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B - Biblical Authority A - Autonomy of the Church P - Priesthood of the Believer T - Two Offices (Pastor and Deacon) I - Individual Soul Liberty S - Saved and Baptized Church Membership T - Two Church Ordinances (Baptism and Communion) S - Seperation P-Priesthood of The Believer Ye also, as lively stones,…

Belief Needs Becoming Over the last few weeks, we have been reminded of the love of God that sent our savior to be the sacrifice for our sins, we touched on the wonder of a resurrected ascended Lord, the question of waiting for the power of the spirit and the pouring out of God’s spirit upon his followers…

The Historical Beliefs of Baptist Churches

Pastor Luke continued in the letter of 1st Peter, saying, "When you view Jesus as precious your life reflects Him. "

The purpose of salvation is that we become a royal priesthood or priestly nation leading the world into right worship of God. This is done by sacrificing in union with Christ's death and resurrection. This is done on the pattern of the Twelve, sent before they felt ready, sent first to the "lost sheep" of the Church, sent to heal or expel the disorder in the world by God's means, especially right worship and holy living. We are called to be that holy nation now.

The Core Values that we as the people of God are to Value

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God…

Prayer Part of the Royal Priesthood As many of you know, I grew up as part of the Roman Catholic Church. Our family was actively involved in our local parish - all of my siblings and I went to the Catholic school that was part of the church, we went to Mass most every Sunday. Several of my brothers and…

Introduction I once had the opportunity to sit down with a couple of Mormon missionaries to talk about Jesus Christ. Their goal was to convert me to Mormonism, my goal was to listen intently to all they were saying so I could teach my youth group about how to handle them when they came knocking. The…

discovering our call as a Kingdom of Priests.” Focusing on listening to God’s unique call for each of us, and taking steps to see God’s kingdom come.

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. What dose Jesus mean by “whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these”,…

Where do we stand before God? Last Sunday morning I preached a sermon that left me feeling as though I had failed. Some of you noticed, but most didn’t. I stated that Abraham instead of Moses had hit the rock in the wilderness that water flowed from. Yet, I must be reminded that all though I am required…

Only the Word of God can command the conscience of the believer. This doctrine has a special place in the lives of a people called Baptist.

“Because my shepherds did not look after my sheep but pastured themselves…Thus says the Lord GOD: I swear I am coming against these shepherds…I myself will look after and tend my sheep.” I believe this is the “back to school” Mass for you all, correct? Well, then, on behalf of Fr. Innocent and as an…

TEXT: Leviticus 6:8 -13 TOPIC: Keeping the Home Fires Burning BIBLE SURVIVORS SERIES, Message 10 Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Icard, November 11,2001 Open your bibles this morning to Leviticus 6 . 8 Then the Lord said to Moses, 9 “Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the…

The Expansive Mission of God’s Kingdom and His Royal Nation Intro: Wilt Chamberlain vs Bill Russel two best centers of all time Wilt could score 60 pts in a game Bill Russell won 11 NBA championships in his 13 year career The ultimate team player vs the ultimate individual player in 1961-62 year Wilt…

Scripture reading The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” And Moses did as…

Introduction We have a new identity our salvation fuels our identity holiness is our key ID feature And we were given the reason for our identity since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass and all…

Do you know who you are in Christ? The authors of the Bible give various titles to describe believers. You have read we are called Christians, saints, the Church, the Bride, the Body of Christ, chosen, and children of God. Did you know we are also called priests? But, what does that mean? Today, I want to explore our spiritual identity as priests in this world of darkness through an exegesis of 1 Peter 2:1-10.

Many people in America have come to believe that Christianity is a personal experience instead of a corporate activity. Today, we will look at the significance of the temple of God and how that effect our corporate worship to God.

Introduction: The ideal representative. READ EXODUS 28:1-5 CTS: Because of the work of our great High Priest Jesus, we now live as priests who rest in His finished work. God’s Priests A. Clothing of the priest (28) What the priest wore: Ephod, breastpiece, robe, coat of checker work, turban, and a sash.…

iii. The eternal nature of salvation also changes actions . (2:1, Romans 13:12–14 , Ephesians 4:20–25 , Colossians 3:8 , Hebrews 12:1 , James 1:21 ) We talked about this last week as well, but Peter is staying on this idea for one more verse. The fact of our eternal salvation should lead us to abandon…

Launching the Fall Series about Water

We’re going to be covering five verses again, because all of these fit together so closely. This is a continuation and further development of some of the themes we saw last week. ii. Jesus is the chief cornerstone of the spiritual house. (2:6–7a, Isaiah 28:16 , Romans 8:32 , Ephesians 2:20 ) This verse…