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FBCWest

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By: First Baptist Church of Westminster California
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FBCWest is a place where church means family. As a family that follows the Lord, we are commanded to love one another as we love ourselves. We hope that this site and our church can be an effective place for your family, and life, so that we can show the affect God has had on us to the world.All rights reserved Spirituality
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  • Blessed

    Blessed
    Apr 19 2026
    What does it really mean to be blessed? In this message, we’re challenged to move beyond thinking of blessings as temporary or material and instead see the deeper, lasting spiritual blessings God has given us. Drawing from Ephesians 1, we discover that believers are not just lucky or fortunate—we are chosen, redeemed, forgiven, and sealed by God, with an eternal inheritance that cannot be taken away. This sermon then shifts to Matthew 5, where Jesus describes a different kind of blessing that one often feels counterintuitive. Blessed are those who mourn, the gentle, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and even those who are persecuted. These are not weaknesses, but marks of a life aligned with God and filled with His favor. The message challenges us to change our perspective: Stop focusing on what we don’t have Start recognizing the spiritual blessings we already possess Learn to rejoice in both good times and difficult circumstances Instead of asking “Why me?” in hardship, we are encouraged to ask, “Why not me?”, trusting that even in difficulty, God is still blessing us and shaping us for eternity. When we truly begin to count our blessings, we realize something powerful—we will never reach the end of the list. Sermon Notes Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be God who blessed us with every spiritual blessing Ephesians 1:4 - 14 Positional blessings – holy & blameless, redemption, made known the mystery of His will, an inheritance, and seal by the Holy Spirit as a pledge as God’s own possession Matthew 5:3 – 12 Character and Circumstance blessings – the kingdom of heaven, comfort, inheriting the earth, to be satisfied, receive mercy, seeing God, called sons of God, the kingdom of heaven and great reward
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    32 mins
  • Evil Advice

    Evil Advice
    Apr 12 2026
    Balaam could not curse the people of God, but he still found a way to profit. In this message, the story moves from Numbers 25 back to Numbers 31 to reveal the tragic truth: Israel’s fall into idolatry and sexual immorality did not happen by accident. It came through Balaam’s counsel and evil advice designed to bring God’s people into sin when open opposition had failed. What Balaam could not accomplish by cursing, he tried to accomplish by compromise. This sermon also draws a direct line from Balaam to Solomon and then to Jesus’ warning in Revelation 2:14. The message is clear: love God first, guard your heart, do not let relationships pull you away from the Lord, and do not follow teachers who make sin sound acceptable. God’s commands are not there to ruin life, but to protect it. Grace is real, but grace is never permission to compromise. The call is to trust God fully, love Him wholly, and remain faithful to Him. Sermon Notes Numbers 25:1 - 3 Israel begins to play the harlot with the women of Moab and make sacrifices to Moab’s gods Numbers 31:13 – 16 Balaam counsels to sin against God 1 Kings 11:1 – 13 Even wise men rebel against God for their love of foreign wives Revelations 2:14 Jesus against the teachings of Balaam
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    27 mins
  • When the Facts Do not Matter

    When the Facts Do not Matter
    Apr 5 2026
    Sermon Notes Matthew 27:62 - 66 Because they were afraid that the disciples might steal Jesus’ body make the grave secure by posting guards Matthew 28:1 - 7 Jesus is resurrected the women discover the empty tomb are told that Jesus was not there and tell the disciple Matthew 28:8 - 10 Jesus meets with His disciples Matthew 28:11 - 15 Guards tell the officials about the resurrection, but they bribe them to say that the disciples stole the body 1 Corinthains 15:1 - 15 Witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus
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    33 mins
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