Sermons on Matthew 10:1-37:

Who Is Worthy?

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 16, 2005

No one is truly worthy to follow Christ unless they are willing to commit to serving God as the top priority of their life.

Who Is Worthy? - Mt 10: 24 - 39 Intro: Jake had been struggling with his faith since his cancer surgery. He was only 22 and had experienced so much and had so many doubts and questions. He decided to enter a theological seminary to study God’s word and hopefully find some answers. When he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Following Christ

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jun 17, 2005

What does taking up one’s Cross mean?

SMM 19-06-05 Following Christ Story In a small country village in Sicily, there were two brothers, renown members of the local Mafia. They were mean, bad and very rich. No one had a good word to say about them. Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been cheated or ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39

Denomination: Anglican

"Do Not Be Afraid To Follow Christ"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 18, 2005

A sermon about trusting in God.

Matthew 10:24-39 “Do Not Be Afraid to Follow Christ” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org At Annual Conference this past week an interesting statistic was put forth. It appears that, even in this day and age, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:24-39

Denomination: United Methodist

Sheep Evangelizing Wolves

Contributed by William Mouser on Jun 19, 2005

Jesus’ instruction, warning, and encouragement for the Disciples’ first evangelisitc mission applies to all future service to Christ in this world.

Matth 10:16-33 Fourth Trinity 2005 We have all heard the expression about the weather in parts of Texas: if you don’t like it, just wait an hour or two and it will change. I heard the same thing this past week in New England, where the weather is changeable because of the constant interaction ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:16-33

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Truth In Advertising

Contributed by William Mouser on Jun 26, 2005

Unlike modern promoters of goods and services, who shade the truth, Jesus’ commissioning of his disciples was candid and complete -- with both warnings and promises.

Truth in Advertising Ps. 89:1-18, Micah 7:1-7, Romans 6:3-11, Matt. 10:34-42 Some years ago there was a film about a group of crazy people – I think that was the title of the film: Crazy People – in which a group of patients in a mental institution began to write advertising. As I recall, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:34-42

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

I Came To Send A Sword

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Jul 16, 2005

Sermon 3 of 7: Why did Jesus come?

Matthew 10:16-39 “I Came to Send a Sword” Woodlawn Baptist Church July 7, 2005 Introduction It goes without saying that we live in a war torn world. Just this week we have witnessed the terrorist bombing of London by religious fanatics. In Africa, over two million Christians have died at the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:34

Denomination: Baptist

Receive The Lord's Servant

Contributed by William Baeta on Jul 21, 2005

“He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me” Matthew 10:40.

Theme: Receive the Lord’s Servant Text: 2 Kings 4:8-17; Rom. 6:1-11; Matt. 10:37-42 A simple definition of a servant is someone who serves another person or group of people. The best example of a servant is Jesus Christ whose sole aim for coming into the world was “not to be served, but to serve ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:37-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Twelve Men Who Shaped The World, Part 2 – The Apostle Peter Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 8, 2006

Jesus drew from the same raw materials that He draws from today when He calls men and women to be His disciples. In this series, we are looking at each of the Twelve as in-depth as we can, based upon what we can know and discern from the Scripture.

We return once again to the 10th Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. We have been absent from this study for a time, so I want to review for a moment what we have discovered so far in this section of our study. We began looking at the men that Jesus commissioned that day to begin sharing the gospel ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Twelve Men Who Shaped The World , Part 3 - The Apostle Andrew Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 8, 2006

Jesus drew from the same raw materials that He draws from today when He calls men and women to be His disciples. In this series, we are looking at each of the Twelve as in-depth as we can, based upon what we can know and discern from the Scripture.

Once again we turn to the 10th Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. We focused on the Apostle Peter last time, and we learned quite a bit about how Jesus can use the raw material of a person who is willing to be used. What do you remember about the way the disciples are grouped and paired in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Twelve Men Who Shaped The World, Part 4 - James, Son Of Thunder Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 15, 2006

Have you ever known someone whose aggressive, ambitious personality just rubbed you the wrong way? Have you known someone who was so self-seeking that you couldn’t help but hope something humiliating would happen to them, just to teach them a lesson?

In The Service Of The Master – Part 4 The Twelve Men Who Shaped The World – Session 4 James Matthew 10:1-4 Have you ever known someone whose aggressive, ambitious personality just rubbed you the wrong way? Have you known someone who was so self-seeking that you couldn’t help but hope something ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Twelve Men Who Shaped The World – Session 5, John, The Beloved Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Jul 30, 2006

Three words summarize our next guest. Those words are “love”, “witness”, and “believe”. The Renaissance painters all portrayed the Apostle John as doe-eyed, pale-skinned and effeminate. This they did to accentuate the “love” part of John’s character. In d

Three words summarize our next guest. Those words are “love”, “witness”, and “believe”. The Renaissance painters all portrayed the Apostle John as doe-eyed, pale-skinned and effeminate. This they did to accentuate the “love” part of John’s character. In doing so, they ignored the other parts, for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Open Handed Blessings, Closed Handed Consequences

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Jul 30, 2006

When we look back on all of the gifts that have freely been bestowed upon us by God we clearly see richness, yet how freely are we giving it away? I believe that Jesus desires that we not hoard these gifts, but give them away...

How many of you know what it is like to have a kid coming up to you asking for candy? I had Pastor Adam and Emi’s kids Harry and Jordan in my office the other day wanting a lolly. How do you look into the faces of those cute kids and say, ‘no’? You can’t. I opened up my drawer and gave them each a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:7-8

Common Men With An Uncommon Purpose Series

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jul 31, 2006

Twelve Men Who Followed Jesus - the Disciples

Tyndale Publishing is synonymous with American publishing successes of the 20th Century. But few who read the thousands of literary works put out by that company know that the name Tyndale is associated with martyr William Tyndale (1492-1536). Did you know that William Tyndale is credited with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:2-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Drifting From The Love Of God

Contributed by James May on Aug 2, 2006

What will we answer when we are confronted with confessing our belief in Christ?

Drifting from the Love of God Youth Service The film that you will see will last only about 6 minutes but it will make you think. To set the scene let me tell you about it before we start. The man and woman in van are a Pastor and his wife who are on vacation. He has preached about Jesus all ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:37-39

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Have You Got To Lose?

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Aug 5, 2006

Allegiance to God means something

Title: What have you got to lose? Text: FCF: SO: Intro: When you were in school, I suspect you had to learn the Pledge of Allegiance. You probably also had to recite it most mornings, and if you were like me, you probably did so without realizing how offensive it really was. There is one ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:26-40

Denomination: Baptist