Sermons on Bound By The Law:

What Is Righteousness Version 2

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 12, 2024

A updated version of the first sermon I wrote on this.

“What is Righteousness?” Matthew 1:18-25 What is the first image that pops into your head when you hear the word “righteous?” Do you think of some fire and brimstone preacher with a red face who points a finger at sinners and declares them guilty in the eyes of an angry god? Or do you think ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: United Methodist

Separation Anxiety - Mark 10:17-27 Supplemental Notes Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jan 16, 2024

Footnotes for the message on Mark 10:17-27

Why Perfection is Required If you want to be justified by the law, you have to keep it perfectly. But why? We read the Sermon on the Mount and find out that if you get angry you’ve committed murder, if you so much as look in order to lust you’ve committed adultery, etc. And if you hear all that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-27, Matthew 19:16-30, Luke 18:18-30

Kingdom Greatness - Matthew 5:19 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 2, 2024

People who seek glory and honor in this world are called megalomaniacs. If that’s such a bad thing in this world, why does Jesus want us to seek greatness in the kingdom? Is greatness in the kingdom ever a motivating factor for things you do?

Matthew 5:17 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:19

The Greater Righteousness - Matthew 5:20-21 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Aug 3, 2024

How can Jesus say anger is equivalent to murder? Killing a human being has such greater consequences and is so much more extreme. This message will show how the two sins have the same DNA and will expose how even our best efforts to obey God’s Word can degenerate into legalism.

Matthew 5:19-26 Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:20-21

Daleth - A Door Series

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Mar 19, 2024

Daleth - A Door

Psalm 119:25 - 32 ? Daleth - A Door 1. The Inspiration of God’s Word - The Trial - 25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: The Trust - quicken thou me, The Truth - according to thy word. 2. The Interaction of God’s Word - The Confession - 26 I have declared my ways, The Consolation - and thou ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:25-32

Denomination: Holiness

The Seriousness Of Our Vows Series

Contributed by Rolly Dominguez on Jan 29, 2025

The book of Ecclesiastes, written by Solomon, addresses the fleeting nature of life and the search for meaning in the midst of life's uncertainties.

Title: "The Seriousness of Our Vows" Text: Ecclesiastes 5:4-5 Introduction The book of Ecclesiastes, written by Solomon, addresses the fleeting nature of life and the search for meaning in the midst of life's uncertainties. One key area where Solomon emphasizes the need for wisdom ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

Author Of Liberty

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Feb 7, 2025

Why do you suppose it is that people find it so difficult to understand that real freedom only comes when we obey God?

It’s a risky thing to mix politics and religion. It’s too easy to confuse the two. And if I remember correctly, one of the major bones of contention during my predecessor’s tenure was over that very thing: whether or not it was proper to have the American flag in the sanctuary. Many people do ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:11-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Verdict!

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Feb 10, 2025

‘The Verdict!' - Romans chapter 3 verses 1-20 - sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: • What’s the point of the law? (vs 1-8) • What’s the state of humanity? (vs 9-18) • What’s the conclusion of the matter? (19-20) SERMON BODY: Ill: • There is a story told about a Dublin theatre manager named James Daly, • (the story well may be apocryphal). • But James Daly ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:1-20

Denomination: Brethren

Children Of Freedom Series

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Apr 27, 2025

We are children of the promise, not of bondage.

Children of Freedom March 16, 2025 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We are children of the promise, not of bondage. Focus Passage: Galatians 4:21-31 Introduction: Show two keys. Explain how for years, one of them worked just fine. That is, until we ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:21-31

Denomination: Baptist

Isaiah’s New Vision Of God's Work In The World Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Oct 20, 2022

It has been said, “A Blind man’s world is bound by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man’s world is bound by the limits of his knowledge; a great man’s world is bound by the limits of his vision." God expands Isaiah's vision!

Subject: “Isaiah’s New Vision" Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 “It was in the year King Uzziah died[a] that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. 2 Attending him were mighty seraphim, each having six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8, Proverbs 29:18, John 3:16-17, Matthew 25:34-40

Denomination: Methodist

The Touch That Sets Us Free

Contributed by James Hayden on Oct 30, 2006

You can’t be bound, if you’ve been touched

THE TOUCH THAT SETS US FREE MARK 5: 25-29 25) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26) And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27) When she had heard ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:25-29

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Came For You

Contributed by Jeremiah Parker on Mar 22, 2008

Jesus came for the broke, the broken-hearted, the bound, the blind, and the bruised.

Jesus Came for You! The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, (Luk 4:18) Intro: ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Breaking The Yokes

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Apr 29, 2008

There is no reason for us to be bound by the yokes of bondage the devil puts on us.

Isaiah best describes the anointing of the Spirit. He sets the stage with a brief history lesson and in verse 24 he speaks the word of the Lord to the people of his day, “…do not be afraid of the Assyrians, who beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did” (v. 24, NIV). It’s ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 10:24-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Chronos - 1 Corinthians 1 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Nov 19, 2022

Christian Unity is bound in the example of humility of Christ and His followers.

This week we continue our series called Chronos. A term which means time. We have decided to study the scriptures this year in the order they were published. It gives us a very unique insight into the early church and the struggles of a growing movement. This review of history is important because ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Under The Law Or Under Christ? (Romans 7:1-6)

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Nov 19, 2025

While the law reveals God’s holiness and exposes our sin, it cannot save us—it brings condemnation. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, we are freed from the law’s condemnation and now live under grace, bearing fruit through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 7:1-6 1. Do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law has authority over a person only as long as he lives? 2. For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. 3. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:1-6, Galatians 2:16, Romans 8:1, Romans 6:14

Denomination: Baptist