Rose City Baptist Church Sermon Archives

Originally preached on January 4, 2026

Originally preached on December 24, 2023

Originally preached on August 12, 2018

Originally preached on August 5, 2018.

Originally preached on July 29, 2018

Originally preached on July 22, 2018

(Originally preached on July 15, 2018)

Originally preached on July 1, 2018

Originally preached on June 17, 2018

(Originally preached on June 3, 2018)

Unfortunately, the previous sermon (Revelation 12) was lost in the archives. A brief recap of that sermon is provided at the beginning of this sermon.

“Perhaps all this cavalier talk about death and dying as part and parcel of true Christianity is shocking to you.  Maybe you thought Jesus was speaking only figuratively when he stated, Matthew 16:25, that ‘whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. ’…To be a citizen of God’s kingdom, an overt witness of Jesus in this world, is ultimately to invi...

“The message is this bittersweet scroll: we must share in the sufferings of Christ in order to share in the life of Christ. If the message that you have swallowed is semi-sweet, and lacking in bitterness, it’s not the word of God. If it’s not the sweetest thing you can imagine, and it’s not bitter…that we’ve been called to lay down this life…to lay down this life and take up our cross…if the messa...

“It’s a sobering vision, especially the end. It’s even hard to hear. These chapters in Revelation 8 and 9 are yet another vision that paint another horrific picture of the wrath of God being poured out in judgement against those who reject him…Every translation uses this word ‘fear’. Do you know why? Because that’s the word they used in the original language. We are to fear God…Where does that fit...

“Church are we those who live with great joy and celebration because of the salvation plan of God. When we think about the way the Father planned from the beginning, executed by the Holy Spirit his transformation in our hearts, and suffered and died as the Son — we see that God in his three persons, each working together, agreeing together, for our salvation. When we see that we are those who dese...

“He rules and reigns. Nothing that’s happening in our governance, nothing that’s happening in our economy, nothing that’s happening in the youth of today, is out of control. God gives his righteous judgement….this is what Revelation is all about. The message is that this allows all of our rage and grief and fear to be channelled into obedience to the one who sits on the throne…” (Originally preach...

“The first thing we are confronted with in this passage beyond the majestic glory of the heavenly throne room, far more splendid than any government of earth, is the way in which God is worshipped in this setting. God himself is indescribable in his glory; jasper and carnelian, not much there for a descriptor from John’s vision.  The narrative quickly moves on to those worshipping their creator, t...

“In what way have we today failed to honor God and give thanks for his ultimate authority and power; perfect sovereignty and plan?  Because God is on the throne. We cannot let fear keep us from sharing the gospel. We cannot abandon a vocal and public proclamation of the gospel, even in a culture that vilifies talking about religion and calls any verbal component of evangelism “cramming religion do...

“The last of Jesus’ seven messages to the churches, he addresses the church in Laodicea, an extremely wealthy, and self-sufficient city…The charge made against this church is that they are lukewarm; an accusation that has often been taken to mean that their zeal for Jesus had mellowed and their faith was no longer hot passion; it has cooled to lukewarm but is not quite cold yet. The problem with i...

“God has not commanded us to ‘take the city’ or build his church. That is Christ’s own role.  If your metric for the health of the church is anything other than growing in frequency and fervor in obedience and faithful overt witness, you are headed for disappointment. When we are weak, he is strong…”

“Jesus will never be satisfied with an outward show; superficial airs of pretended godliness. This was exactly what Jesus condemned in the Pharisees! We often misunderstand Jesus’ harsh rebukes for religious leaders and the Pharisees throughout the gospels thinking that Jesus calls them out for being legalists or religious in some negative sense. What Jesus primarily and specifically warns them an...

Tune in as Pastor Josh preaches from Revelation 2:12-17, the letter to the Church in Pergamum: “So we find in Pergamum teachers who are advocating compromise with the culture around them. As a result they are enticing believers in Pergamum to indulge in sexual immorality and idolatry or just compromise with sin in general…We cannot soothe our conscience by pointing out that we have been faithful i...

Tune in as Pastor Josh preaches from Revelation 2 this morning, the letter to the Church in Smyrna: “ We might be shocked by the fact that Jesus expected his followers to die for him. Maybe you became a Christian because you were told that ‘Jesus has a wonderful plan for your life.’ He does have a wonderful plan for every one of his followers, but that plan may well involve torture and death. Noti...

Pastor Josh teaches from Revelation 2 this morning, Jesus’ message to the church of Ephesus: “This letter to the Ephesians, I believe, is one that most clearly speaks directly to this church at this time…their passion for what is right is not echoed by a passion to share this with all those who have not yet heard this message…” (Originally preached on January 21, 2018)