Sermons on Command To The Rich:

Picky Picky - Mark 2:23-28 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jul 29, 2023

The Pharisees accuse the disciples of Sabbath breaking when they pick grain while traveling. Jesus responds by pointing to David eating the bread of the presence.

Mark 2:23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” 25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:23-28

This Kind

Contributed by Larry Grant on Aug 20, 2023

Most believers have experienced spiritual highs and spiritual lows. There are times where you sense God’s presence in a strong and unforgettable way and then there are those times where you wonder where God’s presence is.

Mark 9:14-29 This Kind August 20, 2023 Most believers have experienced spiritual highs and spiritual lows. There are times where you sense God’s presence in a strong and unforgettable way and then there are those times where you wonder where God’s presence is. If you have done ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29

Denomination: Baptist

God Provides Paradise! Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 10, 2022

God is good all the time and so what God provides is always good including all His commands!

In general, how would you define “paradise”?? The first man and woman lived in paradise. Please open your Bibles to Genesis 2, page 2 of our red church Bibles. Read along with me verses 7-16………. These verses talk about man. But again, in context, man in this passage can refer to both male and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:7-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Don't Do That Do I?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Oct 17, 2022

Scripture tells us what to do but do we obey? In the wake of getting away from the Egyptians through the Red Sea, the Israelites went through the wilderness and showed up at Mount Sinai.

Scripture tells us what to do but do we obey? In the wake of getting away from the Egyptians through the Red Sea, the Israelites went through the wilderness and showed up at Mount Sinai. It is here that the Ten Commandments and guidelines on how to fabricate the Tabernacle were given to them. We ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:3-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Law Of The Lord Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 5, 2022

God will judge sinful humanity 1) Impartially (vv. 11) through what was 2) Illuminated (v. 12-15) and based on their 3) Intention (Romans 2:16).

Romans 2:11-16. 11 For God shows no partiality. 12 For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be ...read more

Scripture: Romans 2:11-16

Denomination: Other

Blessings To Thank For

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Mar 29, 2024

Having a Heavenly Father, who is Sovereign and Loving, we are actually enjoying many blessings. Let’s remember them always. And be thankful. Apart from the physical or material favors, what spiritual blessings from Him we could be thankful for?

“God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ’Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea. Into your ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Let There Be Light

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 9, 2024

God's first words were let there be light.

Genesis 1:1-5 "Let there be light" 1. Gods first words to humanity (Let there be light) • When God began the process of creation the text says, “When God began to create the heavens and the earth”, when did this happen? Thousands million years ?? • What we do Know is it is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

How Do I Know If I Am Guilty Of Breaking The Ten Commandments?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 25, 2023

Scripture tells us what we are to do but do we truly obey? I do not do that, do I?

In the wake of getting away from the Egyptians through the Red Sea, the Israelites went through the wilderness and showed up at Mount Sinai. It is here that the Ten Commandments and guidelines on how to fabricate the Tabernacle were given to them. We also find out the significance of obedience to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Be Reconciled

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 13, 2023

A sermon for the 6th Sunday of Epiphany, Year A

February 12, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Deuteronomy 30:15-20; Matthew 5:21-37 Be Reconciled Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Both of our Bible readings today reflect on the commandments. In the reading from ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Matthew 5:21-37

Denomination: Lutheran

He Does All Things Well!

Contributed by Larry Grant on Nov 23, 2024

Jesus comes to Decapolis and the people saw what He did with a demonic man, heard how He fed the five thousand and then how He calmed the wind and the sea and now they bring a deaf man to Jesus for healing. He heals the man, and the people are astonished, saying, “He has done all things well.”

Mark 7:31-37 “HE DOES ALL THINGS WELL!” November 24, 2024 (The Condition - The Command - The Confession) The passage opens with Jesus leaving the Gentile cities of Tyre and Sidon headed back to Galilee. But Jesus and His men do not go straight back, Verse 31 tells us that they went through ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:31-37

Denomination: Baptist

Be Friends With One Another

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Dec 28, 2024

We need people who are friendly, but even more, we need true friends.

John 15:12-14: “Be True Friends to One Another” “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command.” Last year, a young woman from our area in California moved to Texas. ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-14, 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

The Mark Of A Methodist

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 12, 2025

A sermon about Jesus' command to love.

The Mark of a Methodist John 13:31-35 I think it’s safe to say that this is the simplest, clearest and most difficult command of all. Perhaps more than any other single passage in the New Testament, this one should cause us to rise up out of our seats, run out of this building and never come ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35

Denomination: United Methodist

I'd Rather Have Jesus Than Have Riches Untold

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 21, 2009

Jesus is better to have than great wealth.

LUKE 18:18-30 “I’D RATHER HAVE JESUS THAN HAVE RICHES UNTOLD” A) A wealthy man was moving into a new house and his next door neighbor just happened to be a Quaker … The Quakers, as you know, believe in simplicity and plainness of life! * The Quaker neighbor watched as the movers carted in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:18-30

Denomination: Baptist

Matthew 6 – Part 6 - So Are You Saying God Wants Me To Be Poor? Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Feb 4, 2010

Now here’s a passage that many Christians use to say that we ought to live in poverty and give away everything we own to the poor. Or the watered down version says that we should never be rich, only just earn enough money to live.

Matthew 6 – Part 6 - SO ARE YOU SAYING GOD WANTS ME TO BE POOR? I’ve never had all that much money in my life. Still don’t. But I’ve never lived in poverty either. I remember being down to I think $10 in our account. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be rich, but mostly all I want is to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Identity In Christ Series

Contributed by Neil Olcott on Jul 9, 2009

In Christ we are significant. In Christ we are sufficient. In Christ we are secure.

Intro.: These magazine sweepstakes have always intrigued me. I’m not quite sure that I really believe anybody is winning any money. What do you think? Do you know anyone who has won anything from these sweepstakes? The letters always come personally addressed, claiming that you are among the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist