Sermons on Indwelling Of Christ:

To Live For Christ

Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Apr 24, 2024

Paul said, "For me to live is Christ, and die is gain."

To Live for Christ Philippians 1:15-26 Good morning. Jim Elliot was a passionate evangelist and a martyred Christian missionary. The pursuit of his life was to intimately know the Lord, to tell others about Jesus, and to obey the call, Christ had for his life. Jim Elliot committed his life to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:15-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Follow Christ Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Feb 22, 2023

The foremost step to elevation is to Follow Christ. Follow the footsteps of him. The first thing the disciples observed after encountering with Jesus was that he walked into Jordan, then into wilderness for fasting and prayer.

Ash Wednesday 22.02.2023 Text: Mark 10:32-34 Steps to Elevation: Step: 1, Follow Christ Introduction: During this Lent season we would mediate under the theme steps to elevation. These are the Steps to victory, jubilation and joy. Today, we are meditating the first step to elevation, that is, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:32-34

Denomination: Methodist

Love For Christ Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Dec 17, 2022

John 14:23: Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

Love for Christ will lead to Obedience to Christ Love for Christ will lead you to purity and sanctification in Christ Love for Christ will lead to likeness to Christ, Love for Christ will lead to Communion with Christ and in communion with those we love Love for Christ will lead us to work for ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:19, John 14:15

The Christ Of Christmas Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 21, 2022

Set aside the stress. Come to Jesus. Then tell everybody about Him. It’s the only way to face another Monday and all the days ahead.

Poor 4-year-old Landry, from Andover, Kansas, hesitated to go to school on another Monday this last winter (February 28, 2022). Here he is caught on his home’s outdoor security camara. Take a look (show video: 4-year-old has severe case of the Monday’s; www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9NeN8emtCM ). The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Christ Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Dr. Lewis W. Gregory on Dec 14, 2024

CHRISTMAS originated with Christ. Before Christ there was no Christmas. The root word of Christmas is CHRIST. Christmas is all about Christ. What is the truth about THE CHRIST of Christmas?

I. JESUS CHRIST is the TRUTH! It was Jesus Christ Himself who said in reference to God, “Your word is truth” (John 17:17). And so we are told in John 1:1 that, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”?? A. Then we learn in John 1:14 that, “The ...read more

Scripture: John 17:17, John 1:14, 1 Timothy 2:5, Romans 11:36, Philippians 2:9-11, Revelation 19:16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Undivided Christ Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 3, 2022

To keep the divisiveness in the world from infecting the church, take your focus off the messenger and focus on the message.

A young rabbi found a serious problem in his new congregation. During the Friday service, half the congregation stood for the prayers and half remained seated, and each side shouted at the other, insisting that theirs was the true tradition. Nothing the rabbi said or did helped to solve the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Only In Christ Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 12, 2022

Progress became a secular god, a new form of hope for secular man in the 19th century, a progress that would lead to freedom. It was not to be.

Monday of 2nd Week in Lent The call of Jesus in Matthew, which we heard at Mass on Saturday, was to “be perfect, as the heavenly Father.” In Luke’s redaction we heard today, the call is to “be merciful, as the heavenly Father.” If we understand that the root meaning of perfection is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36-38, Daniel 9:4-10

Denomination: Catholic

The Body Of Christ

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 12, 2022

If we desire to impact our community for Jesus Christ, then we need to be unified. Using the illustration of the church as a human body, Paul shared how a church that is divided will fail to function properly; or perhaps, even fail to survive.

“A father asked his young son to break a bundle of sticks. He returned a little later to find the boy frustrated in the task. He had raised the bundle high and smashed it on his knee, but he only bruised his knee. He had set the bundle against a wall and stomped real hard with his foot, but the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Battle In Christ Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 17, 2022

We are engaged in a spiritual battle, and we must hold our ground at all costs.

The Battle in Christ Text: Eph. 6:10-20 Introduction 1. Illustration: Video clip from the movie "Gettysburg." Scene 28. Key phrase, "We've got to hold it!" 2. It is fitting that this text, which may be one of the richest texts in all the New Testament, occurs at the end ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20

Denomination: Methodist

Christ The Firstfruits.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 20, 2022

Just as in Adam all die, so in Christ all are made alive.

CHRIST THE FIRSTFRUITS. 1 Corinthians 15:19-26. Without the resurrection of Jesus Christ, there is no gospel at all (1 Corinthians 15:12-13), and we are of all men most vain and miserable (1 Corinthians 15:14-19). Thankfully, we are reminded with a sigh of relief, Christ is risen from the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:19-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Return Of Christ Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Mar 24, 2022

When a believer dies, others are not to grieve like those who have no hope in Christ. But for believers we are grieving for ourselves and our loss, not for the person that died. This assurance believers have is because of the hope we have in Christ.

Do we know the exact time of the return of the Lord? Yes, we do! But didn’t Jesus say, “that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven” (Mathew 24:36). Yes, He did say that. Then how do we know the day and hour of the return of Christ? It is when the trumpet sounds. It is just ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Mind Of Christ

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 25, 2022

Notice, this verse starts off with the word, “Beware.” Any time we see the word “Beware” we need to pay attention!

Illus: If you are an insurance salesman and you drive up to a home that has a large sign on the gate of the fence that says, “Beware of bad dog”, you can not blame the owner if this vicious dog tries to eat your leg off before you get to the car. Life is filled with many things to BEWARE ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Mind Of Christ

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 29, 2022

A college boy was explaining the reason he flunked out in college was because he had a clinker in his thinker.

Did you know that about ninety-nine-and-nine-tenths of the problems that confront people is because they have that same problem--they have a clinker in their thinkers? We laugh this off as not being important, but God sees the way people think as being very important. Illus: We see this in the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

In Christ #4

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 29, 2022

We have looked at our REDEMPTION, and praise the Lord for this. In this message we will look at our REVELATION. (And, in the following message we will look at our REWARDS.)

In verse 3 we are told that God wants to bless us. Then Paul gives us a grocery list of things in the next few verses that God has blessed us with. Illus: One of the biggest days of the church year should be Thanksgiving Day. Why? It is obvious. Because we all have so much to be thankful ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:8-10

Denomination: Baptist

In Christ #3

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 29, 2022

In this sermon we will look at our REDEMPTION. (In the next two messages we will look at our REVELATION, and our REWARDS.)

It is my prayer that by this time you are closer to the Lord. Illus: We do not have to be like the man who had been hired to paint lines on the highway. As the story goes, this man’s job consisted of painting the white lines in the highway. -The first day he painted three miles of lines. -The ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-12

Denomination: Baptist