Sermons on Faith Not Sight:

Understanding Faith Series

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 16, 2007

Stretch your understanding of faith by examining the basis of faith and the behavior of faith.

I want to take a look at some Biblical principles that will stretch our understanding of faith. Would you open your Bibles to Hebrews 11? I want to do an introductory sermon entitled “Understanding Faith.” Follow along as I read verses 1-3 and 6. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Baptist

Keeping The Faith #2

Contributed by Timothy Shirley on Jul 26, 2002

This is the second message on the faith of Hebrews chapter eleven.

Keeping the Faith #2 Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. I. Through The Word of Faith We Have Warning. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:7

Denomination: Baptist

To See Or Not To See

Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Mar 8, 2011

receiving or not receiving spiritual sight

All through Scripture, blindness is used to represent the spiritual inability to see God's truth. As a man is physically blind, he cannot see God's visible revelation. That is he can't see the trees and the earth and the sky. But as a man is spiritually blind, he cannot see God's invisible ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: *other

What Is Faith Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Jun 13, 2015

Here in chapter 11: Paul was urging the Hebrew believers not to fall back into Judaism, their old way of religion, and to continue in the Christian faith.

#~1~ Heb.11:1-3 ~INTRODUCTION~ (HALL OF FAITH CHAPTER) SS 4-12-14 Today we’ll begin a new study of “Hebrews Chapter 11:” often referred to as the “hall of faith” chapter. --- Chapter 11: is also called by some “the catalog of the faithful”. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Living By Faith

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 3, 2017

This is a rewrite of Steve Shepherd's wonderful message from 2003. We're to worship by faith, walk by faith, and work by faith, as exhibited by Abel, Enoch, and Noah, consecutively. A good, challenging message.

LIVING BY FAITH Heb. 11:4-7 INTRODUCTION A. ILLUSTRATION 1. A guide was conducting a group of tourists around the Empire State Building. On the elevator ride to the 102nd floor, a nervous woman asked, “What if these elevator cables should break? Would we go up or down?” 2. “That,” the guide ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:4-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Seeing Blindness Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Jun 15, 2010

Part 8 in series, Love Never Dies, this message looks closely at spiritual sight and spiritual blindness.

Seeing Blindness Love Never Dies, prt. 8 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers May 23, 2010 Today we’re in chapter 7 of the Gospel of John, as we continue our break-neck cruise through that book, one chapter (or at least a few verses from one chapter) each week. Raise your hand if 7 is ...read more

Scripture: John 7:1-53

Denomination: Free Methodist

The Foolhardy Faith Of Jephthah - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Nov 2, 2020

God honor’s faith, even though at times it is exercised in a somewhat short-sighted, impulsive, rash, and venturesome way. But if we do so, it is never without consequences! The story of Jephthah reminds us of that.

Title: Foolhardy Faith of Jephthah (Part 2) VI. The Proof of the foolhardiness of the vow! Judges 11:30b “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-34

Experiencing The Joy Of Christmas-1

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 14, 2010

Isaiah described a future state wherein the gloom which had engulfed the people would be dismissed outright. The gloom of a sin-sick world can be dismissed. But How can it be? 7 keys/undertakings for experiencing the joy of Christmas are...

Experiencing the Joy of Christmas-I—Isaiah 8:5—9:7 Attention/Need: Gloom/Hopelessness/Melancholy/Depression/Despondency— Uncle Fred’s coming this year, We just can’t afford it, Overdrawn?, again!, Oh no!, I can’t believe this has happening, I wish this would all go away....Ahhhhh. The joyous ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Who Do You Say That I Am? Series

Contributed by David Asch on Jan 18, 2005

Today we are going to see how Jesus can open your eyes, and what you will see when he does.

WHO DO YOU SAY I AM? Mark 8:22-9:1 INTRO: The Truman Show features Jim Carrey as a naive insurance salesman whose humdrum existence is, unbeknownst to him, being telecast live around the globe 24 hours a day. The film evolves from an intriguing premise. A corporation, personified by a sovereign ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Saved By A Faith That Works

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Jan 28, 2007

About your faith showing itself through your works.

Saved by a Faith That Works James 2:14-26 We need to understand that good deeds do not save us. Likewise, good beliefs do not save us. But what saves us is a faith that rests in Christ Jesus; His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension into heaven; a faith that shows itself in works. For the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Forging Our Faith

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 4, 2025

"Forging our Faith" involves the ways in which trials, demands, delays, and daily dependence on God shape and reinforce our reliance on His promises and power. Faith is not developed in a vacuum but in the context of real-world challenges ...

OPENING ILLUSTRATION: Imagine a blacksmith forging a sword. The process begins with raw, unshaped metal. The blacksmith must heat this metal to extremely high temperatures, making it malleable enough to be hammered, shaped, and ultimately refined into a strong, sharp blade fit for ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

20/20 Vision

Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 4, 2020

They say that hindsight is 20/20. We make decisions on a daily basis not knowing exactly how they will turn out because we are on a deadline; we go ahead and make the decision.

20/20 Vision Matthew 26:17-29 They say that hindsight is 20/20. We make decisions on a daily basis not knowing exactly how they will turn out because we are on a deadline; we go ahead and make the decision. Then we often learn new information and had we known it at the time we might have made a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:17-29

Denomination: Baptist

Love Like Jesus Loves

Contributed by Larry Grant on May 30, 2022

We can either spend our lives focused on the problems of life, or we can spend our time focusing on the Problem Solver. We can focus on what is wrong, or we can focus on the One who can make it right. Let's look at a Deacon and the legacy of love that he has left for us to remember.

Acts 7:54-60 “Love like Jesus Loves” May 29, 2022 Intro: Beginning at Acts 6:8 through the close of this chapter, Luke records the ministry and martyr of Deacon Stephen. Stephen was one of the seven men chosen to be the first Deacons of the early church. He was a man filled with the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:54-60

Denomination: Baptist

He Taught Them Many Parables (The Body’s Lamp) # 22

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 14, 2022

In this parable, the Lord used the image of eyesight to convey an important spiritual principle.

We all would agree that eyesight is something that is very important to all of us. Illus: Did you hear about the fellow that went to the store the other day, and he said that he was there for only about 5 minutes. When he came out, he SAW there was a motorcycle policeman writing a parking ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

A Watchful Eye

Contributed by Mathew Philip on Mar 6, 2023

"He who watches over you will not slumber" (Psalm 121:3)

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a number of photos of the Helix Nebula that caught the curiosity of the scientists. Some astronomers describe it as “a trillion-mile-long tunnel of glowing gases.” At its center is a dying star that has ejected dust and gas stretching toward its outer rim. ...read more

Denomination: Other