Welcome to the weekly podcast of First Baptist Church of Bolingbrook, IL with Lead Teaching Pastor, Vaughn Sanders. To learn more about how you can begin or deepen your relationship with Jesus Christ, visit us at FirstBaptistBolingbrook.com
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You can't earn right standing with God by trying harder. Galatians 2:16 shows the only way anyone is justified: faith in Christ, not performance.Most of us run an internal ledger with God, weighing our good days against our bad ones and hoping we come out ahead. That's not how it works, and Paul makes that painfully clear in Galatians 2:16.In this message we walk through Galatians 2:15-16 and…
Why do Christians all over the world, across every era, still stand up and say the same ancient words together? The Apostles' Creed isn't Scripture, but every line of it comes straight from Scripture. In this message, we break down what this ancient confession actually says about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and why the church has held onto it for eighteen hundred years like…
You can't earn your way to God. Not through good behavior, not through religious effort, not through a résumé you've spent years polishing. If that's true, what's actually left for you to do?In this message from Ephesians 2:8-10, we look at why grace only works as a gift and not a wage, how faith is the open hand that receives it rather than the effort that earns it, and why good works are the…
God didn't send Jesus to hand down a sentence. He sent him to save a world already standing under one. This message walks through John 3:16-21 and asks a question most of us avoid: What does it mean that the verdict on your life may already be settled?In this message, we look at three things straight from the text:- Why God sent his Son to save the world instead of condemn it- Why the verdict for…
Every person alive is living under one of two reigns, whether they've noticed it or not. Adam's reign of death took over before any of us had a say. Christ's reign of grace broke in strong enough to overthrow it. Romans 5:17-19 lays out the two men, the two reigns, and the faith that transfers you from one to the other.In this message we look at:- Why death "reigned" through Adam, not just…
Reconciliation with God isn't something you earn. It was purchased. Colossians 1:19-20 explains what that cost and why it changes everything.There's a Japanese art form called kintsugi where broken pottery is repaired with gold dust. The bowl doesn't hide its cracks. They gleam. That image runs through this whole sermon because it's exactly what God does with what sin shattered. He doesn't paper…
Have you ever felt too far gone to be found? Maybe you've been away from church for years and assume the door is closed. Maybe you're sitting in the pew every week still feeling like a fraud, certain that if God really knew everything about you, He'd stop looking.In this message, we look at 2 Corinthians 5:19 and the truth that God does not wait at a distance for wanderers to find their own way…
We just celebrated 250 years of American independence, a declaration signed with ink and sealed with wax. But there's a distance no revolution could ever close: the gap between a human heart and a holy God.In this message, we look at Colossians 1:21-22 and discover that God didn't wait for us to fix ourselves before reconciling us to Himself. He closed the distance through the real body and real…
Why did the eternal Son of God take on human flesh? Why would the one who holds the universe together choose to bleed?In this sermon from Hebrews 2:14–18, we explore one of the most profound truths in all of Scripture: Jesus didn't manage our salvation from a distance. He entered the full weight of our humanity, our fear, our weakness, our suffering, so that we could be brought near to God.We'll…
The world feels heavy. The news is dark. People are exhausted. And most of us are carrying burdens we were never built to hold.Isaiah 9:6 is one of the most beloved verses in the Bible but it's more than a Christmas card. It's a rescue announcement. God didn't send advice. He didn't send a strategy. He sent a Son.In this message, we slow down and look at four names Isaiah gives the coming Messiah,…
Romans 6:23 is one of the most direct verses in the Bible. A wage. A gift. Two outcomes that couldn't be more different. In this sermon, we walk through what sin actually earns, why God's response is a gift and not a reward, and why that gift is only found in one specific person. If you've been trying to earn your way to God, or you've never understood what the gospel is actually offering, this…
