In today's sermon from our study of Luke's Gospel, we'll be looking at a topic that may prove to be one of the most difficult teachings Jesus ever gave. It's the bold command from the Gospels to "love your enemy."

Pastor Joel will unpack this profound message, discuss its ramifications for Christians, and examine ways in which we can embody this call to action in our daily lives.

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First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

The quest for happiness has been an eternal pursuit for mankind. Throughout history, humans have yearned to find meaning and fulfillment. Whether through personal achievements, relationships, the praise of men, or countless other endeavors, people spend their lives seeking to uncover the elusive key to lasting happiness. In today's sermon, we continue our verse-by-verse study of Luke's Gospel as Pastor Joel looks at Jesus' teaching in the Beatitudes to uncover the key to lasting, unshakable happiness.

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcasts on most major podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically-driven, diverse, and evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel examines what Jesus teaches about the happy and blessed life versus what the world claims is the happy and blessed life but isn't.

You can find A Hope In Christ along with FBCO's other podcasts on most major podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at how we can find peace and joy even in our most difficult trials through Luke's account of Jesus calling His apostles and beginning to teach them the Beatitudes. 

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcasts on most major podcast providers. 

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at Jesus' interaction with the Pharisees to determine the error in their understanding and the example Jesus set for His followers regarding the Sabbath. 

You can find A Hope in Christ along with FBCO's other podcasts on most major podcast providers. 

First Baptist Church of Opelousa is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In this week’s sermon, Pastor Chad looks at the two paths presented to us in the book of Proverbs. The path of wisdom and folly. He looks at Proverbs 16:9 and how we can step confidently down the path of wisdom.

You can find A Hope in Christ along with FBCO's other podcasts on most major podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at Jesus' claim as Lord over His disciples in His Call to Matthew of "Follow Me."

On most major podcast providers, you can find A Hope in Christ, along with FBCO's other podcasts, From the Pastor's Heart and Theopod.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at Jesus' role as the sole authority to forgive sin through His interaction with the leper and paralytic in Luke 5.

On most major podcast providers, you can find A Hope in Christ, along with FBCO's other podcasts From the Pastor's Heart and Theopod.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a Biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at not only the Apostle Paul's exhortation for Christians to offer themselves as a living sacrifice to God but how that manifests itself in a Christian's life.

You can find A Hope in Christ and FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers. 

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a diverse, Biblically driven, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

In today's sermon, Pastor Joel looks at Jesus' teaching on the lake of Genessaret to show the permanent changes that come with a genuine encounter with the living God.

You can find A Hope in Christ along with FBCO's other podcast, From The Pastor's Heart, on most major podcast providers.

First Baptist Church of Opelousas is a biblically driven, diverse, evangelistic family of believers seeking to glorify God by calling Acadiana to the hope found only in Jesus Christ.