Reformation Baptist Church

If Jesus died for the church, if the church is God's plan to make disciples, and if God glorifies His name in the church, then the church must be a primary concern for every Christian. The problem is, what is the church? In an age where anyone and everyone can claim to be a "church" we must look at what God has said in His Word a church is to make sure our church reflects the Scriptures and we are...

Nehemiah closes his book not with a triumph, but with a warning. In just a few years of Nehemiah's absence, Israel went back on all their covenant promises from chapter 10. Nehemiah shows the church today how we must be diligent to live by faith lest we fall away into apostasy.

God uses everyday saints and everyday churches to carry out His mission to transform sinners into worshipers. Jesus called these worshipers His disciples. How do Christians and churches join God in His work? How do we commit to the mission in such a way that God uses us to build His Kingdom?

To worship God is to live according to His covenant. In Nehemiah, the people of God renew the Mosaic Covenant and commit to worship God alone and be his holy people to be a light to the nations of His salvation. Today, Christians worship God by living in the New Covenant that Jesus gave us through His life death and resurrection. What is the New Covenant and how does it matter for our discipleship...

How do Christians live all their life for Jesus? Many Christians struggle with sin because they have not learned to deny themselves and walk by the power of the Spirit. As the people of God in Nehemiah respond to the Lord in whole-hearted obedience, we take a practical look on how Christians can put their sin to death and obey God in everything.

How do you grow in your faith to worship God alone? As the people of Nehemiah sought to recapture their identity as God's holy people and a light to the nations, they centered their new life in Jerusalem on the Word of God. Christians today must build all of their life upon God's Word so that they can truly love God as He has revealed Himself.

As Nehemiah begins moving from rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem to rebuilding the people of God themselves, he invites the Israelites to join in God's work by reminding them that God has been faithful to bring them back from exile. God's people today can look at God's faithfulness with confidence that the same way he was faithful to his people in the Old Testament, God will be faithful to redeem...

What does it mean to be a missional church? For a church to call itself a biblical church it must be engaged in the mission of God to make disciples. Nehemiah shows Christians today what it looks like to live as a missionary in their context, and how they can stay committed to living for the Great Commission even when temptation to sin and persecution threaten the work of the gospel.

What drives biblical leadership? Most people know Jesus' call for leaders to serve those that they lead, but what motivates a leader to continue to serve when the sacrifice of leadership grows heavy? Nehemiah shows us what motivated his desire to serve others with his leadership to glorify God and love the people of Israel.

As God's people join God in His work and labor for the Kingdom they will face opposition from the world. Today, the church labors by sharing the gospel with others. Nehemiah shows us that when the world starts pushing back, the church must not change the gospel to be accepted by the culture, but instead should pray for boldness and keep working.

What does it mean to truly serve God and live for His Kingdom? Nehemiah 3 gives us a picture of what it looks like for God's people to live for the Kingdom worshipfully, humbly, and sacrificially for the benefit of others as well as themselves, and also teaches us how it is crucial for every Christian to play their part in the body so that the church can accomplish the mission God has given them.

As Nehemiah arrives to Jerusalem, he calls the people of Israel to join in the work to build the walls of the city. Today, God continues to invite all his people to join in His work to save sinners, and the way we do that is by committing to God, the body, and the mission in the life of a local church.

The book of Nehemiah is driven by God's faithfulness to bring salvation to the world through his people. After Nehemiah learns that God's people and the Temple are in danger, he prays for God to remember his covenant to his people. What are these covenants and why are they so important? And most importantly, how do the covenants of the Old Testament find their fulfillment in Jesus?

Have you ever considered how amazing it is that God saves sinners? We can talk so much about salvation and the gospel that they actually become common to us. In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus seeks to show us that there is nothing common about God's salvation or his heart towards sinners. Through repentance and faith in the gospel, we are welcomed into the joy of the Father.

Every Christian can be tempted to believe that God only loves them as much as they are faithful, but in the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard, Jesus demolishes any notion that we are saved by anything other than the loving kindness of God.

Jesus taught that Christians must be the first willing to forgive others because of how much God has forgiven us in Christ. What does it mean to forgive others and how can we seek reconciliation with one another in a biblical way when we sin against each other? 286188

How do you pray? Jesus' disciples asked this very question. This shows us that prayer does not come naturally to us but it is learned. In Luke 11:1-13, Jesus gave his followers a blueprint for what effective prayer looks like. As we walk through this passage, we learn how to pray in a way that God will always answer. 286188

For over 2000 years, Jesus' followers have been waiting for him to return and bring his Kingdom. While we wait, Jesus knows life can get hard and we can be tempted to live for ourselves instead of Him and His Kingdom. In the Parable of the Persistent Widow, Jesus encourages us to persevere in prayer so they can endure. This week, we look at how we are to pray and what kind of prayer God hears and...

What does it mean to truly love our neighbor as ourself? As we study the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus shows us that to truly love others is to love them like He loved us in the gospel.

In the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, Jesus shows us the difference between trying to earn salvation through human accomplishment and being given salvation by God's grace. This week we learn what it truly means to be justified through faith in the gospel.

What does the Bible have to say about Hell? As we study the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, we see that Jesus believed Hell was a horrible place where those who do not repent and believe the gospel will suffer for eternity. But that is not all Jesus says. He also shows us how every person is offered salvation from Hell in Him.

Jesus has promised us that he is going to return, and tells the Parable of the Ten Virgins to teach that we can either be foolish or wise as we wait for that day. What does it look like to prepare for Christ's return and live for God's coming Kingdom?

What does it mean to build a life of true discipleship? Jesus promises to save his disciples from the coming judgement, but he also tells us there will be false disciples who do not actually follow him. This week, we study the parable of the two builders to learn what true discipleship is and how we can grow to follow Jesus more faithfully.

All of us are living for a kingdom. We are either living for and serving Jesus' Kingdom where we see the work of his redemption reach into every area of our lives, or we anoint ourselves as kings to try and establish our selfish kingdoms of one. This week, we look to Jesus' parables to show what the Kingdom of God actually is and how we can actually live for Jesus' Kingdom here and now while we wa...

Jesus used parables to teach big, spiritual truths. In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus shows his followers four different ways we can respond to the gospel teaching that only one produces true, saving faith. According to Jesus, faith is a gift from God given in his love for sinners that will always produce a radical life change in the Christian's life.