First Baptist Church of Inverness

Sunday July 5, 2026 Luke 5:27-39      New American Standard Bible 1995 Call of Levi (Matthew) 27 After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named [ a ]Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” 28 And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him. 29 And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and ot...

Sunday June 27, 2026     Ray Allen NASB 27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained [ a ]by the world.

Sunday June 21, 2026  NASB The Leper and the Paralytic 12 While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man [ a ]covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 13 And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately the leprosy left him. 14 And He o...

Sunday June 14, 2026 NASB 6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appea...

Sunday June 7, 2026   NASB The Lord’s Supper Instituted 26 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and [ a ]after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” 27 And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiv...

May 31, 2026  Guest Speaker Pastor Brian Sullivan NASB 14 I am [ a ]under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. 15 So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. 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...

Sunday May 24,2026  NASB 5 Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; 2 and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. 3 And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And...

Luke 4:31-44                          May 17, 2026 New American Standard Bible 1995 31 And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; 32 and they were amazed at His teaching, for His [ a ]message was with authority. 33 In the synagogue there was a man [ b ]possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34 “Let us alone!...

May 10, 2026  NASB 16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 And the [ a ]book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the [ b ]book and found the place where it was written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has se...

May 3, 2026   The Messiah - Luke 4:16-21 NASB 16 And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 And the [ a ]book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the [ b ]book and found the place where it was written, 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He anointed Me to preach the go...

Sunday April 19th  Luke 4:1-15 The Temptation of Jesus 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around [ a ]by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus...

Sunday 4-12-2026   Guest Speaker Pastor John Lillie NASB Ruth 1:1-20 Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons 1 In the days when the judges ruled,[ a ] there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and...

Sunday March 22, 2016 NASB Jesus Is Baptized 21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.” Genealogy of Jesus 23 When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of...

Sunday 03/29/2026  Annette Sofaer from Jews for Jesus will be presenting "Christ in the Passover" on Sunday, March 29, at 10:30 am. This will be a special time of worship connecting the Jewish Passover Seder to the Last Supper and Jesus' sacrifice.

Sunday March 15, 2026  NASB  7 So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say [ a ]to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 9 Indeed t...

Sunday March 8, 2026 NASB John the Baptist Preaches 3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zach...

Sunday February 15, 2026  NASB Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem 2 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all [ a ]the inhabited earth. 2 [ b ]This was the first census taken while [ c ]Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, t...

Sunday February 22, 2026 Guest Speaker David Coggins State Director, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief NASB 25 And a [ a ]lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 And He said to him, “What is written in the Law? [ b ]How does it read to you?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your sou...

Sunday March 1, 2026 NASB  Return to Nazareth 39 When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth. 40 The Child continued to grow and become strong, [ a ]increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. Visit to Jerusalem 41 Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He b...

Sunday February 15, 2026 Luke 1:67-80 NASB Zacharias’s Prophecy 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: 68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant— 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old— 7...

Sunday February 1, 2026 NASB Mary Visits Elizabeth 39 Now [ a ]at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among wo...

This week, Pastor Byron continues the study in the Gospel of Luke to show us the true character changes that occur when we walk with Christ. Howe the overwhelming majesty and might of God humbles us in our daily walk. Through this, we are humbled by His favor, humbled by His power and humbled by His presence. In showing us the link between this and other passages of God's will and plan being...

This week, Pastor Byron continues the study in the Gospel of Luke to show us the true nature of Christ and our understanding of Him. The story of Elizabeth and Zechariah and their encounter with the Angel shows us an example of God preparing people's hearts for His plan. Among the study into this story, Pastor Byron highlights two ways that God works to prepare us: are we a people who are wil...

This week, Pastor Adam Wuthnow uses the Gospel of Luke to show us the true nature of Christ. To illustrate this, he explores the history of Luke himself, how Jesus was God AND man, and Jesus' treatment of the people considered the lowest. In this, he finds a calling to our everyday life. If Jesus was a perfect man, how do we imitate Him as men also? How He treated women, family and lepers giv...

In the final sermon of 2025, Pastor Byron goes back to the Christmas story to examine what it looks like for God's glory to show up on earth. How does that change us forever, what does it show us a picture of living from God's perspective? As he dives into these topics, it also paints a picture of overcoming our fears and worries to live in the peace of God that shines from His glory. 12...