First Baptist Church, Milton, LA

In this sermon from John 5:5-18, Pastor Matt addresses an important question raised by this text, namely, "What do we New Covenant, Sunday worshipping Christians do with the Sabbath?" We look at what was going on with the Pharisees and why they got so upset with Jesus, some of the problems with making our own rules a standard of righteousness, and what the Bible teaches about the Sabbath and what...

In this sermon from John 5:1-15, Pastor Matt walks us through the incredible story of the man healed at the pool of Bethesda. This story is important on several levels. It shows us the compassion, grace, and healing power of Christ in healing this man. It introduces us to the rising conflict between Jesus and the Jewish leadership. Most importantly for us, it teaches us about about our utter helpl...

In this sermon on John 4:43-52, Pastor Matt shows us that this story is about Jesus healing a boy from a distance, showing both His compassion for the sick and the hurting and His authority not being limited by distance. But it's also about the glory and grace of Christ as he deals with a prayerful man with an imperfect faith. 

In this sermon from John 4:31-42, Pastor Matt concludes the story of the Samaritan woman at the well by showing how the seed of the Gospel springs up into eternal life, not only for her, but for her whole community. In this, we are challenged to believe that the fields really are "white unto harvest" and encouraged to continue in the work of evangelism. 

In this sermon on John 4:19-24, Pastor Matt walks us through the history between the Jews and Samaritans and how that informs. his response to the Samaritan woman's question about worship. In his response, Jesus gives us some of the most significant teaching on corporate worship in the Scriptures. We hope you'll listen in and see what the Bible has to say about true worship. 

In this sermon from John 4:7-30, Pastor Matt walks us through the Samaritan woman's journey of faith. Comparing her responses to Jesus to Nicodemus's responses, he shows how the Spirit must reveal spiritual truth to us if we're going to understand it. He then shows Jesus's grace to us always accompanies the truth of our sinful condition. Once we've received that grace, we become eager evangelists.

In this sermon from John 4:1-15, Pastor Matt returns to the series through the Gospel of John and shows how the story of the Samaritan woman is ultimately a story of the grace of the Sovereign Christ. We hope you'll listen in and be encouraged to draw deeply from the well of Christ's grace and love. 

Sermon 10 in our Doctrinal Foundations series. In this sermon, Pastor Matt draws from Genesis 2, Genesis 3, and Ephesians 5 to show that marriage is God's design and what that design is. He addresses topics such as the covenant of marriage, sexual purity, the root of marriage problems, headship and submission, and even divorce and singleness. 

In this sermon, Pastor Matt walks us through Mark 10:17-27, the story of the rich young ruler who asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus answers his question in a profound way - a way which shows him the depth of his sin and need for Savior.

Sermon 9 in our series, "Doctrinal Foundations." This is the first of three sermons on the Doctrine of the Family. Pastor Matt defines complementarianism, which is our position regarding gender and gender roles, and shows from Scripture our creation as male and female is very good, the similarities between men and women, and the differences between men and women. 

Sermon 8 in our Doctrinal Foundations sermon series. In this sermon, anchored in Acts 1:6-11, Pastor Matt talks Eschatology, or what we believe about the end of the human history. There are a lot of things about eschatology that are not plain, and we're not going to be closed-handed about those things. But we will be closed handed about the main thing - the physical, literal return of Jesus Christ...

Sermon 7 in our series, "Doctrinal Foundations." This series began back in April and we are walking through the biblical foundations for our upcoming statement of faith. In this sermon, Greg Thomas shows us from Matthew 28:18-10, the Great Commission, how the church is commanded to be on mission with the Gospel. 

Sermon 6 in our series, "Doctrinal Foundations." This series began back in April and we are walking through the biblical foundations for our upcoming statement of faith. In this sermon, we see from Titus 2 and various other texts how the church lives in community with another for the purpose of growing as disciples of Christ. 

Sermon 5 in our series, "Doctrinal Foundations." This series began back in April and we are walking through the biblical foundations for our upcoming statement of faith. In this sermon, we see from Ephesians 4:1-16 and various other texts what the church is, how the church is structured, and what the church does when it gathers. 

In this sermon on John 3:31-36, we see that when God sends Jesus into the world, He sends Him not as a voice from God but as the voice of God. We believe Jesus's word because of who He is and because His word is the true, life-giving word of God. 

In this sermon from John 3:22-30, Pastor Matt says that true humility is a distinctly Christian virtue. After defining humility, we see five characteristics of humility from the example of John the Baptist in this passage. This culminates in the truth that the Christian has no greater calling than John the Baptist's calling, to make much of Jesus Christ during our short tenure on earth. 

Pastor Matt preaches through John 3:16-21, which shows us the depth and character of God’s love and how and why we respond to that love. For all of its universality, it is very particular. God has given the entire world only one way of salvation. There are only two responses to God’s love. There is only one reason behind each of those responses. Each one of those responses has only one eternal out...

In this sermon on John 3:16, Pastor Matt walks us through a deeper look at John 3:16. His goal is to deepen your understanding of this incredible verse so that you love it and the God it teaches us about more than you do now. How? By simply shifting our focus from the end of the verse to the beginning. By showing you that this verse is primarily about God and the depth and display of His Sovereign...

In this sermon, Pastor Matt revisits John 3:3-8, this time focusing on the need to be born again. In this sermon on the doctrine of regeneration, we see that regeneration is necessary because of our sinfulness, regeneration is effected in us by the Holy Spirit, and regeneration affects every area of our lives for the rest of our lives. 

A sermon through John 3:1-15. Pastor Matt walks us through Nicodemus' conversation with Jesus and shows us how the Gospel is a gospel for those who are trusting their own righteousness. Our righteousness isn't enough. Our religious heritage and background and accomplishments aren't enough. Like Nicodemus, we must be born again. 

They believed in Jesus, but Jesus did not believe in them. In this sermon on John 2:23-25, Pastor Matt shows how some belief doesn't lead to salvation. He then shows, from the text, three differences between superficial faith and saving faith. 

In this sermon, Pastor Matt preaches from 1 Corinthians 10:31 and shows us how to glorify good with our eating. This includes getting to the bottom of what the sin of gluttony really is and giving some practical tips for approaching our food and our eating in a way the glorifies God. 

Pastor Matt is back and preaches a sermon from John 2:13-22, where Jesus cleanses the temple. In this sermon, we see that there is far more going on than Jesus flipping tables and exhibiting righteous indignation.  

Greg Thomas, one of our elders at First Baptist Milton, preaches a message on Jesus's first miracle and sign, the turning of water to wine at the wedding at Cana, from John 2:1-12.