Baliwag Bible Christian Church [sermons]

We have to spend time to talk about congregational singing. We spend about 25-30 minutes of our worship service in singing. The rest is prayer, Scripture reading, and sermon. But we seldom take time to reflect why we sing and why it matters.

The gospel is “of first importance.” It is our church’s central message and primary motivation. Why do we need to have greater confidence in the supremacy of Christ and the sufficiency of what he has done on the cross? In light of contemporary trends that diminish the importance of gospel preaching, how are we to continue embracing the foolishness of the cross? What must change in how we preach an...

We are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Why is faith the appropriate response to Christ’s finished work on the cross? What is “union with Christ” and why is this important in our understanding and living the Christian life? Why is faith not just our initial response, but also a day-to- day response to the gospel? In what ways do we manifest self-righteousness and self-...

Our desperate condition drives us toward the perfect righteousness of Christ as the only way for us to be right with God. Why is the law insufficient to provide us the righteousness required of us? What did Christ’s perfect obedience and his sacrificial death on the cross accomplish for us? What is meant by the biblical terms substitution, redemption, propitiation and justification, and why are th...

The center of the gospel is the death of Christ and the reason why He died is to deal with sin. Therefore, the proclamation of the gospel is incomplete without addressing the issue of sin. This means explaining that men and women are sinners and are therefore under the wrath of God is important if we want to present the gospel properly.

A rediscovery of the gospel begins with a vision of the holiness of God. What does it mean for God to be holy? Why is a “God-entranced vision of all things” crucial for gospel awakening both in our individual lives and in our churches? How should this vision of God’s holiness motivate us in our own personal pursuit of holiness and in helping our churches progress in sanctification?

To serve us, to glorify God - 'yan ang life mission ng Panginoong Jesus. At tayo rin na sinasabing tagasunod niya, yun din ang life mission natin, hindi pwedeng iba, hindi pwedeng to serve ourselves, to glorify ourselves, but to serve others, to glorify God. Jesus came and lived a perfectly righteous life, and died and rose again para ano? To rescue us from ourselves so that we may live for others...

In what ways is the gospel denied, distorted or minimized in our churches today? Why is it urgent that we have a right view of the gospel? What is at stake here? What is the gospel? Why do pastors and church leaders have a solemn obligation to proclaim and protect it?

"Flee from idolatry" (1 Cor. 10:14). Run, run away as quick as you can, without hesitation. Responsibility natin 'yan. Kapag may temptation, hindi mo kakantahan 'yan, "O tukso layuan mo ako." No, ikaw ang lalayo at kakaripas ng takbo palayo sa tukso.

God does not give us trials dahil bilib siya sa atin. Kundi para tayo ang bumilib sa kanya. Meron naman kasing mga temptations na di natin kinakaya. Ilang beses na tayong bumagsak. But the good news for us, we don't have to fall. Kasi merong Diyos na tumutulong sa atin kahit sa mga panahong parang wala nang pag-asa.

We must be willing to lose something big in order to win something bigger. Meron siyang binanggit sa 1 Cor. 9:19-27 na dalawang malaking bagay na handa siyang mawala sa kanya para makamtan niya ang dalawang bagay na higit na mas mahalaga.

Prayer ko na maging nangingibabaw na hangarin na ng puso natin ay hindi yung sarili nating karapatan, o kalayaan, o sariling pangarap, o sariling kagustuhan - kundi yung mas malaya at mas malawak na maipangaral ang mabuting balita ni Cristo.

These are issues na hindi lang basta about food, places or events, pero merong religious significance, may disagreements among Christians, yung iba sobrang big deal ito, yung iba naman it's no big deal. Pero kung hindi tayo wise and careful kung paano magrespond sa mga ganitong issues, it may cause disunity sa church, it may discourage or harm our fellow believers...

We are so preoccupied in making sure that we are in a status or standing na approved ng mga tao. We forget what is most important regarding our status. Ang nagdedefine ng value or worth natin, yung identity natin ay nakakabit sa relasyon natin sa Diyos.

The gospel is all about Jesus. Si Jesus na namuhay sa mundong ito na isang single man, walang asawa, no sexual relationship, pero fully satisfied sa relasyon niya sa Diyos Ama. Single, pero the happiest man who walked on earth. Pero yung kanyang pagiging single was just part of the story. Dahil ngayon engaged siya to be married to a Bride, the Church, kabilang tayo dun.

Preached by Derick Parfan at Baliwag Bible Christian Church on Sept. 29, 2019 Where is our assurance and hope anchored? Ang tema natin ngayon sa pagdiriwang ng ika-33 taon ng pagkakatatag ng Baliwag Bible Christian Church ay "Anchored." Sa Tagalog, naka-angkla. Ibig sabihin, kahit malakas ang alon, kahit humampas ang malakas na hangin, kahit dumating...... Continue Reading →

May we always remember that we are great sinners, until now, but we have a great Savior, his name is Jesus. Ang buhay natin ay dahil sa kanya. Ang buhay natin ngayon ay para sa kanya. Ang buhay natin ay ang makasama siya forever and ever. One day, sex will be no more, sexual sins will be no more. All we have is Christ. And he is more than enough for us, for all of us.

Admittedly, we don't handle conflicts very well. Maybe because yung culture natin ay shame-based. Pero mas malamang na explanation or reason ay dahil sa pride at self-centeredness, at pati na rin yung failure natin to apply the gospel to our prideful hearts in fixing our relational problems.

Ang pag-practice ng church discipline, bagamat hindi normal sa ibang mga churches, it is not abnormal. It is part of ordinary Christian life. Wag kang magtaka pag dinidisiplina ka. Kasi kapamilya ka. Magtaka ka kung hindi ka dinidisiplina at pinapabayaan ka lang sa kasalanan.

We don't decide for ourselves kung ano ang tama patungkol sa sex or any relationship. Hindi kung ano ang gusto natin, hindi kung ano ang socially and culturally acceptable...Ang standard at boundary natin ay kung ano ang sinasabi ng Diyos. We don't take church discipline and holiness seriously because we take our sins or that of others lightly.

Kung mali ang reasons or motivations mo sa involvement sa ministry - whatever kind of ministry - magiging mali din ang approach mo sa mga gagawin mo sa ministry. The "Why" of doing ministry affects the "How" of doing ministry.

We must not let ourselves or anyone else be judged in the court of human opinion. It is God's opinion that matters. Yun ang totoo. What God says about you trumps all other opinions. Ang papuri, parangal, at approval na galing sa Diyos sa araw na yun ay a million times better than sa mga panandaliang papuri, parangal at approval na matatanggap natin sa mga tao ngayon.

We all have to evaluate how we do ministry. Kasi mahalaga na tama ang pagkakilala natin sa sarili natin bilang Christians, sa mga leaders natin bilang mga lingkod at katiwala ng Diyos, at sa church natin bilang "God's field, God's building and God's temple."

Ang ipiprisinta natin (in life, in preaching or any ministry) ay hindi kung ano ang gusto natin o ng ibang tao, kundi kung sino si Cristo at ano ang ginawa niya sa krus para sa atin. Hindi kung ano ang gusto, kundi kung ano ang kailangan. Si Cristo lang, walang kumpromiso.

Nakikiusap ako sa inyo na sa halip na ang gagawin mo ay maging cause of division sa church o mag-iindicate ng lack of participation, palagi tayong gumawa ng hakbang para makiisa sa gospel ambition ng church dahil iisa lang yung gospel na tinanggap natin at ibinabahagi natin sa iba.