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This is a collection of all the sermons preached from the pulpit of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Winchester Virginia.

  1. 4D AGO

    The Cowardly Judge and the Exalted Christ - Part 1 | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | John 19

    In John 19, we witness more than a Roman trial - we see the courtroom of eternity where divine authority confronts political power. Pilate, despite his earthly authority, trembles before Jesus, who remains sovereignly in control even while bound. When Pilate asks about Jesus' origin, Christ's silence reveals a crucial principle: light rejected limits further light. Jesus reminds Pilate that all authority comes from God, while pointing to Caiaphas as bearing greater guilt due to his greater spiritual knowledge. This passage warns against religious familiarity without genuine surrender and challenges us to obey the truth God has already revealed rather than seeking more signs.

    37 min

  2. FEB 9

    God Is Able to Reveal His Purpose | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | Ephesians 3

    The Apostle Paul, writing from prison, reveals how God makes His purpose known to believers through three primary methods. First, God reveals His purpose through His Word, which unveils grace, provides complete revelation, and produces understanding when we actively engage with Scripture. Second, God uses preaching that operates through the Spirit's power, demonstrates humility, and brings illumination rather than mere information. Third, God reveals His purpose through the church, which serves as His showpiece displaying His manifold wisdom to both earthly and heavenly realms. Understanding God's purpose transforms how we view adversity, giving meaning to our struggles and courage for our journey. When we grasp why we're here and what God is accomplishing through us, it brings everything into proper perspective.

    35 min

  3. FEB 6

    The Hour Has Come Part 3 | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | John 19

    In John 19:6-8, religious leaders who should have recognized Jesus as the Messiah instead demanded His crucifixion, fulfilling ancient prophecies about the builders rejecting the cornerstone. When Pilate presented the beaten Jesus to the crowd, their response was not compassion but violent rage, demonstrating that righteousness will never be in the majority on earth. The collision of corrupt motives - Jewish leaders with hatred but no authority, and Pilate with authority but no courage - led to innocent suffering. When political charges failed, the religious leaders brought a new accusation that Jesus made Himself the Son of God, which terrified Pilate because he couldn't control divine intervention. The greatest truth Jesus ever spoke was treated as His greatest crime, revealing how people can trust God's law while failing to trust God Himself.

    35 min

  4. FEB 2

    God Is Able to Unite What Was Divided | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | Ephesians 2:11-22

    Unity is never neutral - it always has an object we're being asked to rally around. The world calls for unity around tolerance, love, and peace, but these are conditional and temporary. True unity can only be built on Jesus Christ. In Ephesians 2:11-22, Paul shows how Christ broke down the wall of division between Jews and Gentiles through His blood. Before Christ, we were strangers without hope, but now we are brought near and made fellow citizens in God's household. Unity in the body of Christ is not optional - it's something Christ purchased at the cross, not something we manufacture through shared opinions or social movements.

    39 min

  5. JAN 30

    The Hour Has Come Part 2 | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | John 19

    This sermon examines John 19:2-5, focusing on the coronation and humiliation of Jesus Christ following His scourging. The pastor emphasizes that the crown of thorns was not hastily placed but carefully 'plaited' or woven by soldiers who took time to craft this instrument of mockery. The thorns, connected to the curse in Genesis 3:18, symbolically represent Christ bearing our curse. While the soldiers thought they were mocking a fake king, they were actually crowning the true King with a victor's crown - one earned through suffering rather than inherited through birth. The purple robe further emphasized their unintentional prophecy of His true kingship. The sermon challenges believers to examine whether they dress Jesus up as king while resisting His lordship in their lives, and concludes with Pilate's presentation of the beaten Christ as 'the man' - our representative who bore humanity's curse.

    27 min

  6. JAN 30

    God Is Able to Save Completely | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | Ephesians 2

    Ephesians 2:1-10 reveals the complete transformation that occurs in salvation. Before Christ, we were spiritually dead, living under the influence of Satan and driven by our corrupt nature. We were children of wrath by nature, completely unable to save ourselves. But God, rich in mercy and great in love, interrupted our hopeless condition. He made us alive together with Christ, raised us up, and seated us in heavenly places. Salvation comes by grace through faith alone, not by works, so no one can boast. We are God's workmanship, created for the good works He has prepared for us to walk in.

    36 min

  7. JAN 30

    The Hour Has Come Part 1 | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | John 19

    John 19 reveals the brutal reality of Christ's scourging before His crucifixion. Pilate, trying to appease the crowd while maintaining his conscience, ordered Jesus to be beaten hoping it would satisfy their bloodlust. The scourging involved leather whips embedded with spikes and bone that tore flesh from victims, often killing them before crucifixion. This wasn't mere discipline but violent punishment meant to substitute for our sins. Jesus endured this injustice so that when God disciplines His children today, it comes from love rather than wrath. Because Christ absorbed God's judgment, believers never face punitive punishment but only loving correction that proves their adoption as God's children.

    30 min

  8. JAN 5

    God Is Able to Choose and Adopt | Given by Pastor Luke Shope | January 4th AM

    Paul's letter to the Ephesians begins with a powerful reminder of our identity in Christ. Written to believers in a wealthy but spiritually lost city, this letter reveals that Christians are chosen, adopted, and secure in God's family. God's purpose in choosing us isn't favoritism but holiness - He didn't choose us because we're holy, but so we would become holy. Through spiritual adoption, we receive a new identity, inheritance, and irrevocable place in God's family. Election is relational, not abstract - if you're in Christ, you're chosen and secure.

    37 min
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