First General Baptist

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 13:44-46

The temporal and the eternal

*Open Hands

Psalm 24:1

*Does it really matter that much?

*All of us will meet Jesus soon.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Guigo I, "It is a mistake to love things that will inevitably decay, and to be annoyed when they do."

C.S. Lewis, "A man should never give all his heart to anything which will end when this life ends."

Message: Father’s Day--Roles

Text: Hebrews 11:23-27 (NKJV & NLT)

Matthew 8:8-9

“You can’t lead them if you need them.”

“You can’t lead them forward if you are content to stay where they are.”

“A person who has not fire in his heart cannot warm others.”

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 13:31-33

Mustard Seeds and Yeast

Jesus came so that lost people could be saved.

Edward Teller, "When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen; either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly."

Robert J. Morgan, "The same God who led you in will lead you out."

Miguel de Unamuno, "Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe only in the God idea, not God Himself."

Message: Communion

Text: Mark 14:17-31

I choose Jesus…Again!

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Run, devil Run

*Tares are types of weeds that look like wheat. The devil has planted evil people who look and act like Godly people.

*Notice that at the end of days, the tares are taken out first, then the wheat. The evil people are taken out first, then the Godly.

*The enemy is a trespasser…he does not own the field and has no right to be there.

Abraham Kuyper, "There is not one square inch of the entire creation about which Jesus Christ does not cry out, "This is mine! This belongs to me!"

Jesus owns the field and the seed:

Psalm 24:1

Ezekiel 34:31 (NLT)

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Romans 14:8

Merge 2025-Undivided

Message: Mother’s Day—Take Notice

Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Salvation is free. Discipleship is expensive and may cost you everything.

God has not given…God has given…

I want to make a serious difference.

I want to train my family to make a serious difference.

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 13:1-8, 18-23

Soil

Wayside, hard path-Naïve

Stony places-Emotional

Thorns-Busy

Recognize it

Confess it

Ask Jesus to help you

Message: The Gospel According to Matthew

Text: Matthew 13:1-17

Seeing, Hearing, Understanding

The journey out of yourself

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.”

2 Kings 6

*Elisha was not impatient with his friend who could not see what Elisha saw.

*Elisha did not try to teach his friend how to see angels.

*Elisha prayed for his friend. Only God can open spiritual eyes.

Philippians 3:8, 10