Beware the Desire to be Rich

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, December 28, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Beware the Desire to be Rich
SERMON THEME: There are Always Strings Attached
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 23:1-8

Be careful when dealing with wealthy, but unsavory characters.

1. CAUTION!  Not all motives and intentions are honorable.
2. CAUTION!  Not all gifts are beneficial.
3. CAUTION!  We should THINK before we indulge
4. CAUTION!  Riches can, and often do, fly away
5. CAUTION!  The time, energy, and materialism required to get rich, drain our joy and lives away.

Prov. 23:1   When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

Prov. 23:4   Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Prov. 23:6   Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. 8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

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The Baby Changed Everything

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, December 25, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Baby Changed Everything
SERMON THEME: The Child That Created Christmas
SERMON SERIES: Followers of God (Christmas 2022)
SERMON VERSES: Matthew 1:18-25

Jesus’ incarnation (was)…

• Awkward for Mary and Joseph
• Amazing - A virgin birth, exacting bloodlines, sinless, escaping God’s curse upon Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24-30)
• Altered our World! (A. D. and B. C. )
• Ameliorated our religions (The Gospel of GRACE is THE TRUTH)
• Changed our lives
• Changed US! -Salvation makes us new creatures!
• an Avoided birth! - Jesus’ birth makes people very uncomfortable!
• The Greatest Gift! - The Gift of eternal Life

Mat. 1:18   Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

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An Unconventional Birth

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DATE: Wednesday, December 24, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Sam Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: An Unconventional Birth
SERMON THEME: The Incarnation was Uncomfortable, Inconvenient, and Misunderstood
SERMON SERIES: Christmas Eve 2022
SERMON TEXT: Matthew 1:18-25

The incarnation is…

• an Uncomfortable fact to accept — Born of a virgin; it is supernatural.
• an Inconvenient situation to endure — Mary and Joseph are put into a very “inconvenient” situation, she is found pregnant before they had come together.
• Misunderstood by the culture — But what really matters?

Mat. 1:18   Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

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The Loving Favor of God

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, December 21, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Loving Favor of God
SERMON THEME: The VIP Experience
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 22:1; 3:4; 8:35; 11:27; 12:2; 13:15; 14:9; 14:35; Daniel 1:8-9; 6:1-5; 1Peter 3:1-4

Don’t mistake personality and flamboyance with the favor of God
1. Daniel possessed an “excellent spirit”—Our spirit matters!
2. Daniel was “wise” spiritually, where is counts, which ONLY comes from God
3. Daniel was also personable and did good.  So, he was liked.

Prov 22:1  A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

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Moses’ Face Shined

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, December 18, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Moses’ Face Shined
SERMON THEME: Our Countenance Matters
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 34:28-35; 2Corinthians 3:1-18

Moses’ shining face…
* impressed the people (Gods validation of Moses as their leader)
* caused the people to revere Moses

Our happy and thankful countenance…
* convey our great hope
* transforms us into His son’s image
* shows the world that God lives within (2Cor 3:1-18), which is much better than a shining face!


Ex 34:28   And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. 34 But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

2Cor 3:1   Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

2Cor. 3:6   Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

2Cor. 3:12   Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: 13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

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The Glory has Departed

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, December 18, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Glory has Departed
SERMON THEME: The Presence and Power of God
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 33:1-15; Psalm 73:

We should…
1. Absolutely DREAD losing the presence and power of God.
2. Never want to go anywhere that God isn’t present.

Ex 33:1   And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. 4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. 5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

Ex. 33:7   And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. 11 And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Ex. 33:12   And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

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The Saddest form of Deception is Self-deception!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Saddest form of Deception is Self-deception!
SERMON THEME: Gaslighting: Insidious Manipulation and Deception
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 21:2; 16:25; 30:12

Tests to Prove Ourselves and Prevent Self-deception
1. The Source test - consider the source (2Tim 3:13, 14)
2. The Fruits test - We know people by what they produce
3. The Time test - The Wheat and Tares story.  Time is a wonderful friend.

Questions to ask ourselves
1. Does our pastor and other spiritual friends believe we are wrong?
2. Do others see it differently and are concerned?
3. Does our “way” contradict our 2000-year old Christian traditions?

Proverbs 21:2   Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Proverbs 16:25   There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

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Great Joy

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, December 11, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Great Joy
SERMON THEME: A Savior is Born
SERMON SERIES: Christmas Festival
SERMON VERSES: Luke 2:10-12

Great joy is…
* Not relegated to just one people group
* Often missed by many
* Witnessed by great signs (the joy of our salvation and changed lives)

Luke 2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

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They Have Turned Aside Quickly

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, December 11, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: They Have Turned Aside Quickly
SERMON THEME: The Golden Calf Incident: Who is on the Lord’s Side?
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 32:1-20

* How quickly they lost hope and turned from God
* How often we make Christianity what we want it to be.
* How quickly we find ourselves judged, and not blessed. There are always consequences.
* How quickly God gives us the opportunity to repent!  Choose right!
* Moses’ intercession depicts Jesus’ intercession for sinners.

