First Baptist Church Wimberley Sermons

Send us a textIn this message from Obadiah 5–14, we see a warning against deceptive faith, false hope, and counterfeit love—and a call to humble, Christlike repentance. The outline highlights three heart-level issues: pride (a deceptive faith, vv. 1–4), idolatry (a false hope, vv. 5–9), and uncharitableness (a counterfeit love, vv. 10–14). Each section points us to Jesus’ example of humility (Phil. 2:5–8), surrender to the Father’s will (Matt. 26:39, 42, 44), and the transforming power of the gospel that leads us to live out what matters most: faith, hope, and love—especially love (Titus 3:3; 1 Cor. 13:13).

Send us a text13 Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over his disaster in the day of his calamity; do not loot his wealth in the day of his calamity. 14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives; do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.

Send us a text12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

Send us a text15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Send us a text13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Send us a textI appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Send us a textThis message from Luke 3:12–16 asks how Sunday worship shapes Monday mission—because we don’t swap a “church hat” for a “work hat”; it’s the same identity lived out all week. John the Baptist tells tax collectors and soldiers not to abandon their jobs, but to do their work with integrity and God-honoring faithfulness, reminding us that God often calls us not to a new assignment but to greater faithfulness where we already are.From there, the sermon frames work as worship in four ways: (1) fulfilling God’s specific assignments in our jobs, homes, and schools; (2) serving the Lord and others with a whole-life posture of worship; (3) seeing the workplace as a primary place of spiritual formation and Christlikeness; and (4) doing our work in a way that displays God’s glory, whether in creative work, caregiving, teaching, labor, or everyday responsibilities. The invitation is simple: hope in Jesus and let His Lordship change the way you work.

Send us a text27 So God created man in his own image,    in the image of God he created him;    male and female he created them.28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Send us a text22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands.

Send us a text10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Send us a text9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

Send us a text17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.18 But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create;for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a joy, and her people to be a gladness.21 They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.22 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat;for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

Send us a textIn “Created for Work,” Pastor Aaron walks through Genesis 1:26–31 (with Genesis 2:15 and 3:17–19) to remind us that God designed work as part of His good creation—not as a curse to endure, but a calling to steward.First, we work because we’re made in God’s image. Humanity is the “very good” climax of creation, given dignity and purpose to represent God’s character—through creativity, wisdom, justice, and love—in everyday life. Second, we work because God commands it: “be fruitful,” “multiply,” and “have dominion.” Adam’s task to “work and keep” the garden shows that God provides—and we steward His provision, skills, and assignments with faithful responsibility. Third, the sermon acknowledges the frustration of work after the Fall, but emphasizes that our ability to work as God intended is limited, not lost—and Christ can redeem our attitude and endurance, even in difficult workplaces. Finally, we’re called to work hard and rest well, following God’s rhythm of rest (Gen. 2:1–3), and to work with

Send us a text23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

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.