Sermons on Luke 6:20-49:

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Love Our Enemies

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. The Holy Spirit helps us love our enemies by giving us a supernatural compassion for them despite their opposition to us.

1. The Holy Spirit helps us love our enemies by giving us a supernatural compassion for them despite their opposition to us. Jesus said, "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." (Luke 6:27,28) Ask the Lord to fill you up with an ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How The Holy Spirit Can Help Us Build Mutual Respect For Each Other

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. The Holy Spirit can help us build mutual respect for each other when we trust Him to help us focus on one another’s strengths rather than weaknesses.

1. The Holy Spirit can help us build mutual respect for each other when we trust Him to help us focus on one another’s strengths rather than weaknesses. God has given each person special strengths, abilities, and gifts which are unique to that individual. Rather than focusing your attention on what ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Jesus Urged Everyone To Live By The Golden Rule

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. Jesus knew that the golden rule benefits everyone, especially the first one to apply it.

1. Jesus knew that the golden rule benefits everyone, especially the first one to apply it. The Lord Jesus said, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." (Luke 6:31) We are always guaranteed a blessing when we choose to give goodness instead of refusing to love until we have been loved ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Receiving Through Giving

Contributed by Tom Walker on Oct 18, 2000

Luke 6:38 says, "Give and it shall be given you.

Luke 6:38 says, "Give and it shall be given you." Most people try to have by hoarding, but God says the way to have more is through giving. Blessed is that person who has learned the lesson that God honors those who give. There was a Christian man who recently sat in front of me at a meeting. He ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:38

Why Jesus Encouraged People To Seek The Mentorship Of Godly People

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

Why Jesus Encouraged People to Seek the Mentorship of Godly People (Luke 6:40) We all tend to acquire the best and worst traits of our most influential teachers. Jesus urges us to adopt mentors that are Christ-like in their thinking, attitudes, and behavior. Illustration: It is better to train ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Close The Gap Between The Ideals That We Profess To Believe And The Reality Of Our Lifestyles

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins by pointing out areas in our life where we are not living up to Christ’s standards of commitment.

1. The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins by pointing out areas in our life where we are not living up to Christ’s standards of commitment. Jesus said, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, but do not do the things that I say?" (Luke 6:46) Ask the Lord to help you to be more responsive to the ways that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:46-47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dealing With The Spirit Of Leviathan.

Contributed by Robert Grey on Oct 31, 2000

How to correctly combat the effects of the spirit of Leviathan

Dealing with the spirit of Leviathan. The text of this sermon can also be found at http://www.godisfaithful.net/bible/leviathan.htm The longest description of Leviathan is found in Job 41. The entire chapter consists of God asking Job if he can deal with this seemingly untamable monster. God asks ...read more

Scripture: Job 41:1-34, Luke 6:34-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Should I Do?

Contributed by Nathan Robertson, Jr. on Nov 8, 2000

The pressing question of a Christian in every situation

The most popular question in Christian circles today is "What would Jesus do?" This question is the theme of a book entitled In His Steps, written by Charles Sheldon. In this fictional story, the people of a town are transformed in wonderful ways when they decide to always ask themselves the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:31

Denomination: Baptist

How Intentional Are You? Series

Contributed by John Tung on Nov 14, 2000

Good things happen only when we are intentional about it, including our spiritual growth.

"HOW INTENTIONAL ARE YOU?" Luke 6:46-49 John Tung, 11-12-00 I. Introduction Things do not just happen. Ask Al Gore and George W. Bush. They do not get votes just by placing their names on the ballots for the Presidency. They have to work hard, very hard, spend money, lots of money, and energy, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:46-49

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Como Controlar La Lengua

Contributed by Buddy Holt on Dec 17, 2000

How To Control The Tongue - In Spanish

Como Controlar La Lengua 2 Tesalonicenses 2:16-17 Introducción Un dia una mujer despues de sentir convicción del Espiritu Santo despues de haber chismiado de su pastor, se fue a el para pedir perdon. Despues la perdonó pero aun asi sentía la culpa porque los chismes eran tremendos y lo habia ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:44-45, 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Does Your Giving Stop At Nothing? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 15, 2001

Analysis of why people don’t give and reasons for giving.

Introduction: - A Barna research study back in April 2000 found that only 8% of born-again Christians give 10% of their income or more. - We’ve obviously got a lot of work ahead of us this morning. Three questions about your attitude toward giving: 1. Who owns your money? - "That’s pretty ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:38

Denomination: Baptist

Blessings & Woes

Contributed by Eric Amundson on Mar 29, 2001

How to measure blessings in your life

I’d like to ask you a very simple question. What kind of life would you like to have? When you ask for God’s blessing on your life, what kind of blessing are you thinking about? What is the picture of your life in your mind that you want? The assumption here is that all of us want to be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:17-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Evil Brings Out The Best In Christians

Contributed by Eric Amundson on Mar 29, 2001

Loving our enemies

We are infected by the world. We live in and are bombarded, moment by moment, with the message that our injuries own us. They must be avenged. W.H. Auden wrote: I and the public know, What school children learn, Those to whom evil is done, Do evil in return. That is the way of this world. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Clock Is Ticking--Stewardship Of Tiime

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 9, 2001

This Sermon Deals With The Fact We Only Have So Many Hours To Live And God Expects A Stewardship Of Our Time As Well As Of Our Money.

The Clock Is Ticking 10/4/98 Psalm 90 Luke 6 46:-49 Stewardship Of Time When we hear 10, 9, 8,7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, when we get to zero, we all expect something to happen. It might be an explosion of a bomb going off, or it might be the final seconds of a game before we burst out in joy ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:46-49

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Stewardship-Will Our Lives Count For Much?

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Apr 9, 2001

This is a stewardship message dealing with what kind of person will we be as we go through life. The principles of sowing and reaping are examined.

Will Our Lives Count For Much. 10/05/97 Eccl 11:1-6 Luke 19:1-10 Text Luke 6:20-38 In the end, how long you lived is not going to be nearly as important as how well you lived. Jesus is going to show us today "its not the duration of life ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-38, Ecclesiastes 11:1-6, Ecclesiastes 11:7-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed