Ignoring the Obvious

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Tuesday PM, June 29 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Ignoring the Obvious
SERMON THEME: Marriage and Family
SERMON SERIES: Honoring God in the Family
SERMON TEXT: Malachi 2:1-15

Beware the obvious…
* when our passion wanes-when our heart is not in worship, or service, or marriage
* when we become hypocrites, and embarrassingly, we are the only ones who don’t see it-we will lose our voice
* when we deal treacherously with our spouse we will lose a godly seed-we destroy the spirit of the home


Malachi 2:1   And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. 7 For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. 8 But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

Malachi 2:10   Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. 13 And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. 14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. 15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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Reasons to Fight for Your Marriage

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, June 27, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Reasons to Fight for Your Marriage
SERMON THEME: Marriage and Family
SERMON SERIES: Honoring God in the Family
SERMON TEXT: Matthew 19:1-9

Why divorce is now common and even accepted
* Contemporary attitudes-divorce no longer carries a stigma in society
* Accommodating theology
* Delayed consequences-we feel relieved when we remove ourselves from the stress of conflict
* Christian approvals
* We don’t confront issues soon enough

Why stay together?
1. Because married folks are now one person (vv 5, 6)
2. Conflicts are not beyond solution (2Corinthians 12:9)
3. Perseverance pays off-God honors our determination to do right
4. Great rewards-respect and honor
5. Because we promised!
6. Marriage glorifies God!-He set it up in the beginning.

Matthew 19:1   And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; 2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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How to Restore a Relationship

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DATE: Sunday AM, June 27, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: How to Restore a Relationship
SERMON THEME: Marriage and Family
SERMON SERIES: Honoring God in the Family
SERMON VERSES: Hosea 3:1-5

To restore a marriage…
1. It takes love-love is a commitment, a choice, not a feeling (1Corinthians 13)
2. It takes sacrifice-so often we just don’t want to pay the cost of humility
3. It takes Biblical boundaries-it is necessary to repent!
4. It takes time-it’s worth the commitment
5. It takes repentance-coming back is non-negotiable! The one in sin must repent!
6. It takes forgiveness!  Can the injured party forgive?

Hosea 3:1   Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

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How to Have a Good Fight

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Tuesday PM, June 15, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: How to Have a Good Fight
SERMON THEME: Marriage and Family
SERMON SERIES: Honoring God in the Family
SERMON TEXT: 1Corinthians 13; 1Peter 3:9, 10; Matthew 18:15-17

1Corinthians 13:1   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.

1Corinthians 13:4   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.

1Corinthians 13:8   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.

1Peter 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile...

Matthew 18:15   Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. 18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath...
 

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The House God Deserves

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, June 20, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. David Barbee
SERMON TITLE: The House God Deserves
SERMON THEME: God Deserves Our Best
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON TEXTS: Haggai 1:1-8; Luke 14:16-24; 1Kings 8:1-11

God deserves a FINE house, a FULL house, and a (Holy Spirit) FILLED house.

Haggai 1:1   In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, 2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built. 3 Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Luke 14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

1Kings 8:1   Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. 9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

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Mordecai: An Unsung Hero

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, June 20, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Mordecai: An Unsung Hero
SERMON THEME: Taking a Stand for Righteousness
SERMON SERIES: Renew
SERMON VERSES: Esther 5:14-6:11

* When the fight comes… we must stand and fight for RIGHTEOUSNESS
* Only those who stand will make a difference
* IF WE STAND FOR HIM, HE WILL STAND FOR US.
* If we are not willing to bow before our God now, when the time comes, we won’t stand for him.

Esther 5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Esther 6:1   On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Esther 6:4   And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. 5 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

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Satan’s Chaotic Fingerprints

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Tuesday PM, June 15, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Orval Stanley
SERMON TITLE: Satan’s Chaotic Fingerprints
SERMON THEME: Jesus’ Warning to Peter
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON TEXT: Luke 22:31-38

* Jesus will provide all our needs when we put Him first! (Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added unto you.) v 35. So, are we where we are supposed to be?  Are we where Jesus has sent us?
* When we long for the past, we often forget how much we wanted to escape our old situations. We need to return to where Christ wants us.
* There are two pathways: Gods way and our way. But if we choose our way, Gods plan will still be accomplished. And we will have to foot our own bill!

Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. 36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. 37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

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The Mighty Widow

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, June 13, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Mighty Widow
SERMON THEME: God-honoring Giving
SERMON SERIES: The Gospel by Mark
SERMON VERSES: Mark 12:41-44

* God expects proportional giving.  He wants us to be ALL IN… because He was!
* Those seen by the world as the least, are often the greatest in God’s eyes.
* True religion manifests itself regardless of our circumstances.

Mark 12:41   And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

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Beware of the Scribes!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, June 13, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Beware of the Scribes!
SERMON THEME: Learn from Bible Lessons, both Good and Bad
SERMON SERIES: The Gospel by Mark
SERMON VERSES: Mark 12:35-40

* “Religion” is not about conforming to our wicked culture. It’s about Jesus!
* “Religion” is not about ME!
* “Religion” is not just outward form and conformity, but the Spirit’s power in love, sacrifice, and humility.

Mark 12:35-40  And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. 38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40 Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.

