Sermons on Salvation By Works:

How Can I Know I'm Worshipping The Right God? Series

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 13, 2012

Part 3 in a Bible Study series on salvation. Part 3 examines who we know we are worshipping the right God.

CENTRAL VBS LETS TALK ABOUT SALVATION part 3 How Do I know I’m Worshipping the Right God? John 7:17-7:17 QUESTION PEOPLE ASK Some of you can remember the old game show, where some old stars tired to figure out between 3 contestants, who the real writer, or teacher, or whatever, really was. ...read more

Scripture: John 7:17

Denomination: Baptist

Confidence In God's Competence Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Dec 14, 2004

God will fully complete in us the salvation that was provided through the coming of Christ.

As we have thought about the meaning of Christmas, we have said that Christmas is all about God bringing salvation from sin to us through the person of Jesus. That through Christ, God has carried out a plan to bring sinful men and women, boys and girls, into a personal love relationship with ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

An Invitation Of Assurance

Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 16, 2015

In these verses short verses there are 110 words. 98 have just one syllable. Eleven have two syllables. One has three syllables. Jesus uses the simplest language possible, yet He teaches us a truth that is so deep that no man who has ever lived can comprehend it completely.

An Invitation of Assurance John 6:37-40 Monte T. Brown November 10, 2013 Sunday Night Stapp Zoe Baptist Prelude As we come to an end of the sixth chapter of John we will find “An Invitation of Assurance.” So turn with me to our passage this evening as we read ...read more

Scripture: John 6:37-40

Denomination: Baptist

Home Is Where You Left It: The Three Gifts Of The Redeemed

Contributed by Sean Dees on May 1, 2021

We are living in a time of runaways. All around us we are hearing of cases of children and teenagers running away from home in search of the “good life”.

Intro: We are living in a time of runaways. All around us we are hearing of cases of children and teenagers running away from home in search of the “good life”. We have adults that are packing up and leaving their families, marriages, and responsibilities behind to start a new life; all because ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Looking For The Mercy

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Jun 13, 2018

Viewing Mercy in a variety of situations

LOOKING FOR THE MERCY SCRIPTURE: Jude 1:21 “Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” INTRODUCTION: 5083 tereo {tay-reh'-o} from teros (a watch, perhaps akin to 2334); TDNT- 8:140,1174; v AV- keep 57, reserve 8, observe 4, watch 2, ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:21

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why The Man On The Cross?

Contributed by M. K. Mathews on Oct 29, 2012

This sermon based on the present culture in India, here now people are running behind "human gods". And many asking questions like "why this man on the cross?".

God’s Plan: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have an everlasting life” (John 3:16). The above verse deserves to be decorated with jewels as it is one of the diamond verse in the Bible, which ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Marriage: It's A Good Thing

Contributed by George Izunwa on Nov 8, 2014

Marriage works when we work at it with Gods wisdom. The principles of God help to make it easier

It's a Good Thing.... 2 It's 2nd week of marriage Seminar! Pro 18:22 says; "Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD". Remember we said that: - God's intention 4 marriage is to make life 'gooder'! - no marriage will produce as God intended until it ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:21-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Message To The Church In Ephesus Series

Contributed by Larry Grant on Nov 6, 2022

Have we been so busy doing the work of the Lord that we forgot the Lord of the work?

Revelation 2:1-4 A Message to the Church in Ephesus 11/6/2022 As stated in Revelation 1:11 Christ sent a message to each of seven local churches in Asia Minor. The order of scriptural presentation was geographic. A messenger would naturally travel the route from the seaport Ephesus 35 miles north ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Gifts And Worship Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Sep 24, 2003

Worship requires order. If the Spirit is to be enabled to work, then decency and order are needed to allow that work to happen.

Corinth must really have been a "happening" place. we sometimes have people complaining that St Theodore’s is too noisy on a Sunday morning at 10 before the service begins or after it’s over for them to be able to pray. Some people complain about the noise the kids make during the service. But by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1-40

Denomination: Anglican

Let's Not Sink Like A Rock

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 5, 2008

Faith is not our work, it is God’s work in us. How do we nurture faith?

Monday of 18th Week in Course August 4, 2008 When we put these two readings from the Old and New Testaments together, as the Church clearly intends us to do today, we should be reminded of a third one–Jesus’s statement in John’s Gospel: Jesus says to his apostles, “I am the way, the truth, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Catholic

Incredible And Imperceptible Growth Series

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on May 16, 2011

God's work is sometimes slow and almost imperceptible. What is His work in your life like?

Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him. ðáñáêáëέù – to call alongside; to beg persistently So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the town. And when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands on him, He asked him ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:22-26

Denomination: Baptist

Understanding The Seasons Of Life

Contributed by Edward Hardee on May 7, 2013

Relating the seasons to how God works in our lives. It is the key to understanding how God works.

Title: Understanding the Seasons of Life Theme: Showing the seasons of life and how we should react to them. Text: Psalms 1:1-3, Ecc 3:1 Introduction Psalms 1:1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God

What Does It Mean To Be Born Again?

Contributed by J. Darren Duncan on Oct 31, 2013

EXPERIENCING SALVATION IS A PERSONAL THING, AND THIS MESSAGE EXPLAINS IT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BORN AGAIN-John 3:5 Introduction: A man named Nicodemus came by night to see Jesus. There is much debate about WHY he came at night. Perhaps because it was the only time he could be sure to get Jesus alone. He came with Honest Questions about salvation and the Lord answered ...read more

Scripture: John 3:5

Denomination: Baptist

The Velvet Rope

Contributed by Chanon Mullens on Jul 5, 2006

Spiritual and Physical Barriers Can’t Prohibit our Salvation or Service

The ‘Velvet Rope:’ a signal of separation and division between those who can and those who cannot. When we see this barrier we know that it is a threshold that one cannot cross unless invited to do so. 1. THE DIVINE ‘ROPE’ • There were two veils to the tabernacle. The one which is described in Ex ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:51

Denomination: Baptist

Lost And Found

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Aug 29, 2023

Not everybody who is lost wants to be found, and when God finds us, we often rebel - at first - against being brought home.

Have any of you ever tried to put an injured cat into a carrying case to take it to the vet? How many of you got scratched for your pains? It doesn’t seem quite fair, does it? All you’re trying to do is help. Animals are supposed to be so intuitive; many people claim they can actually smell ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed