Mt. Lewis Baptist Church

Mt. Lewis Baptist Church Pastor Gary Frampton

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09/08/2026

“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

2 PETER 3:8


PONDER THIS
People who scoff at the Second Coming of Jesus are ignorant of what God has done and of what God is like. God is above and beyond time, and God doesn’t wake up by an alarm clock. Second Peter 3:8 says, “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”

As far as God is concerned, it’s only been a few days since Jesus left this Earth. God hasn’t forgotten. The reason Jesus is not yet come is that God has kept the door of mercy open. I believe God, in mercy, is waiting on our generation to come to Jesus, but one of these days, the Day of the Lord will come, and even now the raging waters of God’s wrath are furiously pounding against the dam of His mercy. Jesus is going to come suddenly, like a thief in the night.

How does it reframe your perspective to know the delay of Jesus’ return is a sign of mercy and not neglect?
How should this encourage us to share Jesus with others?
PRACTICE THIS
Take time to thank God for His mercy. Pray and ask Him to point you to the people He wants you to share with today.

09/07/2026

Hello tonight Church, I hope you've enjoyed this beautiful weather and the Labor Day celebration. For Wednesday night's service, I want to share a couple of words for us to research and study upon, and come Wednesday evening and discuss our thought's and ideas. Look forward to everyone's thoughts and opinions.
Love; Salvation; Unconditional; Blaspheme and maybe one or two more, we'll see.
God Bless.

09/07/2026

“Then He said to Thomas, ‘Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.’”

JOHN 20:27


PONDER THIS
I’ve spoken to some Jewish people who say, “I don’t believe in God anymore.” I say, “Why don’t you believe in God?” They say, “Because of the Holocaust. I cannot believe in a God who would allow such suffering.” I’ve seen people, when a loved one is eaten away with some malady, whether it be cancer or some other disease, say, “I just don’t want to have anything to do with God. I don’t believe in God. I can’t understand this matter of suffering.”

Here’s the way the human mind begins to think: “If God is a God of love, and He loves me so much, but He doesn’t do anything to relieve this suffering, then He must not have any power.” Or “If He has the power, but He doesn’t do it, maybe He has no love.” Or maybe they ask another question: “Maybe He doesn’t have any love. Maybe He doesn’t have any power. Maybe there is no God. If there is, why do people suffer?” Well, there’s a bigger question than that. Not why does God allow humans to suffer, but why does God allow Himself to suffer?

Have you ever thought about God as a God who suffers? Have you ever thought about God as One who has pain? How did those scars come into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ? Those nail prints? That scar into His side? Because He willingly suffered in our place. The question is not “Why is there suffering,” but “Why did God take our suffering”?

What is most difficult for you about the reality of suffering?
How are you comforted to remember that God has suffered in your place and on your behalf?
PRACTICE THIS
Take time today to worship God for paying the price for your sin and suffering in your place.

09/06/2026

Welcome this morning, we hope you're blessed this Labor Day Weekend.

09/06/2026

“Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder).”

2 PETER 3:1


PONDER THIS
Many today are talking about what the world's coming to. Perhaps we ought to change the question and ask, “Who’s coming to the world?” His name is the Lord Jesus. Many have a feeling that we’re coming to the climax of an age, and this generation may be the last generation. We may be that generation that will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. And Peter said to stir yourselves up. We get all excited about various achievements of men, whether in sports, business, or otherwise. When we witness one of these achievements, we stop and say, “That’s something.” We get excited about these accomplishments. Folks, I want to tell you something better than any achievement by people—Jesus is coming. We need to get excited about the things that really matter.

What are some things you get excited about on a regular basis?
How excited does it make you to remember that Jesus has promised to return? What would grow your excitement over this truth?
PRACTICE THIS
Spend time today looking up and reading various Scriptures on the Second Coming. Ask the Lord to stoke the fires of your heart with excitement over this promised return.


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09/05/2026

“Do all things without complaining and disputing.”

(Philippians 2:14)


PONDER THIS
Murmuring and complaining is dangerous to the Church. Murmuring leads to disputing and disputing to division. If you murmur, you’re speaking against God, because the Bible says in everything, we are to give thanks. You can’t murmur and give thanks at the same time. The Bible says God’s praise is to be continually on our lips. Murmurers and praisers are not made of the same thing.

This has been a problem for the people of God for a long time. People were murmuring in Moses’ time. In Exodus 16:8, Moses said, “For that the Lord heareth your murmuring.” That should be enough to scare us to death right there. “The Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD” (KJV).

If you murmur against your parents, you’re really murmuring against God. When you murmur against your employee, you’re murmuring against God. If you murmur against your teachers, you’re murmuring against God. When you murmur against your pastor, you’re murmuring against God. That doesn’t mean any of those people are perfect, it simply means murmuring is never a way to address a problem. It is the devil’s way to cause division instead of addressing issues rightly.

When was a time you murmured or complained recently?
How have you witnessed murmuring to be destructive?
PRACTICE THIS
Ask the Lord to help you be aware of any times you murmur or are prone to do so throughout the day.

09/04/2026

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.”

HEBREWS 12:1


PONDER THIS
One of these days we’re going to cross the finish line. In fifty years, many of us will not be alive; even after twenty-five years a great number will be gone; and even next year, by God’s mercies, some will have already gone on. We will have come to the end of the line. We don’t know when that’s going to be.

You may be a teen, but you might be at the very end of your course. One of these days, I’m going to breathe my last breath, but I’m not going to stop running—God helping me—until I do. I don’t want to stroll over the finish line. I want to hit the finish line with a blaze of energy and power, going for the Lord Jesus Christ. You may say, “Well, you’ll be an old coot.” It makes no difference. “Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day” (2 Corinthians 4:16). That’s the reason you ought to be an athlete—no matter what your physical condition or your economic condition. You are in a race, and that race is not over until you bow your head like the Lord Jesus and say, “It is finished. It is done.” Don’t give up before you get there.

How do passages like this one help give perspective to everyday life?
Where are you tempted to stop running the race God has given you?
PRACTICE THIS
Take time in prayer today to renew your commitment to running the race God has set before you. Ask Him to empower you with the strength to endure to the end.

09/03/2026

“I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

PHILIPPIANS 3:14


PONDER THIS
God has a race for you to run, and it doesn’t end until you draw your last breath. There’s no way for you to retire. There’s no way for you to quit. There’s no way for you to move aside. You’re not running to make it to Heaven; no, salvation is what puts you in the race. You have to be saved even to get to the starting block. You have to be born again to qualify for this race. No man can run in the Olympic Games unless he is a citizen of the country for which he runs. You have to be a citizen of Heaven to get in this race. No exceptions. The Apostle Paul, late in life, said this in Philippians 3:14: “I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” That is, I’m running for the tape, and I’m pressing with every inch and every ounce of me. And then, in Acts 20:24, he said he wanted to “finish [his] race with joy.” Paul said, “I’m not going to stop running until the race is over.” Neither should we.

What are the practical ways we “run the race” God has set before us?
Why is it crucial that we rely on His strength to run?
PRACTICE THIS
Identify one thing you need to do today to keep running. Obey God in that area today.

09/02/2026

Welcome this evening, Praise the Lord.

09/02/2026

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”

2 TIMOTHY 1:7


PONDER THIS
Are you a fearful person? You may say, “Pastor Rogers, there are some things you need to be afraid of.” I’m not talking about normal fears, like being afraid of a rattlesnake or getting in an airplane when the weather gets rough, and your heart rate goes up. Those are normal fears. Those are self-protecting instincts God has put into us.

But the Bible speaks of a spirit of fear. What is the spirit of fear? It’s like a fog. It stays; it lingers in the air. It’s not like a passing thunderstorm and then the sun comes back out. If you’re a child of God filled with the Holy Spirit, God has given you the Spirit of power. Jesus said, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you” (Acts 1:8). I’d rather die than be sentenced to preach without the power and the anointing of the Holy Ghost. God has given us the spirit of power and of love.

What are some places you see a “spirit of fear” in the world?
How has the Gospel given us courage in the face of a “spirit of fear”?
PRACTICE THIS
Take time in prayer today, asking God to reveal to you anywhere you have a spirit of fear. Thank Him for His promise of power, love, and a sound mind. Ask Him to empower you to walk in that promise today.

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