Highland Baptist Church - Sermons

HOPE IS A CERTAINTY THAT GOD IS AT WORK, HE IS WITH ME, AND HIS WORD IS TRUE.     ROMANS 5:1-5   1 WE ARE JUSTIFIED –GOD ENDS THE SCOREKEEPING BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS PEOPLE!  CHRISTIAN, YOU ARE INFINITELY PARDONED, ETERNALLY FORGIVEN, AND PERMANENTLY JUSTIFIED!   The Bible identifies 2 types of peace when it comes to God. There is 1) peace with God and 2) the peace of God. PEACE WITH GOD 1 FOR TH...

Mark 6:45-56 . 1. JESUS WILL LEAD YOU INTO STORMS. When you stepped into Christ, you stepped into coming storms .   2. JESUS SEES YOU IN YOUR STORMS. When we go through storms, we never see the whole story . 3. JESUS IS PRAYING FOR YOU IN THE STORM Rom 8:31-34   Perspective changes as we realize God’s Son is interceding on our behalf   4. JESUS IS OUR GREATEST NEED IN THE STORM. EXODUS 33 “ I will...

COLOSSIANS 4:2-6 1) Be prayerful . 2 3-4 . 2) Be watchful . 2 3) Be thankful . 2 4) Be relational . 5-6 .   COLOSSIANS 4:7-17 7-8 Tychicus : An Encouraging Servant .                                  12 -13 Epaphras , A Prayer Warrior. 9 Onesimus , Faithful.                                                           14 Luke , Helper and Healer 10 Aristarchus , One who stands beside.                 ...

Let me give a quick review…in Colossians we see that….  JESUS IS FIRST (IN CREATION) Ch 1 JESUS WENT FIRST (IN SALVATION) Ch 2 Therefore JESUS SHOULD BE FIRST (IN DAILY LIFE). Ch 3 First in relationships . ( V1-17 ), First in the home (V 18-21 ), today First in our work relationships   COLOSSIANS 3:22 Bond-servants This is not chattel slavery like we had in the US, people taken by force and by fin...

COLOSSIANS 3:18-21 ALL THINGS ARE TRANSFORMED AS WE PUT ON THE NEW SELF. Our thoughts 3:2                   Our motivations 3:14-15, 17 Our passions  3:5                     Our marriage 18-19 Our relationships 3:8-9        Our home 20-21 Our attitudes 3:12-13                         Biblical Elements of a Christ-surrendered Home. Colossians 2:18 A WIFE WHO HONORS HER HUSBAND, AND RANKS HERSELF UN...

3:12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved… ONCE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THEN YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO DO! CHOSEN = Unearned, God-initiated, adoptive selection into His family. HOLY = Drawn out of the mainstream of the culture. Set apart. BELOVED = God has personally set His love on you in great affection .   3:12-13 …compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and pat...

Colossians 3:1-3, 3:4   What Paul is talking about here is the Christian approach to Kingdom culture. 1. THERE’S THE KINGDOM OF GOD (ABOVE) AND THE CULTURES OF THE EARTH (BELOW). 2. THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEGINS, NOT THE MOMENT YOU DIE, BUT THE MOMENT YOU RECEIVE JESUS . 3. CHRISTIAN, WE DON’T LIVE CULTURE UP, BUT KINGDOM DOWN . Col 3:5-6   1. Sexual immorality . 2. Impurity . 3. Passion , 4. Evil des...

JESUS ISN’T JUST ONE MORE THING TO BE WORSHIPPED AND ADORED, HE IS THE ONLY ONE TO BE WORSHIPPED AND ADORED .   JESUS TRANSFORMS ALL THINGS!  (OUR THINKING, OUR CHARACTER OUR BEHAVIOR, OUR HOMES, AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS)   COLOSSIANS 2:16-23   16 LEGALISM IS JESUS PLUS RULES . God's laws are for all His people, your rules are just for you. The Bible gives us closed-handed principles and open-handed...

COLOSSIANS 2:6-15   2:6-7 Paul gives us four ways to walk in Him. Go Deep into Christ (Gardner) – Relationally growing. Be Built Up in Christ (Construction) – Intellectually growing. Get Established in Christ (Legal) – Decision made. Overflow with Thanksgiving (Financial) – Generosity recalled .   Present Day Philosophies Trying to Take us Captive Self-Preservation Over Generosity Feelings Over Tr...

COLOSSIANS 1:24-2:5 24 Because the Head of the church joyfully suffered, we, the body, joyfully suffer on His behalf that the world might see Christ in us.   SIX MARKERS OF FAITHFUL MINISTRY 1) Ministry comes from God, to us, for others. 25 2) Ministry is making Christ fully known. 25b-26 3) Ministry is ordained by God for a particular time. 26 4) Ministry is for every nation, people, and tribe. 2...

COLOSSIANS 1:19-23    In the NT there are FIVE TERMS OF OUR SALVATION Justification –the guilty sinner stands before God, and the sinner is declared righteous. Redemption - the shackled sinner stands before God as a slave and is granted freedom by payment of a ransom. Forgiveness - the impoverished sinner stands before God as a debtor, and the debt, having been paid, is forgotten. Reconciliation ,...

