Rose City Baptist Church Sermon Archives

Pastor Josh teaches from John 12 this morning: “In our text this morning we see a definitive shift in John’s Gospel; the hour is now here.  Jesus will no longer be protected from the darkest designs of their persecution and it is all signaled now by the appearance of some Gentiles (non-Jewish people), from some part of the Greek-speaking world, who seek an audience with Jesus…” (Originally preache...

Tune in as Pastor Josh teaches from John 12 this morning, Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem, so beginning the passion narrative: “…Jesus refused to reinforce their political and nationalist aspirations by riding on a war horse or by stirring up insurrection against the Romans.  Instead he mounts a donkey…Rome is insignificant.  Jesus could blot out Rome with the snap of his fingers.  Rome would...

Tune in as Pastor Josh teaches us from John 11 and 12 this morning: “In the last scene, at Lazarus’ interrupted funeral, Mary and her entourage had been a source of consternation for Jesus when rather than trusting God despite the circumstance, she gives herself over to hopeless grief, wailing and throwing herself at his feet in despair…We see a new Mary here in our text this morning.  She has now...

Pastor Josh continues to teach us from the account of John 11 this morning: “…Jesus deals with two kinds of sin here…the first group is wailing in despair; they have no hope for the future, and Jesus is indignant and weeps for them…but then we have the religious leaders, the elect, the elite, and they turn to Jesus and they are like ‘this is going to go out of control…everyone is going to believe...

Tune in as Pastor Josh teaches further about the resurrection of Lazurus this morning: “Jesus, our perfect example, even in his emotions, shows us a combination response to sin and unbelief — both anger and grieving compassion. All of Christ’s disciples must learn that same tension.  Our own anger at sin must be tempered by grief.  Outrage without grief hardens into self-righteous arrogance and a...

Pastor Josh teaches us from John 11 this morning where Jesus claims that he is the resurrection and the life in the preamble leading to the resurrection of Lazurus: “It (the resurrection of Lazurus) becomes one of the most amazing miracls that Jesus does. And yet it also becomes one of the most divisive acts of his, because while everyone else around can witness the miracle, only Christs’ own can...

Tune in as Pastor Larry teaches us from John 11 this morning: “…so because he loved them he waited…Sometimes in our case he doesn’t answer our prayers in the way we want them answered. Because of his love for us he wants what is best for us…because of his love for us he will answer our prayers in the way that will most benefit our faith…” (Originally preached on April 21, 2019)

Pastor Josh continues to expound on Jesus’ teaching for us this morning from John 10: “The message and work of Christ Jesus is an offense to us today, just as it was to the live audience.  The more we come to understand Jesus’ teaching and the work he undertook on behalf of sinners, the more polarized we become. Either we grow in understanding how little we understand, coming to God spiritually as...

Pastor Josh teaches us from John 10 this morning about Jesus, the Good Shepherd who lays his life down for his sheep: “Jesus’ death was not an accident.  It was not the result of the forces evil winning even a minor battle with God; it was “according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23). Unlike all those Messianic figures before him, rather than to expose his flock to further...

Tune in as Pastor Josh teaches from John 9:8-41 this morning: “Jesus did not come to a world of sinners aware of their need, and eager to be rid of their sin….Countless Christians throughout the ages have applied the same words to their own transformation, their own experience of the move from darkness to light: One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!… (Originally preached on March 31, 201...

Tune in as Pastor Josh teaches from John 9 this morning, the account of Jesus healing a man blind from birth. “Christ’s atoning work on our behalf saves us from the punishment for our sins. Saves us now from slavery to sin. But we also need to remember this morning what we have been saved for…Like this man born blind, all true believers have been called out of darkness into his marvelous light to...

Pastor Josh teaches us from John 9 this morning: “We, as God’s creation, must be willing for God to be glorified in every area of our lives, in whichever way he chooses, even if that is a road of deep suffering. The goes against everything the humanistic thinking of this world would have us believe…” (Originally preached on March 10, 2019)

Pastor Josh teaches from the rest of John 8 this morning, addressing Jesus claim: ‘Before Abraham was, I am.’. (Originally preached March 3rd, 2019)

Pastor Josh teaches from John 8 this morning, where Jesus claims to be the Light of the World: “Light cannot help but to attest to its own presence. Light testifies to itself. Light cannot hide itself, but by its very nature is revealed and revealing. If you have light in the darkness you cannot help but see the light and everything that it shines upon…Jesus is the light that the Father is shining...

Pastor Josh teaches us from the remainder of John 7 this morning: “The Christian life is an impossible life — unless it is one empowered by the very Spirit of God…(W)e see the disciples who were cowards, who denied Christ, who had not walked with him into the dangerous places…as soon as they receive the Holy Spirit they are unwilling to cease their preaching, even when they are threatened with dea...

Pastor Josh teaches from John 7 this morning: “All because His hour had not yet come…’the safest possible place for us to be is where God tells us to go…’” (Originally preached on February 3, 2019)

Pastor Josh continues to teach from John 7 this morning: “…Will we sit and decide what God has said? Or will we sit under his word, and whatever his will is, do it?…Will we pick and choose what we like, saying ‘I will decide’’, ‘My morality is best’, ‘My discernment is supreme’…We can respond this morning only by the power of the Holy Spirit through the work of the Gospel in our lives…” (Originall...

Pastor Josh teaches from John 7 this morning, Jesus at the Feast of the Booths: “…(T)his is the mark of those who have not believed in Jesus: when they hate him because their sin is exposed…the world hates to have its sin exposed. The believer loves the discipline of the Lord…” (Originally preached on January 20th, 2019)

Listen in as Pastor Josh teaches us from the remaining verses in John 6, and remind us why we ‘must teach and believe what the Bible says - not what we want it to say’… (Originally preached on January 13, 2019)

Listen in as Pastor Josh teaches us from the Bread of Life discourse found in John 6: “God pursues and woos his people as his bride; gently but always effectively. Overcoming their rebellion and rejection by His love. And he does this by opening self-blinded eyes and softening callused hearts, bringing them to  life by His Spirit.” (Sermon originally preached on January 6th, 2019)

Listen in on Pastor Josh teaching from John 6 this morning: “Jesus is the bread of life…Jesus is the once and for all source, the once and for all sacrifice…God invites us this morning to share in the best food and wine, metaphorically, in Jesus. Don’t waste your money, your efforts, trying to find life somewhere else - when the only source of true life is found abundantly in Jesus…” (Originally p...

Listen in as Pastor Larry teaches us from John 6, the feeding of the five thousand, this morning. (Originally preached on December 2, 2018)

Pastor Josh teaches us from the remainder of John 5 this morning: “If you read Scripture seeking life betterment and self help, you will find most of it very dry and unhelpful. But come to Scripture seeking to know God and there you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart. Come to the Word of God to know God and you will be richly rewarded…” (originally preached on November 25th, 2018...

Listen in as Pastor Josh teaches us from John 5 this morning, explaining what it means when Jesus refers to himself as the Son of Man: “…So Jesus is claiming to be the unique Son of Man who was granted everlasting dominion, ruling an eternal kingdom with all of the Glory of God. And at the same time as being God, who has eternal dominion, an eternal kingdom, and the worship of all peoples — He bel...

Listen in as Pastor Josh teaches us from John 5 this morning, Jesus healing the man on the Sabbath, and the claims to divinity that follow. (Originally preached on November 11th, 2018)