Zion Primitive Baptist Church

by Elder Kenneth Nowell (preached on November 24, 2024) In John 8, Jesus was speaking to the doubting Pharisees, and made a startling statement: “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.” When did Abraham “see” Christ’s day? In this sermon, Elder Kenneth Nowell takes us through this...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on November 24, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, the great hope of the child of God is NOT in the things of the world! Indeed, there is truly NO HOPE found in what we see around us. Rather, our hope is in the God of the universe,...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on November 24, 2024) Is there anyone out there who is struggling with a lack of hope? Anyone who is facing troubles that threaten to drive them into despair? Then please join us today for this encouraging message about the important topic of “hope.” May every one of us...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on October 20, 2024) As we began to see last time, the Lord is our Great and Loving Shepherd. Today, Elder John Morgan Owens continues his study of this great topic, and teaches us some more sweet truths about what a wonderful Shepherd the Lord Jesus Christ truly is....

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on October 20, 2024) In this sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens teaches us about our Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ. As we see in the most famous of the Psalms, Christ is our loving Shepherd Who takes care of us both eternally and in time. Join us as we...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 27, 2024) As Jesus was making His way to the home of Jairus, whose little daughter was dying, the news came that she had passed away. “Don’t trouble the Master anymore,” they said; “It’s too late!” But what message did Jesus give to Jairus in that moment...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on October 20, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, “steadfastness” is a quality that is fast disappearing from our culture. In the conclusion of this message today, Elder John Morgan Owens teaches us more about the need for steadfastness, and the even greater need to understand what the...

by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on October 20, 2024) In Philippians 1:27, Paul admonishes the church to “stand fast.” This means to be “steadfast.” In today’s world, the quality of steadfastness seems for the most part to be lost. But this is one of the most important qualities we can possess, especially when it...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 1, 2024) Yesterday we learned about the Bible doctrines of “federal headship” and “original sin”, which simply teach that Adam represented all of his posterity in the Garden, and therefore his sin was imputed to all of humanity. Today we continue exploring these important theological concepts, and...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 1, 2024) In Romans 5:12, we find two very important theological concepts that are essential to our understanding of our eternal salvation: the doctrines of “federal headship” and “original sin”. Federal headship simply points us to the fact that Adam was the representative of all of his...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 17, 2024) As we were reminded in the first half of this sermon, our faith-walk in this life must be predicated upon the glorious truth of God’s eternal grace! Without justification by grace in the eternal halls of heaven, we could never be justified by faith in...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 17, 2024) Even as we understand that justification by faith occurs here and now, in our faith-walk with God, we must never forget that our justification by grace has been accomplished by Christ for all eternity! In other words, our efforts here to be justified by faith...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 10, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, Romans 5 sets forth the goal of “justification by faith,” which is peace with God in this life. But how does it work? The next three verses teach us how. In these verses, perhaps more than any other in...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 10, 2024) We have been studying the concept of “justification by faith,” as taught by Paul here in the first few chapters of his letter to the Romans. As we have seen, the goal is NOT to achieve eternal justification, but rather to obtain a closer walk...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 10, 2024) As we saw yesterday, the promise of eternal salvation was made sure to all the elect children of God from before the foundation of the world. Part of our justification by faith involves embracing this truth in our daily faith-walk, and resting in its assurance....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 10, 2024) Throughout the Book of Romans – indeed, throughout Scripture – there are “nuggets” of Scripture that we are able to examine, and from that examination see even more of the riches of God’s grace. Romans 4:16 is one of these verses. In this verse, we...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 3, 2024) As we saw yesterday, Abraham is a great example of what it means to be “justified by faith.” This is not a concept that gains us entry into the heavenly kingdom; rather, it is a timely principle that gains us closer fellowship with God here...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on November 3, 2024) As we move on in the fourth chapter of Romans, we are still dealing with the concept of “justification by faith.” Paul gives us the real-life example of Abraham to demonstrate to us what it means to be “justified by faith” in our daily walk....

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preacher on October 27, 2024) As we continue looking at justification by faith, we are learning about how to put it into practice in our lives. Today, we conclude our examination of its practical application, and we look at how far it extends. Paul tells us it doesn’t just apply...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 27, 2024) In our series on the Book of Romans, we have moved into the fourth chapter where we have been examining the concept of “justification by faith.” We have seen that it has to do not with our eternal salvation, but with our discipleship here and...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (Preached on December 4, 2016) In this final sermon in our series on Malachi, we are dealing with the final indictment God has against Judah. They were despising to render service to God, and therefore God is judging them. But Malachi leaves us with a clear and direct prophecy of...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on December 4, 2016) As we come to the end of our series on Malachi, we see that the last charge Malachi has against Judah is that they are despising the service of God. There were some who were faithful, and gathered together regularly to worship God, but there...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on As we saw in the first half of this sermon, the children of Israel in Malachi’s day were robbing God in the sense that they were not giving to the temple and ministry like they should. God certainly doesn’t need any of our “stuff,” since He owns everything...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 16, 2016) As we continue our study of the book of Malachi, we find more problems with Judah in that day. We have already seen some of the issues, and today we begin looking at their failure to tithe like they should. Indeed, the people of Judah...

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 2, 2016) As we saw in the first half of this sermon, John the Baptist was to be the messenger of the coming Messiah. His job was to “prepare the way” before Him. In the last half of this message, we focus upon the Messenger of the...