Sermons – Wichita Falls Baptist Church Jeremy Mollenkopf

From the second chapter in the Bible where God warns of suffering for disobedience to the second to the last chapter of the Bible where suffering is no more, the reality of suffering is a constant in God's word.

It is a reality in this life. Our lives. Mine. Yours.

This morning, Keith Pond opens up what God's word says about the truth of suffering to all men and women, but more than that, he highlights how God tells us in his word that in our suffering God has certain purpose, and he is ever present with us.

A major aspect of God’s requirements for Israel to dwell with Him was maintaining a clean (vs. unclean) status. Why was this important to God? Have those requirements vanished since Christ has come? What should we even think of such a system? This sermon begins a look at several passages that deal with purity within the camp and drawing near to a holy God.

The American way of religion is like a buffet; we think that WE can pick and choose how we worship God. God, on the other hand, notes that his creatures must worship him in a manner that is acceptable to him. God set apart the Levites to guard and serve the priests and the tabernacle, to guard his holy presence and to guard the holiness of who He is.

Today, Jesus alone enables us to come into God’s presence (1 Pet 3:18), the Church now being his Temple (1 Cor 3:16-17). We, the Church, must see the importance of  guarding and serving God’s holy presence.

God demanded all Israel’s firstborn males be his since the first Passover, but God provided the Levites (or 5 shekels per person) as a redemption for each of the first born. Pastor Mollenkopf explains how an event 1500 years before Christ points to God's redemptive purposes for us and for his glory in Christ.

What does the ordering of the Israelite camp in the book of Numbers have to do with living a life for Christ in the twenty-first century? God desires for His people to live ordered lives, centered on Him, and following His will. Then. And now. Pastor Mollenkopf explains.

The fourth book in the Bible, Numbers, begins with Israel on the cusp of entering the land Promised to Abraham centuries earlier. While Israel is close, they are not there yet. Likewise, Christians are close to Heaven but are not there yet. This book from over three millennia ago guides us in what  we should do and how we should live as we wait for our time to enter into God's promised rest. Pastor Mollenkopf explains.