults to act like kids; we expect them to act maturely. Paul summarized growing up this way, "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." (1 Corinthians 13:11)In Ephesians 4, Paul wrote that God has gifted certain people to the church "for the perfecting of the saints." We are perfected as we grow and mature in our Christian life. The community in which that growth takes place is the local church. You and I need the church to help us "grow up into him." The Christian life is designed to be one where we work together, learn together, and grow together so that we all grow more and more like Jesus. When we are each in our place, lovingly doing our part for the body of Christ, the result is consistent growth, individually and collectively. We must be committed to God's plan for the local church to grow up into Christ because proper growth in the Christian life cannot happen apart from the church.
- Oct 13, 2024A Healthy Church Part 1 (Acts 9:31)
- Oct 13, 2024Perfect Peace (Special Music)
- Oct 6, 2024A Burden For Missions
- Oct 6, 2024Jesus Our Sacrificial Lamb
- Sep 22, 2024Light Living
- Sep 22, 2024Salt Living (Matthew 5)
- Sep 15, 2024A Tale of Two Sons (Matthew 21:28-32)
- Sep 1, 2024Burden For Believers
- Sep 1, 2024Not Good Enough (Mark 10:17)
- Sep 1, 2024I Am Standing At The Crossroads (Special Music)
- Sep 1, 2024The God Of Peace (Special Music)
- Aug 25, 2024Listen Up (Malachi 3)
- Aug 25, 2024Why Church? For God’s Glory (Ephesians 3:21)
- Aug 11, 2024Why Loosing Everything Is The Best Thing (Philippians 3:7)
- Aug 11, 2024Why Church? For Growth (I Corinthians 13:11)