Sermons on Believe In Vain:

A Race To Believe

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Apr 5, 2008

Has it been a struggle for you to put faith in Jesus Christ? Have you found yourself wanting to believe wanting to live like a believer only to surrender your faith behind a locked door? Escape to the tomb!

A Race to Believe He is Risen and today we celebrate the greatest miracle, the greatest gift and clearly the single most important act that demonstrates Jesus is the living God. The restoration of a personal relationship with God the Father is accomplished by the resurrection from the dead to a ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Believing Is Seeing Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008

Sermon #6 in the John series focuses on the nobleman in John 4 who desperately needed a healing for his son and sought it from Jesus

John’s Gospel #6 Believing is Seeing CHCC: February 10, 2008 John 4:43-54 INTRODUCTION: You’ve all probably heard the saying, “Seeing is Believing.” Well, the man we’re going to talk about today showed that in God’s Kingdom, the opposite is true. This man didn’t have to “see it to ...read more

Scripture: John 4:43-54

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pray And Believe! Series

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Sep 7, 2007

Based on the Parable of the Persistent widow, this sermon encourages people to pray and pray and pray again. We preached these sermons in conjunction with the Pray 21 project that brings youth and adults together to pray for 21 days.

BELIEVE AND PRAY! Believe and pray! This may sound backwards. Should we not pray believing that God will answer our prayers? Yes, but this simple little exercise of semantics puts the foundation of faith before the act of prayer. Many of us pray but few of us believe that our prayers will be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Mennonite

Family Of Believers Series

Contributed by William Ellis on Nov 24, 2006

This is the second sermon in a 5 part sermon series on the mission of our church.

INTRODUCTION: Mission Statement: The Redeeming River Church is a family of believers committed to preaching the cross with conviction, reaching the lost with compassion, and equipping the saints with the Word! Three results of not understanding the Mission. 1. Plateaued Growth - growth seems to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:21-23

Denomination: Church Of God

They Saw And Believed

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 28, 2006

This is the day in which we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. Everyone is dressed for the occasion and look great, but there is One in Whom is adorned more so than anyone else. His name is Jesus Christ – the Risen King!

THEY SAW AND BELIEVED <Power Point available upon request> I am thankful this morning that it is Easter. This is the day in which we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. Everyone is dressed for the occasion and look great, but there is One in Whom is adorned more so than anyone else. His ...read more

Scripture: John 20:6-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Determined Believers Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 16, 2007

Serving God means more than passive compliance; it also takes proactive zeal. This zeal shows itself in many ways, but today we will look at only two.

Determined Believers (I Thessalonians 2:13-16) 1. Sometimes we have to create words to express concepts in the Bible, but words the Bible does not use, like The Bible, Trinity, Theology, Services, and mentoring, to name a few. 2. But, when possible, it is usually best to stick with Biblical ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Love Of A Believer

Contributed by Doug Gregory on May 11, 2008

How is a believer supposed to love others?

Let Christ Be Your Example Offer Yourselves Sacrificially Value Everyone Else More Than Yourself Embrace The Cross Read 1 Corinthians 13 Let Christ Be Your Example: Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Instructions For The Believer

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Nov 18, 2007

A message verbalizing the attitude our Lord expects of His children.

Instructions for the Believer 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 * Turn with me to 1 Thessalonians 5:16. On this the last Sunday evening before we celebrate Thanksgiving, let us center on God’s word for instruction. Through His word He gives us instruction for life. * When we consider the culture in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Battle To Believe

Contributed by Don Baggett on Nov 22, 2007

How much blessing does God want you to have? How abundant does He want your life to be? According to the way many people tend to think, God is going to get more glory out of His children’s life if they are sick, poverty stricken, and under a mountain of

What do you believe about believing? Here were two blind men who came to Jesus for help. Jesus could have just touched them, or better still, simply spoke the word, and they could have been healed of their blindness. But instead, He asked them the question, “Do you believe I can do this?” He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:28-29

Denomination: Baptist

The Foundations Of The Believer

Contributed by Josiah Drawhorn, Thd. Mce on May 13, 2008

Don’t just "say you are a Believer", learn to obtain the attributes of a "True Believer" on professional, relational and spiritual levels.

A. LIFE HAS ONE BASIS PROFESSION 1. The Will of God a. Please Him in everything we do b. Represent Him by everything we say c. Compliment Him in everything we are B. LIFE HAS TWO ESSENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS 1. Spiritual and Intimate a. In relation to the Father, Son and ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Mary, A Believer

Contributed by Don Baggett on Dec 11, 2007

One might wonder why God would choose Mary out of all the women on earth. We cannot answer that with any degree of finality, but we can safely infer that God knew her heart, that she was a young woman of faith, who would agree with God against all odds.

Gabriel, the deliverer of God’s important news, the heavenly postmaster, said, “Mary, rejoice, because you have found favor with God. God is with you, and you are blessed among women.” One might wonder why God would choose Mary out of all the women on earth. We cannot answer that with any degree ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

Benefits Of Believing Series

Contributed by Bruce Willis on Jan 30, 2008

This sermon reveals a part of who we are and what we have in Christ, your identity in Christ by relating what you receive as a result of receiving the righteousness of Christ including Peace with God, Access to Grace and Hope in God’s glory.

Based on what Paul has just taught about – justification by faith alone and the crediting of righteousness to our lives, there are benefits of your having believed in Jesus Christ. The “therefore” connects Chapter 5 with what Paul has just written. In fact, “since we have been justified through ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

The Believer's Authority Series

Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Feb 17, 2008

Empower your Church to use the Authority that Jesus delegated to Christians. (Identity, Faith, Keys, Hinderances, Great Commission).

The Believer’s Authority Grant van Boeschoten February 17, 2008 1. Jesus Sends out the 70 When Jesus walked the earth he was followed around by many people. Some people stayed around just because it was exciting. Where you found Jesus you found miracles, and many people liked to get the goose ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-20

The Believer's Authority Series

Contributed by Vera Hughes on Feb 20, 2008

This sermon tells of the authority of the believer. This authority is ours whether we act on it or not. The authority is a possession of every child of God. We need to know our authority.

A key to personal success and development we would like to introduce is BELIEVER’S AUTHORITY. BELIEVER’S AUTHORITY Seven Promises for Abundant Living 1. Promise of Salvation (Romans 10:9-10) 2. Promise of Baptism with the Holy Ghost (Acts 1:8) 3. Promise of Answered Prayer (I John 5:14-15) 4. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Believer's Triumph

Contributed by David Rogers on Mar 8, 2008

A sermon that talks about how we can be assured of our salvation and because of that assurance we can serve God.

Believer’s Triumph Romans 8:31-39 Prayer Introduction I. verses 31-34 31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?£ 32 He did not even spare His own Son, but offered Him up for us all; how will He not also with Him grant us everything? 33 ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:31-39

Denomination: Baptist