Penzance Baptist Church

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the way Paul wonderfully summarises the Gospel in these verses. He highlights four mighty acts of grace that God does in the salvation of sinners - He quickens, He forgives, He cancels debt, He conquers the enemy.

Pastor Jonathan Stobbs continues in his series in Matthew's Gospel. Preaching from Matthew 27:51-56 he looks at the God-given witnesses to what was being accomplished at the cross. These witnesses - the veil being torn, the earthquake, opened tombs, the faith of the Centurion, and the faithfulness of the women - all testify to the Lord Jesus Christ being the only Saviour of sinners and having actu...

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at how the Lord deals with Habakkuk to bring him to a point of rejoicing in difficult circumstances. Habakkuk needed to learn to trust God sovereign purposes and covenant love for His people even when He could not understand what was happening. Habakkuk, like us, needed to learn to rest in the fact that even though he did not know what tomorrow would b...

Mr. Eddie Fletcher preaches from Genesis 16 with a message entitled 'When God Met Hagar.'

Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at Elijah's despair under the broom tree and how the Lord tenderly met with him. He looks at lessons such as how discouragement distorts our thinking and we need the truth of God's Word to give us perspective.

In this message, Pastor Stobbs looks at the Saviour's cry of dereliction on the cross. These precious verses look at the darkness that that engulfed the cross and the way the Lord Jesus Christ secured victory at Calvary for His people.

Mr. Eddie Fletcher preaches a message from Genesis 4:1-16 entitled 'When God Met...Cain and Abel.'

Continuing in his series in Matthew's Gospel, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the reactions of the crowd and the mockery the Lord Jesus Christ suffered at Calvary. These real events are not just history but they reveal the sinful nature of the human heart. The only hope for such sinners is in the very One who was enduring the cross to secure the salvation of His people.

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at Job's declaration of faith in the midst of terrible suffering. He considers how the believer can trust the Lord when life falls apart, knowing that our suffering is never without purpose and it draws us closer to the Saviour.

Continuing in this series, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the beginning of the events of the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross at Calvary. The glory of the gospel is that this King took the place of rebels - that He was the perfect Substitute. In that mighty work Jesus actually accomplished the salvation of His people, those who trust Him.

This message looks at the command Peter gives for the believer to grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Pastor Stobbs looks at what this growth looks like and the means through which it happens. Ultimately, the believer needs to abide in Christ and allow His life to work through them.

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the brutal ways the Lord Jesus was mocked and beaten on the way to the cross. Yet, in it all Scripture was being fulfilled and God's redeeming plan was being worked out. It challenges us not to view sin lightly and to see the great cost of this mighty rescue of sinners.

In this message, Pastor Stobbs looks at the way sin ruins and distorts our view of who God is. Sin pushes us away from God, but wonderfully, God seeks and saves. What is pictured in Genesis 3 comes to fulfilment in the Lord Jesus Christ who said that He came to seek and save the lost.

Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at how Paul explains the Gospel in these terms and lays out what we were, what God has done for the believer by grace, and the sure future we have in Christ.

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the often neglected truth of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ. He considers what happened and what it means for us, not least that Christ is King now and the believer can trust Him in all the changing seasons of life.

In this message, Pastor Stobbs continues to look at the Lord Jesus before Pilate and the divine warnings Pilate ignored. He will also consider the choice Pilate gave to the crowd of either Barabbas or Jesus and how this is also picture of the nature of the Gospel - the Innocent One condemned that the guilty go free.

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the external objective truth of the Gospel concerning the person and work of the Lord Jesus and the internal subjective work of the Holy Spirit to apply those truths. For a sinner to believe it is a wonderful work of grace to enable them to know both.

This message will look at Job's confession - 'I know that my Redeemer lives...' In the trials and troubles he faced, Job was given by grace to look away from himself to find hope in the promised Saviour. Pastor Jonathan Stobbs draws out a number of lessons for the believer encouraging trust in God's sovereign purposes when life is falling apart.

This message looks at the opening verses of Psalm 22 and the cry 'My God, my God, why have you forsake me?' Pastor Stobbs considers the way these words find their ultimate fulfilment when the Lord Jesus uses them on the cross. This brings us to the heart of the Gospel and the substitutionary death of the Saviour - that He was forsaken for His people so they never have to be.

Pastor Jonathan Stobbs continues in his series in Matthew's Gospel. This message from Matthew 27:11-18 looks at the Lord Jesus before Pilate and how even His silence fulfilled Bible prophecy. He considers the choice Pilate gave to the crowd of either Barabbas or Jesus and how this is also a picture of the nature of the Gospel.

Pastor Jonathan Stobbs preaches from Galatians 2:20 looking at Paul's incredible statement which expresses the deep truth of the believer's union with Christ. It gets to the heart of what it means to be a real Christian, the wonder of sovereign grace, and true life in Christ.

In this message, Pastor Jonathan Stobbs preaches from Matthew 27:1-10 and looks at the tragic end of Judas as he faces the consequences of his betrayal and overwhelming pain of his guilt in betraying the Saviour. Gospel lessons are drawn from the passage concerning the depth of sin, the danger of remorse without repentance, and the way of true repentance which leads to life in Christ.

Mr. John Rubens preaches from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3 with a message entitled 'Faith, Love and Hope in the Church.'

Mr. Eddie Fletcher preaches from Luke 2:34-35 with a message entitled 'A Sword Shall Pierce Your Own Soul Also.'

Pastor Jonathan Stobbs looks at the way the Saviour was focused on going to the cross and how everything was being done according to the sovereign plan and purpose of God. He also looks at the contrast between those who hated the Lord Jesus and one who was totally devoted to her Saviour - the difference between the goats and the sheep.