Grace Baptist Church

LORD WILLING, this morning we will SIMULCAST our Worship service at Grace Baptist of Ruston on Sermon Audio, Facebook LIVE, and Youtube LIVE. The LIVE STREAM will begin at 10:30 a.m.CDT. The text for today's sermon is Isaiah 43:25 and is entitled 

LORD WILLING, this morning we will SIMULCAST the Adult Bible class and Sunday Worship service at Grace Baptist of Ruston on Sermon Audio, Facebook LIVE, and Youtube LIVE. The LIVE STREAM will begin at 10 a.m.CDT with our Adult Bible class. We will

Two times in the book of Proverbs, the wisest man that ever lived, with the exception of our Lord Jesus Christ, wrote: "There is A WAY which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death."(Prov.14:12); "There is A WAY that seemeth

“Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God.”(II Tim.1:8) Many decades ago, when I was deeply involved in false religion,

If you ask the nominal professing Christian to give you a Scriptural definition of justification, many of them don’t even know what justification is; much less understand the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of believing this Biblical truth. The Apostle Paul said:

"Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for

"Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea." (Micah 7:19) When God takes all our iniquities with His own hand, and casts them with His own arm into the depths of the sea, they will never come out of those depths to witness against the

For nearly 36 years I have consistently preached about the essential truth of the Gospel, i.e., the justification of all God's elect at Calvary based exclusively on Christ's accomplished death, HIS IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE. "Therefore being justified

“Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.”(Acts 8:35) From my early days in “Sunday school”, “Vacation Bible school”, participation in the religious boy’s group the “RA’S”, and then in my late teens and

“Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.”(Acts 13:38,39)

Rom 9:18-23 "Therefore He has mercy on whom He will have mercy, and whom He will, He hardens. You will then say to me, Why does He yet find fault? For who has resisted His will? No, but, O man, who are you who replies against God? Shall the thing formed

I stand amazed with how many on social media unscripturally cast the mantel of "heresy" so readily on everyone THEY DEEM a "heretick". Interesting thing is, the word translated "heretick" is only used ONE TIME in the New Testament - "A man that is an

MAN by nature always holds a much higher opinion of himself than he should. By nature, not one unregenerate sinner can THINK or VIEW their standing before the true and living God “according to the Scriptures.” They don’t take the position King David took

"Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter

“JUDGE NOT, THAT YOU BE NOT JUDGED. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is

One of the greatest privileges and responsibilities I enjoy as a justified sinner is to get to tell lost sinners of the full, free, eternal salvation worked out for EVERY ELECT SINNER (those sinners chosen before the foundation of the world by God the

I heard a television reporter make a statement one time that would probably shock most people who are actively involved in organized religion. This reporter said: “Evidence today reveals to us that fewer than 10% of those who are active members of any

Oh how differently the grace of God makes a justified sinner view themselves before the true and living God, as opposed to the way false religious professions makes the lost moralist view themselves.. All you need to do is read the parable of the Publican

“Train up a child IN THE WAY he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” (Prov.22:6) All of us as parents have a tremendous responsibility placed on us in the upbringing of those precious sons and daughters entrusted into our care. We

"But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose."(Romans 8:28) With the exception of John 3:16 and II Chron.7:14, the above verse is one of the most misunderstood, misused,

"Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to MY GOSPEL, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the

"This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Not given to wine, no striker, not

Most people involved in self-righteous, works religion have to be constantly motivated to obedience through threats of punishment or promises of rewards. Tragically, I know from personal experience that this kind of motivation will produce the desired

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Prov.22:6) Husbands and wives who have been brought to believe God's Gospel and rest in Christ's righteousness alone as their only hope and cause of salvation

When the frightened jailor asked Paul and Silas this question in Acts 16, he revealed a lot about the natural man's false concept of salvation. When faced with hardship and impending judgement, men always want to do something to get right with God. My

"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And YE WILL NOT COME TO ME, that ye might have life."(John 5:39,40) I find it amazing that unregenerate, lost, moral sinners WILL COME to anything

Like every other person on this planet I was raised by well-intentioned, though misinformed people who taught me "we're all God's children" and that we are "our brother's keeper". This sounded logical to my human nature and understanding, so I just

I hear religious people make the following statement all the time: "All I want to do is give glory to God." My thoughts are always the same when I hear this kind of statement: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? Do you mean by that you want to hold your hands up in

I find it amazing that those who claim to believe God's Gospel, claim to have rested and called upon Christ as "the Lord our Righteousness", use social media, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, as though the same rules that apply in the real world to

"Now FAITH is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by IT the elders OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT."(Heb.11:1,2) Here's a good question that demands an answer: From WHOM did these ancient justified saints "OBTAIN A GOOD REPORT"?

"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. Hereby perceive we

Like most of you I was raised in a deeply religious family, brought to church by my parents for every service and every event. Like most of you, I was taught by well intentioned individuals those things they considered important in religion. Like most of