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The Baptism Of Jesus Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

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The sermon explores the counterintuitive nature of God's ways as demonstrated in the baptism of Jesus, where the Trinity is revealed, and encourages the church to submit to Jesus' leadership.

Hello church! Did you know that in the New Testament God speaks audibly only three times? I’m referring to God the Father. He speaks out loud where more than one person heard him exactly three times. And guess what? Each time it’s the same message: he is confirming the identity of Jesus as his Son. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Topics: Baptism Of Jesus, Divine Presence, Fulfilling Righteousness

Endurance & Love To Receive The Crown Of Life – Resisting Temptations Series

Contributed by John Wright on Feb 1, 2010

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James teaches the importance of endurance, love, resting temptations and responding obediently to God's word if we are going to receive the crown of life.

INTRODUCTION 1. Open your bibles to James 1:12-27. 2. Studying the book of James will help Christians with an age old problem. The problem that we are talking about is the fact that not everybody who grows old, grows up spiritually. There is a vast difference between physical age and spiritual ...read more

Scripture: James 1:12-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Resistance To Revelation - Knowing The Lord. Exodus 5-6 Series

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jan 29, 2026

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GOD uses resistance, suffering, delay, and even discouragement to reveal HIMSELF as YHWH - the covenant-keeping LORD - so that HIS people may know HIM, trust HIM, and experience HIS redeeming power. Deliverance is GOD’s work from beginning to end.

2026.01.25-02.01 Sermon Notes. From Resistance to Revelation: Knowing the LORD. EXODUS 5-6 Exodus 5:1-6:30 William Akehurst Harford Senior Worship Center KEY WORDS: Faith, Deliverance, Salvation, Belief, Grace, Promise , Trust, Exodus, Faithfulness, Prayer, Faithfulness of GOD SCRIPTURES: Exodus ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 5:1-23, Exodus 6:1-30, Romans 6:22, John 4:23, Psalm 10:4, Romans 1:21, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Isaiah 31:1, Jeremiah 17:5, John 16:2, Galatians 4:16, Psalm 46:10, Romans 9:17, Psalm 9:10, Ephesians 2:8-9, Psalm 34:19, Isaiah 40:29, John 8:36, Acts 16:31 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Yield Not To Temptation

Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Mar 11, 2011

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God gives us the power to resist temptation

Matthew 4:1-11 A mother walked into the kitchen one day and interrupted her 3 year old, who was on top of a chair eating cookies. When she asked what he was doing, the toddler explained: “Mom, I just climbed up here to smell them but my tooth got caught. When we give in to temptation we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: *other

Breaking The Chain, Part Iii Series

Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Mar 13, 2009

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Lent 3: Part three of a three part sermon series dealing with temptation. In this sermon, we consider Scriptural approaches to overcoming temptation by looking at how to break the chain of events that takes one from temptation to committing sin.

This is the third and final message in our series on temptation. We’ve been dealing with a number of topics over the last couple of weeks that have to do with temptation: Why it’s important to talk about temptation; How the Bible talks about temptation and last week, what the Bible teaches about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

How Healthy Churches Resist The Devil (1 Peter 5:8-11) Series

Contributed by Greg Brown on Aug 2, 2014

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Exposition of 1 Peter 5:8-11)

How Healthy Churches Resist the Devil Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Avoiding Temptation's Trap Series

Contributed by David Owens on Jun 23, 2010

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In this sermon we learn how Joseph was able to resist the challenging temptation he faced from Potiphar's wife.

Introduction: A. Let me begin by asking you: “What is it that is most tempting to you?” 1. I think it is funny to watch cats stare at a fish bowl or a bird cage – it is so representative of temptation’s attraction. 2. When I was a kid we had cats and they would sit and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fighting Temptation (The Impala Christian)

Contributed by Kayode Omotoso on May 18, 2016

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Fighting temptation is foolish. The Bible does not enjoin any to resist temptation but the devil while we abstain from every appearance of evil.

Sometimes in the month, I saw a documentary involving the animals, jackal and impala. Jackal with an average weight of 10kg is a carnivore belonging to the same family as wolf and dog while impala is an African antelope having two long horns and an average weight of 60kg. Both of them live in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Four R’s - Temptation Island - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Jul 5, 2012

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Temptation, although common, seperates and isolates and makes you feel like you are on an island. How can we get off Temptation Island?

Temptation Island Pt. 2 – Four R’s I. Introduction Temptation Island is a dangerous place because temptation, when we don’t understand it and learn to deal with it, separates, isolates, and will become the gateway to your demise if you don’t learn to move off the island! So last week we began by ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:2-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Authority Of Jesus Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 20, 2021

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By healing the centurion’s servant, Jesus establishes his power over the material world, but it’s the spiritual reality of faith to which Jesus draws our attention.

INTRODUCTION • Most of us are acquainted with the ideas of formal and informal authority. • Formal authority is attached to someone’s title or position. • More often, though, people have informal authority over us. • We’ll listen to the people we trust and do what they ask because we trust them. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus Series

Contributed by Bill Bryan on Mar 29, 2014

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Jesus is the central expression of God's grace and peace to us. Our unity/thankfulness for one another in the Lord is not based on our complete agreement on every social, political, or religious topic but upon our common experience of God's grace/peace

On July 4th we celebrate the birth of the United States, and on June 20th we celebrate the birthday of my beloved home state of West Virginia. However, the birth of our nation came about through our division from England, and the birth of West Virginia came through division from the Confederacy. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

"Wild Things"

Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Feb 27, 2009

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This sermon is based on Mark 1:13, the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness with Satan and the wild beasts. It examines the wild beasts of temptation in our lives and how Jesus gives us the power to overcome them. (The First Sunday in Lent-Year

"Wild Things" Sermon on Mark 1:9-15 Lent 1-B March 1, 2009 The Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. 9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-15

Denomination: United Methodist

Dealing With Temptation Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Apr 5, 2007

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The way in which Jesus faced temptation teaches us how we can deal with it too. We are all tempted. However, like Jesus, we can resist temptation

NOTE: The strategies for resisting temptation at the end of this sermon were taken from a sermon entitled "Claiming the Victory – Strategies for Resisting Temptation" by Keith Manry -Foun here on sermoncentral.com Introduction: What tempts you? I’m not talking about the ice cream and chocolate ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

Preparing To Face Temptation Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 23, 2011

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Jesus’ preparation for His temptation in the wilderness shows us how to prepare for the temptations we will face in life.

Words are important and if we’re not careful they can easily be misunderstood. These actual newspaper headlines were collected by graduate students at the Columbia School of Journalism and illustrate that truth: •Autos killing 110 a Day; Let’s Resolve to do Better •Blind Woman Gets New Kidney from ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

How To Overcome The Temptations Of The Devil?

Contributed by David Mende on Jul 13, 2009

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All of us go through temptations. Even Jesus did. In this sermon, you will learn as to how Jesus overcame the temptations of Satan. I would be delighted if you could rate this sermon and give brief feedback.

How to overcome the temptations of the devil? Introduction How many of us sitting here face temptations in our day to day lives? When I interact with teenagers and young people, they often ask me this question – “I face a lot of temptations. How can I overcome temptations from Satan?” Before I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

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