Pastor Shaun Marksbury

  The Ordinary Means of Grace ( Titus 2:11–12) Series:               Reformation Day Sermons                 Text:                 Titus 2:11–12 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                October 29, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:             AM Service   I.               Introduction Perhaps you have struggled with how to receive more of God’s grace in your life.   You’ve wondered if there is a secret, thinking that perhaps devotions at 4am instead of six in the morning will radically change your spiritual walk.   Perhaps you think it might be going to a special revival or conference.   Or, perhaps, it might be changing everything about your lifestyle, moving to a foreign country as a missionary, or perhaps as a monk.   It’s not that the Lord doesn’t sometimes bless changes in our lives, but the solution may not be something out of the ordinary. This is a struggle highlighted i

  Old Testament Overview Part 5 - The Giving of the Law This Session: The Exodus The Giving of the Law I. Introduction Last time, we considered the beginnings of Israel It started with God’s calling of Abraham and giving the covenant God renamed Jacob Israel His children would become the twelve tribes. Joseph was sold into slavery, but was able to save their lives in Egypt Israel spent generations in Egypt, growing in number, causing a new Pharoah concern. Because of the enslavement & mistreatment of the children of Israel, God raised up a redeemer. II. The Exodus God ordained plagues: “…against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the LORD” (Exod. 12:12). God ordained Passover: The “Passover” was the death angel passing over and leaving souls alive. The image was that of the blood of the lamb, covering the doorposts. A feast to celebrate deliverance from bondage. This looked forward prophetically to the “Lamb of God” (John 1:29) God ordained passing through: God

The Seeing Blind (John 9:35–41) Series:               “John: Life in Christ’s Name”          Text:                 John 9:35–41 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                October 22, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church            Occasion:             AM Service   I.               Introduction The eye is an incredible instrument.  As one resource notes, “No scientific instrument is as sensitive to the light as a person’s eye.  And in the dark, its sensitivity increases 100,000 times; one can detect a faint glow, less than a thousandth as bright as a candle’s flame.  He can see light from the stars, and the nearest of all stars is 25 billion miles away!” [1]   More could be said to that, but the human eye stands as a testament to the intelligence of its Creator. Yet, just as sin has created problems with the eyes of individuals, it also causes people to use them incorrectly.  As one story goes, “Augustine

  Unbelief and the Miraculous, Part 2 (John 9:18–34) Series:               “John: Life in Christ’s Name”           Text:                 John 9:18–34 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                October 15, 2023 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:             AM Service   I.               Introduction People love to be viewed as intellectual, curious, and open minded.   However, when we place the claims of Jesus Christ in front of them, they often reject the truth of God.   They might ask questions that seem to probe the possibilities, but sadly, they seem to want to find error rather than truth.   They want to avoid coming to Christ. That’s what we’ve been considering in this chapter.   You’ll remember last time that there was much confusion over how a man born blind could receive his sight.   So drastic was this man’s transformation that his neighbors couldn’t agree on whether he was t