Immanuel Baptist Church

“God looks down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there is anyone who understands.” (Psalm 53:2). No one understands who God is and how sinful man is. The entrance of sin into the world through Adam’s disobedience resulted in spiritual,

The love of God is not a feeling, or an emotion, or sentimentality. God’s love is a commitment to do good to and to help those who are rebels against God and undeserving of His goodness. Man’s greatest need is to be reconciled to God but sinful man can’t

In a song I recently heard, the singer asked God to deliver her from several things that she knew were selfish like the need to be praised, the need to be approved, the need to be right, the need to have things her way, etc. The singer was singing about

Through the prophet Isaiah, God informs us that we do not know much. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9). We can easily form thoughts of God in our minds

One day, according to Luke 4:16-20, Jesus went to the synagogue in Nazareth, the town in which He grew up. The leader of the synagogue handed Jesus the book of Isaiah. Jesus turned to Isaiah 61 and read the passage in verses 1and 2: “The Spirit of the

“By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.” (Psalm 33:6). Before God spoke the universe into existence, nothing existed except God! God did not create everything because He needed it. He is eternal,

God reveals in His Word that we are to give thanks in everything (1 Thessalonians 5:18). When we have trials and hard times in life, we are still to give thanks to God. If we believe that God is sovereign and that He controls all events in the universe,

“In the day you eat from it, you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:17). Adam ate from the forbidden fruit and he died that day! God always keeps His promises. Adam’s once perfect fellowship with his Creator was broken by his sin. He died a spiritual death and

Before we were saved by God’s grace, we were totally depraved and slaves to sin. “For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.” (Titus 3

When Jesus was being interrogated by Pontius Pilate, He told Pilate that He came into the world to bear witness of the truth and that everyone that is of the truth hears His voice (John 18:37). Pilate then asked, “What is truth?” (verse38). Ever since the

“The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.” (Psalm 58:3). Jeremiah also helps us understand the condition of unregenerate men; “The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.”

Many professing Christians believe God is sovereign over creation and weather and in doing good to people but they do not believe God is sovereign over the destinies of men’s souls. The pride of man and ignorance of God’s Word lead to a wrong view of God

Satan has blinded the minds of those who do not believe (2 Corinthians 4:4). He has also deceived true believers into thinking that they can live like the world and not be fully committed to living for Christ. There is a spiritual war going on in which

In Matthew’s gospel, Jesus said, “The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.” (Matthew 11:5). Jesus was proving by His miraculous works that

People want to feel secure but in this world of violence and unexpected trauma, it is not easy to feel safe. The only true and lasting security comes from God Himself. He is the Creator and Sustainer of life. He controls all the actions of men, angels,

Jesus chose twelve disciples who were all believers except Judas. The eleven men learned a lot about Jesus during His three year ministry but they had the wrong idea about what Messiah came to do. They thought Jesus would conquer the Roman occupiers and

It’s hard to forgive! When someone offends you, hurts you, or treats you unfairly, your natural response is to hate, be angry, and try to get even. Only those who are born again followers of Jesus Christ can love and forgive those who hurt them. Jesus was

Everyone begins life in bondage to sin. Each person breaks God’s laws, loves the world, and does what is right in his own eyes. Romans 6:20 says, “For when you were slaves of sin, you were free from righteousness.” We were all slaves to our sin nature and

“By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the hosts of them by the breath of His mouth.” (Psalm 33:6). God is eternal; before there was a universe, there was God! When He wanted to create, He spoke and His Word made things come into existence

If someone kidnapped your child, how much money would you be willing to pay to free your loved one from captivity and certain death? You would give every penny you had and your house, cars, jewelry, clothing, and whatever else you had to appease the

“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). This is how God describes the heart of every unsaved person. The word “heart” is used repeatedly in the Old and New Testaments to describe the inner,

Jesus was walking through cities and villages teaching as He journeyed to Jerusalem. A man in the crowd asked Jesus if there were few that were being saved. Jesus answered, “Strive to enter in at the narrow gate; for many I say unto you, will seek to

“Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble.” (Job 14:1). In this fallen world, life is brief and loaded with pain and disappointments. Trials and tribulations are no respecters of persons; all people will have troubles throughout life

God’s plan of salvation is more than getting people into heaven. God is the Author of our salvation and He designed salvation so He would get the glory, praise, and honor. That is the main reason for salvation and every other act that God plans. Sinful

