Wednesday, February 9, 2005





These are some of my sermons that I have preached in 2009 & 2010. To God be the glory for each of these opportunities and I look forward to more in the future.


January

The Broadway











Matthew 7:13-14
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14For the gate is narrow and(R) the way is hard that leads to life, and(S) those who find it are few.


Sunday, January 11th 2009
South Garden Baptist Church


The Narrow Way










Matthew 7:13-14
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy[a] that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14For the gate is narrow and(R) the way is hard that leads to life, and(S) those who find it are few.


Sunday, January 18th 2009
South Garden Baptist Church


Bible Study Teaching on John 1:1-3










John 1:1-5
In the beginning was(B) the Word, and(C) the Word was with God, and(D) the Word was God. 2He was in the beginning with God. 3(E) All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4(F) In him was life,[a] and(G) the life was the light of men. 5(H) The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.


Wednesday, January 21st 2009
South Garden Baptist Church


Nature Change










Romans 12:1-2
I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God,(B) to present your bodies(C) as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.[b] 2(D) Do not be conformed to this world,[c] but be transformed by(E) the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may(F) discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[d]


Sunday, January 25th 2009
South Garden Baptist Church



February


Holiness is Not Contagious










Haggai 2:12-13
If someone carries(A) holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?'" The priests answered and said,(B) "No." 13Then Haggai said,(C) "If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body(D) touches any of these, does it become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "It does become unclean."


Sunday, February 8th 2009
Springfield Baptist Church



March


The Sufficiency of Scripture










2 Timothy 3:16-17:All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

Sunday, March 8th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church


The Fear of The Lord in Resentment










Proverbs 9:10:The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Sunday, March 15th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church


The Fear of The Lord in Reverence











Proverbs 9:10: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.


Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church



June



Repentance is Necessary











Matt 3:1-2 (ESV)
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Friday, June 26th, 2009
Union Run Baptist Church



July



To Know Him










Philippians 3:10
..that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Sunday, July 12th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church




What God Begins, He Finishes...










Philippians 1:6

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Sunday, July 19th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church





Chambers of the Heart









Ezekiel 8:5-12

And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And he said to me, “Go in, and see the vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I went in and saw. And there, engraved on the wall all around, was every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and the smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of pictures?

Sunday, July 26th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church




September


Another Jesus










2 Corinthians 11:1-4
I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! 2 For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church


Another Spirit (Who is the Holy Spirit?)










What is the Gospel?










October

Foundations of Truth









Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord God. 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and who give lying divinations. They shall not be in the council of my people, nor be enrolled in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel. And you shall know that I am the Lord God. 10 Precisely because they have misled my people, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, these prophets smear it with whitewash, 11 say to those who smear it with whitewash that it shall fall! There will be a deluge of rain, and you, O great hailstones, will fall, and a stormy wind break out. 12 And when the wall falls, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the coating with which you smeared it?’ 13 Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will make a stormy wind break out in my wrath, and there shall be a deluge of rain in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to make a full end. 14 And I will break down the wall that you have smeared with whitewash, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you shall perish in the midst of it, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 15 Thus will I spend my wrath upon the wall and upon those who have smeared it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more, nor those who smeared it, 16 the prophets of Israel who prophesied concerning Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her, when there was no peace, declares the Lord God.
Ezek 13:8-16 (ESV)

“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
Matt 7:24-27 (ESV)

Sunday, October 4th, 2009
First Baptist Church



The Love of God for the Undeserving

October 25th, 2009










For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 5:6-10 (ESV)

October 25th 2009
First Baptist Church




November

All Things










And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised— who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:28-39 (ESV)

November 22nd, 2009
Springfield Baptist Church




December

The Judgment Seat of Christ

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
2 Cor 5:10 (ESV)









December 13th, 2009
South Garden Baptist Church



January 2010

Colossians Character & Christianity

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, 6 which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, 7 just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf 8 and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
Col 1:3-8 (ESV)









January 10th 2010
South Garden Baptist Church


A New Creation

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Cor 5:17 (ESV)









January 17th 2010
New Hope Baptist Church



Delight in God

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.
4 The wicked are not so,
but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
6 for the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish
Psalms 1:1-6 (ESV)









January 24th 2010
South Garden Baptist Church



Don't Trust in It

Matthew 7:21-23 ""Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?' 23 And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.'











June 20th 2010
Springfield Baptist Church





Video Sermons



Refiner's Fire

Isaiah 48:10
10Behold, I have refined you,(A) but not as silver;
(B) I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.





Refiner's Fire from Rayshawn Graves on Vimeo.


Sunday, December 14th 2008
Springfield Baptist Church


Holiness is not Contagious

Haggai 2:13-14

Then Haggai said,(A) "If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body(B) touches any of these, does it become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "It does become unclean." 14Then Haggai answered and said,(C) "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the LORD, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean.




Holiness is not Contagious from Rayshawn Graves on Vimeo.

Sunday, February 8th 2009
Springfield Baptist Church


To Know Him...


To Know Him... from Rayshawn Graves on Vimeo.




June 21st 2009
Springfield Baptist Church


All Things

All Things from Rayshawn Graves on Vimeo.




Don't Trust In It

Don't Trust In It from Rayshawn Graves on Vimeo.




Boasting in the Lord

Boasting in the Lord from Rayshawn Graves on Vimeo.