First Baptist Church Wimberley Sermons

Send us a text2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Send us a text14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Send us a text5 But as for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Send us a text20 So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun, 21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil. 22 What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23 For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.24 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, 25 for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

Send us a textThis message casts vision for how we walk into Monday morning, whether that looks like a job, school, retirement, or raising kids, because that’s your current calling. The sermon challenges the “two-hat” mindset (church hat on Sunday, work hat on Monday) and frames the passage around three questions: Who do you work for? How should you work? Why do you work? Paul’s instructions to bondservants are set in their historical context (not equating to American slavery), pointing us to a bigger truth: no matter your employer or role, your true Master is the Lord Jesus Christ. With that foundation, we’re called to work with character (integrity and a God-honoring witness), with significance (serving others and adding value as we love our neighbor), and with purpose (seeing our labor as a calling from the Lord—not just a paycheck or a rat race). Finally, the sermon urges us to work with the right motive, remembering that what’s done for Christ has eternal weight; and that our “Monday mission” is fueled b

Send us a text4 One thing I ask from the Lord,    this only do I seek:that I may dwell in the house of the Lord    all the days of my life,to gaze on the beauty of the Lord    and to seek him in his temple.

Send us a textIn this message from Obadiah 1–4, we’re reminded that while nations rise and fall and human hearts drift, God remains unchanging. The outline frames the passage around three steady realities:First, there is an unchanging history—a long-standing conflict traced back to the divided peoples in Jacob and Esau’s story (Gen. 25:23), reminding us that what Obadiah addresses didn’t appear overnight. Second, Obadiah exposes the unchanging nature of man, especially the danger of pride. Edom’s confidence in its position and security becomes a warning: pride always overreaches and always collapses. Scripture reinforces this pattern—God opposes self-exaltation and brings down the arrogant (Prov. 16:18; Matt. 23:12; Isa. 14:14). Third, the heart of the sermon is the unchanging character of God. Even when people are faithless, God remains faithful to who He is (2 Tim. 2:13). His love is everlasting (Jer. 31:3), and His justice is real—He rises against evil, scatters His enemies, and will not ignore rebellion (

Send us a text1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will c

Send us a textJake and StanChristmas Eve Candlelight 2025

Send us a text1 The Lord says to my lord:“Sit at my right hand    until I make your enemies    a footstool for your feet.”

Send us a textIn Luke 20:27–44, a new group of religious leaders—the Sadducees—tries to trap Jesus. Since they deny the resurrection, they pose an exaggerated scenario about seven brothers marrying the same woman (based on Deuteronomy 25:5–6) and ask, “Whose wife will she be in the resurrection?” Their goal isn’t honest theology, it’s to undermine Jesus’ authority and discredit His claims. Jesus answers by shifting the focus from “this age” to the age to come. The resurrection life isn’t just a continuation of earthly structures; God’s people will be raised to eternal life, and even good gifts like marriage won’t define our existence there. The point of eternity isn’t preserving our family name or legacy, it’s worshiping the Name above all names: Jesus, in glory (Rev. 21:22–25). That future hope reshapes how we live now, calling us to stop looking for loopholes and instead long for what God has promised. Jesus then proves the resurrection from Scripture, reminding them that God is “not the God of the dead, bu

Send us a text37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

Send us a text8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

Send us a text46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,47     and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

Send us a textOh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;    make known his deeds among the peoples!2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!4 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!5 Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,6 O offspring of Abraham, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

Send us a text19 Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them    and give thanks to the Lord.20 This is the gate of the Lord; the righteous shall enter through it.21 I thank you that you have answered me and have become my salvation.22 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.23 This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.24 This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Send us a textIn this message from Luke 20:9–26, we’re called to marvel at Christ’s authority as Jesus teaches in the temple while religious leaders try to trap Him. Through the parable of the vineyard, Jesus exposes a familiar pattern: God sends messengers, but hard hearts reject them, so we’re challenged to consider who God has placed in our lives to point us back to His Word and whether we’re listening. The sermon also confronts our tendency to make wrongful claims of ownership, treating life as “mine” rather than surrendered to the Lord, and warns that judgment is real for those who refuse God’s rightful rule. Jesus is presented as the Chief Cornerstone: rejecting Him leads to stumbling, but receiving Him means building everything on Him. Finally, Jesus answers the trap about taxes with perfect wisdom: “Render to Caesar” what belongs to him, and render to God what belongs to God, our worship, loyalty, and whole heart. The invitation is clear: don’t play games with Jesus; respond in humility, repentance, a

Send us a text25 He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.

Send us a text15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.

Send us a text16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.