In Sermon Illustrations: "He Became Sin For Us"

He Who Permits Himself To Tell A Lie Once, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truth without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

He Who Tells A Lie Is Not Sensible To How Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

He who tells a lie is not sensible to how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

No Man Should Tell A Lie Unless He Is Shrewd ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No man should tell a lie unless he is shrewd enough to recognize the time for renouncing it, if and when it comes, ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

On January 29, 2003, Athina Roussel Became The ...  PRO

Contributed by Rob Willis on Jan 30, 2006

On January 29, 2003, Athina Roussel became the richest teenager on the planet, inheriting a fortune estimated at that time to be between $800 million to $1 billion, and it all came from her grandfather, Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis through her mother. In 1988, when Athina was 3, her ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Denomination: Baptist

Temptation And Sin: Steve's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009

TEMPTATION AND SIN: STEVE’S STORY A young man was in a parking lot just shortly after being saved and he found a pack of cigarettes lying unopened on the ground near his car. His first thought was to keep them and smoke them as he had always done, but he felt prompted to do something different. He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:21

Tags: Temptation Resisting

Dead To Sin, Remade In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008

DEAD TO SIN, REMADE IN CHRIST When Standard Oil Company began to refine petroleum, there was a black substance, a by-product, that no one knew what to do with. It was black, sticky, and stinky. It couldn’t be buried because it would just find its way to the surface again. It couldn’t be burned ...read more

Tags: Dead To Sin

Letting Go Of Sin  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

LETTING GO OF SIN Men who trap animals in Africa for zoos in America say that one of the hardest animals to catch is the ring-tailed monkey. For the Zulus of that continent, however, it’s simple. They’ve been catching this agile little animal with ease for years. The method the Zulus use is based ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To, Temptation General, Christian Disciplines

Tricia Mccary Rhodes Stated, "When He Delivers Us ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 27, 2002

TRICIA MCCARY RHODES stated, ”When He delivers us from sin’s dark cell, an amazing thing happens: Our eyes are unveiled to see what we were created for, what we’ve longed for without knowing it. “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Deadly Disease Of Sin  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 11, 2013

THE DEADLY DISEASE OF SIN The Bible is very blunt about sin – it doesn’t matter how YOU grade your sin, if you don’t accept that you’ve sinned… you can’t fix the problem. It’s like a man having a deadly disease. He experiencing distressing physical problems but doesn’t KNOW he’s going to die ... ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23

Tags: Dead To Sin

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Standard For Sin

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 30, 2010

GOD'S STANDARD FOR SIN At a former church, a youth leader came up to me one day and said, "I'm trying to figure out the way God judges sin. The best I can figure it, I assume he grades on the curve like they do at school. You know, 70% good is a passing grade." I had bad news for him. God has a ...read more

Tags: Judgment

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

He Shows Us The Mirror Of His Law, The Ten ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Mar 12, 2001

He shows us the mirror of his law, the ten commandments, so that we know what we truly are. You know, I can think that I look like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise, but when I look at myself in the mirror, I know the truth. When we look in the mirror of God’s law we see ourselves as we really are. We see ...read more

Scripture: James 1:23-25

Tags: Grace, God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: Lutheran

For The Sake Of Each Of Us He Laid Down His ...

Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jun 29, 2005

For the sake of each of us he laid down his life—worth no less than the universe. He demands of us in return our lives for the sake of each other. - St. Clement of Alexandria. [Galaxie ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Charismatic

Although He Wasn't The First To Use Ether As An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 20, 2005

Although he wasn’t the first to use ether as an anesthetic, Boston dentist William Morton was credited with this discovery after using ether for a tooth extraction in the mid-1840s. But Morton had done so at the recommendation of Boston chemist Charles Jackson, who also claimed part of the credit. ...read more

Tags: Disciples

God Knows Our Situation; He Will Not Judge Us As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"God knows our situation; He will not judge us as if we had no difficulties to overcome. What matters is the sincerity and ...read more

Tags: Judgment, Judge

He Loves Each One Of Us, As If There Were Only ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

He loves each one of us, as if there were only one of ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Promises Of God, Compassion

Because God Is Calling Us Into A New Season He ...

Contributed by Charles Jones on Aug 29, 2007

because God is calling us into a new season He also calls us to ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Investment In Us Is So Great He Could Not ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Dec 21, 2007

"God’s investment in us is so great he could not possibly abandon us." ...read more

David Used What He Had - A Sling. For The Little ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008

David used what he had - a sling. For the little boy at the feeding of the 5,000 it was five loaves and two fish. For Samson it was the jawbone of a donkey. God can use anything. The major problem is workers in the Philippines nowadays have a personal slogan: "No support, no work." They live by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:22-25, Matthew 8:23-27

Tags: Peace

He Is Telling Us That We Must Continually Strive ...

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 19, 2009

He is telling us that we must continually strive to please God in all we do and in how we live. Let me use another analogy to make this point clear. If you eat breakfast on Monday, you have energy that carries you to about noon. But if you do not eat lunch, you will be run down, tired, and ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: *other

He Didn't Bring Us This Far To Leave ...

Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 16, 2012

He didn't bring us this far to leave us; He didn't teach us to swim to let us drown. He didn't build his home in us to move away; He ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