Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church, Elder David L. Brown, Pastor

Morning Star Freewill Baptist Church, Elder David L. Brown, Pastor Morning Star is a Bible-believing, Bible-teaching, Bible-preaching, Christ-centered church. Our church is one (undivided), holy in call and in life. Rev.

We are a friendly church, where the Gospel is truly taught and preached. David Brown is our Pastor.

08/21/2026

The Gospel According to St Luke - Chapter 22

"Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover lambs were sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John ahead and said, "Go and prepare the Passover meal, so we can eat it together.""

The Passover meal included the sacrifice of a lamb because of the association with the Jews' exodus from Egypt. When the Jews were getting ready to leave, God told them to kill the lamb and paint its blood on the door frames of their houses. They then were to prepare the meat for food. Peter and John had to buy and prepare the lamb as well as the unleavened bread, herbs, wine, and other ceremonial foods.

08/20/2026

The Gospel According to Saint Luke - Chapter 22

"Then satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the 12 disciples, and he went over to the leading priest and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them."

Satan's part in the betrayal of Jesus does not remove any of the responsibility from Judas.

Disillusioned because Jesus was talking about dying rather than about setting up His Kingdom, Judas may have been trying to force Jesus' hand and make Him use His power to prove He was the Messiah.

Or perhaps Judas, not understanding Jesus' mission, no longer believed that Jesus was God's chosen one.

Whatever Judas thought, satan assumed that Jesus' death would end His mission and would thwart God's plan.

Like Judas, he did not know that Jesus' death and Resurrection were the most important parts of God's plan all along.

08/19/2026

The Gospel According to St Luke - Chapter 22

"The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which begins with the Passover celebration, was drawing near."

All Jewish males over the age of 12 were required to go to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival, which was followed by a 7-Day celebration called the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For these festivals, Jews from all over the Roman empire converged on Jerusalem to celebrate one of the most important events in their history.

08/17/2026

The Gospel According to Luke - Chapter 21

"Don't let that day catch you unaware, as in a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth."

Only days after telling the disciples to pray that they might escape persecution, Jesus Himself asked God to spare Him the agony of the cross, if that was God's will.

It is abnormal to want to suffer, but as Jesus' followers, we must be willing to suffer if by doing so we can help build God's Kingdom.

We have two wonderful promises to help us as we suffer: God will always be with us (Matthew 28:20), and He will one day rescue us and give us eternal life (Revelation 21:1-4).

08/16/2026

Title: “Still Standing: The Unbreakable Love of God”
Text: Romans 8:28–39 (KJV)

Earlier, we read from Romans 8:28-39.

As we continue or August Sermon Series titled, Living in the Tension,
I want to use as a subject, “Still Standing: The Unbreakable Love of God”

INTRODUCTION —

I have A WORD FOR THE WOUNDED, THE WEARY, AND THE STILL STANDING

Beloved, we have come to the third Sunday in August — a month of transition, a month of shifting, and a month where life begins to pick up speed again.
And if we’re honest, August is a month where the soul gets tested. The excitement of summer begins to fade.

Responsibilities begin to rise. Pressures begin to return. And many of us walk into August carrying burdens we didn’t expect.

Some are carrying family burdens — trying to hold a household together while holding yourself together.
Some are carrying financial burdens — trying to stretch what doesn’t seem stretchable.
Some are carrying emotional burdens — fighting battles in the mind that nobody sees.
Some are carrying spiritual burdens — trying to pray through storms that won’t stop.
Some are carrying private burdens — pain so deep you haven’t told anyone.

And into that heaviness, God gives us one of the most powerful passages in all of Scripture — Romans 8:28–39.

Paul writes this not from a palace, but from pressure. Not from comfort, but from conflict. Not from victory, but from vulnerability.

08/13/2026

The Gospel According to St Luke - Chapter 21

"Watch out! Don't let me find you living in careless ease and drunkenness, and filled with the worries of this life. Don't let that day catch you unaware, as in a trap. For that day will come upon everyone living on the earth. Keep a constant watch. And pray that, if possible, you may escape these horrors and stand before The Son of Man."

Jesus told the disciples to keep a constant watch for His return. Although over 2,000 years have passed since He spoke these words, their truth remains.

Christ is coming again, and we need to watch and be spiritually fit.

This means working faithfully at the tasks God has given us.

Don't let your mind and spirit be dulled by careless living, drinking, or the foolish pursuit of pleasure.

Don't let the cares of this life weigh you down.

Be ready to move at God's command.

08/12/2026

The Gospel According to Saint Luke - Chapter 21

"So when all these things begin to happen, stand straight and look up, for your salvation is near!"

The picture of the coming persecutions and natural disasters is gloomy, but ultimately it is a cause not for worrying but for great joy.

As believers see these events happening, they will know that the return of their Messiah is near, and they can look forward to His reign of justice and peace.

Rather than being terrified by what is happening in our world, we should confidently await Christ's return to bring justice and restoration to His people.

08/11/2026

The Gospel According to St Luke - Chapter 21

"They will be brutally killed by the sword or sent away as captives to all the nations of the world. And Jerusalem will be conquered and trampled down by the Gentiles until the age of the Gentiles comes to an end."

The "age of the Gentiles" began with Babylon's destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. and the exile of the Jewish people.

Israel was no longer an independent nation but was under the control of Gentile rulers.

In Jesus' day, Israel was governed by the Roman empire, and a Roman general would destroy the city in A.D. 70.

Jesus was saying that the domination of God's people by His enemies would continue until God decided to end it.

The "age of the Gentiles" refers not just to the repeated destructions of Jerusalem but also to the continuing and mounting persecution of God's people until the end.

08/10/2026

The Gospel of According to St Luke's - Chapter 21

"But not a hair of your head will perish!"

Jesus was not saying that believers would be exempt from physical harm or death during the persecutions. Remember that many of the disciples were martyred.

Rather He was saying that none of His followers would suffer spiritual or eternal loss.

On earth, everyone will die, but believers in Jesus will be saved for eternal life.

08/10/2026

DYING TO LIVE!
As we continue our August Sermon Series titled LIVING IN THE TENSION, look at verses 34-36 again.

Mark 8:34–36
34 And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

I want to use as a subject DYING TO LIVE

INTRODUCTION
“THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON THIS SCHOOL YEAR”

Today is Back to School Sunday, and all across Jacksonville, students are sharpening pencils,
packing backpacks, and getting ready to walk into classrooms where they will learn math, science,
history, reading, and all the subjects that prepare them for a career.

Parents are buying supplies. Teachers are preparing lessons. Administrators are organizing schedules. Everybody is getting ready for another school year.

But I came to tell you this morning As important as education is, there is one lesson that is more important than every other lesson you will learn this year.

You can graduate with honors, earn scholarships, get degrees, and build a career—but if you miss this lesson, you miss the very purpose of life.

Jesus gives us that lesson in Mark 8:34–36. And it is a paradox. It is a mystery. It is a divine contradiction that makes perfect sense only when you surrender your life to Christ.

Here is the lesson:
Real life comes through surrender. You live by dying. You win by losing. You rise by bowing down.

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