Refuting the false gospels of Jack Hyles, Carl Hatch, Steven Anderson, and all others who promote a counterfeit salvation without true repentance, this message provides proof from the scriptures that repentance from SIN (as opposed to repentance from mere unbelief) is an essential element of saving faith - and is thus a precondition to salvation. This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 9-17-2017 at Independence Baptist Church in Ocala, Florida. Bible text: Acts 11:18; 26:16-19. 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=YqBHDcP3NVM

Part 3 in a series of messages refuting the foolish notion that the King James Bible has been and is being altered through a satanic phenomenon dubbed the "Mandela Effect." In this message we refute the main premise of both the Mandela Effect hoax and also of the textual criticism movement that produced the modern PER-versions of the scriptures (NIV, NASV, ESV, etc.), both of which are based on the lie of the devil that only the original autographs of the scriptures were inspired of God, and that inspiration does not apply to copies or translations of the originals. In this message we prove from the SCRIPTURES, not ONLY that faithful, word for word COPIES of the original texts, with nothing added or subtracted, carry the same inspiration, authority and power of the original text, but so do faithful, word-by-word and word-for-word TRANSLATIONS of the original. Such faithful copies or translations are not newly inspired or re-inspired; they simply convey the inspiration of God's orignal words into the faithfully copied or translated words of the new text. This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 8-5-2018 at Independence Baptist Church in Ocala, Florida. Bible text: Psalm 12:6-7. 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=zJbJ22Plm34

This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 8/23/15 at Independence Baptist Church in Belleview, Florida. Bible text: Psalm 1; Joshua 1:8. The Declaration of Independence opens with the premise that the "pursuit of happiness" is a fundamental right granted by our Creator. The Bible supports that proposition - and makes it clear that, just as godly parents love their children and want them to be happy, so too God wants His children to be happy. In fact that issue is so important to God that He opened His hymnbook, the Psalms, with a beautiful song that presents God's formula for true happiness. God says in Psalm 1, to be happy we must be: 1. Separated from Sin, 2. Saturated with God's Word, and 3. Situated by the Waters Website: http://www.IndependenceBaptist.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzJ_rRVgSg8

A practical guide to conquering the sin in our lives. This sermon was preached by Pastor Sam Adams on 10-18-2020 at Independence Baptist Church in Ocala, Florida. Bible text: 1 John 3:6-10; Hebrews 2:1-2. 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=gDn1EdQcwG4