Agape Baptist Church - Sermons

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 35 God Blesses and Renames Jacob 35  God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”  2  So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.  3  Then le...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 34 The Defiling of Dinah 34  Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land.  2  And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.  3  And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 33 Jacob Meets Esau 33  And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two female servants.  2  And he put the servants with their children in front, then Leah with her children, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.  3  He himself went on before th...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 32 Jacob Fears Esau 32  Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.  2  And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God's camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.[ a ] 3  And Jacob sent[ b ] messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom,  4  instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau:...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 31: 17 - 55 17  So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.  18  He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.  19  Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods. ...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on the Birth of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Zechariah's Prophecy 67  And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, 68  “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,      for he has visited and redeemed his people 69  and has raised up a horn of salvation for us      in the house of his servant David, 70  as he spoke by the mouth of...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 30:25 - 31:16 Jacob's Prosperity 25  As soon as Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own home and country.  26  Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, that I may go, for you know the service that I have given you.”  27  But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 29:31 - 30:24 Jacob's Children 31  When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.  32  And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben,[ C ] for she said, “Because the Lordhas looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.”  33  She conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Because the...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 29 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29  Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.  2  As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well's mouth was large,  3  and when all the flocks were gathered there, the...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 28 Jacob Sent to Laban 28  Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, “You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.  2  Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.  3  God Almighty[ a ] bless you and make you fruitf...

a Sermon by Carl Lehmkuhl on 1 John 3:1-3 3  See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.  2  Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears[ a ] we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 27:1-41 Isaac Blesses Jacob 27  When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son”; and he answered, “Here I am.”  2  He said, “Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.  3  Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me, ...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 26 God's Promise to Isaac 26  Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.  2  And the Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.  3  Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 25 The Birth of Esau and Jacob 19  These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac,  20  and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.  21  And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord ...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 24 Isaac and Rebekah 24  Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.  2  And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,  3  that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that you will not take a...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 23 Sarah's Death and Burial 23  Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.  2  And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.  3  And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites,[ a ]  4  “I am a sojourner and foreigner among y...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel on Genesis 22:1-19 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22  After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”  2  He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”  3  So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 21 The Birth of Isaac 21  The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.  2  And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.  3  Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac.[ a ]  4  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 20 Abraham and Abimelech 20  From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.  2  And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.  3  But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 19 19  The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth  2  and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 19 God Rescues Lot 19  The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth  2  and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” The...

a Sermon by Pastor Matthew Oser on Galatians 6:1-10 Bear One Another's Burdens 6  Brothers,[ a ] if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.  2  Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.  3  For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he decei...

a Sermon by Pastor Daniel Crane on Genesis 18:16-33 16  Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.  17  The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,  18  seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?  19  For I have chosen[...

a Sermon by Carl Lehmkuhl on Luke 7:16-29   16  Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”  17  And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. Messengers from John the Baptist 18  The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John,  19  calling two of his...

a Sermon by Pastor Bryant Crane on Genesis 18:1-15 18  And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks[ a ] of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day.  2  He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth  3  and said, “O Lord,[ b ] if I have found favor in...