Sermons on Avoiding Error:

Winning The Invisible Battles SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 12, 2023

Many believers prefer to avoid the topic of spiritual warfare, yet it is a reality we must face. Our victory lies in the spiritual realm, and it's time we learn how to fight and win these invisible battles.

Many Christians tend to avoid the topic of spiritual warfare, but it is a reality we must acknowledge and learn to fight. Our victory lies in the realm of the Spirit, and we must understand the battle we are in. Have you ever felt overwhelmed by life's challenges, as if everything is going wrong? ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Topics: Spiritual Warfare, Victory In Spirit

Overcoming Spiritual Dryness (Part 4) Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 12, 2025

To permanently overcome spiritual dryness, we must seek continuous infilling of the Holy Spirit, avoid spiritual leakages, engage in spiritual disciplines, stir up our gifts, and return to our first love for God.

OVERCOMING SPIRITUAL DRYNESS (PART 4) By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: John 7:37-38 "On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, ‘Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water ...read more

Scripture: John 7:37-38, Isaiah 58:11, Psalm 1:2-3, Romans 12:11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Spiritual Warfare: Declassified

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 27, 2014

Satan doesn’t want you to think about spiritual things. Rather, he only wants us to dwell on our own selfish desires. Avoid the temptation to delay any thoughts of spiritual self-examination, and make it a priority to encourage others for self-examination

Opening illustration: During any war, the enemy’s strategy is to conceal/hide some important information from the adversary so that they will not be successful in their endeavor. In fact the enemy will try to subdue the adversary so that they succumb to defeat. The information that they ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christians In Conflict Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 3, 2021

Paul knew that strive and quarreling was one of Satan's effective weapons against the church, and, therefore, he did all he could to prevent it. In his letters he is constantly urging Christians to avoid strife. He is seeking always to help them settle their disputes.

Dr. Biederwolf tells a true story about two Christian women that illustrates how Christians can be foolishly divided through controversy. These two women were both active in the church. They planned socials together, and shopped together. Finally, they even planned a trip to Europe together. When ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:1

Aim To Win Series

Contributed by Steven Dow on Oct 22, 2004

Part 5 in the series "Victory In Jesus." If you want to win your inner showdown with sin, you must aim to win. Avoid negative influences. Initiate service to others. Make up your mind to be holy.

AIM TO WIN Victory In Jesus – Part 5 Galatians 5 October 24, 2004 Introduction: In the old days of the Wild West when two people got into a heated fight about something they sometimes had duels. Picture in your mind’s eye two dusty cowboys walking towards each other down main street. It is high ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1-26

Seize The Opportunity To Serve

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jul 5, 2005

There are three ways to look at people: (1) as prey - whom we can make a profit from; (2) as trouble to avoid, or (3) as an opportunity for us to serve. The Lord says we are to minister to others, especially those in need.

Luke 10:30-37 Seize the Opportunity to Serve 1929 words This parable tells us we can treat people in at least 3 different ways. (1) Like the robbers, sees a person as a prey. They are out to gain something from him. (2) Like the priest and the Levite, see the person as a trouble to avoid. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:30-37

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Membership Not Required Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Nov 21, 2013

We may not say there are membership requirements to be a Christian in our churches, but does our behaviour say otherwise? Membership requirements don’t have to be verbally stated, they can be communicated with a look, with avoidance, and so on.

Back in the mid-nineties I was working in the golf business for a couple years. One course I worked at in Vancouver required $75,000 to join and there was about a 3 year waiting list, then it was about $350 a month for monthly dues as well. In the winter I went down to a very exclusive private ...read more

How Do I React To Sin? Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Nov 28, 2011

There are two seemingly automatic reactions to seeing sin in the life of someone else. One is to avoid them. The other is to judge. In Galatians 6 we begin to see a third alternative. It's harder, but much more loving and effective.

The main theme of Galatians is about whether legalism, in the form of the Jewish law, is required for a Christian. Paul’s answer is an emphatic “no!” Legalism, in general, is superimposing an external set of rules or expectations on yourself or others—even Biblical rules or ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-5

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Godliness With Contentment Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 6, 2011

What will godliness plus contentment do for us? 1- Godliness plus contentment will bring great gain 2- Godliness plus contentment will avoid harmful desires 3- Godliness plus contentment will keep us faithful

INTRO.- What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done in life? Let’s say the hardest physical thing. Work an 80 hour week? That’s just about 12 hours a day. Well, 84 hours in 7 days. Did you ever do that? That would be hard no matter what kind of work you were doing. Let ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Want To Be A Pharisee Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 5, 2014

Jesus despised the Pharisees. But why? These guys were simply trying to please God by honoring His rules. What was it about them that angered God so much and how do we avoid becoming like them?

About the worst thing you can call somebody in Church is to say they are a “Pharisee”. The Pharisees were THE “bad guys” in scripture and seemed to always be the main group that Jesus singled out as examples of who His followers were NOT to be like. I don’t want to be ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Missing Jesus Series

Contributed by Ryan Daffron on Jun 13, 2011

Every church can experience the fullness of Jesus by avoiding the ATTITUDES of those in Nazareth. For a video of the sermon - http://www.coasthillschurch.org/listen__watch.ihtml?id=602286&series=138&teaching=439&media=video

Intro: ATTITUDES about life really impact a great degree in which we experience life – The control on a plane that keeps the plane on track is called “attitude”. ILUSS: It is crazy how we all can have different attitudes about the same thing – it is what makes us unique and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:1-7

Denomination: *other

Don't Take The Bait

Contributed by Derek Geldart on May 1, 2018

Offense is one of the most devistating lures Satan uses to keep Christians from being effective in ministry. In this sermon I am going to review the Bait of Satan by John Bevere and suggest that it is possible to avoid and overcome offense.

Don’t Take the Bait James 4:1-3 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Whom amongst us does not know that we are one body of Christ, instructed to love, support and build each other up in the faith? And yet whom amongst us does not have one or several other ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Overcoming Temptations

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Sep 22, 2019

Today’s sermon is going to review Joseph’s encounter with Potiphar’s wife and in doing so suggest that setting life boundaries in accordance with God’s word and avoiding and hating sin is the key to overcoming temptations.

Life Lessons from Potiphar’s Wife Genesis 39:7-23 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 If you were offered an opportunity to sin and you knew no one could find out what you had done would you indulge in the sin? What if it was a sin that you had done before and got great ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:7-23, 1 Peter 5:8, James 1:14, 1 John 2:15

Denomination: Baptist

Those Feelings Of Pride Series

Contributed by David Owens on Apr 12, 2021

God has given us the ability to feel the emotion of pride so that we can benefit from good pride and avoid the destructive nature of bad pride. It is important to know the difference between the two kinds of pride.

A. Once there was a guy named Zeke who had so much pride he could never admit he was wrong. 1. One day Zeke wandered into the blacksmith shop with sawdust all over the floor. 2. A few minutes before Zeke arrived, the blacksmith had been working on an uncooperative horseshoe, and had beat on it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-7, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 3:34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Rumor Weed

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 4, 2022

Rumors and gossip are things we should avoid at all cost, because the information we spread can be destructive to those individuals when shared with others. Our God is not in the business of tearing down lives, but restoring them.

I’ve entitled our message for this morning “The Rumor Weed,” based on a Veggie Tale’s song. On one episode of Veggie Tales, Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot learned just how easily rumors can get started when they accidentally launched a whopper of a tale about Larry-Boy’s butler, Alfred, being a ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 26:20-22

Denomination: Baptist