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In this episode Gideon takes an expositional look at Habakkuk 2:4

A sermon from the Habakkuk, examining the two key contrasts 1. The Boastful unrighteous (v.4a)  "But" indicates - The Chasm Contrast (v.4a) between them and  2. The Believing righteous (v.4b) Marked by a unique  Culture of the righteous (v.4b)

Expository Sermon series from Florida Baptist Church South Africa.

An Expository sermon preached at the REAP Conference 2022 There are many who start so well in their walk of faith but yet they do not finish so well.

A New Year sermon series from Florida Baptist Church

As we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is easier to become so dull and indifferent and even be  caught up with a worldly notion of what this season is about.  We can as well fall into the trap of misunderstanding the essence of it.  Take time and listen as Pastor Frank Expounds from the Word of God looking at Mary's Magnificat and the timeless  truths entrenched in this song and how its implications must birth in us a Joyful and Jubilant response..

In the midst of false teaching, trials and tribulations of this world, what will make us stand firm?  Listen to this sermon preached on the 4th December 2022

Paul gives a charge to Parents in this passage (Ephesians 6:1-4) and there are two commands one in negative then another in positive. First the negative command and then the positive. The negative was necessary because in the ancient culture of both Gentile and Jewish households, the father often ruled the family in a rigid and domineering manner, with little concern for the desires and welfare of the wife and children. The gospel changed these Gentile fathers, and Paul reminds them of their new way of living now possible because of the filling and empowerment by the Holy Spirit. They are to throw off the filthy garments of the old man they used to be in Adam and put on the new garments of righteousness they now are in Christ.

Ephesians 5 Sermon Series

The third in the Ephesians 5 Sermon Series on the Marks of a Spirit Filled Husband.  God is the author of Human relationships. He has established laws in relationships that have not changed with the passing of time. To violet God-ordained relationship principles in the family is to invite disaster. Jesus is the Lord of all believers whether they are at Church or at work. The Kingdom of God is, in fact, the rule of God in every area of life, including the church, the home, workplace, and neighborhood. To ignore these truths when entering any sphere is to do so at one’s demise. Africa must also nurture and defend the biblical idea of family. Biblically speaking, marriage is a permanent and exclusive union of one man and one woman. On this foundation, tough though it is to maintain, strong families and nations can be raised. Of course it cannot be sustained without a spirituality that mandates love above lust, submission as the secret of greatness, meekness as the source of glory, and service as the path to power. But how is it faring in the community that has the greatest reason to uphold it? The Bible commands the church, after all: “Let marriage be held in honor among all” (Heb. 13:4); and the gospel depends on such: “This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it [marriage] refers to Christ and the church” (Eph. 5:32). How is the church doing with respect to marriage?[1] Redeeming of Headship and Submission When sin entered the world, it ruined the harmony of marriage (see Genesis 1–3). Not because it brought headship and submission into existence, but because it twisted man’s humble, loving headship into hostile domination in some men, and into lazy indifference in others. And it twisted woman’s intelligent, willing submission into manipulative obsequiousness in some women, and into brazen insubordination in others. Sin didn’t create headship and submission; it distorted them and inclined them toward being ugly and destructive. Now if this is true, then the redemption we anticipate with the coming of Christ is not the dismantling of the original, created order of loving headship and willing submission, but a recovery of it from the ravages of sin. And that’s just what we find in Ephesians 5:21–33. [1] Collin Smothers - https://cbmw.org/2020/07/30/marriage-in-rapid-decline-even-among-evangelicals/ https://fb.watch/gfpYI3lvWa/

The Spirit Filled Husband has one divine duty - to Love His Wife...

Ephesians 5 Expository sermon series by Gideon Macgovern Mpeni, senior Pastor of Florida Baptist Church in Roodepoort, Johannesburg South Africa

Coming to the end of the Ephesians 5:22-24 sermon series we come to affirm as it is stated in the Danvers statement that distinctions in masculine and feminine roles are ordained by God as part of the created order, and should find an echo in every human heart (Gen 2:18, 21-24; 1 Cor 11:7-9; 1Tim 2:12-14). We there echo as a body of believers that; 1. Both Adam and Eve were created in God's image, equal before God as persons and distinct in their manhood and womanhood (Gen 1:26-27, 2:18) Therefore , WE AFFIRM that God has designed marriage to be a covenantal, sexual, procreative, lifelong union of one man and one woman, as husband and wife, and is meant to signify the covenant love between Christ and his bride the church. WE DENY that God has designed marriage to be a homosexual, polygamous, or polyamorous relationship. We also deny that marriage is a mere human contract rather than a covenant made before God. And to that end, WE AFFIRM that God’s revealed will for all people is chastity outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage. WE DENY that any affections, desires, or commitments ever justify sexual intercourse before or outside marriage; nor do they justify any form of sexual immorality. We submit to the testament of the Word of God that the Fall introduced distortions into the relationships between men and women (Gen 3:1-7, 12, 16). o In the home, the husband's loving, humble headship tends to be replaced by domination or passivity; the wife's intelligent, willing submission tends to be replaced by usurpation or servility. o In the church, sin inclines men toward a worldly love of power or an abdication of spiritual responsibility, and inclines women to resist limitations on their roles or to neglect the use of their gifts in appropriate ministries. This we state while maintaining that distinctions in masculine and feminine roles are ordained by God as part of the created order, and should find an echo in every human heart (Gen 2:18, 21-24; 1 Cor 11:7-9; 1 Tim 2:12-14). We Give Praise to God for His Sovereign Grace that we know that redemption in Christ aims at removing the distortions introduced by the curse. o In the family, husbands should forsake harsh or selfish leadership and grow in love and care for their wives; wives should forsake resistance to their husbands' authority and grow in willing, joyful submission to their husbands' leadership (Eph 5:21-33; Col 3:18-19; Tit 2:3-5; 1 Pet 3:1-7). o In the church, redemption in Christ gives men and women an equal share in the blessings of salvation; nevertheless, some governing and teaching roles within the church are restricted to men (Gal 3:28; 1 Cor 11:2-16; 1 Tim 2:11-15). Therefore it's not true, as some feminists charge, that Christianity is anti-female and horribly oppressive to women. In fact, nothing has elevated the status and value of women as biblical Christianity.

The Need for a Spirit filled Marriage is crucial and essential before the watching World. And if any marriage is to survive and stand against the wisdom, the schemes and the tactics of Satan, it must be a union that finds its strength, sanity, dignity, delight and devotion in God, the Father, Son and the Spirit – who designed this union - discharged its duties and declared it – “It is very Good!” But let us sit back – Look at the tapestry – the once beautiful picture frame Moments captured and memories shared in      all laughter and happiness A Place where love and humility were      paraded in melodies of Christmas Carols and harmonies of the Psalms,      Songs, Hymns and Spiritual songs (5:19) A place where the virtues of wisdom were      on great display – with wives dressed in virtues of the Proverbs 31 women      – and men who feared God like the Psalm 128 man – where both in unison      walked in the Awe of God and declared – Unless the Lord builds the house      they labour in vain those who build it (Psalm 127) All that Shattered as by Satan – Sin and      the World! No one needs to prove to us that we may be watching the death of the germ cell of civilization, the family. All the signs are abundantly clear all around us. We could drag out all kinds of statistics to indicate the dire situation of the families in our culture. We are all constantly looking at the parade in the media of divorce, sexual rebellion, abortion, sterilization, delinquency, infidelity, homosexuality, women’s liberation, children’s rights, and so on. That has been continually paraded for us for the last 10 or 20 years. We are watching the formation of the rope that strangles the family to death. And many, frankly, are gladly carving out the tombstone      for the family, and really, doing it happily. Many      have join the tag of war pulling the either side – wanting to win the      fight for their personal rights – Wives The Outcry and the onslaughts are not new, for the enemy is using the same modus Oparadi – Attack the family – disturb every element of life. More bizarre experimentation and wide spread perversion.” A frankly frightening picture and we are watching it being painted right before our very eyes. There is no question about the fact that the family is under a major assault that people want to redefine family in absolutely any terms they want. There is no question that we are watching a generation of young people rising up who have no socialization skills and no moral sense at all. There is chaos. There is murder, there is      crime at a rampant level. There is even pleasure in shooting people      incidental to you, just for the sheer thrill of killing. THE WORLD IS IN A DILEMA Sociologists, psychologists, analysts and so called marriage and family experts, psychiatrists and all the rest are scrambling all over the place to try to come up with some kind of solution, and they have been doing that now for a couple of decades with absolutely no impact on the slide. Nothing that they are doing seems to slow down the process of the disintegration of human relationships at the very core of life which is the family. You can tamper with society in a lot of places, but if you destroy the family, you destroy society. The first member who was and continues to be under attack is the woman, we must understand her mission as ordained by God

An Expository sermon from the Gospel of Matthew