Central Baptist Church Podcast
These are the Sunday School lessons, and the messages from the pulpit of Central Baptist Church in Center, Texas as well as some classic preaching by old time gospel preachers!
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1 Peter 5:8 - Satan is our adversary.

Ecclesiastes 8:8 - There is no discharge from this war.

1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 2:3 - Endure hardness.

2 Corinthians 10:2-3

Ephesians 6:17-18

In battle, the enemy won't lower the bar.

Don't lower the standard; bring the men up to the standard.

Psalm 78:9, 41 - Don't limit God by fleeing the battle.

2 Corinthians 6:14; Matthew 28:11

Only one yoke can be worn at a time. A yoke was not created for play. 2 Timothy 2:4; John 8:29

1. We must make a clean break with the world.

2. We must be men of might. Philippians 4:13; Ephesians 6:10

Our strength is in submission, not independence.

3. We must be skillful with our weapons.

A. God's Word

B. Prayer Matthew 18:18-19; 1 John 5:14

We must not be intimidated by the enemy.

Courage - bold as lion, not fearless

Esther

Job

Judges 8:20

swift: responding quickly, moving with velocity

Acts 2:42

We must be on solid ground to stand firm.

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1. To prove is to put to the test

- Faith

- Obedience

Our responsibility is to please God.

2. To prove is to illustrate the correctness of something.

- A good testimony

People don't just need to hear God's Word; they need to see the evidence.

3. To prove is to put forth indisputable evidence.

 

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John 3:36; Acts 4:12

Rejecting the facts doesn't change anything.

Genesis 6:3

Neglect is to brush something aside. Acts 24:25

A convenient time will never come. 

Some let others turn them aside. 

Hebrews 3:7-8

"Escape" denotes urgency.

One day it will be too late.

People did not believe Noah until it came to pass.

"Salvation" denotes urgency.

Someone saving your physical life is not the same as Jesus saving you for eternity.

2 Corinthians 6:2 - "NOW"

We have no promise of tomorrow! 

Proverbs 27:1; Isaiah 1:18

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The composition of life - We start out with strength.

The coming of sorrow - Sorrow comes to all.

Some are soon cut off. James 4:13-14

2 Timothy 3:15; Proverbs 3:20

Everyone has peer pressure; we can choose from whom the pressure comes.

Sources of wisdom:

1. In print

2. In prayer

3. In being separated from the wrong crowd

Number our days.

Apply our hearts to wisdom.

Don't waste your years.

Eph. 5:15-16 - "redeeming the time"

Wallowing over past failures or reveling in past victories only wastes the present.

Luke 5:10 - "henceforth" - from this point forward

Romans 6:6 - unto - pointed toward

"as long as I live" - Job 27:6

2 Timothy 4:6-7

Paul was faithful to the fight.

Paul was faithful to the faith.

Paul was faithful to the finish.

Psalm 104:33 - Keep singing praises; don't become bitter.

Psalm 22:3

Judah means "praise." Judah always led into battle.

Acts 16:25 - Paul and Silas praised God.

Give your all in the last days; don't give up!

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