Joppa Baptist Church

Psalm 69:29–32, 29 “But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high! 30 I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 This will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. 32 When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive.”

Colossians 2:1–5, "For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, 2 that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 I s...

Acts 5:1–6, "But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained...

Colossians 1:24–29, "Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To t...

Acts 4:32-37 “We are called to live in the presence of God, and in His presence is power.”

 Colossians 1:15–23, "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.   And he is the head of the body, the church. H...

2 Corinthians 5:17–21, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. T...

Acts 3:11-16, "11 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s. 12 And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? 13 The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fa...

Colossians 1:3-8, " We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasi...

You will not die for Christ, if you do not live for Christ.

Colossians 1:1-2, “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.

Sunday Morning Service with Pastor Robin Thomas Acts 3:1-10  “When the people of God live by the Word of God, we see the power of God demonstrated in their lives.”

Christ is the sacrificial lamb. He shed His own blood, to cover our sin.

Acts 2:37-41 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far...

“We need to rest in the Word of God, surrounded by the people of God.” Sermon from Acts 1:9-2.

Are we in love with Christ or are we in love with ourselves? This sermon explores three aspects of being in the love of God.

Acts 1:1-8, "In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. And while staying with them...

Romans 8:1, "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."

When Christians say Amen, they are saying a Hebrew word that means, "Let it be so." Amen is an expression of worship for the will and glory of God. 

Jonah 4:10-11,  "And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?”

"I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued my faithfulness to you." Jeremiah 31:3 

Jonah preaches and Nineveh repents. Will you? 

The earth will shake and kingdoms fall, but the Kingdom of Heaven will not be moved.

Jonah cries out to the Lord from his lowest point, the belly of a fish. Even lower, Jonah knows that God is angry with him. In his crying out, Jonah finds mercy, forgiveness, and salvation.

Sermon on Haggai chapter one.