Pastor Shaun Marksbury

“ Call to Repentance” ( James 4:7–10) Series:               “James: True Faith Works” #19       Text:                 James 4:7–10 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                March 2, 2025 Venue:             Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:          PM Service   I.             ...

New Testament Overview Part 9 : The Remaining Epistles I. Introduction We went through Hebrews. This session: James – Jude II. James “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves” (James 1:22). AUDIENCE: Jewish Christians (diaspora) DATE: ad 44–62 AUTHOR: James Jesus’s half-brother (Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3; Gal 1:19) Became a believer after the resurrection (1 Cor 15:7) Elder in Jerusalem Church (Acts 15:13-21; 21:17–26) THEME: True faith works blessed righteousness OUTLINE I. The Prologue (1:1–18) II.   The Body: The Exhortation concerning the Word Implanted Which is Able to Deliver (1:19–5:20) A. The Principles Summarized (1:19–21) B. The Principles Applied (1:22–5:12) 1. Be Quick to Hear [and Do] (1:22–2:26) 2. Be Slow to Speak (3:1–18) 3. Be Slow to Anger (4:1–5:12) C. The Practices Needed at the Time (5:13–20) 1. Turn to Prayer (5:13–18) 2. Turn Others to the Truth (5:19–20) Debate over the meaning of fai...

Old Testament Overview Part 10 : Major Prophets, Part 2 This Session: Introductions Ezekiel Daniel End Times? I. Introductions Last time, we considered the major prophets into the time of the exile. II. Ezekiel “Then they will know that I am the Lord” (75x). NAME: “Ezekiel” [“Strengthened by God”]  A priest/prophet, like Jeremiah One of 10,000 captives taken in the 2nd siege of Nebuchadnezzar, 11 years before the final overthrow of Jerusalem DATE: 593 BC (1:2) to 571 BC (29:17)(written first to the exiles in Babylon) THEME: Condemnation, consolation, and restoration Full of strange signs to the people: He shuts himself up in his home.   He binds himself.   He is struck dumb.   He was to lie on his right and his left sides for a total of 430 days.   He ate bread that was prepared over dung.   He shaved his head and beard, considered shameful. A message for our social justice era: “The soul who sins will die” (18:1-32) We cannot ...

  The Armor of Spiritual Warfare (Eph. 6:14–17) Series:               Ephesians: Building the Church          Text:                 Ephesians 6:14–17 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                Aug. 27, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:          PM Service   I.     ...