Over the last couple months I have had the awesome opportunity to preach God's word at First Baptist Church, Ozark on three separate occasions. Growing up in FBCO, and being poured into spiritually by so many people over the years, this was a fantastic experience for me to learn under Pastor Phillip as well as the other staff members at our church in order to fulfill some requirements for a class at SBU. I have received so many words of encouragement from church family and that has really helped to affirm my call to preach. I have had a couple people mention to me that they missed one of these worship services, so I have included the links to my sermons at the bottom of this post.
Words cannot do justice to the impact that FBCO has had on my spiritual journey and I am so grateful to Pastor Phillip for helping mentor me during this process. I have learned so much over the last few months and I pray that these messages have been edifying to the church body. I also pray that the Holy Spirit uses these messages to impart the truth of the gospel to a world that desperately needs it.
Sermon 1: Hebrews 10:1-18 "Christ's Sacrifice Once for All"
https://soundcloud.com/1400fbco/08262018-evening-sermon-joe-hayworth-christs-sacrifice-once-for-all-hebrews-101
Sermon 2: Psalm 46 "Is God your Refuge?"
(Link to come)
Sermon 3: James 2:14-26 "Does Faith Require Works?"
https://soundcloud.com/1400fbco/11252018-evening-joel-hayworth-faith-without-works-is-dead-james-214-26
My aim in preaching these sermons in this order was to first illustrate how we can have faith in Christ (His sacrifice is final and perfect, unlike previous sacrifices) followed by the power of our God and the importance of trusting in Him during the storms of our lives and finally how our faith in a Holy God should lead us towards righteous action, not to attain salvation but because we are called to do so in order to demonstrate "saving faith" rather than "dead faith".
God Bless
