Eastwood Baptist Sunday Sermons

This sermon explores James 3:1-12, highlighting the immense power of words to direct, destroy, and reveal the heart. Through vivid biblical imagery—the bit, the rudder, and a small spark—listeners are urged to watch their speech, seek heart transformation, and use words to build others up and glorify God.
Sermon Guide: Watch Your Mouth.

This sermon offers a clear, big-picture overview of Revelation 17:1–18, focusing on the vision of the great harlot riding the scarlet beast.
Pastor Jud traces false religion from the Tower of Babel to Babylon, explains how a universal false religion will support the Antichrist, and emphasizes humanity's need for true worship, God's justice, and His seeking mercy.
It sets the stage for deeper study of the harlot's exposure, explanation, and extermination in upcoming messages.

This sermon on Ephesians 6:18–20 teaches that prayer is the lifeline that activates the armor of God, keeping believers connected to Christ and spiritually alert.
It explains how prayer protects, empowers intercession for others, and fuels boldness for mission, and gives practical steps—set three prayer alarms, pray daily for three people, and end each day with a simple prayer—“God, keep me standing. Keep me alert. Keep me close.”
The message closes with a call to repent, recommit to persistent prayer, and stand firm in God’s strength as the church advances the gospel.
Sermon Guide: Stand in Prayer and Perseverance.

This sermon unpacks Ephesians 6:15–17, teaching how the gospel provides readiness (the shoes), faith is the shield that extinguishes the enemy’s attacks, salvation guards the mind, and God’s Word is the offensive sword.
Practical challenges are given—summarize the gospel, counter lies with Scripture, reflect on your identity in Christ, and memorize a verse—ending with a call to move from passive attendance to active service in God’s army.
Sermon Guide: Stand Ready for Battle.

This sermon examines Revelation 16:17–21, detailing the seventh bowl judgment: the atmospheric storm, the greatest earthquake in history, the splitting and reshaping of Jerusalem, the fall of the nations and Babylon, and massive hailstones raining down on the unrepentant.
It also highlights the purpose of these judgments in preparing the earth for Christ’s millennial kingdom and closes with a call to respond to God’s offer of salvation before it is too late.

This sermon continues the "Stand" series and explores spiritual warfare through Ephesians 6, focusing on the belt of truth and the breastplate of righteousness as essential defenses that hold us together and protect our hearts.
Practical steps include daily Scripture reading, prayerful self-examination, repentance where needed, and living out God’s truth and righteousness every day.
Sermon Guide: Stand in Truth and Righteousness.

This sermon studies Revelation 16:4–16, focusing on the third bowl that turns the world’s fresh water into blood and the staggering environmental and human consequences that follow. A close look is also taken at the fourth, fifth, and sixth bowl judgments.
It highlights the angel and the altar declaring God’s judgments righteous, the hardened refusal of the wicked to repent, and how these plagues escalate toward the drying of the Euphrates and the gathering of armies for Armageddon.

This sermon launches a new series, "Stand," centered on Ephesians 6 and the reality of spiritual warfare. The message emphasizes that true strength comes from God, not personal willpower, and calls listeners to surrender to His power.
Key themes include recognizing the unseen enemy, putting on the full armor of God, and standing covered by God’s provision. Pastor Jud invites practical response—repentance, surrender, and living as soldiers in God’s kingdom.
Sermon Guide: Stand In Strength.

This sermon explores Revelation 16:1–21, giving an overview of the seven bowl judgments and their role in the final hour. Pastor Jud highlights vivid images of divine judgment—loathsome sores, seas turned to blood, and a drying Euphrates—showing the culmination of God’s wrath before Christ’s return.
Grounded in Old and New Testament parallels, the message emphasizes God’s justice, the persistence of human rebellion, and the urgent call to repent, while focusing specifically on the first two bowls and preparing listeners for deeper study of the remaining judgments.

This sermon explores Jesus' teaching in Luke 12 about the proper object of fear—God—who judges sin, and how fearing Him rightly leads to life, repentance, and freedom from other anxieties.
It contrasts worldly fears (wealth, death, persecution) with the gospel, showing that at the cross God satisfies justice and expresses love, enabling believers to trust and seek God's kingdom without worry.
Sermon Guide: Overcoming Fear Through Faith.

This sermon examines Revelation 15:3–4 and explores the character of God—His holiness, righteousness, sovereignty, and the righteous basis for judgment—through the triumphant songs of Moses and the Lamb.
It also previews the unfolding plan of judgment as seven angels receive the bowls of God’s wrath, highlights the call to repentance during the tribulation, and anticipates the millennial reign when all nations will worship before the Lord.

This sermon examines Jesus' sharp rebukes of the Pharisees and religious leaders for valuing outward rituals while neglecting the condition of the heart. He exposes hypocrisy, the burdens of man-made rules, and the danger of seeking human praise instead of Godly holiness.
Listeners are urged to guard against the 'yeast' of hypocrisy, embrace heartfelt repentance, and allow the gospel to transform inward motives so true generosity and obedience follow.
Sermon Guide: Beware the Yeast of Hypocrisy.