MHBC Sunday Sermons

In Nehemiah 8, when the people gathered to hear the Word, understanding, conviction, and obedience followed. True revival is marked by the public reading and explanation of Scripture and a response of worship and obedience.

Being diligent in the Word, as 2 Timothy 2:15 describes, means handling Scripture accurately so that we present ourselves approved to God as workmen who have no need to be ashamed. Diligence requires urgency, priority, and a heart motivated by the desire to please the Lord.

Grounded in the authority of the inspired Word, the Great Commission assigns the church a simple but glorious message: repentance for the forgiveness of sins in Jesus’ name. The gospel is an announcement of good news before it is instruction.

Returning to Luke 24, we are reminded that the Great Commission is one of the “big rocks” of the church’s life. Jesus teaches that the whole Old Testament, the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms, is about Him, and we see Him in the tabernacle, in the prophecy of His birth in Bethlehem, in Psalm 22, and in the staggering odds against anyone fulfilling such prophecies. Because it is all about Jesus, the church’s task is to exalt Him, and He must increase while we decrease.

In Luke 24:36–49, the risen Christ appears to His startled disciples, shows them His hands and feet, and gives the Great Commission. The resurrection is the foundation of our faith (1 Corinthians 15), a hope anchored in real history and in eyewitnesses who were jailed, beaten, and killed for it, and it gives us a reason to keep serving the Lord faithfully until He calls us home.

The Christian life is not complicated. The early church’s activities can be summarized under three simple categories: worship the Lord, evangelize the lost, and edify the saints. This series calls the church back to those foundational principles.

After Jacob’s death the brothers fear Joseph will finally take revenge. Joseph’s response reveals the cure for bitterness: “Am I in the place of God?” He chooses forgiveness rooted in confidence in God’s sovereignty.

Jacob blesses his sons, gives clear instructions concerning his burial, and dies in faith, looking to the promises of God. A life that ends well is one that finishes in trust.

Joseph carefully presents his family to Pharaoh and manages the famine crisis with wisdom and integrity. He remains a faithful steward even in a position of great power.

Jacob receives the news that Joseph is alive. After initial disbelief, he is revived and sets out for Egypt, trusting the God who has guided the entire story.