Sermons on Already Free:

Why Does God Allow Suffering!

Contributed by Jenny Franklin on Dec 21, 2022

Satan isn’t omnipotent. He can only do what God allows. So why does God allow Satan to continue to roam the earth seeking whom he can devour? Why does God delay judgment of the wicked while we suffer?

a. The Lord waited so that Noah could be saved. … In the days of Noah, God waited with long-suffering while Noah prepared the ark in which eight souls were saved from the flood. 1 Peter 3:20 Seeing the wickedness of man and knowing that the imagination of his heart was only evil continually, the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:20, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 6:3, 2 Peter 3:9-10, Matthew 13:38-39, Matthew 13:27-30, Matthew 13:37-38  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Keeping The Commandments Is Everything (1 Corinthians 7:17-24) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Feb 21, 2022

You can serve God just fine, in your current state. Slave or free, married or single. What God wants, is obedience.

We've taken a little break from 1 Corinthians, and after getting back into 1 Corinthians 7, I remember why. This is a hard chapter. Paul has one argument running through the length of chapter 7. There's a thread, that's woven through its whole length. But the chapter is too long, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24

More Than G P S (Free Will In God’s Plan)

Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 11, 2025

God lovingly planned salvation for everyone in Christ but never forces anyone’s choice. "More Than GPS" shows that His foreknowledge guides without controlling, calling us to live assured and freely abide in Jesus.

Preface: This message explores the biblical theme of God’s plan and human freedom from a Seventh-day Adventist perspective. Christians across history have understood predestination and salvation security in different ways. The aim here is not debate but encouragement—helping all who read or ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-5, 1 Timothy 2:4, 2 Peter 3:9, John 15:4-10

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Things To Remember Series

Contributed by John Ruland on Dec 28, 2024

Things to Remember that are important in life

Remember we must separate earthly things from spiritual things No matter what you ask from GOD. GOD will never take our freewill to choose away from us. Some things you ask for will take away our free will to choose, GOD will never take away our free will to choose. It all comes down to throughout ...read more

Scripture: John 14:17, John 14:18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Choose Life (Deuteronomy 30)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 16, 2025

Do we have a choice? Did God place a choice before Israel? Let's begin in Deuteronomy 30.

Was Israel given a choice between life and death? What did God want them to choose? What is our choice? Let’s begin in Deuteronomy 30. Was there a prophecy of a return from a then future captivity of Israel? So it will be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Routines, Ruts, & Revolutions

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jul 7, 2024

Ancient Israel's wilderness wanderings have lessons for us. I gave ChatGPT detailed prompts and it helped me organize my thoughts for this sermon. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but I will rework it and preach it again.

Title: Routines, Ruts, & Revolutions Opening: This quote is often attributed to the genius of Albert Einstein. Before him, art critics and psychological theorists had recognized the idea. However, it seems that the true origin of the saying in its most often quoted form is from a person at an ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 2:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Am More Than What I Possess SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Oct 25, 2023

Your possessions do not define you.

Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ. It is a joy to be in the house of the Lord with you today. We gather here, not as individuals defined by our earthly possessions, but as children of the Most High God, defined by His love, His grace, and His mercy. Today, we are going to focus on a ...read more

Scripture: James 1:9-10

Topics: Being Free Of Being Defined By My Wealth

Is It About You… Or Jesus? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 3, 2021

Jesus came to set us free... but free from what? And free to do what?

OPEN: How many of you have heard of Harry Truman? No, not the Harry Truman that became President of the United States and lived in Washington D.C.. I’m talking about the Harry Truman who owned 23 cats and lived in the STATE Washington. Harry and his cats lived on the side of a mountain called ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:13-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Gave You A Gift – What Do You Give Him In Return

Contributed by Arsenio Segismundo on Dec 27, 2021

Christmas is over and I guess you have already received a gift or have already given one.

Topic: God Gave You A Gift – What Do You Give Him In Return By Ptr Arsenio “Jack” Segismundo Text: Ephesians 3:8 “To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,” Introduction: Christmas is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:8

Denomination: Christian Church

Facebook Freedom Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 1, 2012

Jesus said He came to set us free from sin. But do we all sin? If I’m free from sin, does that mean I’m not in slavery? And, if I’m free from sin, does that mean I’ll come to a point in my life when I never sin again?

OPEN: As Americans we enjoy a number of basic freedoms that very few people on the face of the earth enjoy. What I’d like to do now is ask you what freedoms you know that we have as Americans? (The audience responded with a number of liberties we have) Of course many of us knew of our freedom to ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-36

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Remaining Free In Christ (Col. 2:8–15) Series

Contributed by Greg Brown on Jan 19, 2015

Exposition of Col. 2:8–15

Remaining Free in Christ “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Face To Face With Divine Generosity Series

Contributed by Larry Thompson on Mar 19, 2015

The greatest defining moment in life is when you make a commitment to receive the gift of eternal life.

DEFINING MOMENTS – PART FIVE FACE TO FACE WITH DIVINE GENEROSITY JOHN 3:16-18 (PAGE 752 - DR. LARRY L. THOMPSON (2015) Introduction: Today we are focusing on the most important defining moment in life; when you, as a person created by God, understand the amazing, sacrificial generosity of ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

Absolution Series

Contributed by Dustin T Parker on Mar 24, 2010

Can we heal? Or are we already?

Concordia Lutheran Church Lent 5, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 By His Stripes: Healing Wounded Relationships Forgiveness and Absolution † IHS † May you realize the incredible grace of God our Father, paid for by Christ’s suffering and death, convince you that He has cleansed you from all ...read more

Scripture: James 5:1-15

Denomination: Lutheran

"no" Is A Beautiful Word. It Set Me Free

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 24, 2022

How are we set free from sin and death? No condemnation. How and where? In Christ.

3.27.22 Romans 8:1–4 (EHV) 1 So then, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. 3 Indeed, what the law was unable to do, because it was weakened by the flesh, God did, when he ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-4

Denomination: Lutheran

Contending With The Spirit Of Python

Contributed by James May on Aug 31, 2022

The enemy of our souls would love nothing more than to squeeze the spiritual life out of the church, but we have the power of the Holy Ghost and the Word of God to give us victory over the spirit of Python.

Contending with the Spirit of Python In the Book of Acts we see a record of the early ministries of the Apostles and the spreading of the gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the known world. On the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost came in and ignited a Holy Spiritual Fire in the hearts of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-18, Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 20:27

Denomination: Independent/Bible