Sermon Year: 1983

Whose Slave Are You?

Date: May 15th, 1983  |  Scripture: John 8:33-34  |  Topics: Doulos, Freedom, Servant, Sin, Slavery

They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.


A Shining Star For Christ

Date: May 22nd, 1983  |  Scripture: Acts 18:24-28  |  Topics: Apollos, Division, Jealousy, Preaching

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia,Continue Reading


A Shining Star for Christ

Date: May 22nd, 1983  |  Scripture: Acts 18:24-28  |  Topics: Apollos, Division, Jealousy, Preaching

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia,Continue Reading


The Open Door (Christian School)

Date: May 22nd, 1983  |  Scripture: Revelation 3:8  |  Topics: Christianity, Education, First Baptist Academy, School

I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.


The Effectual Calling of God

Date: June 5th, 1983  |  Scripture: Romans 9:15-16  |  Topics: Belief, Grace, Mercy, Salvation, Sin

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.


The Effectual Calling of God

Date: June 5th, 1983  |  Scripture: Romans 9:15-16  |  Topics: Calling, Choice, Drawing, Election, Faith, Foreknowledge, Grace, Mercy, Regeneration, Repentance, Salvation, Volition

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.


Brokenness

Date: June 12th, 1983  |  Scripture: Matthew 27:46  |  Topics: Brokenness, Crucifixion, Despair, Glory, Hope, Hopelessness, Jacob, Jesus, Suffering, Weakness

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?


In the Valley of Decision

Date: June 12th, 1983  |  Scripture: Joel 3:14  |  Topics: Blame, Choice, Day of the Lord, Decision, Fate, Fault, Judgment, Prophecy, Responsibility, Valley

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.


The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Date: June 26th, 1983  |  Scripture: Joel 2  |  Topics: Baptism, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Spiritual Gifts, Unity

Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land iContinue Reading


The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Date: June 26th, 1983  |  Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:13  |  Topics: Baptism, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Spiritual Gifts, Unity

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.