Grace Baptist Church Cumberland MD

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - The Kingdom of God: The Proclamation. This week we begin a new series on "The Kingdom of God". It is easy to get caught up and not see the real truth. We are bombarded with information from a huge variety of sources. It is important for us to know whom to listen to. Amid all the voices crying for your attention, you must decern the right one and respond appropriately. Consider the source. Bible Scripture: Mark 1:14-15 You may download the worksheet study guide at our website gracecumberland.org

This week's sermon with Jon Dewey - A Third Way. Even though we may not see it, there are always options. Bible Scriptures: Matthew 22 We apologize for not being able to Livestream and not being able to post the sermon video on Sunday. Due to technical difficulties, the LiveStream sermon didn't work due to internet issues. The record function on the phone also didn't work. Pastor Keith was out of town and Jon Dewey gave today's in-person sermon. We were able to obtain the recorded copy of today's sermon, but as you will see, there are technical difficulties. However, we hope you enjoy the message. We should have the issues sorted out before next Sunday. May God bless you today, this week, and always.

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: Kingdom People - Humility. Those who will ultimately rule the world will be the ones who are the most humble. Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:5

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: Kingdom People – Spring of Mercy. God is the only true source of mercy and it flows through His people who are broken, mourning, and humble. What exactly is mercy? Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:7, Isaiah 58:1-12

12/24/2020 - Pastor Keith Aguila and a Christmas Eve message. Christmas - a special time of the year when we celebrate Jesus' birth. The greatest gift we've ever been given by God. Bible Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

1/3/2021 This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Consider the Real Jesus: Jesus the God Man. This week begins a new series "Consider the Real Jesus". This week's message: The real Jesus in showing all the traits of being both God and man, was able to become the mediator between God and Man. Bible Scripture: Hebrews 2:14-3:2

2/21/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Consider the Real Jesus: The Grace of the Law. This week's message: Jesus makes our burden light because He fulfills all of the commands of God. Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:1-10, 17-20 We apologize for the focus issues. Just when we think we had that corrected for good, it reoccurs on us. Sorry.

4/11/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Consider the Real Jesus: His Life: Jesus’s Power. This week's message: Jesus’s power and authority over the physical elements demonstrate His complete ability to complete the mission through His followers no matter what limitations exist. Bible Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

7/25/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: The Heart of the Master. This week’s message: What Jesus is doing is creating a kingdom of hearts like the Father’s, compassionate and willing to forgive. Bible Scripture: Matthew 18:23-35 Please visit our website at gracecumberland.org for free sermon study pages and more information, including our online Giving page if you feel blessed by our sermons and want to donate to our church ministry. God bless you.

1/02/2022 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - New Year - Stop and Reflect This week’s message: Taking a moment to stop and reflect about life and what has been happening. What are we going to face as followers of Christ? Bible Scripture: Revelations 21:1-8 Please note there will be no in-person service at the church for this week and next week. Please visit our website at gracecumberland.org for free sermon study pages and more information, including our online Giving page if you feel blessed by our sermons and want to donate to our church ministry. God bless you.

1/23/2022 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Heaven - Knowing Where Were Going - The Right Fixation This week’s message: An effective endgame mindset is crucial for successful spiritual outcomes. Bible Scripture: Multiple books and verses Note: There will be a decision later this week about in-person Sunday Services. Note: We apologize for the abrupt end of the Sermon. We don’t know what happened to the audio video feed to make is just stop. Please visit our website at gracecumberland.org for free sermon study pages and more information, including our online Giving page if you feel blessed by our sermons and want to donate to our church ministry. God bless you.

2/20/2022 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Heaven - Knowing Where Were Going - Having the Right Form Factor This week’s message: God will restore our physical body so that we are able to inherit the New Heaven and New Earth that are to come. Please be aware, Pastor Keith has resigned and his last day with Grace Baptist Church is March 13, 2022. However, he does plan to continue with a different online ministry - with more details to come later. Bible Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15: 50-57, and multiple verses Please visit our website at gracecumberland.org for free sermon study pages and more information, including our online Giving page if you feel blessed by our sermons and want to donate to our church ministry. God bless you.

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - The Resurrection: Believe the Witnesses. Our faith is not about what we do, it is about the wounds the Lord endured. We look at doubting Thomas. Bible scriptures: John 20:24-31

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Handoff: The Ascension. Jesus is handing off His work to the church. Bible scripture: Acts 1:1-12 We remember our fallen heroes this Memorial Day. Thank you. (This week we had some technical and personnel difficulties. Jon's mom is in the hospital, so he couldn't be with us. The Pastor was all alone to run everything and preach the sermon. So things look a little different this week.)

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - First Sermon (Part 1): Poured Out Purpose. What happened after the Holy Spirit came at Pentacost? Peter's first sermon after Pentecost. Bible Scripture: Acts 2:12-21 (Apologies for the technical problems with focus and sound, and the mic blocking part of the screen. We are trying to fix these issues for next time.)

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Unmasking the Heart: True Unity. Where does true unity come from? When we recognize our proclivity toward evil and repent of it, the grace of Christ has the power to change our priorities and bring true unity. Bible Scripture: Acts 2:41-47

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: How Do We Get Into The Kingdom of God? We do not get into the Kingdom of God by becoming a better person, rather, we get in because Jesus gives us a completely new identity. What does He mean that we have to be Born Again? Bible Scripture: John 3:1-8

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: Kingdom People - Mourning to Healing. Kingdom People do experience appropriate sadness and grief through which we can begin to intimacy with God. What place does mourning have in the life of Kingdom people? There is a difference between godly mourning and ungodly mourning. Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:4

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: Kingdom People – Unattainable Purity. Kingdom people are continually transparent with God about the impurity of their heart and that leads to godly repentance and therefor cleansing. Why is it important that the heart is pure? What is the main problem that gets in our way from a pure heart? How does a kingdom person become pure? What is a kingdom person's source of mercy and purity? Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:8 Note: We apologize for the quality of the video going out of focus off and on, and some cut-out of audio. We thought we had this solved, so we are working on it again.

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Misunderstanding the Kingdom of God - The Ancient Mystery. The Kingdom of God is an ancient mystery hidden out in the open: precious to those who know it, foolishness to those who don't. Bible Scripture: Matthew 13:10-17

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Kingdom of God: Kingdom Growth - On Hearing the Word. So just how does the Kingdom of God grow or advance? On hearing the good news of God's salvation, Jesus offers us tests to help us evaluate the response of our heart toward God's word. Bible Scripture: Matthew 13:18-23

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Kingdom of God: The Priority of the Kingdom. Kingdom living is a combination of a mindset on God's provisional nature and a heart fixed on God's priorities. This concludes the Kingdom of God series. Bible Scripture: Matthew 6:24-34

1/31/2021 This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Consider the Real Jesus: The Real Barrier. This week's message: Jesus communicated to us that we need to both recognize and repent of our nastiness and know that the Father wants to lavish on us His unconditional love. Bible Scripture: Matthew 11:16-24

3/21/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Consider the Real Jesus: His Life: His Sympathy. This week's message: Jesus shows his compassion by giving us what we need, when we need it, and, in the way that we need it. Bible Scripture: Mark 7:24-37 (We fixed the sound and it's good this week. But we had an issue with the focus sometimes getting fuzzy before correcting itself. Sorry if this is annoying to you. We hope you can overlook it and embrace God's message. We will try to do better each week. Hopefully this will be corrected next Sunday. Thank you for your patience with us.)

7/4/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: Kingdom Infused. This week’s message: God will infuse new hearts into people to create nations who will worship, obey, and trust His word. Bible Scripture: Matthew 13:33 Happy July Fourth! Please visit our website at gracecumberland.org for free sermon study pages and more information, including our online Giving page if you feel blessed by our sermons and want to donate to our church ministry. God bless you.