Back To The Old Paths

Assistant Pastor Keith Voyles, of the Pleasant View Baptist Church, McQuady, KY, preaches on Sunday evening, December 3, 2023.
Mark 15:15-31 KJB: 15   And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16   And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
17   And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
18   And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
19   And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him.
20   And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.
21   And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
22   And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
23   And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not.
24   And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
25   And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26   And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27   And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left.
28   And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
29   And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
30   Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
31   Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

Pastor Buster Mullins, of the Little Rock Baptist Church, Glade Spring, VA, preaches on Sunday evening, October 27, 2024.
Acts 17 KJB: 1   Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2   And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3   Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4   And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5   But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6   And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7   Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8   And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9   And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10   And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11   These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12   Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13   But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14   And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15   And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16   Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17   Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18   Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19   And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20   For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21   (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22   Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23   For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24   God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25   Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26   And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27   That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28   For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29   Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30   And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31   Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32   And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33   So Paul departed from among them.
34   Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

Pastor Buster Mullins, of the Little Rock Baptist Church, Glade Spring, VA, preaches on Sunday morning, October 27, 2024.
Acts 17 KJB: 1   Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
2   And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
3   Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
4   And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
5   But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
6   And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
7   Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
8   And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things.
9   And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10   And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11   These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
12   Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13   But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people.
14   And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
15   And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
16   Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17   Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
18   Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
19   And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
20   For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
21   (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
22   Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious.
23   For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
24   God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25   Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26   And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27   That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28   For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29   Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30   And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31   Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
32   And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
33   So Paul departed from among them.
34   Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

The late Evangelist Maze Jackson, formerly of Atlanta, GA, preaches (near as I can tell) on the last Thursday night of the 1959 Carolina Baptist Camp Meeting, held under a tent in Asheboro, NC.
Luke 16:19-31 KJB: 19   There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20   And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
21   And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
22   And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
23   And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24   And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
25   But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
26   And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27   Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28   For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29   Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30   And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
31   And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

The late Evangelist Billy Mitchell, formerly of Jamestown, TN, preaches during a Revival Meeting, some years ago.
Numbers 21:1-4 KJB: 1   And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
2   And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3   And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4   And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

Here's a classic and needed message, from Pastor James Knox, of the Bible Baptist Church and The Preaching Of The Cross Radio Broadcast, of Deland, FL.  Please look past the digital noise and volume issues in this file.  I didn't originate this transfer and did what I could to clean it up.
John 3:16 KJB: 16   For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Here's a classic and needed message, from Pastor James Knox, of the Bible Baptist Church, Deland, FL and The Preaching Of The Cross Radio Broadcast.  Please forgive the overmodulation in this file.  I didn't originate the transfer, but did what I could to clean it up.
Proverbs 30:5-6 KJB: 5   Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6   Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Brother Rick Proffitt, Pastor of the Bethel Independent Baptist Church, Glasgow, KY, preaches during a Revival Meeting back in 2013, at the Trinity Free Will Baptist Church, Erwin, TN.
Ephesians 5:25-32 KJB: 25   Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26   That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27   That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28   So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29   For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30   For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31   For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32   This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Brother Rick Proffitt, Pastor of the Bethel Independent Baptist Church, Glasgow, KY, preaches during a Revival Meeting back in 2013, at the Trinity Free Will Baptist Church, Erwin, TN.
Matthew 5:1-9,20-22 KJB: 1   And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2   And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3   Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4   Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5   Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6   Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7   Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8   Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9   Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
20   For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
21   Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
22   But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Brother Rick Proffitt, Pastor of the Bethel Independent Baptist Church, Glasgow, KY, preaches during a Revival Meeting back in 2013, at the Trinity Free Will Baptist Church, Erwin, TN.
2 Samuel 19:9-15 KJB: 9   And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
10   And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
11   And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
12   Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
13   And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
14   And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
15   So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.