Sermons on Baptized By John:

Blessed Assurance - Evidence #4 Series

Contributed by Ray Scott on Jun 30, 2003

Another evidence that gives us the assurance of our salvation is found in our Christian Love. A continuation of our study of the assurance of salvation in 1 John.

“BLESSED ASSURANCE” – Evidence #4 – ‘Christian Love’ INTRODUCTION: We continue in our series on “The Assurance of Salvation”. In our past messages, we have seen: o You can’t be effective as a Christian without the assurance of salvation. o EVIDENCE #1 - Intimacy with Christ is an evidence of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:12-13, 1 John 2:7-8

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Makes Breakfast

Contributed by Alan Butterfield on May 1, 2002

Significance of Jesus’ third post resurrection appearance to the Disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias (John 21). Comparing with Calling of Disciples in Luke 5:1-11

Background We have Experienced Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus. we are now within the 40-day period where the resurrected Jesus appeared, talked, ate and prepared people, in particular the Disciples, for ministry. Scripture verse an appendix to John’s gospel. see John 20:30-31 "Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Union With Christ In Prayer And Suffering

Contributed by William Baeta on May 9, 2002

"And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent" John 17:3

Theme: Union with Christ in prayer and suffering Text: Acts 1:12-14; 1 Peter 4:13-16; John 17:1-11 Prayer is the heartbeat of the Christian life and it is therefore not surprising that Jesus spent a lot of time in prayer. In John 17, sometimes referred to as the “High Priestly” Prayer, Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-11, Acts 1:12-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Revelation Encounter With Jesus

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 3, 2001

John had a remarkable encounter with Jesus - When: On the Lord’s Day; Where: In Patmos; and How: In the Spirit - and he wants us to share it with him.

A REVELATION ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS John, the apostle of Jesus, tells us in the book of the Revelation of a remarkable encounter with his Lord. He sets the scene: "I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus was on the island of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Life Changing Effects Of The Wind Of God

Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Jul 19, 2001

A MESSAGE BASED ON THE WORDS OF JESUS IN JOHN 3:8 "THE WIND BLOWETH WHERE EVER IT WILLS....SO IS EVERYONE WHO IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT"

THE LIFE CHANGING EFFECTS OF THE WIND OF GOD JOHN 3:1-8 (8) “The wind bloweth where it wills....so is everyone who is born of the Spirit” I. THE WIND OF GOD A. In these verses Jesus refers to the work of the Holy Spirit in the “Born Again” experience B. The word Spirit means breath or wind, so ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-8

Denomination: Church Of God

Should We Judge? "Absolutely, Positively."

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 18, 2005

Second in mini-series on judging. This message, based on John 7:24 discusses how to make "right" judgments and how to communicate them to the world.

Should We Judge? "Absolutely, Positively." John 7:24 July 17, 2005 Introduction Last week, on our walk through the gospel of Matthew, we looked at the words of Jesus in chapter 7, verses 1-5 where Jesus says that we are not to judge, and that we need to be careful about cleaning up our own ...read more

Scripture: John 7:24

Denomination: Wesleyan

It's Not What We Think

Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 10, 2005

The man Jesus heals in John 5 teaches us that what we think we need for our life to be right may not be the full answer.

"IT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK" TEXT: JOHN 5:1-15 INTRODUCTION Today as we continue our study of John’s Gospel we will look at another "Jesus Encounter", this encounter comes from chapter 5 and is entitled IT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK. [READ - 5:1-15] Several years ago while I was in Bible College my ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Is This Man Jesus – Prayer Series

Contributed by Floyd Johnson on May 4, 2003

The sixth in a series looking at the life of Christ, this sermon looks at two prayers that Jesus delivers - the Priestly prayer of John 17 and the Lord’s prayer.

Intro.: Pastor Joel Smith tells a cute story about his daughter: One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26, Matthew 6:8-13

Denomination: Methodist

Jesus Brings Us God

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 18, 2004

This sermon was preached on the Fourth Sunday in Advent with the basic text being John 1:14, "The Word Became Flesh." It is a message on His Incarnation.

Jes Brings Us God --John 1:1-14 “This is about a modern man, one of us. He was not a scrooge; he was a kind, decent, mostly good man, generous to his family, upright in his dealings with others, but he did not believe in all that Incarnation stuff that the Churches proclaim at Christmas time. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Methodist

Experiencing God's Love Series

Contributed by Steven Dow on Mar 23, 2006

"Living a Life of Love" - Part 4. The final message of this series looks at seven qualities of God’s love found in John 3:16.

EXPERIENCING GOD’S LOVE Living a Life of Love – 4 John 3:16 (ESV) March 26, 2006 INTRODUCTION: This morning we will be concluding our series called “Living a Life of Love.” Just to recap what we have gone through so far: In week one our theme was love your spouse. In week two our theme was ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, John 3:11-21

Bringing Out The Dead Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Mar 28, 2006

This is the 7th of 7 signs where John shows his readers who Jesus was in acted parables. This sign is the climax revealing that Jesus is the "LIFE".

BRINGING OUT THE DEAD The Monty Python troupe touched on a very real issue of the Middle Ages in their movie about the quest for the Holy Grail: Death! So many people were dying 800 years ago at so fast a rate that there was no time to bury them. Carts were brought around to ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: Mennonite

Destined To Fish

Contributed by Ricky Johnson on Jan 30, 2009

How active are we in our search for the destiny which we are being called into? Simon, Andrew, James & John immediately followed their destiny.

Each of us has an ambition in our lives and we will spend a large amount of our time seeking it. Our target may be economical such that we will attain a welcoming comfortable lifestyle. We could possibly seek and be elected to a political office to fulfill a public service vocation. Or maybe our ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009

A sermon on Blessed are the Pure in Heart, focusing on guilt. (Taken from John Baker’s Book, Life’s Healing Choices on Choice #4)

Evening Sermon for 3/15/2009 Matthew 5: 8- Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Introduction: Have you ever tried to outrun your past? A convention of Arkansas State troopers was asked to submit the best excuse they’d ever heard for someone trying to get out of a speeding ticket. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Loves Series

Contributed by Bobby Daniel on Mar 6, 2008

1st sermon in 4 part series looking at the 4 major points in John 3:16, inspired by Max Lucado’s book.

God Loves, Isa. 53:1-11 3:16 Series, week Intro: Anyone know what tonight is? The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences Awards…also known as the Oscars, live from Los Angeles, CA. A celebration of movies that most of us will never see starring actors that many of us have never heard of…yet it ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Judgment Of The Unbeliever

Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 23, 2008

What happens at the Great White Throne judgment? How will unbelivers be judged? John reveals how Christ judges those who reject Him.

1. Illus. of John Pierce (Choice Contemporary Stories, #50) • According to associated press, was running in marathon to raise money for cancer research, the same cancer that had killed his young daughter shortly before. • As he ran, had a heart attack and died. • One thing Associated Press didn’t ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 20:11-15

Denomination: Baptist