Highland Gospel Mission

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Matthew 25 today. Can faith save you without works? It's complicated. Faith alone is what saves you, works does not. But faith without works isn't faith, it's a facade. God gives each of us gifts, and expects us to use them, just like the servants who were expected to invest their money. So whether y...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Romans 14 today. Is it a sin to dance, smoke, wear a hat in church, or eat certain kinds of meat? Whether you say yes or no, you are right. A lot of sins aren't covered in the Bible, but fall under the conviction of the Holy Spirit. This doesn't mean that the answer is the same for everyone. We have to b...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 2 today. What does it mean to love? Love is an action, demonstrating that you care enough about someone to put their well being first. Christ did this by suffering and dying on the cross so that we could receive salvation. So why aren't we returning the favor? As Christians, we should love Christ b...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in Ephesians 1 today. For those of you who attend church, what is the main reason you go? Or for those of you who aren’t into the whole “church thing”, what do you think it’s all about? Is it about how you feel? What kind of music they play? Whether or not they serve coffee? Or even down to the color of the paint o...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be 1 Corinthians 2 today. What does it mean to live by grace, not rules? Grace is a gift from God, but is often something to be abused. Christ gave up His life so that we could be free FROM sin, not free TOO sin. The price He paid was far to great for us to just abuse Grace. This week, we will explore how true faith i...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Colossians 3 today. Salvation is a gift, but grace isn’t an excuse. In this message, we explore the balance between Christ’s finished work and our ongoing responsibility as believers. It’s not about following rules—it’s about living with purpose and gratitude. “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, ba...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Romans 7 today to confront a truth we often avoid: we're all sinners, incapable of saving ourselves. But that's not the end—it's the beginning of grace. Through personal stories, biblical insight, and heartfelt conviction, this sermon reveals how God doesn’t expect perfection—He desires repentance . Dis...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Matthew 28 today. This message, again, is primarily for our members at Highland Baptist Church, but applies to anyone in the Church. Before Jesus ascended to Heaven, he gave us a commandment known as the great commission. That commandment is to go unto the world teaching all nations, baptizing them in the name of t...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Titus 3 today. Today’s message is primarily for those at Highland, but can be applied to all growing churches. Our numbers have been growing lately, and in order for the church to function, we need to be able to communicate, hold one another accountable, and build one another up. We need to work with each other, no...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be Titus 2 today. There's a saying that she is just a number. And while that may be true, whether we're young or old, we all have a role in the church. Older folks have a responsibility to teach the younger people whether it be through leading classes, discipleship, or just being a role model. And young people...

Greetings everyone, and may mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. We will be in John 21 today. Peter was the original Jesus fanboy, but in the beginning that’s all he was. He loved Jesus on a very superficial level, yet when it came time to be faithful, Peter wasn’t able to do anything without Jesus standing there. Peter’s love for Jesus changed over the course of his life, and the same thi...

Happy Easter and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in John 20. We talk about Jesus and His impact on our lives all the time, but today is the day we celebrate what He did for us, and I don’t think we realize just how impactful that was. At any time, Jesus could have come down off that cross and ended the suffering, but He didn’t. And it cost Him everything because He lov...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in John 17 today. Jesus sure did make a lot of people mad. He overturned the money changers, called out the Pharisees and Sadducees, and upset the high priests. He intentionally made a lot of enemies for the purpose of being persecuted and sent to death. How often do we go out of our way to do the same. Most people (myself...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Mark 14 today. The definition of a Christian literally means “little Christ”. Originally meant as an insult, we adopted this word as our identity. We are meant to be imitators of Jesus so that the world can receive Him and His salvation. But we won't always be perfect at that. Peter thought his love for Jesus was st...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Romans 12 today. What does it truly mean to sacrifice? For the apostles, it meant sharing the Gospel under the threat of death or persecution. These days, persecution to most means getting made fun of for what you believe, or getting into an argument with someone online. Most of us have never experienced true persecutio...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will be in Titus 1 and 2 today. People are watching you. And I'm not just talking about the nosy government. Everything we do, we are being watched. The things we say, the things we do, and the places we go contribute to other’s perspective of us, and as Christians, that can have an impact on the Gospel. Of course, we aren’t g...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you. We will continue in Titus 1 today. We all struggle with sin in some capacity. Sometimes that sin will have a negative impact on the Church, or on the lost. As Christians, we are representing Christ at all times, and must hold one another accountable for sins that would create a stumbling block. “Go therefore and make disciples of all...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will continue in Titus 1 today. As we grow in Christianity, life only becomes more difficult. Paul mentions not being accused of dissipation. What does that mean? Dissipation means wasting time or money, basically doing things that offer no value to the Church. So if you are to grow in your faith and become an elder in your churc...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in Titus 1 today. God has called each and every one of us to serve in the body of Christ. Some are pastors, some deacons, and many in every other supportive role. Different roles have different responsibilities. Deacons or elders in the church are held to a higher standard than many in the congregation, and the pastor is...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in Philippians 2 today. Paul went through a lot in his short life. He was shipwrecked, thrown in prison, beaten, chased out of towns, all for the sake of the Gospel. In other words, he lived his life just like Christ, who was also beaten, chased out of town, arrested, and died a terrible death. To live a Christian life, w...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in Galatians 6 today. We've covered this topic before, but what does it mean to be the church? The church isn't just a building. It's a body of believers that care about one another and support one another. Being a faithful Christian requires an emotional investment that can be quite vulnerable at times. I&#39...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in 2 Corinthians 6 today. If you become a Christian, praise God for that!!! But don’t think for a second that life will all be sunshine and roses. Paul warns us that part of being a Christian means being in uncomfortable situations. You might be insulted, physically assaulted, stolen from, cut off in traffic, or wronged i...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in Colossians 2 today. As Christians, we grow in faith and walk through life only to lose focus. Sometimes we drift off in our faith, only to try and double down by trying to be holy. This takes the form of becoming busy in the church, or perhaps scheduled prayer and Bible reading, and trying to follow every commandment t...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in 2 Timothy 4 today.  As Christians, we were given 2 main commandments. Share the Gospel, and disciple one another. Both of these often become hindered when we let fear get in the way. For us, it’s usually fear of how others view us, but for Timothy, it was the fear of being killed. This was Paul's encouragement not...

Greetings, and may grace, mercy, and peace be multiplied to you.  We will be in 2 Timothy 4 today.  As Christians, we were given 2 main commandments. Share the Gospel, and disciple one another. Both of these often become hindered when we let fear get in the way. For us, it’s usually fear of how others view us, but for Timothy, it was the fear of being killed. This was Paul's encouragement not...