Sermons on Offered To Idols:

Offering And Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Gregory Neill on Jan 31, 2007

Lesson 3 on holiness as seen in Leviticus, examining the Hebrew sacrifices.

Offerings and Sacrifice I. Introduction A. One of the most neglected books in the Bible is Leviticus. 1. Many do not study the book because they feel it was written only to the Levitical priesthood. a) As Christians, we are the priesthood of God – 1 Peter 2:9 b) Therefore Leviticus can help us ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 15:13-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Acceptable Offering

Contributed by Steven Kellett on Mar 18, 2002

A look at Cain and Abel’s offerings to see why one was acceptable and the other was not.

Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other’s business. If one got a customer, he would smile in triumph at his rival. One night an angel appeared to one of the shopkeepers in a dream ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Offering Of Excuses

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 2, 2002

Offering excuses will never make better people.

WHAT EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR MAKING EXCUSES? Luke 14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuses. Rom. 1:20... so that they are without excuse. Define excuse: to make apology, try to remove blame, to let off from doing, pass the fault, justify. It is our enemy best interest to have ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:16-20, Romans 1:20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Consuming The Offering

Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000

How to be an offering totally consumed by the fire of God.

(1) INTRODUCTION: In the passages before us we see that when a right offering is made on the altar then the FIRE WILL FALL! Revival! In Romans 12:1 we see we are to offer ourselves as a `living sacrifice`. The problem with living sacrifices is that they keep crawling off the altar. There certain ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 9:22-24, 1 Kings 18:38-39

Denomination: *other

The Offer Of Liberty

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 10, 2004

All people are imprisoned by our sin, but God has offered us liberty.

THE OFFER OF LIBERTY SCRIPTURE: EZRA 1:1-4, GALATIANS 3:1-9 / Hymn: “To God Be the Glory” The story is told of a young man who wished to marry the farmer’s beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and responded, "Son, go stand out in that ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

An Acceptable Offering

Contributed by Jason Winters on Dec 8, 2007

Let’s see if we can look at these offerings from God’s perspective and maybe we can make some conclusions that may help us better offer our sacrifices to God.

An Acceptable Offering Genesis 4:1-4:8 Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other¡¦s business. If one got a customer, he would smile in triumph at his rival. One night an ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8, Leviticus 22:17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Widow's Offering

Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 31, 2008

Encouragement to use our abilities God has given us to serve Christ by serving others.

I was performing a wedding for a young couple. Before the wedding, the groom came to me and said, “Pastor, I will give you $100 if you change the wedding vows. When you get to the part to ask me to honor, love and obey, just leave that part out for me. Then, he handed me $100. During the wedding, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

Denomination: Lutheran

An Offer To God

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Mar 27, 2009

God does not want sanctimonious platitudes and feel-good ritual; He wants us, and our praise to Him needs to reflect true righteousness and thanksgiving.

An Offer to God Griffith Baptist Church – 3/29/09 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 50 Key verse: Psalms 50:23 – Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God. Premise: God does not want sanctimonious platitudes and feel-good ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 50:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Is That An Idol In Your Pocket?

Contributed by Gordan Runyan on Aug 20, 2002

The danger of excessive riches, in luring us away from our God (with a little help from Balaam).

Proverbs 30:7-9 [Note to preachers: This message, though gleaned from Proverbs 30, depends a lot on the spiritual lessons learned from the Balaam incident in Numbers.] Tell the story of Balaam (BAY-lum) - Asked by pagan king Balak to curse Israel - Wouldn’t do it. Then was offered money. Changed ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 30:7-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

An American Idol: Wealth

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007

A sermon on godliness with contentment.

An American Idol: Wealth I Tim. 6:6-10 INTRO.: Idolatry is one of the sins God hates most. The very first commandment of the Decalogue is Ex 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.” Yet, sometimes we worship things that are not God. We put them before God. We strive to be able to amass more ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Watch Out For Idols Series

Contributed by Keith Walker on May 19, 2004

Idols come in a variety of forms and will keep us from being delighted by God, delivered by God and being developed by God.

INTRODUCTION I want to conduct a little quiz this morning. I want you to raise your hand if you know the 4 following people: Reuben Studdard (winner of American Idol contest) Kenny Chesney (local boy, winner of his first Country Music award) Annika Sorenstam (Best lady golfer, just competed with ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

Watch Out For Idols

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 1, 2010

We are given an express command from God not to put anything before Him. So tonight I want us to search our hearts and find out if there are any idols in our lives, and without reservation rip them out of our lives.

Watch out for Idols Exodus 20:4-6 Introduction In our world we have many people who have ‘idols’ in their lives… like Robbie Williams, a British pop singer, spoke on BBC Radio in July 2001… Williams said, “…I haven’t had a drink or done drugs for seven ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:4-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Idol Of Stoicism: Philadelphia Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 7, 2010

The Church has two options: it can be proactive and walk through the doors that are opened to it or it can wait passively and watch opportunities to come and go

AMERICAN IDOLS: LOOKING AT OURSELVES AND OUR LOYALTIES THROUGH THE EYES OF JESUS THE FIRST SUNDAY OF THE NEW YEAR THE IDOL OF STOICISM: PHILADELPHIA REVELATION 3:7-13 Sermon Objective: The Church has two options: it can be proactive and walk through the doors that are opened to it or it can ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Nazarene

The Idol Of Tolerance: Thyatira Series

Contributed by Ken Pell on Nov 16, 2009

We will seek to address the question: “how is a congregation to express and practice its faith in the midst of the genuine cultural challenges that it faces?”

American Idols: Looking at Ourselves and Our Loyalties Through the Eyes of Jesus** The Idol of Tolerance: Thyatira Revelation 2:18-29 Sermon Objective: We will seek to address the question: “how is a congregation to express and practice its faith in the midst of the genuine cultural challenges ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:18-29

Denomination: Nazarene

Grace...an Idol? Series

Contributed by Dave Vance on Jan 20, 2019

What is idolatry and how does grace become an idol?

There are times in our lives where God calls us into the tension of life…to go deeper in wrestling with who He is and what He has done for us…These moments can be wonderful moments, but not easy moments. A professor of mine called it “Blessed Despair” (Discovery yet limited). When you get in the ...read more