Sermons on Romans 12:15-17:

Never Repay Evil With Evil

Contributed by John Newbaker on Feb 22, 2012

The rest of the passage here in Romans 12 has to do w/ our r/ship w/ those who harass us, irritate us, insult us, persecute us, and want to hurt or harm us. When others curse us, belittle us, berate us, and insult us we are not to return the favor. V17 s

Title: Practicing the Principles of Romans 12 in 2012 The rest of the passage here in Romans 12 has to do w/ our r/ship w/ those who harass us, irritate us, insult us, persecute us, and want to hurt or harm us. V14 The word bless is mentioned 2 xs in this 1verse. We are to bless those who ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:8-21

Denomination: Baptist

Hopelessly Devoted To You

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 19, 2013

A sermon on Romans 12:9-16 on being devoted to our brothers and sisters in Christ

HoHum: It is said that Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, once had captured a prince and his family. When they came before him, Cyrus asked the prisoner, "What will you give me if I release you?" "Half of my wealth," was his reply. "And if I release your children?" "Everything I possess." ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jelly Beans

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013

A sermon on Romans 12:17-21 on the Christian's response to evil (Outline and material adapted from Mark Copeland's sermon titled "Responding To Evil" at: http://executableoutlines.com/ro2/ro12_17.htm; Jelly Bean illustration came from Sermon Central)

HoHum: Day after day John Jr. came home from school complaining about a classmate who sat behind him in 5th grade. "Bob keeps jabbing me when Miss Smith isn’t looking. One of these days, when we’re out on the play ground, I’m going to jab him back,” John Jr. said. After ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:17-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Be A Christian @ Work

Contributed by Clay Gentry on Aug 7, 2013

Let's face it, being a Christian in today's world is tough, especially at work. However, we can find help in the familiar words of Romans 12:9-21.

On your first day of orientation for your new job what was the first thing the HR rep gave you? That’s right, it was an employee hand book. Let me ask you this, when was the last time you looked at your employee handbook? Well if you are like most folks, the last time you looked at it was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-21

Denomination: *other

Hope Pt 2 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2019

Hope is a significant key to finding in the journey of life because it is a wonderful gift from God. Hope will become a source of strength, power and courage in the face of life’s severest trials. Hope will bring you joy when you think there is no joy!

Series: Finding Joy in The Journey Series: We need to find joy in the journey! Thesis of series: Joy needs to be experienced in the journey of life! But Joy, like any other attitude, can come and go. It is not guaranteed simply because we are born again believers because storms will blow in and out ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:15, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 11:1-44, John 12:12-19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Funerals And Death

Contributed by Peter Pilt on Apr 24, 2019

This is a sermon about Death, Dying and Funerals. It's from my personal experience from conducting over 100 funerals.

These are my sermon notes from a sermon I preached on the 18th March 2012 at Nowra City Church titled:- Let’s Talk about Death During the course of the last 12 years of being Senior Pastor of Nowra City Church, I have conducted about 100 funerals in my time. I have buried – hero’s of the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:15, Ecclesiastes 7:4, Psalm 13:2-4, Job 7:15-16, Jeremiah 20:14-18, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Corinthians 15:54-57, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:22-23, Psalm 23:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, John 14:1-3, Philippians 1:21, Revelation 14:13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Job - First Do No Harm

Contributed by Peter Pilt on Apr 29, 2019

How do we treat those who are suffering? This sermon is trying to answer that question from the life and experience of Job.

Love does no harm The three thematics that run through Job 1) Retributional Theology 2) Suffering is Divine Chastening – Job, God is going to teach you something important through this 3) Suffering is only temporary – Job you have lost perspective – in the end – everything will be ok. A. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1, Romans 12:15, Job 19:2, Job 4:7-8, Job 8:3-4, Job 22:5-11, Job 5:17-18, Job 8:11-19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Love Everyone, Even Your Enemies!

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on May 18, 2019

Jesus commands us to love everyone. . . and that means EVERYONE!

John 13:34-35 In today’s Scripture we back up a little in time to when Jesus was with his disciples in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper and Judas has just slinked off to bring the authorities to seize Him. Jesus had been teaching his disciples how to continue without Him once He ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35, Luke 23:34, Romans 12:17, Romans 12:19, Hebrews 8:12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Episcopal

Deadly Exercise

Contributed by Imelda Mesa on May 22, 2019

Revenge and retaliation can be deadly exercise. It can potentially imprison us for the rest of our lives.

Some years ago a murderer was sentenced to death. He has a younger brother who had served the State so well in the past and to which the State was deeply indebted. This younger brother sought the governor of the State for his pardon. The pardon was granted and his brother was about to deliver the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:17-21

Denomination: Foursquare

Sermon On The Mount - Part 3 Series

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Jun 17, 2019

Part 3 in a 14-part series of studies I call “The Christian Character” as described by Jesus to a crowd of people on a Galilean hillside as he delivered what is more familiarly known as the “Sermon on the Mount.” In this part we examine the beatitude, “Blessed are those who mourn.”

Sermon on the Mount The Christian Character Matthew 5:3 - 7:27 (Cf. Luke 6:20-49) Part 3 - Beatitudes – those who mourn This is Part 3 in a 14-part series of studies I call “The Christian Character” as described by Jesus to a crowd of people on a Galilean hillside as he delivered what is more ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-49, Matthew 5:4, Luke 6:21-25, 2 Samuel 18:33, Isaiah 53:3-5, Isaiah 61:2-3, 2 Corinthians 1:3, James 4:9-10, Romans 12:15, Psalm 137:1-6, Psalm 51:1-19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be Wise - Part 4

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jul 19, 2019

A summer series looking at wisdom from Proverbs. The focus is friendship.

BE WISE - FRIENDS Proverbs 17:17 July 21, 2019 I’m going to play a song for about 30 seconds, and for some of you when you hear the first notes, you will know exactly what song this is and to what program it was from. Some of you will attempt to watch programs or pull out your old DVD’s and have ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-15, 1 Corinthians 15:33, Proverbs 27:17

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Religion Or Faith #3 Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 3, 2019

We return to Galatians, moving into chapter three and entitling this sermon, Religion or Faith? Paul continues his rant by challenging us through a diatribe.

We return to Galatians, moving into chapter three and entitling this sermon, Religion or Faith? Paul continues his rant by challenging us through a diatribe. A diatribe is a rhetorical method often used by orators of his day which uses ironic, satirical and sometimes even abuse language to make a ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:21-27, Romans 12:9-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Renew Violence Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on Oct 9, 2019

While Jesus forbids the use of the sword as a means to advance the kingdom of God, the New Testament does not teach an absolute or principled pacifism.

Violence – we are a culture awash in it. Violence is on our TVs and devices, whether in the form of entertainment or the nightly news. We can’t go a day without hearing about some new statistic about the death rates in “CHIRAQ” or Chicago or about another ISIS moment in the Middle East. For many of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:38-40, Romans 12:17-21, Romans 13:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ligaments In The Church Series

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Oct 25, 2019

Our culture suffers from profound loneliness, but God calls us into a church family with rich relationships.

You’ve heard me talk about my days of playing basketball years ago. I was never a star, but I had a lot of fun. There could be several reasons that I was never a star. There were a couple of minor problems, like I wasn’t especially good at either shooting or dribbling a ball. But another ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16, Romans 12:16, Galatians 6:2, Romans 12:10, Romans 15:7, Galatians 5:13, Ephesians 4:2, Colossians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:11  (view more)  (view less)

Our Mission To The "nones" Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 2, 2019

Today we are all called to reach out to what sociology calls the “nones,” people who profess no faith at all. It is critical.

Tuesday of the 31st Week in Course 2019 St. Guido Maria Conforti One of the recurring errors embraced by lazy Christians is that all one has to do is accept Jesus Christ as your personal savior and you are saved. That statement leads to all kinds of presumptuous behavior. Neither Jesus nor St. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:5-16, Luke 14:15-24

Denomination: Catholic