First Southern Baptist Church

REACH people with the gospel of Jesus Christ
EQUIP them to be whole-hearted followers of Christ
SEND them into the world for the glory of Christ

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"When Job had an encounter with the LORD, he did not persist in his objection, but yielded in faith to the God of the universe." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"God addresses Job's desire for answers with a long list of questions." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"The main theological theme in the book of Job is the freedom of God to act according to His will. He does not conform to your box." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Sometimes the best comfort you can offer a suffering person is to sit and not speak; maybe interrupt your silence with an occasional "I love you. I'm sorry. I'm here. I'm listening." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Majesty loves company." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Why does God need a divine council? He doesn't - He can do anything on His own, He's God. He chooses to have them in His administration because He wants to." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"When we go through suffering, these questions rise up from our souls - is God really in control? Does He really care?" @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Genesis is our Origin Story, and despite the failures of the first Adam, we get to live in the triumph of the second Adam that leads ultimately to our Redemption Story." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"The effects of the fall show us that we are desperately in need of a Savior. We need a second Adam, the true image of God, the one who will reclaim dominion, the offspring of the woman who will bruise the head of the serpent." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"We exist to image God, to reflect His glory in creation." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"It is an abomination to the God of the universe to make a graven image and say, 'This carries the essence of the LORD.' He is not represented by a piece of wood or stone - He made man in His image." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Genesis was written to God's people to argue against the prevailing 'origin stories' of their cultural context in the Ancient Near East. It is God's way of setting the record straight." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Genesis is the origin story of everything, especially of God's redemptive work in the world." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Every day Christ delays His coming is a day of mercy to the unbeliever and a day of ministry to the believer." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"God isn't late; He hasn't missed an appointment; He's being patient toward you; He's showing mercy to you; He's giving you an opportunity to repent." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Because God is sovereign, omnipotent, the Creator of time and space, He can do whatever He wants with time - He can do 1,000 years' worth of work in one day, and when 1,000 years passes, it's like a day has gone by." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"All men have an innate recognition of a glorious Creator, but in the wickedness and hardness of their hearts, they suppress the truth and exchange it for lies - it's willful ignorance." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"According to Scripture, the 'Last Days' were inaugurated at the first coming of Christ and will be consummated at the second coming of Christ." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"What your head already knows may be the very thing your heart needs to hear." @joenate_lafleur

[First Southern Baptist Church @FirstSouthernBC]

"Much of what we do every Sunday is reminder - we read Scripture, pray, sing, take the Lord's Supper, baptize, and preach God's unchanging Word in large part to remind the saints of what they know and to stir them up." @joenate_lafleur