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A sermon audio podcast of Lakeland Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. Our Senior Pastor is Dr. Donald Schmidt. To learn more about Lakeland visit us online at https://lakelandbaptist.org.

  1. 11h ago

    The Hall of Faith (Part 4)

    Lakeland Worship | November 1, 2026 The Hall of Faith | Hebrews 11:1-40 (Part 4) Hebrews 11 is one of the most powerful passages in all of Scripture, presenting a sweeping gallery of men and women from Israel's past who were commended by God for one defining quality: their faith. From Moses and his parents to Gideon, David, Rahab, and beyond, each story points to the same truth. God approves of the life that sincerely and confidently trusts in Him, and that approval is worth more than any recognition the world can offer. Faith shows up in three distinct ways throughout this chapter. First, it gives us the courage to confront danger. Moses' parents hid him at the risk of their own lives because they trusted God more than they feared Pharaoh. Moses himself refused the privileges of Egypt, fled without fear, and led Israel through the Red Sea, all because his eyes were fixed on the God who is unseen. Second, faith enables us to accomplish great things. Gideon defeated armies, David slew a giant, and Daniel survived the lions' den, not through human strength alone, but through trust in God. Even in more recent history, George Mueller cared for over 10,000 orphans simply by praying and trusting God to provide, and God never failed him. The chapter also takes a sobering turn, reminding us that faith does not guarantee a life free from suffering. Many unnamed believers in Hebrews 11 were tortured, imprisoned, and killed, yet their faith never wavered. The author says the world was not worthy of them. Following Christ can mean carrying a target on your back in a world hostile to God. But the same faith that carried these saints through their darkest moments is available to us today. We now live on the other side of the cross, with the fullness of Christ's sacrifice and the promise of eternal life, giving us even greater reason to trust Him in every season.

  2. Oct 26

    The Hall of Faith (Part 3)

    Lakeland Worship | October 25, 2026 The Hall of Faith (Part 3) | Hebrews 11:1-40 Hebrews 11 presents a powerful gallery of men and women whose lives were marked by genuine, active faith. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph all died without seeing the fullness of God's promises, yet not one of them gave up or turned back. Their secret was an eternal perspective rooted in trust in God as both Promise Maker and Promise Keeper. Faith helped them face death with confidence, withstand intense testing, and look forward to a future they could not yet see. God commended them not because their lives were easy, but because they kept trusting Him through every trial. The same call is extended to us today. Whatever test or uncertainty you are facing, the response is the same: trust Him, obey Him, and keep going.

  3. Oct 18

    The Hall of Faith (Part 2)

    The Hall of Faith (Part 2) | Hebrews 11:1-40 | October 18, 2026 Hebrews 11 is known as God's great hall of faith, and every person honored in this chapter was commended for one reason: their faith. The word faith appears 24 times throughout the chapter, and the message is consistent from beginning to end. God bears a pleasing testimony to the lives of those who sincerely trust Him and confidently rely upon Him. Righteousness has never been earned through works or personal effort. It has always been granted by grace through faith, just as it was for Noah, Abraham, and every believer who has ever lived. All of God's promises find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ, and our only righteousness is found in Him. The stories of Noah, Abraham, and Sarah each reveal a different dimension of what faith produces in a believer's life. Noah's trust in God stood in stark contrast to a corrupt world, and his obedience served as a prophetic rebuke to his generation. Abraham obeyed a call to leave everything familiar without knowing where he was going, because faith is always the root from which obedience grows. Sarah, though physically incapable of bearing children, received miraculous ability to conceive because she considered God faithful to His word. In each case, faith was not passive. It moved people to act in ways that exceeded their natural ability. The practical call for believers today is the same as it was for these men and women of old. We are invited to give generously by faith, share the gospel by faith, endure hardship by faith, and live according to God's standards by faith. God's commands may often exceed our natural abilities, but they will never exceed His. When we trust in Him, His commands become enablements and His purposes become realities. The question is not whether you have faith. Everyone lives by some degree of faith. The question is where your faith is placed, and Hebrews 11 makes clear that the only right answer is the one true and living God who sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

  4. Oct 12

    The Hall of Faith (Part 1)

    Hebrews 11:1-40 (Part 1) | October 11, 2026 Hebrews 11, often called the Hall of Faith, highlights men and women whose lives were marked by one defining quality: faith. God commends the life lived by faith, and this chapter makes that unmistakably clear. Faith gives us understanding of spiritual realities we cannot observe, it shapes how we worship, and it is the only way to truly please God. Abel's offering was accepted because of genuine trust, while Cain's was rejected due to unbelief. Enoch walked with God for 300 years in faithful fellowship, and God rewarded him in an extraordinary way. True faith has two elements working together: believing who God is and actively seeking and surrendering to Him. It is not enough to simply agree with facts about God. Pleasing faith moves from knowledge into trust, obedience, and wholehearted commitment.

  5. Sep 20

    The Consequences of Willful Sin

    The Consequences of Willful Sin | September 20, 2026 Hebrews 10:26-31 delivers one of the most sobering warnings in all of Scripture, directed not at unbelievers but at born-again Christians. Willful, persistent sin is not about stumbling or moments of weakness. It describes a deliberate, ongoing pattern of defying what God has clearly said. Believers who settle into this kind of lifestyle expose themselves to God's fatherly discipline, dishonor the person and work of Jesus Christ, and insult the Holy Spirit who dwells within them. Nothing is hidden from God, and He will not ignore persistent rebellion indefinitely. Yet this passage is ultimately a call to repentance, not a sentence of condemnation. God is faithful to forgive those who humble themselves and return to Him.

  6. Sep 13

    From Access to Action

    From Access to Action | Hebrews 10:19-25 Because of Jesus Christ's sacrifice and His ongoing role as our High Priest, every believer has bold, confident access to the presence of God. But having that access and actually using it are two very different things. Hebrews 10:19-25 calls us to let that access shape the way we live every day through three practical responses. First, draw near to God through sincere, habitual prayer, worship, and time in Scripture. Second, hold fast to the confession of our faith without wavering, no matter what pressure or hardship comes. Third, consider one another by gathering together consistently and actively encouraging fellow believers in their walk with Christ. The access Jesus purchased for us is one of the greatest gifts in all of Scripture, and the question is not whether we have it but whether we are living like we do.

  7. Aug 30

    Reach Your Two

    Reach Your Two! | Luke 19: 1-10 The story of Zacchaeus in Luke 19 reveals two very different ways people respond to lost sinners. While the crowd grumbled and wrote Zacchaeus off as hopeless, Jesus stopped, looked up into the tree, and called him by name. That encounter transformed Zacchaeus completely, turning a greedy and dishonest man into someone marked by generosity and repentance. Jesus made His mission clear: He came to seek and to save the lost. That same mission now belongs to His followers. Rather than avoiding or complaining about lost people, believers are called to pursue them with intentionality and love. A simple framework called REACH (Regularly pray, Eat a meal, Ask to church, Clearly share the gospel, Honor by serving) offers practical steps for engaging the lost people already in your life. The question worth sitting with is whether you are responding to lost people more like the crowd or more like Jesus.

  8. Aug 23

    The Limits of the Law

    The Limits of the Law | Hebrews 10:1-4 August 23, 2026 The Old Testament sacrificial system was real, meaningful, and God-ordained, but it was never designed to be the final solution to the sin problem. Hebrews 10:1-4 gives three clear reasons why those sacrifices could never fully remove sin. First, they were shadows pointing forward to a greater reality, not the substance itself. Just as a photograph of someone you love is meaningful but is no substitute for the person, those sacrifices served a genuine purpose without being the ultimate answer. Second, the fact that they had to be repeated year after year was itself evidence that the problem had never been fully resolved. Every annual Day of Atonement was a reminder that sin still had not been dealt with completely. Third, it is simply impossible for animal blood to atone for human sin. Animals and humans belong to different categories of creation, and human sin required a human substitute. Jesus Christ fulfilled everything those sacrifices pointed toward. He became fully human, lived without sin, and died in our place, satisfying the justice of God on our behalf. Unlike the repeated offerings of the Old Testament, His sacrifice was made once and accomplished everything. Every sin, past, present, and future, has been fully and finally dealt with through what He did on the cross. The law could show people what was right, but it had no power to change them from the inside. Christ does what the law never could. For those who trust in Him, He forgives every sin, comes to live within them, and makes them a new creation. The shadows have given way to the substance, and that substance is Jesus Christ.

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A sermon audio podcast of Lakeland Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas. Our Senior Pastor is Dr. Donald Schmidt. To learn more about Lakeland visit us online at https://lakelandbaptist.org.

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