Robert Lewis Sermons

Guided Question Are you allowing God's truth to soften your heart and draw you closer to Jesus, or are you holding on to religious traditions, personal beliefs, and worldly values that keep you from a genuine relationship with Him? Summary In Matthew 12, Jesus confronts the Pharisees over their religious traditions and their misunderstanding of the Sabbath. Through three encounters, He reveals how...

Guided Question Are you genuinely following Jesus, or are you remaining on the outer circle of Christianity? What might be keeping you from fully committing to Him? Summary In Matthew 11:1–19, Jesus distinguishes between those who genuinely follow Him and those who merely gather around Him. Dr. Lewis identifies three reasons people remain on the outside of true spiritual life: misguided expectatio...

Guided Question Are you willing to follow Jesus beyond the excitement of His power and promises, embracing the personal cost of discipleship, loving His people, and sharing His compassion for a lost world? Summary In Matthew 8–9, Jesus demonstrates that He is more than a teacher of great principles—He is the Messiah, the King whose power is revealed through His works. Through nine miracles, Jesus...

Guided Question Are you relying on the Holy Spirit in your daily life, and how are you using the gifts God has given you to serve and strengthen others in the body of Christ? Summary In this episode, Dr. Robert Lewis introduces spiritual gifts from 1 Corinthians 12, emphasizing that the Christian life is not about religious regulations but a living relationship with the Holy Spirit. Unlike worldly...

Guided Question Are you simply attending church, or are you being equipped to live out your faith, disciple others, and serve the world? How does your life reflect Christ to those around you? Summary In this episode, Dr. Robert Lewis presents a vision for The Church That Must Come—a church focused not merely on organizing events but on equipping believers for ministry. Drawing from Luke 14:25–35,...

Guided Question When you find yourself judging someone else, are you willing to examine your own heart first—and are your words and actions aimed at restoration or condemnation? Summary This episode examines one of Jesus’ most quoted—and most misunderstood—teachings: “Do not judge” from Matthew 7:1–5. Rather than forbidding all discernment or accountability, Jesus is warning against unrighteous ju...

Guided Question Are you trusting in your own righteousness and good works, or are you relying on the righteousness of Jesus, who perfectly fulfilled the law on your behalf? Summary In this episode, Dr. Robert Lewis explores Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5:17–20 concerning the law. He explains why understanding God’s law is essential for understanding God’s holiness, humanity’s sinfulness, Christ’s wo...

Guided Question What step are you on in learning to live God’s way — recognizing your spiritual poverty, mourning what keeps you from Him, submitting your life to His direction, or hungering and thirsting for righteousness? Summary In this episode, Dr. Robert Lewis explores the first four Beatitudes in Matthew 5:1–12 and Jesus’ surprising teaching about the path to true happiness. Rather than find...

Guided Question Are you trying to live the Christian life in your own strength, or are you learning to depend on the power of the Holy Spirit—and what might God be asking you to surrender in order to follow Him more fully? Summary In Matthew 4:12–25, Jesus steps into His public ministry, bringing Matthew’s carefully prepared introduction to its climax. After His temptation in the wilderness, Jesus...

Guided Question Have you merely acknowledged Jesus as Savior, or have you truly received Him as King—and what would change in your life if He were fully reigning? Summary This episode explores the significance of the genealogy in Matthew 1, revealing that the long list of names is far more than a record of ancestry. In Jewish culture, genealogy carried tremendous power. A person's ancestry could d...

Guided Question Do I truly know Jesus and experience His presence in my life, or am I simply trying to live by Christian rules without experiencing the new birth He came to give? Summary This episode explores Matthew 1:18–25 and the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ. Dr. Robert Lewis emphasizes that Jesus’ birth is unique not simply because a baby was born, but because God Himself entered humanity....

Guided Question Have you lost sight of Jesus’ vision for your life because of busyness, comfort, fear, or distractions—and what would it look like to renew your commitment to making disciples where God has placed you? Summary This episode explores the vision that gives spiritual gifts their purpose: Jesus’ call to “go and make disciples of all the nations.” Spiritual gifts are not given simply for...

Guided Question Does the way you use your time, talents, and money reflect an eternal perspective, or are you still living as though this life is all there is? Summary In this concluding message from 1 Corinthians, Dr. Robert Lewis examines the Corinthian church and finds a striking resemblance to the modern church. The Corinthians were athletic-minded, pleasure-loving, self-focused, biblically im...

Guided Question Are you faithfully using the spiritual gifts God has given you to serve others in love, or have you allowed those gifts to remain unused or misunderstood? Summary This episode examines the purpose and use of spiritual gifts, with particular attention to the gift of tongues. Dr. Robert Lewis begins by explaining that spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit to equip every believ...

Guided Question When it comes to spiritual experiences and gifts, are you allowing Scripture—not personal experience, emotion, or cultural expectations—to determine what you believe and how you practice your faith? Summary This episode concludes a series on the ministry of the Holy Spirit by focusing on the controversial gift of tongues in 1 Corinthians 14. Dr. Robert Lewis begins by acknowledging...

Guided Question How does your understanding of love compare with the kind of "true love" described in Scripture, and what would it look like to live that out in your relationships this week? Summary What does the world really need? While our culture constantly talks about love, this message argues that what the world truly lacks is real, biblical love. Beginning with the observation that love is t...

Guided Question How has God uniquely gifted you to serve others, and are you actively using those gifts to strengthen Christ's body—or are you content to simply attend church without engaging in His mission? Summary In this message, Dr. Robert Lewis walks through 1 Corinthians 12, explaining that the church is not merely an organization that runs programs but a living, supernatural body empowered...

Guided Question Are you merely believing the truths of the Christian faith, or are you living daily under the empowering control of the Holy Spirit? Summary Many Christians know about the Holy Spirit, yet live with little evidence of His power in their daily lives. Using 1 Corinthians 12:13 as the foundation, this message distinguishes between the baptism of the Holy Spirit—the Spirit's work of br...

Guided Question How are you using the gifts God has given you to serve others—and are you helping fulfill the church's mission of demonstrating Christ's compassion to a hurting world? Summary This message explores the purpose and importance of spiritual gifts through the lens of 1 Corinthians 12:14–27, framed by Jesus' example in Matthew 9:35–38. Just as Jesus moved among the people with compassio...

Guided Question How would you evaluate your spiritual progress today — are you cultivating a deeper desire for God's presence, drawing strength from Him in difficult seasons, and growing in a life marked by trust and obedience? Summary This episode explores Psalm 84 and what Dr. Robert Lewis calls the "Signs of a Pilgrim's Progress." He reminds us that life's highest calling is to know God, yet th...

Guided Question Where are you in your spiritual journey — still dead in sin, encountering God’s mercy, or living fully as His child — and what does that reveal about your life today? Summary This episode walks through Ephesians 2:1–10, showing the gospel in ten verses. Paul starts with humanity’s spiritual death — driven by appetite, pride, and worldly influence, living under the consequences of s...

Guided Question Are you growing older in your faith—or truly growing up through intentional application of God’s Word? Summary In this sermon from Fellowship Bible Church, Dr. Robert Lewis challenges believers to examine whether they are spiritually maturing or merely aging in the faith. Drawing from Epistle to the Hebrews 5, he addresses Christians who had followed Christ for decades yet remained...

Guided Question How should believers respond when Scripture challenges modern cultural assumptions about gender roles, authority, and visible expressions of faith? Summary In this sermon on 1 Corinthians 11:2–16, Dr. Robert Lewis addresses one of the New Testament’s most debated and culturally sensitive passages: head coverings in worship. Framing the chapter as a theological “Rubik’s Cube,” he ca...

Guided Question How does returning to God’s original design for men and women—through submission to Scripture and dependence on the Holy Spirit—challenge the way you currently understand leadership, responsibility, and relationship in your own life? Summary In this message, Dr. Robert Lewis continues his Genesis series by examining roles as part of God’s original design for humanity. Building on t...

Guided Question In a culture that increasingly defines gender roles by social preference and personal experience, how should Christians discern what it truly means to be male and female—and what are the consequences for individuals, families, and the church when God’s original design is either embraced or ignored? Summary In this sermon, Dr. Robert Lewis addresses one of the most controversial and...