Lakeview Heights Baptist Church Sermons

Pastor Jeff Gates A View From The Top: The Sermon On The Mount (January 26, 2025) Matthew 5.13-16(NIV) Salt and Light 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do peop...

Pastor Jeff Gates A View From The Top: The Sermon On The Mount (January 19, 2025) Matthew 5.3-12(NIV) 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the mercif...

Pastor Jeff Gates A View From The Top: The Sermon On The Mount (January 12, 2025) Matthew 5.1-2 (NIV) Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount 5.1 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them.

Pastor Jeff Gates Psalm 62 - Rest In God Alone (Sunday January 5, 2025) Psalm 62 For the music director; according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. 1My soul waits in silence for God alone; From Him comes my salvation. 2He alone is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I will not be greatly shaken. 3 How long will you attack a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a t...

Pastor Jeff Gates Advent: His Arrival (December 29, 2024) Isaiah 61 61.1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfor...

Pastor Jeff Gates Advent: His Arrival (December 24, 2024) Matthew 1.20-23 20But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people...

Pastor Jeff Gates Advent: His Arrival (December 22, 2024) LHBC Drama: "Christmas+" Luke 2.9 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. Luke 2.13-14 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14  “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favo...

Pastor Jeff Gates Advent: His Arrival (December 15, 2024) Isaiah 35.1-10 Joy of the Redeemed 35 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of...

Pastor Jeff Gates Advent: His Arrival (December 08, 2024) Isaiah 40.1-11 (NIV)  Comfort for God’s People 1 Comfort, comfort my people,    says your God.2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,    and proclaim to herthat her hard service has been completed,    that her sin has been paid for,that she has received from the Lord’s hand    double for all her sins. 3 A voice of one calling:“In the wilderness prep...

Pastor Jeff Gates Advent: His Arrival (December 01, 2024) Isaiah 9.2-7 2 The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. 3 You have enlarged the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before you as people rejoice at the harvest, as warriors rejoice when dividing the plunder. 4 For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you h...

Pastor Chris Miller Bring The KINGDOM: Hospitality (November 24, 2024) Luke 14.15-24  The Parable of the Great Banquet 15 When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” 16 Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant...

Pastor Jeff Gates Bring The KINGDOM: Gratitude(November 17, 2024) 2 Corinthians 8.1-9 The Collection for the Lord’s People 8 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they...

Pastor Jeff Gates Bring The KINGDOM: Compassion (November 10, 2024) Exodus 34.6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness Luke 6.36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Pastor Jeff Gates Bring The KINGDOM: Justice (November 03, 2024) Micah 6.8 8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.     And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy     and to walk humbly with your God. 

Pastor Jeff Gates Bring The KINGDOM: Gentleness (October 27, 2024) Phil 4:4-5 (NIV)  Final Exhortations 4  Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5  Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 

Pastor Jeff Gates Bring The KINGDOM: Discernment (October 20, 2024) Matthew 7.1-12 (NIV) 7.1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your broth...

Pastor Jeff Gates Bring The KINGDOM (October 13, 2024) Luke 17.11-19 (NIV) Jesus Heals Ten Men With Leprosy   11  Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12  As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13  and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14  When he saw them, he said, “...

Lyndon Dojohn - Pastor Jeff Gates 50th Anniversary - The Focus (October 06, 2024) Scripture Focus Philppians 1:6 (NIV)   6  being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Richard Klukas Trust In The Lord: Psalm 37 (September 29, 2024) Psalm 37. 1-6 ESV 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers;be not envious of wrongdoers! 2 For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your wa...

Pastor Jeff Gates Living In The LIGHT Of LOV E (September 22, 2024) 1 John 5.13-21 Concluding Affirmations 13  I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 14  This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15  And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we...

Pastor Jeff Gates Living In The LIGHT Of LOV E (September 15, 2024) 1 John 5.1-12 Faith in the Incarnate Son of God 1  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2  This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3  In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. A...

Pastor Jeff Gates Living In The LIGHT Of LOV E (September 08, 2024) 1 John 4.1-21 4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that d...

Pastor Jeff Gates Living In The LIGHT Of LOV E (September 01, 2024) 1 John 3.11-24 11 For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the wo...

Pastor Jeff Gates Living In The LIGHT Of LOV E (August 25, 2024) 1 John 2.28-3.10 28  And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. 29  If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. 3.1  See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called ch...