First Presbyterian Church of Lake Wales

Luke 1:5-25 A Promise Requiring Faith The Problem of Barrenness Zechariah and his wife, Elizabeth “were righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord,” (v. 6). They were righteous not because they walked blamelessly in God’s ways but because, like Abraham before them, they believed in the Lord andContinue reading →

Who We are: A People Loving Others with Christ’s Eternal Love Luke 10:25-37 We continue this week in our Who We Are sermon series, seeking to understand the Biblical basis for our vision here at FPC. We have previously considered our identity as a Christ-centered fellowship of believers from Hebrews 10:19-25, our devotion to trueContinue reading →

Who We are: A People with Christlike Servants’ Hearts (1 John 3:16-18) We continue this week in our Who We Are sermon series, seeking to understand the Biblical basis for our vision here at FPC. We have previously considered our identity as a Christ-centered fellowship of believers from Hebrews 10:19-25, our devotion to true worshipContinue reading →

Who We Are: A People Following Christ Together (Matthew 28:16-20) We continue this week in our Who We Are sermon series, seeking to understand the Biblical basis for our vision here at FPC. We have previously considered our identity as a Christ-centered fellowship of believers from Hebrews 10:19-25 and our devotion to true worship fromContinue reading →

Who We Are: A People Made For Heavenly Worship (Revelation 4:1-5:14) We looked last week at what it means for us, the people of First Presbyterian Church, to be a Christ-centered fellowship of believers from the perspective of Hebrews 10:19-25. This week we will consider more deeply our devotion to “true worship” seeking insight fromContinue reading →

Laborers into the Harvest Matthew 10:40-11:1 The Laborer’s Reward “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receiveContinue reading →

Laborers into the Harvest Matthew 10:34-39 Our Highest Loyalty “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.Continue reading →

Matthew 5:21-26 As we learned in last week’s sermon, Jesus did not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill them (v. 17). Jesus fulfilled the prophecies by being the One whom they foretold, He fulfilled the…Read more →

Matthew 5:17-20 This “Sermon on the Mount,” deals specifically with, as Dr. Sinclair Ferguson puts it, “Kingdom Life in a Fallen World.” After describing in detail the blessed nature of those in the Kingdom, Jesus now deals with the question…Read more →

Matthew 5:3-12 This sermon will serve as an introduction to the Sermon on the Mount Series and an overview on the Beatitudes. For a more detailed treatment of the Beatitudes you can go to the sermon archive HERE and listen…Read more →