Pewee Valley Baptist Church

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06/23/2026

Written by Pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our church page and receive daily Biblical messages. Share our posts with others to spread the Word.

"Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith but, as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;" (Rom. 9:32) In this chapter, God inspired Paul to expound upon Jewish unbelief and rejection of the Messiah, Christ Jesus the Lord and Savior of the world. In v. 30-31, God made it clear by way of contrast that, generally speaking, the Gentiles received the righteousness of God through faith in Christ, while the Jews failed to receive the righteousness of God because they worked hard to establish their own self-righteousness, instead of exercising faith in the promised Messiah, Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who had come in the flesh and voluntarily gave up His life as a ransom to pay for the sins of all who would believe in Him. So, in our text verse, God makes it perfectly plain that the righteousness of God cannot be earned or otherwise obtained or attained through any level or magnitude of human effort, no matter how excellent, sincere or superior it may appear to self or others. The stumbling stone is a direct reference to Christ, and those who reject Him in unbelief are said to have stumbled, or fallen.

The same problem plagues most people today as well. The natural and innate human tendency is to trust in self or in some other source deemed to be trustworthy and reliable, based typically upon an intelligent or emotional approach, fueled by reason, passion, feelings, experience, contemporary wisdom or some other human-based thought or belief that necessarily and intentionally rejects Christ as the only Savior. As our text verse states, those who seek to be right (righteous) by relying upon their works or deeds will never actually be right (righteous), because only the righteousness received from God through faith in Christ will make one right before God. "...There is none righteous, no, not one:" (Rom. 3:10) "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." (Rom. 3:23) Now, in closing, please pay close attention to the Biblical remedy of unbelief regarding Christ. "Being justified (that is, declared righteous, or right) freely by his (God's) grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (atonement) through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins..; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness, that he might be just, and the justifier of him who believeth in Jesus.... Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified (made righteous) by faith [apart from] the deeds of the law." (Rom. 3:24-26 &28) Simply put, do not trust in your own plan of righteousness, regardless of how good it looks or feels. It will never work. God will never accept it. At its very best, it will only result in an eternity of torment in the lake of fire, called hell. The only way to avoid hell is to put your faith in Christ Jesus, then God will save you by His grace and impute righteousness to you. You cannot earn righteousness, it is a free gift of God made possible by faith in Christ. If you haven't done so already, put your faith in Christ Jesus - today! Don't delay!

06/19/2026

Written by Pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our church page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel; for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery they break out, and blood toucheth blood." (Hosea 4:1-2) These were the prevailing conditions in Israel in the 8th century B.C. when Hosea prophesied. Sadly, this also describes 21st century America! It's as true today as it was then because, for the most part, people still do not listen to God - they do not even want to hear what the Bible says. Typically, when unbelievers do hear the Word preached or taught, they do not believe it. The Word of God is clear regarding salvation - the way of salvation is narrow and only a few people will find it (Matt. 7:14). Unbelievers accuse Christians of being narrow-minded - and the fact is that we are! But, we are also right! There is literally and truly only one way to be saved - you must repent of your sins and put your faith in Christ - there is absolutely no other way to be saved and inherit eternal life. But, the vast majority of people would rather believe a lie than the truth of God's Word, the Bible (Rom. 1:25). So, because the vast majority of people today are sinners, the world looks very much like it did 3000 years ago in the days of Hosea.

Christians, are you redeeming the time in these evil days (Eph. 5:16) or are you okay with the way things are? The fact that dozens upon dozens of our family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances are on the way to hell should tear us up on the inside and stir us into action to be more diligent in sharing God's love, His Word, His grace and His plan of salvation with unbelievers. Are you a faithful witness for the Lord?

06/15/2026

Written by pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. 6:23) "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" (Eph. 2:8) The eternal fire of hell is real, please don't assume it's not. Despite innumerable critics and countless naysayers, the Bible is not a fairy tale or a work of fiction. The Bible is the truth - it is the absolute truth and God miraculously provided it for us through divine inspiration using human authors to enlighten humankind. The natural inclination of people is to ignore the truth of God's Word and assume they know what is right, using their own intellect, experiences, education, skills, knowledge, etc. The Bible says that one who determines what is right in their own mind is a fool (Prov. 12:15). Please don't be foolish in thinking or assuming that the Bible is unimportant or extraneous. In Matt. 25:46, God addresses all those who do not place genuine faith in Jesus Christ with this warning, "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

The greatest error in judgment one can make is to ignore the truth given in the Bible. Not one person, except God Himself in the person of the incarnate Christ Jesus, has lived without sin (Rom. 3:23). So, all people are sinners until we humbly surrender and submit to the Lord Jesus Christ with genuine faith, placing complete and undeniable trust, confidence and belief in Him as the only Savior available to redeem us from our sinful state. So, what is this faith? We cannot assume what the word 'faith' means, we must go to the only source of truth, the Bible. If we make our own assumptions about faith, we will get it wrong. Apart from God's Word, we will assume that a simple knowledge of the Lord equates to belief or faith in Him. Yet, this kind of believing is not real faith in Christ. The devil and his demons believe in God (Jam. 2:19), but they do not have faith in Him. To have faith in Christ Jesus is to totally surrender to Him in genuine trust that He is God and that He alone can redeem us from our sinful state. When we truly put faith in Christ, we are no longer our own, we have been bought with the price of the blood of Christ shed on the cross for our redemption and salvation. We become God's purchased possession and we value Him as preeminent in all things. With real faith, our primary desire is to obey God's Word and to serve Him by desiring to accomplish His will on a daily basis, to please Him in at all times in all things. Do you have this kind of faith in Christ Jesus?

06/11/2026

Written by pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? And why do thoughts arise in your hearts?" (Luke 24:38) In this passage of Scripture, Jesus questioned the Apostles and other of His disciples about their reaction to His post-resurrection appearance in their midst. The Emmaus disciples' encounter with Jesus was still fresh and ended with the opening of their understanding by the Lord to enable them to recognize that they were actually in the presence of the resurrected Christ (v. 31). So, they met up with the Apostles and some other disciples and told them about their experience with Jesus, stating that He was risen indeed. As the Emmaus disciples were sharing their experience, Jesus appeared to the group and they reacted with shock and surprise, being terrified and frightened as if they had seen a ghost. Literally, they were immediately troubled when Jesus appeared unexpectedly. Jesus then tried to calm their fears by questioning their perplexity and fearful imagination. They were still suffering from the effects of His death and from disbelief that He had risen. In fact, even after Jesus showed them His hands and feet and declared that it was Him (v. 39-40), they still had trouble believing, continuing to wonder about the things that just transpired (v. 41). In our text verse, Jesus effectively told His disciples that confidence in the Son of God, the Christ, the Creator, the Word, and the way, truth and life would translate into trust that it was actually Him that stood before them. He looked like Jesus, but they lacked sufficient faith that it was actually Him, believing instead the result their own reasoning and imagination that concluded it was a ghost and not the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

Believers, being saved by the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus, we still have issues with sufficient faith, don't we? Similar to the reaction of the disciples in our text, sometimes we react with wonder and amazement about the things the Lord orchestrates around us. Our puzzlement involves a lack of recognition and trust that the Holy Spirit is leading and guiding us or that God is otherwise working some good thing in our midst without our awareness of His presence and plan. We look at the tests and tasks with which God challenges us and presume it's happenstance, circumstance and even chance or luck, good or bad. Because we experience some level of dietary deficiency of the Word of God, because we at least sometimes fail to persist in prayer, because we at times lack sufficient motivation and reverence to obey the Lord, because we fail to seek to please and glorify Him at all times to perform His will, and because we fail to walk circumspectly to detect every opportunity for service and witness that is presented to us by the Lord, we too, like the disciples in our lesson, disappoint the Lord through false human reasoning that results in assumptions that are carnal, not spiritual. James addressed this issue well when he wrote, "Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you...." (Jam. 4:8a) We need that intimacy with the Lord that God requires. Without that closeness, we lack enablement and effectiveness that comes with an intimate relationship with God. For those who are married, or who have been married, a successful and enjoyable relationship with a spouse is always greater with increased closeness and intimacy. It is the close fellowship with the Lord that eradicates fear and doubt in our minds and settles us firmly upon God's Word and His will. As Jesus told His disciples, be not troubled!

Written by pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our church page to receive Biblical messages regularly. "I tell you, Nay....
06/06/2026

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"I tell you, Nay. But, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." (Luke 13:3 and 13:5) Most people today avoid the word 'sin', even many preachers. The hardest thing a person faces is their own sin. Failure to face personal sin is a sure sign of unbelief. We are all born with a sin nature and must repent of that sin in order to be saved by God's grace. The word repent means to turn or have a change of mind about something; and, in the New Testament, it refers to turning from sin and turning to God. The Scripture says we are saved by faith in Christ through God's grace (Eph. 2:8). That faith or belief in Christ must be accompanied by repentance or a change of mind about sin. The Scripture from Luke above is a quote from Jesus. In verses 1, 2 and 4 in Luke chapter 13, Jesus teaches that calamity can happen to anyone and not just to sinners. Our text verses point to the absolute and irrefutable necessity of personal repentance to escape perishing or destruction, which here is not annihilation or extinction but eternal ruin or loss of well-being, eternally apart from God. This perishing is the eternal judgment of God on those who do not turn from their own sin and do not put their faith in Christ (John 3:15).

Our verses here make it clear that if one does not repent (turn from sin and turn to God in faith), she/he shall perish. Those who teach or believe that repentance from sin is not required for salvation errantly lead others to believe that they do not need to deal with the sin in their own life. Those who ignore the necessity to repent from sin do not believe the whole counsel of God, they have believed the lie of the devil. Sin is the great separator from God. Everyone, without exception, has sinned (Rom. 3:9-12 & 23) and the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23a); but, the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ (Rom. 6:23b), the only Savior available to mankind (John 14:6 and Acts 4:12). You can complain about these truths, ignore or even reject them, but you cannot avoid the consequences of disbelief in Christ or God's Word. Let's take a serious and sincere look in the mirror. Have you turned from your sin and turned to God in faith by believing in Christ? If not, please do so today to receive the most precious and valuable of all gifts - the gift of eternal life through Christ Jesus the Lord. It's time to acknowledge and deal with the inevitable sinfulness that characterizes every person until they put their faith in Christ.

06/01/2026

Written by pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you, so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you." (Joshua 23:15) Wow, did you read that! Yes, this is an actual verse of Scripture, which is the absolute truth. I can honestly say that over my 30+ years of salvation and ministry that I have never heard anyone quote this verse and, much less, I have never heard anyone ever preach or teach on this verse from a pulpit, lectern, TV or radio. Yes, I have seen it covered in a cursory manner in some commentaries, but the truth in this passage has escaped many believers. Let's take a look at the context in which we find this verse. Joshua had just completed the possession of the promised land (Canaan) and he had just completed the division of the land as an inheritance to God's people, Israel. This verse is a portion of Joshua's last instructions to the people of Israel just prior to his death. In verse 3, Joshua reminded the people of what they had witnessed through the personal and miraculous work of God to deliver the land to them. In verse 6, Joshua commanded them to be courageous (that is, confident in the Lord) and to be obedient to God in all things, never departing from God's Word at any time, in any way or in any degree. He told them to hold fast to God (v. 8) and to be diligent in loving Him (v. 11). Then, in verses 12-13, Joshua warns them that God, with certainty, will no longer drive out the enemies from the land as they worked to gain entire possession of the land if they were to associate with the heathen natives in any way. So, finally, we come to God's stern warning in our text verse - that just as God brought the good things upon them to that point in time, so would He bring "...all evil things, until he have destroyed (them) from off (the) good land..." if they transgressed against the Lord (v. 16).

We need to meditate on that and let it soak in for a while. We must never come to the point in our Christian walk that we ever take the good things for granted that God has provided. And, we must always be fully aware that just as God has brought good things to pass in our lives, that He will bring trouble into our lives when we disregard, disobey and walk contrary to His Word. David learned this lesson the hard way when, after he had committed adultery and then attempted a cover-up by killing Uriah, God said this to David in 2 Sam. 12:11-12: "Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take they wives before thine eyes, and give them unto they neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun." The Hebrew word for evil here means trouble. And, David continued to experience trouble until the day he died -- all because of his sins, even though he confessed them with a heart of contrition in Psalm 51. Sin always has consequences (Heb. 12:5-8). By the way, about 800 years after the warning from God in our text verse, God completed the removal of the Israelites from the promised land into captivity - all because of their disobedience to God's Word. So, now we should reflect upon our own behavior and conduct to understand if we are conformed to God's Word, or if we have deviated to the right or left in some way, shape or fashion. God's Word is not optional, it is mandatory. As much as we love the positive things God says, we need to remember that God gives us many commands - none of which are meaningless or insignificant. For example, since we are in Joshua, in 23:6-7, there are six, yes six, negative commands -- turn not, come not, neither make mention, nor cause to, neither serve, not bow. I will conclude by saying that verses with negative statements and commands are rarely memorized and quoted by believers, likely because we like to focus on the positive. But, remember that disregard and disobedience for any of God's Word will have consequences, and the consequences may be severe and even have a life-long impact.

05/27/2026

Written by Pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our church page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"And these are they that are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares if this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful." (Mark 4:18-19) In this parable of the soils, Jesus identified the reasons why people do not come to Christ in faith to be saved by God's grace. The sower represents Jesus as well as born-again preachers, teachers, evangelists, missionaries and every other believer who proclaims, witnesses and testifies of God's Word, which is represented by the seed. The problems related in this parable pertain to the different soils, which represent different kinds of hearers of the Word. Four types of hearers are identified by Jesus: (1) those who refuse to hear or disregard what God has to say - v. 14-15; (2) those who actually receive the Word with enthusiasm for a short period, but fail to persevere in it because their profession of faith is not genuine and they become offended when troubles or persecutions arise - v. 16-17; (3) those who hear the Word, but because of their preoccupation with and interest in the cares of this life, the deception of wealth and the continuous bombardment of pleasurable things, they also prove to be false believers as the Word is choked out and they are found fruitless - v. 18-19; and (4) those who hear the Word, receive it and then bear fruit, which is the evidence of the indwelling Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22-25) - v. 20. Our text verse identifies false believers who choose the things of this world over the Word of God, making their lusts and pleasures their priority and through indifference allow the Word of God to be choked or crowded out of their lives. Their spiritual need is to receive the Word of God with faith, faith in Christ - but their trust is in the things of this life.

What type of soil are you? What have you done with God's Word which you have heard? Has it taken root in your life and produced fruit? One thing that is clearly manifested in this parable is that unless you genuinely receive God's Word by faith and produce spiritual fruit that is always evident in a true believer's life, you are not a true believer. In this case, you have feigned salvation, professed a lie in saying you are a believer and deceived yourself through an intellectual ascent to the Word without truly committing to it in faith. But, if you are the 'good ground' of verse 20, you are a true fruit-bearing Christian. In John 15:4b-5, Jesus said, "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing." So, spiritual fruit equals genuine faith in Christ; and, the absence of spiritual fruit equals no real faith in Christ. This parable serves as a spiritual mirror so that we can examine ourselves for evidence of real fruit. Remember, there is a bunch of fake fruit out there (Matt. 7:21-23), so be sure you are the hearer with whom God is well pleased, with faith in Christ and acceptable service fueled by the Holy Spirit. Be sure your salvation is real, not fake like the three inadequate soils in our parable.

05/19/2026

Written by pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out." (Num. 32:23) Because preaching about sin and its consequences does not appeal to the masses nor draw crowds, many so-called Biblical teachers intentionally avoid the subject, focusing instead on the love of God and His blessings. Because these intentionally more popular, more attractive and obviously more positive messages are designed to generate widespread acceptance and larger audiences, these congregations grow by leaps and bounds. Persuasive and influential motivational messages have replaced bold and candid presentations of the whole Gospel, choosing messages of love and acceptance at the exclusion of sin and judgment. In our text verse, the children of Reuben and Gad were warned against failure to fulfill the requirements of the Lord. As the children of Israel crossed the Jordan to posses the land God had given them, the children of Reuben and Gad (who were to inhabit the land east of the Jordan River) were required to pass over the Jordan to fight with their fellow countrymen to secure the promised land. After the land was conquered, they were to return to their home on the other side of the Jordan. The Reubenites and Gadites promised to do as the Lord commanded. The warning in our text verse is that failure to obey the Lord is considered sin by God.

Sin cannot be hidden from God, regardless of how insignificant we think it might be. Neither are we exempt from the consequences of sin, regardless of how good we think we are. By the authority of Scripture (Heb. 12:5-11), every true child of God will be disciplined by the Lord for sins committed, even if confessed. King David sinned by committing adultery and attempting to cover it up with a murder, but he made a sincere confession in Psalm 51. Despite his confession, the Lord disciplined him by permitting much trouble to devastate his family. This pronouncement came from the Lord in 2 Sam. 12:10-11: "Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou has despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah, the Hittite, to be thy wife. Thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun." And the trouble experienced by David the rest of his life was extreme. And, just think, David was called by God as "...a man after his own heart...." (1 Sam. 13:14) And, Christians, even though we are believers in Christ, we still sin according to 1 John 1:8, so though we confess our sins, we still experience the discipline of God. And, we are no more exempt from God raising up trouble in our lives as He did in David's. So, as our text declares, we can be sure our sins will find us out! We must continue to grow in the Word and draw close to the Lord, maturing over time to significantly reduce the number of sins we commit. We must fight the good fight and finish our course of life well (2 Tim. 4:7).

