The Rock Church of Fenton Sermons

Clouds without water are often found to be the tyrants among the people of God. A tyrant is a terrorist, not a shepherd. They care nothing for the sick, broken, scattered, and lost. Those they do encounter, they seek to dominate with force and severity rather than compassion. Tyrants would rather enslave people to systems of dependency and control than see them set free in Jesus. Tyrants ultimatel...

Jeremiah gave clear warning about lying, false prophets among the people. Those who are liars will give false comfort. They coddle people in their sin rather than expose their iniquity that they may be free. They make false predictions. Often claiming to know the end of the world, or God’s will for a person, they lead people astray in appearing to be uniquely enlightened. Liars are what people wan...

A heretic is someone appearing to teach truth while planting deception and falsehood. The bible gives several warnings about heretics. They creep into the assembly of believers unnoticed. They deny the truth about Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the true gospel. A heretic can be recognized by their fruit. They will ultimately show themselves by exploitation, adultery, greed, and corruption. Have you b...

The Bible encourages those who follow Jesus that there will be thorns in the flesh at times. Thorns are messengers from Satan. They come to us in the form of people, illness, discouragement and spiritual attack. Thorns prevent the spoil of our heart. When God uses us, it comes with the risk of pride. Thorns in the flesh can be the very thing that keeps us qualified to continue to be used by the Lo...

The Bible tells us that truth and lies will bring the fruit of peace or anxiety. To speak the truth allows us to walk in confidence whereas lies are a net we set for ourselves. Truth and lies are acts of love or hate. Love is an action that rejoices with the truth, hatred is disguised with lying lips. Truth and lies show whether we follow Jesus or Satan. Jesus is the embodiment of the truth. Satan...

The Bible proclaims that pride and humility are enemies. Where there is pride, there will follow dishonor, but humility brings wisdom. Pride seeks glory while humility gives glory to both God and man. Those who are filled with pride are unable to celebrate when God does a work or other people win in life. Pride is fuel for the fire of envy. While pride is a harbinger of destruction, humility prece...

The Bible warns the righteous to flee immorality. The lust of the eyes, heart & flesh are not of God. Lust amounts to idolatry of our appetite, which is never satisfied and leads to destruction. By the power of the Holy Spirit, believers must flee with their eyes, heart, and feet. Temptation is not a negotiation to be won, but rather an impending doom from which to flee. God’s Spirit gives the pow...

The Word of God calls all who know Him to do justice and extend mercy. Justice & mercy is evidence that a person truly knows God. To be indifferent to suffering is an offense to God and brings His judgment. Justice and mercy takes action in that it speaks for and defends the rights of the unfortunate, afflicted and needy. The involvement of God’s servants on behalf of the vulnerable is not activis...

Scripture teaches how to recognize the upright person and the fool. They are known by their teachability, reactions, mouth, and relationships. The upright is always able to learn, rule his spirit, speak life-giving words, and have a good name among all. The fool will demonstrate the opposite. Are you an upright person or a fool? Jesus can make anyone a new creation by repenting of sin and believin...

The Word of God describes the diligent and the sluggard. Their stewardship tells the truth of their lives for better or worse. Their character is the reputation attached to their name. They reap what they sow. The fruit of diligence is brought about by the Holy Spirit. A sluggard can be made a new creation by a miracle from the Lord Jesus. Are you diligent or a sluggard?

Proverbs tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Without a genuine fear of God, it is impossible to gain true wisdom. The fear of the Lord brings about a hatred of evil. To entertain evil without shame proves no fear of God in a person. The fear of the Lord brings blessing. The blessing of true happiness, the abundant life, and peaceful sleep. These cannot be found anywhere...

When the 7th angel sounded the trumpet, voices in heaven declared the the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord. The kingdom is a proclamation that this world polluted by the power of evil will be soundly defeated. The kingdom is a victory. Though the nations are enraged at God, all will pay homage to the Son. The kingdom is a reward. The heavy cost that followers of Jesus have p...

When Jesus told the parable of the treasure and the pearl, He was teaching the heart of total surrender that all true believers must have to inherit the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom is discovered by all people at some point in their lives. The kingdom has a great cost to all who will receive it. Every soul must make a choice as to what they will do with the kingdom. What will be your choice?

Having lost his family and been driven into the land of Lo-Debar, Mephibosheth receives an invitation from the King requesting his presence. Upon arrival, Mephibosheth bows in fear and pronounces himself a dead dog in the sight of the King. To his shocking surprise, the King declares that Mephibosheth will now be brought into the palace and treated as one of the King’s sons. Likewise, broken in ou...

Jesus tells a story of a powerful man who sent out invitations for a grand banquet. When the announcement was given that everything was ready, the invited guests began to make excuses as they refused to come. The host then extends the invitation to the poor, crippled, blind, and lame, as well as the lowest dregs of society, among the highways and hedges. This second group takes the place of the fi...

When the 4 angels were released at the Euphrates River, a hellish horde burst upon the world. They brought judgment by way of fire, smoke, and brimstone to the wicked. The Euphrates holds deep history in that sin began at its headwaters when the first humans disobeyed God. The Euphrates reveals that man has not merely neglected his Maker, but devoted himself to demon worship. The Euphrates demands...

At the sound of the fifth trumpet, an angel was given the key to the bottomless pit known as the abyss. The abyss is a prison for a group of fallen angels who sinned against God in acts of gross immorality. The creatures from the abyss will be released as a judgment upon the earth. They will be permitted to torment people for 5 months; however, they will not touch anyone having the seal of God upo...

When the angels blew the trumpets, God’s judgment continued to intensify upon the earth. God demonstrates that He is Lord of all creation. Creation is a message that demands a response as well as means of judgment upon the wicked. God does not change. The nature of the plagues brought about at the end of the age are strikingly similar to what God has done before. God shows that He is slow to anger...

Every person is searching for what they believe is the good life, whether that means money, success, family, good health, or security. People often find themselves pursuing happiness, striving for what they consider the “good life.” When Jesus came into the world fully man and fully God, the crowds gathered from all directions to hear Him. When Jesus spoke, He delivered a message that was both cou...

In the interval between the opening of the 6th and 7th seals, Revelation reminds us that not one word has failed of God’s good promise. The Lord shows us that He has kept His promise to restore Israel to the kingdom, bring salvation to all nations, and answer the prayers of the saints. The questions of the previous seals about justice and salvation have been answered, and now 7 angels arise with t...

When the 6th seal was opened, heaven and earth were shaken. This shaking of the cosmos removed all stability from mankind as it became a universal terror, heralding the arrival of the Lamb and His wrath upon the earth. The question was asked, “Who is able to stand?” This question echoes to the souls of mankind now. Only those who have been cleansed and made new are able to stand before the holines...

When the Lamb broke the 5th seal, John saw the souls of the martyrs under the altar. They asked the Lord how long it would be until He would avenge their blood on the earth. The martyrs are with God being absent from their bodies, yet present with the Lord. Believers will receive a body without decay at the return of Jesus. The martyrs choose death over denial. Many will continue to fall away unde...

When the Lamb opened the first 4 seals, horses with riders were given authority to bring judgment upon the Earth. The riders will bring temporary peace, violence and war, poverty and famine, and Death and Hades. All of the false gods and systems of comfort will be eroded in devastating fashion by the 4 horsemen. Only in Jesus can one have lasting peace, an immovable foundation, and life everlastin...