In Sermon Illustrations: "Jesus Receives Us"

Jesus Never Fails

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 15, 2010

JESUS NEVER FAILS Isaiah 11:5, " Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist." My good friend Charlie died about 3 years ago; he was 89 years old, and we were like family. Charlie was interesting, open-minded, and a great conversationalist. One day I called him and ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jesus Was, Yet Is

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jun 4, 2010

JESUS WAS, YET IS Back in the 4th century A.D., a man named Gregory of Nazianzus wrote these words that capture the identity of Jesus as one who is fully human, yet fully God: He began His ministry by being hungry, yet He is the Bread of Life. Jesus ended His earthly ministry by being thirsty, ...read more

Tags: Jesus Life

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Napoleon Bonaparte On Jesus  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE ON JESUS It was Napoleon Bonaparte who wrote "Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-20

Tags: Jesus Christ

Jesus Had A Rose

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2011

JESUS HAD A ROSE Judy Packard of Lake Leelanau, Michigan, talks about the time her neighbor, visiting the Holy Land, sent a letter describing the beautiful gardens. Her 6-year-old mused, "I wonder if he saw the rose." "What rose?" Judy asked. "You know," said her child, "like the Bible women ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-7

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Not If Jesus Is Like Dad  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2011

NOT IF JESUS IS LIKE DAD Some months ago I heard a touching story about a humble, consecrated pastor whose young son had become very ill. After the boy had undergone an exhaustive series of tests, the father was told the shocking news that his son had a terminal illness. The youngster had accepted ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-3

Tags: Father's Day

Come To Jesus "Messy"

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 30, 2011

COME TO JESUS "MESSY" My autistic son Chase has this ritual where he has to look at every clock in the house at :50 on the hour. It starts at 6:50, 7:50 till 8:50 at night. I once got tired at night when Julie was at a bible study and tried to get Chase to bed early. I changed the upstairs clock ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Jesus Is Coming To Dinner

Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011

JESUS IS COMING TO DINNER One of the greatest compliments an individual can pay to another is to invite him/her home to dinner. The Church reminds the world today that Jesus is coming again and the world should get its house in order, for the master of the universe is coming to dine in the hearts ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-37

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus' Fulfillment Of Prophecy

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Nov 26, 2011

JESUS' FULFILLMENT OF PROPHECY Let’s take it up a notch and calculated/probability/one person fulfilling 48/300 Messianic predications/OT would be: one in a trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, trillion, ...read more

Tags: Prophecy

Denomination: Baptist

Keeping Jesus In A Cradle

Contributed by Ken Pell on Dec 25, 2011

KEEPING JESUS IN A CRADLE The World prefers to keep Jesus in a cradle where He is innocent and powerless. the dare not allow Him to be Lord and God much less our suffering servant. When the Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci went to China in the 16th century, he brought samples of religious art to ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Denomination: Nazarene

50-Somethings For Jesus

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 19, 2012

50-SOMETHINGS FOR JESUS At the age of 58, Tom and Elaine Samply cashed out their retirements and moved to the Czech Republic and opened a coffee shop called Common Grounds where he taught business principles to atheists. After they were there for six years, they had enough business that they ...read more

Tags: Aging

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus Freak: Hezekiah

Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012

JESUS FREAK: HEZEKIAH Laos 2001. Hezekiah’s life had been so transformed that he had to tell someone. When he returned to the village he grew up in, he told the 35 relatives and villagers who met him and demanded to know why he had converted to Christianity, "Jesus is the only way I can be saved ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

Denomination: Baptist

The Kingdom Of Jesus Marches On  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 7, 2013

THE KINGDOM OF JESUS MARCHES ON David Guzik: "The eternal King who rules over the souls of men is mightier than an external foe with powerful armies. Rome is gone, Napoleon is ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Selling Jesus For A Quarter

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 8, 2013

SELLING JESUS FOR A QUARTER Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read. "You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts." 2 Corinthians 3:3 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:3

Tags: Dishonesty, Bible Truth

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Big Is Jesus??????

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 16, 2014

HOW BIG IS JESUS???????? At the end of a worship service, a little girl came up to her Pastor and asked, "How big is Jesus?" The puzzled pastor pondered and said, "I don’t know, sweetheart. The Bible doesn’t say. He was a carpenter, so I am sure he had big hands and strong shoulders. Maybe ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21

Tags: Evangelism, Jesus, Missions

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Is Jesus Coming?

Contributed by Tim Smith on May 11, 2014

What do these dates have in common (1248, 1306, 1689, 1792, 1836, 1844, 1914, 1936, 1960, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2011)? They all represent the times in which people predicted that the second coming of Christ would occur. No one, not even Jesus knows the exact time of Christ’s coming. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-5

Tags: End Times, Second Coming

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus, Buddha And Mohammed

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 19, 2016

JESUS, BUDDHA AND MOHAMMED "Buddha never claimed to be God. Moses never claimed to be Jehovah. Mohammed never claimed to be Allah. Yet Jesus Christ claimed to be the true and living God. Buddha simply said, ’I am a teacher in search of the truth.’ Jesus said, ’I am the Truth.’ Confucius said, ’I ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Tags: Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Universalism

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus The Perfect Man  PRO

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 3, 2016

Harry Ironside, the Bible teacher, told of a visit to Palestine years ago by a man named Joseph Flax. He had an opportunity to address a gathering of Jews and Arabs and took for the subject of his address the first Psalm. He read it and then he asked the question: "Who is this blessed man of whom ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Tags: Wisdom, Perfection

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Teddy Bear Of Jesus

Contributed by John Telgren on Feb 11, 2017

I put my son to bed, and went through the routine. "I love you, I love mommy, I love your brothers, etc." Then he stopped, looked up at me, and asked, "What about my Teddy, don't you love my Teddy?" I looked over at a tattered, dingy, stuffed animal that was on it's last leg quite literally. I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-32

Tags: Church, Bride Of Christ, Church Appreciation

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Second Coming Of Jesus

Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017

In the 19th century, there was a wave of enthusiasm for prophecies predicting the actual date for the Second Coming of Christ. One such prophecy was an Adventist leader name William Miller. After studying Daniel 8, Miller predicted that Christ would return on March 21, 1842, but then revised the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1

Tags: Second Coming, Jesus Return

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus Road A Donkey

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Jun 25, 2018

Whenever a city was conquered in the ancient world, the type of animal the victorious king would ride as he entered a defeated town would make all the difference in the world to the people. If he was seated on a horse, the city was doomed; it was a sign that he had come in war, riding his ...read more

Tags: Horse, Justified, Enemies, Life, Reconciliation, Conquer, Donkey, King, Saved, Death, Afraid, Forgiveness, Jesus, Peace  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational