Agape Baptist Church - Sermons

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 8:12-30 I Am the Light of the World 12  Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  13  So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.”  14  Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testi...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 8:1-11 1  but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.  2  Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.  3  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst  4  they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. ...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Joh 7:40-52 Division Among the People 40  When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.”  41  Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee?  42  Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”  43  So...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 7:25-34 Can This Be the Christ? 25  Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?  26  And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?  27  But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 7:11-24 11  The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?”  12  And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.”  13  Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him. 14  About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and...

a Sermon by Mike Ellis on Mathew 6:33 33  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 7:1-10 Jesus at the Feast of Booths 7  After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews[ a ] were seeking to kill him.  2  Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand.  3  So his brothers[ b ] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.  4  For no one works in s...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 6:30-46 30  So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?  31  Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”  32  Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 6:22-29 I Am the Bread of Life 22  On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.  23  Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given...

a Sermon by visiting Pastor Frank Frausto on Hebrews 10:19-25 The Full Assurance of Faith 19  Therefore, brothers,[ a ] since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,  20  by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,  21  and since we have a great priest over the house of God,  22  let us draw near with a true heart in f...

a Sermon by Visiting Pastor Rodney Queen on Romans 1:16-32 The Righteous Shall Live by Faith 16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.  17  For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,[ e ] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”[ f ] God's Wrath on Un...

a Sermon by Pastor Matthew Oser on Mark 10:13-52 Let the Children Come to Me 13  And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.  14  But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  15  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 6:1-21 Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand 6  After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.  2  And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.  3  Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.  4  Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, w...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 5:30-47 Witnesses to Jesus 30  “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.  31  If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.  32  There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.  33  You s...

a Sermon by Daniel Crane on John 5:18-29 Jesus Is Equal with God 18  This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. The Authority of the Son 19  So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 5:1-18 The Healing at the Pool 5  Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.  2  Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[ a ] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.  3  Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.  [4]  [...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 4:43-54 Jesus Heals an Official’s Son 43  After the two days he left for Galilee.  44  (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)  45  When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, for they also had been there. 46  Once more he visited...

a Sermon by Pastor Carl Lehmkuhl on John 4:25-42 25  The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26  Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” The Disciples Rejoin Jesus 27  Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are y...

A Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 4:1-26 Jesus and the Woman of Samaria 4  Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John  2  (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),  3  he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.  4  And he had to pass through Samaria.  5  So he came to a town of Samaria called Syc...

A Sermon by Pastor Daniel on John 3:22-36 John the Baptist Exalts Christ 22  After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.  23  John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized  24  (for John had not yet been put in prison). 25  Now a discussion arose b...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 3:16-21 For God So Loved the World 16  “For God so loved the world,[ a ] that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  17  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.  18  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 3:1-15 You Must Be Born Again 3  Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.  2  This man came to Jesus[ a ] by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”  3  Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born a...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 2:13-25 Jesus Cleanses the Temple 13  The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.  14  In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.  15  And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on John 2:1-12 The Wedding at Cana 2  On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.  2  Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.  3  When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”  4  And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come....

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on John 1:35-51 John’s Disciples Follow Jesus 35  The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.  36  When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37  When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.  38  Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”),...