Mount Paran Primitive Baptist Church

Sunday, May 14, 2023. “The Attributes of God” • Various Scriptures. Brother Jonah Lowrance teaches about the various reasons why God deserves our praise and worship from both Who He is and what He has done. “Adonai - Praise to the Almighty God” • Psalm 114 - Elder Bryce Lowrance. This Psalm is the second of the Hallel songs that the Jews would sing during their festivals. These songs of praise wer...

Christian Liberty and Charity • 1st Corinthians 8 – Continuing in his expository series on the 1st Letter to the Church at Corinth, Elder Bryce discusses one of the questions the Corinthian brethren had about their liberty to eat meat offered to idols. The Apostle uses this question as a launching point on the subject of charity that he will discuss for the next several chapters crescendoing to a...

Make Your Calling and Election Sure • 2nd Peter 1:1-11 - April 30, 2023 Speaking at Jack’s Creek Primitive Baptist Church for a special 5th Sunday Meeting, Elder Bryce teaches about the importance of making our calling an election sure to ourselves. We do this by adding to the grace of faith that God has given us in the new birth. We conform our lives to be more like Christ in our actions and word...

Let the Church Sing Praise to the Lord • Psalm 9 Part 2 Psalm 9:1-20 - Elder Bryce Lowrance David began this Psalm stating that he was going to praise the Lord every moment of every day for the glory of His judgment. The second half of the Psalm calls on all the people of God to worship the Lord by actively singing praises to Him in the local church and learning about His works in the preaching of...

Psalm 16• The Precious Golden Secret • Elder Bryce preaches from Psalm 16 concerning our risen Savior and our hope found in Jesus Christ. He begins by considering that the Apostle Peter quotes the Psalm in the book of Acts, with Peter making clear to us that Psalm 16 is a Messianic psalm and is from our Messiah’s perspective. The psalm begins with a lesson for us to trust in God just as our Savior...

Elder Bryce Lowrance preaches concerning Psalm 9 and David’s celebration of God’s victory over His enemies. He notices that David shows us in this passage that we can rejoice in God’s justice while simultaneously thanking Him for His grace and mercy. Brother Bryce goes through the first 11 verses and looks at how passages in John 3, Romans 3 and 1 Corinthians 15 harmonize with what God inspired Da...

Paul Answers Questions Concerning Marriage • 1st Corinthians 7 – Elder Bryce Lowrance  Elder Bryce continues a series of messages looking at the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. Brother Bryce considers Paul’s instruction in chapter 7 regarding marriage, divorce and remarriage, noting that Paul mentions a “present distress” (v.26) for which the advice was primarily given. Broth...

Elder Bryce Lowrance considers how it is that we are in the love of God, turning to Job’s beginning answer found in Job 9: “I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?” Brother Bryce then goes on to look at Job’s statements in the remaining chapter that continually prove that man, including Job, cannot justify himself or challenge God in any way. He shows how, despite what Job...

Brother Jonah Lowrance considers the introduction in the gospel account of Luke, the writer’s background, and Luke’s audience. Brother Jonah goes on to explain that we should take heed to verse four’s statement “That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.” He goes on to look at the statements in the Bible concerning God’s word, how the Apostle Peter’s...

“A Misunderstanding of Christian Liberty” • 1st Corinthians 6:12-20 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. The church at Corinth was guilty of misunderstanding and misapplying Paul’s teaching regarding Christian Liberty. They believed that, since they were saved by grace, they could partake in and enjoy any sin they wished without any consequences. Paul corrects them by telling them their liberty in Christ does...

"Daniel Talks with Angels" • Daniel 10:7-21 - Brother Jonah Lowrance. Brother Jonah continues in his expository series on the book of Daniel in the second half of chapter 10 where Daniel meets Michael and another angel. This second angel tells Daniel that God is aware of his needs and has sent him to help Daniel and show him a great vision of things to come in the near and distant future. "Daniel...

“Handling Offenses Within the Church” – 1st Corinthians 6:1-11 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. The Apostle Paul continues to point our how the arrogance and pride of the members of the Church at Corinth has moved them to neglect their duties within the church. In this case, when brethren have a disagreement, they have been going to the courts of the world rather than following the instructions of the Lord...

“Church Discipline” – 1st Corinthians 5 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. The idea of church discipline is a foreign concept to most churches in our day. Paul’s teaching in this chapter shows us that this is a problem that needs to be rectified. The Church at Corinth was puffed up with their many gifts and good preaching. So much so, that they neglected to fulfill one of the church’s biggest responsibilitie...

“Apostolic Authority” • 1st Corinthians 4:8-21 – Elder Bryce H. Lowrance – The Apostle Paul uses a series of Ironic statements and concessions to shock the divided parties at the Church of Corinth into repentance. He reminds them that they are believers in Christ because He first peached to them, and that they should continue […]

“Seventy Weeks” • Daniel 9:18-27 – Brother Jonah Lowrance. Brother Jonah continues to speak about Daniel’s prayer of repentance and God’s mighty response to his prayer. In this chapter, Daniel not only learns that God will deliver Israel from Babylon but that the Messiah will also come and eradicate the cause of all problems in […]

“A Proper View of the Ministry” • 1st Corinthians 4:1-7 – Elder Bryce H. Lowrance – The Church at Corinth was divided into several factions. This was caused by an improper view and loyalty to the various preachers who had spoken there. Today’s message will explore the role of perspective of God’s ministers of the […]

“Daniel’s Reaction to the Fall of Babylon” • Daniel 9:1-8 – Brother Jonah Lowrance – Daniel has been reading in the book of Jeremiah and understands that God is about to deliver Israel from the hands of the Babylonians as He had promised. But Daniel does not become arrogant or proud that his people will […]

“Being Spiritually Minded” • 1st Corinthians 3:1-15 – Elder Bryce H. Lowrance – The Apostle Paul now begins to address the specific problem with the Church at Corinth. They were not growing in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fact that they were divided into various parties was evidence that they lacked […]

January 1, 2023   “We Can Trust the God of Prophecy” • Daniel 8 – Brother Jonah Lowrance – Since God accurately prophesied to Daniel events that would take place hundreds of years before they happened, we can trust Him to care for us in the future. Even though we may not know what is […]

December 25, 2022 “Make Haste” • Elder Bryce H. Lowrance. Starting with Psalm 70, Elder Bryce reminds us that we very often ask the Lord to help us quickly, and God in His mercy does send end aid just in time. Therefore, in response to this marvelous grace a mercy, we should make haste to […]

December 18, 2022 “Received” • 1st Corinthians 2:9-16 Elder Bryce Lowrance. Continuing his message on the miracle of the preaching of the gospel, Elder Lowrance finishes the rest of chapter 2 in the message focusing on the word “received.” There are two definitions for this word that apply in Paul’s writing. We receive the new […]

December 11, 2022 “Abiding in the Vine” • John 15:1-17 Brother Jonah Lowrance. Just as Jesus Christ is in an everlasting relationship with His Father, the children of God are kept by God’s power and will never be lost. But our day to day fellowship with God and our purpose in life is to abide […]

December 4, 2022 Introduction by Elder Bryce Lowrance.“Giving Our Best” Elder John Morgan Owens using the examples of the woman with the alabaster box of ointment, the woman caught in adultery, and Zacchaeus, Elder Owens teaches that we should give our very best back to God in His service because we are thankful for the […]

November 27, 2022 Glory & Shame • 1st Corinthians 1:26-31 – God’s sovereign grace in the salvation of His elect is unquestionable truth taught in the Bible. However, many think that the message of salvation by grace plus nothing does not give enough credit to the will of man. The Apostle Paul in this passage teaches […]

November 13, 2022 The Foolishness of God • 1st Corinthians 1:21-25 – Elder Bryce Lowrance continues in the expository series on Paul’s first letter to the Church at Corinth. To the world God and salvation by Christ alone seems foolish, but to us who are already saved, it is the power of God and gives us […]