Grace Bible Fellowship Sermon Podcast

Philippians 1:12-18

Matthew 5:21-26

Matthew 5:17-20 As we continue through the Sermon on the Mount Jesus now transitions into the main body of the sermon. Jesus just told us that as salt and light we are to do good works before men so that they might glorify our Father in heaven (Matt 5:16). The question naturally arises then, “What kind of good works are these and how do we do them?” The body of the sermon answers those questions (...

Matthew 5:13-16 Pastor Mike addresses multiple issues that plague the world, and often the church, today.  How should christians react to things like government overreach, Black Lives Matter organization, Critical Race Theory, and social justice?  We are called the salt of the earth and the light of the world.  So in a world filled with unbiblical ideologies, what is the role of the christian?  Wh...

Matthew 5:10-12 The most surprising “blessing” that Jesus announces in the beatitudes is the blessing on “those who are persecuted” (Matthew 5:10–12). This is totally contrary to the thinking of the world. The world says, “blessed are the popular and the well-liked.” The world says, “blessed are the revered, those who are comfortable, and those have what they want.” But Jesus’ values are not those...

Colossians 1:21-23

Matthew 5:9 The grace of God in our salvation is truly amazing.  Every aspect of salvation is a demonstration of the riches of God's goodness toward us in Jesus Christ.  But the high point of it all is that God takes us to be his own sons and daughters.  He adopts us into his family!

Matthew 5:9 In Matthew 5:9 Jesus pronounces a blessing on the peacemakers because they will be "called sons of God." We have examined the vertical element of peace: Peace with God. Sons of God are at peace with God. But true peace with God will lead to peaceful relationships with others, especially others who themselves have peace with God. This Sunday pastor Mike is going to continue to present 3...

Luke 7:36-50 Spiritual blindness is a condition that marks every son and daughter of Adam—every person who comes into this world. The difference between physical blindness and spiritual blindness is that, in most cases, the physically blind person knows they are blind, whereas the spiritually blind person is usually unaware of their true state. How can we tell if we are spiritually blind or if we...

Matthew 5:9 In Matthew 5:9 Jesus pronounces a blessing on the peacemakers because they will be called sons of God. The last two Sundays we have examined the vertical element of peace: Peace with God. Sons of God are at peace with God. But true peace with God will lead to peaceful relationships with others, especially others who themselves have peace with God. This Sunday Pastor Mike is going to pr...

Matthew 5:9 In Matthew 5:9 Jesus pronounces a blessing on the peacemakers—they will be called sons of God. The ultimate form of peacemaking is bringing people into peace with God. This is what we typically call evangelism. Many believers struggle with this ministry. How can we serve the Lord well in evangelism?

Matthew 5:9   In Matthew 5:9 Jesus pronounces a blessing on the peacemakers because they will be called sons of God. This immediately brings up the question of what type of peace is in view. What peace does Jesus have in mind? Why is this peace necessary? How is it made? Perhaps more importantly for us, how can we serve as peacemakers? After all, it is peacemakers, and only peacemakers, who will b...

Selected Scriptures The term gospel literally means “good news," and can be defined in this way: The just and gracious God of the universe has looked upon hopelessly sinful people and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the cross and then show His power over sin in the resurrection, so that all who have faith in Him will be reconciled to God forever!   *a...

1 Peter 1:22 - 2:3 Peter has much to say in this epistle regarding the local church, and as much as there are issues within the local body of Christ, Christians are to be identified by their love for one another. In the gospel of John 13:34-35, we find Jesus’ words regarding this love: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one a...

Philippians 1:1-11

Titus 1:10-16

Matthew 5:8 The ultimate blessing and eternal privilege of the saints is knowing God. Knowing God and Jesus Christ is eternal life (John 17:3). Fellowship with God will be our eternal joy. Another way to describe the reality of this relationship with God is by saying we will see God. Revelation 22:4 says, “they will see his face.” Theologians call this the beatific vision. This weekend we will loo...

Matthew 5:7 In the fifth beatitude, Jesus says that the merciful are blessed because they will receive mercy. But why do we need mercy? How can God be merciful towards sinners without sacrificing justice? What must we do to receive mercy? Do we receive mercy because we ourselves are merciful? In order to retain salvation by grace we typically want to reverse the order that Jesus has in these beati...

Matthew 5:3-6 Jesus warns that many will say to him, ‘Lord, Lord’ who will not enter the kingdom of heaven (Matt 7:21). Many religious people and professing Christians will come short of entering into eternal joy. Instead of hearing Jesus say, “Well done, good and faithful servant . . . . enter into the joy of your Lord,” (Matt 25:21, 23) they will hear “depart from Me you workers of lawlessness”...

Matthew 5:1–7:29 The sermon on the mount is the greatest sermon ever preached by the greatest preacher who ever lived. Here we have God the Son incarnate preaching to his disciples on the nature of true discipleship. What does it look like to follow Jesus Christ? What does God the Son demand of one who has repented and committed to follow after him?

Matthew 26:1-30

1 Peter 1:13-21 We saw in 1 Peter 1:1-12, that looking to the suffering and glorification of Christ has always been an encouragement to God’s children. So even when we are “grieved by various trials,” we look to the gospel, we look to our living hope, our inheritance, and our salvation ready to be revealed. Peter, having told us about our salvation and hope, causes us to ask ourselves: how should...

Matthew 4:12-25 In Matthew 4:12–25 we are given a short synopsis of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. Jesus moves from the wilderness of Judea to the fertile land of Galilee where the majority of his ministry will take place. Once again, Jesus’ movement fulfills Scripture, this time Isaiah 9:1–2. Light has dawned on the people of Galilee. How great is the light of Jesus Christ! In this section, Jesus ca...

Matthew 4:1-11 Throughout the history of the world there have been some epic battles but none as significant for our race as the battle between Satan and Jesus Christ in the wilderness of Judea. Immediately after the proclamation of the Father, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” (Matt 3:17) Jesus was lead by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil (4:1). God’s...