Sermons on Reality Of Sacrifice:

A Kingdom Of Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Danny Davis on Feb 7, 2014

The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of sacrifice. Fasting is a tool that helps us see and understand the brokenness of this world. But more it helps us to move to action and become repairer and restorers.

Good morning! Over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at Jesus’ teaching about giving and prayer. These are two of the three righteous actions Jesus tells His followers to observe as they live their lives. Today we are going to talk about the third righteous actions – ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:16-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jul 5, 2013

The Ultimate Sacrifice for our sins was given by Christ Himself. God had to die for us to give us life eternal. When we are exhorted to respond to His Sacrifice for our redemption, what do we do? Do we really respond back with our very lives?

The Ultimate Sacrifice [Hebrews 9:23-28] Opening illustration: There were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Have you considered the price they paid for putting their name on what the British viewed as a treasonous document? These 56 men who signed the Declaration knew that they ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:23-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Savior In The Sacrifice

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jul 15, 2013

A sermon that describes the portraits of Jesus found in the meat offering in Leviticus 2.

"The Savior in the Sacrifice" Leviticus 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take there out his handful of the ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 2:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

A Reflection Of Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 4, 2011

There were two Joseph's who met a need in Jesus' life, one at the first Christmas and one at the first Easter.

A Reflection of Sacrifice He’s always the forgotten one at Christmas. Oh we remember the Christ child, how could we forget him, even in the shopping malls they sing about the birth of Christ and his name is even included in the very word Christmas. Without Christ there would be no Christmas ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Mother's Sacrifice

Contributed by Gene Escoe on May 9, 2011

A Mother's Day sermon comparing the sacrifices a good Mother makes with the sacrifices that Jesus Christ made for each of us so that we may know Him.

A Mother’s Sacrifice Book of John INTRODUCTION: A mother was putting her son to bed on the eve of his fifth birthday. All year she had been working with him on holding up four fingers when people would ask him how old he was. On this night she was attempting to explain to him that ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

An Extravagant Sacrifice

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Apr 8, 2019

Mary makes an extravagant sacrifice; soon Jesus will, too.

April 7, 2019 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Isaiah 43:16-21; John 12:1-8 An Extravagant Sacrifice Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Fragrances ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21, John 12:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Praising Sacrifices Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 15, 2015

In our worship, we offer sacrifices of praise and become living sacrifices to God.

1. Cost of Freedom When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire-building by George W. Bush. He answered by saying that..."Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:10-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Triumphant Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 30, 2015

Jesus triumphant procession into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday seems straightforward enough, but the implications of this special event — documented in all four Gospels — run so deep that we may not have uncovered them all.

The Triumphant Sacrifice (Mark 11:1-11) 1. "Children’s Letters to God" series, actual authentic letters written by kids to God: "Dear God, I read the Bible. What does ’begat’ mean? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison." "Dear God, did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Heart Of The Sacrifices

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 14, 2014

The Levitical sacrifices reveals the demands of God, and hence the character of God. At the heart of the sacrifices, we can learn 3 truths: God is approachable, sin is removable, and life is redeemable.

The Book of Leviticus is a book that many of us would not like to read, but it is the first book that a Jewish child has to study. • Reading through it helps us understanding of WHO God is and how man can approach Him. • The sacrifices and rituals reveals the demands of God, and hence ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 4:27-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Sacrifice Of Praise

Contributed by Archie Norman on Dec 9, 2014

sacrifice of praise

The Sacrifice of Praise Psalm 50:14; Hebrews 13:15 1. You must obtain God's acceptable sacrifice *God has no words but He does have desires 2. You must offer God acceptable sacrifice A. Praise is a costly sacrifice B. Praise is a continual sacrifice C. Praise is a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 50:14

Denomination: Baptist

Obedience, Not Sacrifice

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 6, 2022

Disobedience is an extremely costly sin. God desires our obedience over our sacrifice. If we are trying to worship and we have been disobedient to the Lord, then He won’t accept our worship until we make our life right with Him.

This morning we’re going to discuss the sin of disobedience to God’s commands. Disobedience is an extremely costly sin; for we know that when the Israelites were on their exodus from Egypt that they refused to follow God’s plan for taking the Promised Land, and the consequence was spending forty ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:1-3, 1 Samuel 15:7-23

Denomination: Baptist

Worship As Sacrifice

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 13, 2022

The word "worship" means ascribing worth to God. In America, worship doesn’t cost us much; and so, we have basically forgotten God's real worth. But, according to the Scripture, worship involves sacrifice, which is very costly.

Tonight we are going to come to a better understanding of what it means to worship the Lord. To begin, we must understand what the word “worship” means. The word worship is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word, which is actually a combination of the two words “worth” and “ship.” The term “ship” ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:3-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Sacrifice Of Praise Series

Contributed by Kevin Evans Tay on Aug 8, 2020

We no longer need to bring an animal to sacrifice in the temple/church, but God does want another sacrifice which is the sacrifice of praise.

THE SACRIFICE OF PRAISE INTRODUCTION • Good morning to all of you and also to those who are tuning in online. • My latest sermon two weeks ago was entitled SOP (Source of Perseverance) • Something that we need to realize in the midst of our storm and challenges. • We need to Persevere in God’s ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:15-16

The Sacrifice Of Fools

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Oct 4, 2017

Eccl 5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil. What is the sacrifice of fools?

THE SACRIFICE OF FOOLS Ecclesiastes 5:1 Christians have nearly abandoned the word "fool," and replaced it with various synonyms. The reason is found in Matthew 5:22, where Jesus says, "...whoever shall say, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the hell of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:10-13, Proverbs 14:7, Romans 1:21-23, Matthew 23:17, Romans 12:16, Romans 12:3, 1 Samuel 15:1-23, Leviticus 10:9-10, Leviticus 6:13, Leviticus 10:1-3, Genesis 4:3-5, 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, Hebrews 13:16, James 1:26-27, Ephesians 5:15-17, Romans 12:1, Ecclesiastes 5:1-20, 1 Corinthians 15:12, Proverbs 29:11, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 18:6-7, Proverbs 18:2, Proverbs 15:5, Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 10:18, Proverbs 1:22, Proverbs 1:7, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 15:3-9, Isaiah 29:13-14, Isaiah 1:11-15, Proverbs 26:1-5, Ecclesiastes 5:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

An Acceptable Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 23, 2015

If you give out of love for God, you will get what you desire most. You will get God's riches in Christ.

I once missed a great blessing. I was part of a student organization in college, and we were having a clothing drive. Our leader encouraged us to donate an article or two of clothing, but, when he did, he said, “Don’t give away something you won’t miss. Give something you really ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:10-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed