Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Sermon Podcast Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Sermon Podcast

God has instilled inside the heart of his children an expectant looking towards the second coming of Jesus Christ. While we might get busy and not be in tune with that, there is a hope inside of every child of God that expectantly desires and looks forward to Christ’s return. Living in expectation of Christ’s return also has a sanctifying and purifying effect in our lives to make us live more godly in service to Christ.

Jesus Christ is the good Shepherd and guides his sheep into the good pasture of the abundant life. The way we lay hold on the abundant life is by following the pattern of the good Shepherd and laying down our life for the sheep. The greatest abundant life is not indulging our own convenience, but in giving our life for the benefit of others, the sheep of the Lord.

In a summary message on how we can conquer fear, we consider what should be our first response when fear creeps in, which is to pray unto Jesus Christ. When we are overwhelmed and consumed with the fears of this world, let’s cast our cares upon Christ and take up his easy yoke and light burden and the peace of God which passes all understanding will guard our minds from fear.

Jesus Christ chose to heal a blind man who had been blind from birth in John 9. We see the beautiful example of the testimony of this man – I once was blind, but now I see. We all have a testimony similar to this man – this is who I was, this is who I am, and the only difference is Jesus Christ who changed my life. Let’s be bold to share that testimony of Christ’s change in our lives in healing us from our blindness.

Even when we walk by faith, there are always seeds of doubt that remain in our minds. The real challenge is what do we do with that doubt? If doubt is allowed to grow, doubt will create fear, and fear will diminish our faith, leading to little faith or maybe even no faith in our walk of discipleship. What is the remedy for fear? To simply trust God, believe God’s word and his promises, and to walk by faith.

Arguably Satan’s greatest battleground is our mind, to blind and deceive our minds and lead us to fear. Therefore, we have to display self-control over our thoughts to not let Satan deceive our minds that leads us to sin in our actions. Instead of us being captive to our fleshly minds, we must bring our thoughts into captivity unto the obedience of Christ.