Sunday, March 17, 2024

Masters at Religion, Failures at Home

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, March 17, 2024
SERMON BY: Bro. Matt Morales
SERMON TITLE: Masters at Religion, Failures at Home
SERMON THEME: The Deadly Pit of Hypocrisy
SERMON SERIES: Learning Together
SERMON VERSES: Mark 7:1-13

Mark 7:1   Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? 6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: 11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.


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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Oppression, Evil Work, and Tears

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: March 13, 2024    
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Oppression, Evil Work, and Tears
SERMON THEME: Evil Under the Sun
SERMON SERIES: Ecclesiastes
SERMON TEXT: Eccl 4:1-6

* Everyone will experience evil
* Evil can live in us
* Money attracts evil
* The greatest relief from oppression will be Heaven

Eccl. 4:1   So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Eccl. 4:4   Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. 6 Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.

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Sunday, March 10, 2024

Surround Yourselves with Wise, Godly People

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK

DATE: March 10, 2024
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Surround Yourselves with Wise, Godly People
SERMON THEME: Learning From Those Who Have Done Well
SERMON SERIES: 1Kings
SERMON VERSES: 1Kings 4:1-20

* The wisest man ever puts the wise and spiritual in His cabinet
* We need to connect with spiritual people
* Be smart enough to cultivate and secure the loyalty of our associates

1Kings 4:1   So king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. 4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: 5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king’s friend: 6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. 7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. 8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: 9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: 10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: 11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: 13 The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars: 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: 16 Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: 19 Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.

1Kings 4:20   Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

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The Story Within the Story

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, March 10, 2024
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Story Within the Story
SERMON THEME: The Sad First-step Into Sin
SERMON SERIES: 1Kings
SERMON VERSES: 1Kings 3:16-28

* Guard against the first sin! Don’t cross the line.
* When it comes to sin, there are no winners.
* Sin will take us further and cost us more…
* If we are going to ignore Gods warning, we will become calloused to sin.

1Kings 3:16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

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Wednesday, March 06, 2024

Wickedness and Iniquity Were There

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DATE: March 6, 2024    
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Wickedness and Iniquity Were There
SERMON THEME: The Reality of Injustice
SERMON SERIES: Ecclesiastes
SERMON TEXT: Ecclesiastes 3:16-17

Eccl. 3:16   And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

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Sunday, March 03, 2024

HBBC Students

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DATE: March 3, 2024
SERMON BY: HBBC Students
SERMON TITLE:
SERMON THEME:
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES:



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Where's the Beef?

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, March 3, 2024
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Where’s the Beef?
SERMON THEME: Contentions with Brothers, are Contentions with Christ!  Contention is Always a Heart Issue!
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: James 4:1-5

James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

It's a Wonderful Life!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: February 28, 2024    
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: It’s a Wonderful Life!
SERMON THEME: God Designed our Life as a Joy-filled Gift  
SERMON SERIES: Ecclesiastes
SERMON TEXT: Ecclesiastical 3:1-15

* We won’t understand everything in life. Life is a mystery… on purpose.
* We can see the beauty in life… if we look at it through God’s eyes
* Life includes work… God ordains it
* In this life, we are ordained to good works… do the next good/right thing
* So, we MUST redeem our time (use it wisely)-there are often no do-overs.  Opportunities come, so use them! Make sure of your salvation and serve God!

Eccl. 3:1   To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

Eccl. 3:11   He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

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Sunday, February 25, 2024

Get Wisdom!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: February 25, 2024
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Get Wisdom!
SERMON THEME: Wisdom is the Principal Thing
SERMON SERIES: 1Kings
SERMON VERSES: 1Kings 3:1-15

To get wisdom we must…
* Listen out of respect and reverence
* Ask God for wisdom… in faith …and unselfishly
* Pursue it (make it our priority)

1Kings 3:5   In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

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How to Make Dreams Come True

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, February 25, 2024
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: How to Make Dreams Come True
SERMON THEME: What Shall I Give Thee?—Solomon Asks for Wisdom to Lead God’s People
SERMON SERIES: 1Kings
SERMON VERSES: 1Kings 3:1-15

1. Delight ourselves in the LORD — If we ask in God’s will, we have our petition
2. So, make your dreams God’s dreams
3. Follow God, even thought we often fail and fall short
4. So… we should love others, even when they sin

1Kings 3:1   And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. 2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. 3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

1Kings 3:5   In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. 9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; 12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Do You Believe Jesus?

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: February 21, 2024    
SERMON BY: Bro. Jonathan Pinope
SERMON TITLE: Do You Believe Jesus?
SERMON THEME: Do You REALLY Believe Jesus?
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speaker
SERMON TEXT: Acts 1:1-8

Acts 1:1   The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

Acts 1:6   When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

Jonah’s Wake-up Call

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: February 18, 2024
SERMON BY: Bro. Jacob Welch
SERMON TITLE: Jonah’s Wake-up Call
SERMON THEME: The Foolishness of Running from the Lord
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Jonah 1:17-3:2

Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 2:1   Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. 10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 3:1   And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh…

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Who is a Wise Man?—It’s Not What You Know, but What You Show

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, February 18, 2024
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Who is a Wise Man?—It’s Not What You Know, but What You Show
SERMON THEME: Godly Wisdom
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: James 3:13-18

James 3:13   Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

A Season and a Purpose in All Things

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: February 14, 2024    
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: A Season and a Purpose in All Things
SERMON THEME: The Need for Balance in Life
SERMON SERIES: Ecclesiastes
SERMON TEXT: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

We need to…

1. learn to find and live in God’s will - God wants us to know
2. to accept God’s timing - wait on the Lord
3. realize that nothing gets past God - He is never surprised
4. accept that we won’t always understand - His ways are higher
5. remember that God protects his children
6. understand that Gods plan is sure and eternal

Eccl. 3:1   To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

Eccl. 3:11   He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

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