Bethesda Shalom

Follow Me – Paul M. Williams

Acts 11:26 This sermon is an urgent call to discipleship. May God both challenge you and encourage you to go on with Jesus, NO TURNING BACK!

Changing the Subject - Ryan Schiavo

Brother Ryan preaches the Word of God passionately, touching on the social and moral issues of the day with great poignancy. May the Lord minister to you through this sermon. For more sermons from Ryan, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/@lastdayspulpitministry8796

14. Church Discipline – Paul M. Williams

1 Corinthians 15:9-13 What kind of father fails ever to discipline his son? What kind of mother lets her children grow wild without ever pruning them? The world calls this love, but the Word of God says, “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes” (Prov. 13:24). In this fourteenth and last teaching part in the Church series, we turn our attention to the topic of Church discipline. When the Church gives the green light to professing believers living in ...

13. Church Leadership – Paul M. Williams

Acts 20:28 Mention the word leadership today, and you’re bound to be met with a mixture of varied responses ranging from the largely pessimistic to the nominally optimistic! Stick the word “Church” in front of “leadership” and any trace of optimism there was speedily vanishes away!! Try as one may to dress things up and paint a positive picture, when many hear the words “Church leadership”, they are left with a bitter taste in their mouth! I wish I could say that such ill feelings are misguided ...

12. Evangelism and Missions – Paul M. Williams

Ephesians 4:11 There is a plague today that is infesting the Western Evangelical Church and greatly harming the Ekklesia. It’s this notion of individualism — that I can be a dismembered member of Christ’s Body and still somehow function in ministry. You’ll search the pages of the New Testament in vain to find such a pattern! In every place you see ministry, you will see members connected to the Body!! The gifts are given to the BODY — a local assembly of committed individuals/believers. Differen...

Worshipping God in Spirit and Truth – Jason Wright

John 4:28 May the Lord bless you through His servant Jason. There is something for everyone in this timely sermon.

11. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit– Paul M. Williams

1 Corinthians 12:31 The Church of Jesus Christ is first and foremost a spiritual body of believers who have had a supernatural encounter with the Living God, and through the new birth have been grafted into Christ’s spiritual body. Jesus Christ is the spiritual head, and from Him flows down to each member, every spiritual blessing and spiritual gift needed for the sound nourishment and spiritual growth of the entire body. These spiritual gifts are not mere niceties that make for a cosy addition;...

10. New Testament Giving– Paul M. Williams

Acts 20:33-35 Does God bless His people financially? ABSOLUTELY!! But the immediate question that must arise following this answer is What for? Why does God bless His people financially? So that we might be a giving people!! This attitude ought to be at the heart of our giving in the Church.

9. Corporate Worship – Paul M. Williams

Ephesians 5:19-21 So much of what is deemed as corporate worship today is so bereft of any substance! Could it be that we lack so much zeal and passion in our worship because our theology is so meagre? In other words, our view of God is so pathetically small? Why worship God? BECAUSE HE IS WORTHY!!! Is that not a good place to start? May God minister to you through this ninth sermon part in a series looking at the Church.

The King That Sought God

This sermon was preached at the West Midlands Messianic Testimony Rally 2025. A look at the godly King Jehoshaphat with lessons applied. https://www.messianictestimony.com/

8. Prayers – Paul M. Williams

Acts 2:42 If one takes a cursory look through the first few chapters of the Book of Acts, one will see that prayer permeates its pages. The Church of Jesus Christ was birthed in prayer and sustained in prayer!! She was at her most radiant when she was found on bended knee. She was never more clothed in grace than when she talked with her God!!! That first Church of Pentecost Jerusalem knew something of the power of prayer that the Church today knows nothing of!! This sermon is a call for the Chu...

Spiritual Breakthrough - Dr. Gilbert Egerton

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 Dr Egerton shares from his heart on the prayer of Jabez.

7. Breaking of Bread – Paul M. Williams

Acts 2:42 As well as the Lord’s Supper being a place of tremendous remembrance, it is also a place of immense self-examination. In this teaching part, we rediscover the importance of the Lord’s Supper and refute in part the false doctrine of transubstantiation.

6. The Sanctifying Body of Christ – Paul M. Williams

Hebrews 10:23-25 So many of the New Testament exhortations calling the child of God to humility and love, forbearance and kindness, forgiveness and patience can only be carried out if one is found in fellowship as part of a local assembly. God has designed the Church and placed you as a member to perfect you in sanctification. As the saying goes, iron sharpens iron, and friction, when brought to the cross, begets holiness!

5. Fellowship – Paul M. Williams

Acts 2:42 The mindset of so many when coming to the house of God is WHAT AM I GOING TO GET OUT OF IT, when instead the mindset ought to be, WHAT ARE OTHERS GOING TO GET OUT OF ME!! That’s a different proposition altogether, and these sentiments lie at the root of true Christian fellowship!! The Greek word for “fellowship” is the Word KOINONIA. Being translated, it means a common sharing together/communion. Koinonia is not one-way traffic; it involves mutual participation between two or more part...

4. Doctrine – Paul M. Williams

Acts 2:42 Mention the word doctrine today in the vast majority of congregations up and down the length of this nation, and you will be met with suspicion on the one hand and scorn on the other. From my observations, the appetite of so many within the professing Church towards doctrine is like that of children towards sprouts! Mom and Dad know that they’re good for their little darlings, but their little darlings have no stomach for them! Give us baked beans, fries, tomato ketchup and pizza, anyt...

3. Unity – Paul M. Williams

Ephesians 4:1-6 Having laid the foundation for the unity of the Church in the previous sermon, we focus in this sermon on the functional unity of the Body. Why so much division in the Body of Christ? Why so much discord? At the heart of the problem lies the root sin of pride.

10. Common Cult Heresies - Paul M. Williams

Part 10 In concluding this series on the Seventh-day Adventist Church, examination is given to some of the common heresies shared among the sister cults that emerged from the broader Adventist movement in the mid-nineteenth century, arising from the failed predictions of William Miller, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and Christadelphians. In this teaching, these common doctrinal heresies shall be explored and briefly refuted. To wrap up this series, consideration shall be given to the different p...

2. The Mystery of the Church – Paul M. Williams

John 10:16 In this second part of the series, we explore the riches of the mystery of the Church of Jesus Christ. That Gentiles should come to the knowledge of the Saviour was foretold by the Prophets of old. But how it would be possible for Jew and Gentile to be united in one body in Messiah was a mystery hidden from ages past, but has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. Come with us as we explore this fascinating mystery!

9. The Investigative Judgment - Paul M. Williams

Part 9 It has been well said that the only distinctive doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment. This doctrine lies at the heart of Adventism and is woven into the fabric of how the Adventist Church views atonement. In short, the doctrine of the Investigative Judgment teaches that in 1844, Jesus Christ began a work of judgment, examining the records of all professing believers to determine their worthiness to obtain heaven. When one asks what is ...

1. The Church

Hebrews 10:24-25 We are living at a time in history where anything that is of long-standing tradition is being called into question. Renewed calls go forth on every hand, calling for change. Out with the old and in with the new is the resounding cry of this post-modernist generation. Whether it’s marriage, the family home, politics or education, that which once served our forefathers for eons is being re-examined in light of new-fangled philosophies offered by the so-called experts of our day. S...

8. What About the Dietary Laws? - Paul M. Williams

Part 8 When asking a well-versed Christian, “Is there anything forbidden for a Christian to eat?” they will immediately answer with a resounding “no,” then follow up with a few qualifying comments, turning to key passages in the New Testament, such as Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8 and 10. When the same question is asked to a Seventh-day Adventist, they will respond with a resounding “yes” before turning to key passages in the Old Testament, such as Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. Who is right? ...

Laying Aside Every Weight – Paul M. Williams

Hebrews 12:1-2 Have you ever heard of an athlete on the field with a sack of potatoes bound to his back? Why would an athlete be so foolish to do a thing like that? It’s unheard of, and yet, as I look around the stadium of Christendom, some believers are doing this very thing, and they wonder why they’re out of spiritual breath a few laps into the race! Brothers and Sisters, could it be that they’re carrying too much weight? This sermon is an exhortation to lay aside every weight and to run the ...

Whatever He Tells You Do! – Paul M. Williams

John 2:1-11 Some say that being a Christian is complicated. However, it is we who complicate matters. Mary the mother of Jesus summed up the secret of following the Lord when in her last recorded words she said, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it" (Jn. 2:5)

7. Should Christians Keep the Sabbath? - Paul M. Williams

Part 7 As one combs the pages of the New Testament Epistles, one will find that nine of the ten commandments written on tablets of stone are also explicitly prohibited by the New Testament writers except for one, “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Ex. 20:8). Ironically, the only commandment of the ten, not brought across into the new, is the commandment which Seventh-day Adventists major on the most. To understand why the Seventh-day Adventist Church places such emphasis on the seventh...

Freed to Serve – Stephen Riddell

Mark 11:1-9 Brother Stephen from the Lifeboat Fellowship bears the burden of the Lord with a message of challenge, conviction and hope! Whom the Lord sets free is free indeed!!

6. Answering Adventist Arguments for Law – Paul M. Williams

Part 6 According to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, love for Jesus Christ is manifested by one’s obedience to the Ten Commandments; without obedience to these commandments, no man shall enter the kingdom of heaven. The goal of this teaching is to establish what commandments Jesus had in mind when He said, “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love” (Jn. 15:10). In addition to answering this question, consideration...

Obtaining the Promises of God – Paul M. Williams

Hebrews 4:14-16 So much of contemporary Christianity is built on hype, but the problem with hype is that it gets you nowhere because hype has no foundation. God has given us three-quarters of a million words of solid text upon which to base our confidence so that our faith is not found flapping in the wind. In this sermon, we consider Jesus as our High Priest and the promise that is given us to come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find help in times of need.

5. Is the Law Necessary for Salvation? – Paul M. Williams

The Holiness of God – Paul M. Williams

Exodus 15:11 If ever there was an aspect of God’s character that desperately needs to be rediscovered among the ranks of Evangelicalism in our day, it is the holiness of God!! We’ve lost the fear of God in the house of God because we’ve no comprehension of the holiness of God! We’ve grown accustomed to the familiar because we’ve lost the sense of reverence and awe in the handling of the things of God. Can I remind you that the God with whom we have to do is HOLY? He does not fall into the catego...