This is the sermon from Oak Ridge Baptist Church for Sunday October 20, 2024 for Philippians 2:5-11. Join us as we continue our sermon series on the book of Philippians. This week we are exploring how humility and obedience lead to Christian victory.

This is the sermon from Oak Ridge Baptist Church for Sunday October 13, 2024 for Philippians 1:27-2:4. Join us as we continue our sermon series on the book of Philippians. This week we are looking at what it means to be a citizen of God's Kingdom.

This is the sermon from Oak Ridge Baptist Church for Sunday October 6, 2024 for Philippians 1:12-30. Join us as we continue our sermon series on the book of Philippians. This week we are looking at Pauls secret to resilience.

This is the sermon from Oak Ridge Baptist Church for Sunday September 29, 2024 for Philippians 1:3-11. Join us as we continue our sermon series on the book of Philippians. This week we are exploring the joy of Christian community.

This is the sermon from Oak Ridge baptist Church for Sunday September 22, 2024 for Philippians 1:1-2. Join us as we begin a new sermon series on the book of Philippians. Joy is not the absence of struggle it is the presence of God.

This is the sermon from Oak Ridge baptist Church for Sunday September 1, 2024 for 1 Samuel 31:1-11. Saul is a tragic figure because he squanders his God given potential, he lives a life of self-centered rebellion and dies as a coward. Humans cannot control death; we are mortal and we will all die. What we can control is the legacy we leave. The harder we fight to preserve our life, our comfort our position, and more will sacrifice the things that really matter. We cannot choose if we die but we can choose how we die, we can choose the legacy leave behind.

Christians should live like there’s no tomorrow.

How to glorify a good God by loving an unbelieving spouse.

How to glorify a good God by submitting to a bad boss.

How to glorify a good God by submitting to a bad Government.

We are living stones and together we are building up Gods temple on earth.

God will forgive even the most heinous sins if people ask with a contrite heart.

Our times lie firmly in the hands of God, and we can trust that he will handle them well.

In his sin and brokenness David cried out to God and received mercy. He was saved from Gods wrath through the power of the Lords covenantal love. When God seems silent and distant, we can cry out to him with honest prayers and rest on his mercy. Christians can come to their loving father knowing he loves to answer his people's prayer.

Jesus wants the disciples to rely on God for victory over Sin. As Christians we have been forgiven, all our sins are washed away, and yet this victory does not mean we will not struggle to live our lives as God desires us to. The devil is still at large stealing killing and destroying. We must learn to turn to God and trust that he will give us victory over Satan and the evil inclinations of our own hearts.

Jesus told his disciples to be penitent and merciful because they are forgiven. This applies just as much to us today as it did to them.  We have been forgiven an unimaginably large debt and if God can forgive us we cannot hold others sins against them.  

God is not a disinterested watchmaker that wound up the world and let it go. He is a loving father who is intimately involved in everything that happens in his world. He is also a God that loves and cares for his people. Because of this truth Jesus wants his disciples to learn to live contentedly in the present relying on a good God to provide for their daily needs.

Prayer is an act of worship, and it should begin with adoration. In this passage from Christs sermon on the mount, Jesus continues his instruction on prayer.  Jesus wants his disciples to understand that Effective prayer begins with adoration, and this is true for us today. As Christians we should begin our prayers by reflecting on the holiness of God and the power of his coming kingdom.

Jesus wants his disciples to know that God covets humble and persistent prayer from his people. Prayer is not about worldly power or manipulation, magic incantations, or ritual it is about a constant desire to communicate with God.