Sermons on Purpose Of John:

John Chapter 18 Series

Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 20, 2001

Jesus crossed over the valley Kedron, between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, now called the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Jesus crossed this valley after Judas had made his agreement to betray Him. Jesus is the Lamb of God, led to slaughter.

John chapter 18 Read verses 1-11 In this section we find a blending of the majesty and the meekness of Christ. Jesus crossed over the brook Kedron after Judas had made his agreement to betray Him. Perhaps you remember another person who crossed over the brook Kedron. When King David’s son, ...read more

Scripture: John 18:1-40

Denomination: Baptist

John Chapter 19 Series

Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 20, 2001

Five Viewpoints of the Crucifixion: God, Jesus, Christians, Satan, the World. At the cross, Jesus humbled Himself, becoming obedient until death.

John Chapter 19 Verses 1-5 If Jesus was innocent, He should have been set free. If Jesus was guilty, He should have been crucified; but to scourge Jesus was unlawful. Pilate ordered Jesus to be scourged because he thought this would please the Jews. The soldiers took this opportunity to have ...read more

Scripture: John 19:1-42, John 1:28

Denomination: Baptist

His Name Is John Series

Contributed by Darrin Koone on Sep 20, 2001

A sermon in a series on Luke delaing with our difficulty of breking with tradition when faced with God’s challenge to do so.

(Luke 1:57-63) When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. {58} Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. {59} On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:57-80

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

John Chapter 20 Series

Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Oct 1, 2001

John Chapter 20 explores the appearances of Jesus immediately following His resurrection.

John Chapter 20 John 20:1-9 The first day of the week, that’s Sunday. This is the best explanation I know for when the Sabbath Day changed! The Sabbath was changed from Saturday to Sunday when Christ arose from the dead. Christ was dead during the Sabbath Day; He became alive on Sunday, and ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Apostle John The Beloved

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Jun 8, 2003

The Apostle John’s life is an example of the Christian Life in Spiritual Growth and Maturity. In John’s life we see three levels of maturity.

Apostle John’s the Beloved -Growth in Spiritual Maturity- Introduction Jesus called 12 men of different personalities, passions and skills to follow Him and become His disciples. We call them Apostles because Jesus commissioned and sent them out as His Missionaries to preach, teach, baptize and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:13-19

Denomination: Free Methodist

The Question Of John The Baptizer Series

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Nov 11, 2006

Have you ever found yourself running down a mental road, making plans and decisions and talking up a storm, only to have the information you thought you knew turn out to be wrong? Well, the text we are studying today is one of those texts that has that ha

Our text today is Matthew 11:1-6. It has been a little while since we were in our study of Matthew due to the holidays and such, so let’s read the text, shall we? “When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

John Prepares The Way

Contributed by David Hicks on Nov 15, 2006

John the Baptist prepared the way for us to know and trust in Christ.

John prepares the way Matthew 3:1-12 Are you ready to meet Jesus? How do you help others to prepare to meet Him? If you had been sent as the front man for Jesus to come into town, what would you do to make sure that hearts were ready to receive Him and His message? For 400 years God had been ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Holiness

Jesus And John The Baptist

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 13, 2006

Discussion of how Jesus viewed and talked about John the Baptist.

Jesus and John the Baptist Matthew 11:1-19 March 5, 2006 Introduction I was reading a special supplement to the Aberdeen newspaper yesterday about the 125th anniversary celebration for the city coming up this summer. In there was an article about a guy who does a lot of researching about his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:1-19

Denomination: Wesleyan

John Chapter 6

Contributed by David Trexler on Aug 24, 2006

Did Jesus get his point across? Now do you see and understand? This is not a hard teaching. Can you accept it?

Sermon for John 6:56-69 August 27th 2006 Once there was this city slicker from Chicago who spent his vacation on a Dude Ranch in Wyoming. He want to appear as if he belonged in the wild west so he bought all the right clothes to make sure he would fit in. A day after he arrived, he was walking ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-71

Denomination: Lutheran

' John 3:16

Contributed by Dr. Mike Frazier on Jul 27, 2007

A brief but usefull sermon to help people understand the importance of trusting Christ as their only payment for sin.

John 3:16 shows us that Jesus gives us a salvation that is: I. Without Cause: a. God so loved - not because of our good works. b. Not becuase of being sinless. c. Not because we deserve salvation. d. Loved us because of who HE is - not who we are. II. Without Flaws: a. His is a perfect love b. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:15-16

Denomination: Baptist

John - The Apostle Of Love Series

Contributed by Rik Wadge on Sep 6, 2004

The Apostle John’s emphasis concerning love.

The 12 Apostles Week 5 – John Dr. Rik B. Wadge, Ph.D. "The Apostle of Love" Illustration: William Gladstone Prime Minister of Britain, stood before the House of Commons one day and began to tell a touching story about their Princess... Alice. You see Alice had a daughter that was extremely ill ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Bible Church

John's Testimony Of Jesus.

Contributed by Phil Dyar on Apr 4, 2003

I LOVE TO HERE THE SAINTS OF GOD GIVE A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS. JOHN GAVE A TESTIMONY ABOUT JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.

JOHN WAS A MAN WHO WAS NOT ASHAMED TO STAND UP AND GIVE A TESTIOMONY ABOUT THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. IN THIS SIMPLE THOUGHT I WANT TELL YOU THE KIND OF TESTIMONY JOHN GAVE ABOUT JESUS. 1.JOHN STOOD UP AND SAID HE IS LORD. JOHN 1;1. IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD AND THE ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-34

John's Portrait Of Christ

Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 21, 2003

A message about the coming Messiah from John’s perspective.

JOHN’S PORTRAIT OF CHRIST Luke 1:14-66; John 1:1-29 INTRO: ILLUS: One of the most impressive things about the Mormon tabernacle is its wonderful acoustics. It’s reported that a pin dropped in the front can be heard in the back, without amplification. The 400 years between the O.T. and the N.T. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:14-66, John 1:1-29

Denomination: Baptist

The Last Words Of John Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Feb 23, 2003

These are the last recorded words of John. One’s last words often tell us where his priorities were.

John’s third letter is addressed to Gaius, "my dear friend." The central thought is found in verse eleven: "Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God." Imitate good people. Don’t imitate ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Eulogy -John Mosely

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 13, 2007

Funeral for a Christian male who was a family man and who gave back to others in the church and community.

John Sylvester Mosely 01/13/2007 Whether we know it or not, each one of us is a gift from God to all the rest of humanity. We either improve or hurt it, but we never leave it just the same. I can truly say that humanity was enriched because God sent John Sylvester Mosely into the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed