Sermons on Disobedience:

When We Think God Has Failed Us Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 6, 2025

Israel loves what Ezekiel has to say, but they don't obey His teaching. What does God have to say about that?

WHY DID GOD FAIL US? Israel was shocked that God had let them down. - Ezekiel 33:21-24. - This passage as a whole is God giving an explanation to Israel of what’s going on because they are nowhere near an accurate understanding of the situation. - Verse 21 opens the passage with the reality of ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 33:21-33

Denomination: Baptist

What Will Harboring Pride In Our Hearts Do To Us?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 21, 2024

Pride is self-esteem, confidence, and satisfaction in self. Some people try to run their own lives without God, as if they do not need Him, because they put themselves first.

Obadiah is the shortest book of the Bible. It is titled “The Vision of Obadiah” as it prophesies the judgment to fall on the nation of Edom. The Edomites were descendants of Esau which made them related to the children of Israel (Genesis 25:19-27:45). Because of Edom’s defiance of God, their ...read more

Scripture: Obadiah 1:3-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Was The Sin That Caused The Boat To Rock? Series

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 28, 2024

Evil was rampant through the area. God called a man to preach repentance. But instead of doing as he was instructed, he ran. How many Christians today are like that?

When an evil empire displayed its power before God and the world through various demonstrations of inhumane mercilessness, that is when Jonah heard God instruct him to proceed to call the people to repent for their sins. However, Jonah ran away from God. In verses one - three: God called Jonah to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jonah Or Philip?

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Aug 7, 2024

Did you read something new in God's Word this past week?

Are you Jonah or Philip? Today I’d like us to examine 2 people in the bible, one from OT and one from NT. Our key passages are found in: Jonah 1:3 and Acts 8:30. Ideally, we will all see a little bit of both of these men in ourselves. Stand with me as we honor God while reading His word. Let’s ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17, Acts 8:26-39

Introduction Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 23, 2024

How God uses weakness for victory.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. Joshua told how God used strength for victory and conquest. The book of Judges tells us how God uses weakness for victory. 2. Only two generations from heresy. “So the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:7-11, Judges 2:14-19

Denomination: Baptist

Are We Guilty Of The Seven Sins Of Not Soul Winning?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Apr 27, 2024

Which of these sins are we guilty of?

Levi reacted as Jesus would want the entirety of his supporters to do, he followed his Lord promptly, and he assembled his companions to meet him as well. Levi left a worthwhile and exploitative tax-collecting business to follow Jesus. Then Levi held a gathering for his kindred collectors and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Samson: Enigmatical Lesson 7 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 29, 2024

Everything outside God’s will is lost time.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. Why does God allow persecution? To draw us to Himself. “The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistine forty years” (13:1). 2. Forty years is wasted time. a. Not for God’s preparation. b. Everything ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1, Judges 14:6, Judges 15:4, Judges 16:4-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Consequences Of Giving Into Temptation Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 12, 2023

Satan is the source of your temptation. Temptations appear in the form of physical enticements, emotional gratifications, or egotistical enhancements.

“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’ And the woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Story: A Praying Mother, A Listening Prophet, And A Disobedient King

Contributed by C Jordan on Dec 16, 2015

In the stories of Hannah, Samuel and Saul, we learn three important keys to prayer: Never give up, listen to God’s voice, and walk in obedience.

THE STORY #10: A PRAYING MOTHER, A LISTENING PROPHET AND A DISOBEDIENT KING INTRO TO TOPIC: First Samuel takes place right after the story of the Judges and Ruth. • Samuel was the final judge, but he also served as a priest and a prophet. • This was the transition to the time of the ...read more

Denomination: *other

Building Into Heaven In Disobedience – The Tower Of Babel - Genesis 11 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 27, 2022

After the flood people were told to spread out and multiply but instead, humanism stayed tut and tried to build up to heaven. They were in defiance of God and wanted to displace Him but God confused their language. The start of Babel.

BUILDING INTO HEAVEN IN DISOBEDIENCE – THE TOWER OF BABEL - GENESIS 11 VERSES 1 - 2: DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMAND TO EXPAND Devastation had come on the earth because of sin but the old fallen and corrupt human nature will never learn the things of God. Noah’s descendants spread out after the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 11:3-4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:6-7, Genesis 11:8-9, Revelation 6:15-16, Genesis 10:8-10, 1 Corinthians 3:19-20, Colossians 2:8, Philippians 3:20-21, Philippians 3:14, Hebrews 10:24, 1 Peter 4:9-11, 2 Timothy 3:1-5, Genesis 11:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Dangers Of Unbelief Series

Contributed by Matthew Cook on Apr 19, 2005

Warnings about Disobedience Brought About by Faithlessness

The Dangers of Unbelief April 17, 2005 Center Point Baptist Church Introduction Present the following illustration on belief: People refuse to believe that which they don’t want to believe, in spite of evidence. When explorers first went to Australia they found a mammal which laid eggs; spent ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Trip To God's Woodshed

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Dec 19, 2002

God’s chastisement to His disobedient children.

HEBREWS 12: 5-11 “A TRIP TO GOD’S WOODSHED” A) I heard about a young boy that went off to one of these extremely expensive universities. * The bills were coming in monthly to these parents, & they were struggling to keep their head above water. * One day his mother received a letter from him ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:5-11

Denomination: Baptist

Sin's Trinity Series

Contributed by Michael Stover on Nov 25, 2000

SIN’S TRINITY NEGLECT, COMPROMISE, & DISOBEDIENCE

SIN’S TRINITY NEGLECT, COMPROMISE, & DISOBEDIENCE Nehemiah 13 I. Neglect – Three Broken Promises A. The Promise to Separate: Nehemiah 10:30 B. The Promise to Support: Nehemiah 10:39 C. The Promise to Serve: Nehemiah 10:31 II. Compromise – ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 13:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

If I'm So Blessed, Why Am I So Miserable?

Contributed by Richard Goble on Oct 31, 2007

God’s blessings are hindered by insensitivity, unbelief, and disobedience.

Introduction Hebrews 3:7-19; Ephesians 1:3 Illustration: Jackpot! A young intern came into our hospital ward one evening, shaking his head. "There’s an old man out there by the vending machines," he said, "and he’s putting dollar bills into the money changer. Every time he gets his quarters, he ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:7-19

Denomination: Baptist

Trying Out Another Sin Project

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jan 15, 2012

This sermon is about the affects of our sinfulness and disobediance to God!

Trying Out Another Sin-Project 29-30"What do you have against me, running off to assert your 'independence'?" God's Decree. "I've wasted my time trying to train your children. They've paid no attention to me, ignored my discipline. And you've gotten rid of your God-messengers, ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:29-37

Denomination: United Methodist