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This is the home of Eastview Baptist Church (Belton, SC) teaching messages. We are a community Church located on the outskirts of Belton, SC. We hope that you will join us as we attempt to grow the Kingdom of God in both our local and global context. For questions or prayer request please contact Pastor Kaleb Lamb (kaleb@eastviewbc.com).

  1. 6d ago

    John 2v12-25 "Cleansing the Temple"

    Come and See, Week 9 | Cleansing the Temple | John 2:12–25 | Opening Reading: John 2:19-22 Big Idea: Being impressed by Jesus is not the same as being known by Jesus. Open — "Same Man, Five Verses" Cana: best wine saved for last. Five verses later: a whip, flipped tables, coins flying. Same chapter. Same man. Don't smooth that tension — sit in it. That's your hook line: "He didn't come to clean up your religion. He came to replace it with Himself." 1. Zeal and a Whip (v.12–16) — He makes the whip before He acts. That's not rage — that's resolve.REMEMBER: "The problem wasn't corruption. It was crowding." The merchants weren't scamming anyone — they were legitimate infrastructure, sanctioned by the priests, solving a real pilgrim problem. The wrong was location: they'd taken over the Court of the Gentiles — the one square foot of temple real estate set aside for outsiders to pray.LAND IT HERE: "Legitimate business. Wrong address.""My Father's house" — not "our." Quiet, massive claim.2. A Verse and a Demand (v.17–18) — Disciples remember Psalm 69:9 — a psalm about suffering for devotion. They're filing this moment under suffering, not victory. (This same psalm resurfaces at the cross — John 15:25, 19:28-29. Zeal here previews Calvary later.)Leaders skip "was He right?" and jump straight to "prove your credentials."Sticky line: "Demanding credentials is easier than doing self-examination."3. Two Words, One Move (v.19–22) — Standing in the outer courts (hieron) He just cleared, Jesus points somewhere else entirely — the Holy of Holies itself (naos): "Destroy this temple, and I'll raise it in three days."He's not defending His actions. He's relocating God's address.Sticky line: "He's not reforming the system. He's replacing it — with a person."Nobody in the room gets it. It only makes sense after the resurrection. Say that out loud — the confusion was real, not stupidity.4. Impressed Isn't the Same as Known (v.23–25) — Same Greek word (pisteuo) both directions: many believed in Him; He did not entrust Himself to them.Sticky line: "You can applaud from the cheap seats and still be a stranger to Him."Why the caution? He already knows what's in a person. This isn't cynicism — it's clarity. (Sets up Nicodemus in ch.3 — someone Jesus does eventually trust, but only after real cost.)Close — Two Invitations To the impressed: Stop admiring from the edge. Come be known.To believers: You're being built into His house — let Him clear whatever's crowding out worship.Send-off line: "He's not just cleaning house anymore. He IS the house. Come be known in it."

  2. Sep 24

    Habitudes - 3. Be With Jesus (Wednesday Nights)

    HABITUDE 3 — BE WITH JESUS Abide in His Presence "He appointed twelve... to be with him." — Mark 3:14 Enter: Before the Twelve did anything for Jesus, they were called to be with him. Function follows presence, not the other way around. Examine: Mark 3:13–15 — the appointment of the apostles lists "to be with him" before "to send them out." Expose: Modern discipleship often reverses this order, measuring maturity by output before formation has had time to take root. Encounter: Jesus values relationship over performance. He forms his followers in proximity long before he deploys them in mission. Embody: Prayer, Scripture, silence, worship, Sabbath, abiding. Extend: People can only demonstrate a life they've actually lived to someone else. Abiding is what makes discipleship transferable. Cross-references: John 15:4–5; Psalm 27:4; Luke 10:38–42 Scholar's voice: Dallas Willard argued that spiritual transformation happens not through sheer effort but through arranging our lives around practices that keep us in Jesus' presence. Formation is a byproduct of abiding, not a substitutefor it. Application / development process: Establish one unhurried, undistracted fifteen-minute block daily this month with no agenda but presence; no study plan, no output required. Discussion questions: What's the difference between learning about Jesus and living with Jesus?What crowds out unhurried time with him in your week?What would it look like to measure your week by presence rather than productivity?

    Habitudes - 3. Be With Jesus (Wednesday Nights)

  3. Sep 21

    Habitudes - 2. Follow Me (Wednesday Nights)

    HABITUDE 2 — FOLLOW ME Make a Decision "Follow me." — Matthew 4:19 Enter: Curiosity has an expiration date. Eventually it must become commitment or it fades into spectatorship. Examine: Matthew 4:18–22 — Peter, Andrew, James and John leave nets and boats immediately when Jesus calls. No negotiation is recorded. Expose: We want the benefits of Jesus without the reordering of Jesus. The disciples' abrupt obedience exposes how much we tend to qualify our own self-affirmation or loathing. Encounter: Jesus doesn't ask for admiration; he issues a summons. Following him means turning from one way of life toward another. Embody: Repentance, faith, baptism, public identification with Christ. Extend: Discipleship is caught as much as (maybe more so for some) taught. Your decision becomes an invitation for someone watching you. We all follow something or someone, the question is what or who? Cross-references: Luke 9:23–25; Romans 10:9–10; Acts 2:38 Scholar's voice: Dietrich Bonhoeffer's distinction between costly and cheap grace is instructive here. Grace that costs Jesus everything cannot be received by us as though it costs nothing. Application / development process: Identify one area of life you have kept off-limits to Jesus' authority. Name it in prayer or with a trusted friend this week. Discussion questions: What has following Jesus cost you so far?Is there a "net" you're still holding onto?What would immediate obedience look like in your current season?

    Habitudes - 2. Follow Me (Wednesday Nights)

