North Houston Baptist Church

Sabbath and the New Covenant

February 19, 2024 01:00 - 28 MB

This is the fifth sermon in a series on the Sabbath and the Lord's Day. It examines five ways in which the New Testament explicitly sets the Lord's Day apart from ordinary days.

Persevering Prayer for the Glory of Zion

February 18, 2024 23:00 - 36.2 MB

In this passage, God's -watchmen- are instructed to persistently plead with God for the outworking of all His purposes.

Sabbath and its Lord

February 12, 2024 01:00 - 27.3 MB

This is the fourth sermon in a series on the Sabbath and the Lord's Day. This is part 2 of a sermon on the Sabbath and its Lord.

Intercession for the Glory of Zion

February 11, 2024 23:00 - 36.5 MB

Jesus the Messiah intercedes without ceasing for the fulfillment of all of God's purposes for His people.

God's Anointed Proclaims the Good News

February 04, 2024 23:00 - 31.8 MB

This is a gospel sermon, an exposition of the declaration of the good news by Jesus the Messiah Himself.

The City of the Lord

January 28, 2024 23:00 - 29.9 MB

Isaiah sees a vision of a glorious City -- the glory of the people of God. This sermon describes the delights of the New Jerusalem for the encouragement of His people.

Sabbath Under the Law

January 22, 2024 01:00 - 27.1 MB

This is the second in a series examining the Sabbath and the Lord's Day. Here is an examination of the Sabbath under the Mosaic law.

Guilt, Confession, & Salvation

January 21, 2024 23:00 - 34.3 MB

This text is the gospel in a nutshell- sin, guilt, covenant mercy, and salvation in the Messiah.

Sabbath In the Beginning

January 15, 2024 01:00 - 27.4 MB

This is the first in a teaching series on the Sabbath, the Lord's Day, and the Christian.

Call the Sabbath a Delight

January 14, 2024 23:00 - 33.1 MB

God's people are called to forsake their sinful ways and take delight in the Lord's Sabbath.

A Prayer of Great Faith

January 07, 2024 23:00 - 30.8 MB

Humble, persistent, persevering prayer moves the heart of the Lord.

Hope for the Hopeless: This I Call to Mind

December 10, 2023 23:00 - 35.6 MB

Hope is the fuel of perseverance. But when hope is lost, a person finds it nearly impossible to go on. This passage points the way to regaining hope in the midst of feelings of despair, so that the child of God may persevere.

A Better Word

December 03, 2023 23:00 - 42.1 MB

This sermon reminds the hearer of the holy and righteous God who thunders from Mount Sinai. But it also takes believers into the heights of heaven, and to the blood of Christ that -speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.- This sermon unpacks that statement, for the everlasting hope of guilty sinners.

Praise is Due

November 19, 2023 23:00 - 29 MB

This is a psalm of praise for a God who atones, satisfies, answers, and provides. His People are called to give Him the praise due His name.

True Worship

November 12, 2023 23:00 - 32.5 MB

It is possible to give the appearance of seeking God, and yet have a heart far from Him. The Lord charges His people to truly love Him and to love others. He hides Himself from those who act selfishly, even if they observe the outward forms of religion.

Devouring Judgment and Condescending Mercy

November 05, 2023 23:00 - 44.2 MB

In this passage, God pronounces devouring judgment on the wicked, both irresponsible leaders and idolatrous people. But He also holds out the hope of peace and rest and communion with Himself for those who mourn over their sin and take refuge in Him.

New Covenant Obedience and Hope

October 29, 2023 23:00 - 33.6 MB

This passage promises New Covenant hope those who were outsiders under the Old Covenant. It also reminds us that New Testament believers must continue to live righteously.

Repentance and Hope

October 22, 2023 23:00 - 28.9 MB

After so graciously calling all to come to Him freely, the Lord warns that in order to do so we must leave sin behind. We cannot pursue both God and ungodliness. This passage encourages us to forsake sin, promising great hope to the penitent.

A Feast for Famished Souls

October 15, 2023 23:00 - 30.7 MB

To the spiritually hungry and thirsty, the Lord holds out one of the sweetest and freest invitations in all of His Word. Not only does He invite the needy to come, but He encourages them by three considerations. May this sermon be God's sweet call of grace to the hearer.

Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

October 08, 2023 23:00 - 41.9 MB

In this text, the prophet forsees the glorious splendor of the New Jerusalem. The church is spoken of in terms of a renewed city filled with true worshippers and eternally protected and vindicated by God Himself.

The Barren Bride Restored and Fruitful

October 01, 2023 23:00 - 38.9 MB

This text urges God's people to respond with joy to the salvation that He has provided through His Servant. This sermon also deals with the relationship of the New Covenant to the Old.

The Success of the Suffering Servant

September 17, 2023 23:00 - 31.3 MB

The suffering Servant of the Lord has accomplished everything that God gave Him to do. In this way, He has been successful in bringing about the salvation of His people. To Christ be all the glory- His people joyfully share in His just reward.

Healing and the Atonement

September 11, 2023 01:00 - 21.5 MB

This sermon is a kind of -excursus- to the series on Isaiah. It focuses in on the specific question of whether there is healing in the atonement of Christ.

The Silently Suffering Servant of the Lord

September 10, 2023 23:00 - 23.6 MB

Isaiah predicts that the Servant of the Lord would suffer under the will of God without opening his mouth in protest. In this sermon, we examine how Jesus purposefully and obediently fulfilled everything that was written about him from of old, so that his people might be saved.

He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

September 03, 2023 23:00 - 31.3 MB

This passage is at the very heart of the Christian message. Christ died in the place of sinners. He suffered the wrath of God against the sins of all those who would believe in him. The sermon ends with an appeal for hearers to lay all their sins upon Jesus and be saved.

Contrasting Responses to the Servant of the Lord

August 27, 2023 23:00 - 21.1 MB

In this text, the Lord predicts two different responses to the coming Servant of the Lord. Every hearer must grapple with that to think of the Messiah, and will fall into one of those two categories.

Behold the Redemption of the Lord!

August 21, 2023 01:00 - 13.3 MB

This sermon reminds us that God will surely bring His people into His presence. He has already delivered us from slavery to sin by a great display of His power. Now His people worship Him as they make their way by His grace to the land He has prepared for them.

The Suffering and Successful Servant of the Lord

August 20, 2023 23:00 - 24.5 MB

This sermon is an introduction to the final and climactic -Servant Song- in Isaiah. It focuses particularly on the identity of this great servant.

What Does It Mean to Forgive?

August 14, 2023 01:00 - 16 MB

Should I forgive someone who is not sorry-- This talk attempts to answer this and other thorny questions about forgiveness. It defines different stages of -forgiveness,- examining what the Bible says about how to relate to those who do us wrong.

Wake Up and Leave Sin Behind!

August 13, 2023 23:00 - 26.1 MB

God is calling to those who are in a spiritual stupor to wake up. If you will turn to Jesus Christ, He will take God's wrath in your place. So leave the sin behind and follow Jesus- Do not fear -- the Lord God will make a way for all who trust in Him.

God's Answer to Fearful Believers

August 06, 2023 23:00 - 32 MB

This message is for God's people who are facing fearful circumstances. God calls them to look back on His past faithfulness, to look ahead with confidence in His promises. As they cry out to the Lord, He reminds us of who He is, and that they are His children, secure in the shadow of His hand.

Trusting God in the Dark

July 30, 2023 23:00 - 29.9 MB

This is a message for those who seem to be left -in the dark- by the Lord, an encouragement to people who are tempted to be cynical and jaded toward the Lord. Hear the prophetic voice pleading with you to trust God even in the dark. None who wait for Him will be put to shame-

Engraved on the Palms of His Hands

July 23, 2023 23:00 - 23.7 MB

As their Messiah did, so the Lord's people sometimes feel forgotten and forsaken by God. This passage stands as a premiere encouragement from God regarding His faithfulness to his people.

God Answer to the Messiah's Lament

July 16, 2023 23:00 - 26.6 MB

Many times God's people face discouragement, even as the Messiah Himself suffered apparent failure and abandonment by God. But in this text, the Lord answers his Servan't lament with the assurance of a glorious future for himself, his people, and the whole earth.

The Saving Mission of the Servant of the Lord

July 09, 2023 23:00 - 27.8 MB

Isaiah 49 is the second of four great -Servant Songs- in Isaiah. This sermon examines the identity of the Servant, His call, His preparation, and His mission to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.

Get out of Babylon with a Shout of Joy

June 25, 2023 23:00 - 24.1 MB

Through Isaiah, the Lord commanded a future generation of Israelites to leave Babylon, just as He had generations before commanded their forefathers to leave Egypt behind. Today, the Lord continues to call His people out of the world to fellowship with Him and sing His praises forever.

Salvation for the Lord's Sake

June 18, 2023 23:00 - 24.1 MB

The nation of Israel proved to be a stubborn and disobedient people- nevertheless the Lord delivered them. In this text, the Lord makes explicit His reason for saving them -- for His own name's sake. Likewise, it is for the Lord's own sake that anyone is saved eternally from sin's penalty. To Him alone be glory-

The Proud Humbled

June 11, 2023 23:00 - 24.4 MB

God resists the proud. This is His stated and settled approach to those determined to cast of His rule. This sermon examines the kinds of thinking and behavior that characterize spiritual pride and warns hearers to humble themselves before the Lord. And to the humble, God is gracious.

The God Who Upholds All

June 04, 2023 23:00 - 16.7 MB

Human beings look to all sorts of things to uphold and sustain them. In this passage, the Lord shows the vanity of all those idols we trust in, and reminds His People that He alone carries them from beginning to end.

Remember and Return to Your Redeemer

May 28, 2023 23:00 - 18.1 MB

The only proper response to God's redeeming grace is to remember His goodness and return to Him. This sermon is a call to all sinners to return to the Lord, that He may have compassion upon them.

The Creator's Prerogative: Sovereign over Good and Bad

May 21, 2023 23:00 - 16.7 MB

One great implication of the Lord's being the only God is that He ordains whatever comes to pass, including both good and bad. This sermon expounds on the Lord's own testimony that He -makes wellbeing and creates calamity,- and presses hearers to accept and submit to the providence of God.

Unless the Lord Builds the House

May 14, 2023 23:00 - 20.1 MB

We work and God works- but God's work is ultimate. We are dependent upon Him, and we must rely on Him. Unless the Lord works in and for us our lives, homes, churches, and societies are all hopeless.

No God But the Lord

April 23, 2023 23:00 - 16.1 MB

When it seems that the powers of darkness are ascendent, God's People need a fresh vision of the Lord. He is not one god among many. He is God alone. Our hearts must be turned away from vain idols and set again upon the one true and living God.

Judgment and Mercy Explained

April 16, 2023 23:00 - 14.4 MB

There are two great polarities of God's work - His judgment and His mercy. With one breath, Isaiah predicted Israel's utter destruction. And with the next, He prophesied great mercy for them. What are the reasons for His judgment and His mercy, and how are those two great polarities reconciled--

Witnesses to the One True God

April 02, 2023 23:00 - 15.4 MB

God's dealings with His People are held up as testimony to the fact that He is the only God, the only Savior, and the only Sovereign. Both The People He delivered from Egypt and from Babylon, but especially those who are set free in Christ, bear witness to Him.

Wait on the Lord

March 26, 2023 23:00 - 15.9 MB

This is a message for those who are -in the depths.- We are encouraged to wait upon the Lord and finding Him faithful, to testify of his merciful redemption.

Grace for Chastened People, Part 2: Fear Not, You are Mine

March 19, 2023 23:00 - 19 MB

This Word of God is for those of His true people who are facing His dark providences. Those providences are His testing, His training, and are often His chastening for their own sin. But to His fearful children in the midst of that chastening He affirms His love and His sustaining grace.

Grace for Chastened People

March 12, 2023 23:00 - 16.2 MB

This passage speaks to the people of God who are enduring judgment for their sins. Here God offers the hope of grace even while urging them to consider the chastening of the Lord. Ultimately, believers are assured of God's faithful love -- even His chastening love.

Spiritual Short-Sightedness

July 17, 2022 23:00 - 20.5 MB

The Lord desired that Judah see His glory and heed His words. Instead, they distracted themselves and looked only at the world before them in the moment. This is a message to all of God's People, warning us of the frivolous distractions of the moment and the ever-present danger of being oblivious to the sight of our great God.

Rejoicing in a Great Reversal

July 10, 2022 23:00 - 18.9 MB

-And though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet.- In this passage, God encourages His people with the promise of a great reversal -- a Day in which all evil powers would be brought low and His own humble People lifted high.

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