by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 6/26/22) Today’s message concludes Bro. Abernathy’s examination of “chastening” in Scripture. We certainly do not enjoy chastening while it is occurring; it can be painful and scarring! But as we see from this message, chastening is something that is necessary for our correction, and we ought to be encouraged by…
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 6/26/22) In today’s sermon, Bro. Abernathy examines verse 19 of Revelation chapter 3, which deals with the subject of “chastening”. We learn much from the Scripture about chastening: that God is a good Father who loves us enough to correct us, and especially that when we experience chastening, we can…
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 6/19/22) Today’s message is the conclusion of the second message preached by Bro. Abernathy on the letter to the Laodicean church. In this message, we continue exploring what it means to be “lukewarm,” and how to avoid this condition both in our personal and church lives. Download Audio File
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 6/19/22) In today’s sermon, Elder Buddy Abernathy continues our look at the letter to the Laodicean church that is found in Revelation 3. He gives us a further description of the problem of lukewarmness, and how to avoid this condition in our church and in our lives. Download Audio File
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 6/5/22) We continue today looking at “lukewarmness” in a church, and exploring ways to avoid this condition. Bro. Buddy tells us how we get there, and how to get out of that condition: by remembering our commitment to the Kingdom of God, based on what Christ has done for us!…
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 6/5/22) According to Christ, the Laodicean church was lukewarm in its zeal for the Kingdom. In this message, Elder Buddy Abernathy explores what it means to be “lukewarm,” and how we can avoid this problem in our churches today. Download Audio File
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 5/15/22) The Philadelphia church, while it had no need for Christ’s criticism, had much need for Christ’s strength! In this message, Elder Buddy Abernathy explains how Jesus showed them how they needed His strength to continue. Download Audio File
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 5/15/22) The letter to the Philadelphia church is the sixth letter written from Jesus by the hand of John in the Book of Revelation. It is the only letter in which there is no criticism of the church! There is much encouragement, both about what they have been doing, and…
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 7/5/20) In today’s message, Bro. Buddy concludes his study on the word “world”, and demonstrates from Scripture that the concept of “world” does not alway refer to everyone everywhere. Rather, it almost always refers to a specific group of people, and in John 3:16 it clearly refers to God’s people….
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 7/5/20) The religious world interprets the word “world” in John 3:16 to mean all people of Adam’s posterity. But is that an accurate definition of the word? Elder Buddy Abernathy takes us through Scripture in a message that shows us that we have to “rightly divide” the concept of “world”…
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 5/1/22) In the second half of the sermon begun yesterday, we see that one of the strongest encouragements Jesus gave to the few remaining faithful members was that He would not “blot out” their names from the book of life. Today,. Bro. Buddy takes us from the Old Testament to…
by Elder Buddy Abernathy (preached 5/1/22) As we continue looking at the letter to Sardis, we see that this church – which had a name that it was alive, but is actually “dead,” according to Jesus – is given some instructions and some hope. There were apparently members of this church that had continued to…
