Sermons on Luke 5:12-26:

How To Bring About Change As Jesus Did - Luke 5:15,16

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

How To Bring About Change As Jesus Did - Luke 5:15,16

How To Bring About Change As Jesus Did - Luke 5:15,16 Quote: Some people will change when they see the light. Others change only when they feel the heat. Traditional. Quote: Everything continues in a state of rest unless it is compelled to change by forces impressed upon it. Issac Newton, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:15-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Overcoming Your Spiritual Handicap

Contributed by Mark Atherton on Mar 29, 2001

A look at the steps of salvation

Overcoming Your Spiritual Handicap Luke 5:17-26 1. Recognition of need verses 18-19 Hungry peopole find food. God hungry people find God. 2. Knew where to go. verse 18--"to lay him before Jesus" 3. Removed something. verse 19--Example of repentance. Something must be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26

Denomination: Holiness

When Jesus Interrupts The Sinful Series

Contributed by Brian Credille on Mar 9, 2001

When Jesus encounters the sinful person, He stands ready to interrupt their cycle of pain and bring forgiveness and wholeness.

"When Jesus Interrupts the Sinful" Luke 5:17-26 INTRODUCTION What is a "sinner?" Who is a "sinner?" We often define "sinful" people to be those incorrigible outcasts we see on the news. Actually, "sin" means "to miss the mark." The mark is that of being just like God intended us to be. God’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26

Denomination: Baptist

When Jesus Interrupts The Faithful Series

Contributed by Brian Credille on Mar 9, 2001

Jesus challenges His faithful people day by day to live out their faith through an obedient life.

“When Jesus Interrupts the Faithful” Luke 5:12-16 INTRODUCTION When people of faith encounter Jesus, there is a choice to make. We must act day by day on our faith. In this passage we find the story of a man who did so. From him we learn: I. JESUS IS ALWAYS NEAR THE PERSON OF FAITH ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:12-16

Denomination: Baptist

People Need The Lord And Each Other!

Contributed by Rita Sims on Mar 11, 2001

God is here to bring healing through relationships with God and each other.

Retell the story of the man who was paralyzed. I wonder: What conversation did they have that day? Did they get up that morning planning to see this Jesus they’d heard about? Was it a spontaneous action? Had he and his friends tried other ways for him to be healed that had failed? Had his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26, Luke 5:17-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Mercy Me: Cultivating The Gift Of Compassion

Contributed by Brian Mavis on Oct 30, 2000

We can develop compassion by seeing, touching and serving people the way Jesus did.

7-18-99 MERCY ME: CULTIVATING THE GIFT OF COMPASSION You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you are going down the first drop of a roller coaster. It’s the same feeling when you hear horrible news. Your stomach feels like it has just been kicked in. The New Testament has a Greek word ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:36, Mark 1:40-42, Luke 5:12-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Moving Out Into Deeper Waters

Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 3, 2004

Today I want to talk to anyone who is beginning to put away their nets.... who is ready to call it day in their life. You see, there are good reasons why Peter at the end of our text -- had net full...

"MOVING OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS." READ TEXT: LUKE 5:1-12 He had known him for about 1 year now. The first time he met Jesus was when his brother Andrew, came running out to where he was in an ecstatic state telling him that he had found the Messiah... Andrew brought Peter to Jesus and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"rising Above The Crowd"

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Jun 8, 2002

This sermon emphasizes the fact that Pastors and Elders should not be the only, nor the primary, "soul winners" of the church.

“Rising Above the Crowd” Have you ever considered how our church would get along without a full-time pastor? After all, many of the young churches of the New Testament didn’t have a “pastor” there most of the time but they grew and flourished just the same. The fact is, that with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26, Mark 2:3-12

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

No Lost Causes

Contributed by David Dewitt on Aug 18, 2003

Because of the love and grace of Jesus there is no person too far gone

No Lost Causes Luke 5:17-26 July 27, 2003 Morning Service Introduction When I was thirteen years old my sister and brother in law invited me to attend the Vacation Bible School at their church. I almost didn’t go because I had already been to one at my church but my sister talked me into going. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26

Denomination: Church Of God

Overcoming The Prayer Block

Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Sep 18, 2003

Overcoming common obstacles to prayer.

Overcoming the Prayer Block Ref.: Mark 1:35 Luke 5:15 Romans 7:14–25 1 John 1:8–10 Psalms 100:4 Read No Time for Him I. Obstacles There are many, though some are mere excuses that would yield to a strong will. A. Time 1. Life is too busy, but not too busy for less important things—TV, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:15-16, Mark 1:35-38

"The Four Faithful Friends"

Contributed by Ray Scott on Sep 18, 2003

This story teaches us that we can make a difference in people’s lives ... and to overcome obstacles that keep us away from the power of God.

“The Four Faithful Friends” Luke 5:17-26 INTRODUCTION: We continue in our series on ‘Great Events In The Life Of Jesus’. TODAY, we want to look at a man whom Jesus healed. Luke 5:17-20 – all turn – READ 5:17 – Jesus was in a house, teaching a large group of people. The place was packed! Every ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26

Denomination: Baptist

The God Who Heals

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Sep 21, 2003

God desires to heal us of all our sickness, including of our sins.

FBC Hull 9-21-03 a.m. service The God Who Heals Luke 5:17-25 Primary Purpose: God desires to heal us in all areas of our lives, especially of sin sickness Broken--the man in our passage today was broken. A man who was paralyzed and laid on a mat all day long. The Pharisees and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-25

Denomination: Baptist

Get Off The Couch

Contributed by Christopher Crane on Apr 3, 2005

When Jesus heals the man infirmed with palsy, he gives him the command to "Arise... take up thy couch, and go home." The healing was in the body. The couch was about the mind. This is a message about partner with God in the healing.

GET OFF THE COUCH Luke 5:22-25 Sunday Morning, April 3, 2005 Luke 5:22-25 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? 23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 24 But that ye may know that the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:22-25

Denomination: Church Of God

God's Healing Touch

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 11, 2005

God Touches our lives, just like he touched the leper--breaking down restrictions and taboos--to accomplish miracles and work God’s will.

Luke 5:12-16 “God’s Healing Touch” INTRODUCTION One of the byproducts of the Korean War was an overwhelming abundance of orphans. The orphanages were bursting at the seams, and there was no possibility for the staffs to adequately care for the all of the children. Consequently, the death ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:12-16

Denomination: Lutheran

The Center That Holds

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Apr 24, 2005

We don’t follow God for a promise of easy life, but simply because God is TRUTH and nothing in life or death can separate us from God’s love.

The Center that Holds Luke 5:17-26 April 24, 2005 I always try my best to preach out of my own experience, but as I approached today’s sermon, I realized that I was having trouble doing that. I can preach easily about a lot of stuff because I have experience. For example: I sometimes struggle ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:17-26

Denomination: Methodist