First Chinese Baptist Church San Gabriel Valley
FCBCSGV Sermons
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August 16, 2021 • 37 mins
Jesus wants the church to grow up, not just to grow old. The goal of His church is to become more and more like Jesus. To help us mature, God did not only just give us leaders to equip us, God also gave us each other so that we may speak the truth in love to each other. When we speak the truth of Jesus to one another, we grow in Jesus in every aspect of our lives. Rather than living in our childish ways, the Body of Christ can help...
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August 9, 2021 • 39 mins
In this new sermon series, we return to the mission of our church. We'll explore each component as we prepare to enter into a new church year.
Our church's mission is to multiply disciples who love God, love one another and love the lost by abiding in Christ through His word, prayer and the Holy Spirit.
This week, we explore the greatest commandment - love God. Loving God is more than just doing things for God. We can do thin...
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August 2, 2021 • 43 mins
We have gotten to meet many people with our life and may think to ourselves "Well ____ will never change." In Acts 9, God changed Saul to become the person we know as Paul. This radical transformation was first initiated by God, responded by Saul and Ananaias was sent as the changed agent. This encourages us that even when we don't see changes in people, we should not give up on the person. Instead, we must wait actively and pray f...
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July 26, 2021 • 45 mins
Forgiveness is never easy. Many times we don't think we can or we don't want to forgive those who have hurt us. In this sermon, we explore various myths that might cause us to hold grudges toward those who wrong us. The strength to forgive others comes from us being forgiven by God through faith in Jesus Christ. We can and should forgive because we were first forgiven by God.
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July 19, 2021 • 42 mins
Through commercials and media, the world around us tells us that we should believe in ourselves. But this lie will not lead us toward life as God creates for us to live. Instead, it will lead to our downfall. We believe in ourselves because somehow we think that we can control our lives. What matters most is who Jesus says He is and who Jesus says we are. Having faith means that we will trust His Word and trust it enough to live by...
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July 11, 2021 • 36 mins
Follow our hearts is destructive because our hearts are faulty and deceitful. Because of our sinful nature, our hearts are one of stone but by the grace of God, through Jesus we have been given a new heart - a heart of flesh. Rather than following our hearts, God calls us to follow His Son Jesus Christ through saying no to our flesh, committing to Jesus even though it may cost us and living like Jesus.
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July 5, 2021 • 45 mins
The second lie that many Christians believe is that “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle." However, all of life is more than we can handle. The Bible instead tells us that we will go through suffering, but God will be with us through that suffering, even when our lives are falling apart (See Psalm 23:4, Psalm 46:1, Isaiah 43:2 for more). When God gives us more than what we can handle, we come to know God - 1) The sovereign ...
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June 28, 2021 • 40 mins
As we kick off our new sermon series Lies Christians Believe, we tackle the first lie: "God just wants me to be happy." This lie leaves us believing that we can choose whatever we want to do just because it makes us happy, even if that means it hurts others or sin against God. This a lie because we can't always be happy. Happiness is based on circumstances and it is very fleeting. Instead, God gives us joy as the Holy Spirit dwells...
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June 21, 2021 • 37 mins
God's love for us is not determined by what we ought to do but by who we are. We are His creation and He loves us with His everlasting love. He loves us so much that He sent His Son to redeem us. Our Heavenly Father's love is not marked by what He can give us but who He is to us. His greatest sign of love is His presence with us everyday. Our response to this love is by delighting in His presence by listening to Him through His Wor...
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June 14, 2021 • 45 mins
English Sermon (06/13/21) – Theology of Sexual Identity (Gen 1:26-28)
God's perfect design of us includes our sexuality. He created males and females. Our hormones and genetics confirm God's design. Contrary to the world's definition, our sexuality is not different from our gender. Sex and gender are one and the same. While gender roles may be generalities based on social and cultural values, gender identity is absolute. Gender ...
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June 6, 2021 • 42 mins
English Sermon (06/06/21) – Gospel (1Corinthians 15:1-4, Mark 1:15-17)
The Gospel is the backbone and the core of our Christian faith. Starting from Genesis, God foreshadowed the one-time sacrifice that Jesus would eventually make to cover our sin and shame. The Gospel contains four essential truth:
1. The kingdom is already at hand on earth
2. Christ is the Son of God who came on to this earth
3. Christ died for our s...
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June 1, 2021 • 40 mins
English Sermon (05/30/21) – 3 Circles: Brokenness (Genesis 3:1-19)
In this sermon, we will explore the second circle in our ‘3 Circles’ series which is “brokenness”. Even without looking into scripture, many of us have had at least a glimpse of what brokenness looks like in this world. When we turn on the news, we see brokenness in the form of homelessness, crimes, addiction, disease, cancer, human trafficking, etc. Brokenness i...
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May 24, 2021 • 34 mins
English Sermon (05/23/21) – 3 Circles: God's Design (Genesis 1-2)
As we go through our 3 Circles series, we will start with the first circle, which is “God’s Design”. Genesis 1-2 are the first few chapters of the Bible and tell us how God perfectly created and designed this world. Out of all his creation, only one was created in his image and that was us, human beings (the first being Adam and Eve). God created us to love us and...
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May 17, 2021 • 44 mins
English Sermon (05/16/21) – 3 Circles: Always be Prepared (1 Peter 3:13-17)
Welcome to our new sermon series ‘3 Circles’! As Christians, we are commanded to share the Gospel and to be ready to give the reason for the hope that we believe in. This series will hopefully help you to prepare your hearts for Christ and learn to share the Gospel in a way that anyone who is listening can easily learn it and easily train others later. ...
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May 10, 2021 • 36 mins
English Sermon (05/09/21) – A Christ-Centered Woman (Acts 9:36-43)
Happy Mother’s Day to all the biological mothers, mother figures, spiritual mothers and mothers to be! Today we will focus on a sister in Acts 9, a disciple of Christ named Tabitha, whose name translated means Dorcas. Dorcas was special not because of what she did, but because she was a devoted follower of Christ and her actions were an expression of her love for...
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May 3, 2021 • 44 mins
English Sermon (05/02/21) – Pray and Go (Acts 1:6-11)
If you’ve been following along with us this year, we just finished our B.L.E.S.S series but that doesn’t mean our work with others is done! Jesus had a method of continuously ‘praying and going’ during his ministry. The early church in Acts all prayed before they went out and prayed also while they were going - that is how Christ’s followers grew from hundreds to hundreds of ...
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April 26, 2021 • 40 mins
English Sermon (04/18/21) – B.L.E.S.S – Share Your Story (John 3:1-18)
Thank you all for sticking around to the end of our B.L.E.S.S. series! All of the other letters we’ve been discussing have been leading up to the last letter ’S’ which stands for ‘Share Your Story’. While the first 4 letters (B, L, E, S) are essential, it is actually not enough for us to just live good Christ-like lives. To some people, your outward actions ...
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April 19, 2021 • 40 mins
English Sermon (04/18/21) – B.L.E.S.S – Serve in Love (Mark 7:31-37)
During his ministry, Jesus performed many miracles but he didn’t do so randomly - Jesus most often served those who were right in front of him. Although he could just speak the words and heal someone far away (think of the Centurion and his servant), he usually healed those within his proximity. In Mark 7:31-37, Jesus comes across a man who is both blind and m...
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April 12, 2021 • 38 mins
English Sermon (04/11/21) – B.L.E.S.S – Eat Together (Matthew 9:9-13)
Today, we’ll talk about the letter ‘E’ which stands for “Eat Together”. Although eating may seem like a simple thing, it can become a very powerful way to bless other people. Jesus exemplified this in his life by eating for the glory of God. Not only did he eat with others but the food itself was also central to many of his miracles (i.e- water to wine, feedin...
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March 29, 2021 • 44 mins
English Sermon (03/28/21) - B.L.E.S.S - Begin with Prayer (Luke 18:35-42)
The next letter in our B.L.E.S.S series is ‘L’, which stands for “Listen with Care”. In Luke 18, a blind man hears the news that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. When he hears this, he cries out to Jesus to have mercy on him and when those around him try to silence him, he cries out even more! Although this happened during the Passover season and the area ...
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