GBC Sermons

In our final message of 2025, Pastor Sonny shares our theme for GBC's next year and beyond: caring for each other and those around us as a church community. He explores how North American culture and technology often promote an "illusion of community," challenging the congregation to instead embrace a biblical model of genuine, sacrificial relationships. By looking to the example of Jesus Christ,...

In our Christmas Eve Candlelight service, Pastor Sonny concludes our Advent series by exploring how the fruit of the Spirit — patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control — outwardly reflects a heart transformed by faith. He distinguishes between spiritual gifts and spiritual fruit, explaining that while gifts are what we do, the fruit represents who we are in Christ. T...

Continuing our Advent series, Bro. Eugene Daylusan explores the true meaning of peace through the lens of Luke 2, contrasting seasonal holiday anxiety with the divine peace offered through Christ. He emphasizes that this peace is a sovereign gift from God that requires humble submission to Jesus as Savior and Lord, rather than human striving. Ultimately, listeners are encouraged to fix their focus...

Our Advent series continues as Bro. Philip Llapitan explores the difference between fleeting happiness and the enduring joy born of faith. Discover why the gift of faith is the only lasting treasure, and how true, biblical joy is a fruit of the Spirit, anchored in God rather than unstable circumstances. Learn to rest in a joy that is strong enough to carry you through any trial, pointing others to...

Pastor Sonny begins our Advent season with a message on how true faith is the gift that keeps on giving because it brings the Holy Spirit. The Spirit enables the believer to live a new life and produce the singular Fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control — for the purpose of evangelism and discipleship. The whole point of liv...

Pastor Sonny continues his message on 1 Corinthians 7 from last week, addressing the complex dynamics of "mixed marriages" and the believer’s call to peace. He unpacks Paul’s teaching that a believing spouse brings sanctification to the marriage, yet clarifies that if an unbeliever chooses to leave, the Christian is "not enslaved". This sermon explores the balance between the permanence of the mar...

Pastor Sonny continues his mini-series on 1 Corinthians 7, focusing on Paul's charge that each person should live the life the Lord has assigned and called them to. This week's message focuses on married Christian couples, where Paul forbids divorce and encourages reconciliation as a vital provision. Pastor Sonny then transitions to the topic of "mixed marriages," where a believer is married to an...

In this week’s message, Pastor Sonny continues his mini-series on 1 Corinthians 7, exploring Paul's teachings on marriage, singleness, and celibacy. He discusses how marriage, while a gift and calling from God, has often been treated as a societal rite of passage. Paul urges believers to embrace contentment in every season — using their lives for God’s purpose with joy and self-control. This messa...

In this week’s message, Pastor Sonny returns to our study of Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians, with a new mini-series on 1 Corinthians 7 that explores how believers are called to live the lives God has assigned them. He unpacks Paul’s teaching on marriage and sexual integrity, showing how God designed sex within marriage for procreation, protection, and pleasure — all to glorify Him. This sermon r...

In a special message this week, Bro. Eugene Daylusan examines how Jonah, the prophet who experienced God’s mercy, struggled to extend it to others. Through Jonah’s misplaced priorities and anger, we see the danger of loving comfort more than compassion and gifts more than the Giver. This sermon challenges believers to move from spectators to servants — rekindling a love for God that overflows in g...

In this Missions Month message, guest speaker and missionary pilot Adam Brown shares his powerful testimony and personal calling from local youth ministry to flying helicopters in remote Papua New Guinea. He uses compelling stories to illustrate how missionary aviation is a critical tool for bringing the translated Bible, medical aid, and essential supplies to isolated and unreached people groups....

In a special message to kick off October's Mission Month, guest speaker Pastor Reuben Foncardas draws from the story of Jonah, reminding us that God’s grace doesn’t always come in the form we expect — or want. Through Jonah’s reluctant mission to Nineveh, we learn how God uses uncomfortable situations to call unbelievers to repentance, challenge believers to grow, and transform our hearts from res...

Pastor Sonny continues his mini-series on Paul’s theme from 1 Corinthians 6, unpacking the tension Christians face in a culture that despises truth, and asking how we can engage the world without compromising the Gospel. Drawing from Philippians 1 and 1 Peter 3, he shows that true freedom means proclaiming Christ correctly, contritely, courageously, and courteously. This message challenges us to r...

In this week’s message, Pastor Sonny challenges modern perceptions of freedom, arguing that true freedom isn't the absence of restrictions but aligning with God's design for humanity. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, he explains that humans are inherently worshippers, and real freedom comes from worshipping God, our true owner, who bought us at a high price. This sermon explores how our bodies...

Pastor Sonny continues his mini-series on 1 Corinthians 6:1–11 where Paul addresses the issue of believers suing one another. He explains that Paul views such lawsuits as a defeat, prioritizing spiritual integrity and the church's witness over winning earthly disputes. Pastor Sonny emphasizes that Christians should be willing to suffer wrong or loss to demonstrate sacrificial love and glorify God,...

Pastor Sonny returns to continue his study of Paul's letter to the Corinthians, addressing the issue of lawsuits among believers. He explores why Paul was so shocked by this practice, emphasizing the corrupt Corinthian justice system and the damaging effect these disputes had on the church's reputation and witness. Pastor Sonny challenges believers to demonstrate Christ-likeness by forgiving other...

In this week’s message, Bro. Gary Ubando explores the profound concept of stewardship based on Matthew 25:14-29. He defines stewardship as managing what belongs to God, highlighting four key principles: ownership, responsibility, accountability, and reward. Bro. Gary also discusses "The 5 T's of Stewardship" — Time, Talent, Treasure, Temple, and Testimony — offering practical ways to honor God wit...

In a special message this week, Bro. Alvin Del Rosario discusses how we can become the kind of people Paul exhorts us to be in Romans 15, following the example of Christ, the essence of the scriptures, and praying for one another.

In this week’s sermon, Bro. Philip Llapitan explores the biblical account of Gideon from Judges 6-7, highlighting how God uses the weak to accomplish His purposes. He discusses how faith requires obedience despite doubt and fear, and that victory comes through God's power, not our own. Bro. Philip encourages listeners to anchor themselves in God's unchanging truth and promises, even amidst life's...

Pastor Sonny concludes our mini-series on 1 Corinthians 5, addressing the church's negligence in dealing with sexual immorality. He explains Paul's seemingly harsh sentencing in verse 5, clarifying that "destruction of the flesh" refers to the sinful mindset, not physical death, and aims for the guilty person's restoration. The message emphasizes that God uses suffering and discipline, even throug...

In this week's sermon, Pastor Sonny continues our "Sin Sensitivity" series from 1 Corinthians chapter 5, focusing on how the church should address sexual immorality. He explains Paul's instruction for the entire church to agree on and carry out judgment against unrepentant sin, drawing parallels to Matthew 18. Pastor Sonny emphasizes that this discipline, including exclusion from fellowship, is cr...

This week, Pastor Sonny continues his mini-series on 1 Corinthians 5, addressing the issue of sexual immorality within the church and emphasizing the need for believers to have a high sensitivity to sin, mourn over its presence, and actively work to remove "leaven" from the community. Pastor Sonny emphasizes that true worship embodies an understanding of God's holiness and that growing in faith le...

In a special message for our 2025 DVBS Graduation, Bro. Eli Guzman, our Assistant Youth Coordinator, emphasizes the importance of teaching genuine appreciation for God rather than relying on affirmation or rewards. He urges parents and church leaders to be Christlike examples, demonstrating their faith through their actions and zeal for God, rather than simply giving commands. The message highligh...

This week, Pastor Sonny begins a new mini-series on Sin Sensitivity, diving into 1 Corinthians 5 to confront the critical issue of sexual immorality within the church, drawing lessons from the Corinthian church's struggle with incest. Pastor Sonny explores how to navigate such sensitive situations with biblical wisdom, cautioning against the dangers of arrogance and the modern church's tendency to...

In this final instalment of Pastor Sonny's mini-series on Paul's warning against division, he highlights Paul's use of diplomacy and sarcasm, contrasting the role of a guide with that of a spiritual father. Pastor Sonny explains how Paul addresses pride and models Christ-like behaviour, urging the Corinthians to imitate him only as he imitates Christ. This message offers insights into spiritual le...