In Sermon Illustrations: "Disobedience" showing 1-20 of 136

Civil Disobedience For The Christian

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 28, 2023

The Hebrew midwives disobeyed Pharaoh’s orders and refused to kill the Jewish babies (Ex. 1:15–22). Daniel and his three friends refused to eat the king’s food (Dan. 1), and the three friends also refused to bow down to Nebuchadnezzar’s image (Dan. 3). The apostles refused to stop witnessing in ...read more

Tags: Civil Disobedience, Esther, Law, Persecution, Government, Authority  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heredity: The Traits That A Disobedient Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Heredity: the traits that a disobedient child gets ...read more

Tags: Family

Warren Jeffs, Described As A Prophet And Self ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 22, 2006

Warren Jeffs, described as a Prophet and self proclaimed Prophet at that is head of a renegade Mormon splinter group called the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is accused of arranging marriages between underage girls and older men. He is charged with child sexual ...read more

Tags: Disobedience

If Your Going To Walk In Known Disobedience And ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael West on Apr 2, 2008

If your going to walk in known disobedience and try to resist the devil ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Three Views On Civil Disobedience By Believers

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 29, 2023

There are at least three general positions on the matter of civil disobedience. The anarchist view says that a person can choose to disobey the government whenever he likes and whenever he feels he is personally justified in doing so. Such a stance has no biblical support whatsoever, as evidenced ...read more

Tags: Authority, Leaders, Civil Disobedience, Patriotism, Persecution, America, Submission, Government  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sin Goes Way Beyond Disobedience. The Deepest ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Jun 24, 2009

“Sin goes way beyond disobedience. The deepest problem of sin is that it makes us incapable of knowing the Father…we cannot know the Father’s heart. It makes us so blind that it is impossible for us to see the Father’s face.” C. Baxter ...read more

Tags: Sin, Sin Separates From God

Denomination: Pentecostal

Father Teaches Disobedient Daughter About Grace ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009

Father Teaches Disobedient Daughter About Grace and Consequences I’ve given you all the acronym before of “GRACE- God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense.” I’ll always remember a daddy-daughter moment with my oldest girl when she was maybe three years old. We raised our girls with loving discipline ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18-25

Tags: Grace

We Are Sinners. (The Ache In The Human Heart)

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 4, 2023

There is in each of us a dis-ease, a sense of unfulfillment of some high destiny unmet, of some lofty vow broken and shattered. We are sinners! We long for some word of forgiveness which will make us whole. We sense we have a homeland, but we are exiles. We perceive that we are of royal ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1

Tags: Sin, Depravity, Disobedience

Denomination: Pentecostal

It Is Finished

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 27, 2011

IT IS FINISHED I was raised on a tobacco farm and when Dad would ask me to do some chores while he was gone.... it was for my best interest and the seat of my pants that I did it. But when I finished it and did the very best I could to please my Dad there was a great satisfaction in seeing his ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30

Tags: Sin, Obedience, Neglect, Disobedience, Forgive, Forgiveness In Jesus  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Author Oscar Wilde Died Over 100 Years Ago, But ...

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003

Author Oscar Wilde died over 100 years ago, but he summed up the spirit of our own time when he said: "Disobedience … is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Baptist

How Susannah Wesley Defined Sin To Her Son

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 22, 2024

This was how Susannah Wesley defined "sin" to her young son, John Wesley: "If you would judge of the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule: Whatever weakens your reason, Whatever impairs the tenderness of your conscience, Whatever obscures your ...read more

Tags: Children, Sin, Mothers, Parenting, Disobedience, Homeschoolers  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Important Lessons Are Given By This Alternation ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 30, 2010

Important lessons are given by this alternation of the two ideas of faith and unbelief, obedience and disobedience. Disobedience is the root of unbelief. Unbelief is the mother of further disobedience. Faith is voluntary submission within a person’s own power. If faith is not exercised, the true ...read more

Tags: Unbelief

Denomination: Brethren

Delayed Obedience

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 28, 2008

"Delayed obedience is disobedience." Source: ...read more

Tags: Obedience

Denomination: Baptist

Government Implies The Power Of Making Laws. It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other ...read more

Tags: Government

When A Person's Faith Seems To Collapse Without ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When a person's faith seems to collapse without warning, one can be sure it has been the result of inner ...read more

Tags: Sin Separates From God

Instant Obedience Is The Only Kind Of Obedience ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001

Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to withdraw from ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Instant Obedience Is The Only Kind Of Obedience ...  PRO

Contributed by David Schaal on Sep 10, 2003

Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to withdraw from ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity, Faith

Denomination: Pentecostal

Instant Obedience Is The Only Kind Of Obedience ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 1, 2004

Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to withdraw from ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thomas A Kampis - "Instant Obedience Is The ...  PRO

Contributed by John Price on Aug 14, 2004

Thomas a Kampis - “Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Instant Obedience Is The Only Kind Of Obedience ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 31, 2007

Instant obedience is the only kind of obedience there is; delayed obedience is disobedience. Whoever strives to withdraw from ...read more

Denomination: Baptist