Sermons on Abel Was A Keeper Of Sheep:

My Brother’s Keeper - James 5:19-20 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jul 2, 2022

Do you know someone who is wandering from the Lord? James teaches us how to rescue them.

James 5:19 My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins. Introduction If there were some kind of budget crisis in ...read more

Scripture: James 5:19-20

Of Offerings And Relationships Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Feb 12, 2012

Cain and Abel’s story demonstrates the power of offerings to reveal relationships and invite or reject God’s greatest blessings.

(Thanks to Dr. Roger Thomas for ideas for this lesson from his sermon on Genesis 4: "I Did it My Way") We began a series on offerings, sacrifices and God’s blessings last week. This morning we will look at the first offerings mentioned in scripture and how things turned out with that. Genesis 4 ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Content To Be Content

Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 21, 2016

So how do we turn our back on the feeling of being discontent and cultivate a great sense of contentment in our lives?

CONTENT TO BE CONTENT 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-12 #content SHEEP STORY PART 1 (p) Once upon a time, there was a herd of sheep in a safe green cozy valley. You know sheep… fluffy… eat a lot… gets haircuts to make clothes for people. This herd of sheep was pretty large and was taken care of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessed Are The Peace Makers Series

Contributed by Rev. Timothy Porter on Feb 28, 2021

We are called to be peace makeras not peace keepers

BLESS THIS HOME wk 3 Peacemakers Pastor Timothy Porter Text: Matthew 5:9 INTRODUCTION: Today, we are going to look at one of the Beatitudes of Jesus, and I have tremendous expectations that God is going to do a lot of healing in a lot of hearts. Can you name one ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Tale Of Two Brothers Series

Contributed by Jeff Francis on Sep 12, 2005

Cain and Abel - Message 3 of a Sunday AM series on the book of Genesis.

Sunday AM—7/17/05 SERIES: Genesis—The First Soap Opera MESSAGE 3: A Tale of Two Brothers Felt Need Intro: Do me a favor and help me out for a second as we open our message this morning…tell me something that you just can’t live without. Not like your kids, your spouse, or something like ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Better Offering Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 11, 2011

This message was part two of a stewardship series and looks at Cain's response to Abel's offering

Cain and Abel So here we are. Week two of Money Month! In case you weren’t here last week or if you are new to Cornerstone I made a decision a number of years ago that instead of responding to financial crisis in the church by preaching on them that I would take one month each year and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-6

Denomination: Wesleyan

Now Faith

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 27, 2019

Definition of faith. Abel, Enoch and Noah.

NOW FAITH. Hebrews 11:1-7. The night when I first came to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the secret of my own room, I had been querying in prayer about the meaning of prayer, and about the meaning of faith. My Gideons Bible had a very helpful key by which I was directed on the first ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cain Y Abel.-Una Lección De Amor Y Sacrificio

Contributed by David Israel Guajardo Valle on May 26, 2024

Historia de Cain y Abel

La Historia de Caín y Abel Una Lección de Corazón y Sacrificio Génesis 4:1-16 **Introducción** Amados hermanos y hermanas en Cristo, hoy nos encontramos aquí para reflexionar sobre una de las historias más antiguas de la Biblia, pero una que sigue siendo ...read more

Scripture: James 1:15

Denomination: Methodist

The Lord Is My Shepherd Series

Contributed by Martin Holland on Feb 17, 2016

In the 23rd Psalm we read of the relationship of the Shepherd and His sheep from the perspective of David who was the shepherd of his father's sheep.

The Study Of Psalms 23 The LORD Is My Shepherd Psalms 23:1a This is known as the most popular of the psalms and favored for several reasons. • It is fairly easy to memorize • It personalize our relationship with the LORD David who grew up tending to his father’s sheep certainly ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1

Denomination: Baptist

Are We Fishing For Souls Or Have We Become Keepers Of Aquariums?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Apr 23, 2023

Today’s sermon is about Jesus calling four fishermen to follow him. We can find this story also in Mark 1:16-20.

Jesus advised Peter and Andrew to leave their fishing business and become “fishers of men.” That means they were to help other people to find God. Jesus was calling them from their useful business to be spiritually useful. How many of us have heard the call and answered? We as a whole need to be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Finders Weepers Losers Keepers - Mark 8:34-38 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Dec 16, 2023

What does it mean to deny yourself and take up your cross? And how does it help you in your daily battle with sin?

Excerpt #1: You are a radical, fundamentalist, extremist Christian or you are a non-Christian. Excerpt #2: People title this passage, "The Cost of Discipleship," but it could just as well be called, "The Cost of Non-Discipleship." Jesus wants us to compare costs. Excerpt #3: ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38, Matthew 16:13-27, Luke 9:18-26

The Vagabond Spirit

Contributed by Daniel Cruz on Jun 13, 2015

A message of warning for those who never plant themselves but are wanderers in the Body

The Vagabond Spirit Psalms 1:2-4 1 Blessed (happy, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:2-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lost, Found And Restored

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 10, 2021

The Lord Jesus values one soul more than all the riches in the world.

LOST, FOUND AND RESTORED "3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:3-7, Luke 19:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Little Flock Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 26, 2021

God's plans are always big, but His means for getting His big plans achieved are always small.

The world is full of interesting stories about numbers. For example, why does the President get a 21 gun salute. It all began in 1776 when Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, noticed that if you add up the numbers in 1776 they come to 21. He said to himself, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:22-34

Send In The Praisers! See Beyond Today!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 26, 2022

Let us look at sheep and shepherds... we don't need to be impatient with people. Lead people to nourishment, water and rest.

SEND IN THE PRAISERS! CAN WE SEE BEYOND THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I have a pastor friend that often says: I WOULD LOVE PASTORING IF IT WEREN’T FOR PEOPLE! My family’s first time we attended a new church in the area where we had moved. The ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6, Romans 8:25, John 10:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God