Zion Primitive Baptist Church

by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 27, 2025)

As we learned in the last sermon, the “all things” referenced in Romans 8:28 is not talking about “all things without exception.” Clearly, there are many things working against us and against God. But there ARE some things that are working in our favor; what are these things? Today we begin looking at the things that are working for us, which are primarily the five things pertaining to our eternal salvation: foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 20, 2025)

As we began to see yesterday, the world’s interpretation of Romans 8:28 is clearly wrong. “All things” does NOT mean “all things without exception”! Not only does a contextual analysis of the verse require a different interpretation, but also we began to see that there are MANY things in our lives that work AGAINST us, not FOR us! Indeed, God Himself is not “working together with” Satan or sin, but rather is against them. Join us today as we continue analyzing the text of this verse, and ultimately reach the conclusion that while many things are working against us in this life, the glorious things that God has done for us in eternal redemption always work for us!

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on July 20, 2025)

In our study on the Book of Romans, we have come to one of the most misinterpreted and misapplied verses in Scripture. In Romans 8:28, we read that “all things work together for good” for God’s people. Does this mean “all things without exception?” Is God indeed orchestrating everything behind the scenes, creating and causing sin and sinful behavior in order to somehow work good in our lives? The answer is a resounding “no.” In the sermon today, we begin to look at the contextual meaning of this verse. We will also begin to learn that there are many things that are NOT working together for our good! And ultimately, we will see that the true message of this verse is much more comforting and glorious than the false interpretations of the world!

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by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on July 13, 2025)

As we began to see yesterday, marriage is an institution created by God for the purpose of reflecting the relationship between Christ and His Bride, the Church. Join us today as Elder John Morgan Owens continues to teach us from the Bible about marriage, and how we are to view it as we struggle to serve God here in this world.

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by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on July 13, 2025)

There is perhaps no other institution on earth that is more under assault today than marriage. In these messages, Elder John Morgan Owens teaches us about marriage from a biblical perspective, and reminds us that it is this institution above all institutions that should reflect the union between Christ and His church.

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by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached on July 13, 2025)

There are many verses that are misunderstood in the modern religious world. In today’s sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy takes us through three of these verses, and “rightly divides” them so that we get a clear view of what they mean and how they apply.

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by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on June 29, 2025)

There are many examples in Scripture of people who came seeking Jesus. Elder John Morgan Owens has been taking us through some of these examples, showing us how people came to Jesus when He was here on this earth. Join us today for the conclusion of this sermon about seeking Jesus.

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by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on June 29, 2025)

In the Gospel of John, we read about some Greek disciples who came seeking Jesus. The goal of their journey was not to find knowledge, or even truth, but to find the One Who is THE Truth! Join us as Elder John Morgan Owens preaches to us about some people in Scripture who came seeking Jesus.

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by Elder John Morgan Owens (preached on May 11, 2025)

In Matthew 11:28, Jesus tells all who labor and are heavy-laden to come to HIM for rest. Don’t we need rest in this troubled world? In this encouraging sermon, Elder John Morgan Owens reminds us that we can find rest in this stress-filled world only by coming to Jesus and resting in His love and care.

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by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on June 8, 2025)

As we began to learn yesterday, the worship of God should focus upon simplicity. When we got to church on this particular Sunday morning, the electricity was off and we had no power. But that did NOT affect us, because as Primitive Baptists we don’t need manmade power for our worship services – all we need is the divine power of the Holy Spirit! We have a simple form of worship, preaching a simple message that Jesus saved His people from their sins. And praise His name, our eschatology teaches that He is simply coming back to get us one day! Join us today as we continue to focus on the simplicity that is in Christ.

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