Parkway Baptist Church Sermons

20200426 | Proverbs 1:8-19 | Walk this Way Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If...

20200419 | Proverbs 1:1-7 | Wise Words for Weird Days The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and...

We receive the Holy Spirit because God is keeping His promise to save.1. We can receive the Spirit because God has poured Him out.2. We must receive the Spirit because God's judgment is on the way.3. We do receive the Spirit by calling on the...

Overview - Rejoice and don't fear for the Lord will not forsake His people. Rejoice because of God's character and covenant commitment. Rejoice because God will bring real and radical change.

Overview - When facing God's judgment, we plead for God's mercy for the sake of God's glory.1. No one can endure God's judgment.2. Return to the Lord before His judgment comes.

Overview - When God frustrates our lives, we must cry out in repentance to Him.1. Listen; God is moving in a powerful way.2. Lament; God is confronting sin.3. Repent; God will bring a greater judgment.

Overview - Hold fast to Christ as the true source of spiritual freedom.1. Hold fast to Christ and not rigid legalism.2. Hold fast to Christ and not mystical experiences.3. Hold fast to Christ and not false humility.

Overview - Fullness of spiritual life is found only in the person and work of Christ. 1. Because we know Jesus as Lord, we have fullness of spiritual life.2. Because we know what Jesus has done, we have fullness of spiritual life.

Overview - Continue in confidence because of the certainties we have in Jesus.1. Help for your siblings: prayer.2. Help for your present: truth.3. Help for your future: loyalty.

Overview - Faith in Jesus offers security in our future and confidence with our Father.1. If you believe in Jesus, then you can live with security. 2. If you believe in Jesus, then you can pray with confidence.

Overview - Faith is a reasonable and necessary response to what we know about Jesus.1. Believe in Jesus because God has spoken about Him.2. Believe in Jesus because it's a matter of life and death.

Overview - We pass the tests by faith because God has given us new birth. 1. Because of our new birth, we believe in Jesus. 2. Because of our new birth, we love God and his children. 3. Because of our new birth, we obey God with joy. 4. Because of our...

Overview - Maturing love results from mutual abiding and results in inward and outward fruit.1. Maturing love derives from mutual abiding with the One who loved us first. 2. Maturing love drives out fear of judgment. 3. Maturing love drives out hatred...

Overview - We can rest in our relationship to God because of His Spirit in us. 1. God's Spirit in us is proof of our relationship to God. 2. Our confession of Jesus is proof of our relationship to God. 3. Our relationship to love is proof of our...

Overview - We can and must love each other.1. The origin of love is God. 2. The source of love in us is a relationship to God. 3. The manifestation of love is the gift of God's Son. 4. The effect of love is God's gracious provision for...

Overview - We must examine every teacher. Test #1 - What does the person confess about Jesus?Test #2 - What does the audience reflect about the teaching?

Overview - Don't listen to your heart; reassure it with truth.1. When feeling condemned, appeal to and rest on our great God.2. When feeling confident, appeal to and rely on our abiding God.

Overview - Love for others is a characteristic of a genuine believer.1. Love is a command.2. Love is a fruit of eternal life. 3. Love is sacrificial. 4. Love is visible and genuine.

Overview - Genuine believers practice righteousness and do not live in patterns of sin. 1. We practice righteousness because of what sin is.2. We practice righteousness because of what Christ has done for us.3. We practice righteousness because of...