Sermons on Coveting:

Walking In Purity, Pt. 3

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jul 31, 2013

walk in love, walk in light

Walking in Purity, pt. 3 Ephesians 5:2-8 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/130731.mp3 In chapter 4 we put off, put on, and put away some things. Next, we see that walking in purity involves love and light. v. 2, 8 We are to walk in love and walk in the light. This is based on the assumption that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:2-8, Ephesians 2:5-8

Denomination: Baptist

Fire On The Earth

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 17, 2013

We should understand that the fire Jesus wanted on the earth both purifies and activates Christians for mission.

Twentieth Sunday in Course 2013 Fire on the Earth Fire on the earth, a baptism with which to be baptized, a shameful cross to be endured–those were the destinies that drove Jesus on as He fulfilled the Father’s will. Moreover, in our own ways those are the destinies that beckon us to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-53

Denomination: Catholic

Exorcising Our Demons

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 8, 2014

Even the most righteous people and institutions can be possessed by wrong attitudes. Let’s examine how only the authority of Jesus can heal what’s wrong with us.

Intro Even the most righteous people and institutions can be possessed by wrong attitudes. Let’s examine how only the authority of Jesus can heal what’s wrong with us. Goal Perhaps we can learn how evil comes in many disguises, even religious ones. Sermon Plan Are we healers or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Denomination: Baptist

The Enemy Within The Gates

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2013

The need to continue to devote ourselves to prayerful preaching.

THE ENEMY WITHIN THE GATES! Acts 5:1-16; Acts 6:1-7. There was opposition to the gospel from the very beginning of the post-Pentecostal phase of the life of the church. After all, Jesus warned us that if there were those who hated Him, there would also be those who hate us, His followers (John ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-16, Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

03 The Way To Happiness Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jan 21, 2014

The Way to Happiness is dealing with my attitude. Ridding my pride and breing filled with His New Wine

03 The Way To Happiness Mt. 5:3 (NEWSER 9/3/12) – The price of stubborn pride: Men waste $3,000 in gas over their lifetimes because they won't ask for directions when lost, a study says. British researchers determined that men drive an average of 276 unnecessary miles per year trying to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Baptist

The Heart Of A Born Again Christian; Is It Wicked Or Clean?

Contributed by David Leach on May 31, 2014

Authentic Christianity begins when God replaces the wicked heart with a clean, new heart

Unfortunately in the evangelical church today erroneous teaching abounds. One example is the teaching that the heart of a Christian is desperately wicked. It’s based on this verse Jer 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Who is God ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:5-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Need Pentecost

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jun 17, 2014

Sermon describes why we need Pentecost because we are attracted to self centeredness, we need light bearers, we need Pentecost because of what Pentecost births.

WE Need Pentecost Again Acts 2:1-21 We need Pentecost because there are lights that attract 1. One light of attraction are Houses of Ill Repute or Houses of Disorder-ness In Dayton Ohio at a Seminary less than 1 mile there was a small city of Neon, Purple, bright lights that attracted ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Methodist

Reasons For Speaking In Tongues

Contributed by Tom Feola on Jun 25, 2012

Speaking and praying in the spirit builds up our spirit, soul and body.

1Cor.14:4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself… Many Charismatics believe that when you speak in tongues, you edify or build up your spirit man. Well, that is only one-third true. The Bible does not say that the speaker edifies his spirit, it says that the speaker “edifies ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Saving Time

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 6, 2015

Saving Time

Psalm 119:121-128 Saving Time I. The Conviction Of The Psalmist - The Hebrew AIN means vision. Prov 29:18 ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:121-128

Denomination: Holiness

From Bethel To Bethaven

Contributed by David Jacob Oluwasesan on Aug 6, 2018

When the Will of the Lord no longer the primary thing people are doing in His Church, mammon worship, worldliness, and act of Jezebel is being promoted, then the house of God has turned to the house of vanity.

FROM BETHEL TO BETHAVEN The meaning of Bethel is House of God while the meaning of Bethaven is house of Vanity or house of iniquities. It's the Same place that borne the name, only that it experienced Negative Transformation from serving the True God to serving idol and the Prophet like Amos and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 5:26-27

The Sow That Was Washed

Contributed by David Goering on Aug 10, 2018

What is counterfeit repentance, and what is true repentance?

SCRIPTURE: 2 Peter 2:22 "But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." PROPOSITION: to use this text and others to show that swine in the scripture are a picture of unconverted ...read more

The Devil That Deceived Them

Contributed by David Goering on Aug 12, 2018

How and why Satan decieves the whole world.

SCRIPTURE: Revelation 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever." INTRODUCTION: Explanation of the context of this portion of scripture. PROPOSITION: To use ...read more

Fight We Must

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Nov 7, 2016

Many people make the mistake of reading what the Bible says in Exodus 20:13, “You shall not kill,” and then seek to apply this command to war.

Fight We Must Revelation 12:7-17 Message: It’s not easy to explain why we have war in our world or to explain what the Bible says about war. In my study of this issue I found this explanation helpful from “gotquestions.org.” “Many people make the mistake of reading what ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:9, Ezekiel 33:11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Persistent Friend Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 11, 2024

A parable is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning.

A. INTRODUCTION: LUKE 18:1-8 Jesus told the story of a persistent widow who continually asked an unjust judge for justice. He finally gave in because of her persistence. This is one of the few parables where Jesus gave its purpose before telling the story. “Me ought always to pray, and not to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1

Denomination: Baptist

Why Are We Told Not To Love The Evil Of This World?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Aug 1, 2023

John was writing to all believers to urge them that they should obey Jesus and that they should love all believers.

In this passage of scripture, John focuses his attention to three distinct groups of Christians. John addresses new Christians, more established Christians, and those in the middle, in a specific order. He then, in a similar fashion, converses with each once more, in a similar request. New ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible