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Webster Bible Church is an evangelical, independent, nondenominational Bible preaching and teaching ministry. We are dedicated to faithful expository preaching of the inspired Word of God. We offer bible teaching for all ages and grade levels. We have a growing biblical counseling ministry, a more intimate fellowship in our weekly small groups as well as a new found zeal for local and international missions.
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Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
[God] has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his Son, who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
Colossians 1:13-14
[Jesus] is the one who has rescued us from the terrors of the coming judgment.
1 Thessalonians 1:10
This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.
1 Corinthians 11:25
The Essence of the Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper is a thankful remembrance of Christ and his death, symbolized by the bread and cup, that nourishes us spiritually, brings us into communion with God and one another, and fills us with joyful anticipation of the glory to come.
1. The Lord's supper is a thankful remembrance of Christ and his death.
2. The Lord's Supper nourishes us spiritually.
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
John 6:53-57
3. The Lord's Supper brings us into communion with God and one another.
The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation [koinonia, "sharing, communion, fellowship"] in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you.... When you come together, it is not the Lord's supper that you eat.
1 Corinthians 11:17-18, 20
For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks
judgment on himself.
1 Corinthians 11:29
Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:2
4. The Lord's Supper fills us with a joyful anticipation of the glory to come.
Key Errors Concerning the Lord's Supper
1. Transubstantiation
He did not enter heaven to offer himself again and again.... But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.... Christ was offered once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many.
Hebrews 9:25-26, 28
2. Consubstantiation
3. The Mere Memorial View
Our Experience of the Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper is a thankful remembrance of Christ and his death, symbolized by the bread and cup, that nourishes us spiritually, brings us into communion with God and one another, and fills us with joyful anticipation of the glory to come.
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
1. 1-14 / There are UNIVERSAL & UNRELENTING temptations.
2. 15-16 / There are UNFILLABLE voids in people’s souls.
3. 18-19 / There are UNFATHOMABLE mysteries in life.
4. 21-23 / There are UNFITTING realities in life.
5. 24-28 / There is UNTAPPED wisdom in Creation all around you.
6. 29-31 / There are UNLINKED similarities in life.
7. 32-33 / There are UNAVOIDABLE consequences to our thoughts and actions.
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Understanding the Ordinances: Baptism Part 2
Jesus came and said them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Matthew 28:18-20
The Essence of Christian Baptism
Baptism is the church's act of affirming a believer's profession of faith in Christ with the symbolic application of water.
Key Errors Concerning Christian Baptism
1. The Roman Catholic View
Ex opere operato "by the work worked"
Because baptism was considered to effect the forgiveness of sins, and because infants are born with Adamic guilt and corruption (original sin), they must be baptized in order to be saved. With this theology firmly in place by the beginning of the fifth century, infant baptism became the official practice of the church.
- Gregg R. Allison
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God's gift - not from works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
2. The Lutheran View
Of Baptism they teach that it is necessary to salvation, and that through Baptism is offered the grace of God, and that children are to be baptized who, being offered to
God through Baptism are received into God's grace.
- The Augsburg Confession Article 9, "Of Baptism"
3. The Reformed Paedobaptist View
10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. 11 When you came to Christ, you were "circumcised," but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision - the cutting away of your sinful nature. 12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead.
Colossians 2:10-12 NLT
Entrance into Old Covenant community
Involuntary Physical External
Entrance into New Covenant community
Voluntary Spiritual Internal
Baptism is the church's act of affirming a believer's profession of faith in Christ with the symbolic application of water.
Our Experience of Christian Baptism
1. Baptism honors the Lord.
2. Baptism strengthens your faith.
3. Baptism helps you share your faith.
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. ... And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes,
they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Acts 2:42, 46-47
"If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
- Jesus Christ (John 8:31)
There were many priests under the old system, for death prevented them from remaining in office. But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts
forever. Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.
Hebrews 7:23-25 NLT
There is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 2:5
You yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:5
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
Matthew 26:26-28
1. The Essence of Baptism
Baptism is the church's act of affirming a believer's profession of faith in Christ with the symbolic application of water.
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that,
just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Romans 6:3-4
Baptism ... now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3:21
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
God has revealed Himself through General Revelation in creation and through Special Revelation in the Scriptures.
General Revelation
Special Revelation
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
True, lasting contentment is found in the refuge of Christ and the joy that the Lord provides.
1. The Place of Refuge (v.1)
2. The Voice of Confidence (vv.2-8)
3. The Path of Life (vv. 9-11)
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
"The tendency of modern times has been to take punishment out of eternity or eternity out of punishment."
- John Gerstner
The Eternal State We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment
and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace.
What happens at one's death? Does Hell even exist? What happens in Hell? Questions from Skeptics
Revelation 20:1-15
What happens at one's death?
The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
And he called out, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.
Luke 16:22-24 (ESV)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:8-10 (ESV)
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 2:24 (ESV)
Does Hell even exist?
And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
Matthew 25:46 (ESV)
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Matthew 7:13-14 (ESV)
What happens in Hell?
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?'
And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'
Matthew 7:21-23 (ESV).
Questions Raised by Skeptics How does God's nature and His attributes reconcile with the Biblical concept of Hell?
Is God unjust to send "good" people to Hell?
How then shall we live, in light of the reality of Hell?
Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
2 Corinthians 6:2 (NIV)
"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees,
imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for."
Charles Spurgeon
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Our collaborative service for Christ strengthens our solidarity in Christ.
Paul's Co-laborers
Romans 16:1-16, 21-23
Prisca
Romans 16:3-5
Mary
Romans 16:6
Junia
Romans 16:7
Tryphena, Tryphosa, and Persis
Romans 16:12
Mother of Rufus
Romans 16:13
Julia and Nereus' sister
Romans 16:15
Our collaborative service for Christ strengthens our solidarity in Christ.
Paul's Caution
Romans 16:17-19
Scope them out.
Stay away from them.
Paul's Confidence
Romans 16:20-21
... In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things
present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Romans 8:37-39
Paul's Conclusion
Romans 16:25-27
God strengthens us through the gospel.
The gospel centers on Jesus Christ.
The gospel is for all nations.