Why?

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, January 30, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Matt Morales
SERMON TITLE: Why?
SERMON THEME: A Man in Desperate Need of Spiritual Light
SERMON SERIES: Learning Together
SERMON VERSES: John 9:1-40

John 9:1   And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

John 9:8   The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? 9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. 10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

John 9:13   They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. 16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. 17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. 18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. 19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? 20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: 21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. 22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. 25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. 30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. 31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. 32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

John 9:35   Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

John 9:39   And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.

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Mutually Assured Submission

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, January 30, 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Tim Russell
SERMON TITLE: Mutually Assured Submission
SERMON THEME: Authority Structure in the Home
SERMON SERIES: Keep the Faith
SERMON VERSES: 1Peter 3:1-7; Ephesians 5:21-33

WOMEN
* Submission is recognizing GOD’S structure for the home.
* Submission can win the lost husband.
* Submission is having a meek and quiet grace.

MEN
* Dwell with wife according to knowledge (to know her and communicate)
* Give honor! (Assign value!)
* Ignoring our duty to our wives will obstruct our fellowship with God

Everything we do should direct lost people to Christ, and testify to His wisdom and structure in life.

We must have a testimony of integrity to the lost world.

Our marriage should depict Jesus’ relationship with the New Testament church.

1Peter 3:1-7  Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Ephesians 5:21-33  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 husband.

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What Does it Mean to be Blessed?

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
SERMON BY:Bro. Lynn Schuyler
SERMON TITLE: What Does it Mean to be Blessed?
SERMON THEME: The Sermon on the Mount
SERMON SERIES: Standing in the Gap
SERMON TEXT: Matthew 5:1-12

What does it mean to be blessed?
* we are right with God (we are inheriting the Kingdom, and in fellowship with Him)
* we are convicted of sin (we mourn our and the world’s wickedness)
* we are humbled (mild, patient, long-suffering, knowing that God is always in control)
* we are hungry for the righteousness of God
* we are right with others, i.e., we show abundant mercy
* we are pure (not hypocrites, i.e., our walk matches our talk)
* we are not scorekeepers or grudge-keepers
* we are persecuted by worldlings because we separate ourselves from sin, living for the LORD.


Matthew 5:1   And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Matthew 5:3   Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

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They Made Their Lives Bitter

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, January 23, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: They Made Their Lives Bitter
SERMON THEME: Why Does God Permit Adversity?
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Exodus 1:8-22

Adversity is…
* often a consequence of our sin
* often a stimulus for spiritual maturation

Through adversity…
* God weaned the peoples heart from Egypt
* God made them willing to leave
* God made the promises of Canaan sweeter
* God broke their self-confidence

As Christians…
* we need to train for adversity-every Godly person will suffer persecution
* we need to recognize Gods plan is bigger than our comforts
* we must understand that nothing escapes Gods attention-He sees all and never forgets

Ex. 1:8-22   Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: 10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: 14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Ex. 1:15   And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: 16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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Joseph Was in Egypt Already

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, January 23. 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Joseph Was in Egypt Already
SERMON THEME: God Always Works Ahead
SERMON SERIES: The Book of Exodus
SERMON VERSES: Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 46:1-4; Exodus 1:1-7

Genesis 12:1-3  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 46:1-4  And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: 4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Exodus 1:1-7 Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

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Trust in The LORD

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Trust in The LORD
SERMON THEME: The Christian’s Journey
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 3:1-12

How do we TRUST the Lord in a very practical way?
* A heart to keep God’s commandments (statutes)
* A heart to keep God’s ways (choices, practical living)
* A heart to give back to God (tithes, offerings, first fruits)
Why trust the LORD?
* A longer life
* A better life (more peaceful life)
* Favor with God and man
* A more healthy life, both physically and spiritually
* A plentiful life
We need to trust the process of God (going ALL IN!), every day and in every way!

Proverbs 3:1   My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:7   Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. 8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. 9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

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Serve The Lord Jesus

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, January 16, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Serve The Lord Jesus
SERMON THEME: Profitable Servants
SERMON SERIES: Followers of God
SERMON VERSES: 2Timothy 4:9-11

What makes a servant profitable?
* Soul-focused!
* Faithful
* A Giver
* Having a servants heart and spirit
* Having active hands
* Striving to grow spiritually

2Timothy 4:9-11  Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.

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Paying It Back

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, January 16. 2022
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Paying It Back
SERMON THEME: Genuine Thankfulness Produces Stewardship
SERMON SERIES: Followers of God
SERMON VERSES: Philippians 4:10-19

* Most fail to recognize the value of what others have invested and done for us
* Very few repay or even attempt to repay the investments they have received

Why we want to be a part of the pay it back team
1. Make a larger impact!
2. We gain materially and spiritually
3. We gain satisfaction
4. God will care for our needs when we invest in the Lord’s work
5. We are not prone to pay it forward until we pay it back

Philippians 4:10-19 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. 15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. 16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. 18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

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Choosing Your Path

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, January 12, 2021
SERMON BY:     Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Choosing Your Path
SERMON THEME: The Good Way vs. The Evil Way
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 2

The Way of Good Men — The path of goodness vs. evil
* implies a lifestyle, and not just one or two actions
* implies a choice and not a cultural or circumstantial situation
* implies that the pathways are CLEARLY marked
* implies that the ends of both pathways are defined and predetermined by God
* implies that we cannot complain about the consequences of the path we chose
* implies that we can leave the path of righteousness and inherit the whirlwind

Proverbs 2:1   My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; 2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; 4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Proverbs 2:10   When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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The Favor of God

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, January 9, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Christian Saldana
SERMON TITLE: The Favor of God
SERMON THEME: Five Requirements to Receive God’s Grace
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: James 4:1-10

v6 submit or humble ourselves to God
v7 resist the Devil
v8 draw nigh to God on his terms
v9 repent and separate from carnality, and become broken over your sins
v10 throw ourselves upon God’s grace and allow him to lift us up, empower us, and work through us

James 4:1   From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.  7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

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I Will Have Mercy

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, January 9 2022
SERMON BY: Bro. Christian Saldana
SERMON TITLE: I Will Have Mercy
SERMON THEME: Jesus Sees People’s Greatest Needs
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Matthew 9:9-13

JESUS…
* Sees people as individuals
* Looks beyond reputation
* Goes out of His way to meet and influence sinners
* Wants us to show mercy!

Matthew 9:9   And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

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Learn… and LIVE!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday, January 5, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Learn… and LIVE!
SERMON THEME: Get Wisdom
SERMON SERIES: Proverbs
SERMON TEXT: Proverbs 1:1-9

Proverbs 1:1-6 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: 6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:7-9 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

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What to Do When Life Stinks?

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, January 2, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Tim Russell
SERMON TITLE: What to Do When Life Stinks?
SERMON THEME: Suffering Unjustly
SERMON SERIES: Keep the Faith
SERMON VERSES: 1Peter 2:19-25

Christ-like suffering…
* is a calling - He asks that we be willing to suffer for the sake of the Gospel.
* requires patient endurance - keep doing what is right by God, and not retaliate. Show grace to those who abuse us and faint not!
* requires proper motivation - our love and deep appreciation for what Jesus endured for us and our love for souls. Life isn’t all about me!
* pleases God - endurance is acceptable to God.

1Peter 2:19-25  For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: 24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

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