In this sermon, Pastor Babij shows that many in the crowds following Jesus during His earthly ministry did not actually believe in Him; some in the crowd just wanted miracles and freedom from Rome, others thought Jesus was insane, and still others claimed Jesus used demonic power. Pastor Babij explains Jesus’s response to these attitudes and what being a true…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines the unique challenges that arose in Jesus’s Galilean ministry and how Jesus overcame them. These challenges were: people misrepresenting/mistreating Him, people imposing upon Him, spiritual forces seeking to hinder Him, and ministry needs beyond the capacity of one person. Pastor Babij also explains how these circumstances were instructive to the apostles and…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij further explains how Jesus confronts the Pharisaic understanding of the Sabbath in the account of the man with the withered hand. Jesus’s exchange with the Pharisees shows us that, when we add to God’s commands and teach others to do the same, we miss the original intention of God’s laws and end becoming even worse…
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains Jesus’s answer to the Pharisees when they accused His disciples of working on the Sabbath. Jesus’s answer reveals the folly of legalism: how it distorts the true intentions of God’s law and suffocates real worship of God.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains how Jesus’s answer to the Pharisees regarding fasting actually points to a grand truth: salvation requires total submission to Jesus and His gospel; all other man-made religious traditions and ideas about God must be discarded.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij examines the conversion of Levi the tax collector and explains how the account not only displays the radical goodness of Jesus toward undeserving sinners but also instructs believers as to how they ought to interact with the lost.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains how Jesus’s healing of a paralyzed man before a group of scribes demonstrates Jesus’s deity. Pastor Babij also discusses why personal evangelism is so important for people to become saved.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij preaches on the compassion of Jesus Christ shown through Jesus’s interaction with a leprous man. Pastor Babij gives background regarding leprosy and then explains the leper’s humble petition, Jesus’s radically compassionate response, and Jesus’s stern warning to the leper.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains how Jesus’s servanthood ought to both amaze and instruct us: Jesus personally serves common people with common needs; Jesus serves constantly, even through inconvenience or tiredness; Jesus prays in preparation for more service; and Jesus prioritizes proclaiming the gospel above all other kinds of service.
In this sermon, Pastor Babij explains why the Galilean Jews were amazed at Jesus’s authority and why Jesus’s authority should amaze us today, too, moving us to obedience.