Sermons on Image Of The Beast:

"God's Special Conference"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 21, 2002

All persons possess dignity and worth because we are created in God’s image.

GENESIS 1:26-27 “God’s Special Conference” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA Sitting in her car--on a dark road just outside of town a young high school girl looks at her life. This is what she sees: “I am overweight.” “I have no ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, Genesis 1:27-28

Denomination: United Methodist

Pictures Don't Lie Series

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Apr 30, 2006

Don’t get stuck in your image of God, lest it too become an idol

Title: Pictures Don’t Lie Text: Exodus 20:4-6 FCF: Don’t get stuck in your image of God SO: Intro: There’s an old saying, “Pictures don’t lie,” and when it comes to my sexy physique, sadly I suppose it’s true. But in this age of images, I wonder how often that is. It wouldn’t really be of much ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

God's Holy Spirit And Change

Contributed by Keith Peters on Jul 6, 2011

It is the Holy Spirit of God who is God's agent for changing us into the image of His Son.

God’s Change Agent 2 Corinthians 3 “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18

Denomination: Baptist

That Pentecostal Fire

Contributed by Steven Angus on May 20, 2013

How The Tongues of fire at Pentecost demonstrates the power of God. Fire is a biblical image of God.

That Pentecostal Fire Acts 2:1-4 Fire has long represented God and the presence of his Holy Spirit. (strike match or a lighter) One day as Moses was tending his father-in-law's sheep, he saw an amazing sight. A bush was on fire, yet it was not being consumed. As he approached this unusual ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4

Denomination: United Methodist

What's The Value? Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 17, 2009

True value is found in God’s image in us and in Christ’s death for us

SERIES: “BE SATISFIED” “WHAT’S THE VALUE?” ECCLESIASTES 4:1-16 OPEN Stan Caffy was preparing for married life. He and his bride-to-be cleaned out their respective garages and donated everything to Goodwill. Caffy and his soon-to-be wife got rid of an assortment of clothes, bicycles, ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Piety: The Family Virtue Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 15, 2012

The Christian has special duties to family. This is an important way to image Christ in our lives.

Monday of 3rd Week in Advent Gaudium et Spes The outpouring of grief around the world over the murder of twenty-six innocent people, twenty of them children, in Connecticut has generated a number of Internet videos featuring one or the other version of the Pie Jesu, a text of the Requiem Mass. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Catholic

Different Stages Of Forgivenesss Lesson 4 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 15, 2023

Thank God for using a difficult/hard experience to conform you into the image of Jesus Christ.

“Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” (Matthew 6:12). A. FIVE STAGES WHEN WE DENY FORGIVENESS 1. We deny we did it and our consequences are inevitable. 2. We get angry at our problem. 3. We bargain to live beyond our consequences. 4. We become depressed because the consequences ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:12, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 18:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

When Women Quit Looking In The Mirror

Contributed by John Gaston on May 8, 2019

Some women gave up their mirrors so the bronze Laver could be built. What remarkable women, what a remarkable sacrifice, what a remarkable change of heart; abandoning the outward image of Eve to develop the inner image of Jesus.

WHEN WOMEN QUIT LOOKING IN THE MIRROR Ex. 38:8 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: THEY CAUGHT A MERMAID 1. Three guys were out fishing one day when, out of the blue, they caught a mermaid who said she’d grant each of them a wish if they’d set her free. 2. “Okay,” said the first guy, “double my IQ.” The ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 38:8, 1 Peter 3:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Original Blessing Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 5, 2023

We are all created in the image of God and blessed by Him. This blessing is primary, and it sets the tone for our entire existence. Even though sin complicates things, we must remember that we are still the image of God and blessed by Him.

Have you ever heard of the Minotaur? It's this crazy creature from Greek mythology that's half man, half bull. It lived in a maze called the labyrinth, and once you got in, good luck getting out. Every nine years, the king of Crete would make the Athenians send seven boys and seven girls into the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28

Topics: Spiritual Blessings, Divine Grace, Faith Journey, Sacred Gifts

We Know How It Ends Series

Contributed by Ed Taylor on Oct 13, 2008

We see the power, prestige, and the permanence of this world while God knows it’s only temporary and how it ends.

1. In so many ways, we see things differently than God does. a. We see the sickness, God sees the healing. b. We see the troubles, God sees the triumph. c. We so easily see the tribulation, while God sees the training. d. Man sees the power, the prestige, the permanence of this world while God ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 7:1-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Alleluia!

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 18, 2020

Now begins the rejoicing. The good news for a grieving world is near. Revelation 19 begins with praise for God and joy that this world’s corrupt ways, symbolically referred to as Babylon and the beast, have finally ended.

Now begins the rejoicing. The good news for a grieving world is near. Revelation 19 begins with praise for God and joy that this world’s corrupt ways, symbolically referred to as Babylon and the beast, have finally ended. Revelation 19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Essence And Fall Of Man PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 18, 2025

We are created in God’s image, marred by sin, yet through Christ we are renewed to reflect His likeness, dignity, and purpose.

Friend, before we begin, let me speak a word over your heart: you are seen by God, shaped by God, stamped with the likeness of God. The One who paints sunsets with colors that refuse to quit also formed you with care that refuses to fail. Have you ever stood before a mirror and wondered, Who am I, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, Ephesians 4:23-24

Topics: Original State, Man, Creation

Revelation: How Long, O Lord

Contributed by Roger Thomas on Feb 21, 2007

Revelation is God’s answer to the question asked of the martyred saints in chapter 6, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" It is heaven’s answer to the age old question, “What on ea

Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO How Long, O Lord? Overview of Revelation—Revelation 1:1-8 A woman went to the doctor’s office, where she was seen by one of the new doctors, but after about 4 minutes in the examination room, she burst out, screaming ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Thy Neighbour

Contributed by James Ledbetter on Feb 3, 2015

Love everyone as yourself. Even strangers! We are all made in His image and He loves us all the same way. Amen!

LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-21

Denomination: Apostolic

Come Down And Save Yourself

Contributed by Troy Bohn on Oct 18, 2000

Six thousand years ago God, with merely a spoken word, created man in His own image from the dust of the earth.

Six thousand years ago God, with merely a spoken word, created man in His own image from the dust of the earth. In creating man, he placed Him in a position of authority over His other creation; the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, the sea creatures, etc... But in the midst of this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational