Sermons on Benefits Of Obeying: showing 1,126-1,140 of 67,058

Why Did Jesus Put Mud On A Blind Man's Eyes?

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 30, 2013

WHY DID JESUS PUT MUD ON A BLIND MAN'S EYES? In this sermon outline we ask the question why would Jesus put clay on a blind man's eyes and try to give a reason for Him to do so to the blind man. I believe everything Jesus did was to help us in our knowled

WHY DID JESUS PUT MUD ON A BLIND MAN'S EYES? In this sermon outline we ask the question why would Jesus put clay on a blind man's eyes and try to give a reason for Him to do so to the blind man. I believe everything Jesus did was to help us in our knowledge of God and to try to understand a little ...read more

Paul’s Personal Commission And Vision For World Evangelism!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 6, 2013

In this sermon outline we compare the personal commission of Paul to the commission to the Church from the Lord Jesus in Mark 16:15-20 and Matt 28:19-20.

PAUL’S PERSONAL COMMISSION AND VISION FOR WORLD EVANGELISM! In this sermon outline we compare the personal commission of Paul to the commission to the Church from the Lord Jesus in Mark 16:15-20 and Matt 28:19-20. Acts 26:12-19 (KJV) 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 26:12-19

Living To Please Our God

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Oct 17, 2013

This sermons says that Christians should live a life that pleases God.

LIVING TO PLEASE OUR GOD 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 ILLUSTRATION A brilliant young concert pianist was performing for the first time in public. The audience sat enthralled as beautiful music flowed from his disciplined fingers. The people could hardly take their eyes off this young virtuoso. As the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Divine Guidance

Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 9, 2013

With a blurred, distorted vision of the future, people tend to take a wrong move that would further affect their entire life. Hearken unto the voice of God today!

Divine guidance! Joshua 3:4”Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before." With a blurred, distorted vision of the future, people tend to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

We Serve (To Reveal) The Same Virtue Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Oct 13, 2014

On the same team, following the same leader, seeking to accomplish the same purpose of making Christ known to the world, we must know where to line up so that we remained focused on the right thing... our focus is to shine forth His virtue in our lives!

Sermon Brief Date Written: Oct 10, 2014 Date Preached: Oct 12, 2014 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: We Serve the SAME God Sermon Title: We Serve the SAME Virtue! Sermon Text: Colossians 3:18-21 [ESV] Introduction: The beginning of our message today actually ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Greatest Thing

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 15, 2014

An intelligent teacher approached Jesus and asked Him what was the greatest of all the commandments that God had given to man. The greatest thing we can ever do is love God with everything we are.

The Greatest Thing Mark 12:28-34 28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" 29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Assembly Of God

To Protect And To Serve

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jan 7, 2015

We invited the local Chief of Police to speak to our congregation and to our youth. After his talk, this is the short message we gave to close the service.

TO PROTECT AND TO SERVE That motto is used to describe the original description of our federal government’s purpose. It is primarily to protect "we the people" from those in our society that would hurt us so that Americans can live in the pursuit of happiness. That being said, it would be ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:4

Denomination: *other

How Firm Is Your Foundation? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 26, 2018

Jesus stressed the importance of laying a good foundation for your life. But WHY should I be concerned with my life's foundation, and HOW can I make sure I've laid the right foundation?

Several years ago there was a new housing subdivision in Mesquite, NV. It was a beautiful building project and absolutely brand new… but there was a problem. Several months after many of the families had moved in, serious cracks began to develop in the driveways and roads, and there was a constant ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:46-49

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Lesson 25: Children And Parents Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 30, 2018

The church is not relevant to many Christian parents, because if it were they would do everything they could to encourage their children to attend church.

Commentary on the Book of Ephesians By: Tom Lowe Date: 1/17/18 Lesson 25: Children and Parents (Ephesians 6:1-4) Introduction The teaching of this passage is profoundly counter to today’s culture. Sadly, in many ways it is also counter-church-culture. For Paul seems to expect that children ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Raise What God Erased!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jul 30, 2013

Don’t try to rebuild what God has brought down! I am speaking to someone out there!

Don’t raise what God erased! 1 King 16:34 “In his days, Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of the life of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 16:34

Denomination: Pentecostal

Never The Less, I Will At Thy Word!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 17, 2012

In this sermon outline we find that sometimes even if our head knowledge says no to the task before us, we take God at His Word and Promises. Romans 8:31 (KJV) What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? We then can sa

NEVER THE LESS, I WILL AT THY WORD! Luke 5:1-11 (KJV) 1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-12

Understanding Seed

Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Sep 28, 2012

God wants us to prosper in every way possible. That is why He made provision for us to be blessed. God cannot multiply notjhing. When we sow seed which God provides, he multiplies that seed and it becomes a mighty harvest

Understanding Seed God wants us to prosper in every way possible. That is why He made provision for us to be blessed. Genesis 8:22 - While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease. The earth is going to remain forever. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 8:22

Denomination: Charismatic

Remembering Lot's Wife

Contributed by Bob Phillips on May 15, 2014

The dangers of looking back on sin usually results in a longing for some of the pleasures of this world.

Jesus used Lot’s wife as an example of how dangerous it can be to look back and long for the sinful things that God has saved us from. Jesus used two events in history to make the point of how people would ignore the warnings of God’s Ministers, or servants. The days of Noah: The flood ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:26-32

Denomination: Baptist

Moving The Markers

Contributed by Bob Phillips on May 16, 2014

The changing of the well established guidelines laid out by the Bible can lead be a detour to disaster.

Markers are needed to mark the way in, or into any new territory or frontier. The markers left by Joshua’s men were seen and noted by hundreds to tens of thousands that would come later. One of the effective means of deception in wartime is to change the markers and road signs. Veterans told ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

And They Feared Not The Lord

Contributed by Evangelist Stanley Baker on Feb 4, 2012

God could not deliver them into the hands of their enemies, or into the position of victory; whichever depended upon their disobedience or obedience.

And They Feared Not The Lord By Rev Stanley Baker 2 Kings 17: 20—25 In our text this morning I would like for you to see what happened to Israel and Judah as they turned from the Lord and turned to sin. In verse 29 we see that God rejects ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 17:20-25

Denomination: Church Of God