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Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/18/24 Matthew 14:22-33 Trusting God Through the Storm . . In a sin cursed world, storms are inevitable. This was an overwhelming kind of storm, where the water was going up over their heads and it seemed like there was no hope. Everything that is overwhelming to us, Jesus can walk right on top of it and not have any problems.  Jesus didn’t take the storm away. It is not God’s plan to take away every storm in our life. There are times when He will make us get in a boat to go through a storm that we really don’t like. The key to making it through the storm is that we know and keep our eyes on the Savior who can walk on the water. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/18/24 John 6:35-48 God’s Election and Man’s Response . . No one will come to Jesus to be saved on their own - Psalm 14, Romans 3:23 Salvation is ultimately a work where God is choosing and not man. We do have to make a choice to respond to God’s call. Man’s response comes at the tail-end. God’s choice comes first.  We do not know who is elect and who is not. We are to share the Gospel with all. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/11/24 Genesis 12:3 Six Divine Decrees of God, Part 3 . . The Divine Law of Nations Divine Decree #3: I will bless those who bless the nation of Israel, and curse those who curse Israel.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 2/11/24 Isaiah 51:7-8, John 10:26-30, 1 Peter 1:3-5 Salvation: It Is Forever . . Once we are saved, there is no possibility of losing that.  We are not holding onto Jesus, He is holding onto us. Hebrews 6:1-9: The writer changes from talking about the basics of salvation to areas of obedience. 

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/28/24 Genesis 12:1-9 Six Divine Decrees of God, Part 1 . . God has a divine will and plan for His creation.  Anytime you deal with the mind of God, you have depths that are unexplorable. Four different categories of God’s will: God’s sovereign will God’s providential will God’s permissive will God’s conditional will Divine Decree #1: I will give Abraham and his descendants a land.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/28/24 Acts 20:20 Salvation: A Response of the Heart . . Man’s response to God’s salvation is in our hearts, not in our hands. Romans 10:5-10 All God is looking for is a heart of repentance.  Repentance is to have a change of mind; to turn from sin.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/21/24 Genesis 11 The Significance of the Tower of Babel . . This town was man trying to assert his will and compete with God. This was the same mentality that Satan had. Babel lives on today. It is man’s foolishness and pride in thinking he can compete with Almighty God. The result in fighting against God is defeat and confusion. Abram is a stark contrast to Nimrod: He was a man of faith He was a godly father He was a friend of God

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/14/24 Genesis 10 Three Nations from Noah . . Everyone today goes back to one of the three sons of Noah. Each one of these nation groups have interesting characteristics to them and are very significant.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/7/24 Genesis 10:1 The Importance of Time . . We only have a certain number of days on the earth, and it is important how we use them. Psalm 90 - “number our days”: make the most of. We need to give thought and energy and prayer to how God wants us to use our time. We need to trust God with our future time (James 4:13-16). We need to redeem our time for what is good, because the days are evil (Ecclesiastes 5:15-16).  We need to make our time count for the kingdom of God. As saved people, this needs to be our top priority.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/7/24 Matthew 16:24-27 The Rewards of Good Works . . True salvation produces works. In the end when everything is over, God is going to reward everyone for their good works. We can’t take credit for these works, because none of us would do them unless God had worked in our lives. The reward: a crown of righteousness (2 Timothy 4:6-8). This is a literal crown (Revelation 4). There are also robes of righteousness (Revelation 19:8). Living for Jesus is a daily fight against our sinful flesh, and renewing our minds in God’s truths.

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 12/31/23 Genesis 9:18-29 Life Lessons From Noah . . 1. The dangers of alcohol Drunkenness causes people to be irresponsible It ruins fathers and families 2. The dangers of indecency Both men and women need to dress modestly This is an important issue to God 3. Honor your father and your mother God takes seriously the fifth commandment  Our relationship with our earthly father parallels our relationship with our Heavenly Father

Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 12/31/23 Revelation 2, 3 I Know Your Works . . The first thing Jesus said to each of the seven churches was, “I know your works.”  Works show whether or not faith is sincere. Jesus is looking for works to come out of our salvation. We need to seek to be zealous to be doing everything we can for Jesus in this new year.