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Nevertheless, I Have Somewhat Against Thee (Church Of Ephesus) Revelation #1

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jul 15, 2025

If you had been living at the time of the writing about the seven churches of Revelation, and you wanted to live in the most exciting city in the world, you probably would have selected Ephesus.

Two hundred thirty cities dotted the coastline of Asia Minor, and many of them were great cities, but Ephesus was the queen of them all. Paul went to Ephesus on his third missionary journey. He stayed there two years. He had two things to say about those two years. Look at I Cor. 16:9, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

A Fountain Can Not Produce Bitter And Sweet Water.

Contributed by James Linders on Jul 7, 2015

We as children of God and disciples of Jesus Christ, have a certain behavioural code by which we live. To DENY our Lord would be a GROSS violation of THIS code. UNLIKE Peter and Judas, we have the Holy Spirit to guide and teach us in ALL truth.

Matthew 26:74 Peter began to curse and swear: "I don't KNOW that man!" Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the Twelve—the one called Judas Iscariot—went to the chief priests and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:14-74

Denomination: Pentecostal

Standing Up For What’s Right

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Sep 3, 2017

Sometimes we have to stand up for what's right. We need to remember that God knows our plight, we need to fear God above people, and we need to humbly take a stand. The Hebrew midwives in Egypt stood up to Pharaoh, and God remembered them for it.

Exodus 1:8-21 Standing Up for What’s Right Recently I watched the movie, “Hacksaw Ridge.” It documents the true story of Private First Class Desmond Doss, who enlisted as an Army medic during World War II, but refused for religious reasons to carry a weapon. Spoiler alert: despite ridicule, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:8-21, Genesis 15:13-14, Exodus 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

"Know Your Spiritual Gifts!" 1 Cor 12 Pt 12 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 15, 2008

Paul tells us all to know our spiritual gifts and know how to use them for the common good of the church. We also need to know that we all have different gifts but this is God’s plan and it’s a good thing to have diversity. We also need to know that each

“Know Your Spiritual Gifts!” 1 Cor. 12 – pt 12 Opening Illustration: Chris Tomlin talking about making a difference for the Lord by using his gifts from Blue Fish TV. Thesis: Paul tells us all to know our spiritual gifts and know how to use them for the common good of the church. We also need to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Know Your Spiritual Gifts And Use Them! Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011

Paul tells us all to know our spiritual gifts and know how to use them for the common good of the church. We also need to know that we all have different gifts but this is God’s plan and it’s a good thing to have diversity. We also need to know that each

Series: What is the Spirit saying to the church? I received the idea for this sermon at International House of Prayer during my spiritual retreat there. I have also been asking this question to every pastor I know. Their responses have varied but my series topics are based on their responses and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

29. The Kingdom Parables – The Seventh – The Dragnet – Part 5 Of 6 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Dec 19, 2025

We open up some very important verses near the end of the letter to the Laodicean church, and there is plenty for us to learn. Who responds to the knocking of Revelation 3:20? What about the discipline of the Lord in Revelation 3:19? How do we become the overcomers of Revelation 3:21?

29. THE KINGDOM PARABLES – THE SEVENTH – THE DRAGNET – PART 5 OF 6 This message concludes looking at the letter to the church at Laodicea. The previous two messages focused on this letter to the church. I have spent more time on this letter than in any of the other churches in the Kingdom ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:19, Hebrews 12:5-8, Hebrews 12:11, Revelation 3:17, Matthew 19:23-24, Revelation 3:20, John 10:7-9, John 8:12, Revelation 3:21, John 10:38, Ephesians 6:13-18, Revelation 3:22, Jeremiah 6:10, Jeremiah 17:23, Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:43, Matthew 13:47-50  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Can The Lord Help Us When We Have A Tendency To Boast?

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Guidelines for overcoming prideful tendencies

Some Biblical guidelines for overcoming a tendency to boast: 1. Remember that everything we have comes from the Lord. Paul writes, "Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord." (I Cor. 1:31) When you consider how much the Lord has given us we really have little to boast about other than what we have in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Avoid Feeling Like You Have To Live By Man Made Standards

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

How To Avoid Feeling Like You Have to Live By Man Made Standards (Rom. 8:12-14)

How To Avoid Feeling Like You Have to Live By Man Made Standards (Rom 8:12-14) Illustration: In 1900, the Daughters of the American Revolution elected social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. But Addams’s antiwar stance during World War I and her insistence that even subversives had a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:12-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"The Rent Has Been Paid And You Now Have A New Landlord"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Nov 11, 2009

Meet the New Boss, not the same as the old boss.

Romans 5:12-6:11 “The Rent has been Paid and You now have a New Landlord!” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN We’re all born with the same nature… “sin entered the world through one man and death through sin…” We are all, by nature, ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

Part 6 - Why Don’t I Have More Self-Control? Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Feb 19, 2010

We do what we don’t want, and vice versa...Why?

I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. Romans 7:14 - 25 (NRSV) [1] We are still grappling with some of life’s “why” questions. Today’s question is #6 in the series – a riddle that is arguably one of the simplest and most basic; at the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:14-25

Denomination: United Methodist

Don't Be A Spectator Of Grace Because, You Can Have "All Access"

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jan 26, 2012

If you have ever been to a concert maybe a country, rock or even gospel. Sometimes before, after or during the show you see these guys walking around with a T-shirt carrying the logo of the band’s tour. Most will have ID cards around their neck. If you lo

Don't be a spectator of grace because, you can have "All Access" Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Have You Made A Mess Of Your Life? God Can Turn This Around!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 17, 2020

A few wrong choices and we can make a big mess. Our messes can't stop God's miracles if we will come to Him and trust his plan.

HAVE YOU MADE A MESS OF YOUR LIFE? GOD CAN GIVE ANOTHER CHANCE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com HEZEKIAH: Hezekiah was a king of Judah. He was 25 when he started, he ruled 29 years. So he was around 54 when he died. NOT ENOUGH? JUST A MESS. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 28:24-25, 2 Kings 18:18, Isaiah 38:18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

My God, My God ,why Have You Forsaken Me." Series

Contributed by Claude Alexander on Apr 3, 2021

Both Matthew 27:45 and Mark 15:33 tells us that as Jesus was hanging on the cross darkness covered the land. Then Matthew 27:46 and Mark 15:34 quote Jesus as asking, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

"My God, My God ,why have you forsaken me." Matt. 27:46; Mark 15:34 The fourth word of Jesus from the cross discloses a sense of hope when we remember the whole psalm from which it comes. Psalm 22 does indeed begin with desperation: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:46, Mark 15:34

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Is A Spiritual Journey: Have You Been To Cloud City? The Great Leap Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 5, 2021

Though his warrior father had carved out a kingdom for the crown prince, it was not big enough. This prince had a voracious appetite that could never be satisfied.

"Though his warrior father had carved out a kingdom for the crown prince, it was not big enough. This prince had a voracious appetite that could never be satisfied. That craving for more would send him to the ends of the earth in a never-ending quest that still astounds the world some 2,500 ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

When You Have To Do What You Don’t Want To Do Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 27, 2017

God and His Word may dictate that we do things we would rather not do or be involved in unpleasant situations we would rather avoid. It is when we obey but don’t feel like obeying that we really honor God the most.

When You Have to Do What You Don’t Want to Do (2 Kings 8:1-15, 9:1-10, 13:14-25) 1. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do. In 1935, Charles Darrow brought his invention of Monopoly to Parker Brothers. The experts at Parker Brothers rejected the game for "containing fifty-two fundamental ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible