Grace Baptist Church Cumberland MD

8/22/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: The Call of Mercy. This week’s message: The call of mercy is for everyone, but not everyone will come to the celebration. Bible Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14 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.

10/3/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: Relentless Pursuit. This week’s message: Getting into the kingdom means that we understand that it is God who comes after us, not us who comes after God. Bible Scripture: Luke 15:1-7 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.

11/7/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: A Community of Grace: To Be Called A Son. This week’s message: When we understand the status and the cost of being a son, it radically changes our thoughts, motivations, attitudes and actions. Bible Scripture: Luke 15:21-24 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.

11/21/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: A Community of Grace: The Elder Brother. This week’s message: We are alienated from God by being bad, but we are also alienated from Him by being good. Bible Scripture: Luke 15:25-32 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. (We apologize - there was no video sermon last Sunday, November 14, 2021, we had a guest speaker.)

1/16/2022 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Knowing God - Understanding the Presence of God God knows everything about us, about every moment of our days. God desires a relationship with us. The best place for us to be is when we realize we are broken and that we need God. God can lead us, change us to be more like Him in our hearts and minds. God can remake us, and God can give us rest. Bible Scripture: Psalm 139:1-23 Please note there was no video sermon last week due to Pastor’s illness. 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.

2/27/2022 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Heaven - Knowing Where Were Going - Heaven on Earth This week’s message: God will radically transform the earth, the universe to be a place where a holy God will dwell with His holy people. Note: Pastor Keith will be doing an online Bible Study in future. Details of which are being worked out. Bible Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8 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.

4/5/2020: Palm Sunday. This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Triumphal Entry: Seeing Past the Hoopla. We discuss Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. We know that we need and want a good king, so be careful not to miss Him. Bible scriptures: John 12:12-13, Psalm 2.

4/26/2020: This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - The Resurrection: The Greatest Hope We Have. The Resurrection of Jesus is the only real hope we have, especially in the midst of this pandemic and troubling times. Bible Scripture: Luke 24: 36-53. (Due to technical difficulties, was no slideshow for the sermon portion. Our apologies. Note: The one slide had the book of Luke chapter incorrect.)

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - First Sermon (Part 2): He Certainly is the Christ. Peter's first sermon after Pentecost. Everything has always pointed to the coming Messiah to be the one to remove the shame. Bible Scripture: Acts 2:22-36 (This week we have fixed the audio and focus issues.)

This week's sermon with Jon Dewey - Real Love. Defining terms is very important. The church and the world can use the same words, but not be truly communicating because the terms are defined differently. What does the Bible say about Love? Bible Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Note: Pastor Keith Aguila is out of town this week and will return next week.

This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - God's Plan - What is the Kingdom of God? To understand what the Kingdom of God is, it is important to go back to the beginning to see God's plan. We go to God's Word. What is the most prominent way we were created in His image? What is the extent of Man's dominion over the earth? What is the heart of the Kingdom of God? What is the Hope God gives us? Bible Scripture: Verses in Genesis Chapters 1, 2, and 3

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: Kingdom People - Poverty of Soul. The people that comprise the Kingdom of God display quality of character that opposes common sense, like a poverty of soul. His message is getting out and the Kingdom is growing day by day. What are the kind of people that He is drawing in with His message? Who is He choosing to be foundational in His kingdom? Who are the ones whose hearts will be most receptive to Jesus' message? Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Kingdom of God: Kingdom People - Passion from Ashes. From brokenness, mourning, and humility the foundation is laid for godly passion. What drives Kingdom people? What forms the desires of Kingdom People? How could anyone have a strong desire for a right relationship with God without at the same time strongly wanting to do right? Bible Scripture: Matthew 5:6

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Misunderstanding the Kingdom of God - Unobservable Kingdom. The Kingdom of God is not and observable organization, institution or government; rather, it is a miracle transformation of hearts that become passionate for Christ and obedient to His teachings. Bible Scripture: Luke 17: 20-21

This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Kingdom of God: The Durability. Human kingdoms, countries, and dominions come and go, but kingdom minded people understand that we live for a permanent kingdom that goes beyond what we can see with our physical eyes. Bible Scripture: Daniel 7:11-14

12/27/2020 This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – The Gift of Righteousness. The greatest gift we can possibly receive is the righteousness that comes from heaven through faith in Jesus and Jesus’ obedience to his Father. Bible Scripture: Romans 1:13-17

1/10/2021 This week’s sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila – Consider the Real Jesus: He Came to Be Our Righteousness. This week's message: Jesus did what we could not, he fulfilled righteousness so we could become His righteousness. Bible Scripture: Matthew 3:13-4:11

3/28/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Consider the Real Jesus: His Life: Jesus Lord of the Sabbath. This week's message: Jesus destroys our comfortable notion of a universal religion by demonstrating authority on the Sabbath. Bible Scripture: Mark 2:23-3:6

6/27/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: Don’t Overlook the Size! This week’s message: Miraculous transformation starts at such a small place that it is easy to miss. Bible Scripture: Matthew 13:31-32 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.

7/11/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: Trading Up Our Ambitions. This week’s message: When we discover the hidden treasure of Christ, it radically changes our desires, confession, and ambitions. Bible Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46 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.

9/12/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: Not the When but the How. This week’s message: It is not so much about knowing the day of Jesus second coming, but rather, how we will be found when that day comes. Bible Scripture: Luke 12:35-40 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.

9/26/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: The Key to the Gate of the Kingdom of God. This week’s message: Both blessings and sufferings are tools used by God to lead us to repentance, the place of sorrow and joy. Bible Scripture: Luke 13:6-9 / actually verses 1-9 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. (Apologies for the missing sermon last week (9/19/21). We had a visiting speaker, and there was no online sermon last week.)

10/31/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - Hiding the Truth Out in the Open: A Community of Grace: Coming to His Senses. This week’s message: It is the Father’s shameless love for us, that makes it possible for us to repent and be back in a relationship with Him. Bible Scripture: Luke 15:11-20 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.

12/05/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - The True Spirit of Christmas: Encountering God. This week’s message: The true spirit of Christmas starts when God confronts us in holiness and we experience His unmerited grace. Bible Scripture: Luke 1:26-38 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.

12/12/2021 This week's sermon with Pastor Keith Aguila - The True Spirit of Christmas: The Real Deal. This week’s message: The true spirit of Christmas is not rooted in a story of redemption, it is the work of God, woven into the history of a heinous human race. We apologize because there will be no video sermons for the rest of December. There was a death in the Pastor's family. Bible Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17 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.