Ramsey Creek Baptist Church Sermons

This text focuses on wealth, greed, and the search for contentment. Solomon makes clear that more wealth does not bring satisfaction. Why? First, because the love of money leads to all kinds of evil, including never-ending discontentment. The second reason that more and more wealth never brings contentment is a profound theological truth taught to us by the rappers of the 90’s: “mo money, mo probl...

Ecclesiastes 5 starts with yet another attempt to try to find meaning in this life – religiosity (religiosity = religion without relationship). The "sacrifice of fools" is thinking that just going through religious motions wins the favor of God, but God has said all along that that kind of sacrifice/worship isn’t what He expects or wants (1 Samuel 15:22). We need to take our communication with God...

In Ecclesiastes 4:4, the Preacher begins to tell us that while hard work is good (3:22), we shouldn't work hard out of jealousy of someone else or out of an attempt to fill a void in our life. Earthly stuff will never replace a relationship with Jesus. Instead of giving in to the trap of selfish striving and/or jealousy, a wise person will cooperate with others and lift other people up. We’re bett...

Even from an early age, there's something inside all of us that longs for and expects justice. That's why we say things like, "That's not fair!" This shouldn't come as a surprise to us because we were made in God's image, and God is a just God. Being an advocate for justice is a defining trait of a Christian. Make no mistake - believers will seek justice for the oppressed. However, losing ourselve...

In our text today we see that there is a season/time for everything in life. God appoints the events of our lives as part of His much bigger, much wiser, but hidden plan. He stitches each season together like a master weaver creates a tapestry. The difference between whether we see our life as a mess or something beautiful is in our perspective. What you do with your life matters to God, and what...

Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 reminds us that the pursuit of wisdom and/or work cannot be ends in themselves any more than pleasure or self-indulgence. These things cannot be all this life is about. Listen especially to the words of Isaiah 44 and consider how ridiculous it is to burn half a tree for warmth and worship the other half as god. It's similarly ridiculous to give your heart/life to work (workaho...

Pastor Jason leads us in looking more closely at Ecclesiastes 2:1-11. We believe the things we see have lasting value, but how do they stack up against the eternal things we cannot see? In truth, life apart from Christ is vanity.

In Exodus 6 we find that the Israelites have a problem, and it's not Pharaoh. Because their spirits were so broken by the Egyptian captors they could see, they believed something false about the God who they could not see. Their circumstances in the seen drove their belief in the unseen. But their circumstances were not a reflection of the truth of God’s enduring rescue plan, and the same holds tr...

In Exodus 6 we find that the Israelites have a problem, and it's not Pharaoh. Because their spirits were so broken by the Egyptian captors they could see, they believed something false about the God who they could not see. Their circumstances in the seen drove their belief in the unseen. But their circumstances were not a reflection of the truth of God’s enduring rescue plan, and the same holds tr...

Remember: there’s zero hint of despair or fear in Paul’s writing here because no matter what happens in this life, the war has already been won on the cross & in the empty tomb. Fear isn’t found here – faith is, because we know God won. For the Christian, truth is essential. If Jesus is the truth and if the truth sets us free, then fastening on the belt of truth means living out the truth of Jesus...

Remember: there’s zero hint of despair or fear in Paul’s writing here because no matter what happens in this life, the war has already been won on the cross & in the empty tomb. Fear isn’t found here – faith is, because we know God won. For the Christian, truth is essential. If Jesus is the truth and if the truth sets us free, then fastening on the belt of truth means living out the truth of Jesus...

When Paul starts talking about spiritual warfare and battle it might seem like it’s coming out of left field, but Paul has actually been talking about the pieces of the armor throughout Ephesians by describing what normal Christianity looks like. He writes to believers in hope and expectation and confidence because no matter what happens in this life, the war has already been won on the cross & in...

When Paul starts talking about spiritual warfare and battle it might seem like it’s coming out of left field, but Paul has actually been talking about the pieces of the armor throughout Ephesians by describing what normal Christianity looks like. He writes to believers in hope and expectation and confidence because no matter what happens in this life, the war has already been won on the cross & in...

*Apologies for the poor audio - we changed sound boards & needed to tweak some settings* What we know of God & how He deals with people should drive how we deal with people. In order to spread the Gospel effectively, Paul instructs believing servants to treat their masters as they would treat Jesus, and believing masters to treat their servants as they would treat Jesus. Whether servant or master,...

*Apologies for the poor audio - we changed sound boards & needed to tweak some settings* What we know of God & how He deals with people should drive how we deal with people. In order to spread the Gospel effectively, Paul instructs believing servants to treat their masters as they would treat Jesus, and believing masters to treat their servants as they would treat Jesus. Whether servant or master,...

If how we raise our kids mirrors that of everyone else in the world, we’re on the wrong track, and if our parenting methods looks just like those of non-Christian homes, we really need to repent and determine - by God’s grace - to do it His way. Submitting and loving and obeying are all things Christians do when they are filled with the Spirit. When talking specifically to kids, Paul tells them th...

If how we raise our kids mirrors that of everyone else in the world, we’re on the wrong track, and if our parenting methods looks just like those of non-Christian homes, we really need to repent and determine - by God’s grace - to do it His way. Submitting and loving and obeying are all things Christians do when they are filled with the Spirit. When talking specifically to kids, Paul tells them th...

Our marriages should produce the mutual joy of both husband and wife, but that’s not the primary or only thing a marriage is for. Submitting, loving, & obeying are all descriptions of what people do when they are filled with the Spirit. If you only obey God when your spouse obeys Him first, you will never consistently obey God. Getting stuck in that kind of cycle can cause us to convince ourselves...

Our marriages should produce the mutual joy of both husband and wife, but that’s not the primary or only thing a marriage is for. Submitting, loving, & obeying are all descriptions of what people do when they are filled with the Spirit. If you only obey God when your spouse obeys Him first, you will never consistently obey God. Getting stuck in that kind of cycle can cause us to convince ourselves...

Christians and non-Christians alike are confused about what love is, what commitment is, about gender, sexual attraction, marriage, headship, submission, and what a godly family is supposed to look like. Satan would love to cause the crumbling of the foundation of God’s purpose & plan for marriage. The health of our marriages today affects generations to come. The problem is not with God or the in...

Christians and non-Christians alike are confused about what love is, what commitment is, about gender, sexual attraction, marriage, headship, submission, and what a godly family is supposed to look like. Satan would love to cause the crumbling of the foundation of God’s purpose & plan for marriage. The health of our marriages today affects generations to come. The problem is not with God or the in...

Circumspect (KJV word) = “careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences”. “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise…” Paul says. We should work at being so connected with Jesus Christ that our relationship with Him touches & shapes every step that we take. The time that could slip away into uselessness we scoop up and rescue in order to use for good. Walking in...

Circumspect (KJV word) = “careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences”. “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise…” Paul says. We should work at being so connected with Jesus Christ that our relationship with Him touches & shapes every step that we take. The time that could slip away into uselessness we scoop up and rescue in order to use for good. Walking in...

Every one of us is born into darkness due to a fatal sin problem, but we believe a relationship with Jesus cures every person who believes. Salvation in Christ alone is the cure. So Paul now calls believers to become who they are - light in the Lord. Because Jesus loved us and gave Himself up for us, we are expected to live differently. The church is commanded to hold each other accountable and di...

Every one of us is born into darkness due to a fatal sin problem, but we believe a relationship with Jesus cures every person who believes. Salvation in Christ alone is the cure. So Paul now calls believers to become who they are - light in the Lord. Because Jesus loved us and gave Himself up for us, we are expected to live differently. The church is commanded to hold each other accountable and di...