Lake Point Church Sermons

Mark chapter 7 shows an encounter with Jesus and a mother who had a major problem with a demon-possessed child. She begged Jesus for help. His reaction would seem disheartening towards her crisis. But what we learn is that sometimes the Lord will be quiet at our requests just to grow our faith. Pastor Frank Bennett shares 5 marks of a great faith.

In this message from our Gospel of Mark series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares the dangers of a divided heart as seen with how King Herod handled the beheading of John the Baptist. The picture of a divided heart is when we stand at the crossroads of who to believe. We are given the opportunity or choice to make that decision. But there's hope in the remedy of a divided heart.

In this message, we focus on two stories found in Mark chapter five that overlap one another and help teach the same lesson. That lesson is also found in Isaiah chapter 55: His ways are higher than our ways. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. God can see it all. He understands it all. He wants us to place our full trust in Him, even during the delays of answering or meeting our need.

After the Parable of the Sower, Jesus goes on to explain how there are three responses that will enable us to produce the amount of fruit that Jesus says is available and that God wants for our lives. Pastor Frank Bennett shares those three responses in this message.

In Mark chapter 4, Jesus begins with the Parable of the Sower. We learn of four types of soils for planting. These soils also represents types of heart conditions for receiving the word of God. Jesus is asking us which heart best describes us. Are you a hard heart, a shallow heart, and crowded heart, or a good heart?

In Mark chapter three, we see three groups of people respond to Jesus in different ways. One group thinks Jesus is a liar. Another group thinks Jesus is a lunatic, while another group considers Him to be Lord. Mark is asking us this question...Is Jesus considered to be a liar, a lunatic, or a Lord?

We look at the teachings of Jesus about binding and loosing. Jesus has given the Church authority to bind things on earth, which will be bound in heaven and to loose things on earth, which will be loosed in heaven. We have authority to walk in victory through the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus and our sins were bound on earth while on the cross. Jesus was also loosed from the grave to conquer death at the resurrection. His sacrifice and resurrection was bound and loosed on earth and also in heaven.

We often think that God rested on the 7th day because He was tired from all His work. it's hard to believe God was tired. He actually rested to take in and observe all His wonderful creation. Our Sabbath should begin with praising God for all He has accomplished over our previous week. We should approach observing our Sabbath not as an obligation (which it is a commandment), but rather a gift we receive from the Lord. Man was not created for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man.

Through the questioning from the Pharisees about fasting, Jesus answers with abstract explanations of the difference between following religion and following Him. Jesus brings celebration, whereas religion brings condemnation. Jesus offers new life, whereas religion offers to just patch up our lives. Jesus brings a bigger life, whereas religion brings a brittle life.

In this message from Mark chapter two, we look at the calling of Matthew, who was known as the biggest sinner in the city due to his job of collecting overcharged taxes from the Jewish people. Jesus shows that He can call anyone, no matter the weight of their sin, the scope of their reputation, or the shame that haunts them. Many people like Matthew want to get out of their sinful situation, but just don't know how. Jesus points the way and calls us to "follow me".

For the first time in the Gospel of Mark we see the authority of Jesus over sin. In this encounter with the paralyzed man, Jesus sees things the crowd and even the ready may not see. He saw their faith. He saw the man's deepest need. And Jesus saw the cross.

In this message of our Gospel of Mark series, we visit the encounter with Jesus and a man with leprosy. As with our own spiritual leprosy, we need to first come to Jesus just as we are. Jesus will draw near and "touch" us to show we're not alone. And finally, we will experience Jesus take our place in the hurt, the sick, and the shame.

The Gospel ministry of Jesus had much purpose. We learn from Mark chapter one His Gospel was powerful as many people were healed and demons cast out. His Gospel was also personal as Jesus displays His personal time with God in prayer. And His Gospel was public. Everyone is looking for Jesus. We need to tell others and don't keep the good news to ourselves.

in Mark 1:21-28, Jesus shows us His authority when confronted with a man possessed by a demon. We see many demons in the Gospels make themselves known because of Jesus. For the most part, demons today do not want to make themselves known. They want to be discreet. The work of Satan and his demons are just as much active today. It just looks a little different. We can even find demonic influence in the church and the leaders. But Jesus has given us His same authority through the power of the Holy Spirit living in those of us who follow Jesus.

As we continue in chapter one of the Gospel of Mark, we come across the calling of the disciples to follow Jesus. We see in this passage three elements to the calling of Jesus. It's an urgent call, a personal call, and a transformational call. As believers, we are called to be a part of the Kingdom of God. This kingdom doesn't stop at our conversion to Christ. Jesus is our Savior when we repent and believe. But Jesus is also our Shepherd when we choose to follow Him. Many Christians just have a Savior. But He longs to also be your Shepherd. Will you choose to follow Him today?

In this second week of our series through the Gospel of Mark, we visit the scene where Jesus was baptized and was then driven out to the wilderness by the Holy Spirit. We all will face seasons of wilderness. We arrive their in one of three ways: decision, disruption, and direction. Our poor decisions can land us in the wilderness. Disruptions in life that are of no fault to ourselves can land us in the wilderness. And finally, God can direct us into the wilderness in order to grow in your faith.

We begin a new sermon series through the Gospel According to Mark. In this first message, Pastor Frank Bennett shares background information on the author and the book. We then see the ministry of John the Baptist as he paves the way for Jesus by preparing the hearts of the people to receive the message of a new kingdom. Like John calling people out to the wilderness for baptism, God calls us out to our wilderness to experience Him.

In this stand-alone sermon, Discipleship Pastor Terry Kruger shares an important message from Romans 12:1-2 about our supreme act of worship. True worship is to offer ourselves wholly and continually to the Lord as living sacrifices. From the day of your salvation to when you die and go to heaven we are to offer ourselves wholly and continually without any strings attached.

Are you afraid of the dark? It's difficult to have peace when you're scared. The defeater of darkness is light. The Christmas story is about darkness being interrupted by light. In the final message of our Missing Peace series, Pastor Frank Bennett shares lessons from the Christmas narrative on how to deal with the darkness that enters our lives.

Have you ever had to wait on something? We all have at some point. Some seasons of waiting are more serious than others. In the Christmas story we read that the people of Israel had to wait hundreds of years for the Messiah to be born. In this message, Pastor Frank Bennett shares that while you're waiting God is working. God's delays are not necessarily God's denials. It could be that whatever God is working on could be ready, but you may not be ready. God will often do something IN you before doing something FOR you.