First Baptist Church of Brooklyn

Have you ever wondered about the gift of the Holy Spirit? As believers, we receive this gift at the moment of salvation. But what does the Holy Spirit do? Why is this important? In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to an array of biblical passages to explain who the Holy Spirit is and how we interact with him. 🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Who is the Holy Spirit? (11:14)What Do We Do With the Holy Spirit? (24:24)Conclusion (34:10)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

Do you see the trials and pressures you experience as a gift from God? Do you think of them as teaching moments where he builds you up for his glory? In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to Romans 5:3-5 to show how suffering and tribulations in this life build our character, teach us to trust in God, and strengthen our confidence in Him.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Physical Pain is Unavoidable (8:11)Physical Pain is Essential (9:29)Suffering and Tribulation are Inevitable (11:20)Pain Corrects (14:09)Pain Constructs (18:42)Practical Application (34:36)Conclusion (43:11)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

As we continue our series "He Gave Gifts," Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to the next gift: grace. The grace of God is an incredibly important reality in the life of a Christian. God has shown us grace in making the way for our salvation, and he calls us to show grace in our daily lives. To dive deeper into the grace of God, check out our sermon series devoted to grace.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)The Gift of Access (4:42)The Reality of Our Standing (11:53)Two Kinds of Standing (24:11)Conclusion (29:50)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, we begin a new series titled, "He Gave Gifts." In this new series, Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to Romans 5 to show us six precious gifts we receive as Christians. As we look to Romans 5:1, the first gift we reflect upon is peace with God. In receiving salvation, we have been justified by faith, and we now have peace with God. The barrier that has separated God from man has been broken down, and those who trust in him are made new.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Peace With God is Absolutely Free (11:40)Peace With God is an Absolute Fact (22:59)Application (30:14)Conclusion (37:49)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

On this Easter Sunday, Pastor Jeff Sheeks walks through the resurrection story to show that Jesus is alive and he has given us access to God. The veil has been torn, death has been defeated, and we have the promise of eternal life. With this promise, we also have the warning of eternal judgement to this who don't believe, so we must be faithful to share the gospel with those around us.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)The Torn Veil — Access to God (9:27)The Shaken Earth — Judgement (17:10)The Open Tomb — Death Defeated (18:25)The Guarantee — Our Resurrection (21:54)A Coming Resurrection For All (25:02)The Final Evidence — Us (29:21)Conclusion (33:51)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

On this Palm Sunday, Pastor Jeff Sheeks prepares us for Easter by looking to multiple stories in the Gospel of Luke to show how Jesus demonstrates his power over death. Before Jesus is crucified and rises three days later, he shows that he already had the power to bring life. In these two stories from Luke, Jesus raises from the dead and shows that he is the one who not only brings physical resurrection but also spiritual resurrection to those who follow him.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Luke 7: The Widow's Son (6:43)Luke 8: Jarius' Daughter (12:09)Conclusion (26:26)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this final message in our series, "On This Rock", Pastor Jeff Sheeks reminds us of one final commitment we make as Christians. Through this series, we have been reminded of the importance of committing to a local church, participating in the body, and looking to God's Word as the ultimate authority. Finally, we commit ourselves to both giving faithfully and cheerfully and to serving sacrificially. The money and the resources we have already belong to God, so we give back to him as an act of worship and gratitude of the work he's done in our lives.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Faithfulness Means We Give Consistently (16:43)Cheerfulness Means We Give Joyfully (20:56)Sacrifice Means You Give Even When It Costs You (27:52)Personal Challenges (38:54)Conclusion (43:58)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to multiple passages of Scripture to answer the question, "How should we discipline?" Church discipline is an important biblical concept, yet it is often avoided when needed. This sermon seeks to answer the questions of when it is necessary, how it fits into the regular gatherings of the church, and how its intention is for the health and purity of the church.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)The Foundation: Humility and Teachability (6:41)Confrontation is biblical (13:41)Diotrephes (3 John) (18:37)Is Discipline Loving? (24:17)What About "Judge Not"? (28:13)What Sins Require Discipline? (34:54)Why We Promise This to One Another (36:19)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks continues our Series, "On This Rock", discussing the importance of unity in the life of the church. Looking to Ephesians 4, Scripture shows us that unity is vital if we are to live in the gospel together. Here, we learn that disunity and uniformity should not mark the church but genuine unity.If you'd like to listen to this message on Spotify, follow the link here: 🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Walk Worthy of Your Calling (9:36)The Ingredients of Genuine Unity (13:10)What destroys unity? (27:12)What builds unity? (28:46)The Foundation of Our Unity (31:47)Grace is Our Safeguard (34:54)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to Hebrews 10 to answer the question, "Why do we matter to each other?" As we continue to reflect upon what it means to be the Church, Hebrews 10 challenges us to regularly gather together, care, pray for, and serve each other.If you'd like to listen to this message on Spotify, follow the link here: 🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)We Promise to Faithfully Participate in Public Worship (3:21)We Promise to Pray for, Care, and Serve One Another (21:20)Application (28:43)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

As we continue our series, "On this Rock", Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to an array of biblical passages to explain how Christians ought to be different from the world around them. This sermon works as part two of the previous message titled, "Who Has the Final Word?", and gives us six promises we make as believers. As Christians, we submit to the authority of Scripture, pursue holiness as our worship, avoid sinful entanglements, discipline ourselves toward holiness, commit to sexual purity and loyalty, and lastly, commit to obey the biblical ordinances: baptism by immersion and communion.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:What Makes Us Different? (0:00)Spiritual Discipline (10:34)Sexual Purity and Loyalty (20:46)Obedience to the ordinances (27:53)Conclusion (40:14)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks continues our series "On This Rock", looking at multiple passages of Scripture to answer the question, "Who has the final word?" As Christians, we submit to the authority of God and trust his Word to teach, correct, and train us. In all things, God has the final word in our lives and we follow his Word, live a life of worship that pursues holiness, and we seek to avoid sinful entanglement. God's Word trains us to live differently from the world, and as the body of Christ, we declare to stand on these promises.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline: Introduction (0:00)We submit to the authority of Scripture (10:19)We pursue holiness as worship (26:33)We avoid sinful entanglement (33:23)Conclusion (38:51)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

As we continue our series "On This Rock", Pastor Jeff Sheeks looks to 1 Thessalonians to demonstrate how the church ought to behave. From the text, we see three marks for how the Church and its people ought to behave. We should mimic faithful role models who have demonstrated what it means to follow Christ. We should model joyful responses to the gospel in our own lives as a witness to the truth. Lastly, we should motivate spiritual reformation, and not simply revival, but genuine repentance.Outline:Introduction (0:00)Scripture Reading (8:12)We Mimic Faithful Role Models (10:18)We Model Joyful Responses (24:55)We Motivate Spiritual Reformation (31:17)Conclusion (39:37)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, our Youth Pastor, Josh Peoples, looks to Ephesians 6 to show the importance of bearing the armor of God in our daily lives. Every day, there is a spiritual battle we face, and must find our strength in God and equip ourselves with the things God has given us. He has provided what we need to stand firm in our faith and to attack the spiritual darkness in the world around.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Scripture Reading (9:07)The Source of Our Strength (11:18)Severity of the Battle (16:58)The Armor We Bear (23:09)The Mission Before Us (34:44)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks continues our series "On This Rock", looking to important New Testament passages that explain our purpose as Christians. As we live in this world, we are called to live on mission, proclaiming the message of the gospel to everyone we encounter and in every circumstance. As Christians, we are called to represent Christ to the world around us, exposing sin, speaking the truth, glorifying God, and living with passion and purpose.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)We exist as exhibits of spiritual reality (7:30)We exist to expose sinful corruption (16:24)We exist to expel satanic darkness (24:37)We exist to expand the glorious reputation of God (30:46)We exist to exemplify spiritual passion and purpose (34:42)Conclusion (36:33)

In this message, Pastor Jeff Sheeks continues our "On This Rock" series, looking at 1 Corinthians 12 to show the importance of being an active part of the church body. Every believer has a role to play in the church, and everyone must do their part to build up the body of Christ. We are not called to be spectators in God's family and his Church but to be active participants.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)Scripture Reading (4:33)God never intended for the Christian life to be lived alone (9:36)God has placed us into his family (20:52)We are called to participate, not spectate (36:06)Our faith is on display (42:18)Jesus Christ is still building his Church (44:24)Conclusion (47:39)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!

In this message, we begin a new series titled "On This Rock" where we look to what God's Word on how we as a church should build our foundation. As Pastor Jeff leads us through Matthew 16:13-18, he explains to us that our foundation is built upon Jesus Christ - nothing more, nothing less. As we begin a new year, we are challenged to examine our own lives to understand where we need to more fully depend on Christ as our foundation and trust in him more each day.🔗 Want to learn more or get connected?Visit our website or Facebook page, or come join us in person—we’d love to meet you!Website: fbcbrooklyn.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/baptist.brooklynOutline:Introduction (0:00)We Are Mastered By An Unrivaled Master (4:45)We Are Messengers of An Unchanging Manifesto (21:52)Application (39:58)If you enjoyed this message, be sure to like, share, and subscribe for more biblical content!