Sermons on First Seal:

My Name Is Noah

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 7, 2001

This is a 1st person re-enactment. It tells the story of the flood from a grandfatherly, though gruff Noah’s perspective.

(delivered in a gruff but loving manner of a dottery old man) My name is Noah, the son of Lamech, who was the son of Methusaleh, and he in turn was the son of Enoch… Now there was a man for you. Enoch. Walked with God he did. They say that one day he and God were out walking and God said: ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Characteristics Of True Love Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 26, 2008

This message, preached at a wedding, highlights five characteristics of true love.

Scripture Let’s read Song of Solomon 8:6-7: 6 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the LORD. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 8:6-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Promise Of Liberty-6 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 23, 2016

6 of 6. Peter revealed that a false liberty had been presented to the Church. The true Church yields to true liberty, but Why? We will examine 9 stipulations of true Liberty(God’s liberty)....

The PROMISE Of LIBERTY-VI—2Peter 2:17-22 Attention: Forklift Economy After being laid off from three jobs in the past year, Dewey was hired to work in a warehouse. Unfortunately, one day he lost control of the forklift & drove it off the loading dock. Surveying the damage, the owner shook his ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 2:17-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Preserving Work Of God

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Oct 24, 2021

The Father had a significant role in the past aspect of our salvation. Christ had the prominent role in our present salvation, and the Spirit holds the primary role in the future aspect of our salvation – sealing and preserving believers.

The Preserving work of God Ephesians 1: 11-14 Over the past couple weeks, we have been discussing the role of the Trinity regarding our salvation. We have considered the sovereign work of God the Father and the redeeming work of Christ the Son. As we conclude this powerful passage, we will examine ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

Baptism Of The Holy Spirit:

Contributed by William D. Brown on May 9, 2008

We are told in these verses what being baptized of the Holy Spirit is. There are two kinds of baptism for Christians: water and Spirit. Water baptism reveals to the on lookers that this person that is being baptized of the water has already been baptize

Baptism of the Holy Spirit: Today I want to talk about the Baptism of the Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Judgement Cometh Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Jan 29, 2001

The Judgement of God will come to the Earth and the Book of Revelation describes it in frightening detail.

THE JUDGEMENT COMETH Revelation 6:1-17 INTRODUCTION We are at an important stage in the Book of Revelation. We have seen in chapter 4 that God is worthy and sits on the Throne of the Universe. He is in charge of all and is Almighty, Holy, and Just. Chapter 5 introduces us to the slain lamb ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

First Thru The Forth Trumpets Series

Contributed by Tim Byrd on Apr 9, 2003

Week 21 in a Wednesday evening study through the book of Revelation

Week 21 “First Thru Forth Trumpet Judgments” Date: November 21, 2002 Place: Allendale Baptist Text: Revelation 8: 7-13 Last week we ended our study in chapter 8 verses 1-6, which we said again seems to be a pause between the opening of the 7th seal and the trumpet judgments. I said last week the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 8:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

Revelation 5

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 11, 2020

Let’s look at John’s vision of the scroll with seven seals and of every creature in heaven and earth worshipping God in Revelation 5.

Let’s look at John’s vision of the scroll with seven seals and of every creature in heaven and earth worshipping God. The Scroll Revelation 5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. A scroll written on both ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Blood And The Covenant

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 25, 2023

The old covenant in blood was sealed on Mt. Sinai between God and the Israelites He redeemed from Egyptian bondage. But there is a New Covenant in precious blood.

Saturday of the 16th Week in Course 2023 Ss Mary, Martha, Lazarus We should all remember that in chapter 6 of John’s Gospel, Jesus reminded the Jewish audience in the Capernaum synagogue that their fathers many generations earlier had eaten God-given manna in the desert, but had died. And then ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 24:3-8, John 11:19-27

Denomination: Catholic

Learning From Jesus' Return Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 18, 2025

Christ's return

A. INTRODUCTION: REVELATION 19:11-16 1. Six seals revealed judgment (6:1-17) then the seventh seal, “There was silence in Heaven” (8:1). This is Christ’s return. 2. Six trumpets announce judgment (8:2-9:2). “Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:11-16

Denomination: Baptist

First Rock From The Sun

Contributed by Randy Croft on Mar 28, 2005

Because the tomb is empty, our lives can be full.

First Rock from the Son A few years ago, NBC launched a hit television show—a Though you’ll only find it on reruns today, in its heyday, it won the most Emmy Awards for a television series in 1997. It’s about a group of explorers that came to the third rock from the Sun (earth). Here they take ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lesson 4: The Spirit Sealed Believers In Their Personal Past Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 11, 2018

The “gift” of the Spirit is to be distinguished from the “gifts” of the Spirit. The latter are special endowments given to men by the Spirit; but the former is the Spirit himself, given by the Father through Christ.

Book of Ephesians By: Tom Lowe Date: 1/9/17 Lesson 4: The Spirit Sealed Believers in their Personal Past (1:13-14) Ephesians 1:13-14 (NIV) 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

Seals, Trumpets And Bowls: The Unfolding Of The World's Last Days Series

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 20, 2002

The purpose of these judgments is: 1. To bring people to repentance. 2. To demonstrate the patience of God. 3. To establish God’s justice.

In the book of Revelation there are three major judgments that come to the earth. The first wave is called the seal judgments. They unfold as the Lamb breaks the seals of the scroll. As each seal is broken, it unleashes a new barrage of God’s judgment against an evil and Christ-rejecting world. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17

Denomination: Methodist

The Lamb Breaks The Seals (Revelation 6:1-8)

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Feb 14, 2024

The time for judgment upon the earth and its inhabitants has arrived. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, takes the scroll from the hand of God and breaks the seals of God's wrath, each one progressively worse than the other.

The dramatic moment has arrived as the seals that bind the book of God are about to be opened, one by one. What is written upon the scroll leaps off the page and acts out the events of the future for the apostle John and the heavenly host. They are not reading the scroll but instead are ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 11:4, Matthew 25:32, John 5:22, Acts 17:31, 2 Timothy 4:1, Revelation 6:1-8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On A First-Hand Experience

Contributed by William Meakin on Sep 13, 2022

First-hand experience is defined as information or experience gained or learned directly, rather than from other people or books.

Agatha Christie, a renowned British writer of detective novels once remarked: “The first time you do a thing is always exciting.” Matthew 28:18-20 reminds us: “And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33, Romans 5:5, James 3:17, Acts 13:3