Sermons on Dealing With Enemies:

Witnessing To Your Enemy Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 28, 2012

How could you possibly witness to someone who’s hurt you? Someone who has gone out of their way to make you miserable? Paul and Silas did it. Can you do it too?

OPEN: In the 1870s, in the Old West, a town called Truckee, California decided to build a jail. This wasn’t just any old jail - this was wonder to behold. The walls were 32 inches thick at the lower level and there were no windows unless one counted the small vents for each cell. The ceilings were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Destroying Your Enemy

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Nov 8, 2012

Obeying Jesus’ command to love our enemies doesn’t come naturally, however. Often our first response is to retaliate. The best way - the Christ-like way - to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend! To melt an enemy, try the warmth of love.

Opening illustration: There is a story told of two shopkeepers. Their stores were across the street from each other, and the two had a bitter rivalry. One day an angel came to one of the shopkeepers and said, “The Lord has sent me to tell you that you may have one wish. Whatever you ask for, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Behind Enemy Lines

Contributed by Bret Bone on Apr 20, 2013

This was a very difficult time for Samuel…Israel the country he served and loved for many years had rejected his leadership because he had grown old.

Slide#1 Introduction: READ I Sam.16:1-13. Pray… This was a very difficult time for Samuel…Israel the country he served and loved for many years had rejected his leadership because he had grown old. On top of that his friend…King Saul was guilty of disobeying God’s clear ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:1-3

Know Your Enemy

Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Feb 2, 2013

God created Lucifer a perfect spirit being and He also gave him the ability to choose to follow good or evil. Lucifer chose to become Satan by allowing sin to mold his character. His rebellion against God sealed and hardened his evil nature, and now he op

KNOW YOUR ENEMY The Nature and Character of Satan The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. - John 10:10 God created Lucifer a perfect spirit being and He also gave him the ability to ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Charismatic

Dying For His Enemies Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 27, 2013

Jesus had to die for us, his enemies, because the Father promised it to Abraham.

Good Friday 2013 Holy Week 2013 The psalms of Good Friday are the prayers of Jesus on the cross. If we are to understand better why, in my question of yesterday, we must believe that God did not make a mistake in making man, and, in the question of today, why Jesus had to die such a cruel death, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 38:12-14

Denomination: Catholic

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

Know Your Enemy Series

Contributed by James Turnes on May 19, 2012

We battle not against flesh and blood. It is a spiritual battle that must be fought with spiritual weapons. If you want victory, you have to arm yourself.

Spiritual Weapons & Tactics A lot of times the church fails to speak on the subject of spiritual warfare. Too often Christians, especially new converts or baby Christians, are left in the dark when it comes to this epic battle that is taking place in an unseen realm. All too often Christians ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: Church Of God

Death, The Last Enemy

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Jun 27, 2012

God will one day destroy death, our last enemy.

“DEATH, the LAST ENEMY” Introduction: The first mention of death occurs in the book of Genesis directly from the mouth of God. (Gen. 2:16-17) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:26

Denomination: Baptist

Plundering The Enemies Camp

Contributed by Gregory Smith on Oct 12, 2009

Most Christians don’t realize how much the enemy has stolen. Even if they do, they often don’t know how to get it back. David "plundered" the Philistines camp after his victory over Goliath. We can do the same because Jesus has defeated our enemy.

Introduction: I have been talking about foundations for the entire year. Today I am going to share with you another foundational truth about warfare. When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, it is much like enlisting in the army. You become a solider whether you want to admit it or not. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:48-55

Denomination: Church Of God

When The Enemy Comes Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Mar 6, 2010

Heaven’s horrible enemy is cast down to earth where he reeks havoc with the Saints. God’s people are not immune from trials and troubles. But blessed are the dead that die in the Lord!

Are you old enough to remember when we feared an atomic holocaust? The last quarter or so of the 20th century our world super powers had amassed enough nuclear warheads to blow up the planet two or three times, and they had these missiles aimed at one another! Books, movies and predictions about ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Sinners Are The Enemy Right?

Contributed by Billy Noel on May 4, 2009

Its sad but true that we forget that our responsibility is to lead the lost to Christ, and to remember that we were once lost too.

If you were organizing a church you would not go to Jensen and Quitman to look for members would you (an area frequented by prostitutes) Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? I overheard a believer make this ridiculous statement ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13

Denomination: Christian Church

Recognizing The Works Of The Enemy

Contributed by Jerry Thorpe on Mar 27, 2009

We must gain an understanding of who the enemy is and how he works.

Recognizing the Works of the Enemy. I. Review of our enemy. A. Why does the enemy oppose you? 1.You are a source of pleasure to God. Rev 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. KJV 2. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:11

Denomination: Church Of God

The Gathering Of Friends And Enemies Series

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Apr 15, 2009

THe conversation at the dinner given in Jesus honor.

The gathering of friends and enemies John 12: 1-11 I went to one of those restaurants where they tell you to sit at the bar while you have to wait for them to get your table ready. I think it’s just a gimmick to try and get you to have a drink or a salad or something, but rather ...read more

Scripture: John 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Enemies We Fight

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 9, 2009

An examinination of the three enemies believers fight against and tools to overcome them.

THE ENEMIES WE FIGHT A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me he had watched a TV show, where some Catholic priests had performed an exorcism. He asked me if we Protestants believed in demons and if we did, why you didn’t hear more about Protestants performing exorcisms? We talked about it some ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

When The Enemy Is Threatened Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 13, 2009

This is the 1st sermon in the Series "Moving With God".

Sunday Morning December 28, 2008 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “Moving With God (Exodus)” [#1] WHEN THE ENEMY IS THREATENED Exodus 1:1-22 Introduction: We are going to begin on this Sunday before the New Year, a series entitled “Moving With God”. As we travel through life, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist