First Baptist Church Wimberley Sermons

Send a textI waited patiently for the Lord;    he inclined to me and heard my cry.2 He drew me up from the pit of destruction,    out of the miry bog,and set my feet upon a rock,    making my steps secure.

Send a text9 How can a young man keep his way pure?    By guarding it according to your word.10 With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!11 I have stored up your word in my heart,    that I might not sin against you.12 Blessed are you, O Lord;    teach me your statutes!13 With my lips I declare    all the rules of your mouth.14 In the way of your testimonies I delight    as much as in all riches.15 I will meditate on your precepts    and fix my eyes on your ways.16 I will delight in your statutes;    I will not forget your word.

Send a text45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Send a textIn Luke 22:1–30, we see the tension of Passion Week rise as Judas agrees to betray Jesus, and the religious leaders plot during the very season meant to remember God’s redemption. This message challenges us to examine our own hearts: are we truly following Jesus, or just close to religious things?The sermon also calls believers to resist the enemy’s schemes by drawing near to God and standing firm in Christ. In the middle of betrayal and darkness, we’re reminded of Jesus’ steady provision—He prepares the Passover meal and points to Himself as the true Passover Lamb.At the table, Jesus introduces the Lord’s Supper and the new covenant in His blood—good news for sinners who need grace. Even as the disciples argue about greatness, Jesus redefines it: true greatness is found in humble service, following the One who came not to be served, but to serve.

Send a text14 And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

Send a text44 Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Send a textI lift up my eyes to the hills.    From where does my help come?2 My help comes from the Lord,    who made heaven and earth.3 He will not let your foot be moved;    he who keeps you will not slumber.4 Behold, he who keeps Israel    will neither slumber nor sleep.5 The Lord is your keeper;    the Lord is your shade on your right hand.6 The sun shall not strike you by day,    nor the moon by night.7 The Lord will keep you from all evil;    he will keep your life.8 The Lord will keep    your going out and your coming in    from this time forth and forevermore.

Send a textNow the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Send us a text7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

Send us a textJesus’ teaching in Luke 21:5–38 comes during Passion Week as He prepares His followers for what’s ahead. He warns against a false sense of security—even the temple, as impressive as it was, would not last. Our safety isn’t found in what feels stable in this world, but in Christ.Jesus also tells us not to be fooled or terrified by end-times talk. Many will claim to know the timeline, but believers are called to listen to Jesus, stay grounded in Scripture, and refuse fear.As hardship and opposition come, Jesus calls His people to take their witness seriously. Trials become opportunities to shine, and He promises to give His followers what they need to say. This passage is ultimately filled with hope: Jesus will return, redemption is drawing near, and the call is clear—stay awake, pray, and stand firm with Him.

Send us a textLuke 21:5-38

Send us a text8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ

Send us a text37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

Send us a text10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,    and every tongue shall confess to God.”12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Send us a text19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Send us a textIn “The Condemned vs. The Commended” (Luke 20:45–21:4), Jesus contrasts the fake righteousness of the scribes—who love status and public recognition—with the pure devotion of a poor widow who gives everything she has. Jesus warns against practicing faith “to be seen,” and He reminds us that rejecting Him leaves a person under real judgment and condemnation—while in Christ there is no condemnation.Then Jesus points to the widow’s offering as a picture of wholehearted trust: the rich give out of abundance, but she gives sacrificially. The sermon calls us to examine our hearts—especially what our giving reveals about what we treasure—and invites us to respond by giving our whole lives to Jesus, who first gave His life for us.

Send us a textJesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, 2 and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. 3 And he said, “Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. 4 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Send us a text3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?” 4 Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord.

Send us a text21 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 22 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23 and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.” 25 And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

Send us a text12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your “yes” be yes and your “no” be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.