Sermons on A Crown Of Righteousness:

The Economics Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Michael Mays on Sep 14, 2021

Consider spending your whole life working for one cause, only to realize you were so wrong that you were willing to leave everything you'd achieved behind to promote a new one. That's Paul's story, and here he tells the Philippians how it pays off.

I. Intro: Fire Cleans Out Huxley’s Stuff? Years ago, one of Southern California's infamous wild fires destroyed the home of best-selling writer Aldous Huxley. He and his wife barely escaped with their lives. But Huxley's manuscripts, his collection of letters from "great" people ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:4-11

Enslaved To Righteousness

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jun 29, 2020

Slavery gives us liberty! When we surrender our lives to Jesus Christ, we realize that this is the greatest freedom we can experience.

THE BASIC DEFINITION OF A SLAVE IS “A PERSON WHO IS THE LEGAL PROPERTY OF ANOTHER AND IS FORCED TO OBEY THEM.” THE PREMISE OF SLAVERY IS WHEN A PERSON OR BUSINESS OWN OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, LABEL THEM AS COMMON PROPERTY AND TO FORCE THEM UNDER THE BURDEN OF UNPAID LABOR. HISTORY OF THE WORLD RECORDS ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:12-23, Genesis 15:13, Matthew 6:24, Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 10:13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Free Methodist

Real Righteousness

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Oct 29, 2019

Luther's studies reveled that we are saved by grace through faith, and not by works. That thought is the heart of what the reformation. This sermon ties into the reformation with the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector.

Opening and Introduction Tonight, is a special day as we celebrate the reformation. Just over 500 years ago, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses on the Wittenberg church door, which changed the landscape of Europe, and the world. Luther’s disagreement with the Catholic church was very similar to the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Training In Righteousness Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Aug 31, 2020

What does it mean to train in righteousness?

Please open your Bibles to 2 Timothy 3… Read along with me again our key passage for this Message Series on the Word of God: 2 Timothy 3:16-17…………… And so, we had noted that the Bible is the Word of God; God breathed out His own words to writers. Besides the Bible itself, we should all be able to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Breastplate Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Apr 9, 2019

Series looking at Spiritual Warfare

BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Years ago Los Angeles motorcycle police officer Bob Vernon saw a red pickup truck speed through a stop sign. This guy must be late to work, he thought to himself. He turned on his lights and radioed that he was in pursuit. The pickup pulled over, and the officer ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:13-14

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Called In Righteousness

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Apr 4, 2016

To show that GOD does the calling, He called us not us calling Him, He has chosen us before the foundation of the world.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you called to be righteous? Yes. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD does the calling, He called us not us calling Him, He has chosen us before the foundation of the world. Ephesians 1:4 (Amplified Bible) Even as [in His love] He ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 42:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Righteousness Of Life! Series

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Dec 18, 2015

PROPOSITION: Because Christ is the new covenant, you must surrender to Him and walk with Him in order to live the ‘righteousness of life”.

The Righteousness of Life! 2 Kings 23 Scripture Introduction: Please turn to 2 Kings 23. Have you ever seen a teenager or some young person (bus kid) come out of a home full of evil (sin) and goes on to be something for God? This is what is happening in this passage. A bright and shiny star ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Breastplate Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jan 15, 2019

Ephesians 6:10-14

GEARING UP FOR WAR - The Breastplate of Righteousness September 18, 2022 Ephesians 6:10-14 Introduction: One of my favorite stories from the book Messy Spirituality goes like this…Mike Yaconelli writes: When my children were young, track meets filled part of each week ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hungering For Righteousness

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jun 4, 2021

If a person does not hunger for physical food they probably will not take time to eat and will die. If a person does not hunger for spiritual food they probably will not take time for spiritual food and will die spiritually. So, why don't we spend more time feasting on God's Word?

Hungering For Righteousness Please stand with me as we go over our current memory Scripture: Matthew 5:6-8 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12, Philippians 3:4-6, John 3:16, Matthew 22:37-38, John 14:23-24, Jonah 4:5-9, Deuteronomy 30:19-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Nazarene

The Breastplate Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on May 26, 2021

As Christians, we are engaged in daily spiritual warfare. Heaven has not left us to fend off attacks under our own power, but has provided powerful spiritual resources for Life in the Combat Zone - The Armor of God

June 06, 2020 Last week we came face to face with the reality that we are engaged in spiritual warfare: • Our foe is powerful and all of the forces of evil are arrayed against us in a single-focused effort to destroy us. Maybe part of the Christian problem is that we think we should be ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-14

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Paths Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 2, 2021

In every issue of life the believer has only one question to answer to determine the will of God, and that is, what is right and just? Not, what is the majority for, or what is best for the majority, or what is best for me and my group, but what is just?

A study of God's nature as just and righteous leads to the conclusion that one of our popular explanations of things is not true. We have all heard the saying that God loves the sinner but hates the sin. It sounds good and seems to be a helpful way of explaining God's attitude to man. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 2:8-9

Riches Or Righteousness Series

Contributed by Claude Alexander on Aug 24, 2021

The omniscient God, seeing and knowing all things, takes very close interest in the ounces and pounds, liters and pints, dollars and cents, of your daily life. Let every greedy and stingy thief beware! He does not watch from a distance

Riches or Righteousness Prov.11:1-11 Before standardized weights and measures, and a government department to enforce them, merchants were responsible for accurate scales and weights. You bought and sold most of your commodities and foodstuffs by weight. This was no small matter, as the integrity ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 11:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Branch Of Righteousness Series

Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Dec 24, 2021

Repentance, conviction and responding are the parts of the righteous act. Do you want to live as a righteous person this Christmas.

A Branch of Righteousness I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose scandal strap I am not worthy to loose. - Luke 3:16 Nicholas was born of wealthy parents in A.D. 280 in a small town called Patara in Asia Minor. He lost his parents early by a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Whose Righteousness

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 30, 2024

The wrong righteousness is unrighteousness and hence righteous mess.

Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. In my early Christian life I avoided sinners like the plague except to witness to them. Not that I disliked them ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:9

Denomination: Baptist

Peace Of Righteousness

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 4, 2024

When the people turn to God in praise and right living, in true justice, they will know the fullness of peace, and God will be in their midst to console and empower them.

Second Sunday of Advent 2024 The prophet Baruch was assistant to the prophet Jeremiah. His mentor is associated mostly with the final days of the Kingdom of Judah, and his prophecies were generally so dire that we now call such language a “jeremiad.” Wow. Imagine several hundred years from now ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:4-6, Philippians 1:8-11, Luke 3:1-6

Denomination: Catholic