Pastor Frank Hampton Jr. Sermons

"Too long people have presumed on the mercy of God". God is love, and His mercy is everlasting, nonetheless he is simultaneously the righteous judge and it is a fearful thing to fall into his hands. God in finality is currently calling all his precious human creation to salvation and greater light; will we be faithful to answer?

After a certain length of time being saved, we should get to the point where we are prepared for any assignment for which God needs us. Our lives should be such that anywhere and any time we can spring into action for God. This is the least we can do for God, and we owe it to the saints and to our own soul. Date: 10/18/1981

God works is seasons. If we do not move when God is prompting us to move, then we will just miss what He is doing. Trying to move when God is not moving is like planting seeds after the harvest is past. It is very important to move while the door of opportunity is open: if we wait too late, we are liable to fall into a state of despair, blackness, hopelessness. Date: 8/1/1990

God can tolerate anything but a lack of love. Refuse to fall victim to the cold, nonchalant, and apathetic Laodicean environment. Stay intimate with God, sensitive to His Spirit’s call, and obedient to His Word. Preached on February 17, 1982.

The question may be asked, "how far can the Satan go?" The answer: the devil can go as far as you let him. If you submit yourself to God and resist the devil, he will flee from you! But if you let the enemy continue to advance upon your mind or body, he will keep on going until he consumes you. The enemy will go as far as you let him, and he will work exploit to the fullest anything you give him. Let us not be ignorant of Satan's devices! Date: 12/27/2003 (Springfield, OH)

"Every mans downfall started with a suggestion from the devil". Once Satan is our ear, it's no casual thing getting him out; so we'd be best off not letting him get started at all. Keep a ready violent rebuke, watch, and pray.  Date preached not found. 

In the year of 1982, Pastor Hampton and the congregation in Jackson were journeying in Bible study through the book of Acts. On this particular evening, Pastor Hampton was burdened. The saints in the book of Acts started off on fire, but so soon that level of glory began to wane. Many people have similar experiences in salvation: they get to a place in God where they have genuine glory and a connection with God, but for some reason they relax, and let it slip. If you have this glory, do all to keep it; if you have lost it, then do whatever is necessary to recapture it! Date: 10/1/1982

Along this way of salvation, we could face anything. Therefore we must so settle it in our hearts, so count the cost that every adversity that stands in our path is viewed simply as part of the cost. We will not make it by our own strength; only the strength of God Himself will take us through. But it is up to us to eat everything God feeds us so we can be in position to receive that strength. Date Preached: 4/11/1983

We make the decision, God determines the consequence. We make the choice, God enforces its' implications. Knowing that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, let us walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called. Preached on October 15, 1981. 

Often the Spirit leads in paths that are contrary to the flesh, paths that are uncomfortable. God does this to prepare you for the task ahead. Many people are lost and confused today because they did not follow the Spirit's leading. Not only is it crucial to obey the Spirit when He speaks, but even before then you must get into a position where you can and are willing to obey no matter where He leads. Date Preached: 11/29/1981

Would Jesus feel welcome at your house? Would radical changes need to be made for Jesus to feel comfortable in your house? If He walked in, would you treat Him with greater honor than the influential people you look up to? Take careful retrospective inventory of your life as you experience this soul searching message.  Preached on October 28, 1981. 

Most times the enemy cannot take a saint out with one hard blow, so he does his best to first tire them out. If you allow the enemy to get you to become weary, you will cease to do what produces divine results. Apostasy comes in when you get weary of holding the truth. Eventually the virtue you have will become depleted, but don't get weary! Jesus left us an example to do in these times: get alone with God until He renews your virtue. Date Preached: 9/28/2003

Pure gold is what filled the tabernacle, which is representative of God's church. Everything in the kingdom of God must be pure; anything that is impure is not a part of God's church and cannot enter heaven. Purity is characterized by a holy, consecrated, and blameless life that is utterly free from corruption of the spirit, soul, and body. We must be pure according to God's definition of purity. Closely examine your life: are you made of pure gold? Preached on 2/2/1982

Faith is the powerful means by which we are saved, but it is important to realize that it can be overthrown. There is a certain faith for which God is looking; this faith is God’s standard. In Luke 18:8 Jesus, foreseeing the time in which we now live, questioned whether He would find acceptable faith at all at His coming. We see then that in order to keep that faith for which Jesus is coming back, beyond ordinary effort is required. Preached on 4/26/1987

Faith is the engine of triumph in the Christian experience. God operates within a higher order, and faith is the channel to experience this higher order, enabling complete dominion over this natural order, life, and world. Preached on: September 12, 1982

If what you are claiming or holding is backed up by the Bible, then you can prove it to be true without fear of embarrassment. You do not prove it by talking, but by putting it into action and getting the results. This is not only our privilege, but also our responsibility. The question, then, is "are you my brother and sister proving the Bible is true?" Preached on 11/4/1981

Rebellion is the wind in which all sin committed. Rebellion, in any form or measure, towards God, His Word, conscience, or the still small voice is a fallen, suboptimal, and unacceptable spiritual state. May we all with mindful introspection do as our brother, Apostle Paul advocates “… let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” Preached on October 3, 1982.

This is a fact: your focus determines your destination. The only way to succeed spiritually is to keep our eyes focused on Jesus until the goal is obtained. It is the devil's objective to get your focus away from God and onto your circumstance because he knows that if you keep your focus right, your situation will eventually break and you will receive the prize! Seeing how vital your focus is, honestly ponder the question, where are your eyes?

"The loss of wealth is much, the loss of health is more, but the loss of soul is such, that no man can restore." (Robert H. Smith) A man's soul is his most prized, precious, and premium possession; infinite in both value and longevity. May God grant us personal revelation of this eternal insight and our attitude, mindset, and conduct reflect that understanding. 

The true people of God will settle with nothing less than the presence of God; with what works. It is not hard to discern where and through whom God is working, and even those who may outwardly criticize God's people know deep within that what they are doing is what produces results. Do not content yourself with anything less than the presence of God being definitely with you; the fulness of God! A time is coming when it is the only thing that will carry you through. Date Preached: 9/6/1987 (Jackson, MI Fellowship Meeting)

The tone, heart, and burden of this message echo that of the Apostle Paul in his farewell address to the Ephesian elders in Acts 20. Bro. Hampton with his “66 years” of insight, wisdom, and experience urge the saints to not go down with the ship or fall victim to the general conditions of our day.  Alternatively, he encourages the saints to strive to be apart of the remnant of her seed, build themselves up in their most holy faith, and rise above this apathetic, impotent, logically inconsistent 8th beast spiritual atmosphere.  Preached in: Columbus, Georgia (Tent Meeting) Preached on: July 27, 2017 (Thursday PM)

War for the saints is inevitable; there is no way to go around it and stay saved. Therefore we must fashion our minds for the spiritual warfare! Our lifestyles ought to be so that we could engage a major crisis at any time. If you are in a war, fight it out until the end; if you are not, give yourself in preparation for it! Date of Message: ?/?/1990

God has directed His promises to those whose heart is perfect toward Him; it is these who can expect and hold God to His promises. A perfect heart is characterized by perfect trust. God has not promised to come through because we are suffering or in distress, but because we trust Him and are empty of all doubt. Soul-searching is in order after listening to this Word from God! Is your heart perfect toward God?

It's one thing to not accept or delay acceptance of the truth. It's another thing to oppose it blatantly. When an individual exchanges the tender working of the Holy Ghost for hardness, hatred, and hostility towards that working they adjudicate themselves as children of Satan, appropriately deserving hell. May Almighty God enable us to prove ourselves worthy of everlasting life. Preached on November 22, 1981.  

An ultimatum is made in salvation: either you crucify the old man or the old man will crucify you; both cannot co-exist in salvation for long. The life of every living thing can only be perpetuated if it is fed; if you stop feeding something, it dies. So it is with the old man, or the old nature. You will never be able to mortify the old man unless you get brutal enough with it to stop feeding it, despite its cries to be satisfied. You must deny the passions that it stirs up in you! To mortify the old man is a commandment from God, so we see then that we will not get to heaven short of entire sanctification. If you are willing to go as far as you must, the experience of sanctification is as available to you as it was to anyone who has obtained it!

Interfacing the Divine requires a still mind.  The only way to "know", hear the "still small voice", receive revelation, and experience a spiritual deposit from God is through stillness and solitude.  "Don't get excited", be still and know. 

There is a grace to which we have access; a grace that will enable us to stand under any circumstances. In the morning time of the gospel day, the church stood in the face of strong persecution. They felt the same way we feel about be physically persecuted, but it was the standing grace that allowed not to waiver in the face of death. We too must make it up in our minds that we are going to stand, and seek after the grace to stand until we obtain it. Either we put on the whole armor of God and stand, or we will fall. Though obtaining this grace will require strenuous effort at times, if we are willing to do all to stand, we will stand. And praise God that this grace is attainable! Despite what trial, at this moment, is on the table before you, when you have done everything that you can do to stand, just stand, and the Lord will give grace.

Immortality is that aspect of God that we have inherited; our conscious existence is an eternal one. But those who have obtained life and conquered fear of death will have an eternal existence of bliss! We are sure that heaven lies on the other side of the life of a saint because the joy and ecstasy that we have experienced on this side is something that earth cannot produce! Our experience as saints is a foretaste of heaven. But those who reject salvation have rejected eternal life, and many will not even realize it until they are aroused by the stark reality of an eternal sentence. But while we are still here on earth, we still have a choice. Will you choose life or death? Date Preached: 4/22/1984 

Human nature is anti-sacrifice.  The essence of a true Christian's existence is sacrifice.  The level of one's spirituality is defined by the state of their personal altar. 

When it comes time for you to reckon with God, He will not judge you by what you did, but by what you could have done. Pastor Hampton challenged the heart of the saints, presenting to them a heavy question: have you done what you could? The position of our souls before God is dependent on us reaching our full potential for God, for we must give an account for anything that went lacking because of our lack. This word from the Lord is solemn and heavy, but, thank God, sufficient inspiration to execute is always sent along with a challenge from God! Date Preached: 12/20/1981

It is an impossibility to prepare for the evil day when it’s already knocking at your door. Every human life will face a season of intense difficulty, pressure, and hostile spiritual warfare. As Christians we survive and thrive amid this time by allowing God to shape, train, and teach us in prior times of peace. Preached on October 6, 1982.

After the first apostasy, it took the church many hundreds of years to recapture the blamelessness and glory with which she began. But so soon after she regained it, she became spotted again. It is in this condition the church now stands, and it is up to us, those of whom the church consists, to rid ourselves of every individual and collective spot, that Christ's bride may be blameless upon His imminent return. It is not just up to a few individuals to make the bride ready; everyone who makes up the body must take the up the burden of the church personally. However, there will not be a blameless church without a blameless ministry who will keep the Word pure. It is the pure Word alone that can wash the bride of her spots and make her presentable to Christ. Date Preached: 9/5/1982

God operates with a different criteria of measurement than we humans do.  His eyes are on the spirit (internal) and we default to the flesh (external). The posture of one’s heart is the surest determinant of one’s spiritual success not any external measure (even if it relates to the spiritual realm). Furthermore, we know sin separates from God, however God's ultimate desire is that we maintain a certain attitude towards sin (internal) and not the we simply avoid sinful manifestations (external). Date preached: December 9, 2001

God has entrusted every person with a responsibility. We are stewards of the task that God has committed to our trust, and are expected to be faithful in carrying it out. The completion of this mission is not optional: our eternal destination is predicated on whether or not we fulfill God's plan. Can God trust you in carrying out this task? To apprehend that for which you were apprehended? In the church today, we often wonder why there aren't more gifts; greater manifestations of God's power. The reason is this: there are so few that God can trust with this level of power. This trust comes with faithfulness. Not just faithfulness pertaining to living above sin, but faithfulness in a certain pursuit and consecration that will put you in position to be entrusted with a greater power from God. May God help us to imbibe both a life and a lifestyle that renders us trustworthy to God! And the results will follow. Date Preached: 6/2/1982

Christ and his army conquered then and is conquering still now, victorious through the annuls of time.   The caliber experience God expects of his church is that of unbroken glory.  The flame of His glory ignites upon a definite work of salvation in the soul and must grow in heat and luminance as you progress, walking on the path of just, which is as a shining light that grows brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. Preached on February 14, 1982.

Every action has an immediate reaction, but also lasting aftermath. Often people act swiftly, only seeing as far as the immediate result, and not considering that they also must deal with the aftermath of their actions. How the aftermath is handled is usually just as consequential as the action itself, and a failure to handle it right might mean one's eternal downfall. So we would do well to make it fully certain that we allow this message to have its full and immediate effect in our lives! Pastor Hampton clearly speaks from experience in this message, having seen many things in salvation up to that point, and was burdened about being right himself and that the saints also be right. Date Preached: 12/26/2014 (Springfield, OH)

Sentencing against an evil work is always God’s last resort. God’s mercy endures, going to extreme measures to give all of his human children every opportunity to correct their errors and wholly follow the Lord. However, humans have the ability to waste God’s aggressive goodness and merciful power to such a point to where there is no return; therefore an eternal divine ruling to damnation is reasonable. As gruesome and fierce as some of Gods judgments may appear, everything God does is redemptive.  

The spiritual condition of this world is only growing colder. The religious world is also following the same trajectory. If then the world is getting colder, in order for the people of God to remain hot, we must continually increase the fire in our souls. There is no way we can stay the same and not be affected by this atmosphere. Everyone that falls spiritually only adds to the cold, and we who are determined to stand must work more abundantly to pick up their slack. So examine yourself: are you daily drawing closer to God? Daily increasing your heat? Take heed that you align your life with this message; only those who do will survive! Date Preached: 12/1/1981

Holistic life satisfaction is only achieved in one kind of lifestyle; that which is built on and centered around the foundation of Christ. Since the beginning, mankind has always attempted to design a meaningful, substantive, and fulfilling existence disconnected from God’s course. Humanity has made status, financial affluence, and counterfeit fleshly religion their chief pursuit. Meanwhile Satan has so consumed humanity in their relentless striving towards “enough”, constantly redefining what “enough” means. As a result humanity operates exhausted and stuck on a never-ending treadmill of arrival, only to soon realize that they have been building on the bottomless pit, functioning with a flawed value structure, and now have eternity to think about how they were tricked.  Date preached: November 1,1987 (Altar call begins at 37:57)

Noah condemned the entire world because he was perfect in the wicked environment before the flood. He condemned the world because he went far enough to meet God's standard despite the prevailing conditions around him. We too have the very grave responsibility, as saints of God, to judge the world by our lives; we must be perfect. God ought to be able to use our lives as a perfect example of what he requires from man, and judge others by it. But what is God's standard for man? It is that we be the best that He offered His grace and inspiration for us to be; no less! God now may not cut you off for lacks in your salvation, for there is time and space to fulfill that lack. But when you meet Him in final judgment, no lacks will be tolerated since all was provided to you to measure up. This message sent forth is strong, but it will prepare us to meet Christ! May God grant the grace to receive it.  

There is no pursuit more noble in this life and rewarding in the life to come than to do always those things that please God. Christian, don't be relaxed by casual "churchianity"; work out your own salvation, with fear, trembling, and reverence. Stand bold in face of pressure, allow Christ to be Lord of your life and His spirit to guide you safely all the way Home.

As sure as the sun is to rise each morning, payday is coming! Depending on whose wages you are receiving, this is either your greatest blessing or your greatest curse. If you spend your time, energy, tears, and life altogether working for the devil until your cup fills us, you will receive a full payment for your life-work. But, glory to God, if you spend your life building up the kingdom of God at the expense of your own health, comfort, and anything else you sacrifice for God, your sufferings won’t be worthy to even compare to your reward! And your work will be rewarded both here and more abundantly in eternity.  So listener, if your payment is death, you have the glorious opportunity to get saved and change your payment! But listener, if your glorious reward is already compounding through your holy and consecrated life, be encouraged and remain steadfast, your payday is coming!

God's ways are unfathomable, beyond comprehension, and can often appear inequitable. Our Christian journey will be riddled with countless disappointments, unexpected misfortunes, and allowed accidents or irreversible happenings that God could've prevented.  Knowing this, the basis of commitment to God must not be fixed in our understanding why He deals as He does, but rather in the simple fact that He is God.

In the "Christian" world today, grace is often misapplied and seen as tool that causes one's sins to go without effect. However, this is not at all the purpose of grace. Grace gives power to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts, and enables one to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world. The Spirit of grace has taken it upon Himself to reveal this truth to everyone who comes into this world, and therefore all have the opportunity to accept this grace. And once you are saved, the Spirit of grace is with you, doing everything in His power to keep you! Even in this dark and wicked world, we are able to live righteously through the help of the Spirit of grace. And praise God grace is ever available to us! No matter the situation, if we willing to seek grace, we will find it! Date Preached: 2/9/1992

Temptation is inevitable, but it’s your choice to entertain it. For many Christians, the real struggle isn’t falling to it — it’s flirting with it. To live a conquering, consistent, and exemplary Christian life you must foresee evil afar off, entirely avoid all grey areas, and maintain a violent disposition towards sin. Date preached: April 9, 2000

Many are contented to simply survive spiritually, but God's Word exhorts us that we should be doing so much the more as we see the day approaching! It should not be so that we see our brother or sister going through, and we turn a blind eye to it; no, we should get up under their burden with them as if we were going through ourselves. This is how one becomes more spiritual, draws closer to God, and experiences more of God's blessings. However, not many are actually willing to obey the command, "let us consider one another...so much the more." So where are you? Are you praying, fasting, reading and studying the Word, seeking after God, examining yourself, and burden bearing so much the more as time draws to a close? "He that hath an ear, let him hear." Date Preached: 8/25/1982

A cursory glance at our country’s condition—reflected in the news, mainstream media, religion, politics, and the general state of human well-being, reveals that negativity is deeply woven into the fabric of society. Furthermore as Christians, it is self evident that Satan incessantly works to ensure our mental energy is fixated on negative things and blind to positive things. “Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” Being a Christian doesn’t delete the reality that life is full of negativity, hardship, pain, and misfortune; however, for the Christian ALL things work together for a positive purpose, and needless to say we spend a lot more days enjoying the wonders of this exceptional Christian life than we do immersed in trial.

For many, the pull of the world is so strong. The life of the party seems nigh irresistible; but what the devil does not show in his picture for their life is that every party comes to an end, and for many, it is already over! The end of the party, in some instances, is not death, but is when all the enjoyment of sin is gone. And what many do not realize is that it is not as easy as just staying in sin till the party ends and then coming to God. This is not at all the case because, even when or if you try to come to God, you must still reckon with everything that you did in sin, and many are just not willing to do so sufficiently.  For some, the party does end with along with their lives, and the realization they receive that the party is over is a realization that is almost more than the human mind can stand. Lord, help us all to realize that the party in sin ended a long time ago! There is nothing out there but a miserable life, and at the bitter end, eternal death. May we all take heed to this word sent from heaven. Date Preached: 10/31/1993

There is no human experience equal to that of a ex-saint (former saint). Any Christian, after having tasted the good word of God and experiencing so great a salvation - only to turn to and crucify their Saviour afresh, by returning to the vomit of sin is an atrocity beyond comprehension. The process of becoming an ex saint is a vicious one; requiring intense effort, force, and resoluteness of mind. May God grant us all a personal divulgence of this truth and may we cling to Christ with trembling and trust.   Preached on: October 7, 1987

Every day we are determining our destiny! Every word, imagination, and action direct our course. Listener, the final destination of your life and ultimately your soul is left in your hands and to your discretion. And although we are charting our course each moment, some moments forever define our destiny. This is why we must, without intermission, acknowledge God in all our ways that He may direct our path. If we do this indeed, our destiny will be according to His perfect plan! Solemnly listen to and consider this word from God, and let this message forever change you. Date Preached: 10/19/2003