Sermons from Grace Baptist Hutto

Clarity – walking in the truth of God’s Word in a growing sea of confusion and idolatry Community – walking with one another in Christian love in a time of isolation and loneliness Spirituality – walking with Jesus by faith in a climate of doubt and cynicism Purity - walking in obedience and holiness in a culture of immorality and rebellion Ministry – walking in the Spirit’s power to do good works...

Clarity – walking in the truth of God’s Word in a growing sea of confusion and idolatry Community – walking with one another in Christian love in a time of isolation and loneliness  Spirituality – walking with Jesus by faith in a climate of doubt and cynicism Purity - walking in obedience and holiness in a culture of immorality and rebellion Ministry – walking in the Spirit’s power to do good work...

What are the core values of Grace Baptist Church of Hutto?  Clarity, Community, Spirituality, Purity, and Ministry Spirituality – walking with Jesus by faith in a climate of doubt and cynicism Adoration – worshipping God in spirit and truth Exaltation – praising and thanking God for who He is and for what He has done Confession – profession our faith in God and unity with Christ Intercession – pra...

What are the core values of Grace Baptist Church of Hutto?  Clarity, Community, Spirituality, Purity, and Ministry Community – walking with one another in Christian love in a time of isolation and loneliness  Fellowship – having real relationships and genuine unity in Jesus Sonship – seeing ourselves and one another as God’s sons and daughters Leadership – exercising oversight of God’s people with...

What are the core values of Grace Baptist Church of Hutto?  Chad Macy talks about the first one: clarity. Clarity – walking in the truth of God’s Word in a growing sea of confusion and idolatry Reaching – boldly proclaiming that Jesus is the Son of God and the only name by which people may be saved! Preaching – faithfully teaching the word of God in a Christ-centered way  Prioritizing – keeping th...

As we look back at history, we should ask "What has God been doing and why?"  We should also ask "Where is it all heading?"  According to Hinduism, we're not going anywhere; history is circular with different reincarnations based on your behavior.  However, the Bible teaches that history is linear.  God has a grand plan and glorious purposes for His creation and His people.  The biblical story is...

God made covenant promises to Abraham that He would save His people and bless the nations through the Messiah.  God's plans were constantly under attack from enemies without and corruption within.  Even when God sent His Son, Jesus, the plans and promises of God seemed to fail.  However, God fulfilled His covenant promises through the death and resurrection of Jesus!

What is God's purpose for creating and saving human beings?  Titus 2 says that it is " to purify for himself a people for his own possession."   God’s plan is to have a people who walk with Him. To accomplish that goal, God makes a covenant with Abraham.  God makes an oath that He will bless Abraham and through him bless the nations.  Jesus is the fulfillment of that covenant.  

Genesis 11 tells the story of the tower of Babel.  Man attempted to reach God or become a god through making a great city and tall tower.  How did God respond?  He confused their language.  Why?  What did this have to do with God's overarching plan for saving His people? 7 C's of History

Genesis 6 through 9 tells the story of a great flood.  We typically refer to it as "Noah's ark" and it is often used as a children's story.  However, it is actually one of the most disturbing stories in the Bible.  It is a story of God's judgment against mankind for their sin.  Almost the entire human race is wiped out.  It is also a story of salvation by grace: God saves Noah and his family.  Wha...

What is a worldview?  It is how we view and understand the world around us; how we live our lives in light of our worldview.  It is how we answer the big questions about God, humanity, life, death: Why is there evil in the world?  Suffering?  Death?  What is our biggest problem and what is the solution?  Genesis 3 helps us answer these important questions.  God reveals the nature of sin in relatio...

Psalm 11:3 (ESV) says “ if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” The foundations of our society are being destroyed, what can we do? The Psalmist takes refuge in God. We need to see the world from God’s perspective and seek to live by God’s commands and principles.  We’re looking at the 7 C’s of history:   Creation , Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Covenant, Cross, Consumm...

According to the Biblical Worldview Institute, "a biblical Worldview is an overarching view of the world based on God's revealed truth, the Bible, which directs our life in this world. It shapes our beliefs about God, Creation, Humanity, Moral Order, and Purpose."  God  – To whom or what do I ultimately answer? Creation  – What comprises reality? Humanity  – Who am I, and how did I get here? Moral...

Why Did Jesus Have to Die?  To Display God’s Wisdom  To Demonstrate God’s Love To Destroy the devil To Defeat death To Deal with Our Sin

Jesus had to die to deliver us from our greatest enemies: the Devil and death.  He delivered us from the fear of death through death.  He died that we might live forever!

Why did Jesus have to die?  

Why did Jesus have to die?  To demonstrate God's love.  Do you feel loved?  Do you believe that you are loved?  Do you believe that your family loves you?  What about your spouse or friends?  Do you believe that God loves you? We should never doubt God's love for us.  He loved us so much that He sent His only begotten Son to save us by His death.  

Christians believe that God saves us from our sins through the death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus.  It is foolishness to the world and a stumblingblock for many.  They think, "What a strange and cruel way to save people."  Why did it happen this way?  Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? Couldn’t there have been another way? Jesus, after His resurrection, said, "Was it not necessary that...

How can we help those who are weary and heavy burdened?  If we aren't careful, we can do more harm than good. Instead of compassion we can offer up ungenerous suspicions, ungracious judgements, underserved condemnation, and uncaring platitudes. According to Charles Spurgeon, “strong minded people are very apt to be hard upon nervous folk,” and “to speak harshly to people who are very depressed in...

Are you mastered by your feelings or the master of your feelings? What about anger?  Do you have it under control or does it control you?  We need God's wisdom to rightly deal with our emotions and keep them from dominating and destroying us. Proverbs 14:29-30 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly. A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but...

“An ointment for every wound, a cordial for every faintness, a remedy for every disease.  Blessed is he who is well skilled in heavenly pharmacy and knows how to lay hold on the healing virtues of the promises of God.”  Charles Spurgeon

What causes our souls to be weary and heavy burdened? There can be physical, circumstantial, and spiritual causes. One of the main spiritual causes of misery is guilt. People will spend thousands of dollars and countles hours in therapy trying to get rid of the feeling of guilt. Even Christians can feel overwhelmed with feeling accused and condemned by God. We believe we have sinned too much and l...

Depression is a pervasive illness in our society. Since the launch of Prozac in 1987, antidepressant use has quadrupled in the United States, and more than 1 in 10 Americans now takes antidepressants, according to the CDC. Since the mid 90’s, depression has been largely treated as a physical problem that can be cured or controlled through medicine. However, every person is different. No two depres...

Why are people so weary and heavy laden? What causes us to be depressed, anxious, and unhappy? Psychology can be simplistic and reductionistic in treating the soul: just change your behavior and your feelings will change; just change your thoughts and your feelings will change; get counseling, examine your past, dreams, etc. Christians can also be too simplistic when dealing with weary souls: you...

We live in a world of weary souls: Depression, anxiety, guilt, anger, grief, unhappiness, hopelessness, and suicide. Where can wounded and weary people turn? Jesus cares for weary souls and offers us rest through faith in Him. “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find res...