  4. Sep 20

    Build Your Church - Standalone Message

    BUILD YOUR CHURCH   Matthew 16:13–18  |  Sun. Sept 20, 2026  |  Standalone MAIN IDEA: Everyone must answer “But who do you say that I am?” Your answer decides how you live and how you treat the church He is building. -        READ Matt 16:13–18 aloud.  ENTER    •   We’ve already answered it: calendar, fears, who we’ve forgiven, our money •   Not “Is there a God?” Jesus’ question: “But who do you say that I am?” •   Path: the place → Peter’s answer → what it changes about church •   Long-time followers and first-timers: right place  EXAMINE: The Place    •   v13 Caesarea Philippi: 25 mi N of Galilee, Mt. Hermon, Jordan’s source. Gentile, pagan ground •   Behind Him: –  ROCK: cave/spring, Pan, Panias→Banias, “gate to underworld” –  TEMPLE: Herod → Augustus, “son of god” –  CITY: Philip’s Caesarea. Money, politics, soldiers •   In front: 12 unqualified men, enemy territory •   BE HONEST: Matthew never says He pointed. Everyone knew what stood behind them. A landscape of rival answers Deeper: “Son of Man” (Dan 7), lets people arrive  EXPOSE: What People Say vs. What You Say    •   v14 John, Elijah, Jeremiah. Compliments, not insults. Honorable but too small (great teacher, moral example, one path of many) •   v15 “But YOU.” Pronoun up front. No secondhand answers •   v16 “Christ, Son of the LIVING God.” Pan = carved. Caesar = dies. One God alive •   v17 “Blessed… flesh and blood has not revealed this.” Given, not figured out –  New/behind? Grace. 40 years in? Humbling 1 Cor 12:3 Deeper: Deut 5:26, Ps 42:2, Jer 10:10; Matt 14:33  ENCOUNTER   1. “On this rock” •   Petros / petra; Aramaic Kepha John 1:42 •   Three views: Peter (Catholic) · Peter’s confession (Protestant; my view) · Peter as apostles’ spokesman (Eph 2:20, new to me this week) •   Augustine held more than one •   Where I land: 1 Cor 3:11; 1 Pet 2:4–⁠8. Peter = a stone. Jesus = the Rock. Church stands on who Jesus is! •   “I will build. MY church.” Builder and owner -Jesus •   Banias today: park, ruined temple, empty niches. Empire gone, church still gathering 2. “Build my church” •   Ekklesia = assembly (Greek cities; Israel at Sinai). Not a building, event, or brand. A people gathered around a confession, opened wide (Eph 2) •   Gates of Hades: gates defend. Church is on the march, gates can’t hold •   How? v21 He walks through the gates first. Rev 1:18 keys •   HINGE: If He is who Peter said, church isn’t a club. It’s the one thing He’s building and hell can’t stop  EMBODY: Five Questions Your Answer Settles    •   Only a “good teacher”? Gather: nah, just read his books. Belong: optional. Serve: for the ambitious. Maturity: self-improvement. Healthy: whatever I like. •   If Christ, Son of the living God: –  GATHER: people assembling before their King Heb 10:24–⁠25 –  BELONG: He creates a people. Attending ≠ belonging Gal 6:2 –  SERVE: all given something 1 Cor 12; Servant-King Mark 10:45 (v13 title) –  MATURITY: v16 right → v22 “Get behind me, Satan.” Becoming like Jesus Eph 4:13–⁠15. Nobody matures alone –  HEALTHY: not perfect (Peter was in the first one). Acts 2:42–⁠47. Christ-centered, biblical, relational, alive, outward, disciple-making •   Close: hard times, lean in. Trust people because HE is perfect  EXTEND: Invitation    •   Who Jesus is → how we treat His bride. Eph 5:25; Acts 20:28; 1 John 4:20. Can’t love the Groom, despise the bride •   Gently: hurt by church? Don’t talk them out of it. Churches are full of Peters. Not a Jesus without His people. Look again at Jesus, find people who look like Him •   Three answers today: –  NEVER ANSWERED: own words: “Jesus, You’re the Christ, the Son of the living God. You’re my Lord.” Find me after –  ON THE EDGE: one step to belong this week (group, team, conversation) –  ALREADY IN: where aren’t you serving? What’s “still in a box”? LET’S PRAY

    Build Your Church - Standalone Message

  5. Sep 13

    John 2v1-11 "Jesus Is ____"

    Come and See Week 8 — John 2:1–11 (Sign #1) — “Jesus Is _______: The First Sign” What does this first sign teach us about the person of Jesus? -       Jesus first sign (miracle) begins to reveal to us, who Jesus really is. Jesus enters our ordinary lives.                      Jesus is present.John 2:1-2Jesus cares about human need.                      Jesus is compassionate.John 2:3-5Jesus transforms what cannot satisfy.            Jesus is powerful.John 2:6-10Jesus reveals the glory of God.                       Jesus is glorious.John 2:11Jesus first sign (miracle) in John’s account begins to bookend John’s stated purpose for his Gospel account. The signs are designed to produce belief in Jesus. 31But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name. Recap (the progression): Jesus is present → Jesus is compassionate → Jesus is powerful → Jesus is glorious

  6. Sep 10

    Habitudes - 1. Come and See (Wednesday Nights)

