First Baptist Church of Honolulu

Many believers have no idea how much of their daily lives are influenced by the subtle deception and lies of our adversary. The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is on mission to destroy God’s people. And the problem is, Satan doesn’t announce his temptations and schemes. Instead, he’s very secretive as he attempts to lead Christians down a subtle, gradual path of deception. How can you defend yourself? How can you win this invisible war? In The Invisible War Sermon Series Pastor Barry shares what every believer needs to know about spiritual warfare in order to defend themselves against Satan’s daily attacks, and have the confidence of winning the invisible war.

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5/26 (Memorial Day Weekend) The Invisible War: God’s Armor – The Shield of Faith. Today Pastor Barry will begin to unpack the next three pieces of the full armor of God. They are weapons for going on the offensive when the enemy is engaging you. The first one mentioned is “The shield of faith.” The shield of faith is faith in God’s promises for a present victory. In this sermon Pastor Barry will share with us examples of the flaming arrows we can expect and what it looks like when we extinguish them.

“THE INVISIBLE WAR“ Sermon Series continues

Many believers have no idea how much of their daily lives are influenced by the subtle deception and lies of our adversary. The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is on mission to destroy God’s people. And the problem is, Satan doesn’t announce his temptations and schemes. Instead, he’s very secretive as he attempts to lead Christians down a subtle, gradual path of deception. How can you defend yourself? How can you win this invisible war? In The Invisible War Sermon Series Pastor Barry shares what every believer needs to know about spiritual warfare in order to defend themselves against Satan’s daily attacks, and have the confidence of winning the invisible war.

Visit https://fbc-honolulu.org for the sermon notes and bulletin.

Of all the women in the world God could have chosen to be the mother of His child why did He choose Mary? What was it about Mary that caused her to find favor with God. In today’s sermon Pastor Barry gleans from scripture some of the characteristics that made Mary a good mother.

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Many believers have no idea how much of their daily lives are influenced by the subtle deception and lies of our adversary. The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is on mission to destroy God’s people. And the problem is, Satan doesn’t announce his temptations and schemes. Instead, he’s very secretive as he attempts to lead Christians down a subtle, gradual path of deception. How can you defend yourself? How can you win this invisible war? In The Invisible War Sermon Series Pastor Barry shares what every believer needs to know about spiritual warfare in order to defend themselves against Satan’s daily attacks, and have the confidence of winning the invisible war.

Today I want to introduce you to Spiritual Warfare 301. What do you do when there is a strong frontal attack, and you need to go from playing defense to offense. How do you do battle with the enemy and win. In today’s sermon Pastor Barry affirms four important facts about spiritual warfare and the scenarios that will likely intensify your engagement with the enemy.

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Many believers have no idea how much of their daily lives are influenced by the subtle deception and lies of our adversary. The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is on mission to destroy God’s people. And the problem is, Satan doesn’t announce his temptations and schemes. Instead, he’s very secretive as he attempts to lead Christians down a subtle, gradual path of deception. How can you defend yourself? How can you win this invisible war? In The Invisible War Sermon Series Pastor Barry shares what every believer needs to know about spiritual warfare in order to defend themselves against Satan’s daily attacks, and have the confidence of winning the invisible war.

The breastplate of righteousness protects our heart. It is the practical application of righteousness in our lives. Simply put, it’s about the Lordship of Christ, and applying the Word of God. Today Pastor Barry shares some examples of what our lives will look like when we are wearing the breastplate of righteousness.

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Many believers have no idea how much of their daily lives are influenced by the subtle deception and lies of our adversary. The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is on mission to destroy God’s people. And the problem is, Satan doesn’t announce his temptations and schemes. Instead, he’s very secretive as he attempts to lead Christians down a subtle, gradual path of deception. How can you defend yourself? How can you win this invisible war? In The Invisible War Sermon Series Pastor Barry shares what every believer needs to know about spiritual warfare in order to defend themselves against Satan’s daily attacks, and have the confidence of winning the invisible war.

There are six pieces of armor. The first three are defensive. The armor is a metaphor, a picture to help us understand how we are to live in a way that unleashes God’s power in our lives. The first mentioned is the belt of truth. Pastor Barry will share what it is, what it means and how it applies to our lives.

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4/7 (Communion) The Invisible War: Spiritual Warfare 201. Today we move to the next level of Spiritual Warfare… Spiritual Warfare 201: How to Prepare for the Spiritual Battle. Satan was defeated when Christ rose from the grave. The war is over, the victory is won, but guerrilla warfare continues. In this sermon Pastor Barry begins to share the protection that is ours and the instructions on how to be victorious in the skirmishes that still arise by taking up the full armor of God.

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Today we celebrate history’s brightest moment. The tomb is empty, Jesus is alive, but throughout history there have been a variety of attempts by skeptics to explain away the resurrection. Jesus actually made ten different appearances after His resurrection. In one of them He was seen by over five hundred people. These appearances convinced these witnesses that Jesus was indeed very much alive. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares three specific ways the resurrection can impact your life; 1. it validated Jesus, 2. it defeated death, and 3. it restores hope.

Jesus is down to the final hours of His life. He has been listening to His disciples as they argue among themselves about which one of them is the most important. Jesus taught, “The first will be last,” and “If you want to be great, then you become the servant of all.” With less than twenty-four hours left on the clock, Jesus has time for one more lesson. But this time He doesn’t use words. He walks over, picks up a towel and a wash basin, and the disciples quietly watch as the Creator of the World, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Son of the living God washes their dirty, smelly, calloused, feet. As Jesus’ final hour approaches, He chooses to underline in bold print this one message… SERVE ONE ANOTHER!

3/10 The Invisible War: Who Is Lucifer. Ephesians 6:10-20; II Corinthians 2:11. From Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14, two of the core Old Testament passages on spiritual warfare, Pastor Barry shares insight into who Lucifer is, and why we should respect him, but should not be afraid of him or preoccupied with him.

Many believers have no idea how much of their daily lives are influenced by the subtle deception and lies of our adversary. The Bible clearly teaches that Satan is on mission to destroy God’s people. And the problem is, Satan doesn’t announce his temptations and schemes. Instead, he’s very secretive as he attempts to lead Christians down a subtle, gradual path of deception. How can you defend yourself? How can you win this invisible war? In The Invisible War Sermon Series Pastor Barry shares what every believer needs to know about spiritual warfare in order to defend themselves against Satan’s daily attacks, and have the confidence of winning the invisible war.

In this sermon pastor Barry shares what you do and what you don’t do when you are being attacked or tempted by our formidable foe.

It is Real! Ephesians 6:10-12. Leading up to Chapter six in Ephesians the apostle Paul talks about the entire realm of living the Christian life, but then reminds these new believers that their new life in Christ will be lived out in a hostile environment and instructs them to be prepared. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares the first two commands regarding spiritual warfare and why they are the key to winning the invisible war.

As we are in the month of February and the grocery stores have cleared out the green and red Christmas candy and restocked their shelves with pink candy, and the Hallmark Stores are stocked with cards, Valentines Day must be coming up fast. Lee will be preaching on Love from 1 Corinthians 13, with his sermon titled What Love Gives. Paul writes in verse 4 that Love is Patient and Kind. Why does patience have to be at the top of this list? That’s the hardest one of the whole list! Well, we will take a look at how all of these characteristics fit together in God’s perfect love for us. He asks that you bring your Bible from home to church with you.

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1/21 Change Ahead (II). Ephesians 4:24 Your happiness in the new year will be determined by your willingness to change, to become a new version of yourself. If we aren’t growing and adapting, we just tend to perpetuate the same old problems over and over. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares that the new year will have new problems, and new pressures that will require new attitudes and new adjustments – a new you. Part 2.

Your happiness in the new year will be determined by your willingness to change, to become a new version of yourself. If we aren’t growing and adapting, we just tend to perpetuate the same old problems over and over. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares that the new year will have new problems, and new pressures that will require new attitudes and new adjustments; a new you.

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Lee is a native of San Pedro, California. He enjoys surfing, scuba diving and is a lifelong learner at golf. He is a Navy Chaplain and serves at US Marine Corps Forces, Pacific in Honolulu. Lee is the President of our Executive Board. He enjoys playing ukulele for the children’s ministry at church, and teaching music and foreign languages to his three grandchildren. Lee is married to Paula and they have three daughters.

Lee is a native of San Pedro, California. He enjoys surfing, scuba diving and is a lifelong learner at golf. He is a Navy Chaplain and serves at US Marine Corps Forces, Pacific in Honolulu. Lee is the President of our Executive Board. He enjoys playing ukulele for the children’s ministry at church, and teaching music and foreign languages to his three grandchildren. Lee is married to Paula and they have three daughters.

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Tony Padua, Sara Dewhurst, Sharon Dumas, Gary Chong (piano), Kita Poling (drums)

King Herod (impersonated by Pastor Barry), returns to tell us the Christmas story from his perspective.

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When you open the pages of scripture to read the nativity story, way before you ever read of Jesus’ birth you read about Jesus’ Family Tree, the genealogy of Jesus. It’s very much a part of the Christmas story that starts in Genesis, continues all the way through the Old Testament to the first chapter and the first verse of the New Testament. The family tree of Jesus reflects all of humanity and the message is clear. Christmas is for everyone! Christmas is for everyone because everyone is represented in Jesus’ family tree. Whatever kind of family you come from is the kind of family that Jesus comes from, but more importantly it’s the kind of family that Jesus comes for.

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When you are desperate for the Lord’s help praying, “God is Great, God is Good, Let us thank him for our food…” just doesn’t seem appropriate. There are times when “Now I lay me down to sleep” doesn’t communicate the cry of our heart. We’ve all prayed prayers that seemed to go unanswered, so how do you pray the kind of prayer that gets God’s attention? How do you pray in a way that God is more likely to answer? In this sermon Pastor Barry will share the remaining principles for praying in a crisis gleaned from the prayer of one who has a track record of finding God’s favor.

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If God is not a good God, there is no rational, or logical reason for hope. The foundation of all hope is the goodness of God. David had hope because he anticipated the goodness of God. That is particularly evident in his most familiar words found in Psalm 23. There we find nine benefits we experience because of God’s goodness. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares what each of those benefits are.

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Tony Padua and Sasha Dewhurst

10/29 (Reformation Sunday) The Just Shall Live By Faith. Romans 1:17. On the Christian Calendar each year is Reformation Sunday, observed the last Sunday in October. On October 31, 1517, the priest and scholar Martin Luther approaches the door of the Church in Wittenberg, Germany, and nails a piece of paper to it containing the 95 revolutionary theses that would begin the Protestant Reformation. In these theses, Luther condemned the excesses and corruption of the Roman Catholic Church, especially the papal practice of asking for payment—called “indulgences”—for the forgiveness of sins. In this sermon Pastor Barry introduces Martin Luther and shares how his life was transformed by the realization that, “the just shall live by faith”. Continuing Maui Musings sermon series next Sunday.

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When we forget or doubt God’s goodness there are some negative consequences that come into our lives. We need to understand this, so we can avoid them. We looked at the first negative consequence in the previous sermon, You start claiming credit for things that God did for you. In this sermon Pastor Barry shares #2 You stop asking God for help; #3 You stop trusting God in difficult times, and #4. You become pessimistic about the future.

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Is God good all the time in your life? What about the times when you’re suffering and have experienced great loss? the Psalmist says God is good all the time. Is that true for those who have lost so much in the tragic devastation in Maui? In this sermon Pastor Barry reflects on why focusing on God’s goodness is so important and why when we forget to focus on God’s goodness, it causes all kinds of problems.

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