Mt. Olive Baptist Church

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/30/23 Joshua 1:8-9 This Book of the Law  1. "Shall not depart from your mouth" The Bible is to be our guide for everything we deal with in life. 2. "You shall meditate on it day and night" We are to think deeply on God’s Word and what it teaches so that we can understand it. 3. "Then you will have good success" To be successful in life, we...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/23/23 Mark 14:32-42 The Importance of Prayer  Two very important benefits of prayer:  1. We will be prepared for spiritual battle 2. The power that will come through prayer Jesus gained power through prayer to have strength to go to the cross. Because Peter didn’t pray, he couldn’t even stand up to a servant girl.  Two essentials for the Christian life are reading the...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/23/23 John 8:31-36 Being A Disciple = Abiding in God’s Word Learning and living by God’s word is directly connected to us being a disciple of Jesus. As we abide in God’s Word, we will know the truth, and the truth will make us free. If we are not in God’s Word, we won’t be focused on the truth and we will be vulnerable to the sin system of the world and following its l...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/16/23 Mark 14:32-42 The Shepherd Praying Jesus entered into a time of sorrow and great stress prior to going to the cross. Jesus sought His Heavenly Father for help. Mark gives us an explanation of what Jesus was praying. The writer of Hebrews says that Jesus’ prayer was answered. When we pray, we need to remember to say, “Not what I will, but what You will.” 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/16/23 Romans 10:17 Faith Comes By Hearing the Word of God The Bible is a vehicle through which we worship God. Our faith will grow by daily reading the Word of God. The opposite of faith is sight. If we are not living by the Word of God, then we really don’t believe that it’s true. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/9/23 Mark 14:327-31 The Shepherd Struck God will strike the Shepherd The shepherd’s job was to protect the sheep from the enemy, even if it meant sacrificing himself. The brutal Roman beating before the crucifixion was carried out knowing that the person was not going to survive. The cross was designed to make death as slow and cruel as possible. The cross shows the gr...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/9/23 Mark 4:3-20 The Importance of God’s Word Think about what our life would be like if we didn’t have the Bible. The Parable of the Sower is about the seed - the Word of God. We will not have a healthy spiritual life if we are not feeding on God’s Word.  

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/2/23 Mark 14:26 They Sung A Hymn Families worshiping together in the home is a very important work. The fathers are to lead in that. Families worshiping together is a key part in how homes will be strong spiritually. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 4/2/23 Romans 1:20 God’s Character - Holiness and Love God’s holiness and His love are inseparably linked together. People today focus on God’s love and deny His holiness. God will not change who He is for His creation. We are to surrender and conform to who He is. Hell is an expression of God’s holiness and His love. Even if we don’t understand something, God is always...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/26/23 Mark 14:22-26 The Symbolism of the Fruit of the Vine God has chosen to forgive sins through a blood sacrifice. The blood shows us: The seriousness of our sin The sacrifice of God’s salvation This symbolic ceremony helps us to remember The blood of Jesus over the doorposts of our heart will be the only thing that saves us and allows God to pass over us. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/26/23 Romans 2:1-5 The Attributes of God - Love God’s love is that He does what is best for His creation. Love is sacrificing yourself to do what is best for another person. Jesus is the definition of love. People in the world often doubt and question the love of God.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/19/23 Mark 14:22-36 The Symbolism of the Unleavened Bread The Israelites had to make unleavened bread to be able to cooperate with God’s plan of leaving Egypt in haste. Israel’s slavery in Egypt and deliverance pictures our salvation today. These symbolisms are important because they pictured Jesus. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/19/23 Romans 1:18-20 The Attributes of God - Holiness

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/5/23 Romans 1:18-20 The Attributes of God: Eternal

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/26/23 Romans 1:18-25 The Attributes of God - All-Powerful  God’s attributes are clearly seen. The question is: do we see them?  One way we can see God is by the things He has made. Because God is all-powerful, that should affect how we look at life. Are we focusing on the things God has made, or on the God who made those things? 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/12/23 Mark 14:10-21 The Betrayal of Judas and God’s Sovereignty   God can take the sinful actions of people and use them for His good purposes. In all the darkness, Jesus is actually winning and showing His control through it all.  Judas sold Jesus for thirty pieces of silver - the price of a slave. Judas was a slave to money and sin. Before we start throwing stones at...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/12/23 Romans 1:18-25 The Attributes of God - Glory God’s glory is the expression of His greatness, and it is represented by a bright light. In Revelation there is no need of the sun or moon, because God’s glory will be the light. Like the moon reflects the sun, our white robes will most likely have the ability to reflect God’s light. The greatness of Jesus is that He s...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 3/5/23 Mark 14:1-9 The Truth That Mary Knew Because Mary sought God’s Word to know it, then she had insight about what God was doing on the earth. Leviticus 2 - The grain offering had oil poured on it. Jesus was going to be the grain offering.  The unleavened bread pictured sinlessness. Mary understood that Jesus’ body was going to be the bread of the Feast of Unleavened...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/26/23 Mark 13:28-37 The Lesson of The Fig Tree Jesus gives us some answers about the end times, while still keeping the mystery of these future events. God may not give us all the answers because we may not be able to handle such knowledge. Lessons from the fig tree: There are going to be some things that happen that will clue us in on when the end is near. We won’t kn...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/19/23 Mark 13:24-27 The Final Climax of God’s Work Jesus is coming back with great power. Jesus is coming back with great glory. Jesus is going to gather all of the elect to Himself.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/19/23 Genesis 2:22-24 What Makes A Family? A family is a man and a woman who commit to join their lives together for the rest of their life. This relationship would produce children to bring new life to the earth. Matthew 19:4 - Jesus defines what makes a marriage and a family.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/12/23 Mark 13:20-23 The End of the Age Jesus said that at the end, false christs and false prophets will rise up. At the very end, there will be a climax of this with the Anti-Christ and False Prophet. Indications of the Anti-Christ: A false resurrection A false peace treaty A false god

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/12/23 Psalm 11 The Family - The Foundation of Life In order to destroy righteousness on the earth, the wicked go after the foundations. The issues that the world is pushing attack the foundation of the family. Romans 1 warns us of different stages of the unraveling of a society.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/29/23 Mark 13:8-13 The Tribulation There are three stages in Jesus’ answer to the disciples here: The Beginning of Sorrows The Tribulation The Great Tribulation Jesus predicts a great time of persecution for His followers Paul says that there will be strong delusion in the end, and that most of the world will follow the Anti-Christ. The rebuilding of the temple is a si...

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/29/23 Deuteronomy 6:1-8 A Father’s Responsibility A father’s responsibility is to be the spiritual leader and teach the Word of God in the home. In our churches today where there is such a focus on youth and children’s ministry, we don’t see a generation coming up that is holding the line. We see a generation that is sliding. Whenever you see the training of children m...