Ex 32:1   And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

7   And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: 10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

11 And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14 And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

15   And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.

21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 25 And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. 28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

30   And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. 33 And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 34 Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. 35 And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.

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Wine is a Mocker

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, December 7, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Wine is a Mocker
SERMON THEME: The Danger of Alcohol
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-35

Believers are commanded
* To be SOBER
* To flee the appearance of evil - don’t play with sin
* To avoid carnal thinking and judgement
* To apply principles that we DO clearly understand
* To weigh the potential costs of a behavior

Proverbs 20:1   Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 23:29   Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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His Presence and Power

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, December 4, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: His Presence and Power
SERMON THEME: The Typology of The Tabernacle: The Ark of the Covenant
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 25:10-22; Hebrews 9:3-5; Romans 3:25

Jesus THE (Propitiation) Mercy Seat shows us…
* How much God loves us - The detail and planning.
* God wants to care for and commune with his people.
* God wants to work in our lives.

Ex 5:10   And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Heb 9: 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

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Child Training

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, November 30, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Child Training
SERMON THEME: Correction and Discipline
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 22:6; 23:13, 14; 29:15, 17
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs

* Training takes more than the rod
* Successful training must begin early
* Correction brings peace to the home
* There comes a time when there is no hope
* Mom and dad must agree

Proverbs 13:24   He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 19:18   Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Proverbs 22:6   Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Proverbs 29:15   The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.

Proverbs 29:17   Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

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A Time for Celebration!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, November 27, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: A Time for Celebration!
SERMON THEME: The Lord’s Supper
SERMON SERIES: Followers of God
SERMON VERSES: Matthew 26:17-30; 1Corinthians 11:17-34

* It can be taken wrong… but the wrong issues seem to be a spirit of division, immorality, heresy, and gluttony!
* It was a time of remembering… what JESUS did on the cross for us!  It reminds us of the broken body and the shed blood.
* It is a time for celebration, not division.

Matthew 26:17   Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? 18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

Matthew 26:26   And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom. 30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

1Corinthians 11:17   Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. 18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper. 21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.

1Corinthians 11:23   For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. 34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

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Perpetual Remembrance, Offering, Prayer, and Praise!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, November 27, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Perpetual Remembrance, Offering, Prayer, and Praise!
SERMON THEME: The Typology of The Tabernacle: The Table of Shewbread and The Altar of Incense
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 25:23-30; Exodus 30:1-10; Lev 24:5-7

God is our…
* Great Provider-The Bread of Life!
* Great Intercessor

Ex 5:23   Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. 27 Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.

Ex 30:1   And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. 8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.

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Five Realities for Thankfulness

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, November 22, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Five Realities for Thankfulness
SERMON THEME: Perspective is Everything!
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON TEXT: Colossians 1:12-14

Five Realities of Thankfulness
* The Lord qualified us (made us meet) - He ran the race for us and took our disqualification and gave us the medal.  We win when we put our faith in our victory.
* The Lord delivered us - Sin qualified us for eternal death, but God sent his Best Recuse Team, the God-Man Jesus.
* The Lord relocated us (translated us into the Kingdom of His Dear Son) - God relocates us from Hell to Heaven!
* The Lord Redeemed us (through His blood) - The King paid the ransom for the Kingdom… and He overpaid!
* The Lord Forgave us (even the forgiveness of sins) - He not only forgave our sins but He erased what we were… SINNERS!

Colossians 1:12   Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins…

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God’s Everlasting Light

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, November 20, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: God’s Everlasting Light
SERMON THEME: The Typology of the Tabernacle: The Candlestick
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 25:31-40; Exodus 27:20-21; Lev 6:9-13

Ex 25:31   And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. 32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: 33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. 34 And in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 35 And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. 38 And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. 40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.

Ex 27:20   And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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Salvation and Sanctification

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, November 20, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Salvation and Sanctification
SERMON THEME: The Typology of the Tabernacle: The Brazen Altar and Laver
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 38:2-8; Hebrews 9, 10

Exodus 38:1-8  And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. 8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Hebrews 9:1-22  Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 7 But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Heb. 9:8   The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9 Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

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The Blessings of True Friendship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Blessing of True Friendship
SERMON THEME: Relationships
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 18:24; 1Samuel 18:1-4

1. People with the same heart are naturally attracted to each other
2. We can know a lot about a person by their friends
3. Friendships are often born by sharing hardships or victories

• A man who has friends must BE friendly
• If we don’t have friends, we need to check our hearts and then WE  must change ourselves!
• Jesus should be our closest friend! He will never leave us, even in the seasons of life.May WE be the type of friend we need to be!

Proverbs 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

1Samuel 18: 1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

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Pride Will Bring Us Low

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, November 13, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Brian Friend
SERMON TITLE: Pride Will Bring Us Low
SERMON THEME: The Destruction Caused by Pride and Bitterness
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Proverbs 16:18

Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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It’s Not in the Brochure

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, November 13, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: It’s Not in the Brochure
SERMON THEME: Defending the Good Name of Marriage
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: Ephesians 5:21-33

Eph 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.  22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her hushband.

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No!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: No!
SERMON THEME: The Blessings of Rebuke
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 12:1; 13:18; 15:10; 15:32; 17:10; 29:1; Hebrews 12:4-11

• Rebuke is an instrument of love
• Must have a relationship to rebuke
  

Proverbs 17:10   A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 29:1   He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Hebrews 12:4   Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

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An Excellent Spirit

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, November 6, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Jacob Welch
SERMON TITLE: An Excellent Spirit
SERMON THEME: The Integrity and Faithfulness of Daniel
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Daniel 6

Daniel 6:1   It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

Daniel 6:6   Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Daniel 6:11   Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. 16 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. 17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

Daniel 6:18   Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Daniel 6:25   Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

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The Lord’s Sanctuary: The Infinite Value of His Presence

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, November 6, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Lord’s Sanctuary: The Infinite Value of His Presence
SERMON THEME: The Types and Patterns of the Tabernacle
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 25:1-9; 30:11-16

vv 1-7 Bring willing, heartfelt offerings to make the Tabernacle; give your best!
vv 8 Build it exactly as I instruct, because it will picture Me and My Eternal Plan

Exodus 25:1   And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. 3 And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, 4 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats’ hair, 5 And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood, 6 Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, 7 Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

Exodus 30:11   And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. 14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

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The Garments of the Ministry

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Davie Barbee
SERMON TITLE: The Garments of the Ministry
SERMON THEME: The Christian’s Testimony
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON TEXT: Exodus 28:1-3

Exodus 28:1 And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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Do Not Your Alms Before Men

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, October 30, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Do Not Your Alms Before Men
SERMON THEME: Keeping Devotion and Giving Private
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: Matthew 6:1-8; 16-18

Matt. 6:1   Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Matt. 6:5   And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

Matt. 6:16   Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Don’t Sleepwalk… Spiritually

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, October 30, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Don’t Sleepwalk… Spiritually
SERMON THEME: Walk Circumspectly, Redeeming the Time
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: Ephesians 5:14-21

1. Wake up out of spiritual lethargy!
2. Walk circumspectly (with head up, carefully, and precisely)!
3. Be alert to the crucial moments in life, and seize (take advantage) them!
4. Pursue God!
5. Submitting ourselves to our brethren in the fear of God!

Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;  21  Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

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Guard the Heart!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, October 25, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Guard the Heart!
SERMON THEME: Caring for Our Inner Man
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 16

Proverbs 16:1   The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

Proverbs 16:2   All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:3   Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 16:4   The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 16:5   Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 16:6   By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:7   When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 16:8   Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Proverbs 16:9   A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Proverbs 16:10   A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

Proverbs 16:11   A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Proverbs 16:12   It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 16:13   Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Proverbs 16:14   The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. 15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Proverbs 16:16   How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Proverbs 16:17   The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 16:18   Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19   Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:20   He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

Proverbs 16:21   The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Proverbs 16:22   Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Proverbs 16:23   The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Proverbs 16:24   Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 16:25   There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 16:26   He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Proverbs 16:27   An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 16:29   A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. 30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:31   The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 16:32   He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

Proverbs 16:33   The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

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Setting Standards… for Survival

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, October 23, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Setting Standards… for Survival
SERMON THEME: The Surety of Cultural Contamination
SERMON SERIES: Followers of God
SERMON VERSES: Jeremiah 34-35

Jer. 35:1   The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: 5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. 6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: 7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; 9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

Jer. 35:12   Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, 13 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. 14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: 17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. 18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: 19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

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Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, October 23, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD
SERMON THEME: Incomplete Obedience
SERMON SERIES: Following God
SERMON VERSES: 1Samuel 15:1-23

* Be doers, and not just hearers… else we will live a self-deceived life. What are the signs of self-deception?
    - We play the Blame Game!
    - We change the standard or rules by using our own measuring stick.
* Obedience is better than sacrifice.

1Sam. 15:1  Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

1Sam. 15:10   Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? 18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

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