First Baptist Church Ferguson

#GraceOfGod

“What about our salvation? I I seem to remember reading that the payment for my sin is death. And if you know Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, he paid the debt on the cross with his own blood. And then the grace is that we receive not just freedom from death, but we receive eternal life. Man, so anything he asks of me, how am I gonna compare it? I'm just gonna say yes.”

#FaithfulLegacy

“You know what? If at the end of your life, thinking about some of these people that Paul's mentioned, if at the end of your life they just said something like, loved in the lord. If they just said something like, worker for god, if they just said something like, dear friend, if they said tried and true, would that be enough? That would be nice ways to be, wonderful ways to be remembered.”

#FaithMovesMountains

“In a world full of despair and sorrow, joy and peace are the lever that can move the world. That's a movement that we hope in and is the overflow of God's grace through the body of Christ, the believers within these walls. But the fulcrum that makes it possible is our faith and trust believing in Christ. Faith is the fulcrum between blessing and purpose.”

#GiveGodTheGlory

“we did not accomplish all these things in our flesh, but only through Christ, and God gets all the praise and credit for it. Listen, when we don't give glory, when we don't give glory to God in all things, we begin to lose the leading of the spirit because we're getting getting prideful. And pride takes center stage when we take all credit. Taking credit for God's work is dangerous because it replaces God's honor and power with our own. It undermines the gospel, and the Bible is clear that all credit, praise, and glory belong to god and god alone.”

#HopeInJesus

“Because my hope is not on my street. My hope is not on Wall Street. My hope is not in the halls of congress. My hope is not on Pennsylvania Avenue, somebody. My hope is not in the goodness of people. My hope is not in the goodness of this church. My hope is not even in my wonderful wife and my beautiful family. My hope is in Jesus Christ. in his word. It's in god the father. It's in the power of the holy spirit. It's living in me guaranteeing that more is coming.”

#FreeToFollowChrist

“Jesus died to free you from sin's debt and free you from bondage to the law. Jesus died to free us from something and free us to something. He didn't set us free and then say, alright, do whatever you want, whatever feels good. No, he makes us free to complete his plan for us as he transforms us into his image, which he will reward us with one day.”

#LoveGod

“Love is saying, will defer my selfish desires because I love you more. I won't steal. I won't kill. I won't covet. I won't destroy. I won't use what isn't mine. Not because somebody says so, not because somebody says it's against the law, but because I love with the same passion that I love myself. Because I love and fear Christ.”

“The things God has given you, he's given them to you, not because you deserved them. And so if you let me give you something to write down in your notes there. I didn't put it in your notes, but let me give you a couple things to write down about the aptitude. One is that gifts are given for the purpose of being used. Can I say it this way? Jesus doesn't give knickknacks. know what a knickknack is. Right? You know, it's a little thing you put in a little shelf that looks cute. You know, some of you go to different places and you pick up a knickknack at each one of those where you've been. Listen, those are fine, but Jesus doesn't give knickknacks. He gives gifts for the purpose of using them. He doesn't give useless gifts. He gives aptitudes so that we will use them.”