Sermons on Counted For Righteousness:

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Oct 30, 2002

It’s the application that counts. Yes Jesus is one with the Father, but now that we are in Christ we should be like him in our WORDS AND WORKS. This is what authenticates our prayers "in Jesus name."

We have a saying around our house that we use whenever one of the kids are acting like their parents; “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” Of course one of our children likes to point out that “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree unless the tree is at the top of a hill.” Our kids are ...read more

Scripture: John 14:7-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Gaming Can Be Deadly

Contributed by Ron Hicks on May 1, 2007

Count the lives that were lost while Samson played his games. The last game that he played with Delilah killed him. Don’t play around with the power and gifts that God gives you.

GAMING CAN BE DEADLY Children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. The Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines. The Lord appeared to Manoah and his wife and announced that they would have a son. Judges 13:24 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Facing Adversity

Contributed by Thomas Cash on Apr 21, 2008

This re-write of "Dealing With Disappointment" was delivered during the April 8, 2008 chapel service at Johnson Bible College, Knoxville, TN. When facing trouble for Christ’s sake, count it all joy!

Facing Adversity by Thomas Cash 2 Chronicles 36, Daniel 1, James 1 Introduction: He lived a life of dashed hopes and shattered dreams. His mother died when just a boy. He had to work in the fields to help his family. He only attended school sporadically, but read every book he could get his hands ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Get A Clue Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 18, 2015

In the game of "Clue" the person who died was "Mr. Boddy." In the Scripture, the person who died was us - we died in our sins. But what killed us, and whose fault was it that we should be counted dead?

OPEN: During WWII Nazi Germany believed they could bomb Britain into submission, so over the years they sent 1000s of bombs down upon London and other parts of England and 1000s of English people died. One of Britain’s forms of defense was to build bomb shelters. Essentially these were ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:29-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Can't Have One Without The Other

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Sep 5, 2015

Hopefully this sermon will explain that faith moves us to do good works. It also shows that it is our actions that count not just things we say and we should evaluate our spiritual lives regularly

When I worked for the City around this time of year we started working on our budgets. We would evaluate all of our training programs and try and increase spending in the programs that worked and phase out those that didn’t or weren’t absolutely necessary. Businesses do it all the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Exceeding Greatness Of God Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 1, 2025

The phrase “exceeding greatness” refers to a level of power, majesty, and glory beyond human comprehension. God’s power is immeasurable, His works beyond count, and His authority over all creation is unquestionable.

EXCEEDING GREATNESS OF GOD By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Ephesians 1:19 "And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power." Supporting Texts: Psalm 145:3 Isaiah 9:7 1 Chronicles 29:11 Deuteronomy 10:17 Genesis ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:19, Psalm 145:3, Isaiah 9:7, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Deuteronomy 10:17, Genesis 15:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Military Census (Numbers 1)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Oct 31, 2024

Why did God count men for military service? Why were the Levites exempt? Do we have an angel army watching over us? Let's look at Numbers 1.

Did God require a census only counting men of military age? Were the Levites given an exemption for priestly duties? Do we view such things with modern prejudices or seek to understand God’s thinking? Let’s look at Numbers 1. Have you ever heard someone misjudge the law as just human ideas and not ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Reasons To Be Happy In Christ!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Aug 28, 2018

Although the blessings of God are more in number then we can count we are sharing a couple why we should be happy?. How many of these can you say you are enjoying in your Christian Life?

Reasons to be Happy in Christ! Although the blessings of God are more in number then we can count we are sharing a couple why we should be happy?. How many of these can you say you are enjoying in your Christian Life? 1. We are Happy when we are forgiven. (Psa 32:1) Blessed is he whose ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1, Psalm 13:1, Psalm 121:5, John 13:17

Sacrificial Giving

Contributed by Greg Yort on Apr 23, 2018

When we give, not just out of our wealth, but as a sacrifice it counts as a credit with God, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God, that opens up God’s riches to meet our needs.

Textual Idea Paul praised the Philippians for their sacrificial giving, not as something that he needed, but as a credit to their account with God, a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God, that opened up the heavens to meet their needs. Sermon Idea When we give, not just out ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:14-20

Denomination: Church Of God

Guests At The Banquet Or Devils' Food Cake

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 7, 2019

There is nothing in-between, no middle ground. It’s God or nothing. So let’s follow St. Paul’s advice and count everything other than the grace and peace of Christ as nothing.

Fifth Sunday of Lent 2019 Finger of God; Finger of Priest Our Lord Jesus was constantly in conflict with the Jewish religious authorities of His day, both Pharisees and Sadducees. The Pharisees were observers of every minute law–even making lay people adhere to the regulations laid down by Moses ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:8-14, John 8:1-11, Isaiah 43:16-21

Denomination: Catholic

The Road To Emmaus

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 2, 2020

Why did Luke chose this post resurrection appearance to record. After all St Paul tells us that at least 514 men saw the resurrected Christ and this doesn't count the women

The road to Emmaus Story: The legendary British journalist and media personality Malcolm Muggeridge was a Marxist before he found Christ. During the Cold War he travelled to Russia to write a story about the Communist party and the decline of religion in that atheistic regime. After conducting ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Anglican

Justified By Works - Does James Contradict Paul? Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on May 20, 2014

James and Paul seem to be saying something different about faith. But their message is the same. True faith results in a changed life.

James’ teaching on Faith seem to contradict what Paul teaches about Faith. I want to answer this question as we our study of James brings us to James’ familiar statement in chapter 2. “Faith without works is dead.” Is James contradicting what Paul writes in Romans, ...read more

Scripture: James 2:20-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Exchanging Gifts With God Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 21, 2020

We can never pay God back for the gift of His Son, but we can gift ourselves to Him out of love and appreciation.

Exchanging Gifts with God (2 Corinthians 9:15, Romans 12:1-2) 1. A little five year old girl took a sheet of brown construction paper and cut out the letter “E” with her safety scissors. She wrapped it and gave it to her dad for Christmas. When dad opened the present, he looked at it with a smile ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:15, Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A God-Lover

Contributed by Perry Greene on May 22, 2018

Funeral 89 Year Old Christian lady.

Song – How Great Thou Art – Family Enters John 14.1-6 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:6-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Memories Can Separate You From Your Life

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Apr 3, 2019

The enemy of soul oftentimes uses our memories against us. He will use them to distract us from what the Lord is trying to do in our lives. This message includes a powerful Word that the Lord gave.

We’re going to begin in Philippians. Worship is very important in developing our relationship with the Lord. God wants us to understand that if you’re going to mature from Point A to Point B, worship is going to be a very important part of that. And if you want to mature from Point B to Point C, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:13-14, Isaiah 43:25-26, Revelation 12:10, Joshua 1:8, Isaiah 55:8-13, 1 Corinthians 2:9-12, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Romans 8:2, James 2:12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational