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FEC. 24: REUNITED

February 19, 2019

By Scott Brown
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly

Focal Passage: Genesis 45:1-15

On more than one occasion I’ve experienced a fractured friendship or a broken family relationship. Countless more times I’ve seen it in church or counseling sessions with others.

There are few things as bitterly painful as a broken relationship that is seemingly beyond repair. Likewise, there are few things as joyfully wonderful as a relationship restored, loved ones reunited, and brokenness repaired. [Read more…]

FEB. 24: WHEN FALSE RELIGIONS DECEIVE

February 19, 2019

By Greg Steele
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper

Focal Passage: I John 2:18-29

Building off of what we talked about last week. John has been teaching “his children” how to tell truth from a lie and how to tell if a person is really a Christian or not. It doesn’t depend on just what a person says, but also what they do.

He begins by saying, “it is in the last hour.” This message was delivered over 2,000 years ago. How do we know it’s the “last hour?” According to the text many antichrists have come. Antichrists are the enemies of the Messiah.

Antichrists are both in a sense the “opposite” of Jesus Christ, and someone who comes “in the place of” Jesus Christ. They come trying to take His place in our lives. This is where we find ourselves today. There are many “antichrists,” many who are opposed to Jesus, many who would try to take His place. [Read more…]

FEB. 17: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

February 11, 2019

By Scott Brown
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly

Focal Passage: Genesis 41:15-21, 33-40

God is faithful to give His followers abilities and opportunities to serve Him.

I have a friend who began to seek these opportunities. He began to pray fervently every morning that God would allow him the opportunity to share with someone the gospel. He would then begin to look for those opportunities and committed that he would not miss one. [Read more…]

FEB. 17: WHEN MATERIALISM CONSUMES

February 11, 2019

By Greg Steele
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper

Focal Passage: 1 John 2:12-17; 3:16-18

Billy Sunday, the once professional baseball player turned evangelist, once said, “To talk about a worldly Christian makes about as much sense as talking about a heavenly devil.”

We live in a world where there are many people referred to as worldly Christians that have never become Christians at all.

I think there are some people whose lives are so different to the Christian faith that though they may claim to be a Christian, the fact of the matter is they have never really experienced the love and grace of Christ. [Read more…]

FEB. 10: TEMPTED

February 4, 2019

By Scott Brown
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly

Focal Passage: Genesis 39:3-12, 19-21

I Peter 3:17 says, “For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.” Peter wrote this but Joseph lived it.

I often stop and look back at some of the moments in my life and am in awe how God protected me from the evil in me or the evil attempted against me. Our God is awesome. [Read more…]

FEB. 10: WHEN MARRIAGE IS QUESTIONED

February 4, 2019

By Greg Steele
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper

Focal Passage: Genesis 2:18-25

I don’t know a lot about construction or really building anything from scratch, but I do know it’s not an easy thing. If you are building a house, there is a lot of hard work involved. It takes long hours. It takes financial sacrifice.

Well, there’s just as much hard work in having a good marriage. It is hard work to have a good family. If it takes all that time and effort to build a house, we should not think for a minute that somehow marriage and family are just going to automatically work. [Read more…]

FEB. 3: ACCEPT IT

January 28, 2019

By Scott Brown
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly

Focal Passage: Genesis 37:5-11, 19-27

Charles Spurgeon wisely said, “God is too good to be unkind. He is too wise to be mistaken. When you cannot trace His hand you must learn to trust His heart.”

William Cowper, likewise, writes these lines, “Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take; the clouds ye so much dread are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, unfolding every hour; the bud may have a bitter taste but sweet will be the flow’r.” [Read more…]

FEB. 3: WHEN SUBSTANCES TAKE OVER

January 28, 2019

By Greg Steele
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper

Focal Passage: Ephesians 5:15-21

What is the greatest need in our life? Is it people, money, clothes, water, love, value or happiness? All of those are things people need but those are not our greatest need. The greatest need we have in our life is what Paul is recommending in these verses to the church of Ephesus.

We need the power of the Holy Spirit to work in our midst. If we truly were walking in the Spirit and living a Spirit-filled life our life would be so much more than what it is now. [Read more…]

JAN. 27: ASSURANCE

January 22, 2019

By Scott Brown
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Waverly

Focal Passage: Genesis 35:1-15

God uses this week’s text to remind us that He is always faithful.

Jacob had been gone from home for what seemed like a lifetime and now God was calling him back. He was to go back to the place where God had first spoken to him and made the promise to bless him and continue the Abrahamic covenant through him.

Jacob prepares his household by ordering a removal of all the idols and a purification of every person. The first thing we see Jacob do here is prepare to meet with God. How much might be changed in our worship services if we spent time preparing our hearts to meet with God beforehand. [Read more…]

JAN. 27: WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES OVERWHELM

January 22, 2019

By Greg Steele
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Jasper

Focal Passage: Psalm 42:1-3,6-8; 43:3-5

There is a question that we like to ask when the trials and storms of life gather. “Why do bad things happen to good people.” Has this question ever plagued your mind? Of course, it has! One day, a woman asked R.C. Sproul that particular question and his answer to her was a classic. Dr. Sproul said this, “I don’t know, I haven’t met any good people.” His answer accomplished two purposes. First, it was designed to remind the lady that we are all sinners. None of us are really good people! Secondly, he wanted her to understand that no one is immune from trouble. This second truth is what we are looking at in the Psalm.

It would seem that the author of this Psalm is going through a time of stress, personal attack and inner struggle. His life has brought him face to face with circumstances that are out of his control and they have brought pain and confusion to his heart. [Read more…]

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