First Baptist New Orleans | Sermons

This very first prayer of Jesus was interrupted by the heavens being split open. We want to learn to pray like that. We want the Holy Spirit’s power unleashed through our prayers. The heavens are split, torn apart. The verb in Mark 1:10 is schizo. It...

“Do not repay anyone evil for evil.” This statement pertains both to your church family and to outsiders. Paul mentions “enemy” in verse 20. So we should see this instruction as once again helping us live and witness to Christ in the...

We noticed last week that at the end of verse 13 Paul instructs us to “Practice hospitality.” I said then that “hospitality” is built from phileo, meaning love, and xenia, “strangers.” This care for strangers, for foreigners, is consistent in the...

Now the Apostle turns to attitudes and behavior—to manners at the table. This is how you behave at the table of the Lord. This is the Apostle Paul offering some training exercise for Christ-like morality, Christ-like attitudes, and Christ-like...

Renew your mind. Think of yourself with sober judgment in accordance with faith. Now the apostle launches into a catalog of gifts that may be evident among believers in any church. We usually identify four such lists in the New Testament: I...

Worship is the renewing of your mind. It restores the perspective that should prevail in us all the time. It reorients our lives with Christ as the center. It reorganizes our priorities so that we reflect in word and deed the Savior who brought us...

Corporate worship is our big event each week. And that is how it should be. The entire family of faith gathers here on the Lord’s Day to give our mighty God the honor due his name. We open God’s Word and learn more about his heart and our hope. And we...

Intro: Did you get rid of anything when you climbed into your attic to get the Christmas decorations? I threw away the box in which we stored the old Christmas tree that we are using for the last time this Christmas. We will buy a new one in the...

We are about to be buried in dens full of colorful wrapping paper torn to pieces by children eager to see what Santa Claus brought them. This annual ritual comes with considerable anxiety. We actually have a wish list on ANYLIST.COM where we have...

Sermon Notes: Godliness with Contentment: Lev. 19:18: “ ‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.’” Intro: Forgiveness is a big deal with Jesus. He gave his life so...

Scripture Text: Galatians 6:1-10 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will...

Scripture Text: Galatians 5:13-26   13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command...

Stand In the Place of Grace: “Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” (v1) We are not saved by religious rituals. Paul is contrasting the concern about circumcision and un-circumcision with a concern...

Good morning. If you have a Bible, and I hope you or somebody around you does, I invite you to open with me to Genesis, chapter 1. The first chapter, the first book in the Bible. While you're turning there, let me just say thank you to First...

Scripture Text: 21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23 His son by the slave woman was born...

Scripture Text: Galatians 4:8-20 8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable...

Scripture Text: Galatians 3:23-29 23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by...

Scripture Text: 15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his...

Scripture Text: Galatians 3:1-14 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the...

Sermon Notes: 1. Do Not Cave In to Peer Pressure 2. Act in Line with the Gospel 3. Find Yourself Among the Sinners 4. Always Put Your Faith in Christ 5. Reckon Yourself Crucified with Christ You can find full sermon notes, as well as audio and...