I See Jesus in You

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DATE: Wednesday PM, April 28, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: I See Jesus in You
SERMON THEME: Christians MUST be Different!
SERMON SERIES: Nehemiah
SERMON TEXT: Nehemiah 6:10-19

People NEED to see Jesus in us!
1. The world must see a tangible difference! The world must see passion, purpose, and performance.
2. We must operate in the Spirit, and not the flesh (Romans 8). We will enjoy life and have peace… a peace that passeth understanding.
3. We must NOT have alliances with the world!

Nehemiah 6:10-19 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13 Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. 14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 15 So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. 19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

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It's Grow Time!

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DATE: Sunday PM, April 25, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Tim Russell
SERMON TITLE: It’s Grow Time!
SERMON THEME: ...desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby
SERMON SERIES: Keep the Faith
SERMON VERSES: 1Peter 2:1-10

1Peter 2:1-10 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, 8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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What is God Like?

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DATE: Sunday AM, April 25, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: What is God Like?
SERMON THEME: The LORD is Merciful and Gracious
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: Psalm 103:8-14; Exodus 34:5-7

Psalm 103:8-14 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

Psalm 34:5-7 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

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Go Headfirst

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DATE: Wednesday PM, April 21, 2020     
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Go Headfirst
SERMON THEME: God Encourages Joshua: Be Strong and of a Good Courage
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON TEXT: Joshua 1:5-9

We are not enough... but God IS!  With God we are sufficient

Joshua 1:5-9 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

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The Gift from a Pure Heart

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DATE: Sunday PM, April 18, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Walter Clark
SERMON TITLE: The Gift from a Pure Heart
SERMON THEME: Mary Honors her Savior
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: John 12:1-8

Mary’s gift to Jesus...
* was precious - worth a year’s wage
* was personal - she washed the Savior’s feet, and then wiped them with her hair
* was potent - the aroma filled the house, drawing attention to the Savior. We make our gifts potent through prayer!
* brought persecution - wicked Judas questioned Mary’s motive and attempted to shame her to cover his own thefts
* was preemptive - she could not anoint him later; he was heading to the cross.  We have windows of opportunity that will not always be open.
 

John 12:1-8 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. 4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him, 5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.

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Love Suffereth Long

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DATE: Sunday AM, April 18, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Love Suffereth Long
SERMON THEME: The Charity Principle
SERMON SERIES: Renew
SERMON VERSES: 1Corinthians 13:1-13

The Charity Principle: Interpret other’s words and actions in the best possible way

* Charity accepts apologies and moves forward
* Charity considers intent
* Charity has a thick skin

1Corinthians 13:1-13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

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Lessons from a Leper

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday PM, April 14, 2020     
SERMON BY: Bro. David Barbee
SERMON TITLE: Lessons from a Leper
SERMON THEME: The Story of Naaman
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON TEXT: 2Kings 5

* Lesson 1 - Bad things happen to honorable, moral, respected, and good people.  Bad things are realities in a sin-cursed world and body.
* Lesson 2 - When we have every excuse to be cold and callous (e.g., the little servant maiden), we still need to point the way for others. Even though bad things happen, we can be loving.
* Lesson 3 - When God is the only One Who can help, it’s a waste to go anywhere else.
* Lesson 4 - God often intercedes even when we are wandering lost and confused.  God sent Elijah anyway.
* Lesson 5 - God will often not match our expectations. Naaman was angry when Elisha sent his servant out to meet and instruct him.
* Lesson 6 - When we are in a position of debt, we can’t call the shots! Naaman walked away in anger.  But we can learn a lot from a servant... especially humility.
* Lesson 7 - God helps in His time and his way!

2Kings 5:1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

2Kings 5:9   So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

 
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Enduring Joy

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DATE: Sunday PM, April 11, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Matt Morales
SERMON TITLE: Enduring Joy
SERMON THEME: Maintaining Our Spiritual Focus
SERMON SERIES: Learning Together
SERMON VERSES: John 21:15-17
 
* Step 1 - allow God to convict us of the sin and failures in our life, to the end that He might restore us.
* Step 2 - allow God to DEMAND commitment!  Following Jesus is not a syrupy feeling... it’s a commitment that’s outranks the problems and the pain.

John 21:15-19   So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

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Be a Spiritual Foodie

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DATE: Sunday AM, April 11, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: Be a Spiritual Foodie
SERMON THEME: O Taste and See that the LORD is Good
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON VERSES: Psalm 34:8

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I Cannot Come Down

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DATE: Wednesday PM, April 7, 2020     
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: I Cannot Come Down
SERMON THEME: Satan’s Tactics: Over-involvement, Imitation, and Intimidation
SERMON SERIES: Nehemiah
SERMON TEXT: Nehemiah 6:1-9

Nehemiah 6:1-9 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) 2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? 4 Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; 6 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

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God Demands Production

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DATE: Sunday PM, April 4, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Sean Gillespie
SERMON TITLE: God Demands Production
SERMON THEME: The Danger of Fruitlessness
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Luke 13:6-9

Luke 13:6-9 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

* The fig tree was planted... on purpose, obviously for fruit!
* Everything the fig tree used (space, nutrients, protection, etc.) belonged to, and was being provided by, the husbandman.
* It was planted in a protected vineyard; and had a caretaker.
* The tree had expectations placed upon it!

Israel was pictured by this fruitless fig tree!  Like the tree, Israel was dangerously close to being cut off!

Israel was to be a nation of priests, but they had taken all of Gods blessings, and failed to produce spiritual fruit. Consequently, they were in danger of being cut off!

We, like Israel, are privileged and blessed abundantly with Gods blessings to produce spiritual fruit.

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A LIVING Hope!

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DATE: Sunday AM, April 4, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE:  A LIVING Hope!
SERMON THEME: An Inheritance Incorruptible, and Undefiled, and that Fadeth Not Away
SERMON SERIES: The Gospel by Mark—Resurrection Sunday
SERMON VERSES: Mark 15:21-39; 1Peter 1:3-9

Mark 15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.

Mark 15:22   And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. 24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. 26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. 29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.

Mark 15:33   And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. 37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

1Peter 1:3   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1Peter 1:6   Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 

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