Heritage Baptist Church

John the Baptist gives his final recorded testimony about Jesus, responding to his disciples' concern that Christ's ministry is growing while his own is diminishing. Rather than jealousy or self-preservation, John demonstrates joyful submission to God's sovereign purposes. This sermon examines John's declaration, "He must increase, but I must decrease," showing how contentment flows from trusting...

In this concluding message on Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus, we examine John 3:17–21 and the purpose of Christ's first coming. Jesus explains that He did not come to condemn the world, for the world already stands condemned. Instead, He came so that sinners might be saved through Him. This sermon explores the distinction between belief and unbelief, why fallen humanity loves darkness rather t...

John 3:16 is one of the most familiar verses in Scripture, yet its familiarity often causes its meaning to be overlooked. In this message, we examine John 3:16 within its biblical context by continuing Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus. This sermon explores what it truly means to believe in Christ, the significance of the phrase "God so loved the world," and how John's use of the word "world" fit...

Continuing our study through the Gospel of John, we return to Jesus' nighttime conversation with Nicodemus. After explaining the necessity of the new birth, Jesus shifts the discussion to a deeper issue—not merely Nicodemus' lack of understanding, but his failure to believe. In this sermon, we examine why Jesus alone has the authority to speak of the kingdom of God, what it means that He descended...

Many people know Jesus' words, "You must be born again," but what did they actually mean? Why did Jesus expect Nicodemus—a respected teacher of Israel—to already understand them? In this sermon from John 3, we continue Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus by tracing the doctrine of the new birth throughout the Old Testament. From Deuteronomy to Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Revelation, Scripture reveals that...

Nicodemus was respected, moral, educated, and deeply religious. Yet Jesus told him: “You must be born again.” In this exposition of John 3:1–8, we examine one of the most important conversations in all of Scripture. Jesus confronts Nicodemus with the reality that external religion, knowledge, status, and works cannot bring anyone into the Kingdom of God. This sermon explores: The difference betwee...

00:00 Introduction and Personal Updates 01:55 Transition to Psalm 131 04:56 Understanding Humility Before God 12:11 The Importance of Trusting in God 19:46 Recognizing Our Limits and Contentment 24:57 Hope in God and Its Implications 34:50 The Role of Christ in Our Humility

12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days. 13 Now the Jewish Feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. 15 So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, wi...

2 Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine left.” 4 Jesus replied, “Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come.” 5 His mother told the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.” 6 Now there were six st...

43 On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael replied, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Ph...

35 Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples. 36 Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” 37 When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, “What do you want?” So they said to him, “Rabbi” (which is translated Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 Jesus answered,...

24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize, 27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!” 28 These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John w...

19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed—he did not deny but confessed—“I am not the Christ!” 21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not!” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No!” 22 Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those...

50 Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be change...

14 Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. 15 John testified about him and shouted out, “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’” 16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another...

6 A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him. 8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. 9 The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to...

2 The Word was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. 4 In him was life , and the life was the light of mankind. 5 And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it. John 1:2-5

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. John 1:1-2

14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. 16 I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he will grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, 17 that Christ will dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, 18 you will be able to comprehend with...

Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2

20 He said, “What comes out of a person defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. 23 All these evils come from within and defile a person.”

5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward! 6 But whenever you pray, go into your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. 7 When you pray, do not babble repetitiousl...

John 20:25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing. 1 Thess 5:11