Sermons on People In Acts:

Sermon # 1 - A People Set Apart For God Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jan 12, 2024

We as a church are the ‘Ekklesia’ set apart for the Lord. Let us understand how we can be those called apart people who can take a stand for the Lord and not compromise with the world.

We read in Matthew 16:18, “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”(ESV) Jesus Christ said that He will build His church on the rock. Often people perceive that church is a building, and hence the first picture ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18, Revelation 2:14, Revelation 2:16, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 33:28, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:9, Matthew 24:37  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Be Careful When Advising People In God’s Will

Contributed by Samuel M on Jan 14, 2024

So many times, we have become like Job’s friends, who have not spoken the right words about or from God to our friends like Job who are suffering in God’s will. We have spoken Godly words, but some or all of these words are not from God.

And so it was, after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is aroused against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.” Job 42:7 So many times, we have become like Job’s friends, who have ...read more

Scripture: Job 42:7

When God's People Care Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 27, 2024

An examination of a new start from the book of Nehemiah

Most of us are familiar with football, and with how it is played today, but in its early days it was a very different game. In football's early years, yardage was tough to acquire; points were even scarcer. Wearing little padding and protective equipment, players who used their bodies as ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Why Did God Complain To His People?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Feb 9, 2024

Micah depicts a court here. God's people are on trial where God is the judge and the people are told what is expected of them.

The book of Micah was written to God’s people, the children of Israel in the Northern Kingdom, and of Judah in the Southern Kingdom. It was written to warn them of the coming judgment from God but to also for them to repent. Throughout the book of Micah, the need for peace and justice in ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Who Were The People Liberated From Egypt? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 24, 2024

It’s not important to our eternal happiness just who our ancestors are, or what racial or ethnic group we belong to.

Who Were the People Liberated From Egypt? Lent 2024 In today’s Scripture reading from Matins, we read how Moses and the other Israelite leaders led their people out of Egypt. The numbers look staggering: “six hundred thousand on foot, not counting the children.” Now there was no roll call, but we ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:37-49, Exodus 13:11-16, Psalm 95:8-9, Numbers 14:30, Matthew 7:13-14, Exodus 10:12-15, Exodus 12:3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Who Are The People Of God And How To Join Up

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 31, 2023

Here comes this hick-town Galilean carpenter and His gang to try to turn things upside down.

Saturday of the 30th week in course 2023 Our first reading begins with a question about whether, “then,” God has rejected His people, the Jews of St. Paul’s day. But we must, to have any understanding of these words, look back at the previous chapter, which ends, “But of Israel he [God] says, ‘All ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-11, Romans 11:1-2, Romans 11:11-29

Denomination: Catholic

When People Trick You Lesson 9 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 5, 2024

Two wrongs never make a right.

A. THE GIBEONITES TRICK ISRAEL: JOSHUA 9:1-27 “When the six kings of great nations in the land heard about the destruction of Jericho and Ai, plus God stopping up the Jordan River, they made a covenant to fight together against Israel. The nation of Gibeon decided not to join the covenant but to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 9:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

Part 3: Some People Never Learn Series

Contributed by Marlou Javier on Jul 14, 2021

“It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes.”

Outline of Judges 2: A. National apostasy. 2:1–15 B. Divine mercy. 2:16–23 Transition: The book of Judges is NOT only a past history, this book also is about God’s people today. Spiritual Lessons: 1. All sorrow does not equate with genuine repentance. Vv. 1-5 Read: verse 1-5 A. ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

That All People May Know Thy Name.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 12, 2021

The transcendence and immanence of God.

THAT ALL PEOPLE MAY KNOW THY NAME. 1 Kings 8:1; 1 Kings 8:6; 1 Kings 8:10-11; 1 Kings 8:22-30; 1 Kings 8:41-43. The bringing of the Ark of the Covenant into the Temple in Jerusalem was a monumental moment in the history of God’s people (1 Kings 8:1; 1 Kings 8:6). Yet all the skill and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Kings 8:6, 1 Kings 8:10-11, 1 Kings 8:22-30, 1 Kings 8:41-43  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You, The Gospel & Jewish People Ii Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Jul 18, 2022

The Jews are definitely hardened to the Gospel, even yet today. How should we relate to them in light of their general rejection and hostility to the Gospel? Have they been rejected by God forever?

When I first became convinced that Jewish outreach was to be a priority, I made a point of meeting some Jewish people at a Christians United for Israel dinner here in Israel. I met a relatively young Jewish medical doctor there and then a week or so later, boldly called him up at his practice to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:11-36, Genesis 12:3

Denomination: Bible Church

When God’s People Partner With The World Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 9, 2022

King Jehoshaphat makes a seemingly small step in the wrong direction that ends up creating a situation he's stuck in. He's a great example of where our backsliding came lead us.

THE STRONG START: Jehoshaphat walked with the Lord. - 2 Chronicles 17:3-19. - Detail the various things the passage describes. A FIRST STEP: We try to secure God’s blessings with a little bit of compromise. - 2 Chronicles 18:1. - We’re going to unpack all the consequences of this wrong step ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 17:3-19

Denomination: Baptist

When No Advantage Is Gained: Godly People Are Content Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

“If only I had married someone else…” “If only I had gone to college…” “If only I had a different job…”

We are discussing marriage, singles, and God’s instructions for each throughout this series. To the married, I have two goals for the series: 1) to convince that great marriages begin with a picture of God’s definition of marriage – Christ and His church; 2) to challenge you to do whatever it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24

Denomination: Baptist

Two People, Two Paths, Two Destinies Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jun 21, 2021

There are two kinds of people in the world - the righteous will prosper and the wicked will perish

Jesus’s Playlist A Summer in the Psalms Psalm 1 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 06-13-2021 Happy This song, from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack by Pharrell Williams, was the number song of 2014. In fact, it went number one in 19 countries and the video has been watched almost ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

From Every Nation, Tribe, People, And Tongue

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Nov 16, 2021

This message preceded the dedication and send off of all the shoeboxes this congregation prepared for Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child. All Scripture references are from the NASB.

These shoeboxes, packed with much love and prayer, will be shipped out quite literally to the ends of the earth. In the past we have had shoeboxes, that we have packed, to the Philippines, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Cameroon and many other places. Where ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

When Good Things Happen To Bad People

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Dec 6, 2021

Sometimes it seems like bad people are getting the better side of life while the good suffer.

WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE Based on the work of Warren Wiersbe Read Psalms 73 “Almost Gone” It's important that we gird ourselves with basic truths. Life isn't free of painful experiences. Because we don't understand all things in life, we must fall back on things we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:23, Matthew 16:26, Job 12:5

Denomination: Pentecostal