Providence Bible Church Sermons

How can we discern when to respond, how to respond, and if to respond to conflicts in our lives, especially in the intricacies of human relationships?  Well, Jesus breaks it down simply and profoundly in today's passage.    

You can't judge me!  The Bible says so!  Does it?  We find out today in our message from Matthew 7:1-6.  

Anxiety is a common human experience.  Jesus has a lot to say about it, and give some great ways to kill it in today's passage.      

What do you treasure?  What should you treasure?  Jesus addresses this Matthew 6 today.    

How should we fast?  When?  Why?  Should we fast?  Jesus helps us out here in our passage today.

How should we pray?  Jesus answers plainly and simply in today's passage.    

Prayer is a big deal, and we need to make sure it's a big deal for the right reason, and in the right way in our Christian walk.  Jesus gives some specific instruction and commands on secret prayer in today's passage.  

Christians are to be those who do good deeds.  But why?  For who?  And Christians are to seek rewards.  But from whom?  And why?  Jesus addresses deeds, rewards, and hypocrisy in today's message.         

People say the darndest things.  Jesus says some of the most darndest things ever today in our passage from the end of Matthew 5.

How do we handle our rights?  What if someone wrongs me?  Do we have a right to defend and justify ourselves?  Jesus lays the leather to it today in Matthew 5:38-42.        

Should we make oaths?  Is it important that we tell the truth?  Jesus makes it pretty clear in our passage today from Matthew 5:33-37.

Is it right to write a certificate of divorce and end a marriage?  What is marriage?  How does God define it?  Jesus meets these issues head on in today's passage from the Sermon on the Mount.

Let's talk about sex.  Jesus did, and He did it in no uncertain terms.  How should we handle lustful thoughts and sexual sin?  Jesus lays it out for us in this message.

Christmas brings a lot of different feelings, words, and presents.  Today's message brings the gift of hope, and places it in perspective of Bethlehem 2000 years ago, today, and into eternity future.  

How do you handle anger?  Is it something that handles you instead?  Jesus speaks to anger, murder, and how it all works together to help us properly interpret the true meaning of God's Law.  

What is our relationship with the Law?  How are we to interact with the Old Testament?  Jesus speaks authoritatively to that and more in today's passage.

Jesus pronounces that His followers are the salt of the earth and the light of the world.  What does that mean for us, as His followers today?  We look into that in Matthew 5:13-16

The Beatitudes serves as a true definition of happiness in the Kingdom of Heaven.  Jesus gives us an introduction into the particulars of this Kingdom in Matthew 5:3-12.  Unfortunately, the last part of the message is missing, as we had some technical issues.  This is the most complete, but it is not the full message.  

The Sermon on the Mount is considered by many to be the greatest sermon ever preached.  We look at it in whole here to prepare for our in-depth look at it in the coming months.  

Jesus started His ministry by going around teaching, preaching, and healing.  We see His example and seek to emulate Him in our day and time.

Jesus early beginnings and calling of His first disciples is a wonderful account of God-planned movement and people.  We see that unfolded here in Matthew's account.  

Jesus gives us an example to follow when we are tempted.  His direct confrontation with Satan shows us how to combat and overcome temptation and come out having been tested and made more like Him.

Jesus arrives on the scene of Matthew 3 to be baptized by John.  Why?  Does it matter to us?  We find out in today's message.

John the Baptist shows up on the scene and prepares the world for the King's coming by calling on people to repent.  How does that affect us today?

Prophecy predicted a lot of things about Jesus, His life, and His ministry.  We see through four specific prophecies today how God protects His people to work out His plan and how that affects us in our lives.