Fellowship Bible Church Sermons

3 John 1-14 July 8, 2026. John is encouraged that Gaius prospers spiritually and is walking in the truth of Jesus and giving careful attention to hospitality toward God’s servants. But there was in the church a divisive man named Diotrephes who did not want to exercise hospitality for God’s servants, and instead of being a servant of the servants of God, desired to be preeminent in the church. So...

Various July 5, 2026 PM. To prepare our hearts to partake of the Lord's Table, Pastor Matt reviewed the texts of Scripture that talk about the plant called Hyssop. Hyssop (related to our modern oregano) was used in the ceremony of cleansing a leper or someone who had touched a dead body by the sprinkling of blood or holy water. Hyssop appears in the ceremony of the first Passover, as well as at th...

2 Corinthians 9:6-15 July 5, 2026 AM. In this message, we continue following Paul’s call for the church to keep its commitment to the giving project they enthusiastically endorsed a year earlier. It would be advantageous for them to do so (8:10) for among other reasons this key principle: they would reap many blessings. God blesses the righteous giver, so we must give joyfully and generously to ex...

Various July 1, 2026 PM. With what attitudes should we approach God in prayer? Christians should pray with a sense of duty, with a pure heart, in faith, with humility, with a sense of submission, and with earnestness.

Nehemiah 1:1-13:31 June 24, 2026 PM. The book of Nehemiah covers the third phase of the return of the Jewish exiles. In this phase of the return, the rebuilding of the city and especially the wall is the focus. Nehemiah enacted reforms in the political, economic, and spiritual reforms as well.

2 Corinthians 9:1-5 June 21, 2026 AM. The Corinthian church had an initial zeal to gather funds for Jerusalem, but now Paul encourages them to follow through in their giving. Now, Paul might be able to cajole the Corinthians to give despite them having a tight hold on money, but he hoped not to do that. Rather, giving should be willing and voluntary. God calls us to match enthusiasm with follow-th...

Various June 21, 2026 SS. In this lesson we review David’s responses to Saul’s many and varied attempts to kill him. David exhibits extreme patience with Saul while knowing that Saul was determined to murder him and believing that Saul might succeed. We stress the importance of recognizing that David’s response was not mere human patience, but an expression of his relationship with his God and his...

Various June 17, 2026 PM. Prayer is communication with God. As Christians, we should pray because it is a sign of our adoption and therefore ought to be natural to the believer; because Jesus and the apostles commanded and modeled prayer; because Jesus taught us how to pray; and because prayer is God’s ordained way of appropriating His own omnipotent resources and accomplishing His will.

Proverbs 9:1-18 June 14, 2026 PM. Proverbs 9 uses the imagery of two banquets, one prepared by Lady Wisdom and the other Lady Folly. Both hosts prepare a meal and call out to the young naive to come and enjoy their delicacies. The choice is a matter of life or death. This chapter concludes the first major section of Proverbs, where Solomon is beckoning us to choose wisdom and forsake the path of f...

Hebrews 11:8-16 June 14, 2026 AM. Abraham and Sarah never saw the full fulfillment of God's promises to them, but their faith persevered through death because they were looking forward to homeland of heavenly origin. The testimonies of Abraham, Sarah, and many others who lived by faith have been preserved in Hebrews 11 to challenge us to live with their kind of steadfast, forward-looking faith tha...

Numbers 20:1–13 June 14, 2026 SS. In this session, we returned to Numbers 20:1–13. There, we see that Moses struck the rock twice with his staff, but the Lord had instructed him to speak to the rock, after which the Lord was to provide water for the people. We emphasized the magnitude of that failure and noted the significance of the staff during that and other key points in the long years of Mose...

Various June 10, 2026 PM. In this study on prayer, we discuss one of several reasons Christians should pray. Our Lord commands us to pray, but prayer is also a mark of our adoption and therefore should be natural to a believer. The Holy Spirit confers upon the believer a consciousness of his relationship to God, and the believer gives voice to his understanding of his adoption by crying out, "Abba...

Proverbs 8:12-36 June 7, 2026 PM. Lady Wisdom offers her resume in chapter eight, detailing her moral qualities and invaluable benefits. She delineates her origin before creation and presence when God created, by wisdom, the heavens and the earth to demonstrate her knowledge of God's morally ordered world. Having recited her credentials, she makes her final appeal for her children to listen to rec...

1 Peter 5:1-4 June 7, 2026 AM. Peter instructs under-shepherds to lead God's flock not by compulsion, not for dishonest gain, nor acting as lords over them. Stated positively, pastors should lead willingly, eagerly, and as examples to the flock. The motivation to lead well is that pastors serve under the authority of Christ and will receive a reward in the future when the Chief Shepherd returns.

Numbers 20:1-13 June 7, 2026 SS. In this lesson we recount that God selected Moses for the exalted position of leading His people out of Egypt and through forty years in the wilderness to the promised land. At long last, Moses lost his patience with the people when they needed water and accused him and Aaron of bringing them into the wilderness to perish there. God told Moses to speak to the rock...

Esther 1:1-10:3 June 3, 2026 PM. In His good providence, God arranges that Esther became queen to King Ahasuerus so that she could rescue the Jewish people from planned extermination by Haman. God saw fit to record the account of this history for His people to remind them the of the origin story of Purim. More importantly, the book shows God’s providential care for Israel once more.

2 Corinthians 8:16-24 May 31, 2026 AM. Integrity is important in every matter, and especially in finances. Paul arranged the circumstances so that the donated money was managed with integrity to honor God. The central feature of his arrangement was to have three men of high reputation, two selected by the church, to oversee the offering so that he did not have to do so. We can apply the truth of t...

Various May 31, 2026 SS. How should we address problems that need a resolution or situations that need a response? In this lesson, we studied situations in Scripture that serve as negative examples that we should not emulate when problems arise and decisions must be made. These included instances of pride, impatience, self-reliance, fear, self-protection, misguided zeal, insecurity, and unbelief a...

Proverbs 8:1-11 May 27, 2026 PM. Proverbs 8 personifies the wisdom of God as a woman. Lady Wisdom stands in contrasting parallelism to Lady Folly or the Adulterous woman. Whereas Lady Folly deceives with her lips and her reward is death, the words of Lady Wisdom are truthful and upright and offer life. Lady wisdom beckons the naive and inexperienced person to listen, because her rewards exceed the...

Various May 24, 2026 PM. This message is intended to inform Bible readers of the various tools available to enhance their Bible study. Bible Study software (e.g. Logos) can help you dive deeper into a passage. Other study aids include phrase diagramming, which is a visual grammar tool you can use to visualize on paper the relationship between phrases in a text of Scripture in order to determine th...

2 Corinthians 8:6-15 May 24, 2026 AM. We will examine some principles of giving so that we can see what grace-giving looks like. What we mean by grace-giving is that it is giving not motivated by coercion (law-based giving), but by God’s grace as evidenced in the work of Christ in your life, and in the lives of others. The principles in our Scripture text teach us that Christian giving is voluntar...

Various May 24, 2026 SS. We take a further look at the virtue of respect, followed by a study on hospitality. Disrespect is easy to fall into in both mind, speech, and non-verbal communication. Christians should be hospitable and do it with a cheerful spirit. Opening your home to unbelieving neighbors and friends can be an evangelistic tool.

Proverbs 7:1-27 May 20, 2026 PM. Proverbs 7 consists of further warnings about the adulterous woman. The main section of the chapter is a story that conveys a lesson about young man who carelessly fell into the adulterous woman's trap. When we embrace wisdom, it can help us respond properly to the seductive tactics that characterize the immoral woman's ways.

Proverbs 6:20-35 May 17, 2026 PM. Sexaul temptation is everywhere, because society has normalized and even celebrated the expression of sexuality outside the boundaries of marriage. In Proverbs 6:20-35, the father's wisdom is to be internalized so as to have an indelible impression on the son's character so as to help him not yield to temptation. The two main ideas of the text are that we are to f...

2 Corinthians 8:1-5 May 17, 2026 AM. We start our stewardship series in 2 Corinthians 8:1-5, where we see an example of giving which God shows us as a pattern for the church. Paul begins by writing about the sacrificial giving of the Macedonian churches. He explains how God’s grace worked in those people’s lives to cause them to give themselves to the Lord. This in turn shaped their hearts in joyf...