Lakeview Heights Baptist Church Sermons

Pastor Jeff Gates - September 03, 2023 Romans 12.1-2, Philippians 4:8 A Living Sacrifice  1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and ap...

Pastor Jeff Gates - August 27, 2023 ROMANS 11.33-36 (NIV) Doxology 33  Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!    How unsearchable his judgments,    and his paths beyond tracing out! 34  “Who has known the mind of the Lord?    Or who has been his counselor?" 35  “Who has ever given to God,    that God should repay them?” 36  For from him and through him and for him are...

Pastor Chris Miller LUKE 5: 27-35 (NIV) Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners 27  After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him, 28  and Levi got up, left everything and followed him. 29  Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them. 30 ...

Pastor Jeff Gates PSALM 63 (NIV) A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 1 You, God, are my God,     earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you,     my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land     where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary     and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life,     my lips will glorify you. 4 I will...

Pastor Jeff Gates Psalm 46: 1-11 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5 God is with...

Pastor Jeff Gates Psalm 1: 1-6 1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. 2 But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. 3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do. 4 But not the wicked! They are li...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 15: 40 - 16: 9-20 [The most ancient manuscripts of Mark conclude with verse 16:8. Later manuscripts add one or both of the following endings.] [Shorter Ending of Mark] Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen. [Longe...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 15: 40 - 16: 8 40Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joseph, and Salome. 41In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there. The Burial of Jesus 42It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath)....

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 15.33-39 (NIV) The Death of Jesus 33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). 35 When some of those standing near heard this, they said, “Listen, he’s calling Elijah.” 36 Someone ran, fill...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 15.16-32 (NIV)    The Soldiers Mock Jesus   16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers. 17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him. 18 And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!” 19 Again and again they struck him on the head with...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 15.1-15 (NIV)   Jesus Before Pilate  15 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, made their plans. So they bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate. 2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “You have said so,” Jesus replied.  3 The chief priests accused him of many things. 4 So again...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 14.53-72 (NIV)    Jesus Before the Sanhedrin   53 They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came together. 54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.   55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evi...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 14.43-52 (NIV)    Jesus Arrested   43 Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, appeared. With him was a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, the teachers of the law, and the elders.   44 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him and lead him away under guard.” 45 Going at once to Jesus, Judas...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 14.32-42 (NIV) Gethsemane  32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”  35 Going a little farther, he fell to th...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 14.12-31 (NIV)    The Last Supper   12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”   13 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Fo...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 14.1-11 (NIV)   Jesus Anointed at Bethany  14 Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. 2 “But not during the festival,” they said, “or the people may riot.”  3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Lep...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 13.24-37 (NIV) 24 “But in those days, following that distress, “‘the sun will be darkened,    and the moon will not give its light;25 the stars will fall from the sky,    and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds,...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 13.1-23 (NIV)    The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times 13 As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!” 2 “Do you see all these great buildings?” replied Jesus. “Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” 3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mou...

The Greatest Exchange Richard Klukas  2 Corinthians 5.21 (NIV)     21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

The Beautiful Empty Pastor Jeff Gates Luke 23.55-24:9 (NIV)     55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.  24 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had pre...

Palm Sunday 2023 Pastor Chris Miller John 3.1-15 (NIV) Jesus Teaches Nicodemus  Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”  3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 12:38-44 (NIV)   Warning Against the Teachers of the Law  38 As he taught, Jesus said, “Watch out for the teachers of the law. They like to walk around in flowing robes and be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, 39 and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. 40 They devour widows’ houses and for a show make lengthy prayers....

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 12.35-37 (NIV) Whose Son Is the Messiah? 35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord:     “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies     under your feet.”’ 37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then...

Pastor Jeff Gates and Kris Heidt Mark 12.28-34 (NIV) The Greatest Commandment 28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God...

Pastor Jeff Gates Mark 12.18-27 (NIV) Marriage at the Resurrection 18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died with...