Christ Reformed Baptist Church

In Matthew 5:11–12, Jesus brings the Beatitudes to a deeply personal conclusion: "Blessed are you" when insult, persecution, and slander come because of Him. The kingdom citizen should not be surprised when faithfulness to Christ brings reproach from the world. Yet Christ does not merely command His people to endure; He commands them to rejoice. This joy is not rooted in pain itself, but in the ce...

In Matthew 5:9–10, Christ continues to describe the citizens of His kingdom, showing that they are both peacemakers and the persecuted. The peacemaker is not one who compromises truth for temporary quiet, but one who has been reconciled to God through Christ and now seeks true peace according to righteousness. Such a person bears the family likeness of the Father and shall be called a son of God....

In this sermon on Matthew 5:7–8, the focus falls upon two inseparable marks of Christ's kingdom people: mercy and purity of heart. Jesus teaches that those who have truly received mercy from God will begin to show mercy to others, while those whom God has truly cleansed will increasingly long for inward holiness rather than mere outward religion. The message presses beyond appearance and formality...

In Matthew 5:5–6, Jesus continues to describe the character of those who belong to His kingdom. The blessed are not the proud, aggressive, self-sufficient, or worldly satisfied, but the lowly and those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Lowliness is not weakness; it is strength humbled under the rule of God. The meek do not need to grasp for control or defend their pride because their inheri...

In Matthew 5:1–4, Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount by revealing the character of those who belong to His kingdom. The Beatitudes are not a pathway for sinners to earn salvation, but the marks of grace in those who have been brought under the reign of Christ. Unlike the world, which prizes strength, confidence, and self-sufficiency, Jesus declares the poor in spirit to be blessed. These are tho...

Matthew 4:12–25 shows the public ministry of Jesus beginning in power, mercy, and authority. After John the Baptist is imprisoned, Christ steps into Galilee, fulfilling Isaiah's promise that a great Light would dawn upon those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death. The King comes preaching the same urgent message: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." He calls ordinary fishermen to...

In Matthew 4:1–11, the Lord Jesus Christ enters the wilderness and confronts the tempter head on. After His baptism and the Father's declaration that He is the beloved Son, Christ is led by the Spirit into conflict with Satan. Where Adam failed in the garden and Israel failed in the wilderness, Jesus stands firm in perfect obedience. Hungry, isolated, and assaulted by the devil, Christ answers eve...

The sermon centers on Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, revealing that true worship is not confined to geography but requires a heart transformed by divine truth and the Holy Spirit. While both Jewish and Samaritan worship were incomplete—lacking full revelation or proper heart posture—Jesus declares that genuine worshipers will honor God in spirit and truth, where heartfe...

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not merely a miraculous event—it is the divine declaration that the work of salvation is complete. In Romans 4:23–25, Paul shows that just as righteousness was credited to Abraham through faith, so it is credited to all who believe in the God who raised Jesus from the dead. Christ was delivered over because of our transgressions, bearing the full weight of our s...

As Jesus approaches Jerusalem, He reveals with unmistakable clarity the true purpose of His mission. While the disciples anticipate glory and positions of honor, Christ speaks of suffering, rejection, and death. He is not moving toward a throne as they expect, but toward a cross. In Mark 10:45, Jesus declares that He came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many. T...

Isaiah 53:4–6 presents one of the clearest declarations of the gospel in all of Scripture, revealing Jesus Christ as the substitute for sinners. The prophet shows that the suffering of the Servant was not for His own sin, but for the sins of His people. Christ bore our grief, carried our sorrows, was pierced for our transgressions, and crushed for our iniquities. His suffering was not accidental,...

Matthew 2:13–23 reveals that from the very beginning of His life Jesus faced opposition from a hostile world. Warned in a dream, Joseph fled with Mary and the child Jesus to Egypt to escape Herod's murderous intent. When Herod realized the magi had not returned, his rage led to the slaughter of the children in Bethlehem, fulfilling the sorrow described by the prophet Jeremiah. Yet even in tragedy...