THIS PASSAGE STIRS OUR AFFECTIONS FOR CHRIST AND CAUSES US TO STAND IN AWE OF CHRIST. COLOSSIANS 1:13-20   IN JESUS WE ARE PURCHASED AND CLEARED V13-14    JESUS MAKES THE INVISIBLE GOD VISIBLE 15a   JESUS IS THE RULER OF CREATION Practically this means Jesus First !   JESUS IS CREATOR AND DESIGNER OF THE UNIVERSE   JESUS HAS NO BEGINNING OR END 17a   JESUS SUSTAINS ALL THINGS 17b He holds together...

JESUS ISN’T JUST ONE MORE THING TO BE WORSHIPPED AND ADORED, HE IS THE ONLY ONE TO BE WORSHIPPED AND ADORED. JESUS TRANSFORMS ALL THINGS!  (OUR THINKING, OUR CHARACTER OUR BEHAVIOR, OUR HOMES, AND OUR RELATIONSHIPS)   Colossians 1:1-2 YOU WILL NEVER HAVE PEACE UNTIL YOU FIRST RECEIVE CHRIST’S GRACE Colossians 1:3-12   INTERNAL FAITH V4 ETERNAL HOPE V5 EXTERNAL LOVE V4, V8     1. THANK GOD FOR OTHE...

Devotion is to commit through exceeding love and loyalty to something or someone . Psalm 1:1 (ESV) Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers ; Devotion hinges on: Disassociation   Ephesians 4:22-24 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23...

GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND US AND INVITE THEM TO BE FAMILY LUKE 6:12-13 / GEN 1:26            FAMILY IS MODELED.  LUKE 6:14/ LUKE 5:27            FAMILY IS MORE LUKE 6:14                             FAMILY IS MESSY ACTS 2:42-47                        FAMILY IS MINISTRY Next Steps Invite someone to a meal Send someone an encouragement text Get to know your neighbors

AN UNSAVED CHRISTIAN IS ONE WHO IS CHRISTIAN IN NAME AND CULTURE, BUT IS NOT A NEW PERSON IN CHRIST .   Think about some of the trending things in our culture: Inclusion. (Be who you want to be, and you’re in) Tolerance. (Do what you want to do, and it’s acceptable) Non-Judgementalism. (Live how you want to live, and no one will judge you)   There are Scriptures that fly right in that face of that...

AN UNSAVED CHRISTIAN IS ONE WHO IS CHRISTIAN IN NAME AND CULTURE, BUT IS NOT A NEW PERSON IN CHRIST .   PHILIPPIANS 3:1-2. A great definition of a Christian VS 3 : 1) Worship by the Spirit of God             2) Glory in Christ Jesus              3) No confidence in flesh .   A DISTINCT CONTRAST between v2 and v3 • Those who profess to be Christian and those who are new creations in Christ  • Those...

An Unsaved Christian is one who is Christian in name and culture, but is not a new person in Christ .   MATTHEW 7:13-14 MATTHEW 7:21-23   1.     MAJORITY LOCKSTEP AND EASE ARE WARNING SIGNS ON A WIDE ROAD . 2.     MINORITY LIVING AND DIFFICULTY ARE COMFORTING SIGNS ON A NARROW ROAD. 3.     NOT EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN GOD GOES TO HEAVEN. James 2:19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the...

The Never-Ending Fight 1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV   Temptation: Anything that entices you to the point that you consider walking contrary to God’s will.  I Corinthians 10:13 – “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure...

LUKE 24:1-2 The women made their way to the tomb expecting defeat. HOPELESS . In previous chapter, LUKE 23:49, these women had watched the death Hopelessness is when the plans get ripped away,   LUKE 24:3-4a CONFUSED.  confusion is when you no longer even have a plan .   LUKE 24:4-5 FEARFUL Fear is feeling like everything coming at your plans is a threat.   LUKE 24:6-11 DOUBTFUL .  Doubt is when y...

As four Waco churches come together for worship and prayer, listen to this sermon by Pastor Sam Doyle of Greater New Light Missionary Baptist Church on the glory of God.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MORE SIGNIFICANT WEEK NEITHER IN HUMAN HISTORY NOR FOR THE HUMAN HEART THAN THE LAST WEEK OF JESUS BEFORE THE CROSS   I CORINTHIANS 11:24-25 WE REMEMBER… THE BODY OF JESUS . THE BLOOD OF JESUS .   WE CONSIDER … OUR SIN . 1 CORINTHIANS 11:27-28 I CORINTHIANS 11:29-30 GOD’S PROMISES. 1. ALL SINS OF ALL CHRISTIANS ARE ALL COVERED…ALL BY CHRIST’S GRACE! 2. CHRIST’S REMARKABLE LOVE...

ISAIAH 52:13-15  HE WILL BE SAVAGED, BUT HE WILL SAVE.   ISAIAH 53:1-3 JESUS WILLINGLY EMBRACED A HUMAN FRAME WITH ALL ITS LIMITATIONS ISAIAH 52:4-6 CHRIST IS CARRIED TO DEATH SO WE CAN BE CARRIED TO LIFE! 1) He will take the penalty of sin. 2) He will take the place of sinners. He who hung the earth is hanging;  He who fixed the heavens has been fixed onto a cross; He who fastened the universe ha...

To find out more about Highland or to connect with us, check us out at the links below! www.hbcwaco.org www.facebook.com/hbcwaco www.instagram.com/hbcwaco To give online, visit www.hbcwaco.org/give

To find out more about Highland or to connect with us, check us out at the links below! www.hbcwaco.org www.facebook.com/hbcwaco www.instagram.com/hbcwaco To give online, visit www.hbcwaco.org/give