Mount Paran Primitive Baptist Church

Brother Jonah Lowrance • "We Have a Promise" - Isaiah 1:1-18
Although, like Judah, we remain sinful and aren’t getting our worship right; God has given us a promise that He has made our sins as white as snow. 
Elder Bryce Lowrance • "The Mystery Revealed" - 1st Peter 1:10-12
For over 4,000 years God hid all of the details of how salvation is accomplished. In types and shadows, God gave clues and hints how He saved, but never fully showed how it is done. Yet during all of that time, His elect were eternally saved just like His elect after the cross. This shows us that our understanding of the gospel is not the key to eternal salvation. But it does show what a precious gift we have been given in the gospel of the finished work of Jesus Christ. We can now know how God saves and have a more full assurance and hope of glory.
These messages were preached on Sunday, December 14, 2025.

"Already, but Not Yet" • 1st Peter 1:6-9 - Elder Bryce Lowrance
The purpose of Peter's letter is to encourage children of God to continue to walk by faith even though they live in a world that is constantly against them. The key to that stedfast walk is a proper perspective on suffering and trial. Rather than thinking that God has abandoned us, we need to realize that our Good Father is showing us there is more "self" that needs to be removed from our lives so that we are more like His Son, Jesus. If we are truly looking forward to the return of Jesus and our resurrection, then we can understand that the Father, through various trials, is preparing us to more perfectly praise the Son on His return.
This message was preached on Sunday, December 7, 2025.

"Introduction to Isaiah" • Isaiah 1 - Brother Jonah Lowrance
Brother Jonah introduced the Prophecy of Isaiah which begins with the Lord sending harsh words of judgement to Judah. However, these words of judgement are accompanied by declarations of God's grace and forgiveness of sins. 
"Doxology" • 1st Peter 1:3-5 - Elder Bryce Lowrance
Peter's purpose in this letter is to encourage Christians to keep walking by faith even though they are suffering heavy persecution. Peter does this by reminding them of the foundation of their faith — the finished work of Jesus Christ. In this portion, Peter offers praises to God for the specific blessing of the new birth and the resulting hope from that regeneration. We can now earnestly look forward to the perfect inheritance reserved for us in heaven. And, in the meantime, we can remember that we are kept by the power of God and nothing will take us away from Him.
 
These messages were preached on Sunday, November 23, 2025.

“To My Fellow Resident Aliens” • 1st Peter 1:1-2 Elder Bryce Lowrance.
In this openign message for 1st Peter, Elder Bryce gives background information about the life and discipleship of Peter. This mixed life of faith and doubt serves as an encouragement to us when we wrestle with the same doubts and fears. We are strangers in this world but more importantly, we have been loved by God from all eternity and He cares for His elect.
This message was preached on Sunday, November 16, 2025.

Elder Bryce Lowarance "Benediction" - Hebrews 13:20-25
In this concluding message of the expository series on the book of Hebrews, Elder Bryce teaches about the final prayer of the Apostle and his hope that the Hebrew Christians would continue to hear and obey the ministers with which God has blessed them. This short section provides and excellent summary of the entire letter reminding us that our hope and peace are found only in God and the everlasting convent of grace.
Brother Jonah Lowrance "The Importance of Church" - Ephesians 4:8-16
The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is His precious Bride, and He has provided the gifts of ministry that we need to help us understand Who God is, what He has done for us, and how we can be steadfast in our walk of faith.
 
These messages were preached on Sunday, November 9, 2025.

“Not Just A Teacher” • Hebrews 13:17-19 - Elder Bryce Lowrance
 
God promised to give the New Testament churches pastors after his own heart (Jeremiah 3). These men put in the church to guide and lead God’s children in how they can walk more like Jesus in this fallen world. They are watchman for our souls, and accountable to God for their work. Our eternal security is guaranteed by the finished work of Jesus Christ but the day to day battle for the mind and our peace needs regular nourishment from the word of God. God’s design is for us to feed as the flock of God in our local church by the hand of the under shepherd with which God has blessed us.
 
This message was preached on Sunday, November 2, 2025.

“Faith of Our Fathers” • Hebrews 13:5-7-16  Elder Bryce Lowrance
The closing portion of the Hebrew letter procides instructions on how we ought to live as gracious recipients of the grace of God in Jesus Christ. This chapter tells us to remember the examples of the past, obey those in the future, and be ready to follow our spiritual leaders in the future. Today’s message focuses on the fact that not only do we have the examples of walking by faith in Hebrews chapter 11, we have brethren that we know and have fellowship with to follow as well. We do this, never fogetting, that Jesus is the same, yesterday, today, and forever.
This message was preached on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

“Contentment” • Hebrews 13:5-6 - Elder Bryce Lowrance
The life and character of a born again child of God is to be different than the manner of those who love this world. It is a learned behavior to be content whether we are rich or poor or whether we have good or bad health. The power of Christ given to us in faith allows us to walk in fellowship with God regardless of the outward circumstances of life.
 
This message was preached on Sunday, October 19, 2025.

Elder Bryce Lowrance • "The Compassion of Christ" - Matthew 12 & Isaiah 42.
In a deep display of compassion toward a man whose hand had withered, Jesus shows that He is the Messiah and that nothing will discourage Him from His mission as the chosen Mediator between God and the elect family. As certain as His ability to heal, Jesus was a successful Savior and finished the work. We can take this good news of eternal salvation and remember that when we are broken down or fading away that we are cast down but not destroyed.
Brother Jonah Lowrance • "In Adam & In Christ" - Romans 5.
In this chapter, the Apostle Paul argues that all mankind was represented in Adam. Therefore, when Adam sinned, his guilt was charged to us all. In a similar way, Jesus Christ is the representative for all the elect of God. His righteous is counted to them. We did nothing to gain the guilt of Adam, and we do nothing to gain the righteousness of Jesus Christ. They are both imputed to us. But thanks be to God that the imputation of Jesus' righteous not only cancels out the guilt of original sin, it takes sin and guilt completely out of the way and we are seen as righteous before a holy God.
These messages were preached on Sunday, October 12, 2025.

Elder Bryce Lowrance • "Marriage" - Hebrews 13:4
Marriage was designed by God and instituted on the earth curing the creation. It is a honorable because it was designed and created by God for one man and one woman to have complementary companionship through their entire life. It is a covenant relationship ordained by God and a witnessed union my others in public. When the man and woman are united as husband and wife they create a new family unit wholly separate from their previous one.  Anything that does not fit the Biblical definition of marriage is a sin. Any intimate behavior between two people outside of marriage is sin. When functioning properly, marriage is a beautiful picture of the relationship between Christ and His Bride, the elect family of God.
This message was preached on Sunday, October 5, 2025.