Matthew 2:1–12 reveals the identity of Jesus as the true King and exposes the different ways people respond to Him. The magi come from the east seeking the One born King of the Jews, showing that even in His infancy Christ is drawing the nations to Himself. Herod responds with fear and hostility because the true King threatens his throne. The chief priests and scribes respond with indifference; th...

Matthew's account of Christ's birth moves us from royal lineage to royal mission. Jesus is not merely the promised Son of David—He is the Savior sent to deliver His people from their sins. In a moment marked by scandal and uncertainty, God reveals that Mary's child is conceived by the Holy Spirit, fulfilling the prophecy that a virgin would bear a Son called Immanuel—God with us. This miraculous i...

Matthew begins his Gospel with a genealogy—and in doing so, he announces more than a family record. He proclaims a King. In Matthew 1:2–17 we trace the royal bloodline of Jesus Christ from Abraham to David, through the collapse of kings and the darkness of exile, down to Joseph and Mary—until the promised Christ appears. Along the way, Matthew refuses to sanitize the story: sinners, scandals, Gent...

This introductory sermon to the Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus Christ as the promised King whose authority frames the entire message of the book. Beginning with Matthew 1:1, which declares Jesus as the Son of David and the Son of Abraham, the Gospel establishes His rightful claim to the throne of God's eternal kingdom and His mission to bring blessing to all nations. The sermon walks through Mat...

Exodus ends where redemption always intends to go: not merely with a people freed from bondage, but with God dwelling in their midst. In Exodus 40, Yahweh commands His tabernacle to be set up and consecrated according to His Word (vv. 1–16). Moses obeys with humble precision—"just as Yahweh commanded" (vv. 17–33)—yet the summit comes when God Himself descends: the cloud covers the tent of meeting...

As winter weather descended on South Carolina we were unable to safely meet in person on this Lord's Day, However, we still gathered online and had brief devotionals from our two-Elder Candidates and our Pastor. Join as we look at passages from Psalm, Matthew and Acts that all tie together with the truth that salvation is found in Christ Alone!!

Exodus 35–39 reveals the ordered life of God's redeemed people. After reconciliation, the Lord restores His worship and reestablishes a pattern for faithful living: first, God calls His people to rest in Him, setting aside self and delighting in the Lord. From that rest flows the second marker, willing devotion, as hearts stirred by God bring freewill offerings with joy rather than coercion. Third...

This sermon walks us through Exodus 34:28–35, where Moses descends from Sinai with the restored tablets and a face shining with reflected glory. That radiance, which terrifies Israel and must be veiled, reveals the weight of God's holiness and the limits of the Old Covenant—a true glory, yet fading and condemning. Drawing on 2 Corinthians 3, the message shows how Moses serves as a signpost to Chri...

This message from Exodus 34 confronts us with the truth that reconciliation with God reshapes the entirety of life. True joy is not found in fleeting circumstances, but in belonging to the God who redeems, dwells with, and orders His people. Following Israel's covenant renewal, God immediately establishes rhythms of worship, obedience, holiness, and rest—revealing that grace does not abolish respo...

This sermon examines how the first advent of Christ secures the work that will be completed at His second coming—namely, the preparation of His Bride in holiness. Drawing from Zechariah's prophecy, Ezekiel and Jeremiah's promises of inward transformation, and Peter's exhortation to holy living, the message emphasizes that obedience is not a requirement for salvation but a result produced by the go...

This message explores the meaning of the peace announced at Christ's birth, showing that true peace is reconciliation between God and His people. Scripture reveals that God is pleased with those who live by faith, yet humanity is naturally unfaithful, raising the question of how the unfaithful bride can be accepted by a holy Husband. Isaiah 61 gives the answer — the Bridegroom, Christ, comes to pr...

The sermon presents a theological and pastoral vision of the church as the unified, living body of Christ, grounded in Ephesians 4 and reinforced by broader biblical teaching. At its heart, the church is defined not by culture, politics, tradition, or personal preference, but by a shared union with Christ through faith, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the truth of Scripture, which unites believer...