Mount Paran Baptist Church

Mount Paran Baptist Church We believe in the power of the Holy Spirit, Baptism and the Lord Super. The love of Christ is for all humanity. We believe in prayer, and regenerated life.

We believe in the great Commission. We believe in Jesus Christ and Him Crucified and He rose again!

09/06/2026

Our Lesson Series In The Book Of St. John Continues.
By John P. Brown Sr.

IV. THE URGENCY OF EVANGELISM
THE WHITE FIELDS - John 4:35-38
Text: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. - John 4:35
What Jesus Makes Clear:
1. The harvest does not require waiting - it is NOW. Normally grain is planted and you wait 4 months. The disciples thought Samaria would never be ready - Samaritans were enemies. Jesus says, "Lift up your eyes." As He speaks, the men of Sychar are coming across the fields in their white robes because of the woman's testimony - v.30, 39. The field is white already.
Reference: Matthew 9:37-38 - The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.
2. Evangelism is a shared work - One sows, another reaps. - v.37-38
The prophets and John the Baptist sowed, the disciples would reap. The woman sowed in one afternoon and the city reaped.
Reference: 1 Corinthians 3:6-8; Amos 9:13 - the plowman shall overtake the reaper.
3. The outcast becomes the evangelist. - v.28-30, 39-42
She who came alone at noon from shame now goes into the city at noon to proclaim. Her sermon: Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? - v.29. This is the first evangelist in John's Gospel, and she is a Samaritan woman with a past. All have a past that only Jesus can free one from; so his power can flow through your(Heart), testimony of Salvation. Come to Jesus just as you are and He will set you free.
Result: And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman... And many more believed because of his own word - v.41. Luke later records this harvest explodes in Acts 8:5-8, 14-17.

Illustration: A field that is white cannot wait. If you wait, the grain falls and rots. Jesus is saying Samaria is ready today. The disciples saw Samaria as a problem to avoid; Jesus saw it as a field to reap.

CONCLUSION - The Faith That Goes Beyond The Well - John 4:43-54
John closes the chapter with the second sign: The nobleman's son healed at Cana - v.46-54. The Samaritans believed because they saw Jesus - v.42 we have heard him ourselves. The nobleman believed the word Jesus spoke before he saw the miracle - v.50. John is showing the progression of faith from Samaria to Galilee.

08/11/2026

WE ARE THE EPISTLE: The Living Word Written Upon the Heart 2 Corinthians 3:2-4.

There are many who diminish the Holy Scriptures because they claim human hands have carried it through the ages - hands that have transcribed, translated, and preserved it. In doing so, they miss the greater mystery: Yahweh's Word was never meant to remain only on parchment (The Pages), His Word is breathed by inspiration upon the human spirit. It penetrates beyond intellect into the soul, where the Spirit of Yahweh meets the spirit of man and makes the Word alive within the people of faith. Yahweh is all Knowing He alone knows what every soul needs and just how to nurture the soul. No one can take what only a holy God, gives. It’s from those pages of the Bible that the Holy Spirit brings the Light and Revelation to the heart!
It is His Divine Spirit that touches, apprehends, reconciling a fallen and sinful nature (Man), back into communion with the Divine Nature of Yahweh.

Consider what the Apostle Paul declares in
2 Corinthians 3:3:
“clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.”
As believers, we are called to display mercy and truth to bind them about our necks as a necklace of fine jewels. This truth is not to be written with ink, but by the Holy Spirit of the Living God upon the heart. We are to be that epistle, that living letter of Christ, so that the world may read through our lives the love and mercy of Jesus.

When the Spirit of Yahweh enters a heart, He does not leave it unchanged. He illumines the believer to see and understand with greater clarity than before. In His presence, holiness becomes possible. Self-denial, longsuffering, patience, and abiding love - all become possible because Yahweh Himself dwells within.
What severed mankind from a Holy and Sovereign God was disobedience. In the Garden, Adam and Eve chose their own will over Yahweh's, and that disobedience brought about sin, which broke fellowship with the Most High Yahweh. What Yahweh requires of His children is obedience. What the Almighty desires is a heart that listens and receives instruction. He is the Author of life, and He alone holds the authority to define how that life is to be lived.
Through Christ, reconciliation has been made.By His atonement, the people of faith have been brought back to Yahweh. The life of Jesus pleased the Heavenly Father, for He was born to bring salvation to all who would call upon His name in faith. Upon that wooden cross, the Father beheld His Son suffering as the spotless Lamb sacrificed for us. Through His death, burial, and resurrection, every believer is given new life by faith. We have received grace and mercy to return to Yahweh. Our life is now a living testimony as well as a testament of a new life in Christ!
This is an act of the will - to believe and to receive rebirth through the Holy Spirit. One must be willing to follow, to submit, and to accept the only way to salvation, which is Jesus Christ. As it is written in John 1:12-13 and John 14:6: He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father except through Him. To believe on the Name of Jesus and become His disciple; is the most important decision a soul will ever make.
At that moment of believing, the heart is transformed. Those born from above experience a newness of life a progressive sanctification of soul, heart, and mind. It is a continual redemption, a turning from the old nature of man to the ever-increasing Nature of Yahweh, as we surrender to the inward working of His Spirit.
There can be no true understanding apart from Yahweh's Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our Teacher, our Convincer, our Comforter. He convicts, He comforts, and He empowers the believer. The new birth opens the heart spiritually so that the soul may truly live. The Spirit reconnects man to Yahweh through Jesus Christ.
And from this reconnection, a spiritual family is born. Faith brings Hope and believers together. They break bread together. They pray together, worship together, testify together. They have fellowship, and all things are held in common as the Body of Jesus Christ functions in unity with many members. Yet above all earthly bonds, one's relationship with Christ remains the most important relationship on earth.
Believers are exhorted to build one another up, but at its core, the Bible speaks of two realities: sin and righteousness. It is about living the truth, walking in the truth, and witnessing to the truth. And in reality we are the Bible. Yahweh has inscribed His commandments, His will, and His plan for human life upon the human heart, and it came at an immeasurable price. He gave Himself in Jesus, so that by faith mankind could return to Him. Jesus satisfied both the wrath and the justice of Yahweh, paying in full the price for every repentant sinner who believes that Jesus is the Son of Yahweh.
What is our life but a v***r? A mist, a brief moment in time, soon gone and barely remembered through the decades. Yet Yahweh never forgets the beginning nor the end of any life. He touches us with His divine power - that power which changes the human heart and saves the soul.
How is this possible? Only a Sovereign God can save a soul. If He made it, He can save it. And indeed, Yahweh made us all. We did not emerge from mere chance, from fish or from cell alone. We were formed by a Divine Nature who is Everlasting and Eternal - All-Knowing, All-Wise, who sees and moves in every direction at once.
The only time the Bible fails to be what it should be is when true believers fail to be what they are called to be.
Yahweh does not save pages. He saves people.
We are the Church. We are the living Words of Yahweh.

08/07/2026

I am Holding My Mother’s Hand!

Life the Apostle Paul, said is like tent! How the winds of time constantly blows upon it. Over time the effects can be seen in the human body. We all are as tents! As frail vulnerable as life can be! Yet, I believe Yahweh made mothers the strongest creatures on earth. Mothers are unique creatures they are given by the Most High Yahweh.

They seem to have so many gifts and abilities when it comes to life and Yahweh Himself. Mother’s understanding and love is like none other. She will give her last for those she love. Her mercy and compassion is everlasting! She is a nurturer and will defend the very life she brought into this world. She can love and embrace a generation and still have enough love and patience within her soul. Grandmothers and mothers are women I am sure are the very heart of God. Those who know about prayer and faith; those who know that Yahweh will make away out of no way!

Just waiting and praying does something for their spirit. I have seen mother almost defeated but in the morning she is always victorious. It’s very true that Yahweh never leave mothers alone. When mothers are born He pours more of His Nature in their hearts! Only mothers can be a mother, their hearts, and shoulders are big enough for everyone. So as I think about my mother at ninety one years old.
I am truly thankful; those many times she seen to not have any strength to give. There was some seasons “I saw with my own heart Yahweh’s power in the mist of her human weakness. Don’t dishonor mothers who have God on their side. You see Jesus stop dying on that Cross to acknowledge His Mother! Mothers are to be looked after with care, adoration; even if, your cross is a great burden; stop! and make sure mother is ok. Mothers should always be honored, loved and respected! Mothers are the only way into this world that’s how Yahweh chooses to do it. So as I look at my mother, a strong woman moving slow now. This is what ninety plus years will do.

I ask Yahweh for His continuous Hand of Divine Strength! I ask Him to strengthen her where she is weak; and hold her up where she is falling down. Her words are low and soft; you got to listen with attention! Her eyes are a message of hope! Often she looks with a knowledge that’s beyond the natural. Every movement is determined every swallow is more than a moment. Time has come to be long and slow; with each day more is taken away. Yet the Master of life knows our very souls.

Our life is in His Plan; He knows the measure of our days and just how fragile and weak we are. He teaches us to number each day as the heart gains wisdom. The winds of time is blowing constantly yet my mother’s tent is still holding. She is has Lineage and Legacy surrounding her; she has great, great, greats of five generations. Her mind is the strongest of every other part as she holds up her Savior with each thought and breath! Lord who keeps all mothers I am asking You to keep my mother. As we watch and guard this priceless jewel; help us to be watchful every minute. For she has sown and labored with seven never left or abandoned any! Lord I guess this is my prayer; a talk to you about person who birth me, fed me, protected me and the four of us left.
Through the cold, hot and rainy years she covered us when there was no one else but granny. Now she is being covered by your grace as her legs are stiff and her arms withered especially on one side. Her thirst is different and her hunger is to be left alone. Yet, We won’t, we can’t! Who wants to let go of a hero mother. Whose God is her trust! So with her faith and fight; we fight and I petition heaven for that extra and every once of time! I am thankful even now for a loving and caring mother. Who ask about everyone else but what she is going through herself. She said “we look not at what is seen; but we look at what isn’t seen.” You see there is “a City whose Builder and Maker is Yahweh” (God). She said, “the children of Yahweh are never motherless, Or fatherless! Yahweh is the parent of us all, those who believe and confess Jesus as Lord and Savior! “

We all have an appointment with eternity. We just don’t know when. So, with gratitude and love we keep holding mother’s hand. Lord as we trust your Plan. Amen
JPB.

07/20/2026

A Moment With My Mother
Today I took a picture with my mother in the hospital again. Since her stroke she has been in and out the hospital. She is getting tired of the battle; trying to talk is hard for her. The stroke slowly started affecting her eating and her speech! As she look straight ahead without blinking. I looked over her as I gave her my biggest smile; while quietly holding back the tears I did not want her to see.
Her movements are slower now. Her responses come slower. I looked at her, gently trying to get her to look at me. I held her hand and said, "I love you, Mother." She replied, "I love you too." In that instant, a tear broke through the protective shield I was holding up; and ran down my face with a mind of its own. Suddenly I reached for a warm towel, as I have done many times before, and gently wiped her forehead, face, her mouth and ears on both sides. And as I tried to comfort her with my presence. I spoke life over her in the Spirit “counting those things that be not as though they were”. Speaking healing and wholeness in her body; praying for Jesus continuous presence through every challenge!
Scripture reminds us that God will one day wipe away every tear and take away every pain. No tear is wasted on His watch. He knows them all. Out of the heart flow the issues of life. There are no issues or challenges in life that Jesus can’t bring us through! Nothing not even death!
In that quiet moment I heard the Holy Spirit speak to my heart, "Give Me your whole heart, John Brown."
I thought I had already given Him everything, all the pieces. But I realized in that moment there were still pieces I was holding onto. He wants it all. Why? Because Jesus paid it all (His Sacrifice), for our peace.
So I prayed for strength. I asked Him to take all the pieces, even the ones I thought I could carry on my own. The fear, the worry, the sadness, the lack of faith. While my heart was open and tender I said, "Take this from me." So that my mother can see her son, the man that God holds.
Let us release those remaining pieces that try to bring back the very things that rob us of confidence. We speak the Word of God, we trust it, we obey it, and we stand on it with every ounce of faith we have, as the Holy Spirit teaches us concerning our mother and concerning ourselves.
Let us find strength in Him now and in our daily lives.
As I finished praying, my mother began to move and reached for my hand.
Be encouraged and keep trusting Jesus. This is my prayer. 🙏🏼✝️

07/02/2026

through the pain, it’s not a pain that kills you! It’s that kind of pain that’s come to stop you from your destiny! Press through in Jesus Name!
JPB🙏🏼✝️

06/30/2026

Preach

06/21/2026

Here’s a Father's Day message built around Joshua — not the warrior with the trumpets at Jericho first, but the older man at the end of his story, standing in front of families and making a choice.

Title: "As For Me and My House"
Text: Joshua 24:14-15 — "Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
1. Joshua knew what a father leaves behind is not a resume, it's a direction
Joshua wasn't Moses. He didn't part seas. He grew up as an aide, carrying someone else's staff, watching someone else get the credit. For 40 years in the wilderness he was the assistant, the note-taker, the man who set up the tent while Moses went up the mountain.
Fathers know that feeling. Much of fatherhood is not platform moments. It's showing up early, staying late, doing the work no one claps for.
By the time we meet him in Joshua 24, he's about 110 years old. The battles are over. The land is divided. And he doesn't call the nation to remember his victories. He calls them to remember God's faithfulness.
He says, "I was a slave in Egypt. I saw the plagues. I saw the Red Sea close behind us. I saw manna on the ground every morning. I saw the walls fall without us lifting a sword."
A father who can tell his children what God has done is giving them more than advice. He's giving them memory.
That's the first job on Father's Day — not to impress your kids with how strong you are, but to remind them how faithful God has been to you.
2. Joshua didn't force his family, he led them
Notice the phrasing: "Choose for yourselves this day..."
He doesn't say, "You will serve the Lord because I said so." He puts the choice in front of Israel, then he models the choice in front of his house.
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
That's fatherhood in one sentence. You can't choose for your children forever. You can choose for yourself, consistently, publicly, and invite them into it.
Joshua had seen what happens when fathers are passive. The generation before him died in the wilderness because they wouldn't trust God. He wasn't going to repeat that silence.
A lot of men think leadership is volume. Joshua shows it's clarity. He draws a line in his own home first. No compromise, no "we'll see what the culture does." Just a simple, steady commitment.
Fathers, your children don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be clear. Clear about where your house is headed. Clear about who you worship when money is tight. Clear about who you pray to when the diagnosis comes.

3. Joshua's courage started long before Jericho
We quote Joshua 1:9 on Father's Day cards — "Be strong and courageous." God says it to him three times. Why? Because Joshua was about to lead a nation of former slaves into walled cities.
But courage for Joshua wasn't just battlefield courage. It was daily courage:
• Courage to stay faithful as an assistant for decades
• Courage to believe the spies' report when ten others said no
• Courage to circumcise a whole nation and wait, vulnerable, before the first battle
• Courage, at the end, to tell a comfortable, settled people, "Don't drift"
That's the courage fathers need now. Not to win an argument online, but to stay soft-hearted at home. To apologize first. To pray out loud when it feels awkward. To turn the TV off and open the Bible when no one asks you to.

For Father's Day — a charge
Joshua didn't have a perfect family story. He had a faithful God story, and he tethered his house to it.
So today, if you're a father, grandfather, spiritual father, or a man hoping to be one:
1. Tell one story of God's faithfulness from your own life this week. At dinner. In the car. Make memory.
2. Make one clear choice your family can see. Not a lecture — a practice. Family prayer before phones. A Sabbath. Serving together.
3. Choose courage over comfort. Strength in Joshua wasn't muscle. It was obedience the next morning.
You may not leave your children land like Joshua did. You will leave them a direction.
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."
That's still the most powerful Father's Day sermon a man can preach — not from a pulpit, but from his kitchen table.

06/04/2026

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