Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

“God's people have their trials. It was never designed by God, when he chose his people, that they should be an untried people. They were chosen in the furnace of affliction; they were never chosen to worldly peace and earthly joy. Freedom from sickness and the pains of mortality was never promised them.” CH Spurgeon These words by Spurgeon reflect a certain reality that our contemporary culture has a hard time dealing with. God has not promised to take away our struggles or to fix every problem. What He has promised to do, is to give meaning and context to the hardships that we face in this broken world around us. Because of sin, the world around us does not function or work in the way God intended; one day it will once again, but not today. IN the meantime, God has promised to give purpose and hope to the hearts and minds of His people during their times of struggle. Join us in this message as we see what God has promised to do.

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

The Christian life is a building up of character. It is more than belief of certain truths, the sustaining of certain religious emotions; it is the continuous working into the warp and woof of our life every good and excellent quality until we arrive at the measure of and stature of the fulness that is in Christ. The apostle exhorts us to train our minds to a high and refined sense of this. It is true that the regenerate are taught of God, and have the Spirit to guide them. But, this is not to supersede the use of their own faculties. The Bible shows us “what is good” in its great principles, but leaves us to find out their illimitable application. The sanctification of men is the true object of redemption (Gal_1:4; Tit_2:14). For this Christ took our nature, was tempted in all points like as we are, and died. And as His salvation is not a common and earthly good, so the holiness to which He moulds us is not a common and natural perfection, but one singular and supernatural.

The meditation and practice of our holiness revolve around a very important point that Paul draws in our text for today's study. A second time we pointed toward the conclusion of the whole presentation set before us in the preceding texts. Before it was “finally, brethren, rejoice in the Lord.” The whole history of conversion with all its preliminary struggles, the terrors and sorrows of repentance, the hopes and fears of faith, finds its issue and rest in this. But here is a second “finally.” There is something beyond the exultation of deliverance through Christ; that is the attainment of a perfect character in Him. As followers of Jesus, we are urged to fix our full and determinate thought upon His perfection at work in us. The word is often used to signify due appreciation, and it bids us here with strong emphasis estimate rightly the place morality and holiness holds in the gospel.

The world around us is a place of turmoil. Every news report, every social media post, almost every human interaction seems designed and purposed to stir the emotions, incite our fears, and instil in us great anxiety. In this message, we examine anxiety, how it affects us, causes us to distrust God, and why God is the only one who can grant us any measure of peace in this world.

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When disharmony arises between a spirit-filled person and God, or that person and another, the one who is spirit-filled aches for equity in that relationship to be restored. The struggle that we encounter is that disharmony afflicts our hearts and minds, we seek struggle under the weight of knowing that we are living in the shadow of that broken relationship. We crave restoration, reconciliation. The isolation we feel when our relationships fracture cuts deeply because we love, we care, we hurt. The greater the affection, the greater the hurt. And sometimes, that hurt drives its intensity from the depth of the love that was felt. But, how do we find reconciliation? How do we give up our moral, ethical, spiritual, high ground? Where do we find the security to let down our guard? We find it in the heart of Jesus. We find it in HIs mind. And, we find it in the comfort of His Kingdom. That He is. That our relationship with Him never changes. Join us as We study rejoicing in the mind, character, and nature of Jesus.

People cannot always think alike, not even Christians who share the same fellowship and service. However, there is a Christian way of responding and behaving when these inevitable divergences of thought and attitude arise. When these times come upon us, there is a tendency to draw upon one's own moral or ethical superiority of position, But, as Paul tells us, there is a superiority greater than ours to which we much differ that does not allow us to trouble the great agreement and the dear affection that Christ, our Lord, has bout us to. In the difficulties that may arise between Christians, as between other people, wise and loving friendships may perform the most important services. Our selfishness can compel us to shrink back. Wisdom is needed which consists of loving thoughtfulness and the love which seeks not her own, and is not easily provoked, is much called for.

There are 3 elements to spiritual living. In Philippian 3, Paul challenges believers to have an intimate understanding of all 3 to have a balanced and healthy spiritual life. They are doctrine, practice, and experience. It is easy to fall into a practice and experience that are not based on truth. The Bible warns that many "will have a form of spirituality that lacks power" and that "many will seek teachers to tell them things that make them self-satisfied". It also warns that this world is set up to deceive the people of God; and so, Paul takes time to warn the followers of Christ to ensure that the teachers that they follow are true to the Bible so that, as James says, they will not become driven about by every wind of doctrine. Join us as we examine today's text that gives those who would be spiritual a caution for today.

For most Christians, the whole point of Christianity is to arrive safely at the destination of Heaven when the time comes; and, that is a worthy goal to be sure. But, what if we are missing a vital part of what it means to be an actual follower of Jesus, one who is stamped after His image, with this line of thinking? In Philippians chapter 3, Paul addresses this question with great concern as He explores the upward call of Christ in our lives. But what is this upward call and how does it serve to awaken the people of God to a greater and more meaningful existence in this world as we seek to live in the world, but not be drawn into imitating the world.

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

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Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

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Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Zechariah is quite a remarkable prophet. Prophesying in about 520 to 518. He’s what we call a postexilic prophet. He encourages them to restore their love for God, their worship of God, and to build the temple. He also encourages them by prophesying the Word of the Lord that the Messiah will come.

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In this message, we explore Christ as the Great Shepherd who calls, equips, empowers and sends His people into all areas of life to remember His name, live for Him, and to introduce those they encounter to the wonders of His Kingdom. As we will see, we have the good promise of His Kingdom with us as we undertake this journey of faith and responsiveness to His leading.

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Crushed, forsaken, abandoned, demoralized. These are just a few of the words that could be used to describe the people of Israel at the time of the return from exile in the days of Zechariah and his contemporaries. God had called them to rebuild the city and His Temple, but due to: opposition, criticism, persecution, and low morale, the people stalled in their work leaving the project undone for many years. People of faith find themselves in s similar position today as the cultural tide has shifted and we find ourselves living in what some would call a post-Christian culture, but others would consider a pre-Christian culture. No matter the view, we still have the mandate to build the Temple of God through reaching people with the Gospel and then training these new people of faith how to live for Him. God has sworn to vindicate His people as He shows that He is sovereign over all opposition, even the greatest of human governments.

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church

Camak Baptist Church