    Becoming Jesus People: An Introduction to the Twelve Habitudes 1 as in aptitude    a habitual attraction to some activity or thing 2 as in habit                  a usual manner of behaving or doing Habit One: Getting Close 1. Come and See. John 1:39 – Everyone starts as an observer. Curiosity, a question, a friend's invitation. Jesus welcomes questions before he demands answers. 2. Follow Me. Matthew 4:19 – Curiosity has an expiration date. Eventually it has to become a decision. When Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James, and John, they left their nets. No negotiation. 3. Be With Jesus. Mark 3:14 – Before the twelve did anything for Jesus, they were simply with him. Presence comes before performance. This might be the most overlooked step in modern discipleship. Habit Two: Learning to Live It 4. Learn the Way of Jesus. Matthew 11:29 – Jesus taught how life actually works under God's reign. Prayer, money, forgiveness, anxiety, enemies. Not abstract ideas. Instructions for how to live. 5. Practice the Way of Jesus. Matthew 7:24 – Jesus said the wise builder is the one who hears his words and does them. Knowledge without obedience is a house with no foundation. 6. Live in Community. John 13:35 – Jesus never discipled anyone alone. He formed a people. We are shaped as much by the friction and forgiveness of a small group as by anything we read on our own. Habit Three: Being Sent 7. Serve Like Jesus. John 13:15 – Jesus did not lecture on humility. He knelt and washed feet. Some things you only learn with your hands. 8. Go With Jesus. Luke 9:2 – Jesus sent the twelve out to practice what they were learning in real conditions, then called them back to debrief. Formation and mission were never separated. 9. Receive Correction. Mark 8:33 – The disciples got things wrong constantly. Peter rebuked Jesus. James and John wanted to call down fire. Jesus did not discard them. He kept forming them. Correction is not rejection. It is love with a purpose. Habit Four: Reproducing the Life 10. Become Like Jesus. Luke 6:40 – The goal was never just to know what Jesus knows or do what Jesus does. It is to become the kind of person he is. Love, patience, humility, courage. 11. Make Disciples. Matthew 28:19 – At some point the question shifts from how am I growing to who am I helping grow. Every disciple is meant to become a disciple maker. 12. Go and Send. 2 Timothy 2:2 – Jesus entrusted his entire mission to a handful of ordinary, unfinished people, trusting that what he placed in them would carry forward for generations.

    Habitudes - 1. Come and See (Wednesday Nights)

  7. Sep 6

    John 1v43-51 "Following Jesus"

    Come and See Week 7 — John 1:43–51 — Following Jesus: From Curiosity to Conviction Roadmap to Trace the Discipleship-Calling Web: John testifies → Andrew + John follow (v.35–39) → "Come and see" Andrew FINDS Peter (v.40–42) → Simon renamed Cephas         ↓ Jesus FINDS Philip (v.43–44) → "Follow me"         ↓ Philip FINDS Nathanael (v.45–46) → "Come and see" [same phrase, now passed on]         ↓ Nathanael sees Jesus, is fully KNOWN (v.47–49) → confession cascade [Rabbi, Son of God, King of Israel]         ↓ Jesus reframes the confession upward (v.50–51) → Bethel relocated, Son of Man     Key Word Depth to Truly Understanding the Passage: Chain Start – V45 – “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold” 1. (V47) True Israelite, No deceit/guile - Jacob (Israel) lies and steals a blessing Genesis 27:35-36 — "An Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile" is a pointed joke about Jacob. Jacob — renamed "Israel" — was history's classic trickster, deceiving his father and brother to steal a blessing. Jesus calling Nathanael a true Israelite "with no guile" is a direct, almost humorous contrast: here's an honest son of a dishonest patriarch. Isaac says Jacob came μετὰ δόλου ("with deceit") to steal Esau's blessing. This is the only other place this specific word-family clusters around a named "Israelite." Jacob = Israel = the deceiver. Nathanael = a true Israelite = no deceit. John is setting up a deliberate contrast between the nation's namesake and this ordinary man. Psalm 32:2 blesses the one "in whose spirit there is no guile" a psalm specifically about a person whose sin has been covered. Jesus may be pronouncing Nathanael clean, not just honest.2. (V48) I saw you under the fig tree - Hebrew idiom for a time of Torah reflection and devotion Micah 4:4, Zechariah 3:10, 1 Kings 4:25 — “under his own vine and his own fig tree”. The fig tree isn't scenery, it's a euphemism. "Sitting under one's fig tree" was rabbinic shorthand for private Torah study or prayer (echoing Micah 4:4, 1 Kings 4:25). Jesus isn't just noting Nathanael's GPS coordinates; he's saying "I saw you in your most private, unguarded moment of devotion."3. (V51) The one who is the stairway between Heaven and earth - Jesus as a.) The New Bethel [House of God] b.) Jesus as the reversal of Babel [the one who unified all people groups] Genesis 28:10–17 — Jacob's dream at Bethel: a stairway/ladder set on the earth, its top reaching heaven, with angels of God ascending and descending on it. Jacob wakes and says "this is the gate of heaven." John 1:51 quotes this almost verbatim — but relocates the ladder. It's no longer an object Jacob sees; it's a person Nathanael will see. Jesus, "Son of Man," becomes the connecting point between heaven and earth that the ladder used to be.Daniel 7:13–14 — "Son of Man" as a title. Not a humility title in Daniel — it's a figure who approaches the Ancient of Days and receives an everlasting kingdom. When Jesus adopts this as his preferred self-designation, he's making a much larger claim than "human being." Nathanael's political title ("King of Israel") gets immediately reframed and expanded by Jesus into this cosmic one.Genesis 11:1-9 — What Babel broke by human pride, the Son of Man will heal by divine descent. He is quietly claiming to be the reversal of Babel's fracture: the one who will gather, not scatter; the one who unites every tongue and nation around a single point of access to God, rather than dividing them further.

  8. Sep 3

    Habitudes - Intro (Wednesday Nights)

    Becoming Jesus People: An Introduction to the Twelve Habitudes 1 as in aptitude    a habitual attraction to some activity or thing 2 as in habit                  a usual manner of behaving or doing Habit One: Getting Close 1. Come and See. John 1:39 – Everyone starts as an observer. Curiosity, a question, a friend's invitation. Jesus welcomes questions before he demands answers. 2. Follow Me. Matthew 4:19 – Curiosity has an expiration date. Eventually it has to become a decision. When Jesus called Peter, Andrew, James, and John, they left their nets. No negotiation. 3. Be With Jesus. Mark 3:14 – Before the twelve did anything for Jesus, they were simply with him. Presence comes before performance. This might be the most overlooked step in modern discipleship. Habit Two: Learning to Live It 4. Learn the Way of Jesus. Matthew 11:29 – Jesus taught how life actually works under God's reign. Prayer, money, forgiveness, anxiety, enemies. Not abstract ideas. Instructions for how to live. 5. Practice the Way of Jesus. Matthew 7:24 – Jesus said the wise builder is the one who hears his words and does them. Knowledge without obedience is a house with no foundation. 6. Live in Community. John 13:35 – Jesus never discipled anyone alone. He formed a people. We are shaped as much by the friction and forgiveness of a small group as by anything we read on our own. Habit Three: Being Sent 7. Serve Like Jesus. John 13:15 – Jesus did not lecture on humility. He knelt and washed feet. Some things you only learn with your hands. 8. Go With Jesus. Luke 9:2 – Jesus sent the twelve out to practice what they were learning in real conditions, then called them back to debrief. Formation and mission were never separated. 9. Receive Correction. Mark 8:33 – The disciples got things wrong constantly. Peter rebuked Jesus. James and John wanted to call down fire. Jesus did not discard them. He kept forming them. Correction is not rejection. It is love with a purpose. Habit Four: Reproducing the Life 10. Become Like Jesus. Luke 6:40 – The goal was never just to know what Jesus knows or do what Jesus does. It is to become the kind of person he is. Love, patience, humility, courage. 11. Make Disciples. Matthew 28:19 – At some point the question shifts from how am I growing to who am I helping grow. Every disciple is meant to become a disciple maker. 12. Go and Send. 2 Timothy 2:2 – Jesus entrusted his entire mission to a handful of ordinary, unfinished people, trusting that what he placed in them would carry forward for generations.

    Habitudes - Intro (Wednesday Nights)
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This is the home of Eastview Baptist Church (Belton, SC) teaching messages. We are a community Church located on the outskirts of Belton, SC. We hope that you will join us as we attempt to grow the Kingdom of God in both our local and global context. For questions or prayer request please contact Pastor Kaleb Lamb (kaleb@eastviewbc.com).

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