Sermons on How We See Jesus:

Seeing And Believing

Contributed by Doug Fannon on May 20, 2019

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

In a Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown is talking with Lucy as they walk home on the last day of school. Charlie Brown says to Lucy: “Lucy, I got straight A’s; isn’t that great!” Lucy in her typical fashion shoots down poor Charlie Brown and says: “I don’t believe you Charlie Brown. Unless you ...read more

Scripture: John 20:24-29

Denomination: Baptist

Seeing The Invisible Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 30, 2021

One has not really begun to live until he begins to look, not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for these alone are the things that last forever.

A young sportsman just back from a hunting trip in India was criticizing the efforts of the missionaries there. He said that in all the months he was there he never saw any good they were doing. It was all a useless waste of money and effort. A returned missionary overheard him and asked him a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:8-18

Is Seeing Believing Series

Contributed by Coz Von on Jul 15, 2016

Faith vs science

A wife comes homes and catches her husband in bed with another woman. The husband denies it, saying, “Who are you going to believe, me or your eyes?” Though silly, the line has important implications for all of us who experience so much of reality the way it appears in our own sight. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Taste And See Series

Contributed by Duane Smith on Aug 12, 2007

This is the third in a 5 part series designed to help us look at our realtionship to God through the perspective of the five senses. The purpose of this message is to encourage believers in our great God and bring them to rejoice in all our Soveriegn Lord

MAKING SENSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD – TASTE Psalm 34:8 INTRODUCTION: A. So far in this series on “Making Sense of Our Relationship to God” we have looked at two of the five sense: Hearing and Seeing 1. This morning we are going to be looking at our sense of taste 2. Our tongue is a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is Not A Threat

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 2, 2023

Herod felt Jesus was a threat and not a gift. Do we to see Jesus as a threat and not a gift?

Matthew 2:13-23 Jesus Is Not a Threat 1. Matthew speaks of a voice in Ramah, slaughter of the innocence Massacre of the innocence • Raman was a city in ancient Israel. • There is A voice of weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:13-23

Denomination: Methodist

Seeing God Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Nov 13, 2007

Abram is 99 years old, his wife at 89 is well past menopause. Abram has no children through Sarai. And now, God doesn’t just speak up but SHOWS up and says, ’I am God the almighty provider and nourisher! And I am going to make you the father of a mighty

Encountering God – Part 10: Seeing God Review We had been looking at encountering God in worship, and are now moving to real-life examples from the bible of what happened when certain men encountered God. Last week we looked at Abram’s first encounter with God, and this week, we will look at ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Playing Ptifall: How We Get Into And Out Of Sinful States

Contributed by Justin Hatfield on Aug 8, 2001

Luke 15:11-16:1 By looking at the story of the prodigal son, we can see how we fall into sinful states, what it means to be in a siful state, and how we get out of the sinful states we are in.

“Playing Pitfall” “How we get into and out of sinful states.” When I was younger my family owned an “Atari,” how many of you remember those? It was great state of the art technology! You had this joystick and just one little button to mash. I thought it was great. Even ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Are We Grateful To God?

Contributed by Sajeev Painunkal, Sj on Oct 10, 2010

Before we criticize the nine lepers who were not grateful for their cure, we should ask ourselves if we are grateful for the good things that we have received from God.

I’m sure you have all heard of Rudyard Kipling. He is the author of famous books like The Jungle Book and Captain Courageous. His writings not only made him famous but also brought him a fortune. A newspaper reporter came up to him once and said, "Mr. Kipling, I just read that somebody ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Catholic

Seeing God Series

Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Feb 18, 2009

God’s servants need to focus on God’s activity rather than the negativity of God’s people.

1) And Yahweh proceeded to speak to Moses, “Go, ascend from this place, you and the people you caused to ascend from the land of Egypt toward the land which I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your seed, I will give it 2) And I shall send a messenger (angel) before your presence ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:1-23

Denomination: *other

Seeing The Unseen

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 4, 2006

Are your eyes open?

Seeing The Unseen A lot of skeptics laugh at Christians because they say that we have blind faith. We cannot see God and yet we believe in Him. We believe in souls, angels, Heaven and Hell yet we have not seen any of these things. Skeptics and Atheists say that they only believe in what they ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

See Or Be Seen

Contributed by Rusty Wright on Jun 18, 2007

What is our motivation for going to church or serving God’s creation?

See or Be Seen 6-17-07 Luke 7:36-50 There was once as boy who, like many kids in school, was having a real problem with math— well, more than a problem. No matter what his parents did, one on one tutoring or peer mentoring, their son never received a grade better than a “D” on any ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Seeing Is Believing (Part Two)

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Apr 27, 2020

Last week we looked at Jesus' resurrection appearance to Mary. She went and told the Apostles but they didn't believe her. They were unwilling to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead unless they saw him with their own eyes. And see him they would!

SEEING IS BELIEVING (part two) John 20:19-31 Last week we looked at Jesus' resurrection appearance to Mary. Before that, she noticed the tomb was empty. She went to tell the Apostles and Peter and John raced to the tomb and found it empty, just as Mary had said. Then, after she encountered the ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31, 1 Peter 1:8-9, John 21:25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Seeing Now

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 6, 2009

People and churches can settle down and forget where they came from and lose sight of where they could be going. Now is the time for the church to venture forward, or lose its place in God’s plan.

There are two problems with settling down: one of them is that you forget about where you came from. The other is that you lose sight of where you could be going. Here is a young couple. They start out married life in just a small place, with room for themselves and maybe that first child. They ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Seeing God Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Sep 9, 2009

This is the 8th sermon in the series, "Pot Holes". Do you need to see God moving in your life?

Sunday Morning August 23, 2009 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Pot Holes [#8] SEEING GOD 1 Samuel 16:14-17:58 Introduction: This summer, as many of you will recall- Tharon went to the National Federation For The Blind State Convention, where he got to give his testimony. Now ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

My Month Of Rejoicing In Christ

Contributed by Pastor Amos Dele Dada on Mar 4, 2020

Often, we read from that peculiar Apostle, Paul, phrases and exclamations like, "Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

Often, we read from that peculiar Apostle, Paul, phrases and exclamations like, "Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you." Phil 3:1; "Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!" Phil ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:1-8, 1 John 5:11-13

Denomination: Pentecostal