Sermons on Jesus Presented In The Temple:

Welcoming Jesus Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 3, 2004

How do you welcome Jesus and keep the welcome warm. Welcome others. Share the welcome and enjoy the wonder.

When I was in high school there was a Christian College group that came to our chapel assembly and did some skits. I think they were called the Ambassadors or something, I can’t remember their name exactly, but I remember one skit that impressed me. I’ve updated it a little for this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-52, Hebrews 2:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Was Tempted!

Contributed by David Smith on Feb 20, 2008

For Jesus, as for us, overcoming temptation was not a one-off fight. The temptation experience that we read of today was, if I might extend the boxing analogy, more like one...

It’s the first Sunday in Lent and we’re back in the wilderness with Jesus.Every year we make this journey - 40 days and 40 nights it lasts! - and every year it continues to be a painful trek (as I think it‘s expected to be). And I’m conscious of the fact that a lot of ink (real and virtual) has ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Take Up Your Cross

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Sep 9, 2010

To seek after God, to follow His ways, means we must believe that His is – ever present, all knowing, all powerful.

Take Up Your Cross ACT up part 3 12/27/09 AM Text: Luke 9:34-35 INTRODUCTION We began this month considering “our year in review”, the need to examine ourselves to ensure we are in the faith of Jesus (2 Corinthians 13:5.) We have learned there is great value in examining ourselves and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:34-35

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Not Recognizing Jesus

Contributed by Robert Allen on Dec 14, 2013

How it is possible to celebrate the birth of Jesus and not understand who He is.

Not Recognizing Jesus John 1: 1-18 Could we be so busy that we wouldn’t recognize Jesus if He came among us today? The text today says that the world did that very thing. Christmas is really all about God becoming flesh in the form of man, in the form of His own creation. God, in the ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is Crucified Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 3, 2021

Had you gone to Jerusalem that day so long ago, and had you gone just outside the wall to the north, out through the Damascus gate, there you would have seen a rocky hill. And on that hill, you would have seen three crosses, with three men on those crosses.

Good morning to Cross Church and happy Palm Sunday to you. Turn to Luke 23 with me this morning. The universal symbol of Christianity is the cross, the old rugged cross. While the empty tomb is the foundation of Christianity, the cross is the focus of Christianity. And while I cannot take all of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:26-49

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Is...

Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on May 27, 2022

“Jesus Is ______________ ” is an unfinished sentence. How would you fill in the blank? This sermon gives us at least FIVE ways to fill in the blank.

Scripture Reference: Luke 22:66-71 Preached at Mount Zion Baptist Church on March 20, 2022 Delivered by John Daniel Johnson Scripture Reading As soon as it was day, the elders of the people, both chief priests and scribes, came together and led Him into their council, saying, 67 “If You are the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:66-71, Luke 6:46-48, Isaiah 53:5-6

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus On Trial Series

Contributed by David Owens on Nov 20, 2023

This sermon covers Mark's sequence of events from the Judas' betrayal through Pilate's handing over of Jesus for crucifixion. Jesus is so strong and amazing in the midst of injustice, abuse, and the desertion of the apostles.

Introduction A. I’m sure you are aware that jury trials can be conducted with great precision and the highest ethical standards or they can be conducted otherwise. 1. For instance, in one Massachusetts trial, and lawyer was cross examining the medical examiner with this line of ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Are Blessed

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jan 31, 2011

The beatitudes: 1. Are often misinterpreted. 2. Help us to be like God. 3. Are not promises for the present, but guarantees of our future.

We Are Blessed Matthew 5:1-12 Blessed are those who have gone through a divorce. Blessed are those who cannot pay their bills and may be facing bankruptcy. Blessed are those who have just heard that they have a terminal illness. Blessed are you when you have been fired from your job. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Giving To Jesus Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 27, 2008

This is week four of our stewardship month and this week we are looking at gospel accounts of people who gave to Christ.

When people talk about their giving you will often hear them speak about giving to the church or giving to God and sometimes about their gift to Jesus. And those are all valid expressions. I do feel that we give to God through the church and that our giving is an expression of love and obedience ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Kingdom Keys: Chronicles Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Mar 29, 2023

Our full repentance means settling the past and enduring consequences for our action brings hope by directing our present activities so that we attain the preferred future.

So maybe you’ve heard it said, ‘read your bible’ so you tried and failed. Our hope as leaders is that all of us will pick up God’s word and come to understand the true nature of God. After all, the bible is God’s Word curated over centuries detailing His nature, His will, the meaning of life and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1, Luke 5:32, Luke 24:47, 2 Chronicles 36:14-23, Psalm 119:1-28, Psalm 51:4-10, Psalm 109:21-22, Job 42:5-6, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 2 Timothy 2:19-22, 1 Peter 1:16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus The Christ Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Nov 12, 2007

The Jews expected a Messiah, was it Jesus?

Jesus Who? November 11, 12, & 15, 2007 Jesus The Christ Jesus the Messiah It may be surprising, but “Christ” is not Jesus’ last name. It is a title, and a description. “Christ” is from the Greek word that translated the Hebrew word “Messiah:” They both mean “Anointed One.” In Jesus’ day, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-20

Denomination: *other

No Buying And Selling

Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Dec 18, 2024

Our body is the temple of the Lord

NO BUYING AND SELLING John 2:13-21 13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there. 15 He made a whip from ropes and chased them ...read more

Scripture: John 2:13-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living In The Times: The Issachar Anointing

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jun 20, 2025

We live in a time of uncertainty—wars, disasters, moral decay, and trials seem to be on all sides. However, as believers, God has equipped us with the wisdom and strength to live faithfully in every season, trusting Him.

OPENING ILLUSTRATION: Narrative of the present Israel-Iran war. Narrative of the condition of the American church and what we must do. Discerning the times, knowing what to do and then taking action! INTRODUCTION: We live in a time of uncertainty—wars, disasters, moral decay, and trials seem to be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 12:32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

229 - God Returns Series

Contributed by Joel Vicente on Jul 20, 2002

Study of the Character and Attributes of the Holy Spirit as presented by Jesus.

Sermon Study 229 – GOD RETURNS Study of the Character and Attributes of the Holy Spirit as presented by Jesus Jesus (God) promises to return to those who “love and obey”: (1) John 14:15-18 "If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another (not ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-27

Denomination: Baptist

A Boyhood Of Jesus

Contributed by Jaeyoun Chang on Dec 26, 2025

Luke is the only one who records Jesus' childhood. Since the main recipients of the Gospel of Luke were Greeks

Introduction Except for the Gospel of Luke, the other gospels record Jesus from when he became an adult. Of course, the Gospel of Matthew records the circumstances when Jesus was born, Magi from the East who came and worshiped Jesus, and the story of Jesus' escape to Egypt, but it does not ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:40-52

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed