Fellowship Bible Church Sermons

Ephesians 3:1-14 June 23, 2024 AM.

Various June 23, 2024 SS.

Psalm 88 June 19, 2024 PM. Psalm 88 is a personal lament. The psalmist's prolonged affliction has left him feeling alone and abandoned like the dead. His concern is that in death there is no opportunity to declare God's glory among the living. Therefore, the psalmist persistently cries out to God for deliverance. We learn from the psalmist that when in the pit of prolonged affliction, believers sh...

Ephesians 2:19-22 June 16, 2024 PM.

Luke 11:1-4 June 16, 2024 AM. A. The model prayer, or any prayer for that matter that is patterned after it, is of no value if the heart of the person praying it is not walking with God. “If I cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (loose quotation of Psalm 66:18). B. The question and the Lord’s answer concern private, individual prayer. The Lord is not talking about public praye...

Philippians 4:8 June 16, 2024 SS. In myself: A. Repent. Confess any sin. Ask God to help you think better in the future, more carefully, more truly, etc. In others: B. Do not treat the failed person with malice, harsh judgement, ill will, lack of love, lack of mercy, etc. C. Love covers a multitude of sins. D. Gently ask the person to explain their thinking, and if truly he is not “thinking well”...

Acts 14:21-28 June 12, 2024 PM. This reminds us of several truths that we need to really engage with: 1. Paul and his missionary team were doing exactly what the Great Commission told them to do. 2. The Great Commission is not just about preaching the gospel, but doing the next steps – making disciples, maturing disciples, organizing disciples into churches with pastors. The Great Commission requi...

Ephesians 2:14-18 June 9, 2024 PM.

Luke 10:38-42 June 9, 2024 AM. One other thing: remember that Martha was trying to serve the Lord Jesus. And there is nothing wrong with that when considered in isolation from everything else. But when the activities and programs of your church life become frenetic and you begin to complain, the making of disciples has become secondary. The problem is one of proportion and priority. Our focus shou...

Philippians 4:8 June 9, 2024 SS. Thinking is a very personal thing. I cannot get into your head. Only you know what is there (1 Cor. 2:11). But you can tell other people what is there. And God knows what is in there! Jesus came to rescue us from every evil deed and thought. Moreover, He through the Word of God and the Spirit of God helps His people to think good. Apart from Him you cannot succeed...

Acts 14:8-20 June 5, 2024 PM. A main idea from the book of Acts is the work of the Spirit in the early Christians to propagate the gospel and start new churches. In Acts 13 and 14 record the first forays into the Gentile world with the gospel. We are to continue teaching the same kinds of things they did, starting churches like they did, ministering to people like they did, refusing idolatrous wor...

Ephesians 2:11-13 June 2, 2024 PM.

Luke 10:25-37 June 2, 2024 AM. To whom should you be neighbor? To all kinds of people. To those who are downtrodden, despised, rejected, marginalized, and hated. To the poor and addicts. To those victimized by sin and confused by all the immoral messages that are shouted from the rooftops. To those who need some extra cash, to those who are depressed, to those who are grumpy, to your family member...

1 Corinthians 13:5 June 2, 2024 SS. I have been focusing on 'thinking no evil' in relation to other people. There is plenty of opportunity to consider another entire avenue, and that is plain old evil thoughts related to ourselves and our own sins, not in relation to other people. But we cannot do that now. Jesus came to rescue us from our own thoughts. He did not only pay for our sins to offer us...

Acts 14:1-7 May 29, 2024 PM. Follow the apostolic example (1 Cor. 11:1, Philippians 3:17): Speak boldly for Christ. Do not give up in the face of opposition. In fact, expect it and know that some will be poisoned against you. Leave when you have to. Go on to new territory if the old is closed or already covered by other sound ministries.

Ephesians 2:8-10 May 26, 2024 PM.

Luke 10:17-24 May 26, 2024 AM. We who are Christians have the blessing and joy of salvation in Christ, and of the revealed knowledge of God and His coming kingdom, as well as all that we read about Jesus Christ in the Bible—even more than the disciples had! This brings a huge responsibility to us. The world has enjoyed a great era since Christ came—an age in which his teachings have been proclaime...

Ephesians 4:11ff May 26, 2024 SS.

Acts 13:42-52 May 22, 2024 PM. Thoughts evoked by this message on the gospel of Jesus Christ: An inclusive message – for all, Jews or Gentiles. A rejoicing message - joy out of hopelessness. An attractive message – many people want to hear it. An off-putting message – many do not like the new, different aspect of it. A polarizing message – some receive and many reject. A growing message – through...

Matthew 25:14ff May 19, 2024 PM.

Luke 10:1-16 May 19, 2024 AM. Previously, He had told the disciples that if someone receives them, they will receive the Lord, and if they receive the Lord, they will receive the Father as well (Matt. 10:40). So, if the city were favorable to his messengers, then Jesus could expect something of a favorable response to His further ministry in the city. But if the city had already rejected the disci...

Lamentations 1 May 19, 2024 SS. Our teacher, James Widgeon, opens his teaching series on Jeremiah's Lamentations.

Acts 13:42-52 May 15. 2024 PM. Thoughts evoked by this message on the gospel of Jesus Christ: An inclusive message – for all, Jews or Gentiles. A rejoicing message - joy out of hopelessness. A polarizing message – some receive and many reject. A growing message – through positive testimony and negative persecution. A saving message – as opposed to going before God unjustified. A transforming messa...

Ephesians 2:4-7 May 12, 2024 PM.

Luke 9:57-62 May 12, 2024 AM. Jesus knew the cost of totally following God; He may have left His earthly father at the end of his life; He did not stay with his mother and left His brothers and sisters behind and did not spend the last few years with them. Do you hesitate to believe in Jesus because of ties to this world? Because of the potential costs to your lifestyle, friends, etc.? But what ab...