FBC Benbrook Sermons

Four Gospel Truths About the Second Coming of Jesus

We all want to know when Jesus is coming back, but the apostle Paul reminds us of four gospel truths about His return: (1) we are in the middle of the gospel story, (2) the Day of the Lord will come both suddenly and after certain signs, (3) our hope is that we will be saved by grace through faith from the coming wrath of God, (4) and the reality of the second coming changes how we live today because we belong to the Day. (1 Thessalonians 5.1-11) February 14m 2021

Urgent Memo: Meeting with Christ, Be There

There is an important meeting in the future, a meeting where the followers of Christ will be caught up with the Lord Jesus Christ when He returns. The dead in Christ will be there. Those who are alive at His coming will be there. Will you be there? (1 Thessalonians 4.13-18) February 7, 2021 - Steve Hammond, Guest Preacher

Sanctification: God’s Will For Us

When the grace of God came to Thessalonica and brought many of them to salvation, the same grace called them to renounce ungodliness and to live godly lives in their present age. In short, God’s will for them was their sanctification, their complete sanctification, mind and soul and even body. Which meant, God’s will for them was, and His will for us still is, to abstain from sexual immorality. (1 Thessalonians 4.1-8) January 31, 2021

Lord, Teach Us To Pray

Prayer is an invitation to participate in God's gracious work in this world. It is full of mystery and wonder, but it is a glorious invitation. Most believers struggle with prayer on many levels, which is why Paul's example and testimony of prayer in 1 Thessalonians is so helpful. How can the Lord teach us to pray through Paul's experience in prayer? (1 Thessalonians 3.9-13) January 24, 2021

Faith. Love. Theodicy.

Paul was deeply concerned that the Christians in Thessalonica might fall to the tempter under the duress of afflictions, but he rejoiced when he learned they were standing firm in their faith. In our struggle against the spiritual forces of darkness, we see the importance of three words: faith, love, and theodicy. (1 Thessalonians 2.17-3.10) January 17, 2021.

How to Grow as an Ambassador for Christ

The apostle Paul shares his experience of bringing the gospel to the great city of Thessalonica, and we can learn from his example about how to be an ambassador for Christ. As ambassadors for Christ, believers should actively pursue holiness, check our motives, check our methods, accurately understand the gospel, and expect opposition. (1 Thessalonians 2.1-16) January 10, 2021

As We Wait for the Son

As we wait for the return of the Son, how should we live? What should we be doing as we wait? The Scriptures encourage us to do the work of faith, to learn how to love, to be steadfast in our hope in Christ, and to serve the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 1.1-10) January 3, 2021

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus ”the Christ”? (Part 4)

The apostle John tells the story of Jesus in a unique way. He chose seven signs that Jesus did, what we might call miracles, and structured the entire gospel around those seven signs. At the end of the gospel, John explains why he chose those seven signs. He wanted his readers, and us, to believe that Jesus was the Christ, to understand that to call Jesus "the Christ" meant to believe He is the Son of God, and that we can have abundant life in His name by faith. (John 20.30-31) December 27, 2020.

What Doest It Mean to Call Jesus ”the Christ”? (Part 3)

The angel visited Mary to announce the impending birth of Jesus. Speaking of the child, the angel promised that God would give to Him the throne of His father David. Jesus will be the King of Israel forever. The Kingdom of God has come and Jesus is King. (Luke 1.30-33) December 20, 2020

What Does It Mean to Call Jesus ”the Christ”? (Part 2)

Our confession during the Christmas season is that the baby born in Bethlehem over 2000 years ago is "the Christ." But what does that mean, and how does it turn our world upside down? The gospel of Matthew helps us to see that to call Jesus "the Christ" means to confess that Jesus is God in flesh, that He humbled Himself in the incarnation, and that to follow Him means that we have to humble ourselves and take on the mind of Christ. (Matthew 2.1-6) December 13, 2020.