Ramsey Creek Baptist Church Sermons

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. Even in just the first two verses, Peter practices what he preaches by practicing humility. He leads with the fact that he is a servant/slave of Christ Jesus. He also explains that new life in Christ doesn’t come through privilege, work, or even a human decision, but by a divine gift of God ("by the righ...

*Due to technical difficulties, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. Peter uses the term "sober-minded" three times in this letter, so it's important. And each he uses it, he includes his reasoning behind it: - 1:13…be sober-minded…by setting your hope fully on the grace of Jesus Christ - 4:7…be sober-minded…because the end of all things is at hand & for the sake of...

*Due to technical difficulties, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. Peter uses the term "sober-minded" three times in this letter, so it's important. And each he uses it, he includes his reasoning behind it: - 1:13…be sober-minded…by setting your hope fully on the grace of Jesus Christ - 4:7…be sober-minded…because the end of all things is at hand & for the sake of...

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. The office of elder is not defined by the age of a man, but rather by his character. It's also important to note that the office of pastor/elder/undershepherd is unlike any other. Hebrews 13:17 says that they will give an account for how they've kept watch over the souls of those in the church. This sets...

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. The office of elder is not defined by the age of a man, but rather by his character. It's also important to note that the office of pastor/elder/undershepherd is unlike any other. Hebrews 13:17 says that they will give an account for how they've kept watch over the souls of those in the church. This sets...

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. As elders are to be subject to the Chief Shepherd, so church members are to be subject to the elders, and humility ties it all together [v.5b - "clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another"]. Humility not only recognizes the greatness of God but is submissive to the greatness of God....

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. As elders are to be subject to the Chief Shepherd, so church members are to be subject to the elders, and humility ties it all together [v.5b - "clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another"]. Humility not only recognizes the greatness of God but is submissive to the greatness of God....

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. - Do we demonstrate love for one another no matter the circumstances? - Do we demonstrate love and do good even when suffering? - Have we entrusted our souls to the faithful, trustworthy Creator? If and when we suffer because of Jesus, we should glorify God in that name. Because when we suffer according...

*Due to technical issues, the audio from today's message was pulled from the livestream video. - Do we demonstrate love for one another no matter the circumstances? - Do we demonstrate love and do good even when suffering? - Have we entrusted our souls to the faithful, trustworthy Creator? If and when we suffer because of Jesus, we should glorify God in that name. Because when we suffer according...

"The end of all things is at hand..." How should we be ready? By doing the things He’s called us to do while we wait: • be self-controlled & sober-minded [v.7] • be vigilant in prayer [v.7] • keep loving one another earnestly [v.8] • show hospitality without grumbling [v.9] • serve one another with the gifts God’s given [v.10] There is a direct relationship between self-control & prayer. The end o...

"The end of all things is at hand..." How should we be ready? By doing the things He’s called us to do while we wait: • be self-controlled & sober-minded [v.7] • be vigilant in prayer [v.7] • keep loving one another earnestly [v.8] • show hospitality without grumbling [v.9] • serve one another with the gifts God’s given [v.10] There is a direct relationship between self-control & prayer. The end o...

When Peter says “arm yourselves with the same way of thinking…” [v.1], there’s a connection between understanding suffering and having the mind of Christ (Phil. 2:1-8). Even in the Christian, there’s conflict between the mindset of living for the yourself and living for God. But Peter says that we shouldn’t live the rest of our time in the flesh, according to our sinful human passions, but for the...

When Peter says “arm yourselves with the same way of thinking…” [v.1], there’s a connection between understanding suffering and having the mind of Christ (Phil. 2:1-8). Even in the Christian, there’s conflict between the mindset of living for the yourself and living for God. But Peter says that we shouldn’t live the rest of our time in the flesh, according to our sinful human passions, but for the...

When Peter introduces the idea of suffering and it sometimes being God’s will for the Christian, he immediately draws our attention to the suffering of Jesus [v.18]. The only way an unrighteous person is brought to God as righteous is through Christ’s suffering. In Christ, Christians have died to sin and made alive in the Spirit. In the challenging verses here, Peter seems to be focusing on the sa...

When Peter introduces the idea of suffering and it sometimes being God’s will for the Christian, he immediately draws our attention to the suffering of Jesus [v.18]. The only way an unrighteous person is brought to God as righteous is through Christ’s suffering. In Christ, Christians have died to sin and made alive in the Spirit. In the challenging verses here, Peter seems to be focusing on the sa...

Peter wants Christians to be prepared to give people a reasonable and settled answer for the hope that lies within them. What really determines how a person lives is what penetrates their heart, but the heart and the mind must stand together. Christians are to provide not just a feeling for the hope that is within them, but a reasonable defense. The primary encouragement & challenge to “always bei...

Peter wants Christians to be prepared to give people a reasonable and settled answer for the hope that lies within them. What really determines how a person lives is what penetrates their heart, but the heart and the mind must stand together. Christians are to provide not just a feeling for the hope that is within them, but a reasonable defense. The primary encouragement & challenge to “always bei...

If you desire to make life worth living (to love life & see good days), then Peter says your life must exhibit a watchfulness over your words and actions; you must keep control of what passes over your lips when you speak. If Christ is ruling your heart as He should, then He rules your words & life as well. God’s gracious eye of blessing rests on the one who seeks to be a blessing, and His ears ar...

If you desire to make life worth living (to love life & see good days), then Peter says your life must exhibit a watchfulness over your words and actions; you must keep control of what passes over your lips when you speak. If Christ is ruling your heart as He should, then He rules your words & life as well. God’s gracious eye of blessing rests on the one who seeks to be a blessing, and His ears ar...

It’s so easy to get Easter wrong, but there was someone who seemed to get it right. Matthew 27:54, “When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!’”. The Roman soldier witnessed the earth shake, dead people coming back to life, and darkness in the middle of the day...

It’s so easy to get Easter wrong, but there was someone who seemed to get it right. Matthew 27:54, “When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ‘Truly this was the Son of God!’”. The Roman soldier witnessed the earth shake, dead people coming back to life, and darkness in the middle of the day...

Peter lays out 7 ways that instruct the church in their health and well-being: 1. unity 2. sympathy 3. love 4. tenderhearted 5. humility 6. forgiveness 7. be a blessing In doing these things, Christians obtain the blessing of their incorruptible inheritance. In doing these things, Christians demonstrate to a watching world the unusual & incredible power of God to live and love others the way Jesus...

Peter lays out 7 ways that instruct the church in their health and well-being: 1. unity 2. sympathy 3. love 4. tenderhearted 5. humility 6. forgiveness 7. be a blessing In doing these things, Christians obtain the blessing of their incorruptible inheritance. In doing these things, Christians demonstrate to a watching world the unusual & incredible power of God to live and love others the way Jesus...

Christians live differently than the world in relation to their governing authorities, in the workplace, and with their spouses. I think the biggest similarity between these things might be the condition for submission - there isn’t any. Followers of Christ don’t respond to anything the way they once did. The only way believers can really submit to authority is when they are first trusting God. Ma...

Christians live differently than the world in relation to their governing authorities, in the workplace, and with their spouses. I think the biggest similarity between these things might be the condition for submission - there isn’t any. Followers of Christ don’t respond to anything the way they once did. The only way believers can really submit to authority is when they are first trusting God. Ma...