God has given us a wonderful capacity to remember. We love to have pictures, videos, letters, texts, and emails of loved ones so we can recall the good times we shared with them. The more we love someone, the more we want to remember the special

Have you heard the saying, “Seeing is believing?” In most cases, people will believe what you tell them if you can produce evidence that they can see. But when it comes to the universe and the world, most people will not believe that all of it was created

Everyone wants to go to heaven or at least go to a place in the afterlife where there is no more pain and suffering and sorrow. Stress and emotional trauma and depression can get so bad that some individuals commit suicide in an attempt to remove the pain

The world we live in is a dangerous place! You never know what might happen next. You have heard of the drunk driver who crashes into another car and kills the people in the car. On the news, you have heard of a person entering a store and shooting people

God created man in His image (Genesis 1:26). The first man, Adam, could love, worship, and obey God. But Adam sinned against God and in the day he disobeyed God, his heart and mind became corrupted. Adam died spiritually the moment he sinned and at age

The word “sin” is not heard much in the churches or outside the churches these days. When people do something wrong or say some bad words, it is called a mistake or a slip of the tongue but it is not called sin! Every word, thought, and act that is not

The salvation that Christians experience is not only by the grace of God but it is by the grace of the Triune God! Each member of the Trinity is involved in the salvation of sinners. Salvation is not by works or human effort but by the divine work of God

The Word of God reveals that man is not good. "There is none righteous, no not one." (Romans 3:10). There is none that does good." (Romans 3:12). But God is good according to Scripture; "He makes the sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on

There was a time when the world was not groaning and travailing in pain and when men were not suffering. That time in history was when God created the universe and made everything perfect. After six days of creative miracles, God said that everything He

The hardest thing for a person to do is to love someone who is mean, belligerent, and determined to harm you. Think of people who have been put in prison for political reasons or put in death camps because of their ethnicity.  Ask one of those prisoners

In the Bible, the word “know” is often used to describe an intimate relationship as in Genesis 4:1 which says, “And Adam “knew” Eve his wife and she conceived and gave birth to Cain…” In the spiritual realm, when God establishes an intimate relationship

Every person is endowed by God with certain skills, talents, and intellectual capacity. God expects each person to use his gifts for the glory of God and take advantage of the opportunities God gives by virtue of those gifts. In the parable of the talents

The great commission is given to every born again believer. Each Christian has been given the opportunity to share the message of salvation with those who are in the world without God and without hope. Eternity is waiting to receive the souls of men

God revealed His moral law to Moses and it was written down for the first time in human history. The moral law was given to men to help them see the sinfulness of sin. (Romans 5:20). No one has ever been able to keep God’s law because all people are

All humans are conceived in sin (Psalm 51:5) and are sinners by nature. Sinners sin because it is their nature to sin. A pig loves to wallow in the mud because that is his nature. You can put clothes and makeup on the pig but he will still go to the mud

Jesus told us not to be anxious about anything. (Matthew6:25) because anxiety does not help us accomplish God’s will. What Jesus wants us to do instead of worrying is to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all the other things

People are born thinking highly of themselves. They compare themselves to others and feel superior if they are a little smarter, prettier, stronger, wealthier, or more moral or religious, etc. God is the Judge and He does not compare one person to another

“Sin” is a small word but it has a huge meaning! It means that a person has broken God’s law. Sin is lawlessness (1 John 3:4). Sinning comes naturally to people because they all have sin natures. All people inherit a sinful disposition from their parents

“The Lord has appeared of old unto me, saying, yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, with lovingkindness, I have drawn you.” (Jeremiah 31:3). Who can comprehend God’s love for selfish, rebellious, depraved sinners? All of us have

“Come and see the works of God: for He is awesome in His doings toward the children of men.” (Psalm 66:5). God did not have to create the world or give people eyesight to see His glorious creation. But God created the universe and allowed men to see it so

The efforts of the devil to thwart God’s plan of salvation began in the Garden of Eden. After causing Adam and Eve to stumble, Satan tried to destroy anyone who might bear the seed of the women (Genesis 3:15) and then he tried to corrupt the human race

Jesus came into the world to save sinners. (1 Timothy 1:15). All the people whom God gave to Jesus to redeem were dead spiritually and slaves to sin. In order to rescue them from eternal punishment, Jesus had to be punished in their place. Jesus was the

God is angry all the time. Psalm 7:11 says God is angry every day! The reason He is angry is because all the people He created in His image sin against Him every day. God is holy and righteous. His righteousness is reflected in His moral law. When God’s