Faith Baptist Church of Higginsville, Missouri Podcast episodes:

• June 12, 2022Worship Service 06/12/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

  Text: Acts 19:11-22
  

  Thesis: God works powerfully in churches who minister in Jesus’s name
  

  Notes:
  

  The miracles performed in Acts were meant to confirm the message of the gospel–not an end in themselves.
  

  There will always be unscrupulous unbelievers who desire to piggyback onto the gospel in order to feed their own appetites.
  

  
  

  * Real ministry focuses on the Word of God, not the sensational
  

  * Real ministry exalts Christ, not men or ministries
  

  * Real ministry relies on God’s power, not manipulation
  

  * Real ministry attracts frauds
  

  * Real ministry changes lives
  

  * Real ministry defeats Satan
  

  
  

   
  

  Real ministry exalts Christ, not men or ministries
  

  
  

  * 1 Corinthians 3:4
  

  * Teaching that shifts focus from Christ to a person or ministry leads to cults and spiritual abuse
  

  * Pastors have no right or authority to demand obedience to anything unscriptural
  

  * People are often drawn to the unusual or spectacular as opposed to the ordinary means of grace because they are so “ordinary”
  

  
  

  * The word of God
  

  * Meditating on the Word
  

  * Prayer
  

  * All things available to every ordinary believer
  

  
  

  
  

  * Why don’t we avail ourselves of these?
  

  
  

  * We don’t really want to change
  

  * We don’t expect God to work
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

   
  

  Live It Out!
  

  
  

  * Make much of Christ
  

  * Focus on knowing Christ through the ordinary means of grace
  

  * Focus on living and proclaiming Christ faithfully and fully
  

  
  

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• June 05, 2022Worship Service 06/05/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

  Text: Acts 19:11-22
  

  Theme: God demonstrates His power over the physical and spiritual worlds
  

  to honor His Son and draw people to follow Him
  

  Notes:
  

  God works powerfully in churches who minister in Jesus’ name.
  

  
  

  * Real ministry focuses on the Word of God and not the sensational
  

  * Real ministry exalts Christ, not men or ministries
  

  * Real ministry relies on God’s power not manipulation or ingenuity
  

  * Real ministry attracts frauds
  

  * Real ministry changes lives
  

  * Real ministry defeats Satan
  

  
  

   
  

  Real ministry focuses on the Word of God and not the sensational
  

  God empowers people who give the right picture of Christ
  

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• May 29, 2022Worship Service 05/29/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

  Text: Luke 19:1-10
  

  Theme:
  

  Notes:
  

  Summary of the book of Luke seen in 19:10, “…to seek and save that which is lost”
  

  Main thrust of the gospels is seen not in a history of Christ, but in the mission of Christ
  

  Luke was the only Gentile author of Scripture
  

  A running theme in Luke is Christ’s care for those normally ignored or rejected by the larger culture:
  

  women, tax collectors, children, prostitutes.
  

  Luke frequently refers to Christ as “Son of Man”
  

  Zacchaeus–his name means “innocent, pure, righteous”,
  

  yet he became a chief tax collector, and was “very rich”
  

  The Jews hated the Romans–an occupying force–and they especially hated the taxes levied by them
  

  If riches brought lasting peace why would Zacchaeus care about seeing Christ?
  

  Christ knew why He was here–He knew His mission
  

  Do we know why we are here–do we know our mission?
  

  Why did Christ not take us to Him right at salvation?
  

  Why did He leave us here, and what does He want us to do?
  

  Like Christ, we must prioritize Christ’s mission, so that we will make the time to see people and their needs.
  

  Entering into another’s pain is not easy–which is probably why we often don’t do it.
  

  In order to do this we will have to love them more than we love ourselves.
  

  Despising the poor is wicked theology.
  

  “The most selfish thing we can do is to be content to go to Heaven alone.”
  

  Real love and real grace are shocking
  

  Don’t let things–even necessary things, even good things–take you from the most important thing
  

  Christ showed grace to bring hope to a man who was a despised sinner
  

  It is evident that the Holy Spirit was already working in Zacchaeus’s life, and his word display his new faith
  

  Abraham is commended primarily for his faith
  

  Genuine salvation necessitates genuine change
  

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• May 22, 2022Worship Service 05/22/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

  Text: Acts 19:1-10
  

  Theme:  Four lessons we can imitate from Paul’s evangelism strategy
  

  Notes:
  

  
  

  * Urgency
  

  * Variety
  

  * Strategy
  

  * Tenacity
  

  
  

   
  

  Paul used what he could to connect to different audiences:
  

  
  

  * He quoted Old Testament to reach the Jews
  

  * He quoted Greek poets to connect to Gentiles
  

  
  

   
  

  Strategy
  

  
  

  * Be strategic with people
  

  
  

  * Engage
  

  * Evangelize
  

  * Establish
  

  * Equip
  

  
  

  
  

  * Be strategic with placement
  

  * Be strategic with partnerships
  

  * Be strategic with priorities
  

  * Be strategic with prayer
  

  * Be strategic with persuasion
  

  
  

   
  

  Tenacity = patience + persistence
  

   
  

  Live It Out!
  

  
  

  * Learn the gospel so well you can communicate well
  

  * Pray the Holy Spirit will help you grow in love for God and others
  

  * Ask the Holy Spirit to help you effectively communicate the gospel
  

  
  

   
  

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• May 15, 2022Worship Service 05/15/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

  Text: Acts 19:1-10
  

  Thesis: There are four lessons we can learn from Paul’s evangelism strategy
  

  Notes:
  

  
  

  * We need urgency
  

  
  

  * There is a merciful God who wants to redeem people from their sin
  

  
  

  
  

  * We need variety
  

  
  

  * Paul met with radically different groups
  

  
  

  * Disciples of John
  

  * Synagogue
  

  * School of Tyrannus
  

  
  

  
  

  * This requires:
  

  
  

  * spiritual sensitivity
  

  * contextual sensitivity
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

   
  

   
  

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• May 08, 2022Worship Service 05/01/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

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• April 29, 2022Worship Service 04/24/2022

  Preacher: Caleb Ogle
  

   
  

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• April 17, 2022Worship Service 04/17/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

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• April 10, 2022Worship Service 04/10/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

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• April 03, 2022Worship Service 04/03/2022

  Preacher: Jeremy Herbert
  

  Text: Acts 18:24-28
  

  Thesis:
  

  The church needs growing pastors,
  

  working together with gracious people,
  

  filled with gospel power,
  

  to accomplish God’s mission.
  

  Notes:
  

  Q: What is the baptism of John?
  

  A: see Malachi 4:5-6, Isaiah 40:3 (OT); see also Luke 1:17, Matthew 3:1-3 (NT)
  

  mikvah–baptism for Gentile converts to Judaism
  

  John’s baptism was similar–except it was a sign of repentance for Jews
  

  
  

  * A growing pastor works hard to know and communicate God’s word
  

  
  

  * Acts 18:24, “…Apollos…was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures”
  

  
  

  * Competent in understanding
  

  
  

  * 2 Tim 2:15, “…Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved….”
  

  
  

  * a godly pastor preaches for God’s approval
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * Capable in communication
  

  
  

  * “…rightly handling the word of truth.”
  

  
  

  * It’s not hard to find something to say about a passage of Scripture
  

  * What is more difficult is to understand and communicate what God is saying
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * Compelling in application
  

  
  

  * 1 Tim 2:14, “Remind them of these things, and charge them before God….”
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * A growing pastor strives to teach accurately
  

  
  

  * Acts 18:25, “..he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only lthe baptism of John.”
  

  * Three questions to answer when studying a passage to preach:
  

  
  

  * What does it say?
  

  * What does it mean?
  

  * Why does it matter?
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * A growing pastor boldly preaches the gospel
  

  
  

  * Acts 18:26, “He began to speak boldly in the synagogue….”
  

  
  

  * The Bible doesn’t address every single topic
  

  * But what it does speak of it does so authoritatively
  

  * Courageous in delivery
  

  
  

  * Titus 2:15-16, “Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority.
  

  Let no one disregard you.”
  

  * 1 Tim 1:1-7, “…charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine….”
  

  * Acts 18:27-28, “he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
  

  28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus”
  

  * refute–to defeat false arguments with truth–not with ad hominem attacks
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * A growing pastor is passionate about discipling people
  

  
  

  * Discipleship is not informational, it is transformational
  

  
  

  * Rom 12, “fervent in spirit”
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * A growing pastor is humble and teachable
  

  
  

  * Acts 18:26, “…but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him nthe way of God more accurately.”
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  * A growing pastor is Christ-centered, gospel-saturated, and Spirit-filled
  

  
  

  * Acts 18:27, “he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,”
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

   
  

  Live It Out!
  

  
  

  * You may know the Scripture, make moral choices, and serve in the church–and yet not be a genuine believer in Jesus Christ–
  

  * Get this settled
  

  
  

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