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Bless the LORD Your God

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday PM, June 9, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Bless the LORD Your God
SERMON THEME: A Prayer of Reminder
SERMON SERIES: Nehemiah
SERMON TEXT: Nehemiah 9:3-15

We see the hand of God
* in nature and the creation
* in the choosing of Abraham
* In the delivering of Israel out of Egypt
* In the dividing of the sea
* in leading and providing for them in the wilderness
* in giving them the law
* in giving them kingdoms and nations as their inheritance

Nehemiah 9:3-15 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. 4   Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: 9 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 10 And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: 15 And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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Jesus Raised the Bar

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, June 6, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Trey Graf
SERMON TITLE: Jesus Raised the Bar
SERMON THEME: Living the Life of a Beatitude Christian by the Power of the Holy Spirit: Ask! Seek! Knock!
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Matthew 7:7-11

Christianity is not just outward conformity, but living that an inward change created by the Holy Spirit.  Jesus isn’t as concerned with what we do, as He is with who we are.

Matthew 7:7-11  Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

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Read the Manual!

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, June 6, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: Read the Manual!
SERMON THEME: Use the Power of Almighty God
SERMON SERIES: The Gospel by Mark
SERMON VERSES: Mark 12:18-27; 1Corinthians 15:12-20

Mark 12:18-27   Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

1Corinthians 15:12-20   Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.  20   But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

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Never, Ever Look Back

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday PM, June 2, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Nathan Birt
SERMON TITLE: Never, Ever, Look Back
SERMON THEME: What is Holding Us Back?
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON TEXT: Luke 9:57-62

Would-be followers
* The Eager man (vv57, 58) - this scribe was excited, but he wanted comfort and guaranteed support.
* The Exceptional man (vv59, 60) - he desired to maintain all family ties until it was convenient to leave.
* The Enumerating man (vv61, 62) - the man who gave Jesus his terms for service.

Luke 9:57-62 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. 62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

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The Elements of Righteousness

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, May 30, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Elements of Righteousness
SERMON THEME: Righteousness Will Exalt a Nation
SERMON SERIES: Renew
SERMON VERSES: Proverbs 14:34; Psalm 34:11-22; Jeremiah 18:6-10; Psalm 119:142; 1Peter 4:17

The elements of righteousness
* God is THE Source
* God is THE Standard of righteousness

Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

Psalms 34:11-22 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. 12 What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. 14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. 22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Jeremiah 18:6-10 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; 10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Psalms 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

1Peter 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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The Greatest Commandments

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK

DATE: Sunday AM, May 30, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Greatest Commandments
SERMON THEME: Love God with Passion, Power, and Purpose
SERMON SERIES: The Gospel by Mark
SERMON VERSES: Mark 12:28-34; Matthew 23:23

* God is to be put in the #1 spot in our life. How sold out are we to our Heavenly Father?
* Others are to be put in the #2 spot in our lives
* Consequently, we must be continually tweaking our priorities in life

Mark 12:28-34 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday PM, May 26, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Joy of the Lord is Our Strength
SERMON THEME: The Jews Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles
SERMON SERIES: Nehemiah
SERMON TEXT: Nehemiah 8:9-18

Nehemiah 8:9   And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. 11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.  13  And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

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The Critical Necessity of Fellowship

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, May 23, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Critical Necessity of Fellowship
SERMON THEME: Doctrine, Fellowship, Breaking of Bread, and Prayers
SERMON SERIES: Renew
SERMON VERSES: Acts 2:41-47

Fellowship is…
* partnership (major doctrinal priorities must unite us)
* participation (church membership is involvement)
* personal (sharing, instruction, encouragement)

Acts 2:41-47 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.  42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

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Awards Night

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Wednesday PM, May 19, 2021
SERMON BY: Matthew Morales
SERMON TITLE: Awards Night
SERMON THEME: AWANA Awards Night
SERMON SERIES: Special Sermons
SERMON TEXT: Deuteronomy 6:4-7; John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8, 9; 4:32

Deuteronomy 6:4   Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

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Four Heart-responses to the Gospel

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday PM, May 16, 2021
SERMON BY: Bro. Steve Osteen
SERMON TITLE: Four Heart-responses to the Gospel  
SERMON THEME: The Parable of the Four Soils
SERMON SERIES: Guest Speakers
SERMON VERSES: Mark 4:1-20; Isaiah 6:9, 10; 1Thessalonians 2:13

• The Test of Truth - the resistant, hard-hearted wayside soil hearer v15
• The Test of Time - the mixed heart of rocky ground vv16, 17
• The test of Trials and Tribulations - the heart that crowds out Truth and gives place to the weeds and brush of this world vv18, 19
• The Test of Trust - the heart that receives the word and nurtures it v20

Mark 4:1-20  And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

Isaiah 6:9, 10   And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. 

1Thessalonians 2:13   For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

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The Snares of This World

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Central Baptist Church of Ponca City, OK
DATE: Sunday AM, May 16, 2021
SERMON BY: Dr. John Waterloo
SERMON TITLE: The Snares of This World   
SERMON THEME: Beware of Satan’s Traps
SERMON SERIES: The Gospel by Mark
SERMON VERSES: Mark 12:13-17

Satan's Snares:
• Our speech - Be careful what you say.  Our speech can be misinterpreted and purposefully twisted by those who wish to dilute our salt and extinguish our light.
* Idolatry
• Immorality
• Riches

Mark 12:13-17  And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s. 17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

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