First Importance

First Importance

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First Importance episodes

  • "The Blessedness of Forgiveness" - Psalm 32 (September 29, 2021)

    Dr. Jimmy Millikin is our guest on this Wednesday evening service. In this message from Psalm 32, Dr. Millikin points out:

    1.  The Joy of Forgiveness - vv. 1 - 2

    2.  The Grief of Unconfessed Sin - vv. 3 - 4

    3.  The Need for Confession - v. 5

    4.  An Exhortation - v. 6

    5.  Confidence of Acceptance - v. 7

    6.  An Admonition - vv. 8 - 9

    7.  A Warning, a Promise, and a Final Exhortation - v. 10

    31 min
  • "Rivers of Living Water"- John 7:37-39 (September 26, 2021)

    In Exodus 17, Moses is commanded to strike the rock and water gushes out as God provides this need for the children of Israel. Pastor Josh Hall continues his sermon series in the Gospel of John with this message from John 7:37-39 where Jesus says "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink." Four questions emerge from this text:

    1.  Are You Thirsty? - v. 37

         "If anyone thirsts..."

    2.  Are you Coming to Jesus? - v. 37

         "...let him come to me..."

    3.  Are You Drinking - v. 37

         "...and drink."

    4.  Are you Flowing? - v. 38

        "Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

    33 min
  • "One Last Supper" - Matthew 26:26-30 (September 19, 2021)

    Stepping away from our series in the Gospel of John, Pastor Josh Hall prepares the church for the Ordinance of the Lord's Supper with this message from Matthew 26:26-30. In this passage, we see:

    1.  Christ in the Bread - v. 26

         1) He took the bread

         2) He blessed and broke the bread

         3) He gave the bread

    2.  Christ in the Cup - vv. 27 - 28

         1) He took the cup

         2) He gave thanks for the cup

         3) He served the cup

    36 min
  • "Setting the Stage for Revival" - Dr. Lee Brand (September 12, 2021, 10:45 am)

    Dr. Lee Brand, Vice-President of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, was our guest for our ONE DAY Event this year. This message is from our 10:45 am worship service and is from II Kings 22. Dr. Brand identifies 4 principles:

    1.  Refocus on the Things of God - 1 - 7

    2.  Rediscover the Word of God - 8 - 10

    3.  Repent Before God - 11 - 13

    4.  Recommit to To Obeying God's Word - 23:1 - 3

    51 min
  • "Revival" Dr. Lee Brand (September 12, 2021, 8:30 am)

    Dr. Lee Brand, Vice-President of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, was our guest for our ONE DAY Event this year. This message is from our 8:30 am worship service and is from II Chronicles 7:12-18.

    1.  Practices that Lead to Revival

         1) Put yourself in your proper place

         2) Put prayer in a preeminent place

         3) Pursue Him as a passionate practice

         4) Part with your perverted practices

    2.  Promises that Accompany Revival

         1) You'll be heard by the Master

         2) You'll be healed of your misery

         3) He'll heal your land

    41 min
  • "The Wrath of God" (September 8. 2021)

    Pastor Josh Hall continues this Wednesday evening study on THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD based on a curriculum from Dr. Steven J. Lawson. This episode examines "The Wrath of God."

    1.  The Need for God's Wrath

         1) An expression of His holiness

         2) God cannot be neutral toward sin

    2.  The Nature of God's Wrath

         1) It is abiding wrath

         2) It is catastrophic wrath

         3) It is consequential wrath

         4) It is abandoning wrath

         5) It is eschatological wrath

         6) It is eternal wrath

         7) It is redemptive wrath

    39 min
  • "The Unlearned Jesus" John 7:1-24 (September 5, 2021)

    The setting is the Feast of Booths (Festival of Shelters or Tabernacles) and Jesus' brothers try to convince Him to go to Jerusalem for the occasion. Jesus' response: "My time has not yet arrived..." (John 7:6). Pastor Josh Hall continues our BELIEVE series as he examines "The Unlearned Jesus" in John 7:1-24.

    In this passage, we see:

    1.  His Perfect Timing - 1 - 10

    2.  His Perfect Teaching - 11 - 24

    41 min
  • "The Foreknowledge of God" (September 1, 2021)

    Pastor Josh Hall continues this Wednesday evening study on THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD based on a curriculum from Dr. Steven J. Lawson. This episode examines "The Foreknowledge of God." 

    1.  Correcting Misunderstandings of Foreknowledge

    2.  The Biblical Meaning of Foreknowledge

    40 min

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