Sermons on Renewing Of Holy Ghost:

God's Holiness Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Mar 23, 2001

Our God is Holy and He expects those who love Him to be holy also!

INTRODUCTION  Today we are going to look an attribute of God that is one that is central to God and who He is.  The attribute that I want us to consider today is one that when we understand it, it will change our whole outlook on our relationship with God. Once we understand this ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Life Of Holiness

Contributed by Russ Sharrock on May 4, 2002

Without a life of holiness we appear no different than the world around us.

I’ve heard many people say so many times that you can’t tell the difference between a Christian and a non-Christian. Alice’s sister-in-law, Keiko, is a New Age Soka Gakkai Buddhist. She is so serene, so filled with peace and joy, that Alice’s brother, her Mom and Step dad, have all been drawn ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Wholeness Is Holiness

Contributed by Charles Mallory on May 14, 2002

JESUS CHRIST CAME TO SAVE HUMAN BEINGS - BODY AND SOUL.

THE CHURCH IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL WHERE YOU CAN GO IN SICK AND COME OUT THE DOCTOR! JESUS DID NOT HEAL PEOPLE TO PROVE THAT HE WAS GOD. JESUS HEALED PEOPLE BECAUSE HE IS GOD! WE, AS A CHURCH, HAVE A CRUCIAL NEED TO RETURN TO THE VISION OF THE GOD REVEALED IN AND BY JESUS CHRIST. PEOPLE NEED TO ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-15

Denomination: Free Methodist

"Holy And Blameless" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 28, 2002

Why He chose us, in Christ, before the foundation of the world. (#3 in the "Every Spiritual Blessing" series)

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve looked closely at the content of these opening verses of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, and I can say here that we haven’t done more than scratch the surface of the volumes that could be said and written about them. But as much as we have discussed them, we ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:4

Denomination: Orthodox

Holy Ground

Contributed by Christopher Higgins on Jun 7, 2001

God desires that we remain open to His leading, trusting Him to provide the means and the power and the forgiveness to do His will for our lives.

HOLY GROUND Ex 3.1-10 A few weeks ago, in Griffith, a man found a little baby in a garbage dumpster. This isn’t the first time this has happened. It has occurred many times in Chicago and other places. Among all the feelings which flood our minds and hearts when we hear of such things, the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Holiness Of God

Contributed by Paul Etterling on Jul 5, 2001

An exploration of the Holiness of God in light of the Lord’s Supper.

26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:26-29

Denomination: Baptist

A Holy Priesthood Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on Dec 15, 2001

Peter illustrates our identity in the church as living stones and a holy priesthood

A Holy Priesthood Text: 1 Peter 2:4-10 Introduction I watched a show where scientists tried to make a smaller model of the great pyramids to learn how the ancients had accomplished the feat. They measured and cut the giant stone which would serve as the guide and cornerstone, as they levered ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Holy Living

Contributed by Stephen Schwartz on Dec 17, 2001

I should be holy as God is holy - how do I do that?

Holy Living A Scene from Real Life 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 A muscular athlete admitted, “Sometimes I’m not sure I even know how to be a holy Christian. All day long I find myself wondering what I need to do to live for Christ. It’s a lot easier to keep in shape then to be holy.” Most of us are eager to ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Holy Water

Contributed by Mike Dubose on Mar 3, 2002

Thirsty? How about a taste of Holy Water? One drink and you’ll never thirst again. Guaranteed for eternal life!

Holy Water John 4: 1-15 March 3, 2002 Have you ever been working in the yard on a hot summer day and find yourself almost dying of thirst… I have… I’ll never forget the day I put down sod in my front yard… It must have been 90 plus degrees that day – I had bought 3 pallets ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-15

Denomination: Methodist

The Pursuit Of Holiness Series

Contributed by Richard White on Jan 3, 2002

We cannot find what we aren’t looking for and we can’t look for what we don’t know

The Pursuit of Holiness Romans 6:1-23 We cannot pursue that which we do not know. That is like playing the kids game of "Hide and go Seek" without knowing who is hiding. The same is true for holiness, if we do not know what it is how can we know when we found it? C.S. Lewis once ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Holiness Is Not An Option Series

Contributed by Richard White on Jan 3, 2002

For the Christian, holy living is not an option it is a requirement

Holiness is not an option Hebrews 12 Jeff Bridges says, "Christians can never in themselves merit salvation through their personal holiness." Our Righteousness is like a filthy rag before a holy God. One of the early church fathers said, "Even our tears of repentance must be washed in ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Is Holy

Contributed by Anthony Roberts on Jan 5, 2002

The Attributes of GOD include Holiness and He requires us to follow that pattern not of ourselves but only by His devine Grace and Power in us through the Holy Spirit.

GOD IS . . . HOLY “Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 20:7). Isaiah 6:1-8 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2Above it stood the seraphims: each ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 20:7, Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Holy Reverence

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Dec 4, 2000

Thoughts from Hebrews

“By faith, Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.” I do not believe I have ever regretted the wording of the New ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:7

Denomination: Orthodox

The Holiness Of God Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 20, 2003

A wealth of God’s ways and actions flow from His holiness. You cannot understand the true God withough grappling with what that holiness means.

The Holiness of God (topical) Intro: Examples of holy items: my mother’s china...special; Emeril uses "truffle oil"; truffles are underground mushrooms that can bring hundreds of dollars apiece...holy (special) Yet God is holy in an much greater and deeper way Main Idea: God¡¦s Holiness is ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 12:1-13, 1 Samuel 2:2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"Holy Hands"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 10, 2003

We are called to be the Holy Hands of Christ.

Mark 1:40-42 “Holy Hands” By: Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist, Newport News, VA Jesus’ hands were holy hands. Hebrews chapter 4 tells us that Jesus was “tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin.” But the religious people of Jesus’ day certainly didn’t ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-42

Denomination: United Methodist