As Paul exhorted Timothy, "Fight the good fight of faith..." This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 9-2-2021 at Independence Baptist Church in Ocala, Florida. Bible text: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. If you have been blessed by our posted sermons, please consider donating to our online ministry: https://independencebaptist.com/contact Due to Youtube’s restrictive censorship policies banning free speech, You can watch this video and others in full on Odysee, our new video hosting platform: https://odysee.com/@ibc Listen to all our sermons on SermonAudio: https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?SourceOnly=true&currSection=sermonssource&keyword=pastorsamadams Listen to all our sermons on our website: https://independencebaptist.com/sermons If you have been blessed by our posted sermons, please consider donating to our online ministry: https://independencebaptist.com/contact

"Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands" (Prov. 14:1). This message is Part 2 in a series about building stronger marriages, thereby building happier homes. The first essential element of a happy and harmonious home is a husband and father who loves his wife sacrificially, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for it. The second essential element however, is a godly and wise wife who recognizes that her happiness, and that of her family, depends on her rejection of the world's ungodly counsel and on her obedience to God instead, therefore recognizing that her duty in the home is to be marked by her willing subjection to her husband's God-ordained role of headship -- and in so doing, following the example set for her by the Lord Jesus himself. This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 4-7-2019 at Independence Baptist Church in Ocala, Florida. Bible text: 1 Peter 3:1-7, Ephesians 5:22-24. If you have been blessed by our posted sermons, please consider donating to our online ministry here: http://www.independencebaptist.com/contact.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YszVUn2rNek

For more info about America, the Babylon: http://www.independencebaptist.com/america-the-babylon.html This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 8/4/13 at Independence Baptist Church in Belleview, Florida. This is the second of two messages in the sermon series titled "America IS in Bible Prophesy". This is Part II of our message explaining why American Christians MUST wake up, and why American Christianity’s view of America itself must change. This two-part message explains how and why, what was once our beloved America, that once WAS the land of the free and home of the brave, that once truly was America the Beautiful, on whom God certainly did shed His grace, has, to the shame and sorrow of those of us who love what she used to be, now FALLEN; and “is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird” (Rev. 18:2); and HAS BECOME the final Babylon prophesied in scripture, particularly in Revelation 18 and Jeremiah 50-51. The message also explains why we believe there is no political solution to America’s ills, and that the only hope for America is the literal return of Christ. After laying out four brief arguments from scripture and from history as to why we conclude that America IS the final Babylon, the message then suggests what God’s people dwelling in Babylon today should do about it. The message is a follow-up to and goes hand in hand with the previous message, False Prophets of Modern Babylon, which we also recommend you listen to as well. If you have been blessed by our posted sermons you may donate to our online ministry here: http://www.independencebaptist.com/contact.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYBoXMA4eUw

Some Christians are satisfied with just knowing they are saved and on their way to heaven, and do nothing to actually serve the Lord or make themselves useful to His purposes. Some of these are described by the Apostle Paul as being “saved, yet so as by fire” - i.e., “by the skin of their teeth” as Job says – who may well need to examine themselves to see if they are truly in the faith (2 Cor. 13:5). The Lord Jesus made it clear in Matthew 25 and elsewhere that His people WILL be judged - and REWARDED - based on their service, usefulness, and profitability to Him; and also laid out a rather dismal future for that “wicked and slothful servant” who did nothing with what his Lord gave him. God has chosen in His infinite wisdom to do His work in this world through His people. This message looks at several examples of the kind of people God chooses to use, which are characterized by being (1) common, ordinary people, whom the world may see as being unusable; (2) people that have faith to believe God; (3) people that have the courage to trust God, to do right and obey Him in spite of their fears; and (4) people who are cleansed and separated from iniquity and unto Him. These are they who will one day hear those prized and cherished words of the Lord Jesus, “well done, thou good and faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 3-11-2018 at Independence Baptist Church in Ocala, Florida. Bible text: Matthew 25:13-30; 1 Corinthians 1:26-29. If you have been blessed by our posted sermons you may donate to our online ministry here: http://www.independencebaptist.com/contact.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDu95JLSwCM