05/15/2026

Written by Pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our page to receive Biblical messages regularly.

"And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words." (Col. 2:4) The "this I say" that Paul uses in this verse refers to the previous two verses. Paul told the believers at Colosse in v. 2-3 that they should be united through the love of Christ and rich in the understanding and knowledge of God. The reason Paul insisted that they be strengthened by the love and wisdom of Christ is so that they would not be deceived by the false reasoning of others, particularly false teachers. The Greek word translated 'beguile ' means to reckon wrong or to reason falsely. This same Greek word is translated 'deceive' In James 1:22. The Greek word translated 'enticing' refers to persuasive speech or plausible arguments. False reasoning surfaces in persuasive arguments that seem reasonable, probable, credible and believable - yet they are intended to deceive and accomplish human objectives and drive personal agendas. Of course, lies and deception are authored and sourced by the devil (John 8:44). In other words, commitment to and dependence upon the truth of God's Word will enable Christians to recognize the difference between truth and error and to resist being duped by those who mix truth with error through plausible arguments and great oration that are intended to deceive.

Christian, are you dependent upon God's Word? If you answered yes, how dependent are you on the truth? Do you rely on and are you sustained by God's Word? God's Word is the truth - everything else must be evaluated by the Word of truth to determine if it is accurate and trustworthy. If we accept persuasive arguments that seem reasonable according to conventional wisdom and human intellect, without comparing it to the Word, we place ourselves at risk of being deceived by false reasoning - a weakness that results from a lack of dependence upon God's Word. A slick, charismatic and polished speaker can convince the average Christian to accept their reasoning if they are not totally dependent upon the Word. Many such deceivers can be found today in church pulpits, on Christian TV programs, on mission fields, on Christian radio, in various evangelistic venues, etc. We must heed this direction from God's Word and verify everything people say by the truth. When we stop checking the accuracy of what people say by the Word, we forfeit our dependence on the truth. So, again, are you truly dependent on God's Word?

05/11/2026

Written by pastor Steve Wiseman. Like our page to automatically receive our messages on a regular basis.

"Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom. I am understanding; I have strength." (Prov. 8:14) God declares vividly in this verse that He is the only source of real and reliable counsel, sound wisdom, clear and concise understanding, and every form of ability. Pride was the original sin that resulted in Lucifer's fall from heaven (Isa. 14:12-14), and pride continues to plague humankind today. The minutest evidence of natural pride combined with a little self-confidence gives one the feeling that she/he can originate and provide valuable counsel, wisdom, and understanding; and, exercise personal ability apart from God. Paul characterized the typical tendency of each person in 1 Cor. 8:1b-2: "...we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing as he ought to know." This is a certain indictment against self-confidence and pride.

So, Christian, how frequently do we react naturally and carnally to circumstances and situations with puffed up feelings along with a self-perception that we are self-sufficient regarding wisdom and understanding that serve as a basis for confidently offering counsel and advice to others, believing we actually have the wherewithal and ability to do so? As Paul stated in the 1 Cor. passage cited above, a little bit of knowledge has the tendency to inflate our pride to make us unknowingly arrogant; giving us a false impression that we know stuff - a condition that is characterized in the passage as 'knowing nothing as we ought to know.' One evident and demonstrable characteristic of every born-again believer should be genuine humility. Humility is literally having a low view or estimation of one's own importance and capability. We are commanded not to think too highly of ourselves (Rom. 12:3), but to value others to be more excellent than ourselves (Phil. 2:3). When we totally submit to the Lord and surrender to His will in humility, we will assume the proper spiritual perspective that counsel, wisdom, understanding and all ability belong to God and are only channeled through believers who are humble and obedient, seeking to glorify the Lord in all they do. Remember, we are nothing (1 Cor. 3:7) and without Christ, we can do nothing (John 15:5). So, let's avoid being presumptuous to think that counsel, wisdom, understanding and ability belong to us or come from us. We should always be careful to identify the source of our abilities as the Lord Himself, and we should always glorify Him by refusing to accept the praise of people, but thanking God in all circumstances for what He does through us. After all, it's all about Christ, not about us.

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