Sherman First Baptist Church Messages

Send us a textWe take another look at the story of Jesus healing the leper and try to answer the question "How do we pray for healing?" (Text: Matthew 8:1-4)

Send us a textJesus concluded his Sermon on the Mount with a final illustration and call for each hearer to check the foundation of their faith. Everyone is building a house. Every house will be tested. Only those with the proper foundation will stay standing. (Matthew 7:24-29)

Send us a textDo you know Jesus? More importantly, does Jesus know you? We must beware false assurances and foundations of our faith. (Text: Matthew 7:21-23)

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Send us a textJesus taught about identifying false teachers by illustrating them as wolves in sheep's clothing and bad fruit trees. We will recognize them by their fruit. (Matthew 7:15-20)

Send us a textAt the end of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, he gives three illustrations that call the listeners to action. In this message, we look at the first illustration, the narrow gate. Through which gate did you enter? On which path are you traveling? (Text: Matthew 7:13-14)

Send us a textLuke 13 has a parallel theme to Matthew 7:13 concerning the narrow gate. In this story, a man asked Jesus if only a few will be saved. Jesus gave an answer that the man wasn't expecting but that applies still today. (Text: Luke 13:24)

Send us a textJesus summarized his teaching as well as the whole of God's Law in just one sentence. This week, we take a look at the Golden Rule and seek to understand its meaning to Jesus' sermon and its application to our lives today. (Text: Matthew 7:12)

Send us a textIn the Disciple's Prayer (Lord's Prayer), Jesus taught us how to pray. In Matthew 7:7-11, Jesus focused on a few different aspects of prayer, the simplicity and power of prayer. (Text: Matthew 7:7-11)

Send us a textContinuing to study Jesus' words on judging, we look at another group of people whom Jesus says must be judged. (Text: Matthew 7:6)

Send us a textMatthew 7 contains both warning and instruction in the area of judgment. In this sermon, we look at 3 warnings about judging. (Text: Matthew 7:1-5)

Send us a textUsing Mathew 7:1-5 as a guide, we studied the interaction between King David and the prophet Nathan in 2Samuel 12.

Send us a textIn this message, we see several reasons Jesus gives us not to worry. (Text: Matthew 6:25-34)

Send us a textWe take another look at Matthew 6:25-34 and discuss how God uses us to supply "all these things" to other people.

Send us a textJesus teaches his followers to be detached from the world and devoted to God. (Text: Matthew 6:19-24)

Send us a textBased on Jesus' teaching in Matthew 6:24, we discuss the matter of the proper perspective of wealth and every other gift we possess. Note: Near the end of the recording, we took time for questions and discussion from the congregation.

Send us a textJesus taught his followers how to pray and ultimately to seek the Father's glory in prayer. (Text: Matthew 6:7-15)

Send us a text1Kings 18 is an Old Testament example of the kind of praying Jesus warns us to avoid. In this study, we look at the way the prophets of Baal prayed and how the prophet Elijah prayed during the contest on Mt. Carmel. (Text: Matthew 6:7-8; 1Kings 18)

Send us a textJesus warned his followers of doing the right things for the wrong reasons, and He taught that motives matter when doing righteousness. (Text: Matthew 6:1-18)

Send us a textWe take a second look at Matthew 6 and discuss several observations and questions for consideration. Note: The second half of the recording is a time when we discuss what has been taught. (Text: Matthew 6:1-18)