Mike Fabarez Sermons on Focal Point

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Welcome to the podcast for the Bible teaching ministry of Dr. Mike Fabarez, Pastor of Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo. This podcast delivers the current weekly sermons Pastor Mike preaches each Sunday. Pastor Mike seeks to deliver relevant and accurate Bible teaching that is applicable to our daily lives. To make a donation and receive our monthly book use the link below. https://focalpointministries.org/special-offer-podcast/

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Episodes

The Divine Use of Secular Means

Even in our fallen messed-up world we must recognize and respond to God's sovereign use of governments to accomplish his will for his people.

Mar 24, 2024

The Callings & Purposes of God

Though God's plans for our lives will involve some fearful circumstances, we must be unafraid and resolute about fulfilling God's calling on our lives as we hold on to his promises.

Mar 10, 2024

The Hope of the Christian Life

The Christian hope is to be firmly fixed on our participation in Christ's coming kingdom, which provides us the strength and courage to face all the current challenges in the here and now.

Mar 03, 2024

The Path of Sanctification

God is at work on us, using a variety of means to bring us into increasing holiness in the Christian life.

Feb 18, 2024

The Endurance of the Saints

God has planned and is always at work in and for his children to move them across the finish line of the Christian life and into the promised kingdom.

Feb 11, 2024

The Sovereignty of God

We must consider how God has been at work from long before we can imagine, leading us into the path he would have us obediently walk.

Feb 05, 2024

The Role of Water Baptism

Given the various and conflicting views of water baptism, we must seek to digest and rightly understand all the related biblical data on this important ordinance.

Jan 28, 2024

The Gift of Repentance

God graciously works through a variety of means to bring us to repentance, both at the outset of the Christian life and throughout it, so that we might walk in fellowship with him.

Jan 21, 2024

The Grace of God

We need to understand God's amazing grace and sincerely respond to it with our whole hearts in light of the sinfulness of our sin.

Jan 14, 2024

Wise Decisions

We must make all of life's decisions with a resolve to do what pleases the Lord, as stewards, knowing that godly choices yield God's blessings and eternal dividends.

Dec 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min

More Songs of the Incarnation

Get the deeper meaning of those Christmas carols we sing each year, but maybe don't pay as much attention to as we should. There is great theological depth that we too easily sing over without giving much thought to. Gain a deeper richness and enjoyment to some of your favorite Christmas carols in Pastor Mikes Christmas Eve message called More Songs of the Incarnation.

Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 9 min

In the Fullness of Time

Just as God sent his Son at the first advent right on schedule, we should be assured that he will also dispatch his Son to establish a world of righteousness at just the right time.

Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min

The Fullness of Deity Dwells Bodily

We must reconsider the profound reality and far-reaching implications of the incarnate, fully-human, fully-divine Christ.

Dec 03, 2023•58 min

Living in a World That Makes You Mad

The increasing sin in our world will provoke anger in Christians, but we must be careful and restrained to never allow our emotions to propel sinful words or actions.

Nov 19, 2023

Repentance & Faith

When we recognize our sin before a holy, just and loving God, we will feel the pang of sorrow for our offense. But the happiness of knowing we are forgiven through repentance and trust in Jesus, our savior, should bring joy.

Nov 12, 2023

Soul Warfare

We are engaged in an internal battle with temptation which will rage until we are glorified, and until then will require daily vigilance and the serious application of every available godly resource.

Nov 07, 2023•58 min

Seizing God’s Opportunities

We should look for every opportunity to be strategic and faithful to serve the needs of those around us, even when we are in difficult seasons of life.

Oct 22, 2023

Facing God’s Plans with Courage

Being a Christian will require unique courage and boldness because of the unavoidable clash of our theology, values, and identity with so much of the rest of the world.

Oct 15, 2023

Misunderstandings & Accommodations

Strategic accommodations and biblically allowable personal adjustments will be necessary as we face the painful misunderstandings sure to continue among God's people, this side of heaven.

Oct 08, 2023

Well-Meaning but Misguided Friends

We will have well-meaning friends who, out of love for us, will inadvertently tempt us to abandon the course of Christian obedience God has laid out for us.

Oct 01, 2023

More than a Task

Our work for God's people is more than our duty, or an expression of our love for Christ, it is also our loving service for the people we have every reason to affectionately cherish as our spiritual family.

Sep 17, 2023

Policing Your Motives

Being useful in the spiritual lives of God's people is aided by hard work and generosity, and is thwarted by cravings for wealth and the trappings of worldly success.

Sep 10, 2023

Always on Guard

Our service in the church must always prioritize biblical truth, guarding against the selfish ambitions that fracture the church and derail the sanctification of its congregants.

Sep 03, 2023

Motivated by the Finish Line

Knowing time is always running out, we must discern and fulfill our God-given stewardship to faithfully invest in the lives of others.

Aug 27, 2023

Questions & Answers 2023-Part 3

Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Do you need to believe in the resurrection to be saved? Is it okay for Christians to donate their organs after death? How should Christians respond to the cultural pressure to reduce the population? Could you provide Scriptural evidence for a pre-tribulational rapture? Where does the rebuilding of the temple fall in the eschatological timeline? When we die, will we remember those who are unsaved and ...

Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Questions & Answers 2023-Part 2

Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: How should Christians view birth control and artificial insemination? Does the Bible say what language will be used in the New Heaven and New Earth? How do we work out God's sovereignty with our prayers for people's salvation? What happens to people left behind after the rapture of believers? God took everything from Job except his wife. What does that say about Job's wife and when Job gets blessing ...

Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 12 min

Questions & Answers 2023-Part 1

Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: How do we deal with a professing Christian about sin that they are unwilling to acknowledge? Is AI/machine learning dangerous? And what about pastors who use it to create sermons? What happens to us immediately after we die? In the Millennial Kingdom, why are there still sacrifices? Is it okay for Christians to do Yoga? Can we point to prophecies that have been fulfilled to prove God, Jesus and the B...

Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